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GERMAN LOSSES 3.75O.OOO.
PrussiRn Casualties to Date Are
I,T.t.0ss.

COPENH NGEN, Aug 23--Thc 3oTth
German casualty list, Just published
brings the total nrusslan losses IN tn
l,724,9SS, II is estimated that the total
German lusseS are 3,750,000, as IN ad-
dtiou there are 2l3 BaNaridu lists. ls4
Saxon, % Wuerttcmhcrg and % naval
lists
Twelve colonial lists have also been
published,
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FOOD CARDS IN WARSAW
German Police chief seeks 10 Con-
serve supply.

Special Gable Despatch to THE Syn.
BERLIN. via London, Aug. GA War
saw despatch says that Herr Won Gase-
napp. the new German president of po-
lice at Warsaw, has brought number
of German secret service men TO the
Polish capital to keep eyes on the mu-
nlclpal guard, which Is purely a volun-
tary body meant to police the streets.
The system OF bread cards has been
introduced at Warsaw by Won Glase-
Continued on Third Page.
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WAR CUTS FASHIONS OUTPUT

How German control of French looms ha
affected the luxury of new modes
will be described in next
Sundays SUN.
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doubtless should always have spells of suffering II
this had happened twenty years ago-or thirty years
ago-or fory-it might have been a serious handicap"
All of which adds to the credibty of Rostand's as
tonishng statement that tho greatest actress in the
world voluntarily sacrificed her right leg through her
patriotic imperative desire to stand shoulder to shout
der with the crippled soldiers OF France.
Presto! Then this wonderful woman gets busy and
supplies her beloved, crippled French soldiers with
another noble example Even before she is out OF bed
following the amputation, she buses herself with
plans to 60 right with her acting! She cables TO
her agent in America about tour Of that country,
looks over her list OF plays, selects repertory and
refreshes her memory Of lines Just though she st
had two legs which subugate the biggest stages
demanded by her big productions.
Then-still fiat her back. wincing occasionally
srom pangs in her bandaged stump-she laughs at the
thought of presently having herself fitted out with
wooden leg! As matter OF fact the divine Sarah was
reading catalogues OF artificial limb manufacturers be-
fore her brain wholly clear of the fumes of the
anaesthetic.
During all this period the friend of all her thou
sands OF friends who attentive was the poet,
Edmond Rostand. This great French personality, gem
orally cold and unapproachabe has for years paid the
most nattering homage to Bernhard only to the
genius, hut TO the woman When he learned that she
vas suffering and was preparing for the amputation
of her leg the poet emerged from his retirement in the
Pyrenees hurried to Paris and became an hourly caller
at the actress bedside.
To Parisans this was not amazing. They still re-
membered Rostands telegram yielding everything 70
Bernhard whe he learned her wishes in regard his
drama, "LAigon" motion picture rights OF which he
had sold greatly 20 his own financial advantage Bern
hardt considered that great character her own
applied for an Injunction Learning this, Rostand
wrote to her counsel using these expressions:
Il have the honor TO inform you that would rather
cut on my hand than 80 o1aw with Nine. Sarah Bern
hRrdt Before any one else would maintain
principle which interests all my confreres but her
yield, as they would all do.
Il declare that what she wishes Is always good.
abandon TO her, II this compensation may satisfy her
lawyers, my entire rights in the ensmAtographic re-
productions which are worrying her. and l embrace
1915, BY the Company arsA. Britain
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cter of 'T'AiRlon.

