Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-01-20

4 ,,or,er. which embraces part
\, IYfth avenue and Bleecker
reside. in humble apartments,
,elics Of the old regime of
ecitimists, who fondly cling
Traditions and usages of France
4 ,he Rourbons. Strange scraps OF
history the only true history |
Iva gathered from many OF these
Eouc6men and French women.
re not all omigrcs however. Some
=, came over rs artists, and some |
/, isans. for an education In the |
\ ,,,c arts was not despised by the |
lime of France. Many n titled
ar one who IL, at any rate, en-
10 a title, now makes dresses, or
M or artificial flowers, or
H. fancy features, or cooks, or
lessons in various accomplish
| in New York, as well as in
MANY n stage star, whose name
l. the daily and weekly newspa-
m half century ago, dwells now
1 French quarter of New York "A
1 Madame or Monsieur A. or y.
1 of these artistes, danseuse (she
nupil of the Vestris and Taglioni
IN n star who figured on the
If the old Park Theatre in 1895
o,,sta or Nine. Augusta, is now
y in the French quarter and in
nfihe old families of New York,
nose daughters she teaches the
ofmotion, as Nine. st. James,
lime. Augusta, was the last
tentative of that school of dane
nd pantomime introduced by
Ire In the eighteenth century
,erfected by the Vestris and
Rnis. Nine. st. James was the
S,pd is now the widow of n nota-
5emlgre. The Count de st.
who was the inspector
q during the short reign Of
les x. fell in love with the
2iful dnnseuse, the favorite pupil
k,stris and Taglioni pere, the
and contemporary OF Nine.
Eni, though younger, and the AS
he and friend of all the great ar
bf that period. Tamburini, La
4 paganini, Pasta, Malibran, De
a. Sontag, Rabini, Grill, Mario,
Rachel, were all counted on the
1 the habitues of the salon OF the
hess de st. James in Paris. In her
Mood Mime. st. James saw and
the great Catalani, the most
Emenal of all the great singers.
Ralso knew Charles Y. and his
j enjoyed the court patronage, and
= ards was favored by the Beau
NE and the Tascher de In Pagerie
hes. but not by the Bonapartists
q husband was too warm q lie
&ists." says Mime. st. James, "tc
&ored by the Bonapartists or RE.
3cans. He was defendant of the
Hbouse of England from Il branch
Woo, refuge IN France, and upon
LIN the kings of France bestowed
Mite Counts de st. James. He was
, sincere, honest, and good hus-
e. and father. What more could
Rther on her part nor on that o
ount de st. James was there ever
of the rank which wa
Speaking of her old triumphs a
ktist, Nine. st. James said :"
18th my success in America, q
Will see by the receipts Of tin
III Theatre, which were Mt tina
published every week in tn
York clipper.
showed us the slips cut from th
Yer from April, 1882, TO April
II is "a fact that the August
|hts were as profitable to the man
asl1ent as those of Ellen Tree.
HE spoke with great kindness {
|este and Fanny Ellsler and Mime
hf]le, another famous dancer of tina
RI but Nine. St. James plainl
Ned out the difference between tn
~ fraction, as danced by her aftt
School Of Taglioni, and the bait
tiSsement, AZ performed by Fam
. Ter, Nine. Achille and Celeste. Sh
The ballet was improved upon b
1frre in the eighteenth century
was made chief ballet mastt
s e Royal Academy of Music. II
bit that the buiiet fraction was, {
Id be, II drama or play performe
ancing and pantomime, and II
led to speak through the eyes
Very soul of the spectator. His a
Il spoke not a word, but by action
ements. gestures, dances, am
e all, by the expression of IL
ktenance, the story of the pla
told. Thus the opera of Son
lbula was originally vaudevill
pken play acted upon the boards
common theatres of Paris. N
or Nestris, j do not r
hber which, converted
u 6aHot duction, Afte
\ DonRetti wrotc his ope
the ballet. When ! danced I'll
y of 'Sonnambula' in New Iol
SS8, the opera was only six yea
1t was written by Bellini an
uced at Milantin in 1881. 81
pallet was much older
s nonga few mementoes of her pa
and triumphs, Mime. st. Jam
ullin her possession a white sat
e,ret, on which are printed "e
9s from the Louisville Dai
ftc of April 10, 1889, "preseni'
u augusta by the editor, II. Edge
brown" The style of panegyr
(which Augusta's performances
ma, in "Sonnambula," Is col
ted upon would hardly be permI
IA any newspaper of the preseI
but II is nm evidence of the i
enthusiasm with which she w
wed on, her tour through u
ted States.
ny the st. James family preferr'
York AS n residence TO Par
e. ). James does not say. In fac
y singularly reticent. without h
reserved or brusque. She is n
site, hut it was learned from sin
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