The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-10-22
STILL DIVINE
SARAH AT 65
NOTED FRENCH ACTRESS SAILS
FOR AMERICA TODAY FOR
SEVENTH TOUR OF THIS
COUNT

London. oct. 22.-Accompanied by
her son and several other members of
her family. not including, however,
the great granGchild whioh recently
made its debut, Nine. Sarah Bern
hardt sailed for New York today to
begin her seventh American tour The
famous French actress travels as of
yore Ia state of luxury only equaIled
by royalty. Three maids OF her house,
hold. her maitre dhotel and her coach
man are included in the party.
This will probably he the laiat op-
portunity of American playgoers to
see the Divine Sarah" At least she
can hardly cross the Atlantic again
with her powers sti1 undiminished.
Even her fire of mind and spirit must
some time flag, though the closest
watchers of her acting during the sew
eral weeks she has been appearing at
the Coliseum in this city could detect
no signs of it's waning.
Nine. Bernhardt. by the way reach
ed her sixty-flfth birthday today. hav-
ing been born i'm Paris. October %.
lS45. For almost half century she
has beer on the stage, and for almost
thirty years she has been an interna-
tional actress. wandering up and down
the earth, with pauses now and then
for few months at her own theatre
in Paris.
Long before she left the Theatre
F'rancais in 1880 she was an interna-
tional parsonage No one knew bet
ter how to practice the tricks, indulge
the fancies, and pursue the arts that
bring celebrity Once she had gained
her real art in the theatre with the in
exhaustible energy that still makes
her capable of eighth performances
of as many parts in a single week. II
Is undoubtedly that energy Of tenn
perament and not the arts OF the dres-
sing-room that really hides her years.
As before stated her coming tour
will be her seventh visit to the west
ern world. 1t will be thirty years the
coming month since Nine. Bernhardt
made her American debut at Booths
Theatre in New York. appearing as
Adrienne Lecouvreur. Then followed
an extensive tour of the United states
and Canada, in which she was seen is
"Frour- -Frou," La Dame aux Came
lias," lie Sphinx" "Hernani," and
IL Etrangere.'
The subsequent visits of the famous
actress to America were made in 1886
81. 1sSS-9O, 1s91-9S. 1896, 1901, and
190506. The tour of 1901 was made
in company with Coquelin.
Canada, Mexico and Havana, as well
as the principal cities of the United
States. are to be included in the itin-
erary of the present tour The open
ing will be made i'm Chicago in oct
81 Two engagements will be played
i'm New York. one I'm December, for
four weeks. at the New Amsterdam
Theatre. and the other at the end Of
her tour.
For this tour Nine. Bernhardt has
arranged to present the following rep
ertoire of playes. ten of which have
never been seen in America: Jeanne
dare" by Emile Moreau; Les Buff
ons," by Miguel zamacois: 'L'Aiglon," !"
by Rostand: al Rampe." 10y Roths-
child; "Sapho." by Daudet; LA. Sor-
ciere." by Victorian Sardou: La
Dame aux Camelias." by Dumas; la
Beffa," "Phedre." ia Tosca," by Sar-
dou: la Passe," G. de Porte Richie:
Fedora by Sardou; "Monna Wanna"
by Maeterlinclt;s Hamlet" ''Resur-
rection." by Battaile, from Tolstoy's
novel: lie Bois Sacre." "Romanes-
ques." and La Princesse Leontine."
by Rostand.