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The San Francisco call., 1899-03-05
SARAH BERNHARDT
AS SHE is AT HOME


She was charming in those moments,
saying little phrases. cooling in pigeon
English, then breaking in voluble French
to Cocotte or Marie her maids. to bring
a handkerchief, a fan. anything to get
rid of them. She told the women how
she liked the American women. Most
stupid questions I had to interpret. Some
young men would come and stammer
something about beautiful. grand and
collapse and stare! The men were pref
erable, using more tact, more discretion,
although there were painful exceptions.
After they were gone she would cry:
"Ouf! They are gone Quick, Cocotte-
powder, dress and my wraps! That old
idiot of a Piron has been calling me for
the first act She was not punctual, but
very particular in her makeup, very con-
scientious and a strong advocate of stage
realism.
1 sitting among the pillows on the sofa,
pad in hand. she would dictate to me her
answers to letters. Some were begging.
others admiring, some wanted to name a
mare after her. She would laugh and
say: "If I gave to all who asked l would
soon be poor myself. Throw them in the
basket"
But most of the letters were simply
written to get an autograph, and some
must have ground their teeth when they
got my illegible signature.
Sarah was most partial to truthfulness
in costumes, and many she used to de-
sign herself, such as the beautiful one of
"Gismonda," in which Mucha, the French
poster artist, represents her with a
bunch of flowers on both sides of her
head and palms in hand She changed
her hose every act and-a detail which
may interest women-she wore no corset
Her skin was white, Of a milky white
ness which is observed in red headed peo-
pie. without the freckles. Her hair was
of a beautiful Titan red, but it was dyed
to that color 1t was heavy and short,
and in her angry moods she would shake
it like a name.
In the Oriental play of 'Izeyl'' her
stocking had five toes and her jewelry
was real Hindu.
On February 25 1896, she played in AL
bany and the next day-the 26th-we were
all in Montreal. She had only twenty
two trunks of her own, which the Cana
dian officials very kindly passed through
without opening. 1t was cold and She
went to the Windsor.
The next day the entire company, she
leading, took sleighs and rode on the St
Lawrence to a little inn, where she be-
came as "one of the boys" We ate sand
wiches and visited the Indians at Caugh-
nawaga. She wore a heavy sealskin and
high heeled shoes A mischievous idea
striking her. she jumped into the snow
we following after with great discomfort
and loss of dignity to the elderly females.
Some of them wore low shoes and we
were in the snow up to the knees. We
were then photographed. after a battle
Of snowballs, while the natives gaped and
thought it queer to see so many ''beauti-
full ladies'" as they said, roll in the snow
and pelt each other The result was we
got tremendous colds, Sarah alone ex-
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cepted, showing her extraordinary STAN
ina and endurance.
Her affection for her son Maurice was
great, and I remember cabling money to
him from Montreal at her request. A
great deal of the money she made went
to support and help him in his theatrical
ventures, buying him a theater at the age
of 18.
She was very strict at rehearsals, and
would herself set the example. She would
work continuously, rising at about 10
o o'clock, from that hour to II having re-
ports brought to her and receiving a few
callers Then she had lunch, or what the
French call "dejeuner a la fourchette.
She would not drink while eating, saying
it was conducive to stoutness, and she
was afraid of that for her stage career
She would rehearse from / o'clock till s
if no matinee prevented. She would fine
any one not there, and it was a high treat
to see her recite her roles and help the
weak ones. Her memory was wonderful,
and she could learn her role in two or
three days in an emergency. One of her
favorte places of solitude and retirement
when she wanted to learn a role was her
studio. Nobody dared interrupt her.
Hardly eating from suppressed excite
ment, she would walk UP and down the
floor, talking aloud, gesticulating, speak
ing aloud. and I have actually seen her
cry in one of her roles-La Tosca. The
tension. she said, prostrated her and she
would come into her room with tears
streaming down.
She would use very crude language
sometimes, but it was always to the point
and in French, which, like Latin, the
French say, braves honesty. She had
leading man-Darmand-tall and hand
some. but / remember her telling him.
| s.narnoand all these females will spoil
you by their incense and fiattery." 1t
may be presumed they have, for he start
ed the Theater Libre in Paris in opposi-
ton to her La Renaissance
She is a woman of strong character and
does not easily forgive or forget, as
saw often. The parasites following her
the world over cordially detested each
other and she would say, II have great
time keeping my snake family quiet!
