New-York tribune., 1899-07-16
FANNY ELLSLER IN BOSTON.
A DANCER WHO MADE THE PURITAN BLOOD
BOIL
From The Boston Transcript.

From The Boston Transcript
7, those natriotic times. when. more than
over we are becoming accuStolAed 10 pp" VI ~
uncovered heads and reverent hearts before me
grim obelisk at CharlestOwn. not uninterestii!s
Will it be to look back about sixty yeai9, D. ~ ~
when our grandfathers and grahdinolIc'S ~
engaged i'm raising the necessary luhiS 10, 10 10
or.ction and recall a little rpISOue IN "Hl'H
Fanny Ellsler. the then innitdhie dai.Seus dai.9.
and the naughty monument came in'o i"''''''''1
association. -. -.
In 1910 Fanny Ellslcr was In this country;
and Boston was. Of course one OF 'ie IdNo.c"
Citics i'm which she exhibited the acme of letp-
eichorean art Her appearance created tne
greatest emotion and cOmmouOn, ana mdde the
Puritan blood boil-With admiration OF "iiiH
nation as the might be- Inc uhco Sulu
Rad raised their hands in holy horror. one hdl
Icen received with aduati0n and enthusiasm
all over Europe, and her trumphs were O1'hs
rnneated in this country. Never before had an
artiste OF her genius and capacity peeh seen
1,aro There we're TO I.oie Fullers i'm those days
The young men of that period lost tnelr headS
and wildly went to every extreme OF eNtidF"
Cant admiration. Flowers were sIo"creu upon
tho divine Fanny" jewels laid at her feet ana
poems irnurnerable indited In her honor, Her
horses were taken from her carriage, ana men
were not ashamed (for the time at leasO 10
take their places in the shafts, even Struggling
for the opportunity TO draw the dance queen
TO her hotel after each performance. e,.,.- ,ho
Naturally at such state or aiialrs the
women rose in revolt, and the anathemas or
The church people were heard in the land
II was at this time that the patriotic cltiZeh3
of New England, ner women W Nii' 49, 49,
actively engaged in raising money for the cree
ton Of Bunker Hill Monument. The EIlscr
with the proyerbal generosity and iheralIty
Of stage fayOrtes. rose to the occasion, ana,
without waiting to be asked. gave great bene-
fit for the good cause, netting over S3OOo'
which sum she offered to the association.
How this large donation from a stranger was
APPRECIATED by the press and the puDHc Oh
those days may be estimated somewhat by the
following extract from an editorial that ap-
peared in "The Boston Weekly Magazine. a
literary paper Of high reputation and wide in
6uence OF the date Of October 10. 1910, copy
of which lies before at this writing. 1t is
only a fair sample OF many antagonistic art-
cles that appeared in journals Of the time:
THE MONUMENT-F FANNY ELLSLER
Fanny Ellser offered the president Of the
bunker Hill Monument Association a donation
of 81 600 or a benefit for the monument. and
as the president left il to her choice. she Of
course gave the benefit.
The question is now raised whether it shall
be received. and glad TO find that the
ladies who have nObly and efficiently come
forward OF late. and by their energy and liber-
ality secured the completion Of the work, OBJ
feet. with one voice, against its reception.
In this they are right The wages Of obscen-
ity-for it is nothing less should not mnglc
with and pollute the free viii offering Of New
Englands daughters
But the question Of reception is 70 be de-
Cidcd by the men not the women; and the re-
lection of the money would be a mortal offence
against The Ellsler'-the divine Fanny Well
we shall see And the result will show whether
the directors have most respect for their wives
bhoud be willing to have the decision left to