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of of Br PERCY BURTON. the toto Sir Herbcrt.Troc said that Mmo. was \the greatest woman I have ever known\ ho echoed t)i sentiments of some thousands, maybe millions of the world's play- goers, while Indorsing the verdict passed upon the supreme nrt of Mme. Bernhardt by scores of her contem- porary artists probably the truest and certainly the severest test of Indl-vtdu- al art, for who so critical as a fel- low artist? And yet I remember In my man- agerial associations with Sir Henry Irving;, Sir John Hare, Sir Charles Wyndham, and last, but by no means least, Blr Johnston how unalloyed was their admiration and how sincere was their of their sister In art. It was who, thirty-eig- ht years ago, was the first to wel- come Mme. Bernhardt to English shores on her arrival at Folkestone. As Mme. Bernhadt herself recalls, \There were thousands of people there, and It was the first time I had ever heard the cry of \Vive Sarah Bern- hardt!' I turned my head and saw before me a pale young man, with the Ideal face of Hamlet, who presented IB with a gardenia. I was destined to admire Mm later on as Torn let played by Forbes -- Robertson.\ And twenty-flv- e to thirty-fiv- e years later I often heard refer to Bernhardt's wonderful art. Sir Henry Irving, too, though he spoke no French and was often Inclined to be severely critical of his waa always enthusiastic to a degree orer Bernhardt' genius, and an enor- mous bouquet, the card bearing the words \Welcome: Henry Irving,\ was the first to greet her on her antral In London for the first time at the head of the Co medie Francalse. American artist have been no leas generous In their homage and tribute to Bernhardt' supremacy, and mora recs&Uy mch actors a Sotharn and Mariow. Mr. Flak, John Draw, David Warfield and Hen- rietta Crosman, to mention but a few, hava united In praise of her consum- mate genlua. Thus ft 1 that almost tatrty-sere- n yam to a day after her first appear- and tn New Tork, when Sarah Bern- hardt, now TJ years young, reappear at the Theatre, It may b said of her a Shakespeare said of her Oriental prototype Cleopatra, \Age cannot wither her nor custom stale her Infinite variety. He would assuredly have said this of Sarah Bernhardt had he been alive In our day to witness her wonderful portrayal of his Hamlet and her latest additions to her repertoire, TerOa In hi \Merchant of Venice\ and a part In \IBtolle dans Ja Nult\ When Bernhardt first appeared in New Tork she was in her prime, and It la both timely and interesting per haps to re can her reminiscence of heii first appearances and tour In America. On her arrival then her first anxiety was to receive a cable from her son Maurice. Now, thirty-seve- n years later, she has the consolation of hav- ing him with her in person and the added satisfaction and pride of know- ing that she Is to appear in two plays which he has written In collaboration with other authors, to wit, \Cleopatre\ and \Hecube.\ How time most have flown for Mme. Bernhardt and hew kindly despite all it ravage, which she has conquered If not vanished altogether) Seeing her at rehearsal y, surrounded by her company like so many courtiers, all waiting to kiss her extended hand as she enters like an empress borne by has Just been to the bar, has a wife two children, is a com- muter and so methodical that he makes .the on train five nights out of six. He does not drink. Which Is the rea-o- n why this story is written. - \Come down and have a claret punch; I know the best place in New York,\ said the head of his legal Arm the other afternoon. It was the first time Gorman had received any social recognition from him in all the years from the time he began as office boy until he passed on to head clerk and finally won his degree. Gorman looked at his pile of letters. It waa Just half an hour before leav- ing time and he knew lie would miss his train. But perhaps there might be something behind the asking. Was there promotion ahead? What waa it that made tho boss nsk him to go out for a drink? The pla was no new thing for Oorman, mi nil that ho had ever drunk ttiorn wun the drink Ihnt Will- iam JennlriKH llrynn made famous. \Two clsrets\ wild the i(Ws and they ,at on the lounge mid tnlked of trivial fverydny things. Oorman occasionally made a lead to ofllco iiff.ilnt; but the boss passed it over quickly, It was a hot day and the boss re- -, marked: \Cool and satisfying; let's hav another.