Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21

opera o! tnat name, again at the coinpos,
ers desire. Subsequently he was engaged
at the Royal Opera at Madrid, where MS
success was SO great that the engagement
was renewed for three successive seasons.
NJ. BoudouresQue, the new French basso,
IS a singer by inheritance. Not only was
ms rather an eminent basso at the Paris
opera for ten years. but he has been , MS
operate acting. He has enjoyed also the
advantages of the traditions OF the dis
where he first APPEARED in 1853. where he
sang with success for three years; SUISSE
quently he appeared in many European
are nearly all well known and established
tavorites with the New York public.
Freedom of dramatic criticism is about to
De subjected to a legal test before the Paris
courts. One Dubout, a banker, wrote a
tragedy entitled 'Fredegonde." which was
produced at the Theatre Franchise last
spring. 1t was severity criticised in the
M. Dubout was offended, and sent a let,
Yer OF protest to the critic. who refused
to publish it, maintaining his right to free
has accordingly taken his grievance into
the courts and Paris is greatly interested
IN the outcome.
Sarah Bernhard is the daughter of a
Dutch Jewess mother and a Partisan
Catholic father. the latter causing her to
be brought up in a convent at Grand.
,, champs as a Catholic until
ABOUT she was Is. After that her
- Jewish mother took her from
plViHt the nuns, who were distracted
~ with her pranks, and declared
SARAH. that she should be an actress.
She was presented for exam
NATION at the Conservatoire. To gain ad-
mission she had to recite a piece OF poetry.
An she knew was the "Deux Pigeons" by
and as she boldly trotted up to the stage
he said he saw all her future in her strange
eyyesndGomedy tragedy. drama a and a bit
a ayeu ad haxs tod yOur fsble I've very gre Well; AMID
s sn AoIids she in ma 1sss. her sb debit Sjd in not slP maEa e
success; Sarah has never been classic. She
forsook the ''Maison de Moliere'' for the
Gymnase, from which she ran away 10
Spain. reappeared at the Theatre Port st.
Martin under all assumed name, played the
part Of the Princess Desiree in the .Blche
IN hu tho heis cho and even A iaak aG lo she as m s0 sang as
engagement at the Odeon. where, she APP
peared in 1867 on Moliere's birthday; as
gam san'f to be- tn famous tna nem4 Here sI IN the next a1u five
years this original and eccentric, woman
produced "zacharte in Athalie;" her first
day Of triu 1aiSesf by Il the ne c cpeipGaa Of 81 zanetto
in Francois Copee's La PEASANT" in 1863,
"Ruy Bias" in which she played the part
an artist. These two pieces daa attracted the
attention of Perrin. the reconstruction of
the Coincide Francaise, who offered her an
elimination of human hopes. She. how
ever. made two failures-flrst one in DE
lila" and the other as Cherubin in the
let's SPHINX" Brought the extraordinary
powers Of this fine. passionate, gifted act
ress to the fullest development, and al
though. after her, Croizette.. who appeared
in the same piece. gained the greater APP
plause of the multitude. Sarah always
commanded the appreciation Of the critics.
part absolutely made for her. and at her
worst as Joan Of Arc--Mrs. NJ. E.. w. Sher-
wood.
At a recent seashore dinner Joseph JEFF
ferson told the following story:
Il was crossing the Atlantic. The wea-
Their was dreadful. I was trying to guide
myself along the deck. and, incidentally. a
ly sorely troubled with that dreadful dis
ease, sea sickness.
Il said to her.: Madam: may 1 bring you
something to relieve your
"She looked up at me and feebly said: I
beg you will not mention it. Will you also
kindly excuse me. sir?
II then said to her: But is there nothing
NO, sir said she in the same tone:
please go away
But. madam. I said. you are evidently
suffering. Can I do nothing to help you?'
81 wish. she said, that you would go
away. 1 am net fit to see anyone
I can be of so little service. Can I do
nothing for your poor husband, the gentle
man whose head see in your lap?
"'Oh, said she, that ia not my husband
and 1 do not know in the least who he is"
Nance o'NeIl. WHO has made a profound
impression in New York, is a protege of
Mckee Rankin. to whose training she
owes much of her positive. but sudden. sue
cess. She has just added an
ABOUT sesssoons 10 ASH leu OF Leulo
with her part in 1.-The Mag
NANCE dalene." Colonel Allfriend's
new play. just produced at
0'NElL. the Murray Hill theater. In
an interview with a Mirror re-
porter a few days ago Miss O'Neil says:
The thing l van most to do just
now is to go back to San Francisco
as IA sort of an assured success, you
know. My relatives live there, and many
friends whose approval I would prize more