The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-12-01
ACTOR rs WON
B, RNHARDI ON
AMERICAN TOUR
"DlViNE SARAH" LOST HEART
WHEN SHE FELL INTO
HIS ARMS. a.."
pet BULLDOG The CAUSE
Leading Man Ever After Ate in Pri
vate Car and Was Served by Her
Individually-Shot Birds. From
Train

IndividuaIly-Shot Birds. From
Train
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-The ro
nance of Nine. Sarah Bernhard,
who at sixty eight, as was announced
today, is to wed her leading man,
M. Lou Tellegen, aged twenty-six, be
gan in Washington, when young TIE
legen, who is native of Holland,
joined the Divine Sarah's" theatrical
company on its recent tour of Amer.
lea. 1t reached crisis on speed.
ing railroad train near New Orleans,
when Madame favorite bulldog, Bow
Wow" LOST his head and speeding
through the door tripped the star OF
"LAiglon," who fell into the arms OF
NJ Tellegen. 1t continued in one
mad whirl through Texas, Arizona,
Washington, California, Michigan and
many other states, surviving the dis
sensions and jealousies of probably
the most remarkable theatrical tour
America has ever known.
The authority for the statement is
M. W. Sherman, of No. 1716 P street
Northwest, who was member of the
party on the tour.
when l read in the papers this
morning that Madame Bernhardt on
whose private car | acted as chef
during the last grand tour of Amer
lea, was to marry Lou Tellegcn, !
was not surprised said Mr.. Sher.
man today.
During our trip around the United
States, almost every slap was signal
lied by somee milestone in the prog
ress of Madame Sarah's romance
81 started with the party at Wash
ington. So did Tellegen, and by the
time we had reached Chattanooga,
matters had So progressed between
Madame Bernhard and her leading
man that she would walk through the
town chaperoned only by the doctor
who accompanied us. | noticed par
ticularly the interest she displayed in
him at the time, because another OF
the company resented this attention
to Tellegen.
Soon on the journey southwark,
Madame Sarah began to astonish her
entire staff with the progress of heI
romance All were amazed, the doc.
tor, the stenographer, the maids and
even the porters. We gazed at her
astonished, for Tellegen was only
twenty-six, a handsome Flemish lad,
and she was almost seventy years
old and grandmother.
"One day while the train was run
ming between New Orleans and Tex
as, Madame Eernhardt was coming
through the passageway, when Bow
Wow, her big bulldog rushed against
her. Mr.. Telegen caught her in his
arms as she fell, and after thai he
became even more attentive and be-
gan to eat in Madames private car.
IN. Telegen was "a person to be
considered at Madame's dining table.
She waited Oh him personally and
saw that he was given the choicest
Of everything. He refused water at
all times and only drank champagne.
Madame was So overcome with love
for him that she ate very little at
the lolve feasts And would only nib
BILE at birds he shot for her. No one
else at the table was allowed to eat
these birds. a.ta.,.. salr
Madame has, two pets-'Bow Wow,
the bulldog, anu Peter Pan smaller,
dog. Peter Pam was favorite OF
Telegen and he shared the good
Madame Sarah was so taken up one
day with seeing to M. Telegen's needs
that she neglected to feed the dogs.
The principal dish was lambs kid
neys, Madame Sarahs special dis
traction. Finally she gave Peter
Pan some, but forgot Bow Vow,
Immediately the dogs began to fight
and their dinner was served. After
that the dogs were banished when N.
Telegen was the favored guest.
I'm Hancock, Mich, when Madame
Barnhardt went down in a copper
mine, NJ Tellegen was her devoted
cavalier Strangely enough Madame
Sarah fell again and again on this
trip, and Telegen was always near
to catch her.
"Of course none of us know wheth-
er he proposed to her down there or
not, but after that they seemed to
have a thorough understanding"