Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1903-04-12
Provides LIE Position in Vienna Thea.er
ior the Graceful Polish Dancer
FIRST APPEARANCE DRAWS GREAT CROWD
Object Of Rulers Affections Has Some
Magnificent Diamonds
LIVES IN GREAT STYLE AT LEADING HOTEL
Has n Fortune ms Well ns n GoOdIy
salary with which 20 Keep Up
the style I'm which
She started.

Copyright 1903. by Press Publishing Coz
VIENNA, April 11.--(New York World
Cablegram-special Telegram.l-The last
two balls at the Imperial opera Of Vienna
attracted large crowds anxious to see the
performances of Miss Mathllde Ksehesnska
and Messrs. O'Buchow, Legat and Bekesy,
all dancers from the Imperial Russian
theater in st. Petersburg. Miss Ksches-
inska, the prima ballerina, was the chief
attraction, but she will excite more in
terest when what the the World corre-
spondent has learned about her is made
known TO the public.
She has been loved by the czar for more
than ten years. The close friendship be-
tween the Russian emperor and the Polish
dancer dates back to two years before the
csars marriage.
The csarina, then Princess Alix of Hesse,
knew OF the czar's infatuation and of the
serious character their relations had taken
after the birth OF a son. She yielded with
bitter forebodings to the commands Of rela-
tives and may have been sustained by the
hope he would give up the dancer. But
she had 20 learn the bitter truth that
Mathilde Kschesinska retained her place
in the cars affections and in time became
the mother Of three more children, all solo,
while it was the czarinas fate to become
the mother OF girls only.
still by degrees the czarina, with her
pure heart and lofty mind. gained a great
ascepdancy over her husband and he has
now consented to break of all relations
with the Polish ballerina and specially be-
cause he hopes by this sacrifice to obtain
the blessing of heaven on his marriage and
to be rewarded by the birth Of son and
heir
Provides Life Position.
But he wished to make things very pleas
ant for Mathilde. She was to have some
compensation for the loss of her imperial
lover and the foreign ministries of St.
Petersburg and Vienna were for some time
busily engaged on the womans future
she is to become a member for life OF the
Vienna opera and to share the title OF
prima ballerina assoluta with Mrs. Sironi
the-star 'of the Hlcnna ballet sai
Mathilde Kschesinska came 70 Vienna a
week ago with train OF twenty-five aerv-
ants, She engaged the so-called royal apart
ments Of the imperial hotel. eight large
rooms on the first door. The best car
rtages wore taken for her and stand a
the door all day.
This afternoon she gave a o'clock te,
at the Imperial. to which she sent out 10
invitations. Her own servants did tn,
serving, she having brought her own silve
and china from st. Petersburg;
Miss Kschesinska has the finest diamond
ever seen on a ballet dancer. She showed
them of last Tuesday at the Concordii
ball of the journalists Her necklace 4
shaped like the links of a heavy chaii
and a superb plastron of enormous dia
monds and emeralds covered the front o
her dress A tiara was made Of the sam
fine stones and her earrings consisted o
large single diamonds Brooches, combs
y bracelets and a waistband all glared wit
the pure Ural diamonds.
Mathilde has fortune of 100000 wit
which she Is at liberty to do what sh
likes. She does not have to think of he
boys. who have been taken from her an
are brought up as the special care Of tn
ears mother. Mathilde is a Hebrew {
diminutive size, very thin, but very grace
full. She is somathing over 80 years oil
and no longer beautiful, yet is charmin
k-and winning. Her dancing is very ligh
and graceful.