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New-York tribune., 1913-05-25
WHY 1T is.

There is ten times less crime in heath
en- China than in Christian America"
said a missionary. THAT is 10 say. a
Chinese city OF 100000 population will re-
quire no larger prisons and no more po-
lice than our American city OF 10000 pop
ulation. And the cause OF this is vice.
Yes, vice is the cause Of the superior
virtue of the Chinese. They. you see,
smoke opium. That is their national vice,
the opium pipe. And this vice calms
them, makes them sleep. Sleeping, they
do no harm.
"Our national vice. alas. is alcohol Al
cohol, unlike opium. excites and exas-
perates. Crazed with alcohol, men COM
nit all kinds OF horrible crimes While
the Chinese opium slave lies happily
sleeping. the American whiskey slave Is
beating his wife. or bludgeoning police
man, or numbering his star boarder.
And that's why IT is that ten Ameri-
cans are arrested TO one Chinese"
New-York tribune., 1913-05-25

nellie. they know the great masters OF
French well. and appreciate the beau
ties of their works. Your older people
especially your women, are always ready
10 discuss our novel,sts OF the day. Ana
tole France has certainly arrived mere
And Bergson. Occasionally II seems TO
me. here In my hotel drawing room IN
New York. as IL were in Paris. listen
ing to the eager talk that always fol-
lows a lecture at the Sorbonne. But why
don't your young people read Jules Verne
any more? He was a prophet In his DAY
he foresaw the dirigible and the SUD-
marine. and he was a prophet honored
the world over then Now when ] speak
about him only grown men and women
here remember him. Your young genera
ton knows him not. 1t is a pity. Per
haps they have their own prophet VINO
tells OF things that are 10 be. ADORE
that That is why I like n. O. Wells
And Erckmann- Chatrian. why forget
New-York tribune., 1913-05-25
This Extraordinary Woman, Who Looks Back
Upon Nearly Half a Century Of Emf
nent Success Upon the Stage, Feels
Keen Interest in the Workaday
World and Its Doings.

T THE approaching close of Sarah
Bernhardt's latest theatrical tour
IA Of this country. profitable as that
n three years ago and even more tri-
ur,nhant il is worth while to study for a
uon,ent at closer range this extraordinary
conan. whose genius blossomed at twenty
and is still bearing rich fruit at nearly
,breescore and ten. The actress we know.
More than thirty years have passed since
,ha first visited us. in the fulness Of her
,rire and the glamour of her fame. with
magnificent daring she has since then af-
,orded us. al each repeated visit. oppor-
unties 10 judge what changes came over
bsr art with the passing of the years by
continuing 10 play her old repertory-
oPhedre" Camille the Sardou dramas
side by side with those later works that
gradually gave her a new place i'm the
theatrical world-"EAiglon." SISTER Be-
,trice." Joan of Arc" tours dc force of a
,iferent kind. new exhibitions of virtuos-
Nv remarkable as the old. Changes there
have been in these years, many and great.
The temperament that famed and rioted
in the old days became gradually more
subdued The audacious theatrical devices
Of the actresses art were employed more
sparingly. until il became clear to the
discerning that what seemed TO be a dim
mutton Of the fire under the tanning
hand Of advancing years was in reality
a change of technique. due TO a recogni-
ton Of the values and virtues of more
soberly realistic. emotionally less violent
school Of acting. brought into being by a
new drama. AS Nine. Bernhardt herself
expresses 10, the older playwrights were
all for the exploitation of the emotions.
Of single emotion-love. jealousy.
hatred the new ones are for the de-
tailed delineation Of character.
Her present engagement in this city has
revealed still further changes. Ii was. no
loubt largely the requirements of the
orm Of entertainment to which are de-
'oted the theatres in which Nine. Bern
New-York tribune., 1913-05-25
IT'S EASY TO LEARN.

