The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-11-04
SARAH AND CLARA.
The1sreat Bernhardt Pays Homage IN
the Foremost american Actress,
New York SUI, 9th

New lork SUI, 9Th.
Mile. B.rnhardt went last evening 10 seq
Clara Morris play tho part Of Alike in the
play Of The Countess De Someriva." B fore
she permitted herself This pleasure she did
some business with her trunks, rising in time
10 90 to Booths theatre as 1880 o'clock for
that purpose. An inspection was made of the
baggage which the actress brought with her,
but the goods which the appraiser thought
would be susceptible ofthe customs tax were
so numerous that no immediate estimate was
given. 1t is presumed that the question will
be settled to-day, and that the amount which
the customhouse will call upon the Bern.
hsrdt to pay will be announced. Her mana.
ger says that it is already decided that there
will be some duties to pay, and that il is
already decided to enter q protest. Mile.
Bernhardt, in addition to attending to her
trunks, went shopping in small way, and
visited piano warehouse in Fifth avenue.
where she received bouquet, and kissed a
small and pretty child
AT the park theatre great thr0ng assem-.
bled to see her, II was nearer sine o'clock
than eight when the curtain rose on the first
act. Miss Morris is the second person who
appears in the play. She was received with
moderate enthusiasm. Dressed in white
muslin, and acting q part that in this act
certainly is indifferent, it was evident that
many in the house did not recognize her.
When tho act was closed, Mile Bernhardt
entered. She passed along the aisle to the
left of the house, and entered the box to the
right of the stage on the ground tier. Two
of her six managers, Messrs. Jarrett and
Schvab, accompanied her The box was
draped with the flags of France and America.
Breathless silence and the craning of every
neck in the house greeted the immediate en-.
trance of the slender and gifted Parisenne.
1t was only when she had seated herself.
with much art snd pretty circumstance, that
the subdued applause began to break forth.
1t grew, until the Bernhard half rising, in
clined her body gracefully. The orchestra
played the "Marseillaise." II is q singular
fact that this air has always been produced
in lugubrious manner before Mile. Bern
hardt. The performance was especially
lugubrious last night. People were melted
TO make noise both by the wish TO stamp
out the music and by the desire TO greet
Mile Bernhard. The Partisan actress wore
a hat, trimmed with white, whose broad |
brm was drawn down on both sides of her |
face and fastened under her chin. Her face |
was to be viewed as if AT the extremity Of a |
tunnel OF daisies. She wore dress Of
black silk, with plentiful white lace trim.
ming about the throat and neck.
The greeting Of the French actress bal |
subsided when the curtain rose on the second |
act. Miss Morris, still arrayed in her simple
dress Of whit" muslin, was the first character
to appear. Instantly such an enthusiasm
broke forth as heretofore there had been no
limitation Of. 1t was as if patriotism had
got the upper hand. This was probably the
explanation Of it. Eyes were fixed on Bern
hardt, and hands made thunder for the pop
ular American. Miss Morris stopped at the
front Of the stage, seemingly amazed. She
waited for the applause to sub de; it only |
grew louder. She bowed to the audience.
The great enthusiastic noise continued. |
she turned with flushed face to the box |
in which the Bernhard sat and twice bent in
deep courtesy. Mile. Bernhard rose and re-.
turned the salute rs gracefully az twas gly-
en-. The applause then reached Its height,
and Miss Morris, deeply flushed, retired for
the moment evidently to coutrol her feel
ings. "Let me pour you some coffee, were
her first words as she returned to her place.
They were almost humorous echo OF the
enthusiasm which had stirred her beyond her
self-possession.
AS the play went on, the acting of Miss
Morris was watched with the keenest interest
by her celebrated visitor. The long and |
wrinkled white kid gloves of the Partisan
often met in applause of some well-rend-
dered point, and this was invariably signal
for en- outbreak on tho part of the rest of the
audience. Al the close of the play the en-
tire house wedged the lobbies 10 witness the
Bernhsrdt in her passage out. She disap,
pointed the people by making her exit from
the stage door,