Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-15

I her to and from school At fourteen she made her debut in Paris, and soon was the sensation of the gay city. On the second week an imperial order summoned the petite being at court, it being while performing be- fore Napoleon III. and the Empress that she met with her first accident. The Cirque de PImperatrice was brilliantly light ed in honor of the grand assemblaee An attempt to pass a basket of flowers from the royal box frightened the horse, throwing the girl violently to the ground, ands when she was carried out insensib1e, it was found that several ribs were broken. One year later. in 1885, her left leg was broken at Rentz's Cirque in Berlin. It was at St. Petersburg in
 January, 1867, that grand fete was organ lzed by command of the Emperor. The aris- tocratic Hinnie's Cirque presented 8 bewii- derlng scene, with it's thousands of gas jets
 it's flowers, flags and colored lights. In the
 boxes sat the imperial family, while the
 grand amphitheatre was thronged with Rus
 sian nobility and diplomatic representatives
 of all nations. None but the most famous
 artists were permitted to participate. It was
 near midnight when the grand finish came,
 and the daring little French girl was brought
 out upon bed of flowers The excitement
 was too intense for applause. There was
 hush of expectancy absolutely painful Her
 horse seemed to realize the unusual scene
 and was nervous and restless. Never before
 had such feats been performed The young
 oSN~-~SA
 strength. As the excited animal dashed
 around the arena with the speed of the wind,
 mademoiselle leaped over high hurdles.
 plunged through hoops, jumped ban
 ners, dropped to the ground and
 regalned her position and closed by seizing
 the horse tightly around the neck while he
 scaled a series of six-foot gates Flushed
 with victory, though faint from exhaustion,
 mademolselle was taken to her room. only to
 be recalled by vociferous cheering. Again
 she appeared, bowed her acknowledpments and retired. In this manner the young lady
 was recalled many times, when she reluctant iy consented to repeat the finish. Once moro she mounted, but it was seen at the first round that the horse had been overtaxed Ho carried his rider safely over the first hurdle, but fell at the second attempt and madem- oiselle was thrown full twenty feet, striking in the front row of seats Her right arm and several ribs were broken The scene of excitement changed in an instant, and the royal assemblage dispersed, amid silence as profound as the tumult had been great In writing of the accident, the St. Petersburg Jounae Duc5os closed as follows 'tThe deed is done, 1t is folly to repine, but it must be some satisfaction to the brave little foreigner, now lying helplessly at the Hotel d'Europe, to see day after day some member of the imperial court bringing flow CTS and words of cheer from Her Majesty the Empress" Two years later, 1869, at the Amphitheatre, Lyons, her left arm was again broken. It was while performing her great feat of riding six horses that they became frightened and unmanageable. She was thrown to the ground and trampled upon, with the above result. Coming to America, she lost her entire wardrobe by the burning of the Barnum Hippodrome, Fourteenth street, New York; December, 1872. Her last mishap of any note was in Chicago, August, 1879, while performing at Barnum's Just at the most exciting moment in her flying hurdle act some unusual noise outside the ring caused her horse to jump to one side. Mime. Dockrill fell and dislocated an ankle, which disabled her for the balance of that season.