\ Oorman didn't another, but he compromised by upon paying for a round, un- accustomed as he waa to the ways of ' aaa1ttnat I. Ho felt a queer sensation first In his head, then in his feet Ho wnnri.ri If he would wabble when he pnld the -- check. The cooling sensation around I hi belt began to 'change to a warm I vun ci nu heart begin BERNHARDT Great French Actress Soon Starts Tenth Tour America Remi- niscences Her First Visit WHEN Forbes-Robertso- appreciation Forbes-Robertso- n Forbes-Robertso- n contemporaries, repreaentattre Knickerbocker her devoted followers, one can only marvel, and ono marvels still more when one sees licr engaged In ani- mated conversation with her chancel- lor or stage manager, discussing tho setting of the o, tho un desirable length of a tublo and tho need of a more practical chair (Instead of a kind of throne In which she is sit- ting upright), and from which sho rises with all her old vitality to give a direction here or a point there, de- claiming with every whit of her an- cient and unquenchnhlo fire. At another moment the generosity of tho artist Is to be seen tin tho way she whispers a suggestion to her lead- ing man, M. Jean Angclo, back from the war horrors of her and our well beloved France. It is to the Union des Arts, n special institution for tho as sistance nnd protection of unfortunate artists or all denominations, that Mme. Bernhardt will devolo a portion of her receipts from the present tour, which l under tho direction of W. V. Connor, who has been her manager during her last four tours since 1905. Hut let us look back thirty-seve- n years Into the mists of the unforgottcn past and listen to Bernhardt's own words and memories of that America, for which she still professes, with In- dubitable sincerity, an affection second only to that for her own crucified country. Her First American To or. Bernhardt sailed from Franco for America on October 15, 1SS0, as the mistress of her art and fortunes, manager of r theatre she had gen- -' erously turned Into a hospital during the Franco-Prussia- n war (herself act- ing as an afnbulanco nurse In real life), and yet to achieve her widest fame and carry her genius to the four quarters of the globe. She was then under the direction of Mr. Abbey, In conjunction with Mr. Jarrett. and In her memoirs Mme. Bernhardt has much to say of nn appreciative ond often of a humorous nature. It must not be overookcd In the category of her attributes that she has a keen sense of humor nnd Is a brilliant wjt. while she herself confesses to the possession of a devil of n temper, which may, however, be only a shorter nd perhaps apter word for artistic temperament. \Interviews\ In America, were Madame'a first difficulty, and the Cus- tom House her bete noire, while Brooklyn Bridge waa recommended to her as a masterpiece of American genius which would make her forget the petty miseries of our official red tape. \Oh! that bridge!\ she says, describ- ing her Impression of it at a later visit. \It Is insane, admirable, Imposing; and It makes one feel proud. Yes, one Is proud to be a human being when one realises that a'braln has created and suspended In the sir, fifty yards from the ground, that fearful thing which bears a dozen trains filled with pas- sengers, ten or twelve tramcars, a hundred cabs, carriages and carts, and thousands of foot passengers; and all that moving along together amid the uproar of the music of the metals clanging, clashing, grating and groan- ing under the enormous weight of people and things. I made a sign for my carriage to stand still, and I closed my eyes. I then had a strange, indefinable sensation of uni- versal chaos. \I opened my eyes again when my brain waa a little more tranquil, and I saw New Tork stretching out along the river, wearing its night ornaments, which glittered as much through Its dress of thousands of electric lights as the firmament with Its tunic of stars. I returned to the hotel reconciled with this great nation.\ On Monday, November , 1880, the curtain rose on her first performance of \Adrlenne Lecouvreur,\ the house being crowded, needless to say at ex- orbitant prices. One person wanted his money bock because Bernhardt did not appear in the first act. Her tri- umph was, however, so great that the audience was not content with seeing her at the theatre, but adjourned to her hotel and serenaded her. Alto- gether she gave twenty-seve- n per- formances in New Tork, and appepred also in Trou-Frou- ,\ \Hernanl.\ \La Dame aux Camellaa,\ 'Le Sphinx\ and \L'Etrangere the receipts aver- aging over 14,000 a performance. Her last performance as Camflla, TWO DRINKS DISTURB GORMAN nlng to pump faster and glancing at the clock he noticed that he had lost his usual train. Somehow by clutching his toes within his shoes he got a better hold on the ground and tho wabbling was not so marked. The boss left him at the door. Evidently ho had no other motive in giving the invitation than to have a drink with Gorman reached his desk. Tho was gone nnd piled up on his desk were moro letters. Only the office hoy remained. \Gcorgo he said, \file nil those papers,\ indicating the pllo. on which he had been working previously to going out for the claret punch. \Put that pile In tho drawor of my desk.