Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-02-05
SARAH I'm CINCINNATI,
What She SayS, How She Looks,
and How She AK for RTcad.

anu HOW she ASKS Tor bread.
Olive Logan in Gin. Enquirer
| You shah gaze with the eyes OF one who loves
! osauIy [as am sure you dol upon this exquis-
! lie figure OF Sarah Bernhardt, drapei in one OF
! her beautiful home gowns, a long white satin
/ pc snor. Huilly Trimmed with knots or rio
/ Coils, WITH her 81 eat mass OF rare laces twined
aUont heT threat and diamond lizard biting
punch oil canary -coiored teaIoseS Under ler
! SOFT eft cheek. You shall admire that red gold
/ Tltians hssr; sigh as you
CATCH GLIMPSSs
/ or that ny foot and ankle respectively fn7ased
ia Que Sailu shoe ana blue SILK stocking; and
.hen you may retire TO corner TO bite your
want particularly TO know Il you are awake
! because II You Are not awake You Know Won
must DC dreaming. In order to bite your niger
suTFeptitiousiy you turn your back 10 the com
pany. and 10 doing 50 you are relieved OF the
necessity OF biting our finger. You have caught
glimpse or Third street, out OF the BurRet
! House window, and then you fully aud
quickly realize that spite OF being In the com.
pany OF woman VINO eats her breakfast In a
white satin gown In Cincinnati, you are never
lbetesS IN CINCINNATI. Yes, your enchanted
carpet has only carried you 10 the corner Of
Third ana kine
.Brread," saws sarah, without any Visible
efec' up the darkey who Is serving deittser
la her o. iVate dining room. Bread, sui
no lmpfes sion. mas mon diet" she ex-
Claims, ''PdrN ce-QtG don. ~ nagrs' r. NJ
c f'ii pas Q,toHd Je dis bread! CDnuaeW
/ d'ttS rohS brreaQ: AROHS."
~ GU must always give a colCred maj notice
When you ask tor tread. Here, bread"
stupid iiles when ne hears the word with It's
/ native tMdES. so speeds the feast; the cote
I 'riseN lhf r,d'ip1gnoRS are delcarely sprinkled
with draughts OF reddened water; oD,4lpitex
aH1 t% ~, oeN Sosrs ar g!'dti: ojSeGkS aL
p""hPS follow one after the other and above
The eiaIter OF The cutlery and the porcelain.
THAT GOLDEN VOICE
OF Dona sol is upIfted, saying:
n,ar.n ~ , sp,F ana as she speaks she
+ or mine and squeeZeth gently, do you Know
/ that the Cincinnati audience liked he less on,
/ my first night thar any have yet met -
! "Ef1e'n' ~ | eNclaim. positively. You made
/ tine impression;
/ lis It not so >" adds the pretty little dark
eyed Jeanne Bernhardt aIlirmauyey from
No. no." persists Sarah. Il have The in
stinct OF those things. know better than any
one can tell me. l stupered them during two
acts They said TO themselves: why. this is
not 1t at ALL She does not strike attitudes,
/ shrek. pose; she makIS OF 'Adrienne" young
girl. woman, not statue, decldimer.
Tens IT, 'tS Do We like this, or don't we:' s.
Well they came 10 the conclusion that they
. Gid. asseVerate, stopping her from giving me
more claret
Not until the fourth act, she returns. CHOW
want more BREAD. How do you give negro
, nollce when you want BREAD? Atoms, -iUOlS,
! 1t Is dfscouraging; negro who does not under
Stand me when | ask for bread How can [
ask for brreade Ah:-thanks1. AT the end OF
! the fourth act had them In my grasp. They
understood the situation. They haa become
tccnstcmed TO my making human being or
] that most essentially human being. 'Adrfenne
Lecouvreur, who loves de SAKE to desperation,
and who is at last goaded 10 fury by the DO ger
OF her. rival: l had them there. 1 have the
instinct or those things.
You had them also in your death scene. /
faDcy?"
"Ah; yes! Especially the women. Al, Dfe,t,
Out the American women are adorable, Ameri-
Can women. flowers. fruit and children-neyer
was any thing seen more exquisite than
these"
Aud
OUR MEM"
TOO practical; not poetic enough; chew TOO
much tobacco: do not lift their hats freely
Wien they meet laoles. On the other hand,
moral qualities grand. Good husbands. Fond
fathers Respectful companions. Very noble
the attitude OF man who can pay court 20
young girl or a young widow. when he IlnGs
himself aiCne with her, without infringing
"Ihat's our men"
Now. a Frenchman when he finds himself
accioentaily alone with lady FOR nve minutes
HlngS himself on his knees and tells her he loves
her. He thinks It's his duty
That's
buC returning 10 your performances, tell me-
do you tind 4dripnne a popular play with
American audiences" AS ask her this she
is triiiiDg with bit or sliced ana Sugared
orange.
4" Less so than Camille and 'Frou- Frou.' I
mink my nrst Cincinnati audience was the
/ defeat with 'Adrienne' ia New York and Whyo
! simply because American audiences are accuS-
toned 10
AN EXAGGERATED STYLE
OF acting. Ii takes them little time 10 get
/ USED TO more delicate form OF art. They are
USED 10 seeing actresses VINO strike pnstures
ana mold them rigtdly until the applause comes:
10 fcliing up theft eyes In an unnatural man.
ner; TO mounting their words. Now, dramat. C
. heroine is only woman-and
We WOMEN,
~ tSp ma
above our headS2 No, we do not. No matter
what our excitement is, We do not. The end
and aim OF az is 10 simulate nature. and no
falsely
Have you seen
MARY ANDERsos:r
Yes. She is beautiful, is she notc"
Likely girl, Mary
But too much pose, look YOU. Too much OF
! this" Here she rolled up her soulful eyes TO
the ceiling. and kept them fixed there, In a
she lifted her arm with outstretched forehnger
straight up in air. and held ii r1gidIy. The
look and attitude were splendid but they were
not nature.
"Cest mG9ataqse"
"HdiS ce meat pas ne Fart, "a. Not ART as we
comprehend It az the Coincide Franchise"
During all this conversation a constant sue
cesslon or visiting cards. letters and newspa-
pers Is brought Ia.
Examines these carefully, and phrase which
sarah has learned perfectly Is:
mo enSah (anSWer)."
$50 many people want TO borrow S2go,' she
says. plaintively.
"Only that!
tThey send me a tract. and request In re
turn small temporary loan OF $500"
:. AND what do you reply:
We pass TO the drawing room where one or
two LADIES ale waiting 10 see the beautiful and
fascinating woman, whose performances are
low drawing the town. They are ladies by
birth, breeding, education and fortune: but
these attributes alone Will not secure an en-
trance In the salon OF Sarah Bernhardt. They
must have, her visitors, besides that, the arts
tic leaven which leavens the whole. Sarah
must draw the line somewhere. Else size would
never have moments privacy.
Why He Wished TO Sec Her.
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