Evening star., 1951-01-07
Songs Your Mother
Never ought You
Edith Piof Enchonts Audience
In First Singing Engagement Here
BY Joy Cormody


Miss Edith Pa of brought songs love
other night and the levels wisdom love sophca
ton that much higher.
Heretofore Paf has been legend tilating legend
and the libraries of garde music
lovers Enchanted critics have provided with
Pa the Benhard of song
but while critical shot directly target has not
universally identified the artist.
Scandaous enough there have been those who do not know
Beinhardt either.
The Audience Was Dromoc Too
Shoreham Blue Room heard Miss Piaf of those
wonderful Blue audiences which included type from
downy duckings finishing schools dowagers whose
finish has survived everywhere Matching escorts came with both
types.
Miss Pa scored the triumph deserved, March of
Dimes earned maximum of dollars from the benefit song festival
and there could not have been enchanted square
footage anywhere that night.
This what is to be great song styl Bernhardt OF
of that Miss Pa had to rush
back to Paris Immediately after her st and only mere
Nevertheless she will be the talk OF the town Tor long time 70
the world still here Host Gardner Moore mght
bring her back for longer stay next season.
could conceive Of dramatic piece OF
pioneering than bringing Miss Piaf here Neither could no
itself to the community which likes nothing
cataputed of its compacence toward voca
Miss Piaf is the catapult type of singer
Something Like Pnzo, 1t All Was
What makes her this is unlike qualities that made
the sensation he in South Pacific" Singing
only of it, and smaller than personalities kind of
that creates relationship between artist
audience intimacy
listeners what both have lived all those other moments for
That French and has explain each advance
only makes that much cozy.
Morgan could do this and sometimes Libby Holman.
but they sang English quite thing.
There was always feeling eavesdreppers present
these two intimacy has not occurred even to ngent female
have dreamed of less than Is million listeners
on radio network
Miss Piaf splendid Bernhardt al
1uon) full of dramatic surprise She is small woman petite
probably the fitting word and she makes exciting capital
size and the total absence stunning shape
Sings of Pain ond Sadness Of Love
when she sings OF the pain and sadness OF love- she
inecapably sheer tragedy must be-
of broken heart cannot create this belief
lonely, the words Of her say it is her
quite undeserving of sympathy or under
standing It vanity while in Miss Piafs the
wound is in the SOUL
There is lot of difference favor of Miss Paf
splendid and dramatic kind OF justice It the woman
who reveal deep universal truth makes bberty
balads who merely know the words OF their songs
the feeling enables her to make all
language that than half the audience does
understand
1t Sounds Less Emotional in English
Parisienne simple black dress in
English fact does numbers Hymn Of Love- and
compositions 1t however the
Bernhat she is less the Berhardt of when
bngua. Languages funny this lot Of
sue listeners have been pointing out for centuries 1t is not
that inferior all another merely that they vary
In their values for different Parez moi damour
Miss Piaf like her style are her own and while most
related to the variety
others with the loss of such lovers sailor and
codionist balanced by amungy sorrowfu
which sings of hard life at the hands of many
ST. Peter she should be admitted to
Obviously resist such request for waivers
telescoped simply stands and sings and
with she has deXros way OF
writing finis to performance
This involves singing topical song about the Foreign Legion
patriotic dealing with the glores of warriors after which
nothing could logical Nothing that is except happy
meditation it that Edith Piaf at least sing
like Edith Piaf.