The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-11
BAREFOOT LADY
| TAKES on FLESH
FOLLOWING RETIREMENT or IA
MOus DANCER SHE LOOKS
CHANGED.
UN BON PETIT DlABLE.
WEDDING OF ARCHDUkE JOSEPH
OF AUSTRIA, TO PRINCESS
zITA IS QUITE R0-
MANTIC.
BY Ia RACONTEUSE.

s BY Ia RAcONTEUSE.
PARIS. Jan. 10.-Miss Isaore Dun.
can. who has been staying In Paris. FOR
some time past, emerged from her re-
tirement few days ago. and appeared
al a matinee at the Chatelet Theatre.
where she gave an exhibition Of classic i
dancing With advancing years tins
apostle of bare feet or, "a she wouia
prefer to call 1t, natural dancing seems
to have put on weight She ID less
sylph-like than when l saw hef soHe
years ago, but time has robbed her Of
none of her grace or agiiity. nooln
has said of her: "She borrows from
Nature that force which one does not
call talent, but genius. She lis simple,
like the antique, and the synonym o.
beauty.
Certainly her Terpsiehorean tri-
uInphs owe nothing to her surround
ings on the stage, for they are per
formed in bare curtained space
where her harmonious movements are
| accomplished to the sound of tuneiui
| music Yesterdays program opened
| with a brief conference" ON Iht
| Dance by u. FernaHt Moztere: therf
| came an overture by the superb Colon
| ne orchestra and this was followed py
| part singing by the choir. led bv NJ
I Gabriel Pierce NJ. Mounet-Sully, the
| veteran actor of the Coincide Fran
| caise. preceded Miss Duncan with some
verses from "lphigenie.' in which his
| Incompatible diction charmed the au-
dtence.
! Attired In Draperies.
Then the 'priestesS came lorth
| from the shadows into the hmehEhe1
! She was attlred in floating draperies
/ which trailed behind her as she moved
/ in time with the soothing strains Oh
| Gluck's divine music. After Lively
air she Interpreted slower COMPOSE
| ton, and when with all the piayfui
abandon OF youth, she initiated the
| young girls of Chalcis playing Dali,
| the audience was SO captivated tnat
| she had to repeat the number. An
other contribution that greatly pleased
! the spectators was Miss Duncan's reI'-
resentation of the Joy with whicn tne
| daughters of Chalcis hailed the ap~
proach Of the Greek heet dancing Tor
very happiness and reckoning her
| companions to join her. That also
she had to give q second time.
| One thing that impressed me as
| watched the airy figure on the stass
| was that none of the movements were
stereotyped or hackneyed. They seem
! ed to be spontaneous, to spring from
sentiments which animated her, ara
! so pleasing were the effects she OBJ
! tanned that for the best part OF two
| hours she kept her audience under
the spell Of her charm.
The Dance Of the Scythes was
lesson in the poetry OF motion, ana
| couple Of gavottes were danced IN
| lirht and graceful fashion. Towards
the end Of the program came mac
/ Sicilian measure. and at its close the
theatre rang with shouts Of Bravo.
| and "Bis." The afternoon should have
closed with three valses by Brahms,
but the audience refused to let MISS
Duncan CO. Half a dozen immense
| tributes OF lovely flowers were brought
! on to the stage, and II was only when
she had given two more sprignty
dances before these charming exi=-
dences Of appreciation that she was
allowed to retire.
Among the promised attractions OF
an unusually full season 10 I'm pom
petit diable." by Nine. Edmond Ros-
tand and her son. Maurice, at the
Gymnase 1t Is a versical adaptation
of the Marauise de Segur's famous
boys story. and M. Felig 0alipaux
has been chosen for the title-role. NJ
Edmond Rostand. / may say en- pas
SAINT has quite recovered from mis-
motorcar accident, and will shortly
return to Paris.
Owing TO prior engagesnent,' Nj
de Max was compelled to quit his
wonderful Interpretation OF DIR.
Tokeramo in lie Typhon." and has
crossed the road to play In LA Course
aux Dollars" the new spectaculaf
piece at the Chatelet.
The great event next week will be
the appearance Of Nine. Sarah Bern
hardt in Victor Hugo's "Lucrece Bor-
gia" Madam has devoted herself
heart and soul to the preparation Of
this play, the mounting Of which will
be sumptuous. The days are taken
up In rehearsals, Nine. Bernhardt
having dinner In her dressing room
SO as not to interrupt work. Her
Classical Thursdays have been though /
out to the letter, and the booking has
surpassed anticipation.
Monsieur Pickwick" has only an
| other week to live at the Athenee, and
will be followed by "rAmour en-
cage" by NJ. NJ. Andre de Lords.
Funck- Brentano and Jean Marsele.
with some pretty Incidental music by
NJ. Emile Bonnamp.
ROnaatic wedding.
The recent wedding OF the Arch
duke Karl Franz Joseph, of Aus
\ tysa,o to Princess ,zita. Of Parmas In
, the centre Of a more elaborate web
OF romance and intrigue than any
page Of Dumas. The extremely plains
looking, but, one hears, gracious and
pleasant bridegroom, ID a pawn In =
game in which the crown OF Austria
IL the prize. The demure-faced Nt-
tie Princess Eta. young and ss1iiin9s
Is another. And everybody knows II.
When the famous Crown Prince
Rudolph came To- an uEt3Ese3x iAxaae
! mysterious end many years ago. this
next claimant to the succession wao
Archduke Francis Ferdinand. hand
some and determined Prince. But
his marriage with charming LADY,
, in-waiting. called Countess Sophia
/ Cheteeh. stood IN the way, that ~
. because he refused to put her on one
!. side as morgantic and. instead. In
sisted upon her right to share her
husbands honors, and that OF hes1
children to succeed him. And lon9
. has the war waged between thu
court and this most gallant husbauAs
4 Now they nave married tne yuunx
! Karl Franz to a royal girl, and tn
H old Emperor has declared this ccupto
! his successors. Meanwhile the charna-j
ing Duchess Of Hohenburg. a. Frames
\ Ferdtnand's morgantic wife II caale4s
Ii thought to have tremendous no14