The morning times., 1896-01-16

They call her Little Sara" the .hote
dancer" who has been delighting the
ladies and gentlemen in the parlors OF
the uptown hotels for the last five nights
since her advent in Washington.
Sara Mae Bodwell is her full name. II
is a name that would look well on the
great artistic posters that paper the va.
cant-lot board fences, over the announce
ment that the owner of the name would
appear on the stage OF one OF the best
theaterS in the city.
Some day that name viii appear on
those posters, too, and everybody will be
fioCklnR 10 see TIE owner OF il Just like
they go in crowds low to see Ellen Terry
Lillian Russell, Eerubardt. Duse, Guilberi
and other bright iuminaries in the milky
way OF stage people.
sard is uOIhg Ia Washington lust what
she has done IN half hundred or more
cities in the land. She goes from one fash
loDab.e hotel 10 auoiher ana dances for
the fine folks there. Then sne takes up a
collection and sells her pictures and makes
lots OF money.
VIII you talk with me a little while?-
asked The Times reporter, as he found
he. last evening IN the ladies' salon at the
Willard.
DOES NOT OBJECT.
why. certainly" she said. But won't
you walt until j am through with my per-
fornaDce, please? 1t will only be half an
hour, and ! am iate now. All these people
are waiting ior me-"
Who wouldn't have waited?
Then she went Oh with her cancc while
the orchestra pia yvu and the people watch
cd In amaZement. Cissy Fitzgerald and
Lois Fuiler cudld nave taken lessous from
some OF the d3inty little steps she made,
70 the dizzy waltZe5, the easy kicks she made
they looked easy-aDd the graceful, bird
like movements she performed 50 noise
lessly over the velvet carpet.
Wnen she had taken ZIP the collection
and h. af.fR nd mi i.S F.aH tnfA hs, hnf
she carried around, she ran upstairs and
got some breath, ana then giided nimb.y
Gown and sat Iii the cnair beside the re-
porter.
sac is not quite as high as the average
girI OF ner age. 4 white China silk blouse.
with u Wee Dit or lace trimming, and very
big sleeves, hung quite JauntI.y over
ItlIe plated back skirt Worn over white
one ,nat Just Reached her knees. Her stout
legs were encased III back silk stockings.
aiiu slippers with big, bright buckles were
on her ieet-
FKoBABAG or SPANISH DESCENT.
Her face-well, she has the face OF a
girl OF eighteen sGnniers- That is The
IninimLm guess person would ma ke If he
Sd W nrT lace alone. Bright brownish eyes
bvtoken the Spanish blood III her veins. She
is just a liite rreckcd. The freckies are
pat on win 4 discriminate careiessness that
ADDS to the beauty OF little girls face
her hair hangs Gown her back, with a
signify curling annex, reaching below
the waist. Bit ii is not golden hair. 1t
is brown almost 10 backnrss, and there is
such a quantity OF II that IL spreads out
from one shoulder to ,the other.
her voice is childish, but her speech
Is won.anlsh- IN iact, STE is Possessed OF
an air Ci lLsiness, determination and grit
that makes her almost prodigy
The hotel clerks an kLow her and they
describe her in aiI kinds OF flGttering phrases,
from saying ''si.e is wonderful 10 calling
her "a peach.
.'of course, it is an Embarrassing ques-
ton 10 ask Il yornS i3uy," tegan the re-
porter, but, eT, about
I'm fourteen years old; knew you
would ask that" said tie business-iike
sara. I was Lem in DeEy er. AKA tia, city
Is now NY home. BY father ana little
sister travel with me.
':My SISTER is IIy { ycai old, and shedances,
too but size is laid Up with cold Just now.
I'VE call her Lutte Helena l helped
papa name her. l G.dn't like The name or
neien, so l IICIos we should call her
after the capital OF Aontana. She is cute as
she can be. ana has eyes as black as coal. L
have two baby bToIhers at home i'll Denver
with mamma.
ALWAYS A DANCER.
How long have l been dancing? Ever
since l was i or years old. L used TO lie
on the sIage, but, while like public dane
ing, / do not like the stage lights. l was
with Lillian Russell at Chicago during the
fair. and was known as the Child premier
dancer OF her company.
nuNt DctH over Ilust VI NlC
and made tour OF the South last winter.
/ am going there again from Washington.
Of course, 1 have tO practice just like an
actress or singer does. and put in two or
three hours every morning. A person has
10 work TO - successful III anything, you
know.
NO. indeed; I'm not ncglecting my educa-
ton as ! go along. i have been TO school
anu will go again. Tread and study quite
great deal while out on the read. Papa was
an actor once, ana hegoes along tochaperone
me-
What Is your ambiticD?
'Oh, / viii become Il dancer SAID sara
in her cool, m&Jter-Of-fact way. THAT Is
what am working 10. l viii some day go
on the stage again, suppose, but not soon.
People are very liberal, and l make much
more money now in the hotels than would
behind the foOtiights. And money is what
IL takes to get along, you know, nowadays.
/ go very often 10 the theaters and try 10
keep up with all current eveats. | have
lots OF friends.
1--WE Will stay here few more days
and thea start Tor Atlanta. I'll be back TO