Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-28

ever b the foOtiights." And this fore
cast proved to be SO literally true that
n was fgsynd necessary to dispose OF
zana's reala lining trinkets toward the
eisse Of her novitiate.
Eut Mt last the clock strack l.. An
interview between M~OntmOrency and
the Alhambra manages resulted in a
secord interview, between the latter
and Jana. followed by some ssrnraes OF
her dancing in the presence Ut a small,
select body OF experts. And the out
come OF these interviews was that Ia
I'm tstiIi under the name of Miss Clif-
ford was enga ged as premiere dan
seuse. In q new piece, To be called Tile
Light of the Harem." for a period OF
u month, at a salary OF sixty pounds
per week.
They'd have foi,bed you OFF with a
quarter that sum. if I hadn't been be
Find you chuckled air Nonrmorency.
"As ii is, they wauted to insert an OPP
tionai clause ia tie agreement. 10 re
tain you for six I oirtbs, at the saline
salary. should you make a hit. But L
| very quickly snutfed out that little
game. / can tell you"
''The Light OF the Harem," AN the ii
tie implied. was q trayeSty npon ORR
entail matrimonial customs, With Aana,
II course, in the role OF the Sultan's
prime fav0rite. Such sha.l0wy plot as
there was turned rpon the adventures
OF her Circassian lover, the intrlgues
OF an amorous Grand NiZier. and the
jealous rage of the Sultan himself: but,
as usual the entire Performance was
little more than a succession OF ballots,
varied Ivy the pas-seuls of the premier
dansause.
From the very first moment OF her
entrance upon the scene Zana's triHmph
was a foregone conclusion Chad In
some wonderful Eastern creation Of
crimson and gold. which set Off rather
than concealed the graceful lines OF her
wiilowy figure, her black hair falling ina
luxrriant masses TO her waist her glo-
rions dark eyes lighting up the olive
tints Of the exGuisitely-featured face,
her every movement the perfection OF
~srace-she hooked, IN sooth, the very in
earnation of an houri newly descended
from Paradise.
A dand hush fell upon the audience
when, the footlights being lowered, she
danced her first pas seul under b
searching glare OF the lime lights at
liz ffAL%o~ 0uL GAAG hNh
ed the entire house rose at her, and
greeted her with such thunders OF ap-
2tause as the Alhambra walls have sell
dom re-eohoed- She took one encore.
but was recalled again and again. until
1t seemed as though not a man in that
vast audience could reconcile himself
10 losing sight of her for even q few
minutes. And when at length the cur
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rear was so tremendous that it had 10
he raised again four successive times
before the delighted o~nlookers would
be satisfied.
Zana took her triumph quietly
enough, but Montmorency was almost
frantic with delight
Il knew itI' he declared, jubilantly.
Il knew Ii from the first | set
eyes on you. my dear. And now we
shall see some rare fighting amongst
the managers to secure you under a
resh engagement. The Alhambra man
sounded me tonight about increasing
your salary to eighty pounds, condi-
tionally upon your signing for three
months. But / fancy Harry Montmo-
rency knows what he's about. Long
before the month is out you'll have
half a dozen offers at three figures"
The old professional was n more
right. so complete was the hold which
zana had taken upon the public fancy
that competition 20 ecure her services
waxed fast and furious, until at length
a great rival establishment rose TO the
exceptional figure Of $50 pounds per
week. And this her astUte agent would
most probably have closed with on her
behalf, but for a simultaneous offer OF
1900 francs from the management OF
the Folies Bergere in Paris.
Il think we shall accept the Paris En-