were credited to "Sarah's pose'-her desire for ad.
vertisement Her habit Of carrying with her two half
grown tiger cubs was set down to the same Spose"
The members OF her company, however, knew bet
ter The great roles which she interpreted with such
thrilling effect upon her audiences required her 10
give realism to all sorts of emotions She had TO meet
death by hanging, by poison, by the dagger by fire.
by suhocation by being drowned or strangled or nv
falling victim to her unbearable emotions-and
she had the true artists passion for nrst-hand in
formation on the subject
Her tomb, built with her own hands-for she has
won honors as a sculptress-awaits her yertable
death and burial This work-whch most woman =.
ali equal to 1t would look upon as the most melan
choly OF tasks-was performed in the period wban
Bernhardt was most active in seeking morbid sensa.
lions for the benefit Of her art and figured then "a
another "eccentricity."
Bernhardts self4ashoned burial place stands within
the reach of high tide Belle Isle on the Brittany
coast, opposite the spot on the mainland where lea
the French poet, Chateaubrand
nowadays In Paris, or anywhere in Franco No mora
- neAr1 ABOUT the "eccentricities" of Sarah Rarr
naruI She rs that eountrys greatest woman In the
always good" SS Nanu uoesJ Is
AS matter Of fact this attitude toward Sarah Rar
hAFot Is by no means confined the peope OF her own
country During the last five years the whole com
modern geniuses - "e eie~'eSt I"
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seventy-nrst year Throughout her long career coin.
cident with universal admission of her genius and
solid artistic attachments she has been celebrated for
eccentricites which oudid those of any other living
woman.
In the interests of her art she sought every magin.
able human experience that within the range of
possibility. She frequented all sorts OF places as.
ISOLATED with all sorts OF persons to gain vivid i'm.
pressions at nrst hand. She made the acquaintance
OF murderers and thieves and was familiar with the
sreWsome sights at the morgue Also in the hospitals
she studied from actual models the subjects OF mortal
Illness and death in various forms
She studied to put herself into the closest possible
association with the mysteries OF DEATH lttering up
her abode with human skulls and skeletons and sleep
ing in a conin
Probably most women will agree that this last was
Feat requiring considerable fortitude Accounts of
were published all over the world. It was no
transient caprice either Bernhard slept In that cot
nm nearly every night for months She carried Il with
her on one OF her several American tours II was a
real conin but handsome one. upholstered in white
SILK worthy OF the last sleep of so distinguished
In her travels, when not accompanied by this cot
M she always had with her for use In lien Of a
nishtsoWn handsome shroud Of white silk In those
days people would not believe that such eecentcit,es
were inspired BY any serious artistic motive Thav
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Paris. May 8.
yTVHE apotheoss of Sarah Bernhard is achieved.
IN the eyes of every French soldier the great
actress must henceforth appear as little less
than saint Her greatest and closest friend. the
poet Edmond Rostand. has brought this about
Rostand In a sonnet addressed ITO Sarah" makes
TO the world the remarkable Northumberland in
poetic magery-that II not necessary for Sarah
Bernhard 10 have her leg amputated She con-
demned hersef TO that ordeal because Of an almost
frenEed desire to share in the suferings and mutt
atons endured by the brave soldier defenders OF her
country and. perhaps example, to them of forti
tude not exacted by duty but voluntarily imposed on
herself for ideal
"oh, let share their cruel woundsl" Rostand
makes her cry.
The had borne the painful lameness in her right
knee for several years. The injury was not
menace to her life, even to her general health
60 her physicians agreed. But with that plead.
Ing exclamation for permission 20 face death
as French soldiers face It every hour Of the
y day. she overruled her doctors and went to the
operating table.
,,na News OF the operation that removed Sarah
Bernhardt's right leg above the knee was cabled
TO every part Of the world. The physicians who
issued bulletins OF its and Of the actress
rapid recovery let Il be assumed that Bernhards leg
could not have been saved Il not for these seen
thc gentlemen TO divulge the sentimental patriotic
motive which inspired the worlds greatest tragedienne
TO complete her career a cripple
AS the sequel shows, that was Rostand's task. And
who could have accomplished II with splendid
efectr Let his sonnet "To Sarah" translation Of
which is herewith transmitted. speak for itself
1t is quite true that BernhArdts knee had become
very troublesome. few months ago its persistent
swelling kept her In bed for more than week. And
there were times when II did not bother her at all
The original injury occurred six years ago when she
Knocked her knee against something while travelling
on an ocean steamship. In an interview early in the
present year she said Of Il:
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81 thought
nothing OF the
injury at hrst,
and would not
have it attend
ed to. That
was unfortu-
nate, for water
gathered under
the knee cap
and corroded
the smooth sur
face Of the
bone, SO m e.
tim e 8 giving
me a great deal
of bother, and
then, for weeks
at a time, hard
ly troubling me
at all. Lately
I have had
much tkouble
with II. and
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with respect and gratitude her I'm
gers, In which a legal summons as
sumes for me the grace of lily"
This brought actress and poet into
deadlock OF friendship in which
neither would accept sacrifices on
the part Of the other-and they have
remained in that attitude ever since,
Rostand never missing an oppor-
tunity to exalt Bernhardt-and re-
minding France that 1t, too, was
quite Of the poets opinion.
Actresses, as such, are never deco
rated with the ribbon OF the French
Legion Of Honor, but Bernhard
could not have escaped it il she had
wished to.
The outbreak of the war found her
ablaze with patriotism. She promptly
gave her theatre, the Sarah Bern
hardt, for a military hospital. at Is
the hottest war man has ever been
engaged in," she said. "The French
soldiers are not dying for the flag,
but for humanity"
When she heard that the tricolor
was floating again over Alsace, she
tainted. On coming to, she said:
Il am sorry I cannot fight the bar.
barians. who have too long been the
plague of the world"
But-as Rostand's sonnet
proclaims-she was in spirit s
In the trenches with French
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To thy one heel the world respondent nOwI
Remorse is not for thee, for thou hast aimed
To make myself like those our martyrs
MANNED
The while they bled, thou bledst for all thy
race.
So set thy sail where blows the wind most freeI
The steel with which we sought SamOthrace
Has marred the Muse and made Victoryl
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THOU who msdest of genius one long test
Of heroism, how thou must have craved
The destiny of those who would have saved
The valley where they lie at glorious restl
ooh, let me have q wound like theirsp Saidst
thou.
"And let il tear and bring me close to DEATH"
Thy shoulders have two wings while thor
hast breath,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-16

