DEJAZET, the wicked and the witty, whose unabashed ease and
wanton wiles vanquish the scruples of the fastidious—her &prig being equal to her effronterie— is now charming the frequenters of the French Plays with her cleverness and address. Her first appearance as the boy Vert-Vert, in apple-green coat and geranium-coloured knee- shorts, with a cauliflower peruke and red-heeled shoes, produced quite a sensation ; yet it is difficult to assign the cause. Neither young nor handsome, with a petite and not elegant figure, a shrill nasal voice, a manner recklessly and audaciously free, and less remarkable as an actress than might be supposed, DEJAZET nevertheless rivets attention and excites admiration in the most trivial and ineffective pieces. The secret of her success lies in the force of her native talent rather than in any acquired skill, except as a vocalist : her singing is delicious, whether pathetic or joyous the theme—despite a certain reediness of tone.
LEVASSOR'S comic chansons in character are extremely droll : his Chanteur Choriste, in which he mimics the mechanical manner and monotous loudness of a chorus-singer, is very amusing. VERNET is gone : he took his farewell benefit on Wednesday.
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