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.lirf : THE SUN, SUNDAY, .NOVEMBER 29, 1891. ' \ ' HP ' ( it mwa ' tfEW.yiEW QF BERlftlABDT. j i yhxs not tacaao rate naoua axd H \' Hi Jtar'atake-aa- . a r CarafM AUeatloa fa H! \ JNeatj-T- aa Hatta anaaat ta Wklah. taa H 'i Claaaaitra tun la rtaaaavrrtaja' Mr Hft '' TINnr at tint aa Taaa U Bare B4 B ' '('Maasr 0ka Btraeta Xveratalaat Cea. Bjt L?4 ? Rtr Wa-Wh- kt Bar Aim. E! 'aiaUa Tall af Bar Marretloae rawera af H I Vjiaaaiaaia' hMHww la' AnHralfa, aa4 Q Btaylaa; Her Parta fVaai H II ,; .aaiPaaala tka Plr Xeareaenta The H 'Bj Maattaa af Her Ufa af Hloe aa M .7la.Wr-Wli- B Other TTaaiaa Casta B i ... 'Malimtaik Oaa-qnar- Ba Motli t famous ,w6men .thorn ars. whose an the newspaper fratomltr is as is.,prQnounood. yet whoso.ntmcs frequently than an others in the i'wq\ Barsh. Bornhardt and Queen 'T,n, dressing rooms, are. about entree, the one' In other just now back of the in ittit Standard Thcslro. It matter Hft Wi!tJiat, appointments for audience with H g tba,, Bernhardt, have beeu mauo with lior H ft JsTiitty,0 ' gracious consent. \Mar aha H f Met! 'exorclsa Uto woman's prerogative, M ttatf right to change her 'mind? And Hv idk'vilt ontatda whllo tho gonial Mr. WIN m oiighbT-lntreed- e8 In your bahalf and tha B t dujUc-u- s Cliaraller Cbatterton arbitrates In H I R.''..Tba papier maeh6 sphinx leers at rou M Cto'the corners of Its cunntnc eyos. and tho H '(BE MCQBTXS AS UNDBSIBZD TIMTOH. 1 llttje Eerptlari god In his playhonsa chuolles K ttyOQr discomfiture. Suddenly tho Imperial j ivfU relents. Word la hastily passed alone tho H lis Ton harry to tho eqroon- - H closed doorway, meetlnc the tall, brond-shou- l- 1 ilerd Maurice and his wife. ,tlio Frlncoss Mi Verita. as daintily Frcnohtly fair as a Greuze i Jauty. Thoy aharo the Bernhardt disfavor H fdf'tMe.llhlQnltous \special\ writer. You are H announced by, the alot,who is at once the rftJArdla'n of the snored preclnot and tho das- - H reVot the robes. You hear the single woleomo wtird,\EntroKl\ in tho .wonderful Bernhardt 4oioo, soft and deep, and capable of lnlinlto tnodulatlon. In Its melody passion and pathos ate' atrdneely blondod. optreaty and command, tMrs and curses. lnOnito sadnesa and terrible acorn. On the stone it dominates tho wholo conversation, as tho organ sounds through the f, choreh serrlee. I'he screen folds back nd you are In a cosily knrtalned nest where soft hangings of neutral tints with hoavy fringes drape tho walla from floor to celling. On a table at the sldo nro the ' jiftrfumes and pigments, the manifold and to'rsterlens' toilet appurtenances, each fash-- iajx3. of ivory and set wlty a silver cither. and ail arranged in a leather travelling case hound and clasped with silver. On ono sldo fn tapers in silver candlesticks stand in front of the mirror where the delicate rite of inaUng tipHs performed., ' .On'tho opposite sldo of the room is sproad ; cat tipfcn another table the curious array of or- - J fctneals. belonging to tho Cleopatra dress, J inlmlTe'. gtrdlos from Constantinople, with laspa of embroidered enamel, silver belts of , oldk Egyptian 'workmanship, beetles and bugs. ' tbeeary rings which decorate each flngorand i onb' toe Of the Egyptian quoon. armlets and headdresses of real pearls and turquoise. Tho table la entirely covered Xrith thom. and yet : they are all worn in tho ono play. ' \\AcroM one corner Is a pier glass, but Auok- - land, the powerful St Bernard, which came all ' Uaway from the city for which ho is named, ' lies before the mirror, and not onco docs his rtlsttAss glance Into it. ovtm In ndjostiug tho Cleopatra draperies. An easy ohalr in tho Corner has thrown over it a long violet velvet ,' T elokk with fur trimmings. But not at all i's ft , oAupiad by tho woman for whoso com fort it - W supplied. \ ? taw Bcaezra aw \otp tbibsd. I 'In'; a tall dark wardrobe at thtf end of the roort, hangs what there is of the Cleopatra ' dreije'es, the screen closes in tho other corner. And; In the centre standing vory erect, i - ' with her back toward'you. In nil the olTended ' osietty of a quoen disturbakl at her toilet, ; f Swaits the groat Bernhardt, ready to annl- - f ' Wftite the visitor with her score. V . I'HJajery still lu tho Httlo room. Two or ' lima men stand about with uncoverod heads. - AWldiwafto with' folded arms. It Is like a ! etf nelfronj a play. You fool an if rou were at k the Q(jn Drawing Boom wltliout your trail - f aMen. I I 'Boadenlr she readies a hand out backward ' '\ ityou'ln alutatlon. with face still haughtily i 4ted. : \)o speak ze.Froneh 57 rlercos the Obj- -' 5 ' Innas silence.1 r ra raply that von do not. but that you have 'i i 4MyHt oUopatro. 'i fieni with one of her lightning-lik- e motions. t fc Nutans and flashes tha wonderful Bernhardt $ 1 . aile it yon showing all the beouUful. wicked t , , wfcKU40),tha tawny, burning depth of the jj ; apifndld., mysiarioas ayes. You know thea h whifMaro Antony falls and, .falls. Youundsr- - & ,lsd bow the slave rejoices to drink tho pear-- f . eMtadwlna. Yen are ready to face her fary, Jj 1 iafV her soorn for that sweet smile's sake. I I' y lint isbs.ii very gracious now, smiling and fj bdkiltls at her own reflection In the mirror. ebttiii .with the friends that wait In the , deewlng. room, painting her slim fingertips ' if .with.crmlpe. and holding hor hands palms loVn against her dress o got the effoot. t '?. .llnder tha Cloopatra gauzos ore silken tights .y; AltinrWte'et&sagloo'llts tho hand, with a A feparato corapartmont for each digit. The