The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-08-08
A CIRCUS GIRL.


EqUcstricnne A Delicious Thor.
Oughbred Form" ana "Eycs Fiery,
Eager. ana Stncere.o
Fashion has in Paris, says the London
Truth, whirled oil from the Theatre Francois,
with which it il getting ont OF conceit, to the
Hippodrome. 1t first went there to see
whether Elise merits the admiration and al
most sisterly affection of her crowned name
sake, the Empress of Austria. Fashion,
having seen, has become enslaved. Eise's
points We're apparent to all beholders at the
win for her imperial friendship of close
and gushing character, the tickle divinity
was obliged to follow the pretty equestrian
| to her lodgings, and knock there for admit.
lance. Elise is almost the replica of Eliza
| BETH, ~ or rather Elizabeth " of Elise, for
| the latter to the former il as an oil to
| water-color painting. The circus girl is tall
| and slender, tlexile as 4 birch tree, and has
n vocation for her profession. She is not a
slave of the toilette, abllors falbalas, and has
her dresses made ike riding habits. A
! woman travelling with her dressmakes for
her, and is bound only TO work for her.
"El izabeth tile imperial namesake-
| writes to Elise, whom SHE calls lisette. She
| has written Ia hsr To i'alis hdgging that she
will do her Majesty the favor to accompany
her to Ireland next year. "Elizabeth" is
in the habit of canterng with Elise in the
Prater, for she is not an Empress to he
ashamed of any one whom she deigns to
| take by the hand and of hunting with her
on the plains near huda.
This favorite of the illustrlous huntress
has delicious thoroughbred form. Her head
is small and clegant--an antique Juno re-
duced from stately marble to II cameo The
skim almost slipped the Z" robe speaks
of vitality and quick rushing blood and
Elise's eyes are fiery, eager, and sincere.
Indeed, they are more chevaline than human,
and very beautiful and eloquent. As to the
hair, it is quite as long as " Elizabeth's,"
but stronger, and jet black instead of nut
brown. Elise is mere bird of passage at
the HippodrOme. She has created for her
self bower of roses, near the livery stables
of NJ. Marx, behind the former residence of
Queen Christina, in the Champs Elys6es.
Her earnings are very considerable, though
| she is not grasping. Were she so disposed,
she would be able to drain the pactolus dry.
In her treatment of la hame CONNIE she is
supercilious, and her hauteur drives the
tribe to her sea-born rival Oceana, who came
into the world on board White Star liner.
Elise really il n0vulgar, horsey, circus rider.
She has taken to the circus az Il greyhound
takes TO coursing, by virtue of some inherited
impulsion. The petit crGve she would like
to fog with her riding-whip when he blocks
the entrance to the circus, and gets in the
way of Polar Star. OH whose back she
performs most cleverly.
The cercIes empty themselves nightly into
FrapcQpi's Circus, and plant themselves in
the gangway Lending from the stables to the
arena. Elise i'll hides her contempt for the
mongrel nobility of France. She is used to
Observation-Disclosures word is not applied in
u jeering sense-with Archdukes, and Hun
garian and Austrian mobiles. who. in riding.
appear, rs the Centaurs were, to be part and
parcel of their steeds. Often, when in Vienna.
she cantered in the grounds of Prince LEIGH,
tenstein with the Emperor of Austria. who
goes on the principle of "My wife,s friends
are my friends.' TO please Elizabeth he
sends costly presents to th. Young Elise.
who cannot he so old as the Archduchess
Gisila.