The sun., 1916-10-11
BERNHARDT HERE IN
ROSE STREWN PATH
Ate. She displays Same Vivid
Life a> When in Hcyday
Of Her Genius.
NO FEAR or UBYARINES
On Way to Appear i'm Canada
and West Before Opening
Here Next Month.
No FEAR or SUBy RIM ES

II may seem tritc 10 quote again that
Nackneycd Shakespearian phrase about
Sarah Bernhardt. but really when orO
secs her ole cannot help thinking that
age cannot wither her nor custom stale
her Infinite variety.
seventy-two years old this month.
obliged to lie carried because with her
artificial leg she cannot walk with any
sase. still. as she received callers seated
IN her rooms at the Hotel Majestic yes
terday after landing from the French
liner Espagne. her glance was as fun Of
FIRE, her speech had the same imperious
rush Of words. there was the same sense
Of vivid life In her as when she was in
the heyday of her genius.
True her voice was cracked when she
raised It and the lace on her long sleeves
was caught down over her hands with an
almost invisible thread TO conceal that
they are the veined hands Of age. and
she had recourse to her carnine lipstick
as she never did before. She made up In
fact quite openly before her visitors.
81 must make myself beautiful for
America" she said in her broker. Eng
lsh, and smiling. talking. using her
blue gray eyes with all their old force
she dabbed powder all over her face
and touched her lips to brilliant red.
There was something at once pathetic
and gallant about her. something that
makes this tour quite different from
those oft repeated last appearances that
make the public smile.
No Fear Of Submarine.
The Divine Sarah. defying the Great
Destroyer. had a very concrete destroyer
10 make her arrival in American thrill
ins But she would confess to no fear
of the German submarine. which. for all
the passengers on the Espagne knew.
was skulking under the ships bow with
q bomb.
"A French woman ls nevair afraid.
che exclaimed. and then turning from
imperfec, English to French she added
"But the American women are not
afraid either. Your American women
are wonderful. Me. have reached an
age where one is ready for anything.
but on the Espagne were young Ameri-
can girls Of ~ and 20. with life before
them and when the news OF the SUB
marine destroyer came they were fright
ened no; at all. They went gayly about.
they sang little songs as at festival
Yes. women are wonderful
Of her country's struggle shc couio
not he induced to talk.
For the war I will not speak," she
said slowly in English. signing and
shaking her head. Her manager. W. +.
Connor. explained that she did not feel
Il would be courteous or right to im-
pose her personal sentiments ON the
people OF a neutral country.
walks ThrOswh Roses.
The great actress had a royal recep.
ton at the pier when the steamer docked
at II \. NJ. As she was carried down
the gangway. a leopard skin coat cover
ing her purple dress. a bunch OF orchids
some admirer had sent her in her lap
q score Of young girls scattered roses
In her path. She was hurried In a
huge limousine TO the Majestic. wher,
codes OF flowers perfumcd the Louis
XVI. suite where she was to rest fol
the few hours she spent in New York
before proceeding To Montreal TO begir
her tour.
The Majestic landlord and score
OF eager attendants tumbled over eact
other to beg for the chef the honor o.
cooking rich viands for the Divine Sarah
but she declined all food but milk ant
potatoes.
"A glass OF milk now. and later {
baked potato. That Is all l eat" sh'
said Dr. Emanuel Baruch OF New York
Who ha. attended her for years dur!nt
her stays here. explained later that sh'
ate no meat. ard only limited var.et,
OF vegetables and fruit.
Niue. Bernhardt will appear In Mon
treal. ottawa, pittsburg and other cities
of canada and the Middle West, giv.n;
rcc'tations from the parts she has mad'
famous. In November she comes I,