Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-02

LOVE BEHIND THE SCENEs--ELoPEMENT OF
BALLET GIRL WITH SUPERNUMERARY.
Before Heaven was begun Love was born,
and ever since that time has exercised con-
trolling influence in the affairs of the uni
verse. His dominion is wide as space, and
although he does not often visit men, he finds
q home in almost every woman's heart.
Beauty is his purveyor, and with every glance
of her eye his arrows are discharged; inevery
tone of her voice he speaks in every dimple
that wrinkles in her cheek or chin he turks;
on her rosebud lips he finds adelicious couch,
and from every lock of her shining hair he
forms mystic labyrinth in which to detain
his votaries.
"Fair tresses mans imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with single hair"
Where beauty is not however Love does
not despair, but then beclouds the reason Of
the sterner sex, and DER him casts charm
from which no power save that ofHymen can
release the unfortunate victim. These cases
are not rare; for since the rosy boy became
the spouse of Psyche, he has endeavored to
make the race sharer in his woe. No one
seems to be entirely safe from his machina-
tions, and he invades every locality where
there may be the slightest prospect of finding
q sacrifice.
Not long ago he found his way, how we
can not tell, behind the scenes at one of our
most popular theaters, and soon succeeded in
carrying off a member of the corps de ballet.
The guise in which he came, so far as appear
ance is concerned, was one which should
have been the least likely to prove successful;
but Love admits of no delay, and well he
knew the individuals of whom, in this in
stance, he had determined to make victims.
The girl, whom we will call Bertha, and who
is very young, not more than sixteen, often
met certain supernumerary of the establish
ment and the kindly smiles with which they
greeted each other, gave rise to apassion that
could not be allayed. They looked from be-
hind the scenes and saw that all comedies
end with marriages, but were too blind to see
that farces resulted in the same manner. The
mimicry before the foot-lights became real in
the green-room, and they felt, or thought
they felt, all that was portrayed upon the
stage.
The romance upon which they had accus-
toned themselves to case was dazzling to
their passion-blinded mental Visions and to
enact part in real life they never could hope
to perform in the world of art inhamed their
imaginations and suggested an elopement
which was accordingly. planned and shortly
afterward consummated -
Last Thursday morning Bertha did not
appear at rehearsal, and soon after it was
discovered that the supernumerary also was
missing. What had become of the parties
none could guess, end as some interest was
! felt in their whereabouts a search was imme-
diately instituted Bertha had been cast in
a character without which the management
could not produce forthcoming spectacle
and it was absolutely necessary that she
should be found.
| That day the city was ransacked from the
Rhine to the river, throughout its entire
gers, we are informed, even invaded the
classic locality beyond the ditch, which haI
been honored by the first-named title. Wher
evening came, and the stars looked out will
their innocent gaze upon this duped ant
I wicked planet when the runaways should
have been at their stations at the stage
wings, it was announced that the pair haC
been found costly lying in each others arm
on the best couch to be found in certain
Broadway clearinghouse not far from Fifth
street.
Love had resigned his reign over them
and Hymen had assumed the throne. Tha
night there could be no performance TO
them save what he dictated, and as faithfn
subjects they steadily refused to appear il
any character but that in which they hal
been cast by him; these, namely, husband
and wife. They were to be governed here
after bya new law; their farce had beel
played out; the domestic curtain shut then
out from the gaze of the world, and hence
forth they would appear in no play save Mat
rimOniaI Squabbles or The CovugaL Lesson.
Since their marriage they have not bee
visible; the management has been compelle
to cast another woman for the part in whic
Bertha originally intended to appear, and I
find another person to take the place of tn
. man who fed with her from the stage
matrfmony. We wish the couple whateve
peace may be found in the life they have jul
entered, and earnestly hope they may be on
Of tha fax mai zh< do la In az
lock from the dream Of their courtship.