Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-04
a cHAT WIFE COLLIE.
aow the Little Lady appears Behind the
Scenes-Her Life.

How the Little Lady Appears Behind the
Scenes-Her Life.
During the last act Of Carmen last night
a GAZETTE reporter enjoyed brief chat
with Corinne, during the intervals,
when she was not singing
| She is one of the few women who are
really handsomer on q close inspection
than from before the footlights. Speaking
of her Spanish dance, she said:
Fashions in dances change just
the same as fashions in dresses.
quito the lad for time OF course tried
| that, and in Arcadia 1 introduced sword
| dance Have you seen Arcadia2 Well,
then, you know how difficult it is. have
frequently had petitions come back
| from the audience to introduce this
is impossible. l admire and am more fond
of the Spanish dance than any other. 1t
has a language of its own, and every motion
| breathes the languOrous poetry Of this
nation of poetry. Yet it is hard
task. am obliged to spend
| at least an hour each day in practice in or
der to retain the actiyeness and SuppleneSs
necessary to a successful and graceful per-
Torrance. For some reason I cannot ex-
plain, have always had passion for the
! Spanish dance from the time I first saw it.
"This is my first trip through Texas for
number of years, and have been sur
prised at the cordial reception given me
seem TO know me. Texas audiences,
l think, are the most sympa-
| thetic I have met anywhere They
seem to realize that am striving hard to
win their approval and appreciation.
do hope 1 have pleased all that big audience
out there; they seem to have thoroughly APP
preciated my work -
At this point she heard her cue, and an
instant later was gracefully poised on the
table in the circus scene.
LITTLE CoRINNE's LIFE STORY.
The coming of so celebrated an artistic as
Corinne TO our city can not be passed by
without giving brief sketch of the charm
ing little lady. She is the daughter of Mrs.
Jennie kimball, and as o child was con-
sidered one of the brightest in the theatre
cal profession. Her first appearance was
in Berlin, in 1876, and took
the first prize at show held for the benefit
of one of the charitable institutions of that
city. She was there cast as Buttercup in
the original juvenile 'Pinafore'' company
and made a national reputation by her
wonderful Interpretation of the character.
About this time the Society for Prevention
OF Cruelty to Children took her from
the stage in New York city, but after
an expensive and closely contested trial
she was returned to her mother and from
that time has headed one of the leading
opera-comique companies Of the country.
Her tours have all been successful and at
tended with the greatest social patronage
and distinction. Corine's father, Henri
DeBrion, was a native of France, and
served in the French army
as an officer of high rank during the
Franco German war. He was of noble
family, and after the close of the war was
compelled to leave France. He came to
America and settled in Boston, where he met
Miss Jennie Kimball, a celebrated vocalist
and comedienne, then playing in the Boston
theater, whom he married in 1872 In 1873
Corinne was born, and her mother retired
from the stage. In 1873 DeBrion re-
moved to New Orleans, where his
scholarly attachments and polished man
ners won for him a large circle of
friends. During the summer of that
year yellow fever broke out in the city Con-
tracing the disease, he died in September.
After his death, Mrs Jennie Kimball
De BriOn was thrown upon her own re-
sources, and recognizing in her daughter
one of the brightest natural actresses, she
placed her before the public as a star, and
from that time to the present
''Little" Corinne has won laurels
unequalled by any artistic on the
stage. She surprised and captured
her audiences everywhere. She has wen
derful natural musical voice and her fas-
cinating manner charms all. She is an in
telligent and charming young prima donna
and the GROWING glory of her life is her
wcmanly purity, unsullied character and
spotless reputation on and of the stage
She is beloved by all who have ever met
her, and the members of her company are
unceasing in their praise of the little queen
who leads them to artistic victory through
tho land