New-York tribune., 1905-11-20
MME E. BERNHARDT HELD Up.
UnLdbeIIed Je1cfI Bag Causes
Actress Trouble at Pier.

Nearly two thousand people the greater
/ part Of them French saw the divine
/ Sarah Bernhardt rudeIy held up yesterday
/ afternoon at the Morton-st exit of the
French Line pier ShockeengI~ ''Miser-
/ r-able!" "Ignor-r-amus!" "Theek-head!" and a
! dozen like CALCULATIONS were hurled at the gate
man who had the audaetty TO hold up the idol
| of the French, and all because Nine Bernhardt
didn't have her jewel bag labelled. Madame
! tainted, and for the first time gave a sympa-
| thetic audience view of the great tragedenne
| in q natural swoon. Colonel jerome, who rep
| Tesents the Collector, Bernhdr1to escort. at
| least, Madame had permitted herself to take
| the coIoneIs arm, but she was dumfounded to
find that ordinary night watehmaG. could
hold up both the colonel and his precious charge.
"Miser-r-able. What matter be2'
| Nine Bernhardt calculated as she fell into a
| chair Then up from the crowd gathered out
| side and from the hosts inside went yell that
was threatening. The crowds hurled themselves
against the big gates OF the French Line pier,
| and q Jealous Patrolman scented danger He
sent in an alarm that brought the reserves from
the Charless st. station While they pound
| ing the streets order came out of chaos. and
Madame, triumphant, carried bodily to q
carriage and driven away.
The great actress came in on the French liner
La Touraine with ffty-odd trunks of personal
baggage, two hundred trunks Of miscellaneous
wear and a company 107 people. The liner
was late getting in but Madame's way was
strewn with roses. fine speeches, press agents
yarns. the clicking of cameras and what not.
After a lengthy talk with the newspapermen,
she stepped off the gangway and was there met
by the of1cious Colonel Jerome who, in honor Of
the occasion, wore a huge yellow chrysanthe-
| mum. Madame took the coionels arm. and
| while a young, enthusiastic Frenchman ran
ahead shouting Make way for ze grand
| LADY," Nine. Bernhardt began really trium-
phant entry into New-Y She was flushed
with happiness. At the gate old gentleman,
the night watc:lman, doffed his hat, and held up
the fiat of his right hand. Colonel Jerome red
dened to the back of his ears. Madame looked
at Jerome and Jerome looked into space. Then
the night watehman explained to the interpreter
that the Divine" Sarah had failed to have her
jewel bag labelled with that 'horridr7 red poster
that must be on every piece of baggage. Madame
held UP a beautiful bag and shook it, 1t was
supposedly full of diamonds Then she tainted
When il all over. and the crowd, awed by
big policemen, Madame smiled through d mist
of something. bowed again and again, then got
into her carriage and was driven away The
cheers of the crowds must have reached her ears
when she was we'll into Broadway
This is the great French actresses sixth visit
to America She told the reporters that she was
glad 10 be with us" again
''Eef did not love your America, why should
1 bother? love dearly ze American people
Fees it my last appearance? We'll, MAYBE
maybe"
Bernhardt comes to this country again under
the joint mana cement of the Shuberts and VIII
Connor to make a tour of the larger cities in
this country Mexico and Cuba. She begins to-
night in Chicago in The Sorceress." She is now
Old hut looks more
than fftv She has all the ardOr of her youth,
and is Just as enthusiastically devoted to the arr
that has made her great as she was twenty
years ago.
While she has mastered the creations OF the
great English dramatists. she still speaks broken
English with true French accent She was
attired in a sealskin skirt trimmed with mink
= coat of the same material of exaggerated
length a mink stole about her neck. and a
turban hat bedecked with pheasants wings and
plumes The French Line sent to her state
room bunch of American Beauties. and an
admirer sent orchids. She has just come from
a tour of Brazil and when she lands in Chi
cago tonight will have travelled 5000 miles
without a stop Of more than twenty-four hours.
She was reminded that Cuba was on the ftin-
erarv. and was asked if it were true that she
said .Cubans after all are but niggers in dress
suits"
1T ees not truel All false! I nevaire said
such thing of the Cubans." she replied L
expect TO be well received there.
Asked what she thought Of Sir Henry irving,
Nine Bernhardt paid this tribute 10 the great
English actors memory:
He was my friend, good friend indeed
And he was a gr-r-eat arteest; mind. l say
artaest; don't forget Eat word. Ze difference!
Monsieur Irveeng held re highest place on re
Eenglish stage. He was eets greatest arteest.
What more can l say?
She said she would appear but once in piece
recurring her wear trousers Il AiSlOn mas
been eliminated from the list of plays to be
presented and in its place "Sapho,' by Daudet,
substituted.
Il will play a one-act piece. 'Boheme.'" she
said .'in which I mems attire. That IS |
the only exception the classic plays on the !
programme It is new piece and fine. know I
you'll like it
Some one asked her what is her latest fad.
''Ze dogs-and. well, success; always sue !
cess!'
She had half a dozen dogs with her. but Of |
them all Japanese poodle named Frette re-
ceived the greatest care. Frette slept under her |
mink stole while she talking to the re-
porters.
Her life has been insured for 10000 francs.
The itinerary for this trip includes a stay of
one week in Chicago and night stands in
all of the larger cities OF the West, after which
she VIII return to New-York for an extended
season at the Lyric Theatre She left at
oclock last night over the Grand Central In
the private car Mayhower.