f- tthtaaio of tlie same roddlsh copper hue that X 4tfr arms aro, painted and they fasten about V ll\ )Whpuldjrs. jt)pr tho tights Is a long cloeo 3 M picesje robe of heavy satin in the samo dull W w t(nf,lPXil)theneckandv1thoutBlooos.Vihlcli ,y k JjoplteIy covers 'the tights and conoenls k fi outline 'of-th- e figure so effectually that. $ V eeortln'f)4h Mrs. James-Srow- rotter. ,i A ayte'tbaDBffaaporUdea.ltwouldantlrelrruIp f , through its iafldtlltrto the ' ;v';; ;V ' real Cleopatra dress. It Is to this robo that alt the gaeao draperies nro caught with Jowellod plna,,'aod it Is because of this robo Uint ibo dressing room may ben rendezvous for menand women, during the swift costume changes in tho watts Thd \ make-up- \ is all of flno French rouges and powders, and Includes nonobf tho Gorman srreaso paints In which our chorus girl brings ontliorlmpreesloniitcffects. Over the arms and neck Is brushed a liquid which gives thom tho required Egyptian tint Tho face Is deli- cately tinted, tho Irfsido of , the cars and tho nostrils touched wlthTrougo. according to tho rrcnoh custom. The long eyclashos aro wlnkod Into commotio of the blackest raven hue. and the blue pencil outlines them with a broad stroke and all so swiftly that ono real- izes not nt nil tho'nmount of nrtlstlo intolll-genc- o brought to bear upon tho work. Tho mouth. Ah I that Is tho finest bit of all. . The strong. stralghtUlp's, aro patntod with n little brush dipped' in 'carmine into tho arch of a, Cupid's bow. Sho smiles when thoy are finished to see tho pretty effect Then tho re- bellious wavy red-gol- d locks aro plaited and coaxed Into smoothness under the long red wig. and tho jewelled crown is Bottled in place.- - r ' Tho effect of It all is that there stands be- fore ron a woman scarcely 25 years of ago. yet tho Princess Yorka has boeninconsldorata enough to teaeh a baby girl to call this woman grandmother.' ' But the' last call has sounded through the corridor. The curtain has boon rung up, and. with a last look in the mirror, she snaps every Joint of her supplo fingers and covors them with tholrhoavy rings. Bending over tho table of jewels wbile a maid ties on tho armlots above her olbows. she sprays swoet odors over face and hair and gown, and then threads her way In and out through the crowded scones to mount hor barge and lay siege to the heart of the Roman. 'While tho thrilling voice rings out over the hushed.theatro thoy will tell you of tho won- derful, vigor and endurance of tho matchless Bernhardt: how after the exhausting even- ing performance she entertains hor friends at supper, herself tho gayest, merriest of all tho party. And when they aro gone sho studios tho now part sho I about to take up until 2 and 3 o'clock in the morning before .nlooplng. In splto'of this sho Is nwako again at 10, sees the costumos. attends to hor mall, has hor luxurious' bath in perfumed water and Is dressed and roady for breakfast at 12. . This, breakfast is a hearty moat of three or four courses., Tho, tablo is always set for six,' and usually her son and'daughtor are among tho guests. \ Attor this sho hurries to tho theatre and BUperintonds the afternoon rehearsal until time ' for her simplo dinner of coup and chickens and coffee, which is carried to tho theatre. Sho has no couch in hor dressing room, and never lies down for rest, but chats with her friends until the evening's perform- ance. 8ho,has no .regular srstom of exercise, and. indeed, has no opportunity for'outdoor exerclso of any kind during tho production of now pieces, ret sho never loses n performance because of illnctsormlsscs a lark on account of weariness. THE SATIN UKSEBaAEMrKT. TThonsho arrived in Ban Francisco from her Australian tour after a thirtr4wo days' voyago with horrible weather and more horrible food, tho discomfort attendant upon a strike of the waiters and tho usual seasioknoas. because tho company wore two days over due, she went on tho stage within two hours after roaehing the oitr, Not content with this exploit sho in- sisted upon going to Chinatown attor tho per- formance becaUBO sho was so full of enorgy and vitality sho muBt go. It was ono of 'tho wildost frolics that even tho irroprossible Sara ovor indulged In. In and out of opium den6 reeking witli vilo odors sho flitted, scattering gold among the dozed, stupid Bloopers, and down into tho Chinese theutro. whore sho interviewed tho leading comedian and daneed about the utngu lilo a child let looso from school. Finally the comedian brought in hla wlfo and Ht- tlo .yellow baby, which seomed afraid of tho tall woman with the blazing oyes and flying tresses, But with strange, purring, cat- like noises and carosse tho aotress wonoer tho Celestial ralto. coaxed kiss after kisa from tho funny little mouth, laughing in triumph nt her sucoess, and shutting euough yellow gold in tho yellow fist to keep the child in rice and quouo-string- s tho rest of its natural lifo. In Australia, too, Bornhardt Insisted Jn driv- ing with hor party sixty-seve- n miles out into the bush to shoot gill birds and kangaroos after tho Saturday's second performance. And she shot gill birds until sho was skk of it, tram pod. about the buRh all tho next day. snatching a few hours' sleop in a little tent and At a wretched little bouse at night It was after seyon o'alock when encroached the thea- tre on Monday night, and yot sho went on and uava a porformance-tfaa- t surprised oven her onn people. During the long sea voyages she tears about tho ship ns full ofpranks as a low corned Ian. aa