| As there are two Louvre, there are two Montmartre and just as distinct from each other as the Louvre from its famous opposite. The regulars of the Butte do not ignore it (...). These two countries each have their customers, their customs, their customs ... When I think about it I wonder how we lived, so light money and experience, in this small village that was then Montmartre. (...) Now that I've escaped and most of my friends too, it's not without astonishment that I remember this charming time where it was enough to sing at Frederic's for drinking. (...) This is the cabaret of the Lapin Agile. (...) A simple cabaret, of suburban aspect, and as forgotten (...) But here it is Sunday every night. And what Sundays! I remember the guests at the big table where Pierre Mac Orlan welcomed me and made me sit, instead of the end, as a recruit of the crew. Picasso, Max Jacob, Warnod, Depaquit, Girieud, Asselin, Deslignères, Dorgeles welcomed me (....) |