, 1877-02-18

she should suddenly and desperately
plunge herself into career which demands
not alone special gifts, but the utmost time and
diligence, when already her present art asks all
these and morris one Of the mysteries which
ec-.iping Paris fails to solve. There is no
question that her talents for sculpture are
sufficiently pronounced to warrant her in culti-
waiting them. But there is limit to the amount
of work which can be done in twcntY-four hours,
and where is she to find the Necessary time?
Mile Bernhardt, the actress, has no spare time,
SO Mile. BernhaTllt, the seuip ptor, steals that
which Is not to spare. 1t Is ! O'Clock In the
morning when the actress leaves the Comedie
Franchise, and leaves it, too, worn out with the
excitemcnt and fatigue Of acting part to which
she has given the whole Of her passionate ener-
Eies Hurry as she may, 1t is impossible to reach
her house in the Rue dc Rome before 2 O'Clock.
Here she finds awaiting her notice from the
manager TO be at the rehearsal the next day at 12
O'Clock. Tie actress goes to bed and is allowed
awakrs ws 1T IN Rhe MORN "inne % and SfhRes hu4qes
to the studio in the Boulevard C1ichy to
snatch two or three hours before midday.
Imagine the force, the energy, the unreleutilg
determination which must animate this i,i-
trcpid woman! She not only leads two distinct
lives, she Is two entirely distinct individuals.
Outside of this Clclly studio Sarah Bernhardt
is charming, fascinating woman, full Of CO.
OF it she hollis the chisel as only man conf
monty can. Nothing dauuts her. She aismisscs
all such feminine nonsense as fear, or fatiguc, or
even tie appetite for sugar-coated batteries.
If there is ladder TO mount she scales it. II
the actress is pale tho sculptor ignores the fact.
II the artists, pocts journalists, or art lovers,
who crowd the studio at certain hours, venture
some complimentary fireworks, their sky
rockets fall unllccded around the earnest
worker in clav, For she detests adulation-
in the Rue CiichY. One looks yainly for any
traces of the feminine in her work. In this
group, which the ambitious actress hopes will
figure iu the next Salon, the subject is treated
with masculine vigor, with 8 certain audacity
OF execution. It is the figure Of an old wonl-
an, woman Of the people, and Of the COM
mon people, dressed in rugs, who holds on her
decrepit Knees the body OF 4 lad, in the full
ness of his growing strength, that the sea has
lust washed ashore. With haggard eyes, bent
brow6 aud the vacant stare Of grief, the poor
woman coutcmplates and suffers The hand
ling of the subject shows bo1dncss, even tcmerl-
IT, One day among the visitors to the studio
came one of the masters Of modern sculpture.
He examined the group in silence, For once
the heart of the sculptor beat fast, and even her
manner showed intimidation. Then. rs The
famous mau Still kept silence, she yentured to
ask II he found any faults to critlcisc! "Ycs,"
he replied, stand the day TINT YOU lose those
faults it will be pity, for at the same time you
will lose the first vi good qualities, your con-
yiction," Time will show the truth or untruth
OF this saving, and whether Or not Sarah Bern
hardt will succeed III both her chosen pro-
rssinns