Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-01-04
THAT AWFUL BOOK.
kiIe. CoIombisr's Memoirs OF
Sarah BarEum.
THE ACTRESS TRIP TO AN:aICA.
Her Frghtfu Death-The Naughty Sayings
Which Caused the Horse Waip to
Go Swift and c vel
Execution.

| Lu SNI, anu v utl
Execution.
New YoRE, January Sarah Blrnum,"
| Mdl-. Culum bier's book, the publication OF
which in lars produced the now famous
scene between the divine Sarah and the
ut thor, has reached New York TIE fO!.
owing tI Iac,s from the volume give the
ccount of Mile. B4rnuGlS trip 10 Amer
ica and the description OF her death, with
which the book closes:
| The female Bsrnum left London pitisbly
enough. She had gathered a harvest OF
glory. She had herself largely advertised
there, but she had not gained any sym
pathy, and il she had earned good deal
Of money she had scattered it so recklessly
that she returned more embarrassed than
ever. Arriving in Paris she found a couii-
| ton OF affairs worse than feared. Never in
| h-r life had she been in such box. II
| was a real disaser--in fIct, worse than
! horrible shipwreck. Attachments aai eH.
ecutions showercd down from all sides
worse than hail, While friends deserted
u
different, the most phl.Osophc Of BOhe.
mians. In fact every conceivable msfor.
| tune befcl her II was generally believed
that in quitting The Theatre FrAncaise
Sarah had bidlen farwell to the profession.
Everything tumbici down on her at once
| like . sho oSer OF titles crash Of chimncys.
| There was no armoE which could withstand
| such shock.
She RcpyoRF ted HcrsclI
| for having disguis ed the obscurIty aud the
| petty ms-rics Df her past life. Way, tls
present was much worse. She compared
| the humliating compromises OF the Nu ar
| poor with the dIsCpmlOr,S OF the great lord
| IN hiding III order 10 avoid pIym"uy .; tug
| Lra.s or note for 5AO francs pertmp. irlY
| demanded by his carriage maker or horse
| d,a.sr. That very day the actress Il ~ re-.
| e, i, sd notice OF the protest OF II note u' 3d.,
| eco franCs, and had tined ~ - O'Clock IA
| Ihs evening because the grocer had refuse!
| tu Isust her lU sous worth pt cheese, Hnd
| the butcher 10 sous worth Ot ruiI"is. ~
| Why should she no. have welcomed the
| SoIth American manager who cam" To pro-
| \, Sc 10 her u tour OF his CUuItTl IirblCu,
| YES, she would go Mexican. Cnii III aud
! RrrI Ian dollars alone could ret mer "u.
| 4: her trouble. Sh" signed the contract,
| -sgrr To start st once. She ready to
| urcE her trunk thar night. Snr forgot her
ioimer promise, her Signature given TO
| Ihe lOLGUn manager. IyrI more. she
| a so tUrgu. the American, wien TIA push
| Z Curry pr. scented himself with hOrIei
| words. he did not make a long Jrb of J..
| 4 sheet al stamped paper VA tFani"rin'
| the star . .au fanCS perlnrmanc1 b"sii"S
| her exp.ns"s. 81 stroke Of the upn and, eric.
cTnc il, wa> done. She was 10 loave IN
| month.
| The Frmaic Eari.un Sigucd itsr NRi:.
| with vigorous iDurish wLiCh tore u"
paper. Her signature gotten. th" cNneir.
| IA .woe 'r,'"''r'"' n'h .rrlnsuy wIs
! naturally pICkr,i uIi. After sarah, Sn" u -
| 10 he the number one ol the south AI-ri-
egn tour. Angel, our old a"uutlntmc'.
mas also 10 b. ihG ruWb": one among to"
Gentlemen. IT." only thing left WAS 10 TAX
| .At eNrre-s for 81 HtGins aud tO ret oG :le
steamer Lafayette, bound Tor ASrtnN'
| ru'",ry called Cu'Cn. Nrry pretty, n.i"1i
! IN paper 1t looked ycrl pTcily IA 'urry's
| l.tIcrs' Like most oi hIs com uatTI0tS, iIt
bowman advanced money 10 r.oryno ~.
