Mistinguett- The Moulin Rouge biggest star

Mistinguett  was a French actress and singer, whose birth name was Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois. She was at one time the highest-paid female entertainer in the world.
Once during a tour of the United States, Mistinguett was asked by Time magazine to explain her popularity. Her answer was, “It is a kind of magnetism. I say  ‘Come closer’ and draw them to me.”
Mistinguett, born in poverty, was not particularly beautiful but had an undeniably quick wit. S
he wanted to build her own life and said “the poor suburbs, it’s not enough just to want to get out.
I had a talent: life. All the rest remains to be done, to be thought about. I couldn’t allow myself just to be a beautiful animal, I had to think of everything”. A peerless businesswoman, she first listened carefully then captivated.
At an early age Mistinguett.aspired to be an entertainer. She began as a flower seller in a restaurant in her hometown, singing popular ballads as she sold blossoms.
After taking classes in theatre and singing, she began her career as an entertainer in 1885. One day on the train to Paris for a violin lesson, she met Saint-Marcel, who directed the revue at the Casino de Paris.
He engaged her first as a stage-hand, and here she began to pursue her goal to become an entertainer, experimenting with various stage-names, being successively Miss Helyett, Miss Tinguette, Mistinguette and, finally, Mistinguett.
Bourgeois made her debut as Mistinguett at the Casino de Paris in 1895 and went on to appear in venues such as the Folies Bergère, Moulin Rouge and Eldorado.
Her risqué routines captivated Paris, and she went on to become the most popular French entertainer of her time and the highest paid female entertainer in the world, known for her flamboyance and a zest for the theatrical.In 1919 her legs were insured for 500,000 francs.
Mistinguett died in Bougival, France, at the age of 80, attended by her son, a doctor.She is buried in the Cimetière Enghien-les-Bains, Île-de-France, France.Upon her death, writer Jean Cocteau observed in an obituary, “Her voice, slightly off-key, was that of the Parisian street hawkers—the husky, trailing voice of the Paris people.
She was of the animal race that owes nothing to intellectualism. She incarnated herself. She flattered a French patriotism that was not shameful. It is normal now that she should crumble, like the other caryatids of that great and marvelous epoch that was ours”.

Mistinguett sitting on her Chrysler with a group of photographers in Deauville in 1929.

 

 

 

 

Source: http://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/06/23/mistinguett-moulin-rouge-biggest-star-1919-insured-legs-500000-francs/

Perfect parent according to Maria Montessori

 

19 Commandments From Maria Montessori to Help You Become the Perfect Parent:

Maria Montessori is one of the small number of pedagogues who helped revolutionize how we think about raising children during the 20th century. She was well known for formulating short but memorable commandments for parents. They are all essentially straightforward, but nevertheless contain a huge amount of wisdom.
We at Bright Side recommend reading the following at least once a year.

1. Children learn from what surrounds them.
2. If a child is often criticized, they learn how to condemn others.
3. If a child is often praised, they learn how to evaluate others.
4. If a child is shown hostility, they will learn to fight.
5. If you are honest with a child, they learn the meaning of fairness.
6. If a child is too often derided, they become shy.
7. If a child feels safe, they learn to trust people.
8. If a child is too often made to feel shame, they will learn to always feel guilty.
9. If a child is given frequent encouragement, they will have high self-esteem.
10. If a child is condescended to, they will learn patience.
11. If a child is given support, they will be confident.
12. If a child lives in an atmosohere of friendship and feels that others need it, they will learn how to find love.
13. Never speak badly of a child, in their presence or otherwise.
14. Concentrate on nurturing the good in a child. That way, there will be no place left in them for the bad.
15. Always listen to and answer a child’s questions or requests should they approach you.
16. Respect a child even when they make a mistake. They will be able to correct their error soon enough.
17. Always be ready to help a child who requires assistance, and to stand aside when they’ve found everything they need.
18. Help a child to master things early. This can be done by making sure the world around them is filled with affection, peace, and love.
19. Always display the best manners to a child. Show them how to be the best they can be.

Source: https://brightside.me/article/19-commandments-from-maria-montessori-to-help-you-become-the-perfect-parent-13805/