\ The boy did so and wondered why Oorman, who did almost everything about tho ofllco himself, should sud- denly ask him to do these things. \Sign all these letters with my name and mall them,\ said Gorman, seeing that the desk was clear. Ho hoped the boy did not notice thero was anything unusual about him. Then Oormnn crossed Brondway, looked at his watch, which by tho way was his wife's, his own being nt tho noted that h could not mnko tho ferry In tlmo for the noxt train nnd decided to go homo by the Hudson and Manhattan tubes, although It was a warmer rldo than by the ferry nnd there was nn extra fare. Oomian had gone through tho heat of the previous week without wilting his collar, but now ho felt uncomfort- able and hot. A woman stood near him. At any other time ho would have given her his scat, but he was not suro of himself, not suro whether ho could stand erect. Ho glanced nt his news- - papers, the two he had been reading ' bbbbbbbbbbbI LxbbbbbbV' 9r slH bBhI LaLI t.VBHl EsMn r 0 h \ N aaaaaaaaaM ? i aTaar f U arrSaYBKaa :1nlllBIHI- - av . ; HU?IbbbbHIbbbbbbbbbbbbHbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbB ISH Ol Mme. Sarah with her pet dog, when she had seventeen calls after the third act nnd twenty-nin- e after the fifth, was at a matinee on December 4, so that she could nttend a reception nt ilenlo Park, whero she met Mr. Edison. In order to get there at all, however, she had to be by her sister and herself escape In- cognito from the theatre, so large and insistent was tho enthusiastic crowd which blocked her way to and from the theatre. An 18SO Impression of Kdlsoa. Bernhardt's meeting with Edison In 1880 is full of Interest now. \I looked at this man of medium size, with rather a large head and a noble looking profile, and I thought of Napoleon I. Thore waa certainly a great physical resemblance between these two men, and I am sure that one compartment of their brains would be found to be Identical. Of course, I do not compare their genius. The one was destrlctlve and the other creative. I looked at Edison for he reminded me of the great man who was dead. I was enthusiastic In my admiration of the inventions of this man, and I was charmed with his timid graclousncss and perfect cour- tesy nnd with his profound love of Mme. Rornhardt's next resting place, If nn American tour can be said to havo any resting place for a 'popular star, was Boston. According to her: \Women formed the majority there. They were Puritanical with Intelli- gence and Independent with a certain grace.\ \American women,\ she notes, \generally have charming hands and feet.\ In Boston Bernhardt gave fifteen performances to much the same re- ceipts as sho played to In New Tork and left after a' charming two weeks, still talking of If not to the Boston women, who she says were \Puritan from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot: but they were Indulgent, and there Is no bitterness about their Puritanism. What struck me most about tho women of Boston was the harmony of their gestures and the COMMUTER'S ROUTINE Stirring Effect of Claret Punch Brings Woe to Teetotaller companionship. stenographer watchmaker's, Bernhardt, Impersonated thoughtfully, Shakespeare.\ since he was elevated to a clerkship. nut Ho couldn't figure out at the end of tho ride whether It was the Russian or tho German Cabinet that had been reorganized, or both. It wasn't until he struck the stair- way of the tubes on the other side of the river that ho noticed that the stairs went In waves, rolling, ever roll- ing, nnd when he reached the top and walked on solid ground he felt a sink- ing sensation; but he got his train. He longed Just to close his eyes. Ho wns sleepy, but there waa a girl Just ahead with n wido expanse of neck showing and ho wnnted to slsp heron tho back and say, \Hello girlie!\ But Gorman's will power held fast and when the tunnel wns reached ho closed his eyes and it felt as If ho were doing '!The Rocky Road to Dublin\ stunt nt Coney Island. Ho was glad when the end of tho tunnel was reached and the train seemed to speed on level ground again. Finally Gorman's station was reached. While ho would have liked to tako an open \flivver\ ho decided walking was best. Ho walked and pnsslng peoplo on their porches he felt llko waving his arms at them, but his stern will kept the arms from doing moro than swinging upward Just a llttlo bit. Ho was glad tho children would be In bed for they would rush Into his arms, and could ho stand up straight nnd carry them as ho was accustomed up tho stoop? Could he get away With It with his wife? It turned out tho children were not asleep, and while hn hugged them he did not lift them. His wlfs met him ns usual, but ho did not even kiss her n mo cneeu. Ho could not deceive her. softness of their voices. They are as far removed from the Latin race as the north pole Is from the south pole, but they are interesting, delightful and captivating.