Alexander Graham Bell. the inventor Of
the telephone. hit on his marvellous dis
covery while studying and while teaching
the deaf.
At dinner in Washington. Professor
Bell said, apropos OF this fact:
Yes. we can learn valuable secrets
from the most unlikely sources. A Per-
sian poet, famed for his wisdom. was
once asked by his king where he had
learned his philosophy
From the blind, sire the poet re-
plied-'from the blind. who never advance
a step till they have tried the ground"
New-York tribune., 1913-05-25

ing knows no bounds. She is always In
quiring about her progress eager TO
draw comparisons and contrasts with the
condition Of her sex in Europe
ITO us European women" she SAYS.
the American woman is OF greatest in
terest We are watching her constantly
She Is the leader OF the sex the world
over. She has won more. and 5y bravely,
geuinely womanly ways. than we over
there can hope TO gain in many years to
come"
The interviewer suggested. as delicately
as possible. that the American man de-
serves perhaps more credit than ne re-
ceives for the advance made by the
American woman toward the new status
she seeks TO occupy in the life OF the
nation.
"Oh. yes, said Nine. Bernhardt. read
ily. II have thought of that. You see
the American woman is so very much like
the French woman, only still better bal
anced. that one can reach only one con-
New-York tribune., 1913-05-25
A CABIN COM M ENT.

Recalling the horrors OF the Civil War,
Day address:
Those horrors were so CHASTITY and so
numerous that we became In a certain
sad sense hardened to them. Not really
hardened. but so 1t seemed. Our mood
seemed almost like the Chinaman's.
"A Chinaman you know was employed
as a cook in Los Angeles at the time when
the Yellow River food carried OF its
thousands. The mans master hurried to
tell him of the calamity, thinking It would
overwhelm him: but the cooks only COM
ment was the calm and practical one:
Plenty Cinnamon left
New-York tribune., 1913-05-25
THE DIFFERENCE

A Denver capitalist said bitterly. ap-
ropos OF dishonest liquidation wherein
he had been caught:
"'There are pessimists who say that
marriage Is failure: but between a mar
riage and failure there's this difference:
I'm a marriage the wife takes the hus-
bands name. while in failure the hus-
band takes the wifes name"
New-York tribune., 1913-05-25

them? They are good reading for little
republicans.
Nine. Bernhardts admiration for the
American woman and what she is achieV-
New-York tribune., 1913-05-25
HER GOODNESS OF HEART.

And with that impression abldes an
other, of infinite goodness Of heart. one
need not talk long with Sarah Bernhardt
to understand why her daily companions
worship her Their tales Of her kindness.
of her consideration for others, OF her
Readiness to help where help is needed are
endless and eloquent Her memory is
prodgious, not only in the matter of her
old parts and the studying Of new ones.
She draws upon her many experiences in
all parts of the world with unfailing read
mess and accuracy, upon the happenings
and observations of thirty years ago as
readily as upon those of to-day. Thus she
came to remark upon the progress of the
study of French in this country:
II remember very well the night Of my
first. my very first, appearance In the
United States" she said. Il had not
been playing many minutes when was
startled by a strange, sharp noise IN the
audience. | kept on playing, WONDERING
the while, only 10 hear that same noise
again and again at regular intervals |
had never heard anything like 1t in a
theatre before. At the end of the act
was Informed that this noise was caused
of the play in the audience. Well, this
noise grew less and less with each ne"
visit ] paid 10 America. Three years ago.
and again in the course of my present
trip. | did not hear II at all. To be sure
many of my plays have been made Ia
miliar TO audiences here by the American
actresses who have appeared in them.
but. none the less. | believe that AS
nation you are far better French schol-
ars now than you were years ago. can
tell also by the notes ! receive from un-
known correspondents. expressing SO
gracefully and prettily the dearest OF SEN
timents.'
HER MOTHER TONGUE.
..you have found everywhere In the
world many men and women who speaH
FRENCH"
"Everywhere / have found that my
mother tongue, my beautifui mother
tongue, keeps gaining as an interna''ohai
language. notwithstanding the worih
spread OF English"
"You must have heard many sorts OF
French In the course of your travels
What does IT matter, so long as we can
understand each other? You Know lo'-
eign accents are often very pleasant 10
listen to. and the speaking of language
is only a matter OF practice and oppor-
tunity. What is important Is the readihs
OF IL. Whenever l find foreigner VINO
knows and loves our literature l am MS
friend for life.
'T love to talk with your young men
and girls. and TO draw them out on the
subject Moliere, Boileau. Racine, Cor
New-York tribune., 1913-05-25

not on this earth On some other planet.
Which shall IL be?'
Then you will go on the stage again
in this new existence?"
YES / shall be Sarah Bernhardt still.
II can. Perhaps shall not know II, but
| shall be an actress there, snd TO the
end of time"
New-York tribune., 1913-05-25

