Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-21
-ETTE GUILBERT.

- nnI ~
IA w. q effect as supreme and dis
MA iu. a song. A sodden awk-
$SV8s3 - of a woman, no grace, no
4ENEl w. no taste; but she can be
18th a lift of her eyebrows,
Duty ,rith n shrug of her shoulders.
s~arsapss. ."I,,f1,Iv realistic with a move
els, nssn O. her hands. She twits on the
eontts - If the greatest ariStocrats of
che sticks her tongue into her
"rSQ. ~ and talks boulevard slang and
"ntiI the oldest b~oulevardier is
Pur -. che initiates all the famous
-. and singers with n stroke Of
uF srantic talent as clean-cut and
= FL II she had made an exhaustive
wv IS bar art all her life, instead
j, nr oS she is. a WORKOUT shop girl.
Ruxy .bo odOr Of the streets in her
Is. in her dyed hair, in her stock"
--5 sion She throws sentiment to
~"" Ends she mocks at love, she snaps
nrorS at fate. and she defieS the
nowers with every breath she
and almost every note she ut
the En- anu
at De- voice is low, and coarse and un-
S9l II her lips are painted vermilion
+0hr, EcJored thick and out Of drawing,
"''Ha is intensely human, and that is
D. .sfhe Parisians love. She is as typi-
the fold mild of this generation as the dude
m fpmale bicyclist, an off -ShoOt, the
n II ma Of effete civilization, the an
10 the universal cry for more, a
Co,,nm HAT offered to the jaded palates
DeadWnJ Ihe Satiated.
~" ~ length is awkward, her com
PedsJ5 Nm nasty. her hair champagne vel
racto. khe Is as devoid Of chic as a North
Idcan Indian, and her toilette Is as
If G., *snggestive Of Paris.
insists of a fimsy sulphur-colored
,-G kdress falling in unequal folds about
? n Hhtly shOd feet, her thin shoulders
7. N N Apless sides aiding and abetting
! " lis ungraceful flop TO the floor.
John N Ekalow hair escapes in untidy
$%Ts at the sides of her head, her
AIDES AN sare faded her mouth droops weari-
fl Of M ftle Sideways, and the long, shape
will b. nms fall from their sockets toward
ly: fpees in a line which must be as
,neral-L nailed as it has hitherto, from it's
own. mrability, been u%nthought of.
r Gensrl neched from the elbows to the ends
ertowa |AfR long. thin fingers are the black
g. W, nv. by which all Paris and strang-
il. III has grown to recognize her on
IT'D posters, and which are to play
Chel. eminent a part in her presentation
iurths lie facts.
will be ] audience has shifted in and out
III sleepy, summer audience. They
1 repr1j been presented with the inevitable
choseRa & and song man and the unpre-
the Iva 8ble song and dance m Elev-
)ment, 4tl Book strikes, and the almost eX-
E1Shable gas in the varied colored
ohnsoH, bursts into new radience, club
Donatdr Ind SnubdOm loom to the fore,
'restoL rs Yvette shutfies awkwardly TO
lIeiS, Pa 6Ntlights, the audience bursts into
bus applause, which Immediately
an fs may into breathlesS silence.
fosM N orchestra strikes up, the strange
foa of body quickens into life, the
'esta@ 4pped mouth opens to let forth the
the long arms point the moral to
ma" y 10, and suddenly it dawns upon
'l''aa' ~ here is the camera of o-day
Souu Mied in a slip of a girl who is IA
She rOuseS into speech, she
supPWH into ~slyness, she shrugs in con-
'is'aH' she talks like a street urchin or
TioNa - dame or a stump orator, or any
l's"' - thousand and one types of Paris
'lp' e. which are so incontestably uni
~ !, - ~ IN the black-gloved hands make
"" Nadow and the yellow dress and
10 10 light, and she hints at untold
'0'O" n with an ''um'' and suggests I'M
Rlghts with an "ah," q whole life
W r q unusualness, of cunning. or Of
ao mssd everything she says and does.
nOuiderS Shrug out her innuen-
,eraL her hands outline the Tilt Of the
measure Of her song. !
&p0Kes fun at the government and
- wi Of gags as the local politician.
prnS human nature inside out
80 twist of her tongue, a lift of her
-t HlVe brQWs, q drOOp Of her un-
ply redeemed lips.
recall her again and again, and
43urns to snap her fingers at their
NuonS and their constitutions, at
fve Of themselves and their love
IA She Is abundantly ~antagonistic,
ldealizes effect, and she is some
aeW; When they are tired of her
her head at them, the limp
iah at her sides, the fiimsy, char
- gown droops into its usual I'M
~ folds, the eyes duh, the body
.he orchestra stops, and the
iaiIs. She is her own version
own LIFE, Is Yvette Guilhert, the
child of the French public, so
50 while it lasts, so %unhappily
another fills her place.
see, said she the other day
she talked her elbows rested on
- IN their customary spiritless
and the long, thin hands shot
out TO accentuate the high lights
cuat-"you see / was born ugly
Enaemic, but l had a prodigious
used to carry home work to
3aules from my mother who was a
Seamstress; but my mind even
Iull of street songs, which /
num to myself in M tos and
,ne ume was when that big fat
VINO runs the Eldorado would
IN me 600 francs a month; that
hfst, and of course / failed
put me on at the beginningsOf
= = and there was no one there
nour who knew enough to ap-
Y ME; 1t all depends upon the
"amelce, success. Listen ! said
uere's no pepper, no salt, no
He ,hings your people sing; let
= out when / tried my best I
finally, in a towering rage, she