Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-04-28

first and strongest being that she was des-
perately in love with him. She wanted to
have right to be jealous of his affections.
He is terrible fiirt, and took pleasure, when
beauty, in tormenting her. 1t now turns out
that those fainting fits with which she was
seized on the stages of Italian theaters were
expedients resorted TO in order to prevent the
loved one from carrying on firtations before
her eyes, in the wings, with Mile. Lima
Munte.
sALLIE's PAINTING SPELLS.
When Dona Sol tainted, of course she had
to be borne out. The piece was thus spoiled.
But an end was put TO the amorous billing
and cooling of Damala and Lima When also
the manager found out why the gifted actress
swooned he took measures to prevent repe-
tition of the annoyance which had so deeply
affected her. 1t appears that she and Lima
tore their caps about the handsome actor.
Sarah was not the preferred one. 1t was
during scene" in the wings that she first
announced her determination to wed NJ.
Damala, or as he is known in theatrical cir
cles, Daria. "What right have you to NEEDLE
in his affairs, or mine, either?" asked Lima.
1.-THE best of all rights" answered Sarah
The is 10 be my husband" You're mad, -
was the reply; do you think that a hand
some fellow like him would bind himself for
life TO pair of castanettes? Besides, he has
a wife and children hidden away at Mar
seilles." 81 don't mind that" replied Sarah.
"I'll buy out her interest in him. As he has
not seen her for over three years, she'll sell
it cheap" "Oh! with all my heart! Take
him, and joy go with the pair Of you"
THE GREEK BOLTS AN OATH AND sALLIE
TAKES HIM.
And so bona Sol took him. He bolted an
oath in London in order to obtain a certif-
cate OF residence with which to get married
in haste. Sarah's present fortune is 1,200,-
000f. This does not include her bijOu house
in the Rue du Fortuny, or the place near
Havre. Another motive for becoming a
slave of the ring was to have a decent status
in London, whittier she goes on the 2Sth.
At least, this was the excuse she urged to
her son Maurice, who is now grown up and
is as sharp fellow as there is in the Bourse
district. He Is in the Office of a stock
broker. His mother, who has ever shown
him great affection, summoned him from
Paris TO Genoa when she felt how madly in
love she had become and was afraid of be-
ing drawn by her passion into matrimony.
She thought the sight of the youth would
steady her. Damala, when Maurice
Bernhardt arrived, played cold, and
began TO rave about the luxurious
beauty of the Italian women. Plump
women were good tempered and gay,
and it was pleasant to look at them. There
was a sonsy actress in the troupe 10 whom,
when Lima Munte was busy with her role,
he paid court. Poor Sarah was in despair
When see had resolved to perpetrate matri-
mony she told her lover how she had been
pointed at by the finger of scorn in the
United States, and preached against. The
sermons in which she was stigmatiZed had
been repeated in the London press, and the
probability was that il she went back to
England as Mile. Bernhardt she would be
treated as a black sheep. An argument
which had more weight with NJ. Bernhardt
fLs was, that having a husband who was a
good man of business and an actor, would
release her from the impresdri, who have
baltened upon her. A woman could not do
without Bsrnum, and it was better tn at he
should be her husband than a stranger who
wanted merely to prey upon her.
WHO Is THIS GREEK WHOM sALLIE BOUGHT?
Who is Damala, or Daria? He is a Greek
by nationality, of semi Hebrew race. To
call him count is absurd. There are no
titles in Greece, except official ones and in
the royal family. His diplomatic expert
ence was extremely short. He was in some
accidental manner attached 10 the Greek
consulate for a few days. His true profess
sion Is that of commercial traveller. His
father was a trader in raw silk, and had
house at syria. Sarah Bernhardt's husband,
whose christian name is not Aristides, but
jacques, represented it at Marseilles and
Lyons. 1t was at the Marseilles Lyceum
that he received his education. His class
fellows liked him. After he left school he
was a Joyous and fast-living young fellow.
The father died and left him a fairly good
which he soon devoured with his
boon companions. He never refused, it
is said, a small loan, when he had money
in his pocket, to a friend who was in hard
straits. After he had got to the end
OF his heritage he returned to business.
He was getting on fairly enough when he
got entangled with a bOufe opera singer,
Mile. Minelli. She had an engagement at
the Grand theater, Marseilles, and then went
to star il at Toulouse. Bordeaux, Bayonne,
Lisbon and Rio. NJ. Damala followed her
during ten months 1t is said that he mar
ried on returning 10 Provence, but that, his
wife and he disagreeing, he came to Paris
under an assumed name TO take dramatic
lessons and obtain an engagement. 1t was
fallen, but Delaunay, who was his professor.
As Greek, he sought the patronage of Mime.
Adam, and obtained it. He was also patron
lied by NJ. Rouvier. Until he went on the
tour in eastern Europe with Sarah Bsrnhardt
he never played in any theater except the
him. He was valuable for his manly beauty.
What has become of his wife? Nobody
knows. If he had gone to be married before
a French mayor, a certificate of her death
would have been required.
FOND OF POETRY, MUSIC AND WOMEN.
Althese particulars have just had from
a provencal deputy who knew Daria very
we'll when he was Aristide Damala, and
used to give joyous dejeuRers at the Reserve,
a celebrated restaurant at the east of Mar
settles and overlooking the sea. Damala is
described to me as a very good-natured,
handsome fellow, fond of poetry, music and
the fair sex. My informant tells me that he
must have had swarm of creditors at his
heels when he and his bride were about to
embark in the Segovia for Barcelona. He is
iond of gambling, but although he was
mixed up with Lsmbri Pasha two or three
years ago, he is not blackleg. If his first
wife is dead be is the m aster of Sarah's for
tune, she having married him without a con-
tract. The acquaintance began last October,
when he called on her and asked her to get
NJ. Duquesnel to engage him in a company
Of which she was to be the bright, particular
star. Selections from Hermann and Phedre
were recited TO her. She did not like his
style, but admired and liked the men. Du-
Iuesnel engaged him as a supplementary
actor, and promised that if Angelo, who was
10 play with Sarah, broke down Daria should
replace him. Apropos of Gopcouri's work,
La Faustin, explained to you how much
the modern actress has become.
It is now fashion among them TO get mar
led. Sarah probably would have done bet
er if she had espoused a mere business man,
who would have been at once a house
steward and a Barnum.
DUTCH GAL AND A GREEK MAN.
Partisan friends Of Sarah imagine that
Ter hasty marriage will not bind here. As
he is of Dutch nationality and her husband
# Greek, the hard aud fast regulations Of
he Code Napoleon do not apply to their
lnion. ! believe that the marriage being
egal in Eogla1d will be valid all the world
,ver-if, indeed, there is no First wife" /
cad to-day in the London correspondence of
French paper that the bride caused the
Jews of the happy event to be communi-
.ated to the Prince of Wales, and that his
oval highness exclaimed, "By Joye! Sarah
,etting married. She must be madw OF
course do not vouch for the veracity of the
TENNESSEE NEWS.
Knoxville: "William Nance, who bru-
HE toprhild' KuoKvIlia