New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-27
ARRIYAL OF MADAME JUDO.
THE FRENCH ACTRESS PLEASED WITH NETWORK
AND ENTHUSIASTIC OVER HER PROSPECTS

THE FRENCH ACTRESS PLEASED WITH NETWORK
AND ENTHUSIASTIC OVER HER PROSPECTS.
large number of people had gathered on the
French Line pier yesterday welcome Madame Jude
when the steamer St Simon arrived. Whom they saw
tho actress standing the deck with Maurice Grau and
one or two Intimate friends who had gone down the bay
to meet her, they shouted their welcome and waved
their hats aud handkerchief As the actress trpped
down the gangway In her natty travelling dress looking
as though her long and rough voyage had not been IN
pleasant, there was a profusion OF bandshak-
ing and embraces OF true Gallo fervor Then
came the ordeal of tho Custom House ana
short time afterward Madame Judic in her rooms
at the Hoffman House. Here, after q short rest she
chated to half dozen visitors She is dark lustrous-
eyed. well-preserved woman In manner she Is quiet,
almost to the point OF being subdued After comment
ing with seriocomlc reflections OF horror on the
wretched voyage sho had had, she spoke with enthu-
siasm OF her first Impressions Of New-York
Everything seems so bright and cheerful" said she,
that could almost imagine myself in dear Paris. 1t
is not like London, whore sad under those dark
skies. The people. too, to vlvacous than
the English But OF course, 1 only had glimpse OF
everything as passed through the streets"
"You have been Ill. have You notf
"Yes. indeed; 1 was I'll for some time,
but I am quite we'll now and would not put of my
am, but l feel sure shall succeed Ifyou do not Ike
% at first WIN ia make yCa Ike %S ss5Ts
little nod; that is what had 70 do
with my Parisians. At first they would not listen
put her dmpled little hand about two feet from the
floor made up my mind 10 be actress and to sue
tress and had to be He told grow, study
and make my debut and have done all three, have
mott"
"what do you consider your greatest successi" was
asked.
hardly know what to say" was tho smiling answer,
"for. to tell the TRUTH have been successful in SO
have perhaps been more praised for LII than for
any OF my creatIons In that play you know am first
young girl. thon my grandmother and then the
Inst act my own granddaughter Nitouche.' too. am
fond Of and Hin,cheis the part like tho least OF ALL
suppose you have brought over some beautiful
"Oh. my dresses casplng her hands ecstatically.
Wait I'll you see my dresses think Madame Roder-
mind that nothing could he good for Americans.
The hanisomcs OF them al Is think that which wear
me, too" she added you know play on II In Mile
Nltouche' tho play which your Miss Lolita has had
adapted to herself aud In when understand she plays
the DRUM think harp Is moro musical than drum,
don't you Z"
Then the actress broke of into lamentations her
recollection or tho fact that OF her fellow trnVel
iers had made her nervous ns to her success "Ghey
told me should not he understood" said she; that
my style was not broad enough for America ; but /
feel that cannot be true Mr. Grau and all my friends
assure me that an American audience Is wonderfully
Ike Partisan one. II that Ia so, have no fear"
Madame Judic followed her visitors to tho door 10 say
gOodby, cusping in her arms hcr little skye terrier
which has grown gray with and Is blind In one eye
Madame Jude will begin rehcarsas to-day at the Star
Theatre with her company. who havo been rehcarsng
her various pieces since they arrived week ago She
will make her first appearance next Thursday In
Femme "A Para" Ia ROussOtie." LA Cosaque" and
Les CharbOnners" She will also play in " Dlyorcons"
the only piece she played at the Paais Royal whom
she left the Varieties where all her have been
made % play comedy pure and simple. she Will appear
IN only twenty .Iont performance anu VIII 'heh tNol
over the country rs far as san Francisco ana Now
Orleans, going also To Mexico.