European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse F i 1 an unusual family or / v i Josephine Baker with Kayo 7. He is a native korean dress worn in Folies berth re is in Jorasma museum. Tourists wait around for glimpse of Baker family. From hotel Terrace there is a Fine View of recreation area and Dordogne Valley. Miss Baker with part of her family. Akyol is in native korean dress. The Veteran Star holding one of her adopted children signs autograph for a fan the curtain came Down Ami is deafening applause and the cries � full House of 2,000 again a d give approval to the hit show of the season Iri Paris Josephine Baker in Paris Mes " a few minutes later a stately woman turban of head and wearing Low heels slipped out of the stage door of the Olynn f Pia theater where a Sedan was waiting ii tote Rue Caumartin it was a Midnight but she drove through the darkness for six and a half hours to a secluded Valley in Queen of the Paris and Pere i Nial Star All t ver the continent1 b ef6i?e heft retirement three years ago has it Der a c Omen ask so much of a-comeback1, in her show is due for san a he had me sent what Shev Sald retiring when Shef 1t shown a tire e years ago shr Sald at f f Well performance this is the last time you la Ever see me on the stage she is Back again. And she is putting her heartland soul into the show expending As much or More Energy dancing and singing than Many fellow performers 30 years was monday night r though retirement is for the children said Bouillon who still is a noted French re cording artist but who these Days spends most of. His time managing the chateau household and the extensive Enterprise that go along with the Jot i he added the reason for is the children.". Miss Baker and Bouillon have spent Fortune an estimated 300 million French f r a n c or approximately $600,000on less Landes a sort of Utopia for their Young sters. It takes Money to support a family with 10 children and it is Ari expensive proposition to rebuild a Village especially with the taste and refinement of less Landes a storybook Village Tom which miss Baker has often invited . Service-1men.i i a Aso yesterday Star of the Paris stage has gone Back to work. Largely unknown to the younger general legendary name Jose ing in a show timbre and interesting past them in not for the her name in the enter to make Money to Saim except for her line Baker appear ounts her own Fullis again packing k e of perpetuating ailment world but Les Milander and to support the family./. By Don Walter a staff writers a photos by i Ted Rohde the children were adopted for a reason and one so simple that most people can t believe it she said 4 a the Terrace of the chateau which along with the hotel. That is one of the Bakeri Bouillon Enterprise sat Les Milander comr teds a striking Yiew overlooking the Green Dordogne Valley As i far As the Eye can can t believe until they see for themselves that human beings of every Raee decreed can. Life. Together. Brothers she continued to hams Why we have rebuilt the Vil Lufi and established its attractions so that people will come from everywhere to see the children.". This particular tuesday was the birth Day of Kayo oldest of the Bouillon Chil Dren who had turned 7. He was . He handsome dark eyed Black haired lad he now Speaks French As his natural language but like the other child Dren is being brought up to speak Ger Man English italian and Spanish As Well. All the children except 18-month-old Mara a native of Venezuela have the family name Bouillon Mara will go by lha name too once adoption proceedings Are completed1 the other children Are Janet a japanese boy ofv5%?, Luis 6, of Colombia Jari a finnish boy a 5 Jean Claude French Sec. Moise,4,.of-Israel Marianne 3, French Al a Gerlati i Brahim 3, berber algerian and Koffi 2, from africans 1/vory coast. "forithem,.Les i Landes must continue miss Baker said when she returned to the stage to revive a career that made her famous from Paris to Story of t Hern spectacular life told. In Tat ,4ri.vthe j Jor Amau museum one. Of the attractions at Les Milander along with an olympic swimming Pool Golf course Tennis courts outdoor theater in door theater bar three restaurants hotel miniature zoo and children s amusement Park All things for Baker is again Back under the. Spot. Lights in an attempt to save the indefatigable miss Baker was born in St Louis and in 1911 at the age of 5, had already made up her mind she wanted a stage career. When she came to Paris in. 1925 she was billed in la atthe champs Elysee theater and became an immediate ,she was the Star of the Folies Ber Gere Hen went on. To Alii the capitals of Europe where discussion sometimes ran High As to the extent of her costumes.1 even at the Peak of her career she found time for outside activities which included learning to Pilot an air plane she decide during the v pre War years to make France her Home and citizen ship. During jew Oid War was a noted.figujce.,in, resistance being based in. North Africa and carrying out secret mis Sims in Italy and France. For her heroism she was made Chevalier in the French legion of Honor received the Croix Deguerre and the. Resistance medal. She has a personal citation and autographed Phot from French president Charles de Gaulle. Th0se, and All the other souvenirs other wartime service Are on display in the Tjie. 10 children there Are Many other aspects about Les Milander the Village the most important thing in the jives of. The. Bouillon. When they acquired the property Les Milander. Consisted of a collection of broken do in. Houses clustered about a 15th Century chateau it had no paved streets no have built it into a ,. Charnin Model Village something on the order of the Cote d Azur s. Art. Colony town St. Many american soldiers have visited Les Milander in past years miss , As the Village is not too far from chateau Rou Bordeaux ,. La Rochelle or up tiers i a the Sta want stripes j the stars and stripes
