St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-05

the bewitching Fannie Ellsler. Their
claims, however, to admiration were not
the same; there was not the slightest
resemblance between the ideal grace of
one and the coquettish vIvacity of the
other. The chief characteristic of Fan
ny's dancing was the extraordinary pre-
ciSlOn; her little feet performed the most
rapid and intricate evolutlons without
apparent eXertion. Her figure was
Slight and elegantly formed, her coun-
tenance noble and expressive, and the
fascinating attraction of her manner
irresistible. Her elder sister, Teresse,
has been described as model of classic
grace and correctness of style, but her
artistic career was comparatively q
short one, and beyond the fact of her
Fanny, very little is known about her,
Many an old patron of the ballet to this
day undoubtedly has pleasant recollec-
tiOuS of the
BEAUTIFUL PAULINE DUVERNAY,
whose exquisite Cachuca, so amusingly
burlesqued by the clown, Tom Mat
thewS, drew great crowds to DruryLane
and for many weeks woke big, smoky
London from its characteristic dullness.
Shortly after the close of her engage
ment she retired from the stage and
married Lyme Stephens. at whose death
she inherited the whole of his property,
Including one of the finest hotels in
Paris.
Very few artists, with the exception
of our own American dancers, Loie
Fuller and Miss Amelia Glover, ever
attained celebrity at so early an age as
the charming Charlotte Grisi. When
barely nine years old she had already
displayed such proficiency among the
child dancers at Milan as to be general
ly known by the name of Little Heb
erle," Mile. Heberle being then at the
zenith of her fame. Ten years later,
while at Naples, she became the pupil,
and subsequently, the wife, of Perrot,
the best male dancer of his time, and
accompanied him to London and after
French Stage" tells us,a brilliant debut
at the opera at once established her
reputation. From that moment her
career was
ONE CONTINUED TRIUMPH.
Burgmuller composed for her "La
Perle,'' and Adolph Adam "Giselle,"
the delicious waltz which still OCCASION
ally rings in the ear of the ballet patron
of other days; and in these poetic crea-
tons her grace and beauty so electrified
the critics that one of them, Jacques
Arago, in pardonabie fit of enthusi-
asm, thus expressed his admiration:
People do not throw flowers to her;
they hold them out from the boxes
until she rises and takes them"
She was blue-eyed blonde with a
delicate complexion, which has been
compared to an opening tea rose, and a
slight but perfectly symmetrical figure.
TO her early training she owed an ex-
traordinary suppleness and elasticity.
which enabled her to execute the most
difficult tours de force" without effort,
and both as dancer and pantomimist she
has rarely been equaled and never sur
passed. During the run of the famous
''pas de quatre" considerable jealousy
existed between her and Cerito,
and, in confidential letter to
her constant admirer, Theophile eau
tier, Charlotte alluded as follows to her
rival: Mile. Cerito was greeted with a
shower of tinted papers of all colors,
green, pink and gray, each containing a
sonnet in honor of the celebrated
Neapolitau, by way of proving that