daring and intrepid as an athlete. She InslBtn on going to tho bottom of tho ship to manipu- late the levers and put coal on tho furnaces, and shonloo insists on climbing ovon to tho crow's nest in tho wildest gales, when even a roan of strong nerve hesltstoa boforo attempt- ing tho feat in fair weather. She twists her lithe body up the spray-w- ladders with tho agility of a cut and will pause mldwny down, with tho storm tossing her ambre Jocks about hor taoe. to reclto poetry from Hugo, while every ono looks on in amazement But tho act 1b ovor.. The theatre rings with anplauno, and sho stands torn moment before trio audlonoo with bowod head and outstretch- ed arms as if deprecating so muoh prslso.yot profoundly conscious of hating earned it The counco oft rat btaoe. stage peoplo make. way for her to pass with the deference and homage that gonlus inspire, as smiling up into tho face of Mara Antony, her handln his, sho is conducted back to her dressing room again. Tho tall Jtoman in his flittering orimson toin stas nnd.clmtn an long nb ho hrm time, whllo sho pulls the rings from hor fingers und unolnups the girdles ana ornaments. Hhn hnthos hor hand and wrists ovor and over again in Mwwt per- fumes to koon thom from becoming swollen ami fmorlfcti under tho e tell omen t of tl acting. Blio. rubs inoreiouaooor e dab of it on hor chin, deepens the shadow around her eyes, twists tho rod hair masses tip In a looso, Unot all the while chatting and laughing with the friends who oomo In. strong, splendid .tiger, full of Are and intensity, yet never hurrying or t ' aaWilH seeming Impaltent. and flashing tho rnro smile out in answer. to each salutation \ Tho maid who dresses her is the wlfo of the man who assists in. tho iiporntlhn. ileitis Who has Charge of tho procloils iowojs, naekn and unpacks tho great trunks, attends to tho honsand-and-on- o Imperious freaks of his mistress. Thoro Is another servant ton. in Harah's train, who is supposed to loot; after tho baggage, attend to tho big dog nnd tho Austra-Ia- n raceoon which havo consoled her for tho oss of the pot snakos that died during the Thoro is n companion too, the d little Harah. whom tho great Sarah hss adopted, to whom sho is just now most davoted. Tho valet hands out of tho wnrdrobo a.fllmr thinner om roldcrod gauze, ltlslikenladrs slip, only-longe- Itlssllpuodoverthonntiurn hoad nnd falls in straight foldt to the floor. Long breadths of gauro fall over tho hands from tho shoulders. Tho maid deftly gathers them up In n slnglo festoon, and fastons tbem with n raratypin In ench .slionldcr. Madamo cntchosthulr folds around hor arm onco nnd Pins them lit front with a big Jowollod bug. Tho mnld catches them up at tho back with another insect of .gold, and jewels, nnd tho sleero Jsnttnd wolito.tho arm and bangs In oxqulsltollnontotlio floor. 1 honthnmantossei J.longstraightbrcadthofgauzootorthqscreon. this tho inadamn pins tightly around lior body just above the hips, fastening It ilrmly In front with\ a safety, pin. Two ortltreo more safety pins conOno its folds in tho back. It is all tho work of a moment. In the midst of it Rhe feels draught on hor baro shoulders And ffngs the 3 raporTes around horsolf nnd. shivers as sho calls for thovalottf thoro IsonothlngthatBarah Bernhardt la really afraid of It is draughts, llemomberlng tho fato of tho groatltaehcl, sho refuses to ipiar InA Uieatro where the tern eraturo Is not regulated according to her deas of hygiene. Otertho drapery Is clasped too heavy double girdlo, and this Is tight too, but it is, placed Below tho fashionable waist down about .the hips. A trail of rotes Is caught from shoulder to qrlnllo. A wreath Is fastened abovo tho mobile face whero tho sensitive nontrlte dilate with ovory emotion and tho smile flashes out at Its own reflection constant!). All over tho roses, tho gauze folds, lmir. lips, and throat tho porfumotapor Is sprayed oen In. tho fingers touohed again with carmine, qno lost smile Into tho mirror, and sho is oft with hor melo- dious adieu nnd swift gliding sln. And whllo tho two stngoloters settle them-selv- comfortably and picturesquely on tha great dlvnu road) (or the curtain tho talk goes on about this wonderful woman and how sho rtxxTKo ur the dbapebt. makes her conception of the tragic roles writ- ten for hor by great dramatists. Tho- - first thing sho does in tho studr of a role is to visit tho actual plaeo in tho country in which tha scone in laid, ill \Joan d'Aro\ nothing would, do hut sho must walk along tho banks of tho rlvor and ,ln tlio forost whoro the peasant girl listened to tho olces nnd wuitod for tho visions. She must liyo in tho lints of tho peasant women, make friends with tho peasant girls, enter into tho simplicity of tho noasant life, and bo re- produce it ns it is. and not as sho or any one elso imagines it. She must go to Bomo. too. and consult tho canons conoorning tho possi- bility of tho canonisation of Joan d'Arc. and study Into the accuracy of the story In the samo wny. sho U not content In the production of \Cloopatra\ until she haaMsIt-e- d Alexandria. Cairo, and associated with the 'people who represent the element she wishes to reproduce in the play. She roust oome in contact with the Egyptian women, leam their tendency of mind. souL and sontl-me- nt for the Egyptian woman, of y is the same as tho Egyptian woman of 1.000 years ago. The Egyptian is onn of the few nations that has preserved its individuality in cus- toms, feelings, and language. She must prowl about old tombs and ruins, to study the frescoes