Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-26

nope and JOY she had been the first To awaken
an me- hatuFei that she was toe one human be-
ing, IN al the world, he loved or cared for
4heirs was IN idylhc life, while it lasted. He
a. known 70 her only a. Louis, she % him only
q MaIis; Very soon they were almost In5sP-
%letle. Nv rythtng was II >de to favor their
gelhs alone; high expectations having been
Ifnr0 that the m1ch-dssiTed change had been
wrought. That he loved her deeply, d5vOt sdly.
aosoIblngly, ss man can love once, and only
once, there Is no reason Is doubt.
In the midst OF this beaUt f1i dream Of haPpi-
Less, the Duke, being one day in the city, felt
inclined to visit the theater; having heard, even
In his solitude, OF the wonderful dancer. Taat
evening he sat hstless in the box, hardly heed =
ING The performance, scarcely noticing che Dali
1t, until a 1.-THE figure of brightness and beauty
bounded upon the scene.
dc vas all eyes and animation at once. He
I al never imagined so marvellous LIKENESS to
Could be be mistaken?
he leyeled has lorgnette again and again.
The vision of the lover could not be deceived.
The truth, and the whole truth, soon ash ed
upon him. HIS Marie, and eYerybOdy's Fanny,
were one and the same.
Tie glass fell from his hand; the poor boy
turned deadly pale, and would have sWOOued
Ia bis seat had he not been taken from the
theater, and driven home almost insensible.
The next morning the story was all over vi
emma. . Louis never saw " Marie" more.
he little hope and faith he AL she had aroused
sitter that cruel trick he fell once more in 20
himself. never to hope again.
III did not live very long. The very night
ne died she was dancing in a crowded and APP
landing tbeateT. Sne mad forgotten all about
h m, but she still remembered the twenty thou
sand horins.
FANNY's DEBUT IN PARIS,
where she had been anxiOUsy waited for, was
made IN the autumn OF 1851, in a new ballet ,
The Tempest" adapted from Shakspeare's
CslightfGl work OF imagination. She ap-
Landed TO the echo; she was pronounced fully
equal 10 IagiiOHi, then at the head OF heT pro-
fession. Fanny, not willing u have any pser,
immc dately learned the vOluptUOus and sCrik-
ilglJ graceful ceChuca, with which we are ali
low 50 familiar. She introduced IL for the first
time N the ballet of ''Le Diabls BOiteny," sud
Is success was overwhelming. From that night
iEe green lauTels on TaglIOnI's brow WIJGer5d
little, and never regained their freshness. The
swedish dancer il said to have been in the trent
a. the house On the meI1oTa0lc occasion, and to
Lave bitten her lips until they bled, ia impOteut
rage al tie triumph OF her Tlval.
The Paris PapeTs-the whole city, indeed,
rang with Fauuy'5 praise. The late Jules
Janin, even then the AsamemnOn of critics,
tortured hyDeTbOle in the journal des Debats
10 express his alteration, and Louis NeTOu,
hyslcian, journalist, author, speCUlztO-, AMI
rpera-dlTeCtOr, was so carried away from COM
mon sense that ne proposed to make her his
wife. The eminent artist haj had too much
experience Of the world. and Of love affairs, to
accept his proposal, and he has been grateful to
Ler fer refusing hin, ever since. Tne French
capital pronounced her inimitable, unspproa Oh
able. aud cast itself at her t&inking feet.
All Europe ClamOred tor her more loudly than
ever after Eer sUhjugatiOn OF Paris, and from
tast time, her career, to borrow the extraya-
sSDce OF a French critic, was Ike a goddess
rolling ever the world in a chariot OF the sun.
VISIT TO AMERICA.
In 1s4t, EllsleT, then 81, was induced by very
liberal Ohers TO visit the United States on pro-
ftSsICnal tour. The Americans exceeded the
folues OF the Europeans IN the lengths to which
they went in rendering homage to the Viennese
\ ems, as they were pleased to consider her,
ana which, in some sense, she was.
