The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-05
THE DIMES DsPATCH RICHMOND, VA MONDAY MAY $ 1918
MOTHERHOOD HER
SUBL|MEST HEIGHT
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hood or through her art, Nine. Bern
hardt certainly needs no press agent
to proclaim her eternal youth. She
is the youngest looking woman of sew
enty that perhaps the world has ever
seen. Her face is youthful and her
cheeks as firm as those of a woman OF
twenty 1--WE. She wears no glasses.
and her eyes are bright and lively
She was dressed In white satin and
lace blouse. with the high collar al
| ways affected by Mime. Bernhardt. with
the long, pointed sleeves extending
over somewhat square, practical hand
From this long. V-shaped sleeve filmy
ruftie of lace almost concealed the hand
and gave II the long, artistic line that
one always has in mind in picturing
the Divine Sarah.
People think / mako up. / suppose,
but look. You can see in this bright
daylight there is nothing. 1T IL simply
that 1 take care OF myself. Perhaps
an actress keeps young longer because
OF the gentle massage that she Is al
ways giving her face in. tho putting on
and taking OF Of stage makeup. Cen
tie massage keeps the muscles firm. but
what 1 consider the greatest aid to
facial beauty Is the cream and oils
which Oriental women always use and
which keeps them from over showing
| their age. No one can tell if n woman
OF the East Is twenty or forty. 1t is
because of the constant applicat ton of
oils to the skin.
American Women Careless.
American women are so careless of
their skins. They motor and golf and
play tennis and walk and ride, without
ever any thought or their complexions
Their skins get dry and harsh and
| hnally get old looking and wrinkled
and 1t is such a shame. for no women
have greater natural beauty and treat
II with such carelessncss and abandon
az your own lovely women. They have
everything French woman possesses
In the way Of charm. but they do not
know 30 well how to retain it," added
Nine. Bernhardt.
Asked II romance was necessary al
ways in womans life, Nine Bernha rdt
smiled quizzically and added: "Always
always There must always be ro-
nance In woman's life IL she would
Keep young and happy and useful
mere must be an intellectual response
an1 a spiritual community OF souls. as
wei as a human interest between the
woman who would live her life fully
and timely and the man she inarriesr
/ Nine. Bernhardt, when asked the best
tiine Tor a woman to marry. said: The
earlier. the better. Let her marry her
! first love. a girl in her teens and
early twenties. filled with the sunshine
OIL love and romance and ardor and the
JOY or being, makes an adorable mother
the best. Eugenics? Bah. Love and
youth are the best sort of eugenics
III the marriage does not remain hnppy
at least the woman has the consolation
OF her mission begun at least She has
had the joy OF motherhood; she has had
the baby or babies. and with them she
can grow less selfish and think less of
her own personal unhappiness
Much divorce would be done AWAY
with If the self-analyzing men and
women would marry before they began
/ 10 grow retrospective. | think early
| marriages, even with their mistakes
cause less trouble in the divorce courts
'hah those contracted by older and
more interpretive couples. who seem
10 lose sight OF the fact that in the his
/ tory of the race the only things that
count are children. instead of them
selves The egotism and selfshness Of
most mature married couples are re-
| life
! Detests American Cooking
I Nine Bernhardt said that she de-
! tested American cooking. They do
not know how to cook. They merely
eat ana such unseasoned, badly pre-
pared food"'
! Then She told how she could cook. and
she gave the following recipe for cook
/ ing sauvigne, although this little salt
water bird is not TO be found on this
side OF the ocean. being native OF
I the French coast:
The sauvigne is stuffed with dress
ing made OF grapes. black currants and
I chopped breast of lark, with pepDer and
! SAT- TO taste. Then it is tied in a large
grape leaf and struck through n viii
low spit and roasted over open Goals
have IL rare. so that 1t will be pink
and juicy, and il is n delicious ,jtt,a
Bit" said Nine. Bernhardt.
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