and eanings for ideas in cobtume. Her Egyptian experiences must form amostlntercstingchaptermtheautobiography sho has prepared. Then she reads all the ob- tainable lltoraturo of the period of the play, ransacks libraries and aallerlos for everything routing to detail In cnstumoandscenicetlocts. Thus fortified she cnt rs upon the rehearsal of the pieCo. critieiulng stage jottings and cos-tum- o effects with a mind wollprepared to detect anachronisms. No actor Is allowed to speak his lines oxcept in her presence It ho wants to spout ana happens to spout intelligently and consistently, he es- capes her criticism. If not. ho must follow hor conception exact!) , or ho fools the fury of an outraged goddess, and is vory soon made to understand that ho can bo spared from tho cast. Fnrtlflod with such previous investiga- tion and thoroughly imbued with tho uieco from hearing it rohoarsod. in the long watches of tho night alone, sho studies out her own conception, which shall be the cen- tre of tho rays of effect the climax of the concentration of all tho purposes of the play. She manipulates scones, suggests situations oven to tho genius of a Snrdnu. She is responsible for the croatlto part of her own nnd every other role. Sho works it all up to tho climax twitch sho makes. She thinks of tho startling things that shall lead up to a oontral. point of oftoct. and then crowns it with a thunderbolt SHE rillB A DCAVGQT The human mind expects certain things of humanity. To gopast that point of expecta- tion and be consistent is cenulno; to go past it without consistency Is insanity, Tho octrees who simply satisfies the people s prooonccivod Idea of the part is pleasing, but tho actress who goes beyond this and thrills thom with sur- prises Is divinely gifted is n Berdhardt But the Is coming, .again... with Antony, her hand, again Jn his. smiling and chatting. An eldorly French gallant bows low over her hand in greeting. She talks to him. but smiles at herself In the .mirror as sho pours the refreshing cologne ovor the small tapering hands. She Keeps him there bewildered with her arts until, the dressing Is nearly occom-- Sllshed, and then bids, him .adieu with both one of his. Then she tells rou with. a most decided nod. whon. you ask her whiob American city she likes best: \Taut-a- ll, as you say.\ \Ana which dramatist do yon consider \'fJUvlng? .Ah I if I tell ron zat all ze rest will\ be with an lmp. tisnt thrag of tho shapely shoulders, and she goes off into the French again and says. In answer to the old question as toberfavorite part, that she likes them all. hut that the one she happens to. be playing she likes bet of all for the time. , B .chattering., half 'in French, half fn the prettiest English In the world, she tells yon about the book, she Is going to write on .'her, return to Franco, her improt-slon- s of America, For this book sho has time to make no notes, but will, as she says, write it out of tho mind, tho memory. Klie has boon standing every Instant since she began to drosB for tho flrst act smiling, chatting, gilding about tho Httlo room with her sinuous, graceful motions llko a raged nnd beautiful wild, bird only waiting favoring op. portunity to escape. And so. still smiling, sho is off again, ami you are listening to wonder- ful stories or her iinpulshe generosity, of her lavixh gilts to tho u sho idolises, to the Ht- tlo Sara tUtoso misfortunes tonehmi her hoart, tnhorninld. who in t.ila to \ot ft hrccr salary than ft llmt-ehi- antor. and t otoironowho rioos Imr the Hiimltoht eieo fiiltlitnlli. Sho insisted on Kolng down ill u eoul mlim m Aus- tralia uud climbing round on Miln) littlo lad- der, explprinc dump, grott koino pastutgrsand lighting the iiises of tho oxploslieH. Mion sho came out she gavo t ho Captain, $50 to bur cigars for his men, besides an ample remem- brance tor his courtesy In showing her about his underground domain.- - In all that hat been relsteSot Bernhardt' , reconrrlcltles there has been, together with somo reality, n good deal of cTsggeratlon and not a littlo Invention. Anyway, thoso legendary oxtmvaranees nro over. Thoro Is no longer any whltn.robod Androgyno In snowy flannel jacket and trousers playing nt gnmln In tho studio: no niore ooftlns lined with satin for coitclien. No skeleton supports tho mir- ror and .holds flip ponk of tho. playt In hla bony hand. Tho sitter mounted skull ehnmpagnn enp has been banlshod- - And slneo the lamp Hon and tho Cleopatra snakos filed, to every one's reilof but hor own. no ferocious wild boasts and venomous reptiles aro among hor pots. Dogs nro her fnvorlto companions now. for, sho says, \they aro not hypocritical. They show their love or hatred nt once and you know what to fxpoet.\ There may havo been considerable method In tho martnois of Iheso lntentlonsl cccontricl-tlo- s committed at \n time whon sho was pass- ing throughn difficult phase of life. t hen, ns sho has, said, \lltiless criticism without systomatieally attaoked ono's nrtlstlo fnnio. nbd not stopping, searches into tho sor- rowful details and sadremembranoos of one's private llfo.