Show THE QUEEN OF VALOR VALORIn In Imitation of a Statue She Faces Paces a Bull ull in ia the Arena Kansas City Star London LondonA A few weeks ago there ap appeared appeared appeared some alluring advertisements which were especially attractive to those Parisians who love excitement The attraction this time was a woman oman Donna Donn who made up to re resemble emble a statue was tb to await motion motionless motionless less lealS In the arena the assault of oC the bull buU and to conquer it by her immo immobility Immobility At the last moment this per performance forman which was to have taken place at Enghien was wan forbidden It did however take place at Roubaix Here is an account of what happened at the suerte of the statute At a 8 given signal from the president the doors of the arena opened and a I magnificent carriage appeared all an draped In red velvet fringed with gold goldIn goldIn goldIn In this carriage sat Senorita Mercedes I Idel del Barte alias Donna The queen of valor is dressed eed com coin completely In white Her face and her hair hur are powdered The marriage carriage stops just in front of the presiding iding pre party And she ahe alights smiling and bowing and throws oil oft her mantle talking with the ushers while white the attendants arrange in the middle of the arena a pedestal of or wood wo d about two to feet high When all is ready the impresario ad addre addresses dresses es the public and arid begs them to observe the most moOt mo t rigorous silence dur dot during durIng ing tug the performance That is india indis indispensable Then Donna mounts the pedestal e tal helped by b the matadors She crosses her arms and faces the door from which the bull boll will emerge The woman looks exactly like a marble statue The arena is 18 empty AU All the ushers have disappeared behind the barriers harriers and shelters The deepest reigns in the vast amphitheatre tic tre Half Halt a minute passes pas o Then the fhe dOOr chor epe P fJ and bd one dees pg In J shadow the en head hea or itt rail M Gitano The spectators hardly breathe many of the women cover their eyes with their hands It is a terrible mo me moment meat ment The bull bun is a superb animal with a powerful neck and long teng J straight horns He raises his head s looks around ar and ft I at once bounds towards the white statue I 1 is with the greatest gre test difficulty that one can restrain a cry of horror Donna nna is as rigid as mar marIh hie Th Ih hull bull starts statIs bark looks at h hi his adversary and tun a h s saga aga a ll i up tp p to the pedestal Anxiety is s 5 I at its h hf height ht but once O mOt more th the bull hull stops short hart without string striking He draws hark back ack s r f t t tr r ipg t ftP of th thi i i r M tI HIM O tI lump jinis down own Ionn and ji a n l as a a i lIP or V r t the unit a iriv iff tf the bu hull fl i ithe the Che breathe brea th a ag again rain ain A long sigh Mch i h aps ap f from front dl all and then thun thunders thunders ders tiers of or applause are heard I and the th quee queen of valor aJor gets pta a tremendous ovation Donna who was wan born in Parts has hae appeared ap with success S at Barcelona Castile Madrid Seville and for the tie first time In France at |