Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-20
AN APACHES WAY
WITH A WOMAN
Aboriginal Barbarity of Partisan
Thug is Depicted in Dance which
Attracts and Repels Theatre Goers
Then he rushed at her.

Then he rushed at her.
knocking her to the ground with a vi
cious punch One would think she were
dead, but she calmly arose, turned her
face toward him with the sweetest ex-
preston imaginable, as if imploring
him for a kiss. But he struck her
again. hitting her in the mouth with
his closed fist. Again she turned to
him, smiling.
Inside the cafe the music was play
ing and the jewellers were shouting.
Suddenly the Apache in a temper grab
bed the woman by the shoulders, drew
her to him, and started hopping with
her in a weird sort of dance. keeping
time to the music. He only hoped.
she really danced. Such expression in
a dance I never had seen before. Not
a word did she speak. but her every
movement, all grace and life, implored
him to be merciful to her. to take her
back. and fold her in his arms.
"The man threw her to the floor and
resumed his place at the table. drink
ing his absinthe. When he finished he
got up and walked away. The woman
followed him. He knew she would, as
l afterward learned. The Apache has
a wonderful hypnotic power over the
woman who is his slave. There is
nothing she will not stand to keep his
affections. And the man--they love
the women not because they are beau
tiful. but because they are profitable"
The Apaches of Paris are of several
bands. Two of these commanded by
Manda and Lecca became famous
~. al, TT,
had for the hand of Casque d. Or. a
woman who was recognized as the
Queen of the Apaches of Bellville.
After a fearful warfare, Manda killed
Lecca and won Casque, but he paid
dearly, as he was deported to a convict
settlement and is now serving a life
sentence for the crime, which probably
would never have received the atten-
ton of the authorities had not the fight
between the leaders and their bands
endangered the lives of peaceful citi-
zens of the district. Casque went on
the stage at the bidding of a theatrical
manager, who knew that the exploita-
ton she had received in the newspa-
pers would make him wealthy. But
the police stopped her appearances. and
the first queen of the Apaches finally
died in squalor. Chiffonette was the
next famous queen OF the Bellville
Apache. She was just twenty-three
when she came into power. She al
most killed her first sweetheart be-
cause he deceived her. When he got
out of the hospital he tried to make
Chiffonette marry him, vowing to shoot
her if she did not On the day set for
fha ell "a
young man in the face and told him
she was just having fun with him. He
struck her. and then shot her three
times, one bullet forcing her left eye
out of the socket. Chiffonette replaced
the eye and she drew a knife and
stabbed the man. The queen was put in
prison for the crime, but got out sur
prisingly soon and had a razor battle
with her next sweetheart. She went TO
Jail again. but for a short time. Her
next exploit was a stiletto duel with a
girl named Andrea The queen accused
Andrea of being a spy. who had be
trayed Dede, a man whom Chiffonette
loved The two girls met on the Eau
baurg Du Temple at nine-thirty one
morning. Each had retainers; each
drew her stiletto Chiffonette closed
with her antagonist, and while they
rolled on the street the queen drove
her knife into Andrea's back. Andrea
died on the spot
Chiffonette is now in a wo.nan's drill
at st. LaXare. Her title fell to her
close friend. Dope. 10 years old. who
won the fancy of certain Paris arts
tocrat and spent $4,000 of his money
before she tired of him and returned
to the Apache world. Dope still reigns
as the queen of the Paris Apaches.
The Apache men and women dress
in black and red, the black for death
and the red for crime. The favorite
dress of the women is a black skirt
and sweater, with a bit of red to set It
off. and perhaps a red bow or rose in
her hair. This is the costume owned
by Adele Rowland in TIE dance with
Smith in THE Flirting Princess"
which comes here under the tutelage of
Smith. Miss Rowland gives a particu
larly vivid Interpretation OF the
Apache woman's character in THE
Flirting Princess" dance. The dance
is a particularly strenuous one physi
cally and requires the delineation OF
moods by facial expression alone. as n e
words are spoken.
Fire and sword are but slow en-