But-as Rostand's sonnet
proclaims-she was in spirit
In the trenches with French
soldiers, and their sufferings
were In her mind when she
unnecessarily yielded her
body to the same fortunes
which so many Of them are
forced to endure.
This is the Sarah Bern
hardt Of to-day, who Is In her
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cepyrsht 1918 BY
Evening star., 1915-10-17

wash-rag! What on earth did you say to
Holcomb? | never saw him fall for a
new one before"
Natalie smiled enigmatically
"Thats my business she said "What-
ever | said, it worked, didn't it?"
Salie regarded her for moment
81 can't understand why you're doing
it, Nat" Suddenly her eye became fixed
"1f you go to work and marry him"
Natalie threw back her head and smiled
into a mirror.
"No,' she said; al mean to give him a
lesson, but not as bad one as that. And,
besides, I'm never going to marry man
who won't beat me-
Sallic shifted.
IL don't mean really beat me" Natalie
went on. "But he's got to be able to do
it, and rant to do it, but be too much of a
gentleman. Now, Van"
"Since when has he been YAM" in
quired Sallie.
"Well, what can | call him." said Nata-
lie. "I sha'n't call him Sylvester, and |
won't call him Ffolette. For purposes
of designation, | have selected Van as
being the least impossible"
$50 on" said Sallie tartly.
Natalie ignored her tone.
"Now, Van isn't the kind of man
could marry, because | could twist him
around my little finger"
She held up the finger in question, and
Sallie looked at it doubtfully.
"Have you noticed his chin?" she in
quired.
SYLVESTER was a success. Under the
watchful eye of Natalie, he dared and
did impossible things. AS gentleman in
the drawing-room scenes he was perfect.
Evening star., 1915-10-17
SUNDAY MAGAZINE for October II, 1915

"Natalie's Nerve" AS Mrs. Ffolette
remarked, they might as well kill two birds
with one stone, and get good look at
that woman while they We're about it.
Strangely enough, Sylvester did not
take to the idea. He protested an engage
ment, that the movies We're vulgar that
it was no place for his mother-above all,
that "Natalie's Nerve" was the last one
to choose. Mrs Ffolette regarded him
through her glass.
al am sometimes afraid have made a
snob of you, Sylvester" she sighed. "You
seem to have such disinclination for min
Cling with the masses. | shall expect you
to join us tonight" And she swept
grandly up the stairs. leaving him to pom
der upon the irony of fate.
THROUGH the open foyer, blazing with
electric signs, swept the Olympians.
Before he could protest, Sylvester was
seated, staring with horror at the screen
before him. Vaguely he recognized carl
cature of himself in the suavely smiling
hero who bowed to the audience above
the announcement. He glanced at his
mother; but she, unsuspecting, was smil-
ing blandly upon the entranced crowd.
The action began.
Mrs. Ffolette gazed upon the screen
with guileless eyes. In the distance
horseman appeared, making directly for
the audience. There was something
vaguely familiar in the set of the horse,
and she began to be mildly interested.
Suddenly she raised her glass. The horse
man drew nearer, paused, wheeled, and
saluted the camera. AS one the Olym-
plans sat up and gasped. With smoth-
cred exclamation, Mrs Ffolette turned to
the seat beside her. 1t was empty.
Evening star., 1915-10-17

