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Page One - We're going to sell Belle-Île-en-Mer. The auction of various properties belonging to Sarah Bernardt with their starting prices has been announced next week. These are the Villa Clairin, the Villa Lysiane, the Villa des cinq parties du monde, the Pavillon, the Fortin, as well as a farm and its 23 hectares. Will they have the same fate as "Arnaga"? See you in one of the next editions of La Bignole

The story of Arnaga, the owned by Edmond Rostand who did not find a buyer immediately, despite an interesting price

Page two - Rigadin tours and plays in Romania. The publication of a letter from Ch. Prince posted from Bucharest, which reports the friendship of the Romanians for the French, the wonderful welcome he received in Romania so that he could play with the Romanian actor TanadeConstantin Tănase (born July 5, 1880 in Vaslui, Vaslui, Romania - died August 29, 1945, Bucharest, Romania) was a Romanian stage and vaudeville actor, a famous coupletist and a key figure in Romanian revue theater. He was born into a modest family (his father, Ion Tănase, was a pharmacy technician), in a peasant house in Vaslui, Vaslui County. He was a mediocre student, with the highest grades in music and sports, and his first contact with theatre was attending performances at the "Pîrjoala" kindergarten, where folk theatre was performed, with actors such as Zaharia Burienescu and I.D. Ionescu.

This inspired him to create an amateur theatre troupe with his friends, with whom he performed scenes from the plays Meșterul Manole, Capitanul Valter Mărăcineanu or Constantin Brâncoveanu, their first stage being the cellar of the house. Over time, the performances moved to the barn and even to the paddock.

The first professional experience as an actor took place in the Yiddish-language theater troupe led by Mordechai Segalescu: they needed an actor for a show in Vaslui and the young Tănase was chosen, who was already constantly rehearsing. In 1896, he finished his secondary education and, despite his desire to become an actor, he enrolled in the military high school in Iași, where he was rejected at the medical exam... Disappointed, he went to Brăila, where he briefly attended the "Nicolae Bălcescu" high school, which he had to leave after a few weeks due to lack of money.

In Brăila, he became friends with the teacher and writer Ion Adam, who offered the 18-year-old his chair in Cursești, Rahova, since Adam was going to take courses in Belgium. He did quite well as a teacher, but he clashed with the principal and some teachers. With Adam's help, he got another job in Hârșoveni, Poenești, where the poet Alexandru Vlahuță had studied.

Tănase quickly developed his own teaching style, emphasizing music and gymnastics, which attracted new students to the school. The students' parents were also involved in school activities, through school trips, where he taught history and geography.

Early arriving as a well-liked character in the locality, he attracted the dislike of the notary and some local lawyers who did not appreciate his methods, so much so that Tănase was eventually expelled. On October 14, 1899, he found himself in Bucharest, where he voluntarily enlisted in the 1st Regiment of Geniu Bucharest. After completing his military training, he enrolled in the Drama Conservatory, graduating in 1905.

He began working in the theater and married Virginia Niculescu in 1917. In 1919, he founded the Carăbuș theater troupe in Bucharest, with which he would create over the next 20 years a tradition of cabaret/revue theater, a tradition that is still present today, especially at the "Constantin Tănase" Revue Theater, which still operates at the address of the former "Cărăbus" on Calea Victoriei, 33-35, in the heart of Bucharest.

In the good tradition of great actors, he created a type of character, that of the simple, humble and troubled citizen, always at odds with the bureaucracy of the state apparatus; his character, unique in his classic checked suit, chrysanthemum in the buttonhole and cane, becomes the spokesperson for an entire social class, which will often bring him to the attention of the censors.

With "Cărăbuș", he has toured extensively throughout the country and at least once in Turkey.Tănase also performed in Paris. One source mentions the actor's charitable works – 3 primary schools and a church. In "Cărăbuș", Tănase launched the careers of many artists, including Maria Tănase and Horia Șerbănescu. He was decorated on January 28, 1942 with the Order of the "Crown of Romania" in the rank of Commander. at the open-air music hall "Teatrul Carabus" and which lists a number of street names in the capital, which testify to the Franco-Romanian friendship and...where he mentions his famous nose. Charles Prince, not to be confused with Prince Charles.

Some gossip about cinema, it's in the article that follows immediately, signed humorously "La Bobine"

Page three - the recipe for Madeleine Lely pigeons, it is in Gastronomy and theater, good recipes. Madeleine Lely,  another forgotten one from the history of theater of the 20th century.

