The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-11-16
BERNHARDr'S AMOURS.
The Story of the Renowned
Partisan CourteZan's
Washes in High
Life.
Some mighty Interesting Read
log Regarding the Woman
who Has Set ell
Gotham " q
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this metropolis and creating Vas,
stir in every social and dramatic cir
cies. The following are some of The
quotations therefrom. II = furnish
{. fair idea of the past ife ot the
woman who is now setting all Gotham
agog:
Sara Bernhardt was born in 1913.
al Grand Champs, and is consequently
about 81 years of age. A. has been
said, she was no beauty. In fact,
Sara was positively hom.ly from the
beginning. Her nose is. and always
was. a long. prominent and curved Or
gan, such As one meets quite frequent.
~ 10 Caiham street and the Bowery.
Her mouth large. her cheek bones
nigh, her chin pointed and projecting.
her hair a reddish brown, her eyes
deep set, but a bright blue. large and
intelligent. 1t was her eyes that re-
deemed her. They were (aud are) n
constant apology for the rest of her
face, and often made strong argu-
ment aggres.ively after the defensive
mood had passed. Her parents were
not 10 good circumstances, aud had To
use every efi,rt to bring s1 the future
queen of tragedy with enough food to
sustain life. Her early years were
therefore occupied in a series Of strug-
giles against the volt that prowIed
about the B-rnhardt door. She
worked at basket-making and rough
drudgery of household du les. to sup
port a decrepit mother. a toiiing iath-r
and two sisters older, the other
younger than herself. Oae day the
elder sister, Jeanette Bernhardt, (the
one who accompanies her TO this
country as a member Of her dramatic
troupe and who is a little more en-
dowed with beauty than the tragic
queen herself. failed To return to her
humble and miserable home after her
days work. Inquiries prsi,teniIv
made result i in the di-c1rery tina,
the fifteen years old girl had eloped 10
Paris with an artist who was on sum
mer tour of the country. aud who had
fascinated the warm-blosded Jewess
The old Hebrew cast the eldest
daughter from his heart and solaced
himself ia the hopes OF his remaining
children, who toiled on to the best OF
their infantiIe strength. winning the
meagre wages Of honest labor, and
sleeping the sleep Of weariness tina;
comes upon over taskei nature.
HOW SARA BECAME A CHRISTIAN.
When Sara had passed the age Of
fifteen only few weeks, there was
another sensation in the unfortunate
Bernhardt family, which even see ned
from the first doomed to disaster and
disruption. The bed ridden Mother
died. and the children were left to the
care of their old father. who could do
no more for their welfare than to drive
them mercilessiy to their toll lest the
volt should gain sdmittance to their
wre:ched home. A year of terrible
drudgery and suf-ring ensued. Then
the old man fell Ill and came almost
to deaths door. Ga Ssra's toll alone
depended the fate of the family, and
the poor creature was sadly over
worked.
What wonder, then, that her heart
failed her, and she began TO desp -ir of
lie! The world had been cruel to
her, and it afforded her nothing but
toil. suffering, sorrow, hunger. almost
starvation, and only tempered these
with an occasional word of encourage
ment from some distant pleasure
hunter who came 10 the neighborhood
in which she lived.
One day she met a gay Partisan on
the highway. and guided him TO a IA
vorite fishing ground on the induce
ment of trifling gratuity. She was
hungry-starviDg almost-and her
big blue eyes had a mournful expires
sion that had a mosi remarkable ef
feet ON the stranger. He was a jnurn.
aiist, a dramatic writer on prominent
Partisan paper, aud in every sense a
man of the world. His profession led
him to more than cursory glance OF
her features. The eyes interested
him. He was Immediately curious t.
know what were the emotions welIins
up from within that made those eye>
glow-what were the sorrows that il
lum,nated those sorrowfal Orbs. The
artless girl at once betrayed her So
oret. She was hungry as well as sad
SHE FIEEs FROM HOVE.
The Bohemian, with a gush of gen.
erosity peculiar to his class when they
are in funds, took S,ra under hi. PRO-
lection at once. and the two dined in
grand state at the village inn. Thai
night Sara escaped from her home
and fed to the arms of her benefactor
Old Bernhard raised hue aud crv
The pair were pursued, and much ado
was made alb ,ut the ruin Of the
maiden. She was defiant, however,
and chung to her lover. The law was
invoked. though. and the j,uraali.t
had sufficient influence to have her
placed in convent to be eiuc,.ei as
christian. This much out of re-
venge to the stern old father, Of
whose cruelty he managed to make
the most affecting story.
In The convent Sara was an ant mn.
pin fact, precocious. She had i'm.
bibed Bohemian taste for literature
and art. Her studies We're pursued
with an avidity that was remarked
with wonder, and with results that
were phenomenal as all observers
agreed.
Her sister jeanette had meantime
made her debut on the stage, and had
progressed from fairy pieces TO re-
sponsible parts in the drama. This
news gave direction to Sara's efforts.
She studied the poets. She acclaimed
Lamartine-She shouted Racine sne