The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-11-16

experienced . judge . Auber. who
called her and pstted her on the head
and expressed his qualification with
her natural and artless in6eciions.
AT THE CoNsERvATOIRE.
Sara was admitted. and never was
there u more ardent student. Though
she submitted readily tn the elaborate
training Of the purely tragic sch.nl
there was an originality in her that
chsted at restraint. aud gave birth u
longings for fr-e,iom in dramatic ere
ations that afterwards led To the
founding IT that intensity realistic
mpiern emotional schoul If acting On
which the greater part at her fame
rests
She graduated with high honors
aud made her debut at the ThesteI
Franchise a 'lphiyrnie. one of the
most trying tasks nm actress can h
put 20. Her friends Of the PRESS ana
her Noble patrons were loyal Ia her,
aud her debut was recorded a SUCCESS
But she was not a beauty-and The
public could not see her With
her many lovers ewes, 50 there
VAS No turore over her.
Never after that Was there to be
fouad in all Paris a woman who
would saw u kind word 1T Sara Bern
hardt. And this Was just AZ the Willy
.J-wess wished il Ia come alsput E'i
she found the best sort Of advertising
in the never cea>iog wag of the gar.
rul"us w"mens tongues.
They decried her to their lovers, I"
their husbands and the world. Such
IN cutlery Of womankind piqued mas
culine curiosity, aud in prDportion ~
the stories spread abroad the numbers
IT titled aud wealthy wor-hIpers al
the shrine If the ri-icg actress increas-
ed
Foremost among these was the
Prince Napoleon. He was the lover
If a young and very beautiful singer
AT the Opera Com;qre Nile CclIne
Montalani who Was afterward known
in America as the bein aimee 1T Jim
Fiske, who engaged her for his French
opera. Grand Opera house, New
York.
THE CAPTURE OF PRINCE.
Celine in her youth was q charm
ing parsonage and highly talented.
dramatically. although her voice din
not promise her much prominence on
The lyric stage. Cun>ci'us OF her
qaeenly beauty. and confident of its
power. she had gained perfect sway
over the amor"u> prince, Who hal
s,haui,n-d d z-n beauties Of free aud
easy lives 40 Win her
Sara, Of course, coul,i have nO
thoughts of love, nor Gould she in
.pire them. Il was Celines lover. the
'.obie prince. ;hat the serp-ntine Sara
act her traps Tor at the start OF her
new policy. This was flying ut high
game against every Disadvantage. hut
sara did mi mi>csIculate her powers
Alone with Ppm PIon" (rhe prince.
rapulsr nickname) f,r an hour in
those same palaiial apartments which
he had - richly furnished tor the
lovely Ceilne, ard where she had
been left To- receive him while the fair
mistress WAS a, rehearsal. the Jewes-
managed to b-irav her secret through
her won''r"us blszing eyes. Th-
prince felt the wiilowy firm like q
Shi,e satin wreath, almost intangible.
in his arms. consuming itself with the
fires of internal passion. Ii WAS IT,
this view tina, tie homeIy Jew-ss BE-
came a matches beauty. 1t Wa
when her genius ginwed through her
eyes t. the snul If her CUES, that she
va. charming. There was ma beauty
Ina: could match this. the prince
thought. and indeed. had many low
or. I-tore him, aud rs many have
coni rssson To think to-day. There
vas nothing grrss in her affection.
There Was none If the freshness o,
sin. 1t was the iieaiizaiion If passion
IL was the essence. the divine spark al
love itself that the prince enfnlsied in
hi- arms and drank in from the b!sz
ing EYES. The prince WAS enslavei
from that moment.
The unpr.pns-e>.ing Sara had rob.
bed the reigning beauty Of the st.ps
# her lover. Ii Was astonishing! II
va. xi,chcraft. But more sstonish-
ing still. che kept him enslsved. and
ne seemed perfectly content with the
change he hal made. Sara mu.i
have possessed some greater charm
than beauty. So thought the Partisan
world, and wealth and distinction paid
her court. But this was not suffered
to he merely q nine DAYS wonder
Sara hsd eoai appreciation Of the
value Of advertising. and she went
from one EXCESS to another, and added
eccentrici.y to eccentricity in a man
ner SD daring. and often shocking. that
all Paris Was kept in a constant tur
moil of gossip about ner.
ORGIES At HER COUNTRY HOUSE.
Her orgies at her country house. q
chateau near Lyons. purchased and
fitted up Tor her by the prince. we're
declared exact countrrparis Of the fes-
rivals If heather mythology with all
the wickedness actually reprDducrd
and practic-d in that naive way that
made her thoroughly charming. She
had learned tina: che was never heau-
iiful except when she vas wicked
So she Vas wicked with . vengeance.
She had but one supreme charm. and
that was the fierce, unnatural, Devil.
dering glow ct her passion.
At a wild orgie in her Partisan
apartments. she announced to . CAV as.
sembly of the golden youth and nobli-
" Of the sinful cirv. all ut that mo-