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Show BlUI gVAlCIFlHl tfiirfrffi 1 rrW " 'Tinette, Ma Petite Albertine!' Shrieks the Wash Udy. They All Fall in a Faint 1" X 16 ii v -mJ' on-rtl Parts you will 'ttte W M0 -giJre edorable-La tywnei., fUB' 70U ttakB 41x6 haste to ; titw & dtt Bta8-at the door of Oh ""wct" Personal for the charming ' TT bwb dire-It goes without Btt2?S?,Bla, 1L BleD' But member. SmS lLComprehd the reputation of TinobUei J" the gowns, the jewels, I JtMt ttcomSJ 1 8BreeaW are with La.MIstIn-Mhjt- BU-as you say-in America, "she's got W001 Wcret t0 "et was to tltt cre,t ?h are nothlnB- C'est vrai. r 'L1 tt aw,!!' ?&t 0f armB- ttie namo-thB namo-thB WlnoPh r Mlle- Mlstto. S ? PUtt 0t toe "Iid-pouf ! diBUn6817 M11- Mlstinguette T ichyo ST yIaSe t Moulins, the S '?yftBif6head In the namQ thQt iB ! erott.!?801108-11 in the occupation I rlMy. AjT,118 DlnnchlB8BuEewhat you call "hen tte muQ jjjg away to Paris to he a g&mtn on the Biage and make the fortune for-tune and the grand reputation", she leave no address- for Mere Bergerolles, who weep a little out have not so much to wash any more. Enfln, in effect, Mere 'Bergerolles had no daughter, and the gamin of Moulins, In sis, nine, ten years, the Mlstinguette moat famous of the ladles of the Paris stage, had no mother. So Mlstinguette, having everything else so much to IV be desired, say to herself: "VIolal now will I have tho V success most grand. I will have tho ancestry. I will have the crost for the door of my carriage and the papers pa-pers of my cigarettes. La, la, tout de suite I am uno grande dame la, lala, la!" For, figure to yourself. Mile. Mlstinguetta have already discover in NImeB a poor lady living all alone In the world with her title of Comtesse de Tournelles, and nothing to eat but consommo jardiniere, and the pot au feu on Sunday. So the rich, the famous Paris actress come to the poor Countess and say to her: 'Ts it that you will come to Paris aud live witn mo, and "be my mother my noble ancestress?" I How the Careless Moving Pictures Stripped One of the Cleverest French Actresses of All Her "Ancestors II and Made the Boulevards Laugh for Three Days. 11 1 "On, ma belle Alio!" exclaim the poor Countess, Calling into the arms of the rich and beautiful Mlstinguette. "Tres bien. Make ready the portraits of my ancestors," Bay Mlstinguette. "Immediately we go home to Paris and have made the crest for the cigarette, the papier de lettre and the door of the carriage. When all is made ready I give a petit souper for the honor of my mother (so long lost" "MhIb attendez," Mlstinguette say to her noble mother. "It is that you shall be most careful to keep the secret between us." "Certainement," responds the enravished Countesa, 'And, being a lady of education, she quote from Macula rvelll: "Molto solitarlo e segreto." Which is to ear, do ft alone and keep It to yourself. Bnfin. Behold everything accomplish according to the programme of Mlstinguette. All Paris know that he career is now complete, for have she not a nobe anoes tresu and a cfest for her cigarette? Never before such success fdr La. Mlattnguette, to whom shall deBcend the title of Comtesse de Tournelles, On her knees come the cinema to make of her one grand clnematograjphlque what you call the "moviea. Mlstinguette play only in Paris, but tne MIstinsuettA cinematographlque go everywhere. All France see him. . Now come the finish of the contretemps, the finish most horrible. In. the small village of Moulins, Mere Bergerolles do her wash-lady work quickly one day and go to the "movies." She see her little Albertine just the same as life, -and fall back kicking with her respect able feet in the air, exclaiming with terrific shrieks: "Ma petite 'Tlnette' my little, lost Albertine r 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 vinegarette at her nose to make her quiet: "But, mada'm.e, it le not possiBIe. The lady of the cinematographique is the famoua MiBtinguette, who has already a noble mother, the Comtcsse de Tournelles, living with her in Paria," "Cochbn! Chien!" pig, dog of a manager shrieks Mere Bergerolles. "Observe, I, Mere Bergerolles, blan-chlsseuse blan-chlsseuse of Moulins, am the only noble mother of my daughter. Allez-vous en va t'en!" And Mere Bergerolles lock up her waBhrlady establishment estab-lishment and go quickly to Paris and kick fiercely on the door of Mlstinguette so. that it open-in a manner most hurried and admit her. Mlstinguette, who hear the kicking, come to see what Is wrong, with the Com-tesBe Com-tesBe at her elbow. "Tinette, ma petite Albertine!" shriek the wash-)ady, wash-)ady, and try to throw herself on the bosom of La Mis-) Mis-) tinguette. Mlstinguette, so sudden is this apparition, falls halt I over in half of a real faint But she catch herself and say politely: "A thousand regretB, Madame, but already I have a u mother the Comtesse de Tournelles whom you .see at I' my side." ' "Comtesse, the mother of my 'Tlnette!" exclaim' Mere Bergerolles. Andshe fall on 'the floor kicking and jjjgj laughing jo-for some time she cannot speak, jjffif "Ingrate!" she say when star get up. "I shall go tell gfr all Paris that the little smutty-faced 'Tinette Bergerolles, jj l daughter of Mere Bergerolles, blanch la sens of Moulins, M l seeding an ancestress more than a mother, has bought I M a comtesse. Au revoir, 'Tinette. Ha, ha! Oh, la, la, UP Ilj Pretty soon come to Htetfn&uotta ther manager of til fjfijj Varieties and say to her: mm "Alors! Clia petite, it is deplorable to permit a racier BB And This Is Mile. MiVinguetteVUn- ! fflflf, wanted Real Mother. Sffll to die of starvation; Sifl'lll "But I' must have an ancestress," Bays Mlstinguetta jMj with, many tears.- "I have found one a mother who, can HLjjjj be also an ancestress. That is what I want what I iMll have always wanted. Behold! this other woman, shall f have money In exchange for silence." Money? Silence? It was for Mere Bergerolles to jlwai laugh! As she could not have her daughter she would jMM nqt be silent. In a week all Paris had the story and mil for another week all Paris Joined with gUBto to the ifii laughter of a 'blanchlsseuse. Enfln. Mere Bergerolles goes home, to Moulins and. Teopens ;her washIady ectab- ffJ i llshment, where she soon dismisses from her honest Ml jj mind the future Comtesse de Tournelles. , na J So, mes amis, it is thus you may figure to yourselves ;fi the pain it gives to Mile. Ml6tlnguette to hear uttered uM ;B those words before mentioned here. She has so .longer ; jj an ancestress, but as you say in America is it neces IS sary to "rub it in?" j mi j uIn Mlstinguette on the 'Movies' She Sees Her Little Albertine as Real as life, and Cries. My Little Albertiner 11 |
