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•• ‘Tinette. Ma Petite Albertinel' Shrieks the Wash Lady * * * They All Fall in a Faint!"
How the Careless Moving Pictures Stripped One of
the Cleverest French Actresses of All Her “Ancestors
and Made the Boulevards Laugh for Three Days.
Oh. ma belle fllle 1 'exclaim the poor Countess, falling
Into the arms of the rich and beautiful Mistmguette.
'Tree blen Make ready the portraits of my ancestors,"
say Mlstlnguette Immediately we go home to Cans
and have made the crest tor the cigarette, the papier de
lettre and the door of the carriage When all Is made
ready I give a petit 60uper for the honor of my mother
so long lost "
Mats attendee," Mlstlnguette say to her noble mother
"It Is that you shall be most careful to keep the secret
between us "
"Certalnement," responds the enravished Countess.
Aud. being a lady of education, she quote from Machla-
velli
Molto solltarlo e segreto " Which Is to say. do It
alone and keep It to yourself.
Enfln Behold everything accomplish according to the
programme of Mlstlnguette. All Paris know that her
career Is now complete, for have she not a noble ances
tress and a crest for her cigarette’’
Never before such success for La Mlstlnguette. to
whom shall descend the title of Comtesse de Tournetles.
On her knees come the cinema to make of her one
grand clnematographlque—what you call the "movies"
Mlstlnguette play only in Paris, but the Mlstlnguette
clnematographlque go everywhere All France see him
Now come the finish of the contretemps, the finish
most horrible In the small village of Moullns, Mere
Bergerolles do her wash-lady’-work quickly one day and
go to the "movies." She see her Uttle Albertlne Just
the same as life, and fall back kicking with her respect
able feet in the air. exclaiming with terrific shrieks
"Ma petite Tinette'—my little, lost Albertlne!”
And she shriek and she kick so loud the manager
come and take her to the bureau de theatre—the office—
and say to her, with the vtnegarette at her aose to make
her quiet.
"But. madame, It Is not possible. The lady of the
clnematographlque Is the famous Mlstlnguette. who has
already a noble mother, the Comtesse de Tournelles,
living with her In Parts."
"Cochon' Chlen!pig, dog or a manager—shrieks
Mere Bergerolles. "Observe, t. Mere Bergerolles. blan-
chlsseuse of Moullns. am the only noble mother of my
daughter Allez-vous en --va t'en 1"
And Mere Bergerilles lock up her wash-lady estab
lishment and go quickly to Parts and kick fiercely on
the door of Mlstlnguette sp that It open In a manner
most hurried and admit her Mlstlnguette. who hear
the kicking, come to see what Is wrong, with the Com
tesse at her elbow
"‘Tinette. ma petite Albertlne!' shriek the wash-
lady. and try to throw herself on the bosom of La Mls
tlnguette.
Mlstlnguette. so sudden is this apparition, falls halt
over In half of a real faint But she catch herself and
say politely
"A thousand regrets, Madame, but already I have a
mother—the Comtesse de Tournelles whom you see at
my side."
"Comtesse, the mother of my Tinette!” exclaim Mere
Bergerolles. And she fall on the floor kicking hod
laughing so for some time she cannot apeak.
"Ingrate!" she say when she get up. "I shall go tell
all Paris that the little smutty-faced 'Tinette Bergerolles.
daughter of Mere Bergerolles, blanchtsseuse of Moullns,
needing an ancestress more than a mother, has bought
a comtesse. Au revoir,'Tinette. Ha, ha! Oh, la. la, la!”
Pretty soon come to Mlstlnguette the manager of the
Varieties and say to her:
"Alors! Ma petite. It is deplorable to permit a mother
And This Is Mile. Mistinguette’s Un
wanted Real Mother,
to die of starvation.”
"But I must have an ancestress,” says Mlstlnguette
with many tears. “I have found me a mother who can
be also an ancestress. That Is what 1 want—what 1
have always wanted. Behold! this other woman shall
have money In exchange for silence.”
Money? Silence? It was for Mere Bergerolles to
laugh! As she could not have her daughter she would
not be silent. In a week all Paris had the story—and
for another week all Paris joined with gusto In the
laughter of a blanchtsseuse. Enfln. Mere Bergerolles
goes home to Moullns and reopens her wash-lady estab
lishment. where she soon dismisses from her honest
mind the future Comtesse de Tournelles.
