The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-09
FIFTY TRUNKS GARRY t.
WARDROBE OF SARAH BERNHARDT
DESCRIBED BEFORE SHE
LEFT PARIS
DID NOT BRING MANY GOWNS
Twenty-six for the Theater, Not to
Say Anything About Twenty
or Thirty for Street
Wear.

Thousands of Americans saw ,T,'Aic-
lon" and 'Cyrano'' in Paris last sum
mer, but Maurice Grau, who is taking
Bernhardt and Coquelin to America, evil
IDENTIFY thinks that thousands more Will
be ready to pay a good price for the
same privilege at home, writes Paris
correspondent of Chicago paper. Bern
hardt considers Grau a Napoleon among
impresarios consequently fitting Ter
son to engineer the fortunes of the king
of Rome
Just think of it!' she exclaimed the
other day to a newspaper man who was
getting a luncheon and an interview from.
Sarah in the thrifty fashion of some
Paris journalists. Think Of it, Before
the curtain goes up on the performance
Grau has over $1,000 expenses to pay
lie counts on a colossal success. He'll
need it. In order to make a reasonable
profit he must take in $4,000 a day. But
he isn't uneasy lie never is, any
way!''
Neither is Sarah Though she, too. ex-
poets to have expenses of her own, as
she does not hesitate to tel the re-
porter.
"Then Grau doesn't pay your travel
ing expenses he demanded Having
just mad a luncheon (Bernhardt brand)
he is on her side against the world.
"Oh, yes" says Sarah, ''but il is en-
tirely too little. Only $500 q week and
when I'm travelling I spend. 500 a day
But for what?
why do you ask for wh2t?' Living is
very expensive in America. NJ apart
ment costs me $50 a day, my meals $50
and then there is 81 a day for each of
the persons who accompany me. I shall
take five servants and my secretary and
masseur-whom I carry away to the
despair of several Of my friends; of Re
jane, to commence with, who viii par
don me, 1 hope"
Isn't that delicate thrust? If course
Bernhardt and Rejane, being Keen ri
walls, are mortal enemies. AID Of courso
Bernhardt is pleased to think that may
be Rejane's wrinkles will not be Rept in
such complete submission as her own
during the next six months.
SHE HAS FIFTY TRUNKS.
But the disputed masseur and the train
of servants will take up less space Oh the
trains than the rest of Sasahs outfit,
She takes about fifty trunks with her,
and the reporter tells what the house
was like while these trunks were being
packed.
what picture!' he explains From
the hallway, full to 8 oyertowlng OF
trunks. to the roof, the landings and the
ante-chambers- were filed with baskets
and boxes. bags and trunks. Maid serv-
ants and men servants ran continually
UP and down stairs, amid calls on the
telephone, ringing at the outside door,
and at every second the announcement of
some visit There were tradesnen, archi-
tects, friends; this one with jeWeiry,
that one with china, another to finish q
red chalk drawing of Bernhardt, and
finally people from the dressmakers, the
modistes the shoemaAers.
A hundred and fifty of these visitors
had come and gone since morning.
Sarah saw everybody, replied to them
all, and here she was, still smiling and
fresh in her lace morning gown, without
a shadow of fatigue, giving orders here
and there, hurrying, encouraging, rec
ommending, examining Everything as if
she were a general holding a review.
She could not stay IN one place, so 1
went with her in this promenade very
much amused by all that I saw and by
our broken conversation
Yes she said, it is my fifth voyage
to America Since 1882 I have gone pref
ty regularly about every five years
feel almost sure that this will be my
farewell tour, because, after all, every
thing has a limit and one must know
where to stop
''Sho is enchanted to co. remarks the
reporter parenthetically at this point,
and adds, land she looks it!''
ut is charming country continues
Sarah; "fuil of agreeable and hospitable
people. At each new visit that have