New-York tribune., 1895-12-17
yvErrE GUILBERT IN OLYMPIA.

usnmerste,n's huge music hall was populous asst
..sr,,r from turret to foundation stone. With It's
many stories Of ltle boxes il looked ike oeehVe
and q buzzed like This place Is so tan ana so
wide ard so deep that II can hold great many
,e,.e but Il IS probable that II VII ever con-
,,i, a niger number than seen WITHIN hs walls
when Mss Guilbert, OF the Paris music haIs was
a-s, heard in this capital. The bizarre Yvette had
the liveliest and kindest OF welcomes, ana Il was
evident that she looked upon this gathering IN 'He
drst city OF America with curious Interest Possibly
strange tales had been told her in France and Eng
land of Sheriff Tamsen Coroner Hoeoer ana Mag
,s.-o.a No-, and other eccentric ornaments OF New
World he and perhaps she had listened to accounts
81 chief Justices OF Supreme benches in tennessee
who punish contemp; OF court with pistol II HAY
be that this Partisan singer Of strange SINS mas no
suspicon that Tennessee is somew hat removed from
Manhattan Island Certain 1t IS that she looked at
.bs audience with gleam OF mischief in ne eyes
and an expression as If she were wondering Wha'
sort OF savasss these dear Americans might prove
themselves.
II Yvette Guibert watched the house with hat-
yelled curiosity. II obvious that all the men
md women who saw her studied her features her
eyes her hair her figure her gown. everything OF
her and everything about her with diligence ram
" they expected much. Most OF them had reHu q
great deal about this unusual woman All WHO
gazed upon her found themselves rewarded III some
degree. at least. for their severe scrutiny No'
heau,v Not radiance. Not fascination. But a
weird witchery all her own. In gait in s'ahce III
hearing In gesture in expression IN attre she uiu
not resemble In the least any singer "hon FIa"'c
has before sent 10 New York All the readers OF
The Tribune know that ii is not her voice thal mas
made her celebrate and many portraits OF uef
have been published that the whole worid iranAS
admits that she IS not beautiful or eNQWsl'e' Vi
elegant or stately. superb. But her mpersoha-
tions are marvellous. She can act ana she can SCI
forth the types of the lowest life Of Paris whlch
she has made her own in the music halls with strlk-
ing vividness She seems delight in clothing her
self upon the stage with the attributes OF 'he H0''
degraded Of creatures. ,,,
~ NAVY NJ those who saw her were famlliar
with the French language. That was easy ~ as
.a-,ain from the way In which the audience re-
c4ived ber songs But her face told 50 much' anu
her ewes were 50 full OF meaning ana he' ie"
gestures were so significant that she hep. -
hold upon a house whose command even Oh '"e
r,rgl,sh tongue was anything but large and liberia
u,i.h unouestIoned control from her nrst "oIu ~
her las, After every song the applause was iouu
and long ,,-, -. ran
F,rs, she sang Les Ingenues." in which she ran
the gamut from the occurrences OF co"@Nr.' @
school TO the evil suggestiveness OF the keu MN.
la soularde" followed. the "reminiscences VI
d-unken von,an OF the street. No depth OF ue-
pravity appears 10 be too proiouhu ioI -,
Yyette 10 sound in her songs. Later she "aro'e4
concerning the recolections Of granamoIheI
rboss youth had been too gay In La PIER
80, ara A La Villette" she recounted the eX-
uer;snces Of the foul harpies Of the paN,, paNemsn,.s,
looms dripping in these ghosty songs: avetie ,Is
Gni6ert is no dainty mistress OF the maGriga.s
Tsr avs are too often the scum OF the se"slI1.
M for her final favor 10 her hearers she toys
IN a lighter strain. and sang the romance, i Oi
II inrer Longer Lucy In dehcouSiN CoNIGdI
,oanner In this she won an !nulspu'aDls "
80 oyer her audience The cheering was re-
,eated over and over again, and Il was uhaHec'eu
and sincere r. Ill. ..,,, Nouyorx
sod the zap between the laughter-pfoVoKihg az,
sTrlsty Of "Idnger Longer Lucy ana the puxv'iu
Sorro-s Of la Pierreuse' IS spacious one. 20,
a-..-.aininr as she In the ''L'nger dtty, was II
,.a.-h while for Yvette Guberi 10 ieaFe Iai,e ~
cr9sr n p.ye STUFF of that sort IN Broadway -.
err bsless II th.s remote and grewsome singer - 20
lain in New-York the popularity wflch she
Secured in London, well as In Paris' her su. bt
.ss IN ali likelihood. will he reacfe ed IN sucn thi
,r1y,iay as the Lucy refrain rather lhah IN me
starsno denominations Of LA Pierreuse II may De
a more dricult undertaking 10 get together IN NeN1
York large audiences OF men and women VINO Ie,eI
On He reek OF the gutter than II seems 70 nave Dee
in Paris and N LONDON ,..-.s .bo C.au,c
Na,thew Arnold long ago denounced the bdi'.S
1,Drehin OF he Goddess Lubr!city Inc affairs O'
~, g5sIess have m.kc6 with the Fumes OF sdctl-
c. i, london as Wen as IN Paris But Wren ne
& az $50 diviutv is carried In French argot
uI' % U-,ho ~ the solled nymph will not gather az
,narv followers in America as IN h1aglang dis ts
~ -e- London tnan II is 10 New lork 30 II
.sr ba hest for Yvette Gui!bert II she "lsnes 10
49,, ,bs Hammersiein Golfers fun 10 put her
rap ~ ,rantons in the background ana 10 can upon
ber weak Lucys 10 lnger.
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