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A pril, 1828, Mr. Yates, theatrical manager, found his nightly receipts fall below his nightly expenses. In this situation, a manager falls upon one of two things, a spectacle or a star. Mr. Yates preferred the latter, and went over toP aris and engaged Mademoiselle Djek. Mademoiselle Djek was a White Elephant of great size and unparalleled sagacity. She had been for some time performing in a play... More

A pril, 1828, Mr. Yates, theatrical manager, found his nightly receipts fall below his nightly expenses. In this situation, a manager falls upon one of two things, a spectacle or a star. Mr. Yates preferred the latter, and went over toP aris and engaged Mademoiselle Djek. Mademoiselle Djek was a White Elephant of great size and unparalleled sagacity. She had been for some time performing in a play atF ranconi s, and created a great sensation in Paris. Of her previous history little is known. But she was first landed from theE ast in England, and was shown about merely as an elephant by her proprietor, an Italian called Polito. The Frenchmen first found out her talent. Her present owner was a M. Huguet, and with him Mr. Yates treated. She joined the A delphi company at a salary of 40 a week and her grub. There was great expectation in the theatre for some days. The play in which she was to perform, The White Elephant of the King of Siam, was cast and rehearsed several times; a wooden house was built for her at the back of the stage, and one fine afternoon, sure enough, she arrived with all her train, one or two of each nation, viz., her owner, M.
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