St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-02
ADELAIDE At HOME,
The Petite Dancer Of 1.-The
Passing Show Com
pany
rs INTERVIEWED AT LAST
By a Reporter Who She De-
elare1 Was a Real
Man.
IN HER INNOCENT WAY
She Diseloses Some Vanitles
and Follies Of the
Stage.

care you my 'ticklar friend? Mebbe
I'll let you, then. Miss Jarbeau says
she only lets her 'ticklar friends kiss
her, and she's got lots"
"Adelaidew
"Well, when Pm growed up. dess
can have all the 'ticklar friends l want,
can't |, mammal"
Little Adelaide, "Dickey," of the
passing Show" was talking in her
dressing room at the Met" With
downcast eyes she continued tying a
queer sort of knot in a yellow ribbon
on stage costume. Then she looked
I'D laughingly through her tangled
curls.
"Oh, say, Mr.. Reporter, what did you
get for Christmas" And without stop
ping, "Pll tell you sumfin, too! If you
promises, really and truly, not never TO
tell nobody. Cross your heart! There,
now. Well. Igot too beautiful books, and
a awfully sheek little coat-Say, mama,
what did Miss Leasing mean by sheek?
Everybody said so. And then-O. Pm
goin' to tell you'll got,I got" (and LA
Petite" cast down her demure eyes, bit
Ing her lower lip "Well, | got real
note from "a gentleman doWn-in front!
Just like Miss"
adelaide! you dreadful girl" ex-
claimed mama, you see, the gentleman
was simply an old friend of ours, and he
sent the child little remembrance; but
keep her so much to herself that real
note was new experience"
"Well," resumed Addie, sit was areal
note. anyway, all dressed to Miss Ade-
Iaide,' and if I'd knoWed him, I'd winked
at him when went on. Miss DAILY was
tellin' the new lady always to wink IT
size wanted a supper from agen-
tleman down in front. And this is
lots better'n supper what he gived me
just lookee i"-a an exquisite little ring
it was on a dainty little finger.
There, them'S Opals-one-two-tW
one-two opals! Isn't they? And opals
Is bad luck for big people and good luck
for little folks. Pm little enough. amt
l."
That horrid old Gerry man. down in
N'York," explained Adelaide. like
genuine Gothamite, ''said l was too lit
tie, and couldn't 20 on any more; and
tol him Miss DAILY was little, too, and
zen he said wasn't old enough. l toP
him
Well. I'm MORN Six,
but you can't guess; there, now. What
if you wanted to 60 on, toP him, and
do the toe dance, and the back kick,
and everysing, and people wouldn't let
you cause you're too old? IN he
didn't guess, neither"
mo, Adelaide is the only child dane
er that has appeared in New York for
long time. They tried to interfere with
her once, but gave 1t up later" said the
mother.
"When do you practice, Adelaide"
"Oh | goes every mornin' to the thea
ter. and kick up at the flles-no; not
the truly, buzzy flies, but just the flies.
you know, 'lOngside the rag. Madame
Elolse Kruger,-she's my teacher. down
In N York-used to hold tambourine
mans hat is better, but never tried
that-and she'd lift it up higher and
higher till | got so l could kick the
back of my head. Can you do that?
Why, mama, he's real mau and can't
kick the back of his head! Well, mebbe
1t amt easy. Other day l was shown
Miss Thorne, and she kicked up awful.
She didn't hit anything 'cept her
makeup box, what fell doWn-but Oh,
my; it was too funny! Just wish you'd
been there! She tared big hold In
her stocking P-
"Adelaide!"
"Well. guess she did, anyway. Just
ask Mr.. Ross. | toP him, and he wanted
to see, but pinned it all up for her.
She said Ouch too, when | stikked
her just little, weenty bit wiz the pin.
Only think, mama, a real, big lady say
in Ouch!"
"How do l muse myself? Tve got
lots of nice books to read. Some is
from our Sunday school at Cohoes-you
know bout CohoeS, doesn't you? It's
where we lives, in NJ York. What
funny little girls they is in them books!
They allus goes to the theater-down
in front, o. course-and poor little
girl like me comes on what hasn't had
nothin' TO eat for days and days. Her
dance goes big, and she takes lot of