The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-13
$40 sets of teeth $40. DIR. wix.
Yvgrre cuiLeGRT SCORED.
sarcev Tells Her She Is Affected and Inar-
tistic-PeopIe Think Parisians Fools.

III
/ have gone. of course, to see Mile.
Yvette Gulbert at the Scala. Two or
three years ago / was present at one
of the performances she gave in a
cafe concert in the Champs Eiysees. 1
was non too well pleased then; 1t
seemed to me that she had become
very p~retentious n affected. l said
to myself, however, that doubtless the
open air was not suited to her talents.
She was obliged. in addressing That
vast public, to emphasize the meaning,
to underscore h suggestions. TO make
something Of every word, to force the
note. IL was not her fault, but that
of the place.
/ said something about this the next
day In a newspaper; oh, something
that was not very harsh! II l had
said all that I a thought Ii would
have been another matter. note,
though very faint, sounded. neverthe-
less. / k a shocking improperly. The
glory of Mile. Nvette Guilbert is es-
tablished SO firmly that i was consid-
cred an iconoclast. a gentle hint was
given to me that 1t was rather imper-
tinent to think that / could make any
impression on that bronze.
/ answered that / did not wish to
attack anything: that 1t was my trade
TO go and see dramatic artists and TO
tell plainly my opinion on the manner
on which they act or sing. / had no
ticed in the beginning that Mile, Yvette
was bringing into fashion again the
chanson style and adding to it a bit
of personality; i had praised her for
it warmly, believing that h begin
ners should be supported and
aged, especially when they are women
i had felt that in her there
was a slight suspicion of affectation
and posing. / said nothing about that,
leaving to the good taste of the artist
the task of correcting these little de-
fects, which experience n the pub
lie would reveal to her.
Little defects have grown big; that
is not my fault. 1t would seem as II
Mile. Yvette Guilbert had taken pleas
ure in ~cultivating them. / read the
other day in one of the many articles
which burn incense before her altar
every morning hat IL was her ambi-
ton to act in tragedy some day and
that she would astonish the world by
a new transformation.
i hope that is a jest. What Is GER
tain is that now she has taken to the
gloomy and the horrible. In all that
she sings there is no longer the slight
est chance for laugh. She is grave,
solemn. She Is a priestess even in
improperly for some is to be found
here and there.
What an unbearable manner she has
formed! She drags on the last sylla-
bles of the verses with a sort o. pro-
longed moan which by dint of endless
repetition finally initiates the nerves
painfully. She makes pauses you
think h is holding the word back
merely to send IL out more strongly;
not at all; she ~purposely lets the end
of the phrase drop or utters IL in
speech so rapid tina it is impossible
to understand anything. In the per-
petual jugglery there is an enervating
~affectation.
Arectatfon she carries into every
thing. She acclaimed a little eight
zenith century song, "Charmante COL
cite" 1t is simple and good-humored
with a bit OF mischief in the last line
but one. That should be limited light
ly. as used to be the way. Mile. Yvette
puts into IL ahs! m obs! a lot of
stage grimaces, which MAKE this pref
ty c~hansonette more nasty than pi-
quaint. She has shown, said. mould
ed. sung for us a piece entitled 'Guig-
mol de Occur" (Puppet show OF the
hearth. 1t Is enough to bury the very
devil. i examined the audience while
she emitted her product. 1t did not
stir. not a laugh. not even a scandal
lied one II listened. ~hypnotized. per-
haps. by the name of the artist, bored
assuredly; oh! as for that IL had the
appearance of being thoroughly bored.
At the end of each piece the claque.
and not a big one at that. applauded
in unison.
/ thought to myself. the saddest
& thiinlnhatf1s taoi aoinfdgonoi;.e VIC
thing in all this business Is that at
present all foreigners passing through
our city. enticed by continuous and
noisy advertising. rush 20 hear Mile.
Yyette Guilbert. listen in amazement
and go of saying: Can il be this
that they are making such a fuss over
In Paris?' And they take us for i'm
beciles.-Le Figaro.