Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-12
HON THE WORLD SHOWERS a WEALTH GIFTS AND HONORS

it goes crack, and suddenly the world
famed operate star goes out. not paleS
down. Who remembers CapOul? Re-
Gently lie was glad get the position Of
stage manager AT the Paris Grand Opera.
!: :.
Yet the golden voice Of Sarah Eern-
hardt draws today as eve!-she. iong-ex-
perienced grandmother. Here is where
the actors have their splendid advantage.
Life, for them. goes on AL Christmas
quite indefinitely. Sarah E:rnhardt IS as
lucky. happy. feted and fete-sivins at this
hour as when she first discovered Amer
lea with Grau, the impresario.
That first American trip of Sarah'S last
ed four months and put S120.0OO into her
pockets. Grau gave her $1,000 per even
ing and paid all her expenses. 10 special
railroad car: but ii panied the great ar
tiste to see q simple impresario making
money; and thenceforth she organized heT
own foreign tours. Once she took Coque-
lin with her to play IL AiSlon' at $500
per representation. Al the Cate and
when he played ''Cyrano' i'll Paris, his
pay was only $500 per night.
They say that her own pathetic voice SO
affects Sarah that the tears come nat
urally, when wanted. In Camille she
sheds twenty-which is $50 per tear
Coquelin counts speeches that bring
down the house: he calls them words.
In "Cyrano' there are twenty such-A1O
per word
And the tragedian Mounet-Suily. VINO
had 5000 per night in America. 500 III
London and Vienna. and draws $4oo IN
Paris, where he Is high stakeholder in
the Theatre Francois. counts by roars.
In "Oedipe Roi'' he roars twenty times
$50 per roar.
After Sarah, the two luckiest actresses
in Paris are Jeanne Granier and Rejane.
Both grandnlothcrs tborn respectively in
1852 and 1851. both continue playing l.e
granGe amourerse. love, passion. stars,
flowers, little birds, 10 the delight OF
every one who sees them In her -Ameri-
can tour organized by the Nicomte de
Braga, Rejane had 500 per highland,
accidentally the honor of initiating va s.
reforms and a financial crisis. For Il was
the story of her dancing on table after
a dinner given by the vice president OF an
insurance company that brought about
the Insurance Investigations; but her
grandchildren in Paris never knew It.
To arrive at her present happy position
as proprietor of her own Paris theater-
Rejane first married her manager, then
divorced him. During the struggle with
Porel for possession of her liberty ana
the Vaudeville she played Il riva, en-
gagement at the Varieties that actually
ate up all the receipts. but that's was a
detail; her chief solace was to tell the
public nightly. In lines altered Tor t1e
purpose. the woes of lovely star whose
husband-manager desired part profits.
Jeanne Grarier on the other hand. de-
clares that business details would spoil all
her pleasure. If any one wants to take her
on tour her price is 500 per representa-
ton. In Paris she takes SlG0 per night
with a minimum guarantee of 100 repre-
sentations Above all. however. she is
perfect example of a queen OF opera
bouffe wise in her generation. Who re
members that Jeanne Granier created
''Grofie Girofia' in 1874? Horton Sc
Schneider was still! singing; could
she have dreamed that her young rival.
after scarcely repeating her successes in
the Petit Due and MAN ze lie Cav
roche could have the strength OF mind
to switch off TO high comedy before the
fieeting voice forsook her? Jeanne
Granier's triumphs in high comedy pro-
claim her one of the luckiest artistes OF
the age.
I once heard Paderewskis manager