Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-04-25
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At last accounts this famous actress
was in New York. playing her farewell
engagement previous TO returning TO her
beloved France. She expresses herself
~ delighted with her s~oioura in America.
the travelling facilities. hotels and the
atsrs. and speaks Of the audiences - In
tslliseat and spprecistivs, always re-
csivinR her kindly. Al 70 her success.
that IL suficisntly demonstrated In the
fact that she will carry y $780, 900
home to France. She says: III shall
always remember this trip with . great
deal OF pleasure. and hope to come
again; but I shall DO glad to get back to
France. There 10 only n France. after
all. An revoir."
1t will be borne in mind that when shs
Hrst arrived in America under her the
atrical engagement she became at once
the subjec, Of attacks from the clergy.
They regarded her n the wicksdsss vo-
man 10 the world. the mother Of . small
army OF illesitimats children. q Who
cared nothing for honest marriage. .
specially influential enemy to morality
and religion. and . sort Of brazsn
female horror generally. To b . the
atrical actress Was bad enough, but to be
everything else that was wicked was far
worse. and demanded their special intsr-
vsntion to prevent her from oorruptins
everybody else. They preached against
her from the pulpit. and earnestly e1-
horted their hearers not TO attend the
theatrical performances Of this terribly
wicked woman. or couutsnsnes her In
any way.
Her reputation a. not only an actress
but in other branches Of art was already
established and recognized In the best
OF European society. and she was also
known to Be . high-mindsd, generous
hearted woman. Of good family. finely
educated and e~minsntly gifted. But the
ambitious noodles Of the pulpit did not
stop to consider anything in her favor.
She was a coming evil. = wicked sinner.
II shs could sin.in one respect abe could
in all others. They could not stop to
ask how or Why she had sinnsd or what
was the real nature or extent Of her ain.
They had not even the c~onsidsrsts char
ity Of Him whose prseepts they pre-
tended to preach. who said to the woman
convicted OF adultery. "Hath no man
CONDEMNED theef Neither will I con-
denim thee. Go and sin no more" They
officially and oficiously concluded to
supprsssip9ly walk over her and settle
her beneath their righteous feet.
The result vas that their very I'M
reasonable and unchristisnliks opposi-
ton advertised her spleudidly. and the
moro they beratsd and belied her from
the pulpit the larger were her audiences.
Everybody went to zee this horrible eI-
ample Of . wicked woman, and the Yer.
die, Of public opinion and public SYM
pa,hy was in her favor. sh. had neither
time nor inclination to reply to the at
tacks OF the demsntsd clergy. but merely
minded her own business. She came to
America merely as en- actress. under o
theatrical engagement. and only asked
to DO honestly criticized in her Legitimate
sphere Of action and employment.
Through an indiscreet love attachment
aud unfortunate disappointment abe
was mother to an illegitimats son. but
she bravely and honestly faced all culps.
bility and responsibility in the matter
and couraeeously assumed the conss-
qusnces Of the one grand mistake Of her
life. In reply to an upgsnerous news.
paper attack on that point she wrote:
believe with all my soul that hypocrisy
10 the most cowardly Of vices.
have . child; / love him. Tho stones
that they cast ut me a. I 70 along shall not
hit his young head. ! will guide him TO
the end. because that 10 my duty.
II when no WAS born l bad strangled
him and thrown him into the gutter. !
should be at peace with society. but what
would you havel I Am 70 original that l
prefer to DO at peace with my conscience
and with God.
None but . truly noble and good wo-
man could give u%tteranee to such senti'
ments. That success has attended her
10 but natural and just. Her career In
America has been deservsdly triumph
ant. Her clerical traducsrs know more
about her now than they did. and are
silent. As she casually glapces at her
nice little bank account. she car afford
= to forgive them. and even thank them
for their unwittinsly effective efforts In
her behalf. Sara Bernhardt returns to
France well satisfied with her success 10
America. and NO one. not even the most
rsbid Of her clerical opponents. has any
thing to say against her.
Precedent Hinsdale. Of Hiram Col
lees. has faith in the permanent rigidity
Of Gsrasld's backbone. He says: 81
think people will find hs knows what be
wants to do and how to do 1t. His pol
icy was carefully defined long before hs