Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-04

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! de Paris. II is the
brilliant center Ter these things, although
| in every conner Of the city You will hear
| them CaterwaUIinr sSunmerl time in Paris
! means TO pass half of your evenings il the
| open air. where You may sit at your ease
| ana smoke and drink. When you are tired
of sitting on the Gaze terraces along the
| sidewalks OF the great streets You stroll
, into one of these concerns and hear some
! songs But to Sit ia one OF these br:gl,
| palaces beneath the trees in the rich quar-
| ter OF the Champs EIysces is most iuxuri-
| Gus.
! siege CT whit, ana gold is at one end
| 81 What - secrecy an Enclosure Of tbe pach
Ii Is so Htt'e an inCloSurc that there are
! always people standing round. outside th=
! hedge, l. listen Tree. The singers go and
come upon the stage. Gr.s il AL kind q
t"i2tS' some eNirdtaE1nl, some sWeetly
| pretty some dceory'gS. They are san :
| Vicred ia between male singers, tuIu and
| turn ai-rut young men il e. eninS G.css
! centric Ci3tGes fUr character im9eTSJIi.a-
/ tons. LaCh p'iscl in the audience has MS
| coHomn,nton-the one glass o. neer cr CO.
| Zee or E4uCr OF Strap ana W~ter. which
| YOU really must take, WHica you nurS-
/ throughout the evening il NUI are no
| very thirsty. rev take second Sl@sa. n
| stead they diin'; il auns Not music, which
/ P,.r.s.ars., rs body. do not love too much.
I nJt songs, NoTHs lnt'n&tions, Se5ticul1t -D---
a,id expressions. Otenest the song Is ii
| iche, n the sense ii a short story in verse.
( ur an CNp.i fence, o. tle description OF SON.
/ state Of suUL S1 much uepe as upon IL
/ expression o. tie singers lace, tEr Nary..G
/ i"tcHdti.Hs am tie .ulH..cTy AMI GcstuT,
that N!thSvt r.IItc-dLItA - THESE lSAtit:"=
! I, song se"'is aJ, ',e'y singing. il has I.--
| ciwaya been SO Those who knew JUG.
/ rneu She W. "a lyr best tE.ie has CC-re
/ back aG@H t. b. tue GirGt star q tie
! AiCtzaT tajs aIH.vn) i",ae. admired IL
EFcejHgSs 81 he. 5ll .s.IS i-ila. &c Geluty
I oI the ans she sans A"i t.fS perfection -
( her vocal v.eCut.yn .l@n ClucJt..n, pare ,.rl
4 ..tfT. Il "a : D. ID IN.
! word VIII no. Gc misunderstood In aps4a-
/ ia, OF the modem delivery az such q O.
/ -, say lNetIe Gjlib-It. 10 our America
minds the WORD 'oi1cuti3n' VIII PERHAPS
raise up de vision G.,! "ecit.us Cur
/ Few Shall Not i..a.; IOal4Lt"'
/ Something A!.u.t UaiIiscr3.
/ IT is not that. Nvctte Gulurgt the pres
! ent star al the AmLassa 3eurs, has been fnr
! tInce years ~ ta1 pinnacle o. p II,a,ity.
/ one time she Sold shoes az ths I.in.=Ing5
/ shop. She always wanted u 10 on tine
Stage Shc failed in several attempts 10 Re
! an act1 eos. she went back a S,Iiin" shoes.
/ One evening she WAS at al cafe concert. The
iaat came 20 nvr tlat she cOuiI 10 east slnl,
more il trYes tinSiy than some o. those iadie.
/ Sne took Il simple son. and atuIlsI i; Tor
: weeks. Then she went 10 the director of tea
: cafe concert and sLE. II before hI;n. She
/ was engaged Immediately, on the streE.th
| o. ner one * nS. II WAS 4 IN nth before Snr
| learned another for she took tie same pains
/ with the second. She hau no voice 70 speak
! Of. But she perfected, quite alone. almost
/ without instruction, Il new ana special genre
! in the haf-sinSing. nali-recitins line. The
/ airs are very srip!c and in the middle q Il
! stanza or line she does not hesitate t. u.s.
the speaking voice. She created at the same
/ time 4 special look ana pose and air.
! she is long. slim woman, still young
not too pretty. But she has a face OF great
intelligence ani IiECness. Her DRESSING; IS tho
PINK OF motcs'E and simple elegance. The
qUiCtpess OF her manner is SO studied that
/ each little touch o. expression OF face ana
/ voice, as 1t is dolci cut almost crudgin civ.
/ takes on deep meaning. The inst impress. ~
! Of Mile. GuilJert Is that Of something s.okiy
painful, forced and artificial. Her songs are
/ regularly quite Goprayei And when thpr
/ hGnpen 10 lie incCt ent-Eke that sweet idyl
| OF bc AeuSy, La Promise" which I have
| chos en-she manages TO faint them slightly
| Nou can't describe it. II IS like bad breath
80 personal. 10 show her power Ivette
Guiibert takes in nice SOM as one
! treathss in pare air; when she gives it out
! aSain-it Is hne wat | sad. In the DaTt:cl-
lar art Of repres an ,in; lnorC!i fcGIiaility il
/ its QuintesccnCe lve,te Guilge.t stands tlIita
! alone. Not only has she no equal, bur she
/ has no imitatpr. Every great perS1rag.
/ upon the continent, including the Prince Il
I Wales and the Emperor Franz Joseph, has
! heard her-and aIpiauGei her. She makes
! no secret of the secret OF her art AL thai
! do" she saws. "is II study" Size has even
| written articles fer the great dailies, telling
! all ABOUT lt-d0uDtiess laughing i'll her sleeve
; meanwhile.
! Her Theory of Singing
| THE song" she says, presents Itself to
me like Il real piece i'll u theater Each
stanza is an act And 4 seek. by slippina;
I into the skin Of the parsonage, to reproduce
exactly the sensations of which the words
evoke the idea" If every one who sang n
| love song were to do that what world we
would live in!
In LA Promise of which have spoten,
| will be found her own description Of her
theory, as she once wrote 1t out-and got
| well paid for it. She is supposed To be hall
/ singinS, half reciting a letter 1t is the let
| ter of a little peasant gill, at once naive and
| tricky, to her lance. He is doing his three
| years military service and has been already
be long. The village boys are paying cour,
to her. She does not like any Of them but
she writes Nicholas that he had better come
back quickly, all the same. NOW" says
NNette there is the first act Of the piece"
My little Nicholas,
m forced to write to thee
I'm really fot ted, alas.
TO say what's come to me-
While you remain down there
IN the drmee active
| am in inaction;
Nou see my position.
l am in inactiOn:
That is my position.
Now" says Yvette, beginning to expound
| II, take the line While you remain down
| there Down there is the great city,
| where she has never put a foot. Down
| there, to her, is the unknown land where
beautiful ladies steal the sweethearts of the
village girls. Therefore, | accompany that
| down there with a brusqIe movement In
| which there is little of anger and great
| deal OF grief. But this rapid movement Of
| the arms toward the horizon ought to be at
| the same time made supple and rounded, the
| slight, wearied gesture of girl who is I'M
| easy. Then, am in naction. That is my
| position When l say these words, my
| shoulders sink down heavy with the labor OF
! the day. my arms become limp, my hands
| clumsily idle, and IN the little abandon OF
| the shoulders you feel the duness, at the
| same time naive, Of the country girl"
Little Comedy.
The second verse recites the two years IN
which she has remained faithful to the ob-
| sent one. But she Gays this ''w!dowhood''
must finish. The third verse, Gays YyettA