That night the mansion in Van Wyke
Place was the setting of terrible
scene. Sylvester was non-committal, but
frm-Sallie had not noted his jaw for
nothing Upon his mothers wrath he
turned deaf ear. He had started the
series and he would finish it. Moreover,
the stopping of his allowance did not
matter. Had it ever occurred to her what
moving-picture hero's salary was like?
Mrs. Ffoette choked and retired to her
room.
Sylvester went off to bed. Tomorrow
they were to go on location, and it be-
hooved him to get his sleep while he
could.
The location was Catalina Island, that
Paradise of the "movies" Catalina reeks
with perils. For twelve breathless reels
Sylvester rescued Natalie from perls by
sea and land Then he returned home,
brown but smiling. The end of the series
was in sight.
Evening star., 1915-10-17

1t was Holcomb who administered the
blow. The series had been an unprece-
dented success, and it was decided by the
powers that be to continue it indefinitely.
Arrangements had been made with a local
ZOO, and Natalie with her gallant rescuer
were to journey to the wids of Africa via
lie first, and she gleefully retod it to Sallie.
Sallie regarded her pityingly.
"And you're fool enough to think he'll
go on?' she inquired.
Natalie shrugged her shoulders. you're
overlooking the fact that he happens to be
in love with me, she replied.
"Has he said so?" inquired Salle.
"No, but he will. Some day he'll drop
gracefully upon one knee and proffer his
love like perfect gentleman. | feel it
coming
Sallie shook her head
"He isn't the kneeling kind-not with
that chin. When he wants you he'll get
you. You mark my word"
She broke off suddenly. Sylvester was
crossing the studio, wrath in his eye.
"Look here!' he said. "What's all this
about a new set of episodes? And what
VII lll 10 lIdt Ouu uICIc. Ilc DolHleu
to large cage, shrouded as yet with sack
ing, from which emerged a low and rum
bling sound. Natalie nodded.
"That," she said, "is Juno the lion; and
we are at present preparing for the thrill
ing story of Natalie in the Lions Den."
"You are not" Sylvester said firmly,
"going into the lions den.'
Natalie smiled.
"That's where you're wrong. More
over, you are going to come in and drag
me from her jaws at the crucial moment.
1t is so written
Evening star., 1915-10-17

At home things were serene. He had
not felt it necessary to explain to the fam
lily that his days We're no longer passed in
gentlemanly leisure at the club He had
an unvoiced conviction that he was two
men, and that even if he broke his neck
on the screen, his other self would still go
on being the irreproachable Sylvester
Ffolette of Van Wyke Place.
Just then the blow fell.
1t was entirely due to Mrs. Wetherby-
Jenkins. who had propensity for slum-
ming and other kindred Olympian sports
She suggested trip to the movies en-
masse to mingle with the hoi-poloi Mrs
Ffolette felt that they owed it to them
selves to see the kind of thing that was
influencing the masses, and promised
that Sylvester should take them that
evening.
They decided on certain startling
offering, advertised in inch type as the
opening engagement of Natalie North in
Evening star., 1915-10-17

sinking against the red cushions with a
sigh. Suddenly thought broke through
the haze in his brain
"But my horse!' he began.
Natalie smiled sweetly.
Fritz will look after it, she said. dts
with the others in the stable. 1t will save
time in the morning. We start at six to-
morrow"
"To-morrow!" Sylvester Strengthened
suddenly. "You don't expect me to do
any more of this, do you?"
She regarded him wide-eyed.
"Any more?' she inquired.
"I'm through" said Sylvester posi-
lively. a told you I'd do it to-day, and
that was all. You don't suppose I'm
going into it for life work, do your
"Do you mean, Natalie gasped-"do
you mean you intend to desert in the mid
die of picture?"
Sylvester looked puzzled.
al thought we finished the picture" he
said. "I couldn't see much to it, but
thought it was done"
Natalie regarded him pityngly.
"Done!" she said. "Done! Why, we've
only finished part of reel, and there are
three of them; and of course, after that,
there's the rest of the series.
"The seres?" he inquired dazedly.
Natalie spoke calmly.
al thought you understood she said.
"It's the new 'Natalie's Nerve series, and
we're going to do about twenty three-reel
films That is, if Holcomb decides to
keep YOU"
4Do you mean," Sylvester moaned-
"do you mean"
at won't all be as bad as it was to-
day." she said comfortingly. "Of course,
there's lots of society stuff, where you
Evening star., 1915-10-17

