Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-07-21
FANNY ELLSLER-

III PoRTRT or MorIoN-Fsw, il anv or on
readers, we suspect, have any adequate notion O
Tie value 10 solid dollars, Of the article menlione,
al the head Of this paragraph. IL must, to be sure
have certain compartments. Unjust for instance
be of the feminine gender-a good deal undressed
( and exciting thoughts moro o! earth than heaven.
IL must too, he more or less youlhful-foreign and
gifted with speech. With these accessories, tn "Poe
Try oil Notion" as we are about TO show. turns nj
that II touches 10 gold.
In the Courier des Flats Unis OF Yesterday. i.
a Compile rendH Of Fanny Ellsier's "four campaisns ,
a. they ere called, which include all her performancc;
on this side ofthe Atlantic, since her arrival in May,
1910. We borrow some Of The leading facts. Fanny
danced 22l times in the United States and a, fla,
vana, Of which % were for charities or the Lene6,
Of others.
For the 100 exhibitions on her own account, she
received $4,000, and there are $4,000 still due
TO her from the Baltimore and Boston managers,
Her personal expenses during the two wears
amounted TO $4,000, aud her donations over and
above the graiuiiious dancing for others. 10 g. 600,
Those enormous receipts we're obtained from eight
oalIets-La Iarlniule, La Sylphide, Nathalie, La
rose nnimee, La Bayadere, Ia Gypsey, La Som.
nambule, nnd lie Prince e. Ia Fee.
FINALLY" says the Courier dts Eats Unis, we
close, by zone Of those facts so characie1s,ic IL
the theatrical habits Of the New World, which Fan
ny seized and availed Of like a woman Of genius.
she made MY specchesl-some 10 English, some in
French, some ~ German, end some in Sp,nisb.
Are not these tho labOrS Of Hercules and Demos
thenssl and has not FSnny Eilsler the rieht TO s,ss,
on the Amsricon shore two pillars and insenbe on
them, Ne Plus hlira.p
Fanny, II IL added, carries bnek 10 Rurons with
her tho garlands presented, and her speeches print.
cd on many eoloFed iatins; but leaves her dollars in
The !. States, invested IN New York and Ohio s,ock.
at rtes producing 10 per cent, interest-Itbs onlv
danger being" says the Couher-and lookino n
some dishonofing examples not unfairly. tbou,b IN
the instances Of tho two States named. uniysIv-
"Ihe only danger being that sho will wake up sons
hne morning and nod oil her capital gomez
There are some things mentioned in this eons,
Teadu, as historical, which an American cannot In,
regret. The enthusiasm Of ploy.going public on.
cited by lights, music, scenery, and The eontsoion NJ
numbers, may commit foIies without invoIvino ~
tional character but when We read that. on lssvIog
the theatre al Baltimore, Fanny's carriage wasdrsws
home by men, and not boasis-that in Washington
She was presented formally to the Presidsn, .nJ
his Cabinet, and that in a body, they attended he,
pehormanecs-tha she visited the Capitol. the two
Houses being ~ session, and hat legislative nro
ceedings were interrupted, or suspended. tbr9ngb
g~aNaniry or curiosity, during her visit-ve e,nSo,
but regret that such things should have been.
But We are, as q people, prone to extremes. bisb.
" excitnblo, and not in tho least national ibrv,
apparently very sensitive 70 foreign repro,ehes or
our country. We shall be less provincial by an,
bye, and then shall have moro solidity Of ebaraets
and Of eonduet.-H n. inner.