The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-11-06
';FEW a'ORK NOTES. I
ihe Arrival of Mile. Bernhardt-- -ITsr 1se-
(: coption AND How She Looks.-The Won.
q -0erl0l Wartirobo and Other .chinna ~

~. 80 AA"" oHS AoOkS'-Xho Won
derful Wardrobe and other Things. :
|9 correspondence Detroit Free Press.l
6 NEW York, October 29.-We sbonl,
be very happy now. Bernhardt /,
herG. a. brass tand welcomed hel
YIN .".The Bells are Ringing 70,
Sarah, She doesn't spoil her front
name That way, but she appreciated
the intentions Of the brass band ali tho
same. Manager Abbey took the band
and several friends down the bav to
receive her. The moment SHE landed
the manager whiskcd her off i'm his
own coupe to the Albemarlo hotel.
where rooms had been engaged forr
her. The Albemarle faces Madison
square, and is 'only two blocks from
Dooth's. She visited the thcutra in
the afternoon and Went into raptlres
over It. 1t was one of the most bcnu-
tlfui theatres she had ever seen. She
would he delighted TO play in it, and
she was quite sure she would play ms
well IN it as She ever had PLAYED cny-
Wherc. Ono reason why she went to
inc thcatrc so soon was because her
Trunks were there. The custom house
men had kindly allowed them to he
removed from the ships without ex-
animation, on condition that thcv
should not be opened except in tile
presence of an Inspector, who woulfl
Keep an eye on them till Il regular OK
animation could be made. She wanIel
rev OF tho trunks private ones.
with nothing i'll them but dresses and
miscellaneous things to be worn off
the stagc-takcn to the hotel, and on
hcr assurance that it was all right, that
she had no fraudulent designs what
ever on the revenue department of tho
great American republic, she was al
lowed to take them. 1t is. coinci-
ocnco worth mentioning, ANYWAY.
that just before the arriva! Of tic
notable actress and her predictions
Daggagc, Collector Merritt received
trom Secretary Sherman q definition
OF the law as to theatrical propcrtics.
1t is to the effect that all such proncr.
tics owned and controlled bv the man
ugcr importing them, and to be nscd
by the actors under his mano"emnnt
snail DC liable to duty. This refers
che1iy TO Maplcson and tho scenery
INA Illat hc brought over from England.
Inc question whether Belnhardt must
pay duty on her enormous wardrobe
!" NV wv 1uIly ulSpOSCQ or,
THE WARDROBE.
IN the eyes Of some folks the ward
RODE ls more important than tho wo-
man who wears it. 1t certainly is the
most complete aud magnificent collcc-
tloh ever brought across the Atlantic
oy an actress. The cash value Of it is
somewhere between $4,000 and $40
Vo0: The trunks containing it would
liolu the Whole stock Of pretty GOOD
sized dry goods store. There are snid
to bc over forty brand new dresses.
some or which cost as much as 81, ,OO0
each. She has from four to six dresses
for each play, and all are of the most
elaborate kind. They were made MI
der ler own supervision in Paris, and
sue Is rs proud Of them as she is Of
the paintings and statuarv executed
by her own hand, and several spcci-
mems OF which she has brought with
hcf across the sea. Then, as to the
small tnngs-shc has no less than 500
lmlrs OF gloves, scVcnty-fivc pairs of
beautiful shoes and slippers, and scv-
craI score OF pairs Of the most mao-
nlilccnt stockings that anybody ever
saw. In the way Of millinery She has
-, but we won't go into the millinery.
There's SO much of it that q fellow
might get lost if he vcntured beyond
the border; and as l don't know n
blamed thing about millinery, anyway,
II seems best to let it alone altogcthcr.
,Ihe paintings and sculpture which
Sara has brought with her will be
placed Oh exhibition. She plumcs her
self good deal on her ACCOMPLISH
mchts as an artist, and has high
00pimon OF these examples Of her skill.
She has already announced her intcn-
ton TO make q marble bust of Long,
fellow when she goes to Boston, and
some other eminent Americans NAV
possibly bo honored tho same wnv.
Another thing she intends to do is TO
takc notes, with a view to making q
Dook out Of them when she returns.
All foreigners have something Of that
sort In their heads when they arrivo
here, but the idea isn't alway worked
ont. Bcrnhardt isn't likely to give I'D
her idea, though. She generally goes
through with what she undertakes.
and it isn't quite safe TO obstr,lct her,
as several persons already know. She
Will have plenty Of time to rest, and
look around, too, before her month of
hard work at Booths begins. She
will play twenty-four nights-cyery
night except Sunday for four weeks
All the good seats In the theatre arc
already in tho hands of Spectators for
the whole engagement. They were
bought at so so each, and many have
been rcsold at from $5 to $40. The
two spectators. who bought up all the
good seats expect to reap harvest,
but there is just possibility that they
wont.
HOW SIZE LOOKS.
Tho versatile artistic, rs I supposc
she calls herself, is not quite SO shad-
owy as she has sometimes been repre-.
scntcd. She would hardly take q
prize at a show for plump girls, but
for all that there may be thinner wo.
mon III tho world than she is. Some
OF our actresses, in fact, havo not
much moro to boast of in the way OF
flesh. Tho remark of Dumas, apro.
pos of picture of Bcrnhardt and her
dog. that it was tho picture of dog
looking at a bone, was malicious and
cXaggcrativc. This talented woman
Is good deal more than more bone.
She is not even angular. Ms some nor.