\ EXAWINtKd TtlX BUOES TOR lUb MW FtAT. DoubtKjss the deslrei for new and startling sensations, led. on by an actlvo Imagination, prompted tho mad f roaks rather than a lore of notoriety and a penchant for advertisement Now hor chief delight-I- s In tho 'society of men and women of gifted minds, whom sho receives with tho simplo cordiality of tho ac- tress, which does not exclude tho politeness of the woman of tho wot Id. Tho stile of dress sho affects off thostagois dominated by the artistic ploturesqucnoss of tho La Toscn mo- tives. Ixug. looso gowns of rich material, gathored to n yoko of costly embroidery, nro about tho hips with tho quaintly Confined girdles which sho has modo popular. Tho thoutre dress is of a dark, rloh shade of hollotropo. gathored to n leaded yoko In tho comfortable Mother Hubbard fashion, and girdled with nn old-silv- band. Hor favorite dresses for the famous Sunday night recoptfons aro of heavy white corded sflk bordered with fur. mode high and puffy about tho neck, as in tho old days boforo tho thront attained its exqulslto curves and gra- cious outlines. The sloovesof the gowns are always long, coming well down on the hand. In conversation Bernhardt is gay, charming. satirical, nnd at times utsorly Incomprehen- sible to all save tho Initiated, who understand herfancy for playing v. Ith tho unfortunate sub- ject aa a cat plays with a mouse, partly to amuse hertlgerlsh Instincts, but more to study the effect upon hor victim. Character study Is to .her a constant occupation. Sho reads Balzao for the purpose of studying tho minor manifestations of character. It is hor knowl- edge of ami fidelity In little things that make her characters such Individual types. Her groat crazo just now is shooting. .Her hobby is her wonderful collection of jewels, to which has been added rooontly many rare gifts ram Itussia. Soutli Araorlco. and Australia, J lut she net tho ornaments of which she Is so fond except on tho stage. Her pas- sion for flowers Is ono of tho most marked In her nature.' Sho cannot lho without blossoms and perfumes. lOOKEtQ AT HEB HAN1S. As to her eyclonlc outbursts of temper, no ono donlos that she is a woman of sudden and intense impulse, and that she Is not what one might call reserved or serene In .their mani- festations. Thoro aro certain little I'nri6lan pleasantries which every one in the company dread to soo exhibited at tholr expense But they will toll rou. too, that however unreason- able Bornhardt is when sho gets in a tem- per, sho Is never ungry v ithout a roason. She doesn't llko surprises or disappoint- ments and goes off into u first-cla- rogo whon she is deceived about anything. She demands fiorfectlon In detail and in actor. If tho lime is always accustomed to havo In a certain plaeo cannot be scoured and it Is to her boforo sho goes on sho is gracious and patient about tho loss of it But woe he Unto tho luckioss wight who fallB to secure the light and to oxplaln boforo shogoes on to discover it If an actor fall In his rAte through careless- ness or stupidity, hla dtsohirgo Is announced in plain French that ho can grasp. If ho is ill. none so full of sympathy, so quick with rolief as she. They will tell you, too. that sho Is tho most conscientious and consideruto actress on tho stage. She cannot bo called exactly consid- erate, in so far as keeping horaudlenco wait- ing while she clutts at har toilot is concerned, but sho gives them at oach porforuianco tho post gifts of hor gront gonlus and tho most cloar' and distinct enunciation of ctory word inher nOle. , , when playing In tho smaller cltlos. whoro firobably there aro not half a dozen peoplo in who understand French, she pro- nounces evory word with the greatest possible distinctness, so that if thoro Is a word they know they may not fall to catch it. She knows by mysterious intuition when sho cannot Ret possession of hor. audloncen and foels most keenly. Whethar it is from lack of Intclllgenco and culturoon their part or from carelessness and want of feeling she never ehoulders tho blaroo on them, but puts forth redoubled effort and will not bo satisfied until she comes off breathless but triumphant saying with tho gloricus smllo, \ I havo tbem at last.\ For applause she cares little; for tho sympathy of her audionco sho puts forth her highest endcat ore, and hss not or yet failod of fioeuringlt. Bernhardt has bocn called a plain, yes. an ugly woman. Hor face in roposo 1 indeod strong and sad rather than fair, but hersuperb figure, marvellously graceful in etery attitude motion, crowned vlth .the proudly not oad, her sensitive quivering nostrils, her wonderfully glowing eyes, her flashing smile, revealing white, even toeth of great beauty, and the intangible fnsolnatlon of her person- ality convey nn impression of tho rarest kind of beauty whon you aro near her. And this inher crped, speaking of her pro- fession: \We hold tho mirror In which all things are reflected, but In which no truth abides. We bIp you endure what Is weari- some in life. Our task is not unworthy. To teseh the truth of truths we have the. priests; to oonsole us for death we have God.\ ATBAXD OF BCABUfl tVrBK. JL Taoag Faster Secttaae to Perioral Btr vices at the 'Crave or a Calls. KcrasToy, N. Y.. Soy. 38. A young minis- ter's want of courage is creating much gossip In the vicinity of Florida, Orange county. A little daughter of James Bradner of Bellvale died a few days ago of scarlet fever, and in the absence from home of the Rev. S. Masten, who Istlio resident Methodist minister, his eon. who Is also a pastor and Is staying at bis father's home, was asked to read a short service at tho burial ground. At first tho young minister ob- jected, on the ground that ho aid not llko to go whoro thoro was scarlet feter. On being as- - Ruredthut ho would not be asked to go to tho reluctantly consented to conduct u short service at tho grove. then tho hour nrrlted for, tho burial )oung Histor Marten did not put In nn nppeuranco, and after