The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-07

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'Ls Chat Noir' and the brasssetss put ID
music
"I will sing them in my own ways
new one and the right one, 20 my think
Ing. Now, you don't know with whom
you are dealing; you don't even know "
am intelligent Well, then, listen. Vio-
torine Demay has just died. Give me
some OF her songs to sing. You will see
that will recall her to the public. Oh,
| as for the price, only ask for a louis each
night. 10 begin with
| 1.-THE bargain was concluded, and I
| found myself that night on the boards Of
the El Dorado, initiating poor Demay.
| Enormous success But 10 seemed to In
terfere with the plans of the management,
who placed my name first on the pro-
Rramme, and naturally / was forced to
sing before empty benches, as the halls are
never crowded before Q. Furious at this
lack Of appreciation, handed in my resig-
nation and went to the Eden, where was
employed to sing classic songs every Fri.
day On leaving the El Dorado had said
TO the director:
Madame, advise you to remember
my name, Yvette Guilbert-yes, Yvette
Guilbert, to whom you gave 600 francs a
month and to whom you will very soon
give 600 francs night
"The fat old lady laughed SO heartily
that she nearly tainted. even had to use
smelling salts on her. Well, two years ago
the management Of the El Dorado signed a
long contract with Inc at the rate of 600
francs night. Que voulez vous9 There
are certain figures that appeal to ma
1T was the same thing at Lyons, where
/ had gone to sing in haphazard way
and to seek fortune while waiting for
things to take favorable turn at the
El Dorado. knew my time would come,
SO l was contented to wait. What an
Odyssey, this tour to Lyons Suddenly l
heard Of "a manager In search of a star
met him in the Office Of an editor A star
Mt 40 francs a night opened my mouth,
and the Lyonese began to hiss and whistle
oh, but in a most frightfnl manner! 1
must tell you that at that time I was very
thin. You can readily imagine the re-
marks that suddenly came to the lips of
these brave people, who could not imagine
a music hall star that did not possess avoir-
dupois What had / done with my embon-
pointp Had / left it in my trunk at the
hotel, and all the rests In brief, at the
end of three days could stand it no lon
ger, and was forced to beat hasty retreat.
''Have patience, said to the manager
when leaving. You have given me 100
francs for three days, baven't your Well,
you may assure yourself of the fact that
the time Is not far of when you will give
me 200 francs night.
Last year I sang Mt Lyons and was
paid !, 100 francs night. / had made
mistake of 100 francs.
"This first trip to Lyons had one re-
feature for me, because it was
there that 1 first sang La Pocharde, one
of my most successful songs, which have
since given all over Paris and London.
"It was my first real success
And from that time have enjoyed q |
run Of luck. Oh, but such |
luck! Even at the present moment can
not help but marvel at it, for it has been |
going on for five years, and, instead of |
stopping, ny success continues to increase
Que voulez vousY / had my ideas on the |
subject i felt that something new had |
to be done In the Interpretation of songs |
In fact, to strike new note.
However, what really grieves me is the
number of imitators / have had, and, of |
course, they have all gone to the other ex. /
trema 1t was fatal. find my repertory, |
as they give 1t, completely spoiled, SO much |
SO that one can barely listen to it. Ere |
quently the censure say to me when they |
refuse to sanction some of my songs that |
are a trifle decollete
with you they would scarcely create a |
murmur, but with your rivals they would |
cause an orang outang to blush.
And the censure is quite right Just |
now / am working at my repertory for |
the winter season. If you only knew the |
amount of labor and trouble it involves,
for have to work not only for myself, but |
to defy my imitators as well. Moreover, / |
find the subjects of my songs myself, and, |
better still, write some of them in verse,
II you please, even il they have to be occa
brushed up by some of my liter
ary friends. Would you like to see my |
notebook"
Yvette runs to her little writing .,c5k |
and takes out u little memorandum book,
bound in morocco, which she displays with |
all the delight Of child showing hidden
treasure. 1t contains bits of songs, anec-
dotes, suggestions for titles, all carefully
noted and classified. At that time all
Paris was discussing the probability of
Mile Reichenberg leaving the Comedie
Franchise. In corner Of Yvette's book
find the following note:
"It Reichenberg leaves the Franchise,
WIltc a bonk WitH tIiS Wucr0 IL
the little doyenne? Have you seen her2'
"There, continues the divette, "you see
that am never idle. 1t is true that / am
well paid. How muchs VOLTA! / have
succeeded In earning 240, 900 francs year,
receiving 114,OOO francs alone for six
months performances in Paris. Yes, 1t is
great, but 1 am not a bit prouder on that
account live very quietly and inexpen-
sively, knowing full we'll that it will not
last forever. 1 know IL has caused much
gossip, and people say that Yvette is MI
serly and would not spend cents II she
could help It, What do carer
ITO begin with, don't care for jewel
ry-moi, je Maine pas les tralalas. It's
only a fad, after all, and it amounts to
nothing. It will not make me pretty,
will IT. And, when you think of It, 1t Is to
my ugliness that owe my present posi-
ton. II / had been handsome, perhaps
would not have worked so hard And
have reason to be proud Of the fact that
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