She was the first really great ballet dancer
who had ever invaded the confines OF Yankee
com. Your moral ard Theological system being
vastly verer than ours, your p!0us Journals SCI
up violent cutlery against Fanny's Hash
COiOred tights and short gauZe PetticOsts,
vhIch-thOse journals atiirmed-dOubled every
charm they sought % hide.
She was declared 10 be an indecent foreigner,
Il ImpUdent adventures, a brazen WantOn,
bUt she lad good figure, danced admirably,
sud displayed her figure 50 l8vishly that every
tlCsteT She appeared in was jAmmed. Wniie
the Pharisees hOwled, the wOrldl.ngs thronged
the play house, and grew wild with delight
ever her gambOls and plTOuettes.
have Deen told that q number Of clergyman
OF the deepest blue convictions went % Sea her
performance IN disguise, "a they have done De-
fore and since, in order to have the evidence OF
their own senses as ground for denOuncing her
Cbevalier Wykofi' an adventarer, who has
rinCe had some mysterious connection with tn
New York Herald, acted a. her agent, think,
anu used the newspapers 50 alrOltiy IN auveF-
sing her that she drew Ike blast furnace.
NOOody, so far q / have heard, wanted to
many her Oh the other size; the Yankees being
a woman OF SO much matrimonial experience
vOUid not make desirable wife.
Ei,sler pretended to be delighted with the
II. ericRns jshs was with their CDllqrs): out she
.uSaTdiy disAked them. Cgnfniug her engage
HIeEts to the seabOGTd cities, and u lsw mOucAs
IN point OF time, she cleared, nevertheless
s 100 go. After returning ID this country che
visited Russia, and realized there, including
many valuable presents received about 100000
IUbles.
RETIREMENT PROM THE STAGE.
fzl- W via a rgcyh IN fra trlv fa
stage before she lost hsr prestige. She ceased
- MI engagements when she was thirty six,
ana after a farewell performance in Vienna.
tive years later (l35lJ, she withdrew from the
fJOtlI gifts forever.
She has never been technically m arried, and.
20 lar as may be judged, has never desired 10
10 this city, bought beautiful villa lust Out OF
town, and has lived there ever since. She is
reported 70 have come here originally to look
after sunday investments she made in real es-
tate, which turned out 30 well that she deter
mined to TX her home in place where money
could be employed to such advantage. Love or
gold is asserted to exceed with her any other
Iassion. She syery astute in business matters,
and most OF her commercial operations have
been very profitable. Her fortune Is estimated
as high as g, coo GOO OF your money, nearly one
half OF which she gained from the stage. She
would have had good deal more, had she not
met with severe losses some twenty years ago,
through dishonest corporations in Vienna.
Her mercenarY reputation is no doubt eXag-
EeTEted; for those pretending to know say che is
very charitable; that she supports a number Of
VCCT relatives, and has made handsome settie T.
Iuents upon two OF her Children-One OF them n
Uaughter, married ard living IN Berlin; the
other son, an officer in the Austrian cavalry.
7 DO not know il this story be true, but such is
the current report and belief in Hamburg,
THE WOMAN At HOME.
Nine. ElssleT-she is now called Madame out
OF respect to her age, / suppOse-gives hand
some entertainments. Her house i the resort of
aCtOTs, authors, and artists, though the polite
world, as the French would put Il. does not al
fliate with the retired dancer. As my friend
sad, She Is very interesting. With good mind
md considerable culture, she has had so many
a-sOciatIOUs with distinguished men, has seen
Ii in 20 varied aspects that her tact is admir-
a1ie, and her conversation particularly bright.
II 7 health stiH excellent, she enjoys life thor
ughiy. a frequent visitor TO the theateT, she
Oxen declares sLe receives as much pleasure
frOm il now as when she wac six teen.
The once divine Fanny, who was always very
lmane, IL a deVOut Roman CathOhc-thSt is,
enc attends mass and confession regularly, and
Of these deyOutness almost entirely consis ts
She bids fair 10 live twenty years yst-siace
cancers are famous for longevity.
When the DARK curtain - about to descend
( upon the scene OF earth, she can hope, accord
ing 70 the superstition or her church, to be par
. dOued ia the next world. She can say, with
| Sophie ArnOult, Heaven mgss accept me; like
! Mary Magtsien. have siaued much; bG., like