Halt- ing half an hour or more a message cumo from tho )oung elorgmun lo tin; effect thut he could not bepi.'xont to rend tho itnrt lee, as his ohjLcted to his running any risk, a ho lttlt gill' body tus buried without any litos whatever, and tho tears of tho leartbrokon parents were all the more bitter. The action of the young pastor, whoso fears prevented him from performing a duty which noclergymanhasarfghttontglect has caused much Indignation. , . i i - a. jurcmrr rsRts kusdbb. It Was Eatrciatlr Bratal aa CaaiaiUlea fbr a Very Trivial Cause, No. 27 Huo do Charonno. in tho Quartler, do laltoquctte, Fnris, Is .a tene- ment occupied by respoctablofanilllosof work-ingmo- Among tho shops on tho flrst floor Is that of a certain Vncborcsso. who stores his goods In two compartments of tho great cellar which runs under tho entire building About noon of Nor. 4Vnchorossonndtwoof his went down Into tho cellar to stir about among tho boxes nnd rasos for BOmo stuff that ho wanted. Tho stairway leading1 to tho cellar Is in tho rear of tho public hallway. Tho workmon.DirkxanclCamU4,wontdown inio tho flrst of Vachcrtsso's compartmonts. Thoy did not And wlirit thcr wanted there, ho Dirkx went on into the next compartment Ho pulled down a lot of boxes, and euildonlr got a,mw of soraothlng which mule him shako nil ovor and then dash out of tln Collar aud up tho stairs, follottcd closely hT Camus,- - who did not know what tho matter1 was. butfolt It safe to loat e tho collar qulckljv Dlrky wont for Vacherosso, nnd tho thrco went baok into tho cellar. Thoro, upon a long box, uncovered by tho displacement of tho'plfoof outside cases, was the uaked body of a ninu.-I- t was .stretched out stiff. Thefeotworo cross- ed, and ono hand was upon tho stomaoh. whllo tho othor lay at tho sldo of tho bodr. Ono would havo thought that-thr- t body hhd been propared for burial but for ono awful fact the hoad was gone. It had boen hnckod entirely awayby somo rudo Instrument, and tho bodr terminated in tho stump of tho nock. In a short time n magistrate, a dotoctlvc, several police, a nd a doctor wero looking ntthe bodr. Tho doctor decided that tho man had beer, dead nt least forty-eig- hours, tbat tho head had boon cutoff in somo place other than this cellar, that tho mnu was dead buforo tho head was cut off. and that his death had bren caused either byetrangulatlon or by u blow upontho head. Then, was no mark of vio- lence upon tho body. Tho bodr was found to be that of a man of medium height, dark skinned, and dark haired, nnd probably a worker in lead. This last fact appeared from the condition of his hanrt\i. The police searched the cellar nssiduously. Thoy found n few snot of blood upon tno stalrwnv nnd leading from it to the stains at tha end of tho nock. But t hoy found no traco of clothing or of tho instrument with which tho murder was committed and tho head chopped off. Thoy did Unci tho blood-staine- d com which might havo been used in strang- ling tho dead man. But thoro ttas nothing to indlcato whothamnn was, who his murderer was. or how tho liod had been got to that place. Tho detectltos ttorkod all that day. in- quiring through the house, but at noon the noxt cl'iy they wero still entirely without a clue. It began to look as though this ttas to bo added to the long list of myslerlos of Paris. In tho eourso of their Inquiries tho deloctltes found that tho housekeeper was permitting a curtain person named Vuubourg to occupy a small room, for which sho collected tho rent without saying nnythlng to tho proprietor. But upon oxnmlnlng into this thoy found that Vuubourg ulwajs camu and want alone nnd never rccolt cd any visits. Thoy wore about to gitoupwhouthohousckeoporeald: \In fact t seen mm since pnturaay morning. He went out earl). Ho had a bundlo of linen under his arm.\ As a moasuro of precaution tho room Vaubourc had occupied was searched again. Tho detectltos found. that tho sheets and pillow cases had been stripped from the bod. and tho housekeeper said sho could not understand this at alt They began to search for Vuubourg nnd at 10 o'rlook that same night arrested him in front of tho teuoment to which ho ttas returning. Ho was cool and calm, and the nollco nt first thought that he was innocent The mnglstrnte questioned him closely, howet or. \ Did ) ou not bring some ono home with you in the last few days.'\ was asked, vuubourg hesitated, thon said: \ I did bring n Irlend homo with me. \And who was this friend\ Taubourg heeltntud still longer. His hands wero twisting nervously, although his face no agitation. At last he sold: \ His name is Boutry.\ \And where did ) ou ' take tho sheets the honsekeepor saw you going out with?\ \ I took thom to a washerwoman. They were soiled, and I did not want the housekeeper to \Now said the magistrate, \whydon'tjou shorten this upd con (ess that you strangled your friond. and that the sheets Were Boiled by bis blood?\ \I have not strangled any one. sir.\ said Vaubourg, who was agalu porfoctly collected. \ Who. then. 1\ this laundress to whom you took the sheols \ Vaubourg considered a few moments, and then refused to glvo her name. The magis- trate dropped this line of inquiry, and began upon Boutry. 'When was Boutry with you?\ \ Thursday and Friday nights. He loft Sat- urday morning, and I haten teoon him since.