clusion. which Is that the difference be-
tween the status of women here and IN
my own country-the difference Is great.
indeed--is due to the difference between
American men and Frenchmen. You call
il American chivslry. but II is something
far more serious AID significant than that,
and. / think. far better. American men
are utterly unlike tho Sc of Europe, or OF
South America, either. That IL why. 'n
this question of the position of woman
and in many other matters. the Ameri-
canization of Europe that is undoubtedly
going on produces such far Inherent 'e-
suits from what might be expected. Often
when we in Europe point out to visiting
Americans the results Of American innu-
ences. they look puzzled and say blankly:
oh. is it?"
THE AMERICAN WOMAN.
Then. i'm your opinion, Nine Bern
hardt IL is not so much the American
woman who takes as the American man
who gives?''
1T is the American woman who earns
II seems to me. who deserves. Therefore
it is not matter of chivary of free be-
stowal, but of justice on the part OF the
American man And. you know. between
the sexes. justice is far nobler and far
more difficult than chivalry.'
And what about woman's coming eco
nomic independence. Nine Bernhardt?
Il have been economically independent
since / was a young girl, so | cannot
perhaps. look at the question as the prob
lem it really is. over here your women
are constantly preoccupied with 1t, |
know. You see ] am very much of an
interviewer myself | am always asking
questions wherever ! go.
But have we not reached the conclusion
that woman has always been economically
Independent. that she has always earned
her own livelihood I'm the home as now I'm
all the trades and professions which she
has made her own? | except. of course. the
women of the very rich-the aristocracy.
But foresee much drudgery for the eco
New-York tribune., 1913-05-25
ARTIST WHOSE GENUSYEARS CANNOT CHECK
The Noted Actress Has Deep Affection and
Praise for the American Women Who
"Are Doing Such Wonderful Things
She INDUCES in Some Remi
niscences for The Tribune.

duce an emotional actress OF the hrs,
rank.
The gift Of q gold and silver wreath by
the American members of her profession
on Friday of last week has touched the
actress deeply. She spoke of 1t with
gratitude then. turning from grave to
gay, asked how the interviewer had liked
her speech in English, adding, with mock
seriousness.
People think that this was my first
public speech i'm your language. But 1t
was not. | made a speech in English In
London not so very long ago. IL was
,lcng address. and | got through with IT
beautifully. Everybody complimented me.
and they all understood every word I said
But all the time / was speaking I was
trembling for fear something might hap
pen TO interrupt me. If it had / could
never have gone on again
do I intend to play Lady Macbeth in
English? Indeed, ! do not. | have
played her in French and to play
Shakespeare in ones own tongue. in
really worthy translation. is all one can
aspire to-it is the only tribute the for
eign artist dare pay to the English mas
ter mind. the best way of serving his
fame abroad
HER FAVORiTE ROLE.
What is your favorte role. Nine
Bernhardt?'
Always the one I am playing That IS
what makes work my greatest pleasure IN
life. / can forget myself in the part as
completely as when | first played II.
have a tender feeling for all the roles
have ever created feel as II they were
my children. and sometimes, when | think
of those | no longer keep in my repertory'
| feel like a mother who shows partiaity
toward her offspring
"Frou-F Frou, for instance?'
mo. she is no longer for me. But
shall play her again there-beyond.'
You believe in reincarnation?
Perhaps Who knows? But not here
New-York tribune., 1913-05-25

cause. OF homage from the sex to one OF
I its conoquerors in the struggle for recog-
milton. 1t is of the forum rather than of
the theatre in its intensity 1t would be
| worthy OF the analysis OF that student
of collective psychology, NJ lie Bon
Nine. Bernhardt realizes il: she feels il
reaching out to her across the footlghts,
this bond of sisterhood. this acclaim of
leadership. Singularly simple as well as
clear in the expression of her feelings
and thoughts in private conversation,
without pose of any kind the most ap
proachable. amiable and unaffected OF all
celebrities. she merely says that she is
glad 10 have done those things" her
favorte way of summing up her astound-
ing life work. occasionally she may make
the term little more comprehensive. and
say "all that" UoW ca. But beyond
this she avades speaking at length OF
those things and "all that" And. in
deed. ,hey speak for themselves But
there is another phase of the matter
which touches her deeply, and of which
she speaks with genuine feeling:
Applause. yes. | have had much of
that. 1t is grateful to me- it always will
Dt, lot II rs our true reward, NDdt We
wish for and hope for and work for But
they make me feel that am one of them.
these American women who are doing
such wonderful things and they make me
feel that they love me. And. oh. it is so
good to know that
AS SHE is TO-DAY.
Many attempts nave been made 10 de-
scribe Nine. Bernhardt as she is to-day.
and they are all more or less literally
true. so long as they emphasize the last
and the lasting impression that abldes.
which is one of undminished charm. of
eyes that remain youthful that jarken
as she becomes interested in the inter-
course of private life as in her work on
the stage. of smile that is indescribably
sweet with its little touch OF wistfulness,
of voice that is golden still within the
New-York tribune., 1913-05-25
~ @ ES