Among these constant companions OF her
whom her insight or kindness brought
out of obscurity were Suzanne Taylor, her
closest companion; Clairie Louise Abberna,
whom she made celebrated as an artist
by painting her, and several others more
ornamental than useful. She is the fairy
godmother of all who show talent,
whether young or old, and many young
man she has helped to rise to fame.
But, like the Parisians, she must
have new idea or new hobby tomorrow.
Continually on the go, on the breastworks,
in the battle for artistic supremacy. she
forgets her friends, being ungrateful to
some like Yaun Nibor, the sailor poet; and
hating others like Yvette Guilbert, the lit
tie songstress, as she calls her, and Re-
jane, her most hateful rival at POpera
Comique.
She lives very pleasantly in the little
hotel in the Boulevard Pereire Nord amid
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" HE 'Divine Sarah" is said to be
contemplating a trip through India,
to shoot tigers, elephants, snakes
and incidentally to captivate the
II hearts of the susceptible rajahs.
Her travels have been numerous.
She is always on the go, and you cannot
tell any more than you can tell where the
pea is in a shell game where she will bob
up next.
know whereof speak, for I have trav-
eled much with her. I had the honor
some would say the misfortune-to be for
some time her private secretary, cable
dispatcher and general man of affairs.
For the average theater-goer she may
be the Divine Sarah," but after having
known her well under her different lights
and shades, moods and passions, the best
term I find for her is 1.-The Feline Sarah"
An extraordinary woman in everything
her temper was most disconcerting while
I Travelled from city to city with her
I remember one evening in New York
when playing "Gismonda" at the Empire
after the third act everything seemed to
have gone wrong, and l could see the
storm brewing under her expressive face
The curtain came down amid the usual
ovations, then up it went, she smiling
with a grace and abandon to drive the
bald head crowd to untold foolishness.
The curtain came down again. and then
the storm broke. Her teeth clenched, her
eyes flaming, she went to her ROOM say
ing, Bring me the four Barons and a few
other idiots
l sat in my little corner very meek
young man. All that stacy grace was
gone from her but she was superb in her
anger-an anger real and divested of art
In came the four Barons, she berating
each in turn as to his manner of playing,
repeating his lines and showing him how
he should have said them.
"Allez ct tachez de faire mieux," she
said, go and do better" as a Parthian
shot.
Her voice in these moments of anger
lost its sweet tone No longer what her
admirers call LA voix d'or"-the golden
voice-it was metallic, steely vibrating
Her eyes, large and gray, had the fascina-
tion of a snake, the cruelty of a tiger
They were beautiful; you feared and ad-
mired their gaze, which seemed to pene-
trate you like a blade.
She came to this country in February.
1896, under Abbey, Shoeffel and Grau. for
a four months tour through New York.
Montreal, Boston, Philadelphia, New Or
leans, st. Louis and Chicago. She could
not talk English, and on this voyage I
had to interpret all the gushing mes
sages, whether verbal or written, and
stand guard over her sanctum.
The women brought flowers, which she
received with graceful languor There
would be photographs with the flowers
For the autograph cranks, for every one,
she had a kind word-when they were in.
Consequently there used to be amusing
scenes Of human vanity as the lucky ones
Ewelled and passed haughtily by those
less favored
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intimate life, which is systematic. ener-
getic and of ceaseless toll, except the
few months she takes by the sea in Brit
amy every year.
OF her Incompatible talent nothing can
be said for or against it. She often told
that it was a sad thing for her tn think
that she would age and have 10 retire.
II will stay on the stage until DROP"
she would say. "There is no rest for me-"
and with a touch of sadness she would
add, II am on the move all the time:
play all the time. and still am compara-
lively poor How 1 would like to rest and
end my days by the ocean in Brittany at
Belle Isle, far from those who smile at
me while hating me"
ALGERNON G. SHAW.
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from 5000 to .2ooo IN ntckels through the


rascality of the old board.
"Up there on Blank street" said a pa
per-carrier the other day, lis poor old
man with a wife, both unable. to work,
and their only support is a daughters
salary Of $50. They can't take the paper
any more and I can't press my Dill L
don't know what they are going to do.
