New-York tribune., 1903-03-22
TIE C<fKEU -ILK IN P11RIS.
Craze Of the Scason-Pcculiaritics Of
the French IdaptatiOR.
PnriS- March q.


As if in obedience to some mysterious ltW OF th:'
correlation OF forces. the American cakewalk has
become the rage throughout France at the very
same. time that the I'reIit claSsi>sMol!tre. Ita
cine CorHeilIe and Roasard-are being p"Iu-
I;Irized in the United States through the medium
of the leading universities The clheWalk-' Ia
course au gitcau,'' it is termed 10y NJ. jules
CIarttie the observing member of the Academy
and administrator of the Theatre FranGais-h;'S
become epidemic. CakeWalks of every color and
description. have become features at no less than
eleven theatres and music halls i'll Paris, rang
in2, from the Nouveau Cirque, where it is inter
Erctcd by i group of jolly negroes to the air Of
the catching Coon Town Chimes" to the
heights of Montmartre, where inspritng out
bursts of "Rubberncck Jim,' the March of the
Coon Cadets 'Niggcr Alley ''Itagtime So
cirty,' pullman Portcrs IalI,' "WatcrmeIon
Frolic' and Miss Clemcntina" cectrify the
midnight air Black Pansy' and Manila Sue
danced with Partisan friIls and amendments
quite staggering transient Americans. Lead
ing Partisan actresses. including Jeanne Granicr,
Murthe BranGts, Rcjane Malriette SuIly, Ger
maine GalIois Marcelle Lender, Berthe Badi,
Rachel Boyer, Jeanne ROlly, YvOnne Gar
rick and Marie Thcrese Pitrat have all
taken cakcWaIk lessons and practise almost
daily to the tunes Of "Huckleberry Crossroads
or the alabama Barbecue" Partisan c;iricst-
tuGists, such as Jean Weber Caran d'Ache
LGandre sem, Caprielo, Willette and F"ran
have found Il fertile field for their Crayons in the
irI,.IrcssibIe c;rkewdlH, and spared 10 one not
even President I.oubet the Emperor William
King Edward, Mr. Chamberlain, General de
GaIifl,t WaIdcck-Rousseau. Camille Peletan.
Sarah EernhIrdt, Coqucn or Mounet SulIy, who
at various times during the last three months
have been depicted performing intricate or gro
| tcs0Iis. steps Of the great course au gatcau.'
/ Needless to say, Mime. There's" Humb-rt figures
with prominence in the cake walk, peH"iltd by
! I1;,IItIr, and For;lin. Tie citkewaik fever has
even l.cletrated 10 the conservative mansions of
tb. raubourg Saint -Gcrmain, the mecca Of
| Cat thoii, ism and royalty Grand ladies now al
| low their daughters to figure i'll the maZes Of
/ tb. c:ikcvalk, but this concession to trnSatIan-
tir ,uodrrnity has been accorded with reluctance,
for The. Ga!Iic,ln clergy has steaGfasty put its
! foot down on what preacher at the Church OF
| 81 Thomas d'Acquin has characterized as IAN
/ ungodly Innovation.
,rt,. ie no denyincs that the cakewalk has
coro. and has captured Paris but whether it has
! ~ =, et.,,, o. rot or VIII, thcr it will leave any
! ,..i,,,, trace is another question. 1t should he
| r,r.,II,-ctcd however, that not many years ago
t,.,rfs VAS similarly captured 10y the art of an
| ANN an dancer Miss Lon" Fuller Win iI'r III
| . ,,,,a dru,n The dance itself soon
/ went out Of vogue, but the erect was liSlilS'
w., ,,,,,r,ina- to Gabriel Hanotau:,, eAMinister er
! Of Foreign Affairs and meInitr OF the Hcdu-
env the new style Of furniture which set IN
| shortly after the exposition or l9OO orlslhaleu