The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-31
SARAH, THEDIv|NE,'
AS YOUNG A..'S!|'.EvE||:'R||;|'.
Efi5
Shows Little Change Despite Her
Admitted Sixty-t1i1c
Years. y I.
e. q.
AL LIFE AND 1 E mel GY
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God Helps Me, and i Work
Hard Her Recipe for
Eternal Youth.
ALL LIFE AND e N Err G6Y
ny CHARLEs HENRY MELrzER,

stand still, 81 1
Or. SO It seems to me as saw Sarah
Bernhardt on the Provence receiving
the homage Of her admirers, en,brac-
orally.
It was but yesterday, I told myself,
that Madame Sarah, then in the flush
OF her maturity left Havre for the
rst , tlms th Msw as Yorn liner Amer'
With few intimates i had acc om-
panied her from Paris, watching the
ovation she received on her departure e
crowds who awaited her at the way
stations. recalling later on, in what
was then to me the new sensation OF
aos. iii dans a wr hs aa
epigrams which she let fall as she
spoke gaily OF. her plans and dreams
Seems Little Changed.
And to-day i saw her again. She
seemed little changed. Her figure may |
have been q triae heavier: her profile
Just a thought less flne. But all the
heart. The life and fire and energy
Which always signalls q, her were Sss
her--than at the end of the beginning |
of her last tour in America. Truly, as
one of her best friends assured me
quintessence OF her time" She was
seated in pink state room, thronged
with visitors. TO one she gave her
hana ne anatasf M Mi eeee
she embodied In her arms. At all OF
us she smiled and smiled and smiled.
I Her dress
| shirtwaiat. "a tight fitting toaue Of =
ostrich est sG piumes. li1 long. rich itch mole.
with Lallaue jewels at the end, 81 ~
completed her costume. IN EnENs n.s
which she has learned to speak with
told US that She had had s dellghttlol
Journey over seas, on a delightful ship
$50 different from the ancient shtp o.
yesterday TIL Nantnckst had b nssn
selves and she had not been ineonr
I5venienced. w AZ.
seasick: Absurd. She had been
On her irst Saturday out she had
celebrated her---was 1t orty-sixth or
sixty.ninth birthday?-her friends on
board, among them Nine Grau and
members of her company on the Prov.
4 ence. had eted her in her state froom
and presented her with flowers.
tenth eentSTy Mn at fY ast
ceeded in clearing the road for. Mr'e.
Il Sarah and plotting her In the direction
Of the gangway. There stood the cap
! finger tips of the great actress. WI ale
br r their hands to the j salute and
!, shouted: 81 8 .:s
! .vive Nine. Sarah! Hip, hip. hip.
4 hurrah!. N
The worst had yet to come.
On the landing dock part party Of =. sui,
pennons OF the Joan Of Arc League.
4 steersd skllfully. however, by Wil-
and the ns ge she tas
ceeded in cvading all but the most
3 pitiless of her pursuers. sgs
i But at the gates she was confronted
IA battery gasped Madame Sarah.
q as three kodakers suddenly lined Sup
!. before her. Then she passed on, only
}, 70 be stopped again by the agentssof
"C'est drolle." said she, as the blue-.
], coated myrmidons began diving into
4 her pet, private ba gs.
4 She sank into a chair Which soma
one brought her as she began to AK
s|swer the official questiontngs. She
Z had Jewels. Yes. Twelve thousand
dollars worth. She had electric fans
When she was through reporters
a took hold of her.
HOW SnS Stays II GUN
How d o you keep your youth?" she
God helps me and I work hard, she
!, said.
: again as she sat helpless in an open.
: motor car. heaped up with flowers and
But for the second time Mr.: Conner
I. scame to her rescue, and shortly q ter.
: 10 a. NJ. she drove to the Plaza, where
N, for an, hour; or two she received visit
i. ttors and was interviewed. If
.o lsays y9s eTgsst t. s AID
shall present Les Bpuffons' (the origi-
g lSnal of the play we know here as .Ihe
b Ement Of Wond erful Italian drama by
! Sen. Benefit, called La Cend Della
= Beffe.' It is the story Of an atrociou US
Il 4 oke--afters the manner OF the Boz gas
--perpetrated on an enemy by q man n
81 WHOM he had injured. Posi- bly,, IL It IL
~ ready In time, shall show you the new
.Faust' Of Rostand. But 1T may not be
e Itready. st 53syy85 3 fsft
& ~ have brought with me a. wonder-
). full Jeanne dare Of Morea Is q
q drama OF amazing power and beauty
3based on the real story Of the heroines
8 trial. It has made g sensation IN
:, Europe. .iis saj5 :
:. .''And I shall show YOU my idea OF
. . Judas, only I shall be udas, not Mary
5 Magdalene. In q new, drama by y ohm
y de Kay, an Alneri n. /, z, /,
e Some one with a devouring thirst
ID for knowledge asked Bernhard why
8 llshe would not Interpret any, OF her
y Victor Hugo parts here, si e
" b ecause,,, said she. 1.-THE Americans
y do not like Victor Hugo and also
, because he has written SO few promi-
|nent parts for women. The only two
II lindeed. are Marie Tud or md Il Luerezia
II Borg &
J One OF the play which Madame sa-
rahg Is to produce, and In which she
K jseems most keenly. Interested Is that
i OF the romantic Far Away Princess
I'm La Princess Lointaine." of Ed
N Ilnond Rostand. y " u
a And w oman suffrage?
n 4 Ma dame Sarah ca res nothing Tor 1t
II wrote a after q short time az OF
H said she, "accep ting an honorary mem
|sIybership in the j came 4, Arc League
fIibut Igdid so under the impression. the
mistaken impression hat II Il had SONS
q connection with France and patriot
Il Iisn.'' s; IA a
Swanson to Speak In Pittsylvanin.
Especial to The Times ,Dlspntc chi
II sN Cha than, " ~ Octo her 30.--Begin-
boil with greater intansity In Pittsyl-
4 vania county I han at nj s. time durlna
the impending campa Ign. senst pl
"A SWanso on /. wi spend the entire wcsE
4 touring the count In be hal ct Con-