The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-03
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Seductive Dances Brought From the
Oriental kIarems.


$fS1fNT ~ lithesome, grace
2x full Omene2 Is
she possibly tho possessor. as all
women are supposed to be, OF several
hundred bona ilde bones2 COmmo II
sense says yes. but ones eyes almost
doubt 1t. Omene is the Egyptian
dancer, the odalisque, and not to have
seen her is to have missed seeing grace
epilomized. Tho habitues OF the
Academy OF Music will have the de-
light of watching her unique dancing
the last three evenings OF this week.
She has been engaged at un enotm'
Gus salary by the famous RenLz-Stan-
ley Company, and will introduce her
dance In their spectacular burlesque
AMERICA at every performance.
A Washington critic writes:
"Omene's dancing Is too beautiful to
DO left prlsoned in the harems and pal:
aces OF the East; and yet 40 full of
subtle poetry Is 1t, thuteven we Ameri :
cans, who are rapidly acquiring the
reputation of connoissours of The art,
lack that delicate senslbility that is re-
quired to discern between tho sem
suality of positive vulgarity and the
deep meaning OF materialized poetry
Omene is oriental clear through, When
she goes on to the bright red dancing
mat, and tho music is real gallant and
doesn't play too fast, she Ia In per-
feet mood TO transport her audience
to the realms OF the Sultan.
Her favorite dance is what is Called
the Snake Dance. The great feature
OF the dance is posing. Every pose is
picture. IL is simply bewildering,
ind at all times you wonder whrre
the graceful creature learned 1t all.
There Is one point where Omene sinks
slowly to the rug OIL one side, till IL
seems as II she must stretch Hat on
her side, and yet there she In balanced,
only she and tho rug know how.
You like that p said Omene. but
you don't know all it means. At home
these girls have been dancing a long
time. one hour perhaps. They be-
come carried away by the perfumes.
the flowers, the slow magnetic music
| that seems to steal the senses away.
| II is intoxicating, l do assure you. She
sinks TO the ground almost overcome
with delicious faintness, but always
gracefully. Then when she Is almo st
lost, and sinking into dream, through
her halt-closed eyes she sees the
snakes. and then she crouches down
| on both knees to wait their coming
Her tnmhourino moves with seduc-
| tive trailing motion about her.
The snakes reach her feet, They are
charmed by the music and by her mo.
tions. They wind themselves around
nor body, and then the dance goes on.
while the girl twirls her head rapidly
about until it seems rs ii the neck Is
dlslpcated. The snakes are charmed.
Tho girls head moves slower. She is
exhausted and charmed herself, and
then the slaves bear her away"
/ 10, a
does that Is wonderful. A glass full
OF water Is balanced on her head. and
then she dances with the lower part OF
her body, from tie hips down, and moi
n drop OF water is spilled. Omene
Says it is surprising the number of so
clety women who are anxious to &c
Qulre the art.
Is Omene pretty? Well, yes. anc
makes up the least ana about MS skill
fully rs any actress ever did. In Tur
key anG Egypt, making up is IL part o
the education OF all women. purtlcu
larly the eyes.
Omene has had a varied life. Hel
mother was Clrcussinn and her father
Turk. When only twelve and half
years old she shared the fate OF al
Oriental girls and became the wife OIL
an Englishman, who took her to Egypt
where she lived a number of years be
fore going to England. She has q
daughter ten years old, who is being
educated at the Convent of Sacre COe.
ur in Belgium, which is one OF the fine
finishing schools affected by wealthy
Americans.
Her whole appearance and every
motion is an illustration OF grace. and
some OF her ideus arc decidedly stronf
on the subject Why, she thinks IL wo
man oughteyon to learn to 10 grace
fu whom she hands her husband a
lutte the raSe Mt p,iy ate e ,ls pJe'
ments in New York Since she cami
back from Egypt, and as soon a
the public catches on to tho sednC
tiycness of the dance, and at tn
same timeilnds out how harml legs II Il
it is likely to be the next terpsichoreu
fad.