New-York tribune., 1906-12-23
Foreign Resorts.
BERNHARDT'S TASTES.
She Is Said to Subsist Largely on
Ra1U Foods.

Sarah Bernhardt who is said to sUbsist 70 a large
extent on raw foods reveals her barbaric taste in
more ways than this. and leads Us to wonder II
this very barbarism Is the secret Of her wonderful
success. It was Thomas Carlyle who said that all
genius is akin 20 savagery. 5avagery OF course Is
the fountain source OF civilization.
Does the success OF Sarah Bernhardt and others
OF similar tastes reveal the fact that person may
dip from this fountain the clear waters that
aid in the advancement and perpetuation OF genius!
It is known that all fine racehorses must come
from Arabian Barbary. or Turkish stock, yet the
original racehorse could never win race with one
OF It's trained descendants It takes several genera
tons for the blood Of the Arabian horse to produce
a speedy animal However. the stock viii play OUT
In time II the blood is not revived by admlxture
with the original Arabian stock 50 II is VIII
human beings. Too long civilization ever causes de-
generation unless the blood Of the people Is occa-
sionally intermngled with savage blood Inus hats
Rome Greece Persia and all the nations OF ahclsh'
history declined.
II may be that the things that are true Of breeds
Of lower animals and races Of people are true OF .s
habits OF the Individual IT may 9e tlst LG
and customs OF the person ought TO oe reIEesIs~
by occasionally returning to the habits and prac-
tices OF the savage Maybe this all accounts LO-
the fondness of great men for hunting. ana OF many
for wild adventures in unknown cliness; Anyr0SS S
it is worth considering. for solution OF the prOD
lem might reveal a great truth that would result
in the perpetuattou Of a race or natlOn' OF 'lS
development OF individual genius
TO this belief or she has innate tondnsss 10.
things barbaric Her entire home in Paris Is proOA
OF this Her kitchen and dining room ars Ike 10
others TO be found in civilization The kitchen y
ancient and there the foods, when cooked az AL
are prepared in the rudest manner p"SsIOie-
She eats grain pones made from grain ground oS
hand "a it was done centuries ago. II she can
hr1 forri, made from an ancient hand power rnll
anywhere IN the world che Will pay many times
the price paid for the choicest OF the present oy
-four She wants her meats cooked very rare anu
In the most primitive manner. Her dining room
decorations remind one OF the messroom or a
huntsu1au or OF an outlaw bandit Peacock plumes
and rich colors. such as The savage loves adoln
her sleeping room Adore her Louis XVI bed Is
hung a gorgeous canopy made Of unspun silk taken
direct from the sTkwOrTn cocoon In the centre IS
a great circular piece OF brightest crimson satiu.
MANY rows OF monkey skulls marx the lntersICeS
OF the ancient tapestries with which the Wa!ls are
hung The eve sockets OF the skulls are Iluril-
mated with electric lights. which give to them
most weird and savage appearance once her IA
vorite pct was tiger. which she had reared rom
a wild kitten captured in the tunSles- sle mas
substituted for this object OF aneCtlon a hldeous
baboo0 which is her constant companion at home
low with great rings OF solid gold The beast oTten
occunias a seat beside the divine Sarah when she
eats -
From out this den OF savagery steps the agile
wfttv brilliant Sarah. and she starts 20 her per
formance at the theatre. She springs into her CAB
and soon all civilized Paris with visitors from Iar
and near is being swayed by her never falling
genius Her face is unfurTOwed with wrinkles
Her manner Is vIvacious, her step spry and her
voice as siIvery as when she first electrified the
world with her genius.-What 70 Eat