Show Life lif I of a Parisian Danseuse J u One class of artists for whom there is little respite is 18 the rats or ot bullet ballet dancers at the opera Th There re was recently much excitement amon among the o frivolous young oung pr persons at the news that the thc minister of or line fine arts had hut insisted on the new Ilu managers c cof of th the lie opera ofela making an nn Increase all round In the received by hy Uw lit minor personnel of the tho theatre Unhappily Ln- Ln haJ happily J jl as tae new budget of JC th Uw the oJ opera contains sonic somo very h heavy l changes tho the managers l in or order 1 lo to carry out the ministers minister's wl withes wishes hes and at the tame same time make maie boto boti ends meet have been heen obliged to 0 re reduce the staff and auth among those who have re received received re- re calved notice noLice are aie a certain number of or the lie ballet dancers who did not ot obtain obtain ob ob- ob- ob tain tale a number of or marks II at attim tho tim last examination As stupid as a n 11 iray 1 be betrue betrue betrue true enough In certain but Lut when It is a question of or their all ait no 10 noone one ono can be e moro molo serious In to become some da lay day a premiere danI danseuse dan dan- I souse there is no sacrifice t to tJ which these young oung girls will vIll not nol submIt They will give up un amu amusements amuse amuse- e. e ments games garnos everything an and everythIng everything every every- Ii thing in order to satisfy their thelt ambition ambi ambi- tion As soon as as ts they y have d learnd how to read and write write after aCter after a n. f fish fish- h- h ion they thc they begin to attend n the dam ig classes and cn engage abe In regular and arduous ar or- practice A ballet t dancer is not made in a tiny day and rind tho the violent exercises which the girls go through In order to render lender their muscles supple sup suit plo pIe and their limbs fr frequently frequent frequent- q ly Ir entail a 0 veritable torture But tie the rats do o not grumble lh they are in the Uw morning g they begin their work not hot easily discouraged At t 9 o'clock and und the lie class lasts till noon On rI re- re days the they take their thel lunch in dressing room go on a again rehearsing i from 1 till 5 Thon they are an pei permItted milted to tu leave lea the Ito opera Olera until when they must be on duty ut again and remain at the theatre until un un- til Ii midnight As most mOll of the girls live far fal from froni the lie centre of ur the elt city it is frequently 1 o'clock in iii the lie n morn morning rn In ing before they 1 lay their lieu weary heads honda headson on Oil tho the pillow after a day of or over avet 11 hours s' work worl to b be repeated again thu the next day a A danseuse e who lets INs 21 l hours goby liy y without working finds findson on or th tit following tiny day that lint her limbs have lost the tho elasticity In Indispensable lc to perfect dancing chancing and some of or tho thc thc-bO e girls of 11 and 12 years or of ago age have been known to fix up Ui rudimentary trape trapezes es e's so 50 that when not at the tho theatre theatre the the- atre tIe the they ma may engage uS' in ph physical oxel ox- ox el eH which will pro prevent thom them getting get gel ting ling stale stale London Glo Globe e I |