MAUD ALLAN.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2008, 16 March 1914, Page 2

MAUD ALLAN.

I'he proposal by Miss Maud Allau, the famous dancer, some sis tno'nths ago, to make a toiir of india-j afftusod & good (leal of controversy. In the course of her tour Miss Allan was informed at various places ivhsie slio gave a cancert, that Government officers h'ero un.*' willing to attend her performances, bncausC a> hint had'been cenVcyotJ, sciinicfficially, that their pmsoHEo "ivas midesiraljle. Tho report ivns s:o persistent, and seemed to be so teeU autlioiiticatßd, that Miss Allan sent a telegram to tho Viceroy, inquiring if tbcra was anj truth in the persistent report that lie had expressed desiro that pprsons hr>Uniß official positions iii Inrfirslwuld not attend her concerts, and reminding him that Lord Crewo had vftdertaEen thitt tho Indian Government svmiU 'niaintain' a strictly neutral attitude regarding tier dancing. A reply was received that the Viceroy knew rtothijit; of tho r** ports, which had no foundation in fact' nor was he aware o.f any undertaking giveii by Lord Cretve in t.fee sense, suggested. The tour, which has no* been ■ completed, was a pheuotoenal success. Miss Allan is at present in Shanghai and will leave there 'for New Zealand > to-day. She will open her Anstraiasiarj tour in Dunedin.