So, mes amis, It Is thus you may figure to yourselves
the pain It gives to Mile Mistinguette to hear uttered
those words before mentioned here. She has no nger
an ancestress, but—as you say In America—Is It neces
sary to "rub It in?”
H* ..i!
IMS :\v
“In Mistinguette on Ae "Maries' She Sees Hen Ljttle AJbertine as Real as Lite, and Cries. ‘My Little Albertlne!
Mile.
Mistinguette,
Who
Lost Her
Hired
Ancestors
by
Way of
the
Moving
Pictures.
“Mistinguette. with Her Hired Mother.
W ould Contemplate Those
Ancestors for Hours."
Parts. May 24.
EHOLD! for all Americans of the dis
position Joyous who are about to
attain their hearts' desire ot a visit
to Paris, a word of caution It Is the fra
fernal Spirit of the Boulevards who gives
the warning most kindly
Mes amis. It Is dangerous. It is forbidden,
to remark certain matters In the presence
of the actress most charming, most spiruu-
elle. Mile Mlstlnguette Par example
"Ancestry"—ah. non. nevalr. Jamals de
votre vie! A misfortune most horrible has
befallen the noble ancestress of Mile Mis-
Baguette
"Mother"—that name adorable, but no!
Concerning the mother. Mistinguette her-
self suffers a misfortune most ludicrous.
"Cinema—ctnematograpihtque." whafi In
America you call “movies ” But name It
not In the presence of Mlstlnguette. It is
herself whom those "movies” have be
trayed Monsieur Dupln. Arsene Lupin,
Sherlock Holmes, could not have betrayed
her with more finished cruelty
Mes amis d'Amerlque, on arriving in Paris you wilt
yourselves repair directly to the Varieties—naturelment.
Upon the stage you will see one figure adorable—La
Mlstlnguette Entre nous, you will make the haste to
present yourselves a la porte du stage—at the door of
the stage—with your respects personal for the charming
actress Oh. out—cela va sans dire—it goes without
saying—everybody’s doin’ It. Blen But remember,
silence on those matters now mentioned—for those rea
sons now to be explicated
By all the world is comprehended the reputation of
Mile Mlstlnguette The beauty, the gowns, the jewels,
the automobiles, the royalty and the nobility at her feet
—all these triumphs most agreeable are with La Mistin
guette fait accompli—as you say In America, "she's got
there.”
But In her heart most secret to "get there' was to
Mile. Mistinguette no more than nothing. Cest vral.
Without the crest, the coat of arms, the noble name—
without the ancestry, all the triumph of Milo. Mlsfln-
guette were no more as a puff of the wind—pout’
. Atlender! The ancestry of Mile. Mtstlnguette
was no more distinguished than that of any other gamin
of the alleys in the small French village of Moullns. the
truth of which you will comprehend In the name that Is
her own—Albertlne Bergerolles—and in the occupation
pf Mere Bergerolles- une blanchlsseuse—what you call
the wash-lady. And when the Uttle Albertlne run away
to Paris to be a gamin on the stage and make the for
tune and the grand reputation, she leave no address for
Mere Bergerolles. who weep a little—but have not so
much to wash any more.
Enfin. in effect, Mere Bergerolles had no daughter,
and the gamin of Moullns. In six. nine, ten years, the
Mistinguette most famous of the ladies of the Paris
stage, had no mother.
So Mlstlnguette, having everything else so much to
be desired, say to herself “Viola! now will I have the
success most grand 1 will have the ancestry. I will
have the crest for the door of my carriage and the pa
pers of my cigarettes. las, la, tout de suite I am une
grande dame—la, lals, la!”
For. figure to yourself. Mile Mlstlnguette have already
discover In Nimes « poor lady living all alone In the
world with her title of Comtesse de Tournelles, and
nothing to cat but consomme jardiniere, and the pot au
feu on Sunday So the rich, the famous Paris actress
come to the poor Countess and say to her:
"Is It that you will come to Paris and tiwe with me,
and he my mother—my noble ancestress?"
ENTER REAL MA 1
EXIT HIRED A
AND IT JUST SERVED
MlleMistin^uett
RIGHT !