The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-12-27
THE HoRsEwHIR.
Sarah Bernhard Wields Il Upon Nile.
Colombier.
A Great Sensation In the French
Capital.
Gable tlianntrh from Paris

Gable dispatch from Pafis.l
Tho scandal Of the day Is the appearance OF
Il hook called "Nicmoirs Of sarah Dnrnun,'
by Mile. Mnrie colombcr, who writes VIVA,
purports ~ be tho mcmoira Of Sarah BERN
hardt, the authorcss' ex-fricnd and directrcss
during her tour In America. Marie Coloni-
bier begins With Snrnh Bcrnhnrlt IN tho
cradlc, ,iraxs her whole life through the miro.
and Winds mp Il tolcrnblc sot-titsunt prophecy
where Sarah II represented dying and having
cut open her hcnd and face from striking the
bcdstcad during IN attack Of dclrum tre-
mems.
The first outcome OF this aboninable book
WASH duel yesterday morning between Octave
Mirnben,i, who wrote 4 scathing criticism OF
the volume, and N. Paul Donnctaln, who
wrote tho preface To the memoirs. N. Bon
nctnln received two slight wounds. NJ. HON
nciain's seconds were Prince knrngcorge-
Witch and thu Marquis do 1Alleyrnnd. Tho
duel begun In the morning by the men was
continued In the afternoon by the women,
and under the most unique circumstances.
Mtlne. Sarah ncrnhArdt went In tho MORN
ing 10 see NJ. Clement. Gommissare aux Del
cgntions JudieiAres, tn find ont whether tho
Inv did not rive her the right 10 seize tho
WYNN uHu AtVp lNS SHIT. sUe NWS Nbu NuHt 6iis
must first take legal proceedings and await
the decision of the Judges.
SMrah with her blood thoroughly aroused
mud too impatient tn wait for legal technical.
tiles IL suppress the book, took Justice into
her own hands and sailed forth, armed, not
with sword, nor u revolver, nor n mitraille,
hut with plain stout horsewhip. sarah
drove straight 10 tho apartments Of Marie
COlOmhier. At the moment OF her departure
Sarah, boiling over with fury. did not conceal
what she mennt To do. and her friends present
namely: Mile. .Antoininc, Nine. jean Kuche.
pin, and kcrhcrnhar tit--who knew well where
u woman's anger begins, but not 1T Ill where
II cnds-also jumped into Il carriage and fol.
lowed Sarah. Arrived ut the Rue Thanh,
Sarah went up tho staircase aud rang the
bell. The moment the servant opened the
door she darted into the salon and found her
self face 10 face with Marie Colombicr.
Tho two women for M instant eyed each
other. then like hungry tiRrcss Sarah sprang
III Marie Colomhicr vociferatng murierons
epithcts. and dashed her adversary straight
across the face with her horsewhip. Mile.
Cylomhicr shrickcd with pMin and rage. She
was not alone, for NJ. Jehan Soudan and Mile.
Dcfresncs happened To he visiting her. NJ.
Jehan Soudan burst into the room to separate
the two women. He tried to seize Sarah
III his arms 10 hold her down, hut ut the same
moment NJ. Jean Richcpin, who had Just ar
rived lehind Sarah, dashed open the door
and clntchcl N. Soudan by the throat Sarah
again spranv Mt Colomllier. flashing and cut
ting her with the whip. NJ. Maurice ncrn-
hArslt, NJ. kcrhernhardt and Mile. Antoinino
arrived upon the scene of the drama. Mile.
tolomhier turned and He'd, Sarah pursuing.
Tho wild chase continued into one room
ana out of another, nobody being able
Ia stop them. Sarah and her victim
jumping over chairs and tables and
daShinE into thousand pieces mirrors,
ctaHercs aud pictures. sarah NIL the time
whipping Marie. At last Mile. Colombicr
managed 10 escape by the servants stairway.
Sarah Dcrnhardt, utterly exhausted but re-
vcngcd. withdrew. In passing through tho
front door. sarah showed her horsewhip TO
the concierge, saying Marshal Canrobert
gave Il to me. hut give II to Mile. Colom-
hicr rs souvenir" An hour later sarah
nernhardt played her role ut the Theatre
Porte saint Martin In the dress rehearsal for
Mana Saih."