The Helena independent., 1891-11-01

stopped at her knees Tbs only bly, of con-
! trastinQ color in her costume WAS the dark
oatritch feathers that aurlnounted her huge
fan shaped headgear, But the face OF the
chantsuse took the gaze away from nes es
| made the Advertising boards Of Paris artis-
ticaily famous bv painting just such faces,
with the anncy charm Of tho Parisienne.
CarmencitR when sho began her wonderful
performance cAat smile down into tue
| audience that was radiant and Houl stirring.
| Fougere's smile carried with u the exhilnr,
ntion Of irrSAiatible gaiety. 1t estnblished
at once feeling OF hon-Comrederie. ~
| rendered dehonnsire the little careleSe
| swagger that accompanied her care concert
song. Mademoiselle's voice played very
small part in her singing. Tho inonotonons
cadence OF tho music WAS stirred TO an on
chanting swing by n remarkable variety of
gestures with her arms and hands. Mad
emoisello is not dancer, said her man
ager, "sha is a chanteuse." Perhaps, but
her eyes danced and her engers danced. She
had not sung two minutea before the whole
stage seemed to be in motion with the ira
la-la- la-la of the music. 1t was as II hum
minpbirds and butterflies were all atOund
the little singer. 1t was the very cham
pagne bubble Of motion, but in the midst
of it, reaching the eni of couplet that
had drawn forth a laugh, she, Rrasping the
back of her skirt with both hands,
turned with a reckless swing and strntted
up and down tho stage. Conventlonallty
having been thus kicked In the face, made
moiselle discarded her head oreBs, MS IT
alone remained to restrain her from COM
plete surre ender to the fantastic spirit that
flashed from her eyes. What form should
her abandon take? It was that which
usually is rendered most awkward. 1t be-
gan with the kangaroo walk. that atrocity
of the third-class variety stage. Then
back close to the footlights, erect and with
H., s., kl oh t1pS Nal
hips from side to side, falling into the ca
dence of the music. Sho swasgers about
the stage and with sparkling glance out OF
the corners of her eyes saws. with mock
ing smile ''Oh, my deals, | lof you = he /
words are hardly out of her mouth when,
grabbing her skirts, Fougere leaps into the
air, and then, waving her arms, she 1ushes
behind the flies with the strides of an awk-
ward school glrl. She is called back, nf
course. She has huge key IN her hand.
''Ze key oof my heart" she says and
down on her feet before the foot
lights she talks a few moro words of
broken English. She suddenly springs to
her feet and with two or three wild Whoops
the little figure is up in tho air, fully four
feet above the stage, with her feet drawn
up under her small body, 1t is wonder
full jump and she makes it tn three or four
times in quick succession. Then snatches
The bouquets from the floor, rushes from
the stage for the last time.
Thus outlandish, at least il their cata-
loguing. are the nightly performances of
the tiny ctizeness Of Matseilles, who has
succeeded Carmencita as the craze in New
York. Her art is shown in the fact that in
all this she is still charming. 70 appear
ances the chanteuse abandon herself to the
drift of wayward will to be carried into
any wildness her vivacious spirits may sug-
gest. There IS the swirl and dash Of the
whirlwind about the performaDce. lt is
Moqui dance by person whose body
thrown about as it may be cannot fall into