The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-03
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dancing. Now she has turned her guns
upon Tuxedo.
Last winter. Miss Duncan danced n sew
eral studies and drawing rooms ara gave
a recital at the Berkeley Lyceum- Bnt
she was moi generally known. Occasion
afv someone would say:-"Oh, have you
seen Miss Duncan danee2 A charming
girl. Nor Well. you have a treat in
store
Nav that the fashionables Of Newport
have set their stamp of approval upon the
Young lady. her success is assured. Miss
Duncan. after dancing at Lenox early last
summer. decided to put her fate TO the
touch at Newport Many wiseacres sought
to persuade the fair dancer to wait, tell
ing her the time was not yet ripe Tor a
Newport campaign. But Miss Duncan
has a mind of her own, and to NeWpcrs
she went with a letter of introduction 20
Mrs. Calvin Bfice.
Mrs. Brice Immediately arranged an en-
tertainment. She was giving a dinner the
next day and engaged Miss Duncan 70
appear.
CANCER, the latter asked. "A half hour +
"yveu. yes,'s replied Mrs. Brice.
should think that would be about right.
II was arranged that Miss Duncan
sbo,,,a DANCE upon a broad balcony open
ing out from the superb drawing room
i balcony filled with pots of flowers ana
.ra;,ing vines and huge palms. Win
These ideal surroundings there drifted
slowly into view a slight figure in snort,
ira nsnarent draperies. and d pale, rapt
face. lighted by a pair OF serious eyes
Miss Duncan is a deyotee. Her dancing
l. not a delightful physical exercise, but
) c,,lt. almost a religion. She dances as
other artists paint and sing, with her
very heart and soul. She endeavors %
set a picture or series of pictures before
her audience.
Her first dance was a poem of Nevins,
seThe Water Nympb.' In this she coquets
and PLAYS with the waves that come curl
ing M to kiss her feet. She flies along
the beach; the waves pursue her. At last
she fings herself into their embrace.
When Miss Duncan finished her dance
she ran lightly through the hall and up
the stairs. thinking her share of Mrs,
Brice's entertainment was over and that
she could change her dress and hurry
away.
But thunders of applause recalled her.
Over and over was she brought back, ana
Miss Duncan on the occasion of her New
MORT debut danced not a half hour but
two hours for Mrs. Brice's guests
She danced at many houses after that
Mrs. Fred. Lee Pierson arranged a fete
al which Miss Duncan danced upon the
lawn, interpreting selections from the Ru-
baiyat of Omar, the Persian poet.
This is a wonderful measure, passing
from grave to gay, as the immortal
words demand, and ending with a slow
and melancholy movement as the poet
pictures the last drink offered by the
angel at the river brink.
ard when, like him, oh. Saki, you shail
pass
Among the guests, star-scattered on the
grass.
And reach the spot where l made one,
Turn down an empty glass"
The figure sinks and droops; the slim
hand rests upon the floor; the head is
bent lower and lower. The empty glass
is turned down.
For one moment Miss Duncan rests in
this attitude, a figure from a noble an
tiaue frieze.
Miss Mason also gave a lawn fete at
which Miss Duncan danced selections,
from midsummer Nights Dream"
Mrs. Hodsson capped the climax of po-
etc entertainments by having Miss Dun
can dance in a conservatory among ex-
uuisite orchids and to the music OF
splashing water.
Mrs. Aston was fascinated with the
fairylike dancing of this remarkable girl,
and. it is said, will present her at one of
her entertainments during the winter.
Miss Duncan is now at Tuxedo arrang-
ing for a series OF r~ecitals. Her mother
and sister, who are always with her. have
decided to take a house in town for the
winter and propose to give entertainments
in their own drawing room. at which
many novel and interesting features viii
be introduced.
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Earring it, after boiling begins; sec
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AllE " u Va AoO ~ -
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It with comfort begin to stir with a wood
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