smaller compass Of daily usage. Of a
mind alert and plastic as ever. OF
gift for conversation that knows no limit
to its range Of interests.
New-York tribune., 1913-05-25
'cI0zIz az A/c. Z"

| nomically Independent woman-as much
drudgery. perhaps. as fell to the house
wife of older days. Work is blessing
the salt of life. but drudgery-ah. WELL
perhaps her share i'm the larger life, her
wider interests, will compensate the eco
nomically Independent woman Of the tut
ure as much as htr home and family
compensated the wife and mother or OLD.
You see real independence comes through
working for many not one. ! work TOT
changing thousands every day. Perhaps
I'm the future woman, like man, will work
for the community. the whole nation
each for all, and all for each. In that
case true economic independence may
become a realized ideal"
AN ARDENT REPUBLICAN,.
/ Are YOU a socialist. Nine. Bernhardt?'
"It has been said that we are all So
cialists nowadays often without know
ing II. But. no, | am a Republican,
love my country which is the French
Republic. And ] love the people. the
common people as they call them. Is
not that being a republican?
But to return to the woman question
madame There are here social philoso-
pliers who foresee not equality or the
sexes. but an attempt to establish
feminine arstocracy
mo. no This is not right You keep
on asking questions and expect me To
settle all matters you bring up out OF
hand. without further reflection. Those
things will be, woman asks for them She
7 has right to have them. Let her settle
them as best she can when they come TO
pass. We must not look too far ahead
into the future.
"Why do YOU Americans not drink your
own delicious wines|" asked Madame
| turning the conversation from the dis
missed topic. 1--WE had some capital
wines on our trip across this continent
| in Ohio and California and elsewhere
Why not profit by the blessings bestowed
upon YOU by Nature? Why not develop
your viniculture? Your red wines are not
vet what they might behave been told
that the soil produces certain changes In
our French grape when it is transplant
ed. But your white wines are delicious.
NO I will not say another word about
American cookery / have heard too
much of that already. but II what have
said has set you thinking so much the
better And" with an amused laugh. Il
sincerely appreciate the intention OF
many people who have sent me Ameri-
/ can cookbooks to prove that | am wrong.
Why not practise what they teach?'
HER DRAMATIC INTERESTS.
Ever since she first visited us Nine.
Bernhardt has been advocating the
foundation of an American conservatory.
like the one in Paris. where she received
her training. She made a plea for 1t
| then phophesying great results. She sees
| the need of 1t now. the more so as. she
' believes. the time has come for US to pro-
New-York tribune., 1913-05-25
BERNHARDT THE WOMAN.

But with the changes that have come
over modern civilization within the last
decade, with the advance OF woman low
ard position in the life OF the wor'o
never hitherto occupied by her. change
has come over the fame OF Sarah BERN
nsrdt. Rather should 1t be said tnat IL
mas been doubled. TO the world OF To-Day
especially to its women, she Is no longer
only. or even primarily, the great ORA
matte artist. She has become. ABOVE al
else. Of historic significance as woman
as one Of the banner bearers OF her SEX
ths ulost remarkable woman Of achieve
nent Of her period. This new attitude
"~ard her. this new value given to her
work, is plainly perceptible in the attitude
Oh the crowded audiences before wnich
she Is appearing. so predominantly COM
posed OF women. II is In the atmosphere
VI The theatre. this intense feeling OF
oeep-felt recognition and intense appre-
af superb service rendered to the
New-York tribune., 1913-05-25