\ From Boston she went to New Haven, Hartford and Montreal, where the warmth of her reception was, of course, without bounds, \The Mar seillaise\ from ten thousand throats. mingling with verses and addresses of welcome In her own language. But the Bishop of Montreal forbade his flock to go to the theatre with re sults such as only a theatrical manager can appreciate to the fullest extent. Lovers of France and French art un- yoked her horses, and her sleigh was almost carried by an Immense crowd, chief among them being the notabili ties of the city. After Springfield, Mass., came Balti- more, Philadelphia and Chicago, where the slaughter house naturally disgusted hor. But she left that city \fond of everything In It: its people. Its lake, as big as a small Inland sea; Its audiences, ' who were so enthusiastic; everything, except its stock yards.\ She Foand St. Loais Dlrtr. From Chicago she Journeyed to St. Louis and gave it as her opinion that \It was the Germans wh.o planted there the bulb of progress.\ Then, however, the city waa \repulsively dirty,\ and she confesses she was \bored to death at St. Louis and wanted to leave the, place at once after paying an In- demnity to the manager.\ But she didn't! The display of all her private Jewels in a store window with, incidentally, a lot that did not belong to her did not add to madame's pleasure and she almost suffered the annoyance of hav- ing them stolen by train robbers on her subsequent Journey to Cincinnati. After three performances there she proceeded to New Orleans, where she had her first experience of floods, but an infinite charm was evolved from her sojourn there. She. found the people \so different: black and white, they all had smiling faces,\ and she left New \Frank she said, \You've taken a drink.\ \Yes he said boldly, \two drinks. The old man Invited me!\ Seeing that his wife did not go Into hysterics, he made for the bathroom. turned on the cold water, filled tho tub up full, took off his clothes and got in, carefully removing the plug so that nothing tragic might happen if the queer sensation should overcome him. The cold water treatment did have some effect. It cooled his head off and his hot body. He stayed in the wnter as long as there was a drop left in tho tub . and then dressed and came down. \Can we have dinner with daddy?\ asked the children In unison. \Surely said Gorman. For there were' still traces of the queer sensntlon and the children might help carry on the conversation. i Gorman ato heartily and the food helped somowhat to take away the ef- fects that for more than an hour 'hod tortured him. When ho finished tho fourth glass of Iced tea he felt much Improved. The rest of the evening was spent on tho unllghted porch and when It came time to go to bed Gorman looked for his watch his wife's watch. It was gone! He remembered the last time ho saw it he had looked at It on Broadway. Had ho failed to slip it back In his pocket, ho wondered. Ho went up- stairs, searched tho bathroom without finding It, turned on tho light In his own room, whero the baby slept, awakening her, and the lost and found advertisement that In his mind he had composed was no longer needed, for there was hlH wife's watch on the floor. Saved! He picked It up. It was still going. He wound It for the night, and as ho did so, to tho rhythm of lis move-men- t, ho repeated to himself, \Never again, never again I\ Coprrtght. Underwood A Underwood. Buster. Orleans with regret, for It resembled no other city she had visited. Mobile, Memphis and Louisville ushered In \the dizzy round of the smaller towns,\ whero sho arrived sometime nt 6 In the evening and left Immediately after tho end of the play. She left the car only to go to the theatre, and returned as soon as fhe play was over. Sho sleeps well on trains and says she feels \an lmmenso pleasure travel- ling In that way at high speed, sitting outside on the small platform or re- clining In. a rocking chair, gazing on the ever changing spectacle of Amer- ican plains and forests.\ Without stopping she went through Louisville, Cincinnati for tho second time, Colum WOMAN LIBRARIAN, 'HAT do you know, business \W men, about your public library as a business asset for you?\ This lending question Is asked by Adelaide R. Hasse, chief of the division of economics In the New York Public Library, a division that Includes eco- nomics, sociology and documents. A cursory view of room 229 nnd the ad- joining room, which composo \the business man's nnnex,\ as Miss Hasse likes to term It, gives no Idea of the resources of this department, for Its main library, which Includes over 350,000 volumes of official reports of cities. States nnd foreign countries, Is hidden from the public view. This division of the Public Library Is primarily an Information bureau for business men, and Miss Hasse and her corps of assistants are eager and zealous servants of the public, ready to gather Information, statistical! or otherwise, In answer to questions asked by telephone, mall