The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-11-23
THE BERN HARDT
How She Looked to u COoi-Hl eaied News
paper Man-Mer wonderful Dresses,
Etc.

The Bcrnnardt stood and with modest &C
sion received the homage of the reception
company on the steamer. She was dressed
in a simple robe, trimmed with plaid. The
material may have been plaid as well as the
trimmings. There was a luXuriance about
the garb that it would puzzle a male observer
10 analyze in a fve-minute observation.
From her shoulders, threatening to fall of,
hung a sealskin sacque. On the deck after
ward, WHEN the sacque was buttOned up, it
q mpletely developed Mile. Bernhard. 1t
had cape and skirt, and extended to the top
Of a pair of kid boots, which seemed to lie
loosely over the feetthey contained, but which
were scarcely 70 II inches from heel to toe.
Her hands and her arms-that portion of
them which protruded from her dress sleeves
were covered by kid gloves fastened with
many buttons. These gloves la in wrinkles
above their contents, which may have been
plump, Notwithstanding. A bunch of ferns
nestled amid lace under the chin. The face
was thin, but still its lines were curves rather
than angles. What could be Sc, n of the throat
afforded no sharp lines. The cheek bones
were high; the nose ~aquiline and prominent;
the mouth large and ingenious, showing, at
every smile, teeth which were good, but
not regular; the eyes blue, small, swapping,
and seemingly without lashes; the skin
smooth and eolorless, and the head from the
eyes over to The napc of the neck, a shock of
fine yellow hair, which was fluffy and SEEM
ingly without bands or restraint. This aerial
/ hair stuck straight out for at least a foot from
under the back of a Gainsborough plush hat,
which was drawn low over the actresses ears
and fast bound under her chin. A miniature
beast nestled in the right side of this hat. 1t
had an open mouth and was called a fox by
cOnnoisseurs. The picture would be called
interesting by anybody and some would call
it pretty. Any candid observer would say
that there was eXaggeration and probably
pique in the remark of Dumas, who said of
a picture of Bernhard and her dog that it
was a picture of a dog looking at a bone.
HER
Mile. Bernha DIT has brought to thisc oun-
try is said, endless wonders in the way of
dress. She superintendent every article that
was made for her, and the great Felix, prince
OF Paris dressmakerS, was subjected to the
most trying variations of her taste. The
making of the dresses is described in the FL
CARO- as a perfect work Of art, for Bernhardt
required the most delicate variations of light
\ and shade. OF gloves alone she brings 300
K pairs. She has Is pairs of shoes of divers
make, and 40 new dresses. The
principle dresses are: One for Adri-
enne Lacouyreur, Louis XIV. style, with
ivory satin train and a front of China blue
drapery with g~arlands of pale pink and tea
roses and Alencon lace, on a pointed bodice.
Another toilet of brocade silk, made in Lyons,
has cascades of flowers embroidered OH the
skirt, and the bodice is riinmed with Bruges
lace. Another dishabille toilet consists of a
cloud of Languedoc lace. The large mantle
|. forming a Vatican plat is fastened down in
! front by broad satin ribbon strings, while the
4 trail is trimmed around with lace ruchings
, The dress for La Dame aux Camelias is de.
\ scribed as a chef d'auvre. The embr oidery
1 consists of camelias EN- relief, on white satin
= The waist and front of the skirt are covered
4 with fine pearls and punches of camelias
I The dress cost 81 900. In Frou Frou Bern
iiardt appears in a long, ivory satin dress, ant
! with rich embroidery of mother Of pearl, ant
\ pearl beads. A walking dress for the SAM
\ play is of gray Bengaline, artlstically drape'
in the back and fastened with a diamond pin
4 Another dress is covered with Valencienne
+ lace. Another is all covered jet, with tn
waist cut low. In La Sphynx Bernhard will
( wear a yellow satin skirt with black and ie
waist. A house costume is of brocade sill
( with crimson and pale roses on a cream
\ ground, and ruby satin train. The wardrob
for Anthony includes a velours d'Ulrecht suit
with stripes of old gold color and garnet mad
in q large paletot. In Hermann Bernhard
Z will use in tue first act a toilet of white dam
8 ask, in the second a white Bengalinc, raise
4 over q sky-blne brocade skirt, and in tn
4 fifth act Q white brocade trimmed with gol
embroidery. For L'El.angere there are fv
dresses. Bernhardt has also brought wit
her some wonders in hats and bonnets. On
or these is q Valasquez of black felt, with in
mense broad brim, which shadows the fac,
4 and which lie oruamented by q plume Of featt
ers coquettishly placed on the side. Anothe
novel piece Of headsear is q Raphael turba
Of plush otter skin. looped up in bands
GOLD, with tw listed fringe Of unbleached Lace
work. The masterpiece is said to be tn
wArist's Hat This is described as q won
Der In design and make.-N. Y. Sun.