hardt has been appearing that prescribed
the production Of single acts from the
leading successes Of her stage career
and Of a one-act play. There is no
cause to deduct from this the opinion. so
generally held. that Sarah Bernhardt
could no longer. If called upon, bear the
fatigue Of a full evenings performance.
i is likely. indeed that she will be found
again next season in her own theatre in
Paris producing new plays, several OF
which she has been reading during her
tour here. II may be well TO add here
further, that those who had the opportu-
nifty 10 watch her at close range this time
both on and off the stage, saw no verih-
cation Of the sensational stories sent from
California some time ago, TO the effect
that the hard work of two appearances
daily was seriously sapping her strength.
Quite the contrary Nine. Bernhardt mas
Invariably been dressed and ready TO see
visitors within thirty minutes after the
fall Of the curtain, and she has spent her
leisure hours. not IN resting, but In SUD-
hitting to interviews without end. and In
entertaining at luncheon and dinner the
many old friends she has in this city, and
IN extending her circle of acquaintahces'
Husband her resources while on the stage
she certainly does-the ways In which sne
does II are in themselves worth watching
as lessons in technique-but her habit OF
leaning upon her associates. or OF sitting
when the action allows It, Is not due 10
falling strength, but to the results OF
fall some time ago on the deck or the
steamer which carried Nine. Bernhalot
back 10 France after South American
tour.
In the course of the interview on
which this article is based. Nine. Bern
hardt referred only once to the fatigue Oh
her performances. and only TO make hght
Of Il. In answer TO the question put py
an old friend why she kept the exhaust
ing death-scene from Camille In her
repertory. she said. with one OF her
Charming smiles:
of course II is exhausting. II always
vas But look at 'Phedre, That Is Kill
Ing (tudnD. like these parts, the pupic
likes to see me in them. and-l must play
something. is IL not so?''
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-12-25

81, oakfdeld twp, Clark's
iostl'lct' 80. ;. 4 SO
z Q Nelson, repairs county
road, Sections 1892 and
at Railroad, Sharon twp,
Johnson district -. 49,. % 5O
G G Nelson, dragging county
roads, Sections 29-3O-31-
and 80, Sharon twp, John
son district =. -. 81. >. 2 90
Hendrick N Schmidt. drag
ging county roads. Doug
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-12-25

district 3 90
A j Bintner, .',o- county
reads, Extra tal, Clark
dl9t.ICI lU
J l. Syinehart. general re-
pairs on county roads
nae at No $40 Audubon,
Clark district ... ). 48 O8
L l.e.fingwcll, NJ. 1926
Extra, repairs Ito and No.
LILO Extra. new. : 80, Clark
d>stfct 5 90
w + Farney. dynamite and
fuse for county roads, Ex-
ira twp. CLARK district. IA rs
Green Bay \, Llher Co., mater
al No. lS.4. Leroy, repairs
Johnson district -. 20 Is
w w Smith, agent, freight. &C
Iowa Pure IRON Culvert Co.,
culsert PIPE for Oakfield
twp. ........ ITS 81
Iowa Pure Iron Culvent Co.,
culvert pipe for Cameron
Twp. II 81
Iowa Pure Iron Culvert Co.,
c,ti3ert pipe for Leroy
and Cameron tWps. Ia 80,
less freight % :. -. 43 So
j n Fullerton, work and
hauling On county roads,
Hamlin, Cameron, Leroy
twps. Sampson and John
son districts >. :. ). 1879 0G
On rlction of Mr.. Clark. second
ed by Mr.. Sampson, claims on tbs
Bridge Fund were allowed as fol
lows:
Der. McClain, loading lum
Der at Extra for Audubon. l sc
C c Nelson, repairing bridge
between Sections 3 and
80, Sharon twp, Johnson
| district ...... b w
| j l. Swinehart, hauling
garvel for bridges, Clark
| ditistrc ......... w 81
| Audubon Hardware Co., hard
ware, paint etc, for brid-
pas SIS 81
Oscar Swanson, repairing
i No. 30, Leroy, johnson
| district ......... W
r Rasmussen, blacksmnth1ng
for bridges 81 IL
A j Hunt, repairing No. 10,
| Melville twp, Sampson dis
trict $4,000
Anton Jensen, miscellaneous
bridge work. Sampson dis
trict -. :. ............ II
Anton Jensen, No. 81. Cam
eron Is, No, 22.5, Lin
coin so. Sampson dis
| trict =. -. ............ "
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-12-25
BOARD PROCEEDINGS

Continued from page three)
Henry Daugaard, work on
Oakfield twp, Clark's dis
trdct -. =. ...... $50. 3 rs
Gilbert p. Nelson, work on
county road, Sectdon Is.
Oakfield twp, Clank's dis
trict, >. -. .-..-. 4 81
Nieb P'Hoagh. work on
county roads, Section