There has been more suffering In the
department than the public dreams Of.
said Professor Lyser a few days ago.
MANY teachers have families or rela-
tfves dependent upon them and they at
times have hardly known which way to
turn
Some teachers have been in the de-
partment twenty-five years. said Prtn-
Cipal A l.. Mann, "and they have never
suffered anything worse than discount
Of their warrants. Now, I believe. all but
three teachers in the Denman School are
really distressed. Many teachers have
taken obligations in the way of mort
Cages on homes or installments which
now they cannot meet. 1t will take a long
time to make up the loss of two months
salary and many will be badly pfnched
for a good while to come. They have to
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important points that the one-twelfth aot
applies to the Board Of Education, and
that the teachers salaries are not stat
utorv and hence cannot be paid out Of
the funds of the next fiscal year, as had
been frequently done. Hence 1t was or
dered that whatever Of six-twelfths Of the
appropriation remained in the treasury on
December 81 should be divided pro rata
among the salary and all other claims.
AS another result Of the ruling that
the salaries were not statutory, IL was
found that $118, 900 paid the teachers in
August on account of June salaries was
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ravorite Corner of Sarah Barnhardt's Studio
From sketch by Algernon G. Shaw.

You go down two steps and are in
the studio. Oh III
The most striking thing is a large paint
Ing by Clairie. representing her as Frou-
frou.
Showcases are next to the wall. a
painting OF her son Maurice playing with
an aristocratic hound.
Ihere Is divan, arms on the wall, more
books and photographs on the tabIa
She is an artist of no mean abi1i+1 &c
her bust of Damala her former Greek
husband, testifies. Damala was a beauti-
fui type of manhood. but died of the NOR
phine habit
There Is little else can be said Of her
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manage 11iae' to get here in time?
Employee can't sleep O. nights, sir,
and am apt to be late IN the morning.
Employer-H m, sleeplessness. Why
don't you consult q doctor and find out
the cause?
Employee know the cause. sir; 1t is six
weeks old.
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unique form of advertisement.
The reason why 1 have hitherto been
able to sell my goods so much cheaper
than anybody else is that l am a bache-
the maintenance of a wife and children
It is now my duty to inform the public
that this advantage will shortly be with
drawn from them, as l am about to be
married They will, therefore, do well to
make their purchases at once at the old
nriceS. !"
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. HE "Divine Sarah is said to be
contemplating trip through India,
to shoot tigers. elephants, snakes
and incidentally to captivate the
- hearts of the susceptible rajahs.
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that s113 900 was figured up and taken out.
This was disheartening blow, but few
days ago, on suit being brought in the
name of Georgia c.. Morse. the January
salaries We're ordered paid. The new Board
of Education had reduced January sala-
ries 20 per cent, and so, after waiting
over three months, the teachers and JAM
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December claims, because these had not
been allowed. Few FAD any money put
by. Some were able Vto borrow here and
there Of friends AM were forced to do
SO. Others had no place to go for dol
Iar For weeks scores, ,>.yen hundreds,
of teachers and janitors daily walked long
distances to schools because they could
not ride. The street car lines have lost
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,0,,ecIo/ Committees
.Tre 0zyfng to
Mcl0 Ohom.

~HE teachers Of San Francisco are
having a winter Of struggle and
turmoil. of war and famine, be-
side which all their past troubles
.,,, b,,t Tho ordinary annOyanCed
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illegally paid, and that this sum must be
deducted from the salary claims of No
vember and December. The result would
be that the teachers would get a few
cents on the dollar, that practically all
of their November and December salaries
would be irretrievably lost. No prospect of
getting the salaries for those two months
is yet in sight, and the teachers are still
in the legal predicament of having looted
the city treasury last August of $113 600.
which they owe to the city and which
they must pay back, though really in
amount. and more. And their share of
81, yet tied up by the litigation, will not
be enough to meet this legal debt. What
they got last August they honestly earned
and had to wait for, and it was spent
months ago, but now they have to pay it
back and lose more besides, because there
is not enough money legally available to
pay the balance that would be due them
out of their November and December sal
aries. There is a grimness about that
phase of their troubles.
