The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-03-02

bEllliliiul ObuNH Nv AAANNANhs
The auction of Sarah Bernhardts fur
niture was no advertising device. A
very hard fight was made by the ac
complished actress to keep her goods
and chattels from being brought to the
hammer. AS they went for just nothing,
the creditors, who were to have been |
cleared Off by the proceeds of the auc-
ton, are far from being appeased, and
win render IL impossible for Nine.
Bernhard to collect Lares and Ponates
again around her. Those which have
been torn from her by limbs of the law
were heaped higgledy -piggledly for two
days in a room IN the Hotel
Drout. The rs. b." and the motto
of "Quand- Meme" on many of the OBJ
iects on view proclaimed their owner
ship. Plush velYets and silk brocades
were exclusively used in hangings aud
upholstery. French law not allowing
the creditors To seize ON more OF the
. great actress salary than she can rea-
f sonably do without, she is still able to
+ live in relative luxury in maison
! meuble. Although, 81 Theodore, she
5 draws good house nightly, her auction
shows both that she is no moro tho rage,
: and that much money is not stirring
d in Paris. tits true that great publicity
G was not given the sale, but the monde
!, GU Pom samuse knew ali about IT, AS
o the bidding, notwith standing the intrin-
d sic value OF the objects brought to the
o hammer, was languid on the first two
r DAYS, means were taken TO attract the
fs world and his wife ON tho third day
1t Sightseers flocked in, but few hunters
IT after relies. The former were chiefly
I'd English and American.
Sarah's sweet-tOued grand piana-i
IL Pleyell-whch cost 3 Door, was obtained
is for a wretched 50Of note. The cloisonn'
Mt vase, large as the one that stands OF
g. Cermusch's stairs, was disposed OF tol
trifle above S00f. 1t was originally
to made for tho imperial palace at Pekin
If Amateurs, on hearing this, can judge o
id its real value. A Louis XIV. drawing
r room set OF arm-chairs, and {
n, sofa, in old tapestry, did not obtail
Id higher bids than the piano. Boudoi
ly and bedroom brio .H-brac was carried OF
in in lots by crones who deal in second
'st hand frippery. 1t was fearful to SO
as them handling the etagerie and cabine
AS objects do Virtu; tho table ornaments
I'd Scores porcelain, rich stutls that ha
ly served 10 drape podestals, and an Iris
ur and Saxony lnin damasks'-thei
ne crooked fingers ran with such agilit
nd through the textiles, and crumple
as them up, and held thom in tho light
nc Careless housekeeping was shown /
GU tho nppery. A st,tch In time neve
NJ saved nine in the lingerie departmer
pa of Sarahs establishment. Tho coo
his wasted and destroyed. II she could no
ire Law her hand on n tdishclout, she tune
,m 10 base use dinner napkin, tho thread
I'm of which, so fine wore they, might hav
al been spun in England. Sarah's coo
ess WAS good fairy To the young artists
ted the Plane de Cuurcelles. When truill'
3 were twenty frances n pound she use
no To buy them by tho baskottul and SUI
on, ply them gratis 10 the femme de menaI
zen ot poor Bsstiene-Lapage. Sarah's he
lily. Il don'Umean the coffin one, but the OF
md on which sho used to reclino when ol
OF eortO was regal In its magnil
an cencc aud vet not cumbersome.
My would not loo out of place in smg
mt, house, provided the rest of the iurnitu
hat were M harmony with IT. Yet the
ion wore not amateurs to bid high for
" q Some emancipated ladies did not di
i of pute for IL with brokers, because tn,
GALS thought Sarah avaitd guignon In spi
ven OF her astonishing success.
no The truth Is, the qualities which Q
bo- able her to triumph on the stage
tirs capacitated her from retaining the iru
and of her scenic victories. She went
he like a skyrocket because unlike eve
,Dub other woman, one WuSub hhnuouh
his sho wasn't wipsome, she wasn't o
cial bracogble, she was too egotistical to
lee good company or even interesting,
life was poseuSe and wore hideOuS W
and and kept on her stage complexion
0 OF the house; but she was outside the co
who mon law. I always thought of her
connection with the ballad OF "De'
lnk and tho Lady," In my nurs'
ipli- DAYS used TO wonder wheth0rtho la
you after death had carried her OIL, made
aud CONQUEST of him and became sort
aud skeleton queen, robed In grave clot
CO. that were beautifully irilled with
Dat. low old laco, OF which my grandnot
sym. had store. Sarah realized my ia
your nile imagining. | neYor saw her
u at white that did not think Of dea
aud Ulady,m clad in II l9ce-laden wind
ling. sheet. Tho present quarters OF the
mont actress sire Ia third floor In
Rue 81. Georges. NJ. Challemel' lilac
~, Is one OF hor neighb1rs. just now
iih"- IL clad the furniture of her house
ution Rue de PROXY has slipped from her.
this possession involved u constant anu
,,hlo tigulng struggle. When she was
~ tached to the Francois she had to
aW,' dams SOS meubles. She often Dire
II tho She was "starringiw abroad. Once
some dream camO true. "Enhnl Tout Ia
l., a, toni casse, tout passe." Nature "
y AZ ways saying To everything, cirou
ionly and TO every one, move on-lust Ike
some London policemen'-lLondon truth
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