New-York tribune., 1910-08-28
Hosv France Makes the Apacbes 6g>bo Disgrace Paris
Huneer Drix,es Them TO Crime -H.Sofn' 01r
NOT mn HpdcbeS Can Claim 0oof
Conx,enienf Excuse.

o-sanizati in the most embarrassing
position 4 syndicate may plan street
manifestation. A permit is obtained UnGef
ordinary circumstances everything wonlo
come of quietly. The wOrkingmsH wo1-so
parade. listen to a speech or two ana theh
regain their headquarters
ON the dsv Of the manifestation. however
Montmartre poUrs into the ioNer town
struggling groups Of Apaches- Is the mani
festation organized against the ChuFeh au-
thoritfes? A couple OF Apaches are sure TO
desecrate a place OF worship Against tne
army? They throw missiles at the passing
soldiers Against the Jews. as IL happened
frequently at the time OF the DreyioS
affair? Jewish stores will be stoned ana
piundered by the gangs
During the last food many residences oe-
serted by their tenants. had TO De pro-
tected by regulars. who patrolled the HUI
dated area in motor launches Apacnes
were removing the vaIuabIes. destroying the
, furniture and frequently firing the houses
so as TO cover up their misdeeds
And yet no type is more popular on the
vaudeville stage than the 'gigOIo, another
slang word for special vagrant IN 10"
farce he fills the position occupied IN the
hearts of the gallery gods By the scarlet
nosed '-Hooligan": he IS supposed 70 pos
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more than once pIaywrights Of the first
rank have raised him and his hans-outs 10
the dignity Of dramatic material Even
New York has beheId him disporting him
| self more or less vulgar1y on summer roofs
! But it is the popular ditty of the bOule-
ward or of the cafe-concert that Elorifies
/ him most persistenty- Not TO mention
Yvette GuiIbert, who revels in visualzirS
| the Apache affairs Of heart. several song
writer's have specialized N the Apache
/ genre; the Apache ''argot'- has been set 70
music by Bruant. BY Alexander. founders
Of cabarets artistiques. where every guest
| is greeted with slangy abuse.
I The time has almost come when a wide
awake Apache could make living by sim
J pIv exploiting the fact that he Is an
! Apache. more than once hostesses belong
ing 10 the uItra-advanced set have regaled
their guests at the end OF a sofree by nav
/ ing a quadrflIe of Apaches performing some
] so-calIed characteristic step Many are the
/ otherwise uninterestfng drinking places 10
/ Gated under the shadow Of the AontmarIre
Cathedral. where Apaches. genuine OF not,
are on exhibition for the amusement and
/ edification OF Summers hailinS from the
/ provinces or from Kalamazoo
Dance halls on the style of the Moulin
/ Rouge or the Moulin de Ia GaIette add pi-
quancy to their assemblies by winding up
the entertainment with a great Apache
| froIic
/ Here again as in every field or artistie
! endeavor. imitation is displacing the genu-
I inc article y Paris business man VINO was
/ stowinS the sights 10 out OF town Gus
! toner bIundered into little cabaret with
| a. frightIul reputation In a group OF hait
/ A dozen desperadOes he noticed a face
| that was curiousy familiar 70 him HIS
/ stare seemed TO cause some discomfort 70
I the object Of his curiosity
/ The next morning he sent for one Of his
/ hook keepers ftEat mole on the left cheek,
which the Apache makeup could not con-
! ceaD. The suspected man entered the Of
/ fee his employer looked at him without
q word then laughed The poor book
/ keeper. overwhelmed with remorse, COL
| Iapsed- He confessed 10 having for four
| months assumed every night the part Of a
| desperate character. He had mother to
s11uport and needed extra money In con-
sfderation OF a few francs a week he
| douned every night a greasy garO- played
/ cards to nausea from ten to one. ruined his
/ stomach by absorbing miserable red ink
and uttered terrible Oaths which he could
hardly keep out OF his conversation the
/ next day His fellow Apaches were supers
/ like himself One must live somehow