The merchants brought an injunction
suit, and the teachers brought another,
and there have been orders, demurrers.
writs and postponements galore. That is
the situation of theNOvember and Decem-
ber salary account now, with possibility
of some understanding with the outside
creditors being reached.
Then late in January, nearly three
months since a dollar had been paid the
teachers, the Auditor decided not to pay
January salaries until any balance due on
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ste<s, to the number Of about 1900. have
received 50 per cent of one months salary.
This has been a slight relief after the
three months of hardships, the extent OF
which has surpassed anything the gen
eral public has imagined.
The, teachers were unable to borrow
money Of brokers on their November and
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-10

The bill for the licensing of BARRIERS in the
state Of Indiana has been defeated by the
legislature.
The labor press of New York are dcnounc-
ing the appointment of John McMackin to
the Office of labor statistics by Gov. Roose-
welt.
Geo. W. Perkins, president Of the Interna-
tional Cigarmakers' union has commenced
an action against Geo. w. Dunkhorst, Of the
city Of Elmwood, n. y, who is member of
the New York cigarmakers'' union, to re-
cover damages for the Illegal use of the
blue label OF the cigarmakers. Union.
The labor bureau Of Massachusetts, figures
that the average cost of living for mechanics
for one year in that state is $754. This is
based on a family Of five persons The av-
erage annual cost in Great Britain is said
to be $5oS per annum for family of the
same size.
Harry D. White, of New York city, gen.
eral secretary of the Garment Workers Ma
tional uniOn Is q candidate for state factory
inspector of New York.
The International union Of bricklayers and
masons settled all differences between jour
neymen and employers during 1898 by arbi-
tration or Cancellation Not a strike was de-
clared during the year. In New York city the
bricklayers have not had strike in twelve
years.
The Central Labor Union of New York City,
one of the largest central bodies in the
United States, has been dissolved, and in its
place is the Central Federated union. which
will unite all of the labor unions of Greater
New York under one head.
Carpenters in North Adams, Mass; Racine,
Wis. and FIT. Smith, Ark, have adopted the
nine-hour day. At Vancouver, B. c.; Seattle
and Spokane, Wash, the eight-hour day has
been put in force.
John Kitchener, prominent member of the
cigarmakers' union of Cleveland, O., will be
a candidate for mayor of that city at the
coming election. Another cigarmaker will
make the run for city treasurer.
Within the memory of men now living for
a workman to bottom three pairs of shoes
was considered good days work. Machines
are now in use which bottom each 400 pairs
per day. In short, shoe machinery has been
SO perfected that but little more manual Ia
Dor is now required to supply shoes for the
66,O00,Ot0 people in the United States than
was required 100 years ago, when our popu-
lation was less than 5000, 900.
Under the new constitution of the Carpen-
ters' Brotherhood as amended and in
force, appeals of members, local unions and
district councils must be sent to the general
president also, all bylaws, trade rules and
amendments to the same to be sent to
the president for approval.
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The cigarmakers local union held their
regular meeting at Assembly halls. last night.
Three new members were initiated
The sick committee reported one member
or the sick list for the past week and that
he was improving. The usual weekly benefits
were allowed The financial committee of
the union reported that the receipts for the
month cf January had been $21S and the ex-
renses $69: also that nine members had been
cards. showing net gain for the month of
seven. The agitation committee reported that
d new plan which had been prepared for the
work of the committee would be presented at
the next meeting and that letter from
Theo. Hays in reference to certain bill boards
at Third and Wabasha streets had been re.
ceived The report of the committee was ap-
proved and ordered filed.
The joint unions of Detroit, Mich, asked
for the support CT their strike against the
John Mclean company. The trouble comes
from the reduction of 81 in wages on certain
cigars which were formerly made for IS per
thousand and the firm has now reduced the
price TO 81. Forty-two members are involved
in the strike and twenty-siX members are in
terested IN this particular brand of cigars.
The Cigarmakers International union is very
particular about strikes and none can be
ordered without two-thirds vote of all the
members OF tie cgarmakers of the United
States and Canada. The action Of the Detroit
urions was indorsed by the st. Paul local
at last nights meeting.
After the Adjournment Of the meeting the
elgarmakers attended the annual ball of the
carpenters union in body.
Allied Printing Trade.