Vhe cage. instantly SIle was plckeu up
and set down to one side, as one might
swing a baby. Sylvester was standing in
front of the cage, his eyes blazing.
"We've had enough of this nonsense!'
he said, and addressed the director crisply.
you've had your series, and this ends it.
You can feed your extras to the lion, if
you like; but Miss North is goingwi me-"
81 am not!" said Natalie positively.
Sylvester regarded her for moment.
"Do you know" he said, "there are
times when l wish l were not gentle
man.
"Why?' she asked unguardedly
$50 that | could beat you" he replied,
and put a firm hand on her arm. "Come"
Natalie drew back with one final flash
of rebellion.
"Where are we going?' she demanded
weakly.
Home" said Sylvester Van Wyke
Ffolettc.
Evening star., 1915-10-17

there's lots of society stuff,
wear evening clothes and do
the Handsome Harry act.
You'll get used to the rest"
Sylvester pulled himself to-
gether.
a won't" he declared, with
an attempt at firmness. "Tms
nonsense has got to stop right
here. shall send for my horse
tomorrow.
There was a long pause. The
car spun silently over the
road. Sylvester became un-
comfortably conscious that his
companion was trying to hold
back her tears. After a time
she spoke, and there was
catch in her voice-a fiatter-
ing little catch.
"Im sorry" she said-"to
be so disappointed. You see"
and she looked at him
sadly,-"you see, | never be-
lieve in taking people on their
outsides. Now, when | saw
you the other day, | thought,
He looks like the kind of man
who never does anything but
loaf around, but | won't be-
lieve it. III believe that he
really can do something besides
Just dress and eat And so |
gave you your chance, and
you were doing SO splendidly!"
The catch became a little
sob. "And now-now you're
only a quitter, after ALI"
She broke down completely.
Young Ffolette squirmed il
"Im sorry" he began unco
please don't let's talk abol
Natalie thlckly.
There was a short silence
drove the car with a face in ,
and resignation We're skilfull,
Sylvester watched her profile.
"How long-er-how long
series take us?" suddenly inc
vester Van Wyke Ffolette.
AT the door of her room \
into Sallie.
"Look here" said the come,
want to know what you are do
boy" .~.
"I'm making an experiment
terest of humanity" said Nat
Sallie shifted.
"Humanity'd thank you.
perfectly good man in a hun
riding-suit and turning him int
Evening star., 1915-10-17

She walked brlSkly out the
door, and Sylvester followed
silently. The cage had disap-
peared, but from the clump of
trees by the wash came the
indignant roars of Juno. Be-
hind the trees they found Hol-
comb, dripping profanity.
Juno, usually the most docile
of pets, had developed an unex-
pected taciturnity. Even the
director was dubious about
trying the picture.
"We'll have to put it off
to-day" he mourned. "And
the cameras set, tool"
at will be put off indef-
nitely," remarked Sylvester.
Il shall not permit anything
so criminal to take place"
Natalie flashed him a look.
Inc tlme tor a battle royal"
had come. There We're only
the director and the camera
man present, and she pitted
her strength against his.
81 think it would be an ex-
cellent time to do it now," she
said. "lf the lion is fierce,
it will only make the picture
more natural. Are you ready?'
she called to the camera.
"Right-o!" came the reply.
"You will stay where you
are Sylvester said coldly.
There was a pause, and
then, ignoring him, Natalie
put one hand on the door of
Instantly she was picked IN
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-03
NEGOTIATIONS ARE
 NOW AT STANDSTILL
vile Investors Are Unable to Reach Agreement

Negotiations which have been under way for some weeks for the sale of the Bates property, on the corner of First alley and Twentieth street, to Nashville investors, Is reported at a standstill by local real estate dealers.
 The information obtained yesterday was to the effect that the heirs to the property are undetermined about the sale and some hitch has taken place in the transac- ton.
 The property is owned by the Bates estate, of which there are several heirs. It was stated yesterday that the sale, The report has been current here time and again for the past several weeks that the sale had been made and just as often it was ascertained that nothing definite had been concluded. It Is now expected that several weeks will elapse before the deal is consummated It is also reported that the property will be used by the Thompson Restaurant com pany for a cafe.
 The company is operating at this time almost as many restaurants as Chflds who negotiated here for some weeks un- successfully. It is stated that the deal for the sale of the Bates property is being negotiated by A. A. Adams, and that the lease to the Thompson company is be- ing negotiated by w. N. Malone.