St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-20

thrones or the uprising of nations seek
for the last new criticism of play in
which she has performed, of the last
book that she has approved, or the last
picture that has pleased her. 1t is the
woman who commands this, and this
very fact ought to bring her greater de-
light than ii it were the genius, for it
proves that, different from all other
women. she yet has kingdon-that of
the world-and her subjects are all over
it. No woman has ever controlled the
fashions as she has. and that is saying
more than much. She has been written
of by the greatest writers of she day:
she has been painted by the best-kn0wn
artists, and though they come and go,
they are here to-day and there to-mor-
row. Nine. Bernhardt, like the sphinx,
is the same. Except that she is better
looking now than when she first came
to us, there is but little change in her,
and the report of the fat, one is pleased
to chronicle, is simply filling up of
the angles that is most becoming.
A man asked me if Icould understand
her. He m ght as well have asked me
if had secret of that woman who
looks out on the Egyptian sands, who
was old when Cleopatra was young, and
who has never opened her lips to dis
close that which she knows so well.
There has never been a woman like
Nine. Bernhard before. She, like the
orchid in its finest state of cultivation.
is the production of the nineteenth
century. People talk about Rachel-of
her wonderful genius, of the tragedy
that her life was, but it can never
be said of her as it is of Sarah,
that she is mistress of ANYTHING
she wants to control. am firmly con-
WINGED that if tomorrow Sarah con-
Guided to go in for grand opera she
would rival Patti, and the whole world
would be convinced that there had
never been such voice. Madame
Sarah is woman of successes and to
success every human being in this world
must bow down-that is, this sort of
success, the success of the intellect.
It's the time of year when people
don't feel very well and complain of
being tired; when the massage woman
tells you in broken English that all the
people in this country are 80" and
raises her hands up high and then puts
them way down. and you realize that
she means tsat one extreme or other, as
far as health or happiness is concerned.
But we all do get tired.
L am tired hearing the weather dis
cuSsed. You are tired of discussing it.
l am tired of hearing people who don't
know the first meaning of consideration
wonder whether other people live up to
their creeds. You are tired of knowing
that they don't.
/ am tired of hearing women talk,
talk, talk about nothing but them
selves, their gowns and their admirers.
You are tired of being among those
women.
| am tired or clergymen who trouble
themselves about everything but the
poor of their parish. You are tired of
being the poor.
l am tired Of men who talk well and
act badly. You are tired Of knowing
the truth about them.
l am tired of politicians who write
their promises in the sand. You are
of seeing the great ocean come up aud
wash them away.
l am tired of seeing children who
don't respect their parents. You are
tired Of seeing parents who do not con-
slider their children.
But there, we will get over the tired
feeling after while. We will take
dose of qulnine and sunshine combined,
and we will discover that there are
things in this world that are good and
of which we never tire-boOks, babies,
sweets, dogs, pictures, music and good
acting. We agree about this. Please
don't say you are tired Of Bah.