The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-02
NINE. BERNHARDT
TAXES LIFE EASY
JACKSONVILLE MANAGER TALKS
or TOUR OF THE WORLDS
GREATEST ACTRESS.

The Jacksonville Metropolis pub
fishes the following:
The present tour of Nine Sarah
Bernhard is the great theatrical
achievement of modern times" said
Local Manager Buckley this morning
to Metropolis reporter. Think OF
covering thousands of miles of coun-
try, living all this time in a private
car, with a special train, ana playing
most of the time One-night stands, but
instead Of the jump between each
place being only about fifty to one
hundred miles, as is usual for most
road companies, the distance being
on the magnificent order. Play n ,
one night in Minneapolis, for instance,
next night in Des Moines, next in
Memphis, then Nashville, Asheville,
Savannah, thence to Tampa, and then
TO Jacksonville, Atlanta, Cnattanoo,
ga and New Orleans, and this is but
a small portion of the territory cover
ed on. this trip. 1t is phenomenal,
and the funny part of it all is that
the greatest of living actresses seems
to actually enjoy the experiences.
Easy TO Manage.
mime Bernhard, contrary TO many
opinions, is not hard to manage. she
may possess a deuce of a temper, and
be as erratic as possible, according to
newspaper accounts of the past, but
at present she seems determined TO
make this remarkable jaunt over the
country a genuine pleasure trip. She
is always pleasant, and receives the
hundreds of newspaper reporters in a
very affable manner, and puts up with
the scores of discomforts and annoy
anceS of one-night stands with an
easy good nature fairly bewilderlng to
her managers. / think that this is
largely due to the triumphant success
and receptions she meets with on this
trip; also to her desire to leave, once
for all, most pleasant remembrance
in the minds Of the American people
l am certain that the wonderful
French actress will never again come
TO this country, and it Unquestionably
fills her heart with grief, for she made
number of most extraordinary i'm
pressions and hits in the United States
and has a genuine liking for its c.ti-
ZenS.
Sensational Stories.
There is a good deal of press stuff |
that is sensatiOnally incorrect, writ
ten and published about this actress. !
Bone of it emanates from regular
press bureaus in New York and Paris. /
but a large part Of it comes from not /
overly ScTupulOus newspaper men
where she is Dl9VinC
They seem anxious. quite natural
~ to want to get a sensation out Of
the visit of a sensational actress. The
latter cannot be very truthfully ac-
credited to her now, for Nine. Bern
hardt is taking life rather more seri-
ously now. She has resolved TO make
her finish as an actress brilliant be-
yOnd the ordinary She is therefore
paying particular attention 10 her
stage work, and is putting into her
acting the fire of youth, coupled with
the experience of the years past The
result leaves her somewhat exhaust
ed and fatigued after each perform
ance on this trip. 1t leaves but little
time for freakish actions, if she in,
1ulged much in such. and she is there
fore now more in the public eye as
a great actress, rather, than as a re-
markable instance of her powers toi
indulge in all sorts Of pranks ana