The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-22
'sDIVINE SARAH" 6S TO-DAY,
 NOW A GREAT-GRANDMOT

I It is 1ie-mong Doc, a. montsrous he-that the divine Sarah is sixty 1 A bas with such falsehood Has
 France lost it's spirit of chivalry, that such canards should be uttered Of it's fairest flower of womanhood and not be wiped out in blood? Then let Ire land, through me, it's representative,
 enraged femininity and fling back the lie into the molars Of those who gave it publicity. share the righteous i'm dignation of Mme Bernhardt 6hat she should have been made out to be older thanSshe 6-for, be it known, she is to- day celebrating her sixtyt-efghth birth blush of maidenhood, as the world rec
 kons age; true, she is a. mother, and
 a grandmother and a great-grand-
 mother and to be all of these is usu-
 ally thought to be incom pa tible with
 tender years; true; she does not look
 quite so fresh when she made her
 bow, at eighteen, on the stage of the
 Comedie Francaise, as lovely and
 talented Iphigenie. Yet she remains
 young, divine1y young. yes, young s
 is this gay world to the eyes of babes
 of eternal youth that age cannot
 'Wither, nor custom stale, in it's in-
 hnitssvariety.
 And would you know the "divine Sarah's' secret of perpetual youth? It
 is this: Work, hard work, for ten
 months year, and play, hard play, TOT TWO months. Ana to these the haO- it. of personal cleanliness, temperance, daily exercise the avoidance of wor- ry, and the cultivation of altruism
 and you have the Bernhardt recipe
 Simple, is it not? Yes, it is not, for few there are who can live up to the formula in these days of rush and hurry.
 It was half a century ago this year that Roeina Sarah Bamala, the convent girl who later became the most ad- mired woman Of the worlds stage un- daF- of aroI Ina made her theatrical premiere in Paris Her life history is familiar to all Am ericans, most of whom have seen her on one or another of her farewell tours'' of this continent. This year she rounded out her career by one of her most remarkable and best deserved tri- 1 umpfs when she appeared in her own | theatre for the first time in the title | role of La Refine Elizabeth Nearly | Saran'' looked almost as young as ever, and conquered the difficulties of g. trying part in a manner that brought round after round of enthusiastic ap- plause.
 Before her recent return to Paris to prepare for her London season, Mime. Bernhardt spent several months boat ing, fishing and indulgfng in other sports with her son, Maurice Bern hardt, and in playing with her great granada ughter Within the last year it has been reported that Mime. Bern nardt contemplated matrimony, M Lou Te1legen and Cadrene, young Ireek actor, haV1nS been named as among the fortunate gentlemen upon whom Sarah was contemplating the oestowal of. her hand and heart. Mime. Bernhardt was quoted as saying that would double her strength and enable her to undergo another trip o America, the land she loves so much. The opposition of Maurice 3ernhardt is alleged to have caused the divine actress to reIinquish her plans for further matrimonial felicity. Per- laps she did not hold any such inten- ions--for Mrne. Barnhsrdt is a better press agent than the lamented Phineas [. Barnum and overlooks chance O acquire publicity.