,Nrrplgg the star. he Inter was To irhNr,
| ard l.,e at her own expense aIill hlS df'
! rival or rather un.,.' tho evening -! her
iiIs, exhibition. That's !..e way h" "N-
| pee al 10 manage her. j.. three days s1a
! would embark. Alas. three tunes H!tS
| a >
| Her sister Nnnrtt' falls ser "E5'N SloN.
| Here ia the departure compromised So"
| must hnve tine 20 lad some ON" wIn " II!
consent to tiSe the pace 81 III" sex " 'm ~,
and above 81 who COD do J., irr Nh" ~ I'i
have 10 earn en- rJ.l6 s!A or 51'tH Ei'N
PaTls.
| After Der customary string oI oalh,
Sarah passed all her !rrnCs al reYIe" hni
tounG-no one. Suddenly she u,,"f"i
Z ?. .fff THH
WAS Martha Colombier Her dear Martha,
| who tlw8SS
Loved Ucr IN Spite Of Everythirg.
lie would say to her: 1T = Z "-.loi 81
| tife and Geath and 10 save her Maths
Suu.d once more devote herself " n"f.
Tho female Barnum toll h,r "an eng 'rr-
mert will le unnecessary rs yOn replace
| my sister YOU will have her ry!", aui her
| .aiary Of 4 OuU francs p month. Narthi
lid not inst Had she not th'"e y'ais
W. reiustd 20 70 on a tour in the nil"i
I ales wiIh Maurice Grau. ~ p salary ot
80 !IanCs n month, hu' DOW tIe I."siIyn
was 10 save sarah Wrsrrived At hrA''p.
The managers, Ht thr request Oi III" stars
| arrrt, Chcvilctt. Rivrrtrs"i enormously,
tut the icnlsl" BarEum gains nothing by
| il EXCEPT tu beCOm" Il phcU' menOn. People
| come to SEE her rSa curiosity Ny talent
| is barely perceived" she says These
| rcoulr rrc Ircapanlc 81 app'rc'st'nr -.
Iul rl,cn the rrceir'e are good, nrv"r'h".
les" on account e the collars the arti't
consoles herself for rot h"lns appau'i"d
| ,CC0fdii to her Gr'irrs. She cannot rr-
cur h,r ard.'urs for not al ring her rs a
"or, an. She must resiIn herself tp it.
On end whisky aid her. She more and
n ar. a,y,.ir sees in the habit Of infringing
~ ardent liquors, and h'cpmrS iGtorlctl'"i
every evening. tIrrs al "a rS hr" hH'
r,.siy,lv visited without re- pleasing any
| me HhHrrv-r hls tastes Poor -hrhh, poor
,rnr' ON account Uf the motor "iy sh" bS
teen cuunscrlcd 20 lead aH exemplary life,
Prudence soon Oprr'sScs Her
end She seeks relief by renewing win
An,cl or Old caprice II the i'd-th"non.
The following ~ Nh lr. CUiUmh'er.H d"
! lcrtable description oi The probable emu ~
a." great French actress.
one morning uf ~" autumn of Is. rep
! rlr read in tie O.srs.Dg.r th" folio" nS
| Israr,aph DO people remember Or 'hIs
| Parts. whore ieue is a. "phem"ra. ~ ASH
| lur, tie celebration hy which VS. 'itHS"'
| ryttd six wears sgO IN" Pastoral f' i.' th-H-
TT 81 the Time called the ''a'Hh n''unn
r,steT, We remembered snort 'ime
.if ~ inat jucOrl pafzble evening while e.
r,,ttuy ia their n, home the remains oil
| o,,,'r irt rrrat Fril-t who was Si'Ar
E,,prm. Here 70 loS i"w lines devoted
! To M, lf!c and sueera Of the departed mp To
| tie tiilc Of A,riI. We can say nov re-
s,s,ffur the true causes Of the death.
,,at ine female Biruun dI! XII
L,-s.n Abandoned by the man -hs
r.,.d "a hrmely i~loS, we are tod
n, LCor woman sought forgetfUines' III
uink. Last Thursday she tried last sep
=, Yards Lsr lover. aud not hlVi"s %.
IN. ia wi,, him bsck sh- returned HON" IN
lr.Iair. Sarrh husiei hero in settling
ner q,lairs. She bad not swt!tei the ct"i'
| alton q ,ic forty day. 10 send iroh
America ty cable the .pO" francs nece''
| -ar! to
s,yeuer House From BEING Sold.
ru,irr the r.st q he rip 5000 mor'