New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-09-24
Partisan Star
ScOrns Aid of
Interpreters
What Makes Yvonne I,ov.
New York So? Because !,
Loves Yvonne, You kno,s

For her FIRST American isser...
Yvonne George surrounded hs-self ,..,a
ak interpreters. IL had not bsen v,,.
Georges original ides-this bsyinn !.
half dozsn--but after the vivselo,,
young French woman had seased 49,.
self In the center Of the stage 9, =.
Shubert Thester they jest nssnr.Y,s
collected. In the first place there -
been only one. John Murray Apa.,...
himself In person, who conceived 80
executed the Greenwich Village F.l,,..
Bat 1t want long before the psrt.
was augmented by Murray's brosb..
the one they call auptalr-sud M.
Richards. After thag .hey just dr,A.s
in without anyone paying any paris
lar attention 20 them, and then vs.,
all was set the frat question rs.
launched. ASK Mile. George how Al.
likes New York and how il compa,,,
with the other great cities Of y.
world ?" Before anyone could sne,s
Mile. George replied: "Oh, Ne,y Yars
is the most beautiful city I've hear
in. I walk up Fifth Avenue. and wss.
/ come 20 great country estat.
say, so this is where New YORK end.
and then fad It Is only your Csrtrsl
Park and that New York goes On ssS
on everywhere" But Why We asked
amazed. "do you need interpretsr.,
You speak very good English" glIs
George SHOOK her head. Not good. b,
when get--when l get "excitsda
prompted Richards. ayes, when %.
excited 10 come 20 me-
"she couldn't speak English AZ al
when she arrived here" said Mr. Al.
derson, and mademoiselle added. "gus
been here four weeks" And Of eours.
a French woman or q Russian woman
considers four .geeks sufficient time "a
learn any language. How do they %
It?
II wes 90 happy when u. Anderson
ask me to come to america and sing
in his Foilies. IN Paris, where sing
the Americans say they love me 60
wish to see all the Americans in
their own country. hope they Ike
me here, too"
"She stopped the show FOR fifteen
minutes the opening night" observed
one Of her interpreters. Il do what
TO the show? do WHAT" inquired
Mile. George eagerly. and when the
term stopping the show WAC explained
to her she said, "oh, yes, know nov.
But this is what 1 do not know-why
they like me, eh2 Is II because they
feel what feel and what I am trying
to tell to them, or is it only because
am French and they think they
should like me because I have, in
Europe, a reputation ?" Now we are
one of the persons who found Nile.
George perfectly thrilling, but it wss
difficult 10 explain to her just how We
felt about it, so we didn't Try. She is
one of the most charming, simple ana
cordial persons We ever have met IN
the theater. And she Is great artist
without seeming in the least 70 re-
alize it.
We asked her how she liked Amer
lean styles and American women snd
she replied. Nowhere in the world
have I seen the women so chic and SO
original. Everybody here wears beau
tiful gowns And al the women who
work with one are SO hsPpy, too, when
one does what you call stop the show.
"And do you like the American
nen?'
Mile. George pondered, "They look
very nice" she said slowly; "very nice,
but I do not know them, only N. An
derson and his brother, and NJ. Rich
ard. But l should like" Then, III
America there are many divorces;
ii not 500"
"siore than in Fraace?" we asked
"oh, oui. / do not think in France
We bother so much about divorces
Mile. George stopped a moment ana
then added wickedly, "But neither 90
we bother so much about marriage ceFs-
monies"
So Yvonne George is not only hand
some and charming, but she hiss :
sense of humor. Ii. U
Observation-Disclosures.