The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-07
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Extraordinary" she says in her in
imitable way, extraordinary She was
especially surprised at the remarkable
growth of Oklahoma City n a number
of other territory towns The people
down there treated the madame royalty
and showered her with wild west
gifts. It has been six years since the
madame was in the United states and
through the west and h quickly noted
the great strides of progress. When n
was here the last time she played Ham
let and L'Aiglon with Coquelin, the
great French actor.
Her New Orleans Hunt.
Madame Bernhard is an expert
marksman. She loves to hunt. When
she stopped at New Orleans about
three weeks ago she startled the ma
tives there with her proves with a
gun. After giving Adrlenne and LIE
converter on one Wednesday afternoon
for a matinee double performance and
Fedora at night she left the theater
about 1 o'clock. It was 2 o'clock be-
fore she had supper. Then her party
went to a woods several miles from
New Orleans and reached it at day
break. BY 8 o'clock in h afternoon,
she herself had shot 20 quail n wild
ducks and caught with her w hands
a baby alligator. She played at the
theater hat night again, and all this
without a wink of sleep She
up the alligator and shipped him to
gay Paree" where he will be kept in
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20 days for the alligator to make the
trip, but word was received at the ex-
piration of that time that he had ar
rived safe and sound Think of that
many hours of the hardest kind of
work, three performances and a long
hunt without a wink of sleep for a wo-
man 60 years of age.
A Great Sculptures.
Madame Bernhardt delighted the
workmen at a pottery at Cincinnati.
one afternoon she went to the works
and with her own hands modelled a
French vase. an exquisite piece of
workmanship. The wOrkmen dropped
their tools n crowded about the
great actress as she worked Few of
them knew. and not many people
know. that the great Bernhard. as
well as being a great actress. is a re-
markable artist and ~sculptress.
Trained Harvard students.
While playing in Boston she had a
number Of Harvard students as sup
ers' for one of her plays, all of them
belonging to a French class. They were
to give a play themselves later. The
madame hearing of this, personally ar
ranged for a rehearsal and trained
them for several hours for the play.
The fire chief of Boston was present
at the rehearsal, and after it was fin
ished asked her to come and see his
men driI.
Unbeknown to the fremen. Madam
D6IHudiul appeared at an appointed
hour one morning at l O'Clock at the
Central fire station at Boston. The
fire chief sounded the alarm and the
men came down the poles with light
ming rapidly In eleven seconds the
engines and tenders had crossed the
Threshold. The madame had never
seen anything of that n before and
she praised the fremen to the skies.
A Great Favorite.
These incidents are mentioned as be-
ing a very small per cent of the atten-
ton which the great French actress re-
ceives. Everywhere she goes, the peo-
pie simply go wild over her In New
York and in Boston and in Philadel-
phfa the lights had to be turned out
so hat the audience would go. The
last night at New York was an anect-
ing scene. Twenty times the madame
responded to curtain calls, and tired
out and greatly moved by the ovation,
she came out the last time crying and
sobbing as she kissed the audience a
farewell.
E. J. Sullivan, her manager, said re-
garding her Ovations: The tour is
the greatest that the Madame ever
had, both socially and financially. She
has simply been deluged with flowers
every night, and this was especially
true through the Territory and nth
west. The people of this country have
certainly endeared themselves to the
madame. She speaks so much of the
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The people of this country have made
a deep impression upon her. Just to
show how people regard her, might
be mentioned the act Of a girl in
Waco. Texas. h offered US $50 to
ride on the train to Austin, just so
that she might say she rode with
Bernhardt.'
Car Is a Palace.
Madame B%ernhardt's private car is
a palace. It has an elegant observation
room which is used as a sitting room.
Then it has five private rooms con-
tanning a bath. and bedrooms. With
the madame travels her companion,
Madame Seylor. Her leading man
also has an apartment in her private
car. He is Monster DeMax. Her pri-
vate physician. DR.. C-assarvarrato. also
has an apartment in her private car.
There are maids and three men serv-
ants waiting upon the madam con-
stantly. The railroad over which she
is travelling has guards at her train
wherever she stops The madame has
three pets. They are dogs@Chief, a
fox terrier given her by the fire chief
of New Orleans; Fretillion, a French
poodle presented to her in New York.
and Retepetigraph, a Curly pup" given
to her in Philadelphia. She prizes the
three highly and will tax them back
to Paris with her.
Forty-hve in Her Company.
There are As actresses and actors in
Bernhardt's troupe. About eleven are
women. The gowns are something Won
derful to see. They are all of Partisan
make and are marvellous creations
Madam Bernhard will appear in a
change of costume. after each act.
Use the Pipe Organ.
When Mr.. Sullivan, Bernhardt's man
ager, came to the Auditorium this
morning. w. F.. Roehr was playing on
the III organ. He was so pleased
with the instrument that he at once
engaged Mr.. Roehr to play tonight. A
piano. two violins and v~iolincello will
also be used. Just one strain of music
is in the play. Special French numbers
will be given between the acts and as
nuerf1raS NJ Roahr las the music