, 1870-12-25
BALLET GIRLS.
Wait 10 a Leg Laboratory Whetu
f3nIIczb arc Built.

Ts-ft 10 a Leg Laboratory Wheru
I3nIlcss arc Ruilt.
!Sy7n trinkit in .he .Stss Yo,k Hwid.
h,Ee toen in leg laboratory. Had lit
tie 5cE'sh curiosity to see how ballet wAs
luilt. and stumbled on the wnrknen one dag
last week hamuesinE merfily away at fairies
and hgutAntee- It Vas in Houston strcet.
There ia an old SwedenborGlAn or MorariAu
church, near tho BowsrE, long since given up
By it's congregation, now hcimetlcal!y sealed
in front and labelled 1.-THE Casino" That
tign wss enough to deter me, II the entrance
ways had not Ill been boarded. Still thera
vas vell-dcfined notion in the neighbor-
hood Of - The Casino that eomev here in tne
kernel of the old editice uncomfortable my.-
tcrits we're hidden. Wie1d a1ls Of music had
come oyer the iops Of the window. On the
Elizabeth street sido occasionally, WHICH Vas
more like the devils own hornpipo than the
choral eouGa OF 3loraSia- The corrugated old
woman who cold Tonka beaus On the corner
and was pleasantly alluded to By the preco-
cious N china hs 'eweet scented pill was
well aware that Angela in water-prooiA, and
with lnuches. assembled there every day Ut o
in the no,pieg. and cane out tagged svery
afst.1oen, As though their lunches had been
too much for them, and tAe ruled up her ono
ego with what ptous horror was in her, and
minated dumb!y that lit wasn't not good :"
Yet this was the camp OF Instruction where
recruits were being disciplined for the - Black
heer tlop next door In the back room vero
bscchantes beering up ut tables, and q greAt
Equa1 ho1o In the brick. wall discloeea the
church door adjoining. populous with an un-
adofuoo ballet They Were hudGled. should
thir L a hundred Of them. in picturesque
mob about Sgnor Coats abo1t h1lf in short
ekifts and eehinge, with woolicn hose pn1Ied
over thei- Iimes for warmth, tho otherH IN Or
binary attire. and all Ut them painting, Signor
Operti occupied corner OK the ruont with
pisnc, aud At hia side sat grim yiolEiss with
4 mug OF eeer On his music stand There
Was no illusion about this scene. It was
downright bard work, worry tirceomo ard mo-
notchoue ad peTple1trE- One could not be-
iievc That these hetdinE girls with rerspilins
fzces, driven about by An iuexorable ballet
nlss.eE, needed on!y the magic touch OF the
coFiumer aEd ray or two Of tho right light
70 be n.mphs most aerial III tie :. Pas de
E1furs-"
There WAS plenty OF information to be
gained tere Without ulnch trouble.
Such u rehearsal il chastity iieetf. It has
not even the volnptuous bloom Of the prop
crty roon- These sylNlls were uupaintetl,
uuFsdded creatures, WORKING as hsrd as aay
ttort cutter. and Al utterly unconscious o(
their OWE lcEs Id Costa aud Upcrti were
Most Of tten were girls sich a. rcu may
Fec ary evening on Chatham street, home
wkrd teurd.
An uLlnteltistn, beauty resided in their
sc1 rather than III their persons. Tho.o who
would he called Tol1pfaous WHEN on the stage
wete vassular and ssolid, and those who COME
cut s1llirg aud AZ light ~ thistle-downs,
wero tl!ghiIy C n6umptiye and shIa Ssh. Hcre
and there vas = stately creature who. by tho
c1rrlaEc, OF EeE head WAS assigned q r,Iace in
tho susctly professional business, and led
forlorn hope Of anazons irr PLAID skA8ss bac1
and forth, back and forth, In dleary tepcti-
ton. The iliusiou Of spontanelty in the bal
lst-that CHARM OF impzomrtu motion and
many. iIrcsoiute meaning, WAS all gono here,
balieve there is III the mind OF every young
and suPceptibie man great deal or pure aud
rotle devotion for the ballet Al tho age Of
eighteen he fofns secret resolution 10
DsEry the French girl in tho e,.tr' act who
hae blsck cuEls and round calves, and pink
Lot1llls, aEd never allow her to do anything
Int read Keats to him of mornings, IN i short
drsss and pink feelings. and serve h.s dinner
en- her toss in the afternoons. Something
Like an understanding gruws up ba1ween them,
and she sM1.en ard nois to him night After
night over tho foot lights, AZ il she Was say
ing in her oWn heart OF heastr, "I am
but ! Tim for your sake, de1rest.'
and he believes it and seaIs it with bouquets,
atd is Hi'ing to die in the belief that his
French charmsr only dauces because she
can't help it, as the sta.a dauce and shine, md
tlst when ehe ret11as from the tt19s she floats
1uay, tights aud all. to some cottage by the
reA, and reads ''Endymion" till ahs falls
asleep
l can readily picture the dismsr OF Eons.nce
z:rttsrr Lis Flerch g1rl and getting eome such
e.1rtalon as Caroline Celestine gaze lorenzo
da ls1dv.
Oh, my! pretty Map. II ypQ please