The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-08-31
A NEW PERIL TO BAfHHRs.

A NEW PERIL TO BAFHBRs.
Ladies Nus; Beware How They
Walk Over the sand Barefooted.
Pi.l.si-i....Is Inu->
Ladies who " down fo the beach
in barefoot baihiug suits now EN-
counter u new peril. lmpudent, but
presumably interested young men |
follow along with taPe-line and
measure the length Of the footprints
in the sand. and get accurately the
the number Of the precious member.
a dreadfully in love young man went
about the beach at Cape May
worshiPing thu dainty prints al his
swestheart's little shoe, with IT.
French heel set IN the middle 1T tine
foot and ~ near the toe that 10 WAS
difficult 10 conceive that there Wa
any space betwern them. lie had
Eondly measured Iho-e f,irly-like innt
prints time and again, AMI every
test had clearly proved the sh". {"
he not more than a tw" nj NEST. This
fond young nan wasn't content tn
let we'll enough alone. tie found his
fairy On the way To- the surf one
morning in n bathing dress. which
dill nut call tor French heels, AMI
h. outrageou>ly measured the foot
prints rs they were by feet. unadorn-
I'd bv the shoemaker's art. II waS
severe strain upon the tape line.
but he succeeded finally in getting the
measurement lengthwise and silewise
and other WAYS not wise. and was
most profoundly Mortified. lie went
over the ground half a dozen times tn
assure himself there could Lee mo-
mistake. and every time he found
that he had the dimensions 1T a
tairv foot that could not possibly
have numbered less than seven. and
gave strong Indications Of q right To
he called an eight. The poor young
fellow was not prepared for the
dreadful truth which thus fell upon
him with crushing effect. Shocking
events like this call loudly for the
invention If bathing slipper with
a heel somewhere down near the toe
Tho Fronch Ballot Carl.
Pail Mall Gazette.
! Her life is u very hard "nr. She
mus, get up before daybreak on the
cold, raw mornings OF midwinIer to
take her dancing lesson {; AMI again
ut midnight, when the opera i over,
she has to find her way on foot through
snow and rain To her humble iodg-
ings at Mon;martre or Batignolles.
The idea If riding in an omnibus
must III, eater her head for while
in the lowest rank of her calling
she has but a franc night, and
even when grown up and promoted Ia
the ''second quadri!le." she earns only
700 francs year. or f2s. OF such
stern material are our entertainments
made. and in M department of pnblic
amusement is a more rigid economy
practical than in the salaries of
dancers. Advancement comes very
slowly aud there is great ,Iea; ut
competition fnr every VACANCY in the
highest rank 1t the profession.
Even after the mos, meritorious and
|, interchangeable labors the native French
girl constantly finds herself eclipsed
bv Russian and Italian dancers. The
hierarchy Of the dancing world IL as
narrow and a rigorous a. the hier-
archy Of the army 1t bristles with
combinations. "sn,p.siiiva sirnvp!e.
and inspections.
Ii is considered great thing 4"
move up from the second luadrilie"
TO the first quadrille. for then the
salary is raised tn 1000 irsnc-. or
$40, yearly. being just enough. with
frugal management. To- keep body anil
snnl together From The .-iirs,
quadrille" To- the second "corvphees'
is q still more vigorous step forward,
and il rewarded with 800 francs i
year. or say just f2 week. The
next step upward is to the envis,l
position Of premier coryphe"," pos
sessing the superb emolumen,s OF
1900 francs. or $50. year. Finally
after years and years of patien,
study. the dancing girl attains the
summit Of her ambition. and rise,
into a petit subject" which give.
her an individuality before the f'oi
lights. This giddy height ut glory
and pay. amounting To 600 francs.
or, in exceptional cases, Ia 2.ON
francs, a year. is the largest reward
that dancing eenins can expect unde'
ordinary circumstances iW the
E-slers and Taglionis firm elias
apart. Here and no further can a
good dancing girl g". after a blame
less youth passed in diligent caper:
/, at rehearsals and in public. Happily
there are prizes i" this queer little
lottery. NJ Haievy was one evening
seated in the private room of tn,
late hester RquePlan. who WAS then
director Of the opera in Paris. Rogue
plan MAS carelessly turning over som,
, old papers when he came upon a li-
Of the ballet girls Of 1893. Or
reading it carefully through they
, found that several IT them had gone
into the choru-es If the opera Comi
> que, one let furnished lodgings al
Montmartre. another had married q
stock broker. a third was the wife Of
a cvmic aciSr. Rmt 81" Leaf fws
names which mad been written "n the
faded yellow paper in 1898 belonged
the and I" an English pecress and .h.
. other tn rich mercer at Dion.