The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-04-24
BY H. T. CRAVEN.

1t is not positively known tina
tory press clippings. but. except fol
such a comfortable, humanizing touch
there was little to distinguish Madame
Bernhardts apartments from the in
ner sanctuaries of royal palace. The
suite was the finest in the big hostelry
at a corner of the second story, with
sweeping vistas of the city's main
tthoroughfares. An air of dignifed ell
egance was none the less existent for
being intangible. From the red recep-
ton room there was a glimpse of a
dainty luncheon table set for the re-
past Maids, secretaries and other
functionaries i'm the encourage came
and went with an air of important re-
Isponsibiity.
The telephone rang, startling a ner-
vous little Frenchman, who FASTENED
to the wrong side of the room TO find
where the disconcerting noise came
from. "Voila, lie telephone lei" admon-
ished one of the business managers,
pointing to the immediate cause of the
disturbance, and the call was an
swered. An Anglo-French companion
entered and removed the newspaper
extracts preparing to assert and cata-
log them. A gray-haired, pleasant
visaged maid appeared and announced
that madame would be ready in "cinq
minutes" She then cut from their
long STATS some superb pink roses
that had adorned a flower vase and re-
tired The "cinq minutes expired,
dame appeared, with the roses in her
The official record says that Sarah
Bernhardt is CO years old. Throw rec
ords to the dogs! The divine Sarah
isn't any age. OF what avail are con-
of chronology against the
tireless electricity of this eternally
youthful personality? An indolent and
sleepy dog, which moved lazily about
the room, had been named by his mis-
tress peter Pan" Mr.. Barries fan
tastic little hero is the incarnate sym
Dol of youth. There may have been |
, vital significance in this appelation |
'or her pet, although Madame Bern |
lardt has disclaimed any immediate
Inspiration from the drama.
To gaze dispassionately at the
French actress, to describe with calcu-
ating attempts at verify her actual
Of t-fI lei
he apportioned three score and ten,
$ not the easiest commission to exc
ute The unrelenting magnetism, the
rrepressible mentality seek all but
to confuse such en-
leavors. Nevertheless, the veteran
lrtist does possess actual physical at
ributes.
More than half a century's employ
nent of youth preserving theatrical
rease paint has cffectually battled II
gainst wrinkles. There isn't a crease i
r furrow on Sarah Bernhardts brow. 4
The eyes, deep-set. almost almond {
haped, have, as ever that unmistak-
bly, oriental Hcbraic appearance. Rut
hey have lost not one scintilla o. their ,
ristine luster. There is trace. OF ,
ge, however i'm the lines of the mouth I
nd In the contour of those delicate I
nd sensitive nostrils. Most of all, I
owcver, are the true facts OF the case [
xposed I'm the hands, Despite their {
esticuar eloquence, they are the q
ands of an old woman. q
Always slender, with a slimness c
hitch Mncha and Beardsley have
wed to eVaggerate in their poster {
Ike drawings. her figure is slightly I
tockier today. The alteration. how q
YER is not n striking one. Madame !
ernhardt has been too unremlttingly q
ctive to be compelled to battle against p