The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-12-28
SARA BERNHARDT.

The Great French Actress, Angered by
Libelous Volume Written by Marie Coz
Iombier, Chastises the Author-An Ex-
citing Episode.
PARIS, Dec. 21.-A book called me
moirs of Sara Barnum." by Mdlle Marie
Colombier, purporting to be the memoirs of
of Sara Bernhardt, the ex-friend and direct
ress of the authoress during her tour in
America, has appeared Marie Colombier
began with Sara Bernhardt in the
cradle, drags her whole life through
the mire, and winds up terrible
Soi-disdnt prophecy, where Sara is repre-
scented dying and having cut open her head
and face from striking the bedStead during
an attack of delirium tremens. The first
outcome of this book was a duel Tuesday
morning between Octave Mirabeau, who
wrote a scathing criticism and NJ. Paul
Bonnetain, the writer of the preface to the
Memoirs. M. Bonnetain's seconds were
Prince Karageorgeyitch and the Marquis de
Talleyrand NJ Bonnetain received two
slight wounds.
The duel begun in the morning by the
men was continued in the afternoon by the
women. and under the most unique cireum-
stances. Thoroughly aroused and too inl-
patient to wait for legal technicalities to
suppress the book, Sara took justice INTO her
own hands and sailed forth, armed with a
plain, stout horsewhip. She drove straight
to the apartment Of Marie Colombier. Her
friends, Mdlle. Ant0nine, and Mines. Jean
Ruchepin and Kerbernhardt, followed Ar
rived at the Rue Thanh, Sara glided up the
staircase and rang the bell. The moment
the servant opened the door she darted
like lightning into the salon, and
suddenly found herself face to face
with Marie Colombier. The two wo-
men for an instant eyed each
other; then, like hungry tigress, Sara
sprang at her enemy and dashed her straight
across the face with her horsewhip. Mdlle.
ColomDier shrieked with pain and rage M.
Jehan Soudan and Mdlle. Defresnes, who,
happened to be visiting her, ran into the
room to separate the two women. He tried
to sieze Sara in his arms to hold her down..
but at the same moment M. Jean Rachein,
who had just arrived, dashed open the door
and clutched NJ. Soudan by the throat
Sara again sprang at Colombier, lashlng and
cutting her with the whip.
NJ. Maurice Bernhardt, M. Kerbernhardt,
and Mdlle. Antonine soon arrived upon the
scene of the drama. Mdlle. Colombier
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flashing her with her whip. The wild pur-
suit continued into one room and out of an
other, nobody being able to stop them.
Sara and her victim jumped over chairs and
tables, and dashed into thousand pieces
mirrors, biblots and pictures, Sara all the
| time whipping Marie, who was shrieking
with pain and terror. At last Mdlle. Colon
bier managed to escape by the servants
stairway.
Sara Berhardt, utterly exhausted, but re-
| venged, withdrew. In passing through the
front door she showed her horsewhip to the
concierge, saying: Marshal Canrobert gave
it to me, but give it to Mdlle. Colombier
as a souvenir" An hour later she played
her role at the Theater Porte Saint Martin
in the dress rehearsal for mana Saib."
Feeling runs high, and there are advo-
Gates for both parties. Dona Sol has issued
card in the papers to the following effect:
| To MY FRIENDS THE PUBLIC: chastised
| Marie C0lombier because she insulted me-
! When she was in want / brought her to
| America and she shared my profits. She has
| deceived me. / gave her gold. She gave me
| calumny. She called me Sara Barnum "
| / am not a Jumbo. Then l gave her the LASH
seventy-f1ve pounds. But she ran before me
| this vile, ungrateful woman, this woman
! whom have befriended-thiS COlomhier who
was nothing until she met Sara. have done
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| ing purposes. SARA BERNHARDT.