, 1873-09-21


dozen Of ns went down 10 Tho f'cota to toc
h.m ofr. II waB refscrl}rg 10 In,e ec ecmctl,ing on
rotitisa aa the fact thnt Vim 1wllcr ],nd fnilcd.
Shortly after Yam ,Tvill,,'es deralsuto, 'ho
fund u secret Il lcayya I,1!f'tn, ,sr NJ c'ler
II i1,mT;tot sl,t,"h ftrc I,fi.c,f'nn III sfs
INT, IT l1f. NtMt1.1. iusr Nal,mt' ct Yin
jril1ei. ta' nGt lt.; l'1t tie e,tl;'c HE
Nhh 1Mlllc1 lru actually lttn.fly deeply In
te1cste6,-,.ut III On ac.nrp, fer Ito Legitimate
E,ann was rot her hunl,lc "a!k In !ile, but-in
Ms. mo'.elo o!ynEo Zabrtsl Shoto Ien!ly
New York the ycar beloie, though they, Ind
wandered Into tho uptown toatro OIL tlo trail
q 1as LAY ame'a ,nan e osvSsr vs rwlor should be faro
mated. for un inata,,t by q ccnlmon circus
gill rcems Incredible; but IL is always tho
Incredible thing that harpe,s. Deaidea,
Maden,oisclle Olympic ras not ecmnnon csrcna-
| : iiaBto, with beauty md grace Of movement
TINT gave to lar alllaciorls performance almost
air Of .pr..dcry. Watching her wondronn dex-
tority and rlia,t strength both exercised without
| cecdng III tho world TINT ello should do those
| unpartonablo things. She Ind WY Of noftiug
from ono graceful posture into another, like tho
dtsolying figures tMoNn from atcreoptco1l.
Flo ,wns ,.lko a lt1.c, radinnt alaro out Of tho
| grectni, mythology HOW poised up there above
| t1'a pah-ligl1ts. mud now cleaning Though tho
mir like Il clendergilt arrow.
nm describing MadcmoiFallo Olynpo MS hho
| arpca1 cd to Van Niller on tue first OCCASION
when he hrollt into the theatre where aLo was
| performing. To mo Flo was q girl Of 1a or 20
| ycara Of age (mny be ehe VAS much older, for
pearl-powdor and distance keep theRe people
VIII sosse ssssr ssx Is raer Sesqtfy pFey
| pe,hape, after manner. but showing plainly
! Tho c{EectB Of tho exLaustiye drafts eho was
| mixing on her physical vitality. Now. Van
rf
| iHthonics. III Ind q daughter" Van Iwillor
ubod to say, "I wouldn't sond her to . board
| ing school, or uunnory I'd send ler to
. gymnasium for tho first five years.
are llies pallid, pretty aud por'aLablo. You
| marry an American woman, and whnt do you
r1,arry7 A 1,eadacle. Look at English girls.
They arc at least roses, and last tho scason
through"
Walking homo from the thpstro that first
night 1t tlittal through Van Twillor's mind that
| il, he could givo this girls Rot Of uorvea and
uluacles to any one Of the two hundred high-bred
| epot and worship hor forever. :.
| 800 hladomoisolllo olympo again. "olympo
Zabliaki," ho thought, ~: ho saun-
s5sa 5Ingh 6gpo the b FanG 1ns wlat and z.S ad'is
| PoliHh.. It is her nom do gnorre, OF courao !;
her real name is probably Sarah Junes. What
| kind Of creature can bhe bo in private .,ifo, I
wonder? wonder if she woars TINT costume
from horizontal bar. OF coureo she rocks the
baby to slocp on tho trapeze." And Van Twiller
went on making comical domestic tabloaux, Of
| Mademoisolc XabriBk lko the clever, sat1rical
o9E ,;o ds WAS, oa an't -, ,no Fr;dav Toro ou
,ot;neo ln1s liz liz next ilay' and In attended, %
h 's.i epe,,uo M anortn;nmant n ren il hos
o sshai ah,t ~ w nu;"4a 1n Iron intn ~ t1a
ea1ue 4ap = ah or m4ot ~ 80 ao.,. ~ p,c1t ~
tnca.ta Lof nat ad n1f T., ef, u sa ~ r.
eared = nn1v for hnr nart of tho and
eurea ps ~ nsr pais .n' ~
ns WEI, s5p.re M ronnaio onn ta
Ia Ia haa Tnt 'n;ssed a. snrle rerfnsmnncn of ii al.
ne naa Iii. ~ na,n,,a far ~ wons "a
er HThis Itae III, norer M ' d. aa;i ynn Twjl1er.
q o,,.,,no n"1 na,od lar n1rrna 10 e. s1'o
-u Ja,teu ~, w., ~ ai!n ,. ~ e =
n Me1e na adara ou ~, ao ~ Ino IL
saa,,,ro t ta ~ yyv ;na. naynr Ii van rv hnv
a%n+n Dns oT 1;s az atnnaher S IVY
sou n III ,,"nt tba, 1.;ait eor hin, IN hin oc.
nus N.Y. rass nat 5am ~ '4t ~ - o,ntne ,a
customea orchestra 9nal' nIo ~ o'a aol :o'Mea ill.,.
tn} ,a nea ,,at % nercavG IL Il Id
ILL., ~ uuSn asos TX a., aP
syennos Mi leada hi BS wa and " tho aoft silk
rcn,,aa Sxorn1a oA 'nAe' a1t |n'
"'cm outo now clement Ind lately entered into
Van Twi1ler's enjoyment Of Mademoiaelle
nreLcnsion tIat eho might uliD frUn, ihat swing.
he Lar that ono Of tic tLp Cords aunporting Il
mfcLt snap. mud let her 70 hcadlone
from the dizzy heirht. Nov and then,
TO, terrible instant, le would imagine her ~
irg clittoring. pnIritatiug ncap st tba foot.
. liehts. With no color ii her lipB! Sometimes i,
sef med aa if tlo rir wero toni1,tiug tha kind ot
fato It was a hard, hitler life, and nothing but
| poverty md gordid mil cry at homo could lnye
driven 1cr to il. What il sho pLonld end It al
icmo night, Ey int uuclacring That little hnnd
It looked SO small md whiie flom wIcro Van
Tpjljcr eat
Ihis flicbtful idea faec;nntcd whilo it chilIcG
lin. pud Lolrcd to mahe It nearly 1mtoshible
for him to keep away from tho theatre. In ths
beginning lis attcrdanco had not irte1 fercG
with hin focjnI duties or pleasures but now he
cnmo to ind il distastofuf after dinner to do
ANYTHING Int read. or walk the STREETS aimlesy'y
until It wps limo to 70 to Tho rlay. When thai
wae over, be waa in 10 mood to 70 anywhere hui
to Lis toums. So lie dronncd away by inucnsiblt
dcal dc m lees from his l,abitual hunts, was miraed
and bccan to be talked about at tho Club Cate[,
ing sou,o intimatiop Of this, he yentured nj