New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-17
GCILBERT AT SHERRlS.
SHE SINGS TO AN AUDIENCE OF WOMEN.
AN EXPLANATORY LECTURE BY LIE coco DE
IAI'TREPPE.

a.
LAUTREPPE.
II IL understood that Mile Yvette Gullbert mas ios'
inch or so OF girth since she came 10 NeW-forH
through her disappointment at not hndlng her'e'l
forced mo The centre OF the circle OF refined and
cultivated society. TIE Influence OF oscar hammer
stein tina; direction either utterly lost or else
tot excrtea and the feelings Of the French singer
whch are much more delicate than her SONGS were
lacerated beyond repair. Yesterday MIC "u'Iper'
came - near the attainment Of her ambition as
she is likely to come. unless similar occasion on
January % should prove even more gratifying IN
It's results
Se,no 200 women assembled a. Shcrry's to hear her
sing. There were six mer. also. or there may have
been aevon. but 1t affair OF theirs Inc OPP
portuniiy wa for the women 10 hear the French
songs Srrg by tho French singer inc men cod!a
50 to hear hcr at the Olympia Music haii II they
liked but the women who were present yesterday
were Of a class not usually seen In great numbers
I'm that fompe Of art. They were all handsomely
dressed and they made most cultivated. ooKinG
audience In snort. il just such looking audi
Cnce - one naturally associates wl.h the Cea OF an
afternoon entertainment at Sherrys.
II h,d been given ont that lecture on French
songs would be delivered by IL Cocq de Lautrepp''
and thu, II would be illustrated BY the singing Of
Nile Yvette Guilbcrt. The litter however, vas
much Ike the town which the IrIshman could not
see. because there were SO many houses II was
almost Impossible hear the lecture. because there
were 30 .alnv nrstrat!cns. II amounted to series
r songs b. Mile. Yvette Guibert. with introducticns
and explanations by NJ dc Lautre2pc. The lecture
in French. 1t began with some remarks about
French songs in General and pastoral songs in par
ticu'lr which led ny 10 ia Petite Curicuse. watch
WAS one 90 tho Old-fash!oned sort Mile. Cube;
rCsr from her scat by the piono. tore sheet OF
music in two. giving onc-half to the accompanist
and keeping, bu; using. the other. and sang LA
sr. hp nifio
and the newer pas,oals. and example Of the
latter Isl Tn savas Ma Chere' was SUNG There
a scent OF new-mown hay about H. but for the
rest the song was anything but fragrant
After more words OF explanation LA Promise
sung. and then LA Legende du Conscr!t'
This is dramatic and pathetic story. and 1t was
thrilllngy given Par un Clair lie Lune" and
"Morph'nfe." which followed. have been made so
familiar the music hall stage that the explana-
tions which went with them would have been IN
called for with any other audience than Just NE
ono thar was there. Tho lecturer with the charity
characteristic OF the modern French school OF art
AND song. thought there was much to be sad for
the user Of morphine. and the audience heard the
song with obvious delight After tbs NJ Lautreppc
explained and Mile Gulbert sang Petit chagr n
ard Les Pctec Paves"
The lecturer was clever and entertaining. but
nothing about his tax was c.eversr man tne way t
In which he Joined ne songs to MS discussion OF
the tendency % modern thought and manners.
'-'i'.' ' 'N.'.i - ,,,,,,r a.. m 10
would have seemed as II me proSIaiiii.' Haa iia :,
up first ana then the lecture on the tendencies OF
mo Tern thought ana manners iaai'' WIN SOFT
pulling and stra ming. 10 III the songs. The song
entitled "Lc Fiacrc" tells how woman cscapes
win nor lover in a cab. and how the cab runs
over ash Kills her husband. whcrcupon she de,
olar.s that the incident WI say. trouble, ana
says. GIVE ;hc cabman a dollar The spirit and
sentiment OF this sons were warmly app!audci by
ine audience OF women. The lecturer sald that ms
song Illustrated the prevailing cyn.c!sm OF tn. time
II would certainly seem To cosmopolitan amer.
',r no., v,t educated up to thu plane Of Nile.
O;uilbort thar he illustrated nothing at All
aul was nothing az all but coarse Joke but the
,lsfn 90 such an audience IN such a matter 10 MOI
30 De- quest oneG Precisely ~" same may be SAID
,,., som viilaar but without doubt tho true rep
r,enfaf,ve artistic taste ~ the day finds 1t only
go, th,f tho ratroncsscs % the cntcrta nmcnt
kncw when thcy perm ticl the use % iher names
,nor, ..nr 'rc Souvieni-u2" ended the perform
," and IN. audience dispersed IN an enlightened
AND artlstioally elevated frame Of mind.