Same page - The gourmets of yesteryear: Barras, who in his old age was reduced to eating only one dish, but what a dish, crumbled bread and...But in the past, his dinners were famous, for example, the dinner menu of décadi, 30 floréal (May 19 or 20, the day of the shepherd's crook). Five gargantuan hours, bon appétit and don't forget the Veloni ice cream

And did you know that Saint-Raphaël was called Barrathon (Barrat-thon) in honor of Barras to compete with its neighbor, Marathon (Marat-thon), Saint-Maximin and that the legend of the sardine that had blocked the port of Marseille has a link with Barras?

Paul Barras, a French politician

And according to a latest information from La Bignole, the municipality of Saint-Raphaël would consider changing the name of its commune again to Masquethon or Masquetout (Masque-thon), in honor of its mayor and his panties

Page one - A short humorous piece about the priest of Arcachon, communion and women in overly beachy costumes. And no cross-dressing tricks please, ladies!

And a century later, it's not the priest of Arcachon who is cracking down, but the municipality: 150 euros fine for tourists who want to walk around town topless. And prices have skyrocketed, probably due to inflation... In 2018, if you were walking around in a swimsuit in the same city, the fine was 38 euros

Page One - Mr. Mouthiers, pictured with his robe and hat, is retiring. Mr. d'Herbel has taken the oath to succeed him as bailiff of the Public Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance and the Assize Court of Seine-et-Oise. A brief reminder of the career of the court usher, Mr. Mouthiers, who saw Zola pass by and who was "Landru's usher"

And Landru, still in the news, even a century later: Theatrical representation of the LANDRU trial: when the theater resurrects the story of a French serial killer. The Limoges Court of Appeal hosted a theatrical performance staging the trial of Henri Désiré... faithful to reality... this trial repeated more than 80% of the sentences pronounced during the original trial of 1921. The performance toured France, Laval, Foix... And who plays Me Mouthiers, the bailiff of Landru? Another forgotten or a little hand ignored by history?

And on Landrumania from the 20th to the 21st century

Vendée: A member of the family of serial killer Landru indicted for rape. By chance, a reconstruction of the Landru trial was "played" in the judicial court just a year ago... in Les Sables-d'Olonne

The villa of Landru, yesterday... to today. The van by Landru. Miss Fernande Segret, Landru's 13th victim, but survivor, and her legacy... then in 1963, still Miss Segret. The atmosphere at the Vernois-lès-Vesvres municipal council in Côte-d'Or because of Landru, an outrage punished by justice. The cooker from Landru
But Landru is not the only popular killer, the sale of a letter from Doctor Petiot for a little less than 1500 euros...

Still on page one - Will we soon have a full theater at home? There must be a concordance between vision and hearing, sychronism - as our scholars say - . Mr. Charles Delacommune is on the trail, after the Cinépupitre. A detailed description of his first public experiences. The future of television at home. Will it empty the theaters? No, the fans only go to the show for the toilets and the intermission gossip.

Charles Delacommune

And still on the same page - The Versailles police are cracking down. The sidewalks are not made for cyclists.

Page two - In the series "The great European hotels", after Madrid and the Palace "The Westin Palace" unique in Europe, the most majestic Hotel Real in Santander, today La Bignole goes to Brussels to discover "Le Palace", supreme comfort, according to the advertising insert and the facade of the establishment in the photo. A photo that deserves a look and even a magnifying glass to admire the details of Brussels life in the past, including trams, vehicles of the time and many pedestrians. And the comparison with today, a lot of changes. Today Le Palace has become the " DoubleTree by Hilton Brussels City " Note that the entrance to the hotel has changed from west to east, from Place Rogier to Rue Gineste, since it is no longer the "The Crowne Plaza Brussels" or could it be the renovation of the original facade, the one with the sign at the top of the building? Or was the sign with its clock moved?

But back to the advertising of the time, which includes, finally on the façade, an advertisement for The Château d'Ardenne hotel, 100 kilometers from Brussels, open all year round, a first-rate restaurant and which was destroyed

Page ten - The true sincerity of Léon Dierx, prince of poets and painter. A revelation about his technique for painting landscapes.

All that remains is to monitor curiosities and auctions to find a painting by the painter who turned his back on nature.

Léon Dierx          The Léon-Dierx Museum in Reunion