The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-31
NINE. BERNHARDT'S TOUR
ADVENTURES DhsCRtBtD TO an 4D-
MIRING pIRIs REPORTER.
Triuinphs In Spuin-Dcnth From the Plague
of Dr. Prstnna us Queen Amelie Dee
scribed II Preparing for Rostands
N.,r pInr-.I,.hn ~, n IInnlth Oncnr.


| fcrcntly in Paris. that is to say when they
do IL at ALL which Ia not often. Here is tho ro-
portcTs cnusion II is rather a warm baby in
the interview line but il is warmer still in French
! Somehow the adjcctiycs get chilled in. uansla-
| ton. lie begins:
Day before yesterday. at tho railway station,
| at the moment when salutci her in the name
| Of my paper. Madame Sarah Bernhard said
| 10 me;
Come and sec me tomorrow will tell you
| about my tour
you may be sure that took care TO keep such
| a rendezvous At the appointed hour. about
half prst two knocked at the door Of the sump-
| tubus hotel in the Boulevard Pcrcirc In the
| library. on the shelves among hundreds oil
| volumes triumph the pale white bindings Of
| ten volumes of Mussct; beside an old edition
| Of Racine il a collection Of cngraviugs by AL
| brccht Durcr. ! admire the family portraits
! the elegant bibclots heap Of letters and tcle-
| grams III is the day = maD and the photographs
| with enthusiastic Inscriptions
Suddenly. near by. laughing. the cries Of
| n child, ordinations Of tenderness:
'\dcu. little mamma. Come back soonr
| and amid irnu rou 81 skirts. through the
| open door it Is Sarah Bcrnhardt who advances
with out stretched hand md gesture OF cordially.
i could not rcprcsS a cry Of admiration In
her morning jacket of white silk. under her golden
| hair all In u tumult. rosy and smiling. hdorably
| young and beautiful, the great tragedicpns
| appeared as fresh. as buoyant, az imprisoned
J Of art and glory as II she was returning from
! a lazy holiday in the country. And always
| the voice Of nm cnchantrcss with ita notes mco-
dious and cArcssing; and always the grace
Of the sorceress dreamed Of by our youths
| "'Wh"t. Madame! after four months Of tour
ing and travelling across Europe!
| why yes. she said with a laugh Of crystal
| my tours. they are my vacations rest during
| that time
| II made n gesture Of establishment and she
| said:
| But think OF it! AT Paris my life is fever.
| whirwind Of business. study. visits. reccps
| tons Not minute 10 myself. Wht-hers
is my second instnrent Of mail
| In fnct, the door opened and Shrahs secro-
| tHfy. NJ. Pitou young man Of intelligent app
pearancc showed two or three hundred letters
| I'm read them after u while said the actress
You want me to tell you about my tour, dont
| you? All right. LIS chief characteristic was
that We went into the out-oi the way corners
| the ends OF the country. where nobody had evct
been, where not syllable of French had ever been
| heard
| And there you gained applause for our lam
guage'
Of France We visited Holland, Italy. Austria,
spain and md eyeIywheres, people were very good
| have accustomed me 10 the most exquisite cour-
tcsics. But in these places which a troupe had
never visited lust think e ii! A. Nalladolid.
fnnSs tss ioo Al Bilbao. 5000 N francs Ia Cat at
thing You know that Bilbao aud barcelona
! ore the richest towns IN Spain those which sup
| port the nation From Lisbon have brought
back ineifaceable rccollections the death from
the plague Of Dr. Pestnna and the memorable
When, | am sure you achieved new tri-
umph?,
words elmos, embarrassed in graceful confusion:
students. harncssed themselves 10 my carriage.
! At first didn't want them 10 do IL: protested.
lisbon is city Where f The streets IT. climb limb
all the they drew, me all the way TO tho
expected, There they would not go away until I
had appsHrea IN NE balcony 4 was very EN-.
smiles and threw flowers 70 oil my iriends'',
| IA formerly, 10 the dnzzled sailors. you threw
ihe pearls from your cloak, in the "Prncesss
-, Yes yes, She replied, charmed. The adors-
BILE friends that have down there"
| Nine. Sarah liernhhrdl iorgets to tell you.e
added NJ rttou vino was listening attentively,
that tablet has been placed n the theatre al
| Lisbon to commemorate her visit
But a sadness darkened the face Of the great
! actress
"a am thinking she said TO me- of the death Of
| DIT Pcstana, You know he died Of the plague
Queen ;Amelie was present I'll his les, breath
| Il Mas she who told me II his last moments The
unfortunate man was wonderful. From hour 10
! hour lac pointed out the phases and the symptoms
o. tie disease which Was CARRYING him on I
, ticc such aud such symptoms This is what I
i'el The horrible suffering which he exrer-
encrd did not IN the least disturb his composurc.
Still ten minutes, lie said. II seems that tins
symptom has not heen properly described, No
physician who, attended him Five minutes bs-
lore the end he felt that death was coming, With
out moving muscle Of his face @ he turned 10 ,hs
-, - Ad,cu mHHdame;" he said 4 am very grato-
Adeu, all Of YOU The tctanic spasms are about
TO seize me. Adicu. You have observed every
scribe exactly the commissions which you about
Five minutes later this hero was dead He
was 10 years old. Portugal will mourn him for .
AT the frontier were you very much impor,
tuned by the cNEeEccs al the health authortiesS
Sarah licrnhardt burst out laughing.
"oh, Just imagine, just az we were going to
pointed their blundcrbIs at iis bowling: y ou
"'Somc OF my company thought that we had
fallen into the HANDS al lrgands when tho
soldiers found OFT " no We were Hey were ,Larm-
Ing Actors ARE always children, 50 when the
health officer qucs,iUncd rs and wanted to our
tongues it Is the custom. II seems-wc all put
out our tongues At him. lie cried out "EnouRhi
enough but We. 10 amusc ourselves kept on
putting out our tongues until lac was thoroughly
| inugnGnL
| ana nv ltlnh, nhuhnlcr
81 spent Two exquisite weeks there, giving
| Hamlet and preparing "l.'Aiglon,"
| l"L'AgoG, by the way is the new play by
RoStand. author Of "Cyranodc Brrgcrac." Bern
hhrdt expects To- present II in January or Feb
ruary. "L'Nglpl, refers Ia the son Of Napoleon
l.. aud means tho caglct NapOeon's eagles
are naturally the inspiration for the ute, Bern
hsIdt will take the ate r"c and, ms the Due do
| RcichstadtS life was spnt almost entirely in
Austria and as the action 81 the play nll takes
place IN thC royal castle AT SChtnbTunn RuSta nd
and Bcrnhardt were naturally glad 10 take adj
vantage Of the stay in Vienna Ia study up for
the new play,
IAN the action 81 "l'Aiglon" passes nj SCh0n-
brunn 81 tuStand took over two hundred photo
graphs 81 all the interesting nuOks and corners
81 the place, You shall see, At Budapest an
/ ohliging official had made for mo n copy 81 tho
| curved sword Of Ihc Due de ltcchstadt You
know, too. that all my costumes for the part have
been made down there Rpstand has photo
tugra phic memory: what h" sees he never fOrgets.
The public may therefore expect exact rcprOduc-
TONS
"AlmirAblr, that's evident | read in papcr