, 1879-03-21
SARAH Bl;llNllARIyr.
Her Fanc1es and caprlces-..A
Fugitive and an Idol.
Her Successes as Actress and Sculhtress
---A Skeleton In The Bedroom.

| PARIS, Msrch IAN nrt[st who, l,as s1mlrn
bly appreciated the dangers Of The s1tltle,
caprIccs Of the public fastc Is Mllc. Sarah Ucr,
llarlt. Shc ksinwa that llcr intlispltablo ralu
docs not prOtccl her agutnat them, for lie tast
for pnrticulur nr;ist tt,fn ,l,or,to. trtn
tudc, md TO runr,f oro,n*t tho f,.,,ns ~ ~.
| n,I,I;a ,fu. n....t.. :. ,' Wv '""''s' VI t"'
t...t.,, ,,,.,> n''s.',,s 4"' 't.""te n..o ."N
..,t dali, ,,,,os s,.. t' . nho ea"lo''s net
al acsrcsF, but seat'ptress, painter, writer
poet, unlllan netonaut. The commentaries Il
that wc hear Of nn,htnv hu, h,r n,n,,i
for,v. t.tant. nr ~, ~ ~ ~ ~
sso +. ,,' w. -. a'' .''e aelles'es o. ra'':
reputation seems to be the most so!tdly cstaf,-
l!sheti. There Is, even In mr. opfn;on. n rfcnt
acu, of cxnrrcratto,, In t,,c ,r,,ralt NJ ,sot, sa
:. III .,,,,n.. ~ w. VI "'el' ene
s"e ooJces. eeuuetase Us sue 's' great a. u
her reputation. Tall, thin, un straight. and
exhibiting none Of The p,uu,unct. Of tl,c wo,nnn.
fofr IN ron,n1ov,o,, ,,,,h ,n4,,,., ~, ~ "U'
sa",,,,, ,'.'! WV "''uen ia'iol p,ose'
derful exprcss[vcness, Sarah ncrnhnrdt Ia a
sheds pro,t,,d her nm o,,nn.ntcro nf ,nro,,naro.
h,e s,.rao,,na ~ a, ~" a."osp,s'I y.
draw people within the circle Of l,cr fasclnattons.
mother au,l NJ tewj.,, nrlnln. .bc cnut;nc. Win
Tim 1cmt.m,err,,,, c,s.,,, ~ lin ,,t1,,s,,, ~
,,a Ss"., .s,s snsssy ~. wv ...,"ien "
."e .soFtn tio hohctn'an instincts n,lh tic saga'
bond hl'nor Of tho Semitic race. Her voice Is
one OF the Ecnttrst anu most caycssl,y that II Ia
possible tn 1ear. A critic said Of ler, 't9itt re-
elites verses Just rs the nightingale sings. SHE
is herself The lnusr Of poetry"
"cr n,.sr rAs uA1ry.p
t.aucs,o1 In n ,orvo,,. n, vor.,t,,o, .,. ~,
,,.t"t,,s1 - - ,tT .,1, ~ H. ti ~ ene ~
nm. nix aitcr n }ittia rcilntio., st,o r nrriv,
nt tbc conclusion lint s,,e wua not calc,afr fnr
n contcmnlatiye lifc M11en, !, si,r so, -, h"r
scIf. ii viii bo nn actress" and she began al Ly
ciylnr to her namc oY Hrrnarl. a ratlrr rn1n1nni
one. an original character by nldInk 10 Il an
Vi" asia NJ From Bernard slle co,,se-
tllently bccame Bernhardti nftcr which she en-
tered tho Conscrratoirc. She could never OH
tam q irat prize There. i'le year Of her first
cSanihation @ hsst prize wac given to Nile.
samo ConIedie Francafse Of which Sarah Dern-
lardt Is nne Of the pillars.
!, "Cc n'cat pas tnaltn," exclaimed sarah, when
Iile 1lifs had nhno9hcca tlelr uecisIoil; sio
managed to make herself agreeable to aal tic
'ncmEera o. tue 1iry.'",
!" why did you not do tile anmoa"
Nevertheless. thG jury Of the CouscrvAtoire
has rendered verdict which tla pn1lc Of thu
llartlt made hcr debut ut the !t!eatre FrancaIs
on tic same evon!nE a. Mile. Llord., Sle l'al
no success there. while f!er rival was loudly an-
plaudea. Nile, nsrnllartlt remained but . short
sagon.ent At the Gymnaso. % sN But si.o O. llaa nd
scarcely entered HERE before e'ie distinguished
evening: just as tho ptcec ssas, about to com.
inclce TIT director received dispatch couctlel
Tant ps. Jc pars en Espaunc.
SARAH BEESi.Annr.
Happily, Mt this period tho fugitive belonged
10 n class flat 1t was ensy to rcplace. The Di-
rector did not even think of clnimng from her
engagement.
1,uu r,nsr anrcpasra
Gin ,o,ur,o, f.a,,, sa.,,, aaaa,.,.,,
nsnt A. ti porto IL snr, az H. s,1Eiuse,
M s otv ~ pIs ~ as Ts nopoay on%
@ssssSsa @ anf lcsorse.So. aei,, without any
oeaet -ars;a,, sae "sns . nu psonsea nefsell
ns ~ ,nn 4'.,,o ~ ~, M ~, anae sratrs
reetnrs MM nuonsn " u r. ~ ndIs a
n,,s.",,n sss, .u' ', UT nj, ,.,; s.a amu Me,eno
ghEaei hcf Mtnohs Even consuming his part
t,. ~ mv Gy y 0aM si 1T v asst tane On
Ero,noJs. 's ~ 'e' "'oos ~ '''o Seeooa 1ncaIle
its ~ rae,a;ieu' uat we 1raEe-
sr Ia M wo,nnn. ahn ia ~ ,rnrp. ~ Ia W. My;
This director hal horror OF thin wotnn,,.
efntoupo:Mt was With him ono of flu hftrhrst ri
ql1uiftfcs, an,l it frequently happeucd 10 him
during bis long career TO IiidEe Of tic talent Of
actrcsses by their physical weight.
Ills partner, nj. DIouesnel, defended her.
"Shc is thin, no loaDt,N he said. Hbut mever
MUD that; she has t1c stuff in lar ajI tl,a Is
Batnc."
Tie young traecdlcnuc remained ot the
Il ,yas tlcre that She lad l,cr first sIcccas. liar
thtnncsa, even, which Ind nrnycI Al t]jsn,cas.
[nE to NJ. le Chilly, hcloed Icr wonderfully IN