Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-29
BERNHARDTTO CONF.
The Great Actress Laughs at Father
Time.
A GIRL YET At FIfrf-Fi"E'
As Eccentric as Ever. ana "c'
Tcmpcr Has Lost None or us HN
ELECTROMAGNETIC Latest '"e"'
PLAYS md Players.

Rernhardt. the divine, with her oosS'
her eccentricities. and her wohdefiui
Mus. will be in this country AGAIN viz
first week of the new year
while here she may not sleep III
coffin. nor wander about the c"'iiuo'
NJ her hotel with couple OF non '"''
iumping around her, but she can pe u"
,ended upon to do something unique anu
do f., we'll too. Age has not dainpe"eu
her love Of the unusual. she IS % now
and perhaps more. but she has the Vl'"i'-
=, 90 = Girl Of 20 and the appearance OF
woman of 80.
Tho closest scrutiny will not roveal any
wrinkles crow s-fcet, or other maih u
voars on this extraordinary woman INV
urinlIes may be there, ana they p'o
hablv are. but she knows wen H4m
hide them. She laughs at fd,ner nm,
and laughs merrily. too; not the Nn,'~y
cacl,Ia of The old woman. but Inc h'"-'."'
Laugh of the girl. Lacts ai"'! -.
bcr wrists and portions OF heF na',D.S'
and some wonderful fabrlc - =,
,,'o,,nd around her neck when shc ls on
w., &c Her throat Immediately peloN
~ rim and her wrists may pe heaNiE
ir,,iaI hut no one knows II but hei-
- ttcr cvcs have the liquid SPARSE
If the school grl, her figure mas Wv
dcUcate curves Of the society uepu'"n'e'
she walks with the grace ana Vlsol 80 20
Dia,. and she takes healthy, SoN'V
interest in everything.
VOLCANIC TEMPER.
ue~ temper is as volcanic as ever II
,ates hut little TO cause the oiNi"e
80 In explode with the force OIL a
,,e,'dro1-ton cum. She takes pride IN ,he
i,otinq qualities Of her temper
r,ge 10 not the impotont gruhpins
old age. but the mighty wal
an aroused amazon. befhHai "S - ..,,,I
o." bor terper 10 diminish. She Wouil
regard il as an advance sl5n VI 49,. 900
nj ,oontal dissolution. Many years Az
ei,o horsovhipped a sister actress VINO
1t p, nasty book about her. ana u &C
,.ae,on AGAIN demanded similar acuoh Oh
~ r,rt those who know her best say
~. she would meet the emergency.
D,,t with eccentricities and strahsen'S'
- Rordhardt + diplomatic ana ier
dir,omacv IS as artistic a. every 'i'.',s
,n.a undertakes. II Is dollars 10 cents
,hat when she meets the crowd OF Nv
work newspaper reporters on ihe a'iI' a.
Of the steamer In port she VIII sNO,a','.
"Ah. how glad | am to De paoA =,
again America IL ~ NV "''N
is an inspiration
HER EARLY CAREER.
A, this particular time it is Interesting
80 Iook back upon the early stage-ca
,oor of Berdharlt. She was 10 years
ala when her mother took her out OF inc
convent Of the Grand Champ at yer
eoilles and placed her at the ConserNa
toire. Bernhardts mother was not puI
Toned with riches at the time ana th'
child knew that she must earn her owl
Iive1ihood She worked hard. but ther'
r,era few indications in her early ne Oh
! ,ba Genius which was - distinguish me-
later on. She managed TO divide the sec
| cond prize I'm elocution with her chul'
Marie Columbier although every on
reed at the time that ColumDler wa
a1titled TO IL in it's entirety. IL wa
coI,mbier who I'm later years wrote IN
hook which caused Bernhardt TO chasus
her I'm public ,.,r
4 POOR ACTRESS AT FIRST.
q, her first appearances Bernhard ha
said: II have never thought that va
horn 10 be an actress. nave away
tnovcn that was born TO be a painter
md nothing else. If l had had my wa:
ebould have been a painter. VI n
tb,nes in this world love painting Des'
and ala love it best then, and Away
shall love 1t best ..-. -
.sBut circumstances made an actress o