\ and he refused to talk any mora Thoy locked him up, and then found that Boutry had dis- appeared from his lodgings tho Thursdaybo-fore- . and that the haadloss corpse was his. They also found tho washerwoman, and She said that the sheets wore stained with blood when Vuubourg brought them to hor. When Vaubourg was confronted with all this he ebruggea his shoulders and said : \Oh. well. I might tell and be done with it. I did kill Boutry. Wo came in together last Fri- day morning. Wo had both boon drinking. Wo ato some potatoes nnd thon wont to bed. In tho night Boutry turned over, nnd. In doing it pushed mo so that I awoko. That made mo furious. Heaped upon him and accidentally kilted him. \hen I saw thai he was dead. I pulled out tho bed and hid him behind it. Helaytliore threo dots undlMur'hed. I Was 'thinking nil tho tlmo what to do with tho bod). Tho odor began to bo unpleasant It interfered with my sleeping, und was overy hour getting more dangorous to my secret. Thon tho collar oocurrou tome. I lit a candlo latoou Monday njcht and went, down .into it I found tho phico 1 wanted. I weut back to my room, took tho body in my arms and carried it into a side passage of the cellar. It was then clod in n shirt 1 took off the shirt and pro- ceeded to reqioto tho head. I had decided that with tho held and clothing gone, tho body could not bo identified. \ I had no instrument but my knlfo. It was onsy work until I came to tho bono. I had to bond it until thoy upappod. Then I decided to carry the body into a further compnrtment I settled upon that of Vocheresso. .Tho door to it was open. I went back and took tho body. I supported tho legs with my loft arm and held the orms with my right Thus the body was with its feetin thonlr and Its head down. I had to stop to rest soveral tlmon. \I hid tho body behind tho boxes. Thon I went and got the head. J cut off the noso, tho upper lip, nnd ono oar, and buried thom in a corner of tho cellar. As my candlo was getting low by this time 1 hurried back to mv room witii the rest of tho head. I wr.ippod it in Boutry's clothing, which I had stripped from his body In the ccllnr. In the morning I took it to tho place whore Boutry nnd I worked together, and threw it into a vault\ Thus tho socond day aftor tho uncovering of the body, the munleror was found, and had confessed That samo (lay ho went oter tho sooneof the ciime with the police. lor tho flrst timo ho broke down, nnd had to bo hold up by an officer on either side. No other explanation of tho motlto for tho crime than that Vaubourg gato has boon found. SVSl'ZCTED OF WITE 2'050.VA C7, And Coavlclcd of Itarnlit Ills Falhcrr.ln. Bnlldinga, Horaea, and C'ouh. Hakrisburo, Nov. 28. Two )enrs ago the wife of Elmor Stoole, a u farmer Utlng in Franklin township. Washington county, died under circumstances that gave rlso to the suspicion that sho had boon poi- soned. Although her father, Jacob Kcmorer, a woll-to-d- o farmer, believed that his duughtor had not died from natural causes, nothing was done, toward investigating tho mutter. Six months later Lliner Jitwolo wanted to marry another daughter of Farmer Kemerer, and ha was rofUHod la a tort nmphatie mannor. \ You'll bo sorry for this, Jake Kemerer!\ Rteelo exclaimed, when Kemerer ordered him to leate the premises. Somo time afteittard a large nw barn, iu which were set era! horses and cows, all the season's crops, and a number of valuable farming Implements, was burned to the ground, with all its contents, involving a loss, of several thousand dollar. Tho fire was plainly of incendiary origin, nnd Kemerer suspected his son.ln-la- btoolo of having fired the building. A few daysafterthe fire Kemerer found notices ported about his premises warn- ing htm against tuklng measures to discover the incendiary, under penalty of losing other propert) und his life. Kemerer did not regard (he warnings, and last spring six of his horses and severaleotte wore poisoned, his outbuild- ings fired, and an attempt was made to bum his house. It was only a few weeks ago, howoter. that Kemerer could obtain any posit it o clue to the perpetrator of the outrage, and then ho discovered oWdotKO that pointed unmistaka- bly to his Steeln was nrrested, und ho has mst been found guilty of aron, polsontugof uuimulH, threat against llfo, and mullelnus inlsclilof. He bus been to seventeen jeuis In tho ponllentlur). What Mr, Brjaat Krmrmbcr, limit' IJii'j A- r- ' Ml. John llnmit of Miit-iil- reineuibem that \.''.I1 !,,,S\ls.\ ''';;( I')' ins. during lliowas of IH1' 15, a large I.iigllHbrrigiitenm.horod In Iinek'ft llarhor.and their boldlern .iiuf marines, 1,5M in number were ludrched Into the woods in the rear of Jlachlux. Sunday morning tho troops marched into tho vllluge. seized a few brass field pieces, and quartored a woek In the , Thr next year a force was sent from Stown. to govern the town, but was off br the settlers, ' t J Simpi, CraiM l Sin, 1 HbT it A 6th Avenue, 19th ' to 20th Street. ft M WE PROPOSE 11 : To mako this an unusually interesting and profitable week for bayen I \i by 'offering Matchless Attractions throughout tho entire Ston, W as per specimen list below. m- - n , Ladies' Suits, Gapes, Wraps, . . Jackets and Long Garments. Alaska Seal Coats nnd Jackets. Fur-lin- ed Garments of every description. Fur Capes, Muffs, Scarfs,' and Boas in all fashionable Furs. Commencing; Monday, wo will offer buyers special and exceptional bar- gains In all the above lines. Wo do not believe that at nny time, or under any circumstances, have such re- markable values been placed before the purchasing publto by any Dry Goods establishment In America. Aatierlas; to our xe4 rule, wi make no charge far altertas; ladles or Mleeea Salt, Cloalta, Far Ganaeata or, Far Carta. MILLINERY DEP'T. Sweeping Redactions In Prices throughout MUUncry Department to Make Boom tor Holiday Oood Imported Bonnets and Round Hats At Less than Cost. About 300 very stylish Imported Bon- nets, Bound Hats aud Toques, all choice. 