The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-11
At Bijou An week.


 At Bijou All Week.
 The Harris Parkinson Stock Compa- n.y. which closed a weeks engagement at he Bijou Theatre last night playing ''Slsves of the Orient" will stay anoth- CT week at the Bijou and will open the week tomorrow night with a presenta- ton of "A True Kentuckian."
 Slaves of the Orient was seen yes- ter lay at matinee and again last night by enthusiastic audiences and the spec ialities were as pleasing as ever. Tne play is said to have been written by MT. Harris and it's stirring climaxes aroused the audience to high pitch of enthusiasm.
 "A True Ken,uckian" will be played tomorrow night. and Tuesday matinee and night. Wednesday and Thursday nights and Thursday matinee, the company will play Sandy Bottom" ]" Friday and Saturday nights and Satur- day matinee the bill will be Northern Lights" the great play in which the last stand of Custer is depicted.
 MT Harris and his leading woman, Miss La Tour. have won many friends in Montg gomery. This young actor. with a powerful. resonant voice, which he knows how to use effectively and a splendid figure, is well fitted for the versatile roles which he essays Miss La Tour is a winsome young woman who reads her lines well and plays her parts with fine understanding. The specialties between the acts is not the least pleasing features of the entertainment of the eHarris-Parkinson company. There seems to be an effort | to give the people their moneys worth for few stock companies present such variety of speciality acts as that of the | Phelps trio. the comedy work of MT. Breckenridge the act of LeComte and l Leffler. the illustrated songs and the | moving pictures projected from the 1 Bioscope.
 Facts About Bernhard. Mme Bernhard who is now playing in | the South is her own stage manager. and very severe one in that she matn- | tains the most rigid discipline. There | Is at all times a quiet on the stage. | that one can hear a pin drop when the 1 play is in progress. As soon as the | curtain is lowered. the entire compa- | ny lines up in a row, stage hands and | all, and not a piece of scenery is shift ed lntil madame has passed safely into | her dressing room. As she moves along | this line, all bow politely and stand in 1 position like soldiers awaiting a com mand. until the dressing-room door has clJsed upon her. I JnG &TedI FE6uCu IlSk CdAEAGS WiLAA | her a retinue of five attendants, two maids, who take the best care of her; a manager. whose only duty it is to go i to the bank every day and buy French | exchange to be sent to Paris; secre- | tary, who attends to the stars mail, | and a doctor, who travels with ner | from one end of the country to the | otaer. As a matter of fact, Bernhardt i has never been sick a day since this [ fn fa his dIItiAQ with her as her especial physician and | bodyguard. He is what the Germans | call "Leibarzt," luxury in which only Kings and royal personases in- duIge.
 Here are some interesting facts about Bernhardt:
 Her real name is Rosine Bernard. She was born in Paris October 23, 1874, of Dusch-Jewish percentage. She was nearly burned to death in | the fireplace of her nurses cottage in Brittany when a child. She went to MFae Fressard's school \ at Auteuil She mad been converted to the Catholic faith. | She became distinguished in bib- | the entertainment of the Archbishop of Paris In 1S574
 She visited the Theatre Franchise in | 1859, entered the Conservatoire in 1860, and won prize for tragedy in 1861. Edouard Thierry summoned her to the Comedie Franchise in 1882, and she | made her debut In "Iphigenie." l Doucet discovered her genius in 1866, and recommended her to M. Duquesnel. | of the Odeon.
 She achieved her first notable success in Paris in 1869 in Coppee's "Le Peas l salt"
 She gave her first performance in London June 4. 1879, and achieved an imm ediate hit in 'Phedre."
 Made her American debut at Booth s Theatre. New York, November 8, 1880, in "Adriepne Lecouvreur."
 She toured Denmark and Russia in 1 Camille" in 1881.
 Produced La Tosea" in 1887.
 Toured North and South America in 1S91-'93.
 Produced "L'Aiglon" in 1900. ..