The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-12
LOIE FULLER IN PARIS.
WRAPPED IN ELECTRIC SPARKS
SIZE DAzz -ES The FaEECHMEN.
1t avs to Be a Dancer-She Makes
a Small Fortu, livery Month With
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PARIS, March 1.-THE artisan career OF
LA Loie Fuller"-as the French billiards
make her known-is worthy the attention
of the student of human nature. 1t is not
without its parallels in America. and that
fact gives 1t additional interest. The story
may be told in two parts, Of which the first
shall be Of her success.
Happy, triumphant-these are the words
which describe her as 1 saw her in the dress
ing rooms, which may be called her perma-
nent residence now, at the Folies-Bergeres,
just before her turn" last night. And
we'll may the young woman be happy, for
in addition to such solid remuneration as a
salary Of rather more than 81, 500 a month
in the Foles-Bergeres clone and three
years contract, twelve months in the
year for in the summer season this
theater has its best artists appear
at the principal watering places Miss
| Fuller has that satisfaction which a certain
great philosopher decided is to be the ulti-
mate reward Of the good. She has carte
! blanche for the development OF her art!
And she has developed it wonderfully, SO
that those who have seen her only in
America would hardly know her here
why !" exclaimed the beaming danseuse,
dresses, a white one and a pansy, while
now wear four every evening, dance diff
ferently in each, aud with the use Of the
electric lights show eighteen effects On
my drst appearance here they more than
doubled my salary, aud told me to give
any orders pleased to enable me to make
my dances yet more attractive.
THE LITTLE DANCER IS INGENIUs
II am thinking up new effects, new steps,
r,fs
feel very sure l shall be able to keep a
| long way ahead Of my imitators. In week
| or so | shall introduce four new dances, for
l have lately had the assistance of II. Au-
| dram, the composer Of Miss Helyett" This
| gentleman came to see my performance one
evening and vas 80 enthusiastic over il that
| he sent me at once four OF the most delight
full pieces of music imaginable with the re-
quest that try them. They are all beauti-
| full.
"Then you would not believe how busy I
am from morning 20 night. There are the
sittings give Tor my pictures. am being
| painted at the studio of Miss Louise Alb
bema and pose for my statues. The first
| of French artists is at work now on my life
size 10 marble for the worlds fair In Chi
cAgo, and another, an Italian, equally ia
| nous, is doing me in she same way In bronze
you see Ada Rehan will not be the only
| American woman to be represented in
| sLhCuaTy at the eXpOSlJlOu.
| 80, cannot possibly begin to tell you how
pleased am with my success went on
| Miss Fuller. You see, IL was so mex
| pected jump, from 1900 francs a month
| to $500, with % per cent Of the gross re-
| ceipts of the Thursday matinees. And then,
| too, | receive at least 900 francs for each
| OF my afternoon performance in society, -
and she showed me check she had just re-
ceived for her appearance at Minister Cool
| idRe's reception.
| Then Miss Fuller digressed into the realms
| Of absolute professionalism and talked of
| nights receipts, Of percentages, Of adver-
Using, of travelling expenses, and of tue
| relative money holding capacities of the
| principal thesters in America and in Eu-
| rope, 10 a manner to show that il the serpen-
| tine dance was q chance discovery 1t at
/ least had discoverer with brains to get
out of it all that there may be there. Miss
| Fuller is to go to Russia on a twenty days
| trip in April under the management Of the
| FolIes-Bergeres.
HER FAvoRITE PHOTOGRAPHS.
At this point succeeded In getting her to
| pick out from "a huge packet of her photo
| graphs few of her favorttes. They were
| The Dancer in Repose." "The Marriage
| Basket" The Spanish Step )" "The Ser
penis, "TEe Steam boats Screw" and "The
| Butterflies" There Is a certain ono nato-
| poeia about the French word for butterfly
| (paillon) which makes the name Of this step
even more appropriate.
Declining the lady's kind invitation to re-
| main and watch her dances from behind the
scenes l hurried to the front OF the house.
| The Folies- Bergeres, or the RollickinR Shep-
herd Girls, as it would be called in English,
is huge variety theater, in the Rue Richer,
| about three blocks off ths grand boulevards
reached easily enough. IL you know Paris
| WE'LL otherwise, take a cab. Descending
| rha hN-N ~ ho pt,a A.,
| Faubourg Montmsrte you strike the Rue
| Joutfroy-MRrle- Here a great burst of
electric light, which brightens the somber
neighborhood for blocks around, and you
read the name Of the big theater and of
the dancer blazing In gasjet letters on its
| front. OF course there is a crowd at the
| door, but the first thing that strikes an
American as strange is the list of prices on
4 the sign over the box office You can buy a
| ''promenoirn for as little as francs 40
| cents, but the seats cost at least francs
and the boxes sell themselves as a
Frenchman would say. at from 20 to IS
| francs each. These boxes contain from four
to six seats. The paradox Of it is that seats
bought in advance are more costly
than those bought on entering. 1t would
| seem that theatrical proprietor would dis
! criminate in favor of the customer willing
| to pay for a seat in advance, but the French
think that the first choice Is worth some
thing
When the tickets are secured there is an
other ordeal. At the entrance is a big desk
with always three, never any more never any
less, gentlemanly attendants In full evening
dress, to take your tickets and pass you
through. Once inside you are in the midst of
| hurryinR tbrong in a vast, brilliantly
| lighted garden, for veritable winter gar
den Is the first of the two great halls of the
| Folies-B ergeres; 1t is tbs first one in which
were played all those exciting billiard
matches last summer between Ives and
Slosson and the French champions. The
theater itself is further on. would like to
have the same liberty of description for the
two places and those who frequent them as
Guy de Maupassant takes brilliant advant-
age of in his best novel, "Bel Ami" But
such things are only permitted in French.
The facts are that the Folies-Bergeres is
larger Harry Hilps and Tom Gould's COM
bined, and would not be allowed to exist q
moment In New York.
There are rope MEETINGS stretched over
the heads Of the occupants Of the orchestra
seats, and a lofty tumbling performance is
! the attraction the last thing before the
event of the evening, the appearance Of the
Americana.
THEN COMES "L'AMERICAINE.n
All OF sudden the lights die almost out.
The frequenters of the establishment know
that this is a preliminary to the perfect