6clcct designs for Drees lints. Including many Into modola just received. We shall eclt them at , $14 50 Knell. f Worth from 920 to 926 each. 175 Bonnets, Bound Hats and Toques, all of select designs, at $q 60 ! Each. Formerly 910.50 to 915 each. 850 Bonnets. Bound Hats and Turbans, nil of good design and made from best materials, at - Each. Beduccd from 97.50, 58.50 and 910 each. I!ca Trlouaad IXat Parlora Seeoa Floor, Mta Bl. aMa. Misses' Trimmed Hats. 450 Misses' and Children's Trimmed Hats, embracing a very largo and choice variety of stylos, nt 92.50, 98.50 and 94.50 each; worth double these prices. Chtldrca'a Trimmed Rata Ground Floor, XOih ataid. Feathers and Flowers. Entire Stock of Fine Imported Fancy Feathers at About Half Cost. 160 dozen fine Fancy Feathers, formerly 76c., 08c., and $1.25 oach, reduced to iS5c. 125 dozen fine Fancy Feathers, formerly $1.25 to $1.75 each, reduced to'48c. each. 150 dozen flno Imported Fompons, for- merly 75c. each, reduced to 38c. each. 175 dozen flno Imported Fompons, for- merly $1.75 each, reduced to 08c. oach. 1,000 dozen flno French Bose Sprays, with long vrfre stems, at 12c oach. Feather Collars and Boas. 75 fine HacUIo Feather Boas, 2,V yards long, at 95.U8 each: reduced from $9.08. 125 Curled Hacklo Feather Boas, 2,\ yards long, at 9l.8 ench; reduced from $12.08, 150 best quality Coquo Feather Boas, 2 yards long. 914.50 each: wero $19.60. 350 dozen Coquo Feather Collars, IB Inches long (all black). 70c.' each: worn Sl.83. 200 dozen Hacklo Foathor Collars. 18 Inches long, W8c. each; reduced from $2.75. 150 dozen Coquo Fentfior Collarb at fy'i.lH each: rwliifcd from $1.93. ART DEPARTMENT. Japaneso Erabjoldered 8111c Decorating Scarfs at t)8e. each. Japanese Embroidered Batln Table Cov-er- s at 98,60 each. stationeryTFpartment. Ink Stands In Silver. Leather and Onyx: Leather Writing Tablets, Gold and Sliver 'Pens and Pencils. Work Boxes. Stationery Cabinets. Calendars, fco. BPBCIXV Laalbtr I Tablet at 8)Te. and Tc. laluld WalDOt and Koa Wood Wrltlas D aka at 9.S aad WIM fbratr prleaa Sd.SAaadM.7S. Plata attatloaarr Boata at Me., Sac., dc, ?c, aad Sc. Bard Wood Work Bona, SHtad coaiplctc, SI. 8. 14.Ui.rat Gold feaa, with hiI baadlra-- o. , MIX-.- ) Mo. (I. 8r, Xo. 4, Sl. fcelas onr. third brlow reaular prleaa, Hllter ThliulilcH, D3. ItSv, uad 43, Wold Tiilmblrn, S.0N nad M3.BT, Simpson, Crawford & Simpson, 6th Ami, I9th tl 20ft St i FANCY GOODS 5, For the Holidays. vj It Largest variety nnd lowest pr! c tn ' tho\ two tolling features of our I'snoy 'C Goods display, which embraces ner thing W now and deehablo In l Art Pottery. Clocks. . Lamps. Candelabra. h Cabinets. Musxal Boxm. ; Tables. Leather Goods, Pedestals. Jewelry. Bronzes. Fans, Dolts, Ac \ IU,UUU !l DRESS PATTERNS \ For \:;' Holiday Presents Will bs placed on Sale Monday ') at - Extremely Low Prices, I MENS FURNISHINGS. HOUSE JACKETS. I Men's all-wo- ol Houso Jackots, quilted linings nnd satin trimmed, 98.7fi CAch; value $l2.fi0. y BATH ROBES. Men's nil-wo- Eldordovm Bath Robes, la f pink, sky blue and gray, 94,00 each; l value $6.98. ( UNDERWEAR. Men's natural wool Shirts and Drawers, ' all sizes, 91.25 each: valuo $1.75. j Men's Lamb's 'Wool Shirts and Drawers, in white and natural color, \ 91.50 each: J value $1.98. - f HALF HOSE. Men's English tan-color- Merino Halt ' Hose, double soles, high-splice- d heels, all \ \.2 ' \\ sizes, 25c. pair; value 89c. HANDKERCHIEFS. \' - Men'a extra One Ohlnese Silk Handker- chiefs, wide hem, 20c. each. Ladles' Embroidered Sflk Gauze Hand- kerchiefs at 48c. each. Ladies' Underwear and Hosiery. Ladles' gonulno Swi6s Ilibbed Cashmpre \ \ Vests, low neck, no sleeves, 50c. each.; f value 89c. Ladles' genuine Swiss Ilibbed Cashiuers Vests, high neck, short and lone sleows, 75c. each; value $1.10. Ladles' English Black Bibbed Cashmere Hose, best quality, all sizes, 75c. pair; value $1.25. Table Linen, Tcwels. Flannels. 1 ' ' (Basement.) Five cases Irish Linen Tablo PamsU. full bleached and warranted pure flax, at 46Ca yard' Torth 70c i 600 dozen fine Damosk Ton-els- , knotted fringe, large size, plain and open work fancy borders, at 25Cb each worth 3Dc. 200 pieces French Stripe ond Tlain Flan nels; newest coloringe, and wairnntcil all wool, at TOILET GOODS DEPARTMENT. Magnificent variofy of Holiday Ko eltie?, L including Sll er Toilot Article of cv cry le I scripfion Celluloid Toilet Sots, Compluta I Toilot Outfits In handeomo tauos, Triple 1 Mirrors, ie., at lowest prices in tho clt . ' f. Misses' Toilet Cases, 81c. ; vorth $1.. Oxidized Toilet Sets In riusli Cacs at $1.31; reduced from $2.60. Combination Toilet and Manicure Sotsia Plush Cases at $1,78. Manicure huts ut 9ic Extensive vorioty of Toilot Sets hi Pliiab. Oxidized and Hard Wood Cast!t. at SiM. $3.78 and $1.21. Fancy Perfume Baskets at 12c. and 53o. BOOKS. ai Popular and Standard Works by all tb 1' great Authors, handsomely bound in cloth, I 31o. each. I Children's Story Books at 7c 10c 16c., I 10c. and 21o, each. I Complete Works of Dickens, 15 o!s..t2.37: I Eliot, 0 vols, $1.19; Thackeray, 10 oli, I $19 nil lluely bound ond printed flora , new plates. Aj' l'erbonal Moinoli-- of (icnoul Oiont, full jKl binding, at VJ7 pi'i kI of 1 olini ', m-- i bubsoiljiiiou price 'J. I' Simpson, Crawford & Simpson, 1 6th Avenue, 19th to 20th St. 1 , &&&&. . LaaJaSSal
