Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-25
Special Correspondents.

Special Correspondence
ONION. July 15,-lsadora Dun
can. or "The" Duncan, as she Is
1 called on the continent is com
49, ing to the United states IN DC
tober under Charles Frohman's man
agement. She Is on the lookout lor
millionaire with money to burn and ex-
meets 10 find him either in New York or
in one of the other big American cities
in which she will appear should tne
GothamItes take TO her art and patron
lie the boxoftice.
II am devoted to my dancing SAID
Miss Duncan to me yesterday anu
love the little children of my schooi'
but I am anxious to get somebody TO
take the financial end OFF my shoulders.
A millionaire will do or municipality
or an institution. My trip to the Unit
ed States will be principally with the
object of arousing an interest III Gree
ian dancing In the hopes that some ono
will come forward with the money In
my first year in Berlin | made l5o'ooo
marks 1880, 000) clear from my dancing,
and with that money I started my
school for children. Since then l have
had to find 50 GOO marks GlO'OOO) every
year for its maintenance besides giving
my services to the instruction OF int
girls and the management OF the IN
stitution. / am perfectly Wiling 10
continue giving my services out 40
wish that some one would come for
I'D = mo ~
for finding the money as well. | have
never danced in public in the united
States but always privately, ] mad the
pleasure at that time of almost starv-
ing to death, not only there put IN
London eight years ago
Naturally there have been COMPARE
sons made between Miss Duncan, VINO
was the first IN the field with the
natural or classical" style of dane
Ing. and Maud Allan, who is the rage of
London just now and whose success
here had a whole lot to do with troh-
mans decision to bring the Duncan
girl to London. Friends of the latter
declare that Miss Allan has stolen the
idea from the older woman, but the
critics are pretty unanimous In de-
claring that II this is true Miss Allan
has improved considerably upon her
teacher Miss Duncan complained TO
me that some one has even stolen the
facts of her biography and tackled them
on TO Miss Allan. The real facts seem
to be that there is a remarkable series
of condolences in their lives.
81 want to protest against the steal
ing of my biography" declared Miss
Duncan to me. 81 saw in paper re-
Gently the statement that Miss Allan.
started In san Francisco, went to Chi
cago and New York and finished up in
Berlin Now those are exactly the facts
In my case"
Miss Allan. of course. lived for years
in san Francisco, where her father was
In business. In coming to Berlin 1t
natural thing In the world for her to
stop in both Chicago and New York
Miss Duncan is the daughter of Joseph
Charles Duncan a former banker and
first president of the Academy of Arts
in San Francisco.
Interviews with theatrical managers
usually develop into more or less of an
advertisement for the manager, but Il
London express man has got from.
George Alexander some comments on
the relations of managers and the pub
lie that are so sane and sound rs to
be worth reprinting, for they apply as
well to America as to England, and
Alexander Is one of the most astute
business men to be found anywhere in
the theatrical world.
Il am no believer" he said, "ln the
atrlcal booms and 'slumps. The past
season has been Vilifed as something
unusually demoralizing. The public.