Evening journal., 1891-02-03
SARAH HAS COME AGAIN,
The Great Bernhardt Arrives
at New York.
HER PET SNAKES AND HER DOGS.

She Is Proud of Being a Grandmother,
Names Her serpents After People She
Dislikes, Has Never Heard of Mrs.
Potter, and Is just Fleshy Enough.
New YORK, Feb. Sarah Bernhardt,
the world famous actress has arrived here
on the La Champagne. When the report
ers were granted an audience with Bern
hardt her tawny hair was worn in the style
familiar TO all who know her-a Psyche
knot behind and the interminable frizzes
Low down on her forehead they crept and
over ser bead Her ears were almost CON
cealed by them. Her eyes, blush gray,
and her even teeth glttered together while
she talked SO volubly that even Mile. Sey-
lOr, the soubrotte who occupied the suite
with her. had to check her flow Of speech
by reminding her that everything she said
would be printed and that if she talked so
fast no newspaper on earth could contain
what She said and be printed the following
day.
The Bernhardt Talks.
The Bernhardt's dress was "a dun reddish
crepe de Chine, plain in the skirt, the
waist with q Fedora puff Of the same color
and material. The sleeves were putTed and
built high to the shoulders A silver girdle
hanging low in front and silver heart
with guiana meme, nevertheless her
motto, ON it, completed her attire 1--WE
left Paris a week from last Friday" she
said. and my sou Maurice accompanied
IL -. I.s
father of little girl nearly two years old,
| Her name is Simonne His wife, too, is
charming. am a grandmother, think OF
that but am proud Of IT,
A Dog as Big as CalE
"You like my cabins, ehs Mr. Grau said
/ ! should have only two, but told him
/ must have three OF / would not sail Even
| my two pet dogs have been with me most
Of the time Chouette is my pet He i.
such % little dog that they let me keeI
him in my cabin, but Myrtha oh, he Is
monstrous He had TO stay down stairs
He broke ont once, though, and nearly
| frightened two English ladies to death
| He weighs over 200 pounds and dashed
! through the cabin lie is a rude dog"
Here Mile Seylor lifted up little cage
in which reposed the smaller dog. Ii,
might have weighed a pound.
isn't he lovelyf' she inquired.
As the reporters passed about TO admir-,
the infantile Chouette there was a rusl
from the other room, and a huge beast
| weighing as much as small calf, dashe,
into the cabin.
Everyone Got Outside.
There were shrieks from the maids an,
a general falling away on all sides as th
animal made its appearance II locke
Ike Siberian bloodhound, with whit
and black spots
"'Tis only Myrtha, He is very good
hearted, said Sarah, ,whereat the aifrighte
ones returned to the cabin.
Myrtha showed little uneasiness, how
ever with his upper lip, which seemed T.
have tendency to rise, exposing severa
white and appropriately formed teeth, bu
his mistress held his head in her lap an
resumed her talk.
The snakes for Cleopatra.
"The snakes that kill Cleopstras-ah
yes, the snakes. Isn't it funnys Do yol
know / did not mind them after the frs
performance They can't hurt nobody
suppose Mr.. Grau has some with him, bu
you can get snakes anywhere. Why not
'Ihermidor.' YOU say, has been suppresse
in Paris Well, ! am not surprised. it wa
a political play You know how curious
sometimes, the French are They are a.
politics and then they hate them. Is
not funny that Sardou has never made
success without mey Count now. FL
dora. Theodore. La Tosca, 'CleOpatr;
many mores On, yes.
you have seen Cleopatra? Yes: Mr.
Pottcr-whO l. Mrs. Potter, ! know Mis-
Davenport She is known TO everybody
but il you have not seen me you have nc
seen Cleopatra You rather hear about th
snakesy They are black snakes-real liy
serpents only about so long-twO feet, yo
say. They cannot bite. They know m'
name them after the people / do not hk'
Yet don't hate the snakes
Her Dresses Are superb.
ooh, my dresses are superb! Is it nc
dreadful to have to pay duties on them
When / 60 to Canada I take them out {
the country and have TO bring them bac
again. II is not right think
"Some people have said that you ha
grown extremely stout, ventured one {
the young reporters.
II have it not-neyer will, hope 81
responded. 1T is in this way; my figure
like =.n Here she fixed her eagle ey
upon youth who was sketching her, au
rising hastily she walked toward him an
looked over his shoulder.
1T is not my arm, - she said imperiousl
and the young man hastily filled it OF
symmetrically. THAT is better" she r
marked, and sitting down IN the big ar
chair she had been occupying. she locke
at the daring youth, who evidently wish'
himself in Guinea. When she observed h
discontinue she laughed. and laughed
loudly that the young man evidently fe
worse than ever. She had been talking
French before
Il can spik English" " she said, Eve
well, so he say''-pointing to Mr.. Grau
"but somebody tell me what Mr. Gri
means when he say rats" it is very b,
/ and ba co,rc II worry offan