The Allied Printing Trades council held a
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-10
BITTEN BY A Mad DOG
BY A DOG AFFLICTED WITH
RABIES
TO TRY PASTEUR TREATMENT
Health COmmissiOner Will Go to
Chicago and Have the Fasteur
Treatment Applied-DOg Showed
No Signs of Rabies Until After At
tacking DR.. StOne-Later Hydro
phObia Developed.

Health Commissioner A. J. Stone will
leave next Sunday for Chicago, where
he win have the Pasteur treatment ap-
piled to wounds received in an en-
counter with d mad dog last Wednes-
day evening.
Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Stone no.
ticed an apparently we'll bred Irish set
ter straying in the neighborhood of
the house where it settled down near
the fire. When DR.. Stone returned
home in the evening he noticed the dog
and stopped down to examine it's collar
AS he did SO the brute made sudden
spring and fastened it's teeth in the
back of the doctors right hand, badly
tearing and mangling the flesh
Dr. Stone paid no especial attention
to the animal, which showed no signs
of rabies, but as precautionary
measure sucked the wounds on his
hand. Then he took the animal out to
the barn. Yesterday morning the dog
exhibited all the signs of dumb rabies,
and. according to Dr. Stone, it will
probably die today from paralysis pro-
duced by the disease.
1T takes at least sixty days for hy-
drophobia to develop said DR.. Stone
last night. There is a certain cure If
the Pasteur treatment is applied be-
fore that time. I would go to Chicago
Immediately under the circumstances,
but cannot get my business arrange
ments in shape to leave before Sun
day. The course of treatment at the
Pasteur institute is very severe, and
requires from ten days to four weeks.
1.-The dog is of breed that is pc
culiarly liable to the rabies, and the
animal that bit me has the worst kind
the dumb rabies. He is already par
alyzed, and l think he will die from
the disease tomorrow"
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TALKED OF ELIZABETH.
Splendid Picture of England's
Queen Painted by C. w. Seymour.

Splendid Picture of EngIand's
Queen Painted by C. w. Seymour
The real Elizabeth. not the great and good
Bess. of whom poets have sung, but the
vain. vulgar, heartless treacherous simu-
lator who worked always for her own selfish
ends regardless Of her people, was pictured
in vivid colors by Charles W. Seymour at
the Central high school last night 1t was
the last lecture in Mr.. Seymour's course and
large sized audience gathered to her It,
Mr.. Seymour delighted his hearers with a
mastery presentation of the famous queen
OF England who took to herself the credit
which belonged to the men of her time of
making that age great.
MIR. Seymour traced Elizabeth's career from
its beginning and showed how the traits which
were noticeable early in her life characterized
her to the end. She shed no tears when her
sister Mary died. but changed the entire gov
ernment of England within an hour after re-
ceiving tidings of that event. Mr.. Seymour
BoodS Mar and EasSe C oneey Ma
Bess. sor Elizabeth killed more men than
Mary hated
Mr. Seymour related the efforts of Philip
to get foot hold on the government of
England first through marriage with Mary
and later by marriage with Elizabeth. Dis
appointed in the latter he sent the Spanish
armada against England and the people of
that country were obliged to build ships to
defend themselves from an invasion, for Eliz-
abeth was too niggardly to build fleet suf
ficent to meet the armada. Mr.. Seymours
description of the armada was graphic It's
destruction was called the luck of Elizabeth.
: Eaizabeths s personality was described In de-
tail by Mr.. Seymour. She patronized the
theater and Shakespeare because Shakespeare
fattered her; she encouraged literature be-
cause verses of her own were praised by
courtiers; whoever praised her won her friend
ship. She did rot patronize art because an
artist painted her once exactly as she looked
and she did not admire the portrait. Her
dress was mass OF pearls. sapphires, rubies
ard other gems, strung profusely on every
pert of her apparel. She wore red wig
back Of her head. Those whom she reproved
she cursed or slapped, and those whom she
liked lost her favor by small transgressoDs.
After the death Of Essex She lost friends and
heart and became a prey to disease and
melancholia and died of a sore throat Mr..
Seymour's auditors were somewhat surprised
at bis treatment Of his subject, but all agreed
that 1t was the best description of Elizabeth
that had been given in st. Paul.