The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-17
S.fR.l BEIfNII.fRDT
She Gives the New Spanish Queen II Lesson
in tho Art of kissing.


in tho Art of kissing.
What spectacle We saw last night
on the stage Of the Fruncais! MIcr.
nani' is the chet d'@ucre Of the mod.
crn repertoire Of the Francais, and
last night, believe nc, Sara Bcrmhardt
and her valiant conductors were OH
their mcttlc. During the first four
acts lie Bcrnhardt has little opportu-
nifty to be more than living piece Of
statuary. What poses! What abal-
poise Of a finger that might not salts
fy the eye Of Canova; yctno set group
ing;ali case. Thus for the four sup
pressed acts Sara moves, thing of
beauty and rcposc, the latter broken
only by the fire of that classic utter
ancC:
"You arc my lion, superb and gcn-
crousl love youV
But when the fifth act comes, YOU
must prepare to have your nerves
SHAKEN. Great Hcavcnsl Is It posi-
bic that such love as this can only be
stagc-tcigning2 What must this
actor Mounct-Sully be made Off, when
the curtain falls, he can blandly say,
Good evening"" and turn his back on
this maddcning creature who has been
mauling him, with painting breast, and
liquid eyes, and half-cXhausted voice
for nearly al hour? 1t must ccr-
tainly be said for Sara Bcrnhardt that
she has discovered new departures in
the art of kissing.
[ don't believe the man lives whose
back hair has been so extensively,
thoroughly and cXhaustivcly kissed as
Mounct-Sully's has by Sara Bcrnhardt.
From the very moment Donna Sol finds
that the plans Of the collspirutors arc
likely to succeed, and she is not going
to have her ltcrnani rs she thought she
was, Bernhard begins her study of
kisses, which certainly includes all the
variations--andantc, allegro con amorc,
il pcnscroso, crcsccndo, and never
minucndo, until they arc both dead,
and, presumably, can never get kissed
any move. AS a kisscr, Sara is too
numerous to mention. She docs not
stand on tho order Of her kissing, but
kisses at once. Conventional Kissing
spots arc agreeable, but not indispcn-
sable, if not handy. For instance,
when Hermann is using his lips to
abuse his enemies with, and, there fore,
is obliged to borrow them for. q little
while from Sara, she employs the time
putting kisses all over him like the
buttons on the jacket of tho page in
"Cousin Joc." She stands on her tip
toes-for Mounct-Sully is over six feet
tull-to kiss the rear central lock on
the apex of his Uranium; leaving her
hands claspcd up there, she goes OH
excursions with her scarlet lips in tho
intcrsticcs Of his ncck-frill. When
hampcrcd by tho conventionaltics
of unphilosphic wearing apparel,
against whose absurd tralnmcls Car
lylc's sage protested SO valiantly Oman
being, according to tho Tcntclsdrocck
theory, naked and not q clothed ami
maD, she finds no more man to kiss,
she simply talls to kissing his ward
robe. She puts her loving head
upon his arm, and kisses oil tho velvet
and satin thcrcabouts. She winds
herself around his waist and kisses
every puff Oh the front Of his doublet.
And when at last hc-kiss-assaultcd
with the pcrsistcncy of q bcsicgcr bat
tering tortrcss-shcds on her his no.
bic smile, and lifting his kissing slen-
dcrling right of her feet, clasps her
with his long, strong arms to his broad
ness himself, there is positively sigh
VI hHN ttiIlOllH
the audience. She has got her kiss at
last, poor girl we hope she enjoys it
Wo can sec tho 1.-the, snakc-like frame
shivcr under it, and hear tho golden
voice, broken into syllablos by Kissing,
murmnr ,,,, Gcstatically, con, my Her
floor, as mother holds babe, ono
arm around her shoulders, the otfor
pcrtlu in tho folds Of her train of pink
silk cropc; he is simply nursing her.
A group in statuary? Aye, 80 help
inc. Michael Angelo! Now, by tho
swan Of Leda, by tho Cupid love Of
Psyche, by every kissing dicty in tho
pagan mythology, if 1t is only stage
kiss Mounct-SullY gives her---a kiss Of:
assembling, like the drinking of tho.
4oAs9Y s, an t9 stas,bbing 2f ths poiga-
avoid tho swallowing OF carmine on
the ecarlet lips III At be then 4 am will
ing nfSss that Aoynetr rSnlly