Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-21
DANCER ELEVATES NOSE
At NEWPORT SMART SET
Countess of the TWinkIing Bare
Toes Cuts Millionaire Con-
tinuent at Noted Resort

The coming of the Countess Tharnara
de Swirsky, who will appear at the
| Auditorium tomorrow afternoon ana
Friday. has created no little discussion
in social circles, and well II should'
for it may be remembered what nap
| pened at Newport last summer Wnen
the little dancer invaded the excluSlVe
circles of the smart set, exhibited her
toes and grace to the members of the
Four Hundred and became quite the
rage.
The success which attended her en-
! trance into Newport and America S
millionaire summer colony was IN a
measure almost sensational for,
among other things, the titled Russian
dancer proved Il at Laura. Jean Libbey
has been perfectly correct, and that
even gold-inlaiu hearts can feel the
common pang of jealousy.
Now, it happens that the faireSt ana
| most theatrically inclined ma.ds and
matrons of Newport give series OF
tableaux in which they appear as
harassed queens, joyful or unhappy
prisoners, heroines of romance and so
on. 1t is always a very close cor
| poration sort of an affair. Those VINO
appear want for themselves all of the
admiration available.
| But there had never been a fasci-
| mating dancing countess in Newport
before at the times of unese exclusive
charades Everything continued very
well until one afternoon when one
young matron rushed into the Casino
where the rehearsals were being held
and exclaimed, "She's going to pose
too" "Who?' said her bosom friend, a
recent bride. "Why, the countess. Did
you ever hear of such thing? OF
course, 1 suppose she is noble and all
that, but what is to become OF the
rest of us?"
my dear" exclaimed the bride.
Yes, and the men are simply fasci-
mated by her." murmured the other.
why, at Joseph Widener's, when she
danced. they threw guerdons at her
/ feet and they really couldn't seem
to take their eyes off her"
"Well, if she dances / won't pose, +"
said. the bride.
REvoLUTIONISTs GATHER
Very soon the revolutionists had
gathered others to their side, and
I the campaign of Countess and No
! Tableaux'' and "Tableaux and No
| Countess" was on. In spite of TINS
| the little countess seemed to grow
more fascinating. Regularly she ap-
peareG ut the tennis courts and no
one ever so. much as mentioned
! TaDleauX WIlSn sic was lOuiiA' az
countess is we'll bred, quiet and visit
! full. When she was most wistful she
/ invariably wore a curious blue crepe
! de chine gown. 1t was robe that
clung and shrunk as she walked. 1t
was the very soul of wistfulness.
! But little later the countess de-
meanor and her clothes changed. She
appeared at the Casino all in pink, a
pink silk robe very scant and a white
/ I,A n
stead of her meek and humble ex-
preston war was evident in her coun-
| tenance.
Quite regularly she walked along
Pineapple row, past Mrs. Elisha Dyer
Mrs. John Drexel, past dozens of wo-
men, and to most of them she gave
the "cut direct" To Mrs James Hag-
gin, Mrs. Herman Oelrichs and Mrs
! Astor she was graciousness personit1ed
For perhaps twenty minutes she stood
at the grand stand entrance eying the
field, and then holding her head, h gh
with her nose elevated and her skirts
aloof from Newport's women, she
passed on.
In the course of an hour Harry LehT
rushed up to Mesdames Dyer and
Drexel
"she's gone; oh, she's gone" he
shouted, and Mesdames Drexel and
Dyer exclaimed as one, 'It's a good
thing; she can't dance tonight" 1t
sounded like a curfew. And so the
countess left Newport.
She had taught Newport many
things, and it had taken her to shake
it out of it's stony calm. And what
does the countess say about Newport?
Just listen:
"At Newport the women flatter
themselves that they have the fashions
of Europe, but this is not So Every
thing is exaggerated for them, and
they seek not to have gowns that ex-
press their personalities, but person
| alities that meet their caricatures of
gowns. And they have such hard
fees and sometimes say such silly
| things"