The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-19

II HE Shuherts nave hacgci ror
the Winter Garden the queer
est critter that ever danced
for the amusement of a lot OF
tired business men. OF all the
dancers this institution ever had the
lady who is to suddenly fash on this
poor public In the new show there is
the most unusual. She is il a class
by herself. II there be any doubt as
to the wonderful qualities of this per-
son just !ead what c. i. Greneker.
laureate of the Winter Garden hours.
has to say OF this latest dancer. MIR
Greneker, being duly sworn, deposct:
"Sahary-Djcio. declared to be the
most beautiful Caucasian woman on
earth, accompanied by d numerous
r~etinue, including her own Mussu,man
priest. several Arabs who hear her
wherever she goes, three Arabian
eteeds, to say nothing Of many prayer
rugs, sailed from Havre yesterday for
Anne; lea. where she Is gong To dance
In the new Winter Garden production
In October. She is the rage OF PARIS.
where she has been dancing FOR a
year, She has also danced at Cuv It
Garden and the H!ppodrome, London.
and the Varieties. Brussels.
"Banished from Arabia. her home.
where she was recognized az a see,ess
and exponent OF fataliSm, she swore
never 10 set foot upon foreign soil un-
I'll she had been vind.cated. BY this
she meant to he conveyed IN true
Oriental fashion wherever she Went.
n although she dances upon the
stage and lives quite modCrnly she il
said TO have actually never touched
the ground of any country she has
visited. In true Mussulmdn spirit she
believes herself immune from physical
harm and a season ago al the AS no
de Paris she allowed herself TO be
strapped to a horse and thus made her
entry on the stage. To further show
her belief in fatalism she always car
ries with her "A small vial OF deadly
poison. which she declares she will use
at the proper time Her dancing
reveals the atavastlc influence OF the
mystic Orient and has been compared
20 the Charmed Snakes Of Baude-
laire. Her best known dances are
Ia C%raneuse,' The Abyss and 'Danse
Prohibee.'
she was reared by q wdnde ing
tribe of Arabs and at the age Of "A
a brought TO Medina. where she
was sold in bondage. Tbs tribe
taught her all the arts OK o:ccry and
her incantat!ors. coupled with her
great beauty and ability to charm all
who saw her dance, are said to have
Resulted in her Punishment"
Dorothy Jardon, who Is to he at
the Palace this week. had a climb 20
the dizzy heights Of the headliner.
II made my first appearance at the
age of g." she said to a SUN reporter.
"when | carried a spear at the Metro
politan Opera House and held the
trains of Sembrich and other celebri-
ties at the large sum Of 80 cents a
performance says Dorothy Jardon,
prima donna headliner at the Palace
this week.
THE second year" she says. 81 was
IN the ballet, and the third ! reached
the proud distinction Of being in the
las line 4 the chorus" 1t is refresh
ing to listen to such frankness and to
know from what a low rung the ladder
OF success has been climbed,
At the age of Is Miss Jardon ap-
peared as prlma donna in John Graves's
opera company, and II was there that
The public realized that this little more
than a child had a singing bird in her
throat. Miss lard n then went into
vaudeville, and thought $40 and $50 a