Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-14

the spectators. There's delicious suggestion
OF the child Of nature about her. which 10 sup
pressed and suffocated by her strange sur
.Ia1 oa s.,,.,, You . think to yourself
only permitted to burst out into
Wild and srtle~ desinvalture Of pose and atti-
sude. accompanied by glad shouts and catches
OF song, instead Of following the monotony Of
the music which hampers her steps and chains
her feet to the floor" With the same earnest
look upon her face Texsrkansss begins 20
dance. Hither and thither. forward and
backward, her shapely little feet beat.
glide, shuttle, rock. tilt. creep. now
rafting noisily. now tapping the sanded floor
coquettishly. Again and again she il sum-
moned 10 repeat the clever performance, till
one wonders at the powers of endurance Of
those slender ankles But the loud and ring
ing applause brings scarcely a ripple of q smile
TO her face or any more than a single. graceful
bend Of her blonde head. She doesn't know
that she has succeeded.
Now comes the singularity Of the debut.
Iexarkansas has merely danced exceptionally
well In the manner liked by Bowery audiences
Later In the evening she fails quite as emphati-
caliy IN attempting to introduce the Carmen
cita oddly. This time her dancing was Just like
that which has been made so popular by Car
mencita and her imitators: but although Tex
arkansas slender. hssome body makes a back
ward arch of great beauty Of curve. the Bow
eryites are not moved by her Spanish dancing.
They scorn her efforts. They don't 20 wild
after the manner Of the -Four Hundred. They
have positively refused to 60 Carmencita crazy
HOW THEY REvENeED THEMSELVES
The prima donna Of a well-known burlesque
opera company arrived in New York few DAYS
ago and went to fashionable hotel in upper
Broadway. She had two trunks. one being
overpoweringly large and the other exception
ally small The actress presence created a
sensation among the men in the hotel and every
time she appeared in the corridors or parlors
she was the cynosure of admiring eyes. She
was proud and naughty in her beauty and none
OF the yearning men that watched her move
ments were able to attract from her 80 much as
q careless glance Of recognition. Finally a re-
vulsion OF feeling toward the handsome per-
former took possession of her slaves and dis
paraging remarks concerning her and
her conduct were heard about the
house. On Sunday il was learned
that the lady was about to take her departure,
and it was resolved by a number of the men in
the hotel that a large company should be pres
ent when she entered her carriage. The time
came and when the porters brought the very
large and the very small trunk down 70 the
sidewalk about twenty curious and idle gentle
men were ranged about the entrance 10 watch
the exit OF the queen OF burlesque AT last she
came, accompanied by her maid, and when she
saw the crowd that had gathered to bid her
goodbye she scornfully turned up her pretty
nose and sailed toward the carriage door. On
her way her eve fell on her two trunks and
she stopped short. q flush of anger spring.
ing to her cheeks. On the very small trunk
was pasted a label covering all of one end of
ii, upon which, in large letters, was printed the
word Costumes" On the very large trunk
was another label bearing the inscription,
Press Notices" The actress fairly quivered
with rage as she realized that she had been
made the subject of ridicule. and as she ordered
the porters to scrape tine offensive labels from
her trunks, she cast a look of almost murderous
contempt upon the men that were enjoying her
discontinue. Upon entering her carriage she
found note addressed to her, reading as fol-
lows:
DEAR MISS 1 am skillful diamond burg
lar, making a speciality of relieving opera
ladies' of their Jewels and having them re-
turned ten days after the theft, thus giving
the opportunity for a double advertisement.
My terms are very moderate and 1 guarantee
at least a half column notice in four Of the
New York newspapers, presenting no bill in
event OF failing in this. knowing that it has
now been more than six months since you last
lost your diamonds L am hopeful that you may
deem it wise to employ me in performing the
little business at an early date.
Yours respectfully,
ROBERT, THE RoBBER.
The very inconsiderate and impolite men
who were the authors of all this ridicule now
fatter themselves that they gave the burlesque
actress a deserved lesson in manners Thew
are joyful in the thought that they succeeded
in making her one of the most angry women in
existence,