The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-23
sARAH,s LONG SUITS.
Western Critic who Prefers Love to
Death with Her.

Nine. Sarah Bernhard came from
Paris. France, to the centre of the
corn belt and played before the larg-
est audience that ever gathered to
witness dramatic performance, writes
Edward H. Smith. the Dramatic critic
of the Chula (Mo.) News. 1t was done
in Kansas City, (Mo.) at Convention
hall. A $4,000 audience! New York
couldn't do 1t. nor Paris nor Chi
cago nor London. Our own Kansas
City did 1t In canter. easily, without
whoop or yell-just naturally, with
out turning a hair. But our theme
is not Kansas City. Kansas City will
be with us always, while Mme Bern
hardt is passing. When two or three
are gathered together talking about
Sarah Bernhard they speak of her
age, OF her slimness, of her propen-
sity to kick over the tugs. This is not
right. If you had been in Convention
hall the other night Sarah's age would
have been the least of your troubles.
You wouldn't have lost any sleep be-
cause she didn't kick out as far in
places as some women do. And the
ocean rolls between K. c. and gay
Paree, which is about the only thing
you would regret as to her conduct
Everything is done the same in France
as in Kansas City except talking.
They make love the same. and Sarah
IS past master of the art. Although we
are from the country, bourgeois, yet
we could understand it all, every bit
of it, except the language. Yes, sir.
The play was Camille" by the young
err Dumas. Nobody ever liked the book
much, nor the play, but we were talk
ing about Bernhard. who is Camille
in the play.
Camille is beautiful Paris courte-
san with the consumption. She dies
shortly. but in The meantime is very
warm member, Us it were. Duval loves
her and she loves him. but some other
fellows are paying her expenses. Du-
val is financially short. They do very
wrong, but Dumas, who wrote the
story, attributes that to their great
love and the fact that Camille had
consumption.
Finally old man Duval comes in from
the country and gets Camille to tell
young Duval that she loves one of the
other fellows. Thinks that will break
it up and save his boys fortune. She
tells him. Mon Dieu! What mag
niflcent, dimpled little liar she is! He
goes away after standing her on her
head, and she gets worse soon, sends
for him and dies in his arms.
Making love and dying are Sarah's
two long suits. She may be better at
dying than she Is at making love, but
If she ever wants to give me a pri-
vate demonstration of her art I shall
not ask her to die. If you fellows
think it's fun to see her die you ought
to have been at Convention Hall. You'd
a give $40 to miss it. The other shore
was in plain sight from the arena bal
cony. Some day she will do that and
it will be-sure 'nough. But then they
pay her we'll for getting SO close Ito
the edge. l wouldn't do it for $500
q time. You amt talking to me!
When Sarah hugs, oh, mercy me-!
She throws her arms out far apart,
A joy bird fiutters in your heart,
For once in life you're sure on deck,
She reaches twice around your neck.
When Sarah hugs.
When Sarah bows, oh, mercy me!
She loads her fingers to the tips
With kisses from her warm, red lips,
And casts them forth to fill the air,
And every fellow gets his share.
When Sarah bows
When Sarah dies, oh, marcy me!
You forget the things that she has done,
Her capers then are all your own,
It seems like she's been pretty good,
And you've not lived just like you
should,
When Sarah dies.