Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-10-30
TWO GREAT ACTRESSES.
SsE:. SernhaTit and Clara Morris In On
Theatre. The Ono in u IsOx and
tho Other ON the Stage

Sara: isernha-it and Clara Morris In On
Theatre The One i'm u IsOx and
tho Other on the Stage.
Mile. Bernhardt went to see Clara Nor
ris play the part of -ilire in the play OF
Tine Countess dc Somerive.'' At the
Park theatre, New York. 4 great thronc
assembled to sec her. It was nearer .
o'clock than s when tho curtain rose on
the first act. Miss Morris is the second
person VINO appears in the play. She was
received with moderate enthusiasm.
Dressed in white muslin. and acting 4 part
that in this act certainly is indifferent, it
was evident that many in the house did not
recognize her. When the act was closed
Mile. Bernhar.it entered. She passed along
the aisle to the left Of the house and en-
tered the box to the right of the stage OF,
the ground tier. Two. of her six managers.
Messrs. Jarrett and Schwab, accompanied
hcf. The box was drapctl with the flags OF
France and America. Brcathless silence
and the cranins OF every neck in the house
greeted the immediate entrance of the
slender and gifted Parisiennc. 1t was only
when she had seated herself. with much
art and pretty circumstance. that the sub
Gned applause began to break forth. 1t
grew, until the Bcrnhardt, half rising,
inclined her body gracefully. The orches-
ira played the MaTscillaisc.' 1t is 4
singular fact that this air has always been
produced i'll I iuSubrious manner be-
fore Mile. Bernhardt. The performance
Was especially lucubrious last night. Pco-
pie We're melted to make noise both by
Il wisl, to stamp ont the music and by the
desire to greet Nile. Bcrnhardt. The Pa
risian actress wore :: hat trimmed with
white, whose broad brim WAS drawn down
on both sides of her face and fastened
under her chin. Her face was to be view
cd as il at the extremity OF u funnel Of
daisies. She wore Z dress OF black silk,
with plentiful white lace trimming about
the throat and neck.
The greeting of the FrcEc., actress had
subsided when the curtain rose on the see
and act. Miss Morris, still arraycl III her
simple dress OF white muslin, was the
first character to appear. Instantly such
an enthusiasm broke forth as heretofore
there had been no intiElation OF. 1t was as
if the patriotism had got the upper hand.
This was probably thc explanation OF it.
Eyes were fixed on the Iiernhardt, and
hands made thunder for the popular
American. Miss Morris stopped at the
front Of the stage, seemingly amazed. She
waited for the applause to subsidc it
only grew louder. She bowed to the :,u
iience. The great enthusiastic noise con-
tinued. She turned with flushed face to
the box in which the Bernhardt sat and
twice beat in deep courtesy. Mile. Bern
hardt rose aHd returned the salute rs grace
fully as it WAS given, The applause then
reached its height, and Miss Norris, deep
ly flushed, retired for a moment, evidently
to control her feelings. ''I4et me pour
You some coffee e. were her first words as
she returned to her place. They were
almost Il humorous echo OF the enthusiasm
which had stirred her beyond her self pos
session.
As the play went on the acting of Miss
Morris was watched with the kcencst inter
est by her celebrated visitor. The long
and wrinkied white kid gloves of the Pa
risian often met iii applause Of some we'll
rendered point, and this was invariably q
signal for :n outbreak on the part of the
rest nf' the audience.