Telegram-herald., 1889-10-17

-rnsrs ar sad - be taxse infaiifhls
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azxxed rra sslasa aneI3sE II gls tour
Hundred % Is slso veteran 1rsi-
nhr1 seE. u rezlsu Ger oncs hearing
cen James Watson webb saY thst the
remedy tDP super1uoas EeaItn Nss
slEEsr = r.a tls4ser, sGart q news
PaPsE % ses a. . standing army put !
t1ink t0art1 nay easily oe saded-
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''Get @sq a. lnted Nish = Queen - the
BaLss 49, t.ss her ous - dinner occa-
slOnzLy. Noa smile bu< - ne assure
10 tna1 Il Is b. ID means the least
costly experiment 0f the four. l
psrsO1Ally happen 20 kno1 % az least
hAlf dozen fortales mat have been
g0hbisd ap by those dainty eplcgreans
0ho. when theY 1nd susceptible
0orshtppssE, seen - be Duder fOH rO
s4t hEn - death a. q aickly a. possible p"
Your rsfeot80ns seem 20 De 5lngeo =
utEis ELxh shs btsgerness II personal ex-
Darisnoe. remarked. Wont you tell
Lae sbost Il ?"
Well 10 said. settiny himself %
gss ~ lcld eutDVussnt II Mid cigar,
my &C aaisSsnce wtsh ballet queens
began soEe s.elgs wears ago. Having
inhertssc from my tather comfOrtaols
tl-coUs, NKth 81 ~ hOa-e and = bsnd-
some s1unEssr home a. 1arrytoWn, I felt
a. s~ensy-three that I shOGld travel =
bit before settling down Ia four years
1 d4d ksrope pretty thoroughly. In
1877 Was ia Madrid. spain Vas az that
t-ms grad aa.Lly recovering from the
agitation caused by the Carlist strife.
and the country waA as whole,
vretshedly poor. Yet the theaters
noursbed IL n q pecaliartty Il Europe
taat 10 marter how Is people are
Affected by war ~ on er national mis-
fortunes. znleas 10 cones 70 rhe very
woFss, TIE Ileaoers -eep open and supply
the nnGsemens and Re elaxaslOn neoes-
sary % prevent ~ public mind rom
becoming mcrosa. AZ ssast that Is nv
philosophy % sAe matter
"One nlghs with several ertends !
attended q pertornanee az abe Nacional
AFTER ne play, Nhich was 4 light French
pbeoe u soune sort-the distinc a 70
spanish dramas Of Lops de- Vega and
Calderon having long since yielded TO
tho foreign intuence-~e had the bale
that matchlsss and really anequalled
dance which consider superior In ele-
gsaos and action - any other feature Of
the modern ballet 4, Is generally
danced oy Andaiaslan girls snd Is re-
D
entertain ment. Mind You. it Lsn :
what our culBIyated classes might call an
elegant dance, by sny means. There
"a nothing OF The stateltness OF the
cotiliOn, the dow grace Of The mazurka
or the freely movement Of the Italian
taranSella in it; but IL Is, 70 those who
have seen 10 acted as | have done. the
true expression OF the spanish people.
IL l. poem in notion the whole rod Y
partici patiny instead Of the legs merely 2.
The pair of lovers are AL a-glitser in
gold and silver; the woman - Hks a
dsrk-skinned ghost 8n gOssaIaer; every
limb seems elastic and her whole body
as she dances seems the sensuous ex-
pOnert OF the emotions OF the mind.
Tho Spanish clergy have repeatedly
tried In vain - suppress the bale
on The ground taken By our own preach
srs touching the round dances here, Sd al
it was improper; bat they have failed
and Court a. Toledo, before which a
nEmbor OF dancers were once sum-
nlODed. was converted when IL saw the
dance performed under the shadow ot
Justice. Tho story goes that all the
staid lawyers cast aside their wigs and
KoVrns aua tUfued in rhs revel.