The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-05-19
The Festive Sarah Getting Ready to TO.

The Festive Sarah Getting Ready TO TO.
New York Herald's Interview with Mr.. Abbey.
The gay and festive Sarah Bernhardt
will give her 15Oth performance in this coun-
try in Booths Theater next Monday night
She has travelled from Maine to Louisiana,
has wintered and summered in our midst,
and will in few DAYS wave alden to our
hospitable shores, ''as she sails, as she
sails, )" bearing in her bosom golden sheaves
worth not less than $200,00O
NEARLY HALF A MILLION.
'How many performances have you CIV
en?"
"Ne1t Mondays will be the 15oth."
And it it's a proper question, how much
money have you taken in?"
Counting and estimating the receipts OF
this week, at Philadelphia, we have re-
ceived between $430.OO0 and $40, 900.
''Are you satisfied"
II am naturally pleased with that part Of
it; but any manager will tell you that the
chief anxiety has been to regularly do what
was promised: You know it was predicted
that Bernhard couldn't stand the fatigue
of 100 nights. Well, here she is, as keen
as brier and really able to 90 on another
fifty if her engagement would permit"
Most of your travelling has been done in
the daytime, hasn't it?"
"On the contrary. IF, for instance, we
were to start as early as in the morning
Bernhard and the company would be taken
to the sleepers after the previous nights
performance: Then they could go to bed
and rest until IL the next day. At that
hour breakfast was always served"
"You speak of her 'retinue;' did she
have many hangers-on?"
''None, absolutely none."
NO POODLE.
"Does she have pet dog?"
mo, nor pet son. By the way, what
an outrage that story is! She has no son
with her, and she has too much sense to
carry poodle with her."
as she very fond of money!"
"No, don't think she is. !"
"She works hard enough for it,"
ooh, that of course. Well, dare say
she likes money well enough, but cupidity
is not her weakness. She hates to play to
a small house, for instance, but not because
it reduces her interest. She wants the
house packed full because it inspires her to
do her best"
Her interest? thought you paid her a
certainty?'
mo. She shares and has from the first. "
"Bnt don't YOU ever have algumentabout
her expenses?"
mo, for she defrays her own. "It's GUS
tomary to defray all the expenses of for
eign artists, but she has such retinue-
her sister, her three maids. her agent
and SO on-that she thought it would
be better and easier if we agreed
on specified amount for her expen-
ses, to be paid each week. I agreed to
it. She named the sum and paid it. It
pleased her and benefited me. thought
it best to travel with her, so that I could
settle whatever dispute arose, but really
have had very little to do. She is like a
kitten to manage. 1t is to my interest to
make her comfortable and happy, and to
the best of my ability have done so. We
have worked in perfect harmony and for a
common end"
"She is to produce the new play here?"
eyes, and it will make sensation"
"Do you really anticipate second sue
cess?"
"Yes, the evidence is tangible. I don't
think the spectators will get the best of
me, either
us it fact that you have arranged for a
further season."
"On the contrary, Mdlle. Bernhard will
play twelve times, and then go direct to
Paris. I have had no thought of further
! season, and all reports to that effect are
erroneous"