ISADORE DUNCAN.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19111, 21 September 1927, Page 9

ISADORE DUNCAN.

FUNERAL IN PARIS.

STRANGE SCENES WITNESSED

(bt cable—FBESS association—copyright.) lAUSTEALIAX AND XZ. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received September 20th, 7.35 p.m.) PARIS, September 19. There were remarkable scenes at the funeral of Isadore Duncan. Thousands assembled at the Pere la Chaise Cemetery, including well-known persons in literary and artistic circles and tho Latin quarter, but the most striking sight was the long procession of friends of the dancer, men and womenj-in longwhite robes and sandalled feet, behind the bier drawn by four horses and covered with red, blue, white, and yellow flowers.

On reaching the crematorium there was a rush for admission and fighting in the. doorways. Police were called up and closed the doors. Meanwhile a funeral oration was delivered inside. Raymond Duncan. Isadore's brother, long-haired and white robed, then mounted a rostrum and addressed the thousands outside. [lsadore Duncan, tho famous dancer, was killed at Nko through her scarf catching in the wheel of a motor-car she was driving. She played a great part in the revival of classical dancing on the Continent !