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The real Latin quarter (1901)

Smith, Frank Berkeley, 1869- · New York, Funk & Wagnalls Co. · leaf 125

An illustration from The real Latin quarter, 1901, leaf 125
arcelLegay illuminedin tiny gas-jets.This is a cabaret of chansonniers known asLe Grillon, where a dozen celebratedsinging satirists entertain an appreciativeaudience in the stuffy little hall serving asan auditorium. Here, nightly, as the piecede resistance—and late on the programme(there is no… … MARCEL LEGAY From these cabarets of the student quar-ters come many of the cleverest and mostbeautiful songs. Here men sing their owncreations, and they have absolute license tosing or say what they please ; there is nomincing of words, and many times theserare bohemians do not take the trouble…

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