or In person. As the utilitarian value of this de- partment to the business world gradu- ally became known all kinds of ques- tions began pouring In. The number Is Increasing dally, although not fast enough to suit Miss Hasse, who is a dynamo for work that never stops. Hero nre oxamples of somo of the questions that have been received: Was the place where Jeanne d'Arc was born ever exempt from taxation, and If so how long was It exempt? (This was nearly a sticker, but tho Information was dug up successfully.) What Is the production of bath- houses every year? Statistics of silk Imports from Franco. Information concerning the coal tar Industry. The growing of onions In California. Cost of living in New York city. Foreign policies of the Confederate States of America. Canning of pineapple. Emigration to India. Prohibition In European countries since the war. 'y List of retail stores in the United States. Production of petroleum in Argen- tina. Municipal bonds In Paris. Concerning minimum wages in tho United States. How does probation affect Juvenile delinquents? \The representative of a magazine came here as a last resort,\ said Miss Hasse. \Ho spent two hours. He found not only what ho camo for, but he was directed nlso to a set of Gov- ernment reports of which ho had never heard In his life, and In them he found material which, he said, saved his firm $5,000 in experiments. This firm had never UBed tho library before. \Another man, employed by a big financial firm, spends on an average thrco evenings a week here. What is he looking up? The history of finance for ono thing. Tho prlco of silver for another and the price of stocks In various countries for various years. Does any ono suppose he would bo spending his tlmo this way If he did not find it good for his business? \A certain firm,\ continued Miss Hasse, \ready tn put Its employees on n tiroflt sharing basis, sent here to find out how proIt sharing plans have bus, Dayton, Indianapolis, St. Joseph, Leavenworth, Qulncy, Springfield, 111., to Milwaukee and Grand Rapids, and thence to Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburg and Toronto in quick succession. Of each place she has still the clear- est recollections, but of Buffalo with its neighboring Niagara Fnllsshe has naturally more to say. The round of duty Included Rochester, Utlca, Syra- - , cuse, Albany, Troy, Worcester, Provl-- ; dence and Washington, which latter sho found \an admirable city, but ono which at that time had a sadness about It that affected one's nerves.\ Then with a professional matinee of \La Prlncesso Georges\ in New 'York, where she was prerented among other thing with a casket of lapis by Sal-vl- nl and a medal with a forget-me-n- ot set in turquoises by Mary Anderson and no fewer than 130 bouquets, she finished her first musmi in America with a performance of \La Dame aux Camillas,\ having to come before the curtain fourteen times and make a little speech in English. Her tour had lasted seven months; she had visited fifty cities and given 168 performances, the gross receipts being more than $500,000 and the aver- age takings 13,420 a performance. Since that tour In 1880 Bernhardt has made eight other visits to America, the present tour being her tenth. In all probability it will prove the most comprehensive, ) extending down tu Porto Rico, Santo Domingo, Havnna and Key West, returning to Florida and from the South to tho Far Western coast. Then If her health holds out and sho was never In better spirits than to-d- she hopes to sail for South America in June of next year. After that she hopes to eay good-b- y and to return to her own beloved country before seeking a permanent retirement. For, as she says: \I love America, but not enough to die here. I must live to see Franco victorious and for one more visit to my beloved Paris when tho war cloud has disappeared.\ Bernhardt's Debut In Paris. It was In Paris, of courso, that she made her debut, at the Comedle Fran- calse on September 1, 1862 fifty-fiv- e years ago to a day on tho night she reappears In New York at tho Knicker- bocker Theatre. It was in Paris that sho met all the famous French people of the past gen- eration, Including George Sand, Prince i Napoleon, the elder ana younger Dumas, and Victor Hugo, In all of whoso plays she appeared to his de- light. Madame will still recall \the tlmld ring at the bell .which announced Francois Coppee, whose handsome face, emaciated and pale, was that of the Immortal Bonaparte,\ while sho lingers with many a descriptive and critical touch over a performance at the Tullerlcs before tho Empress Eu- genie. \George Sand,\ Bernhardt says, \was a sweet, charming creature, ex- tremely timid. She did not talk much, but smoked all the time. Her large eyes were always dreamy and hor mouth had the kindest expression. Sho had perhaps a medium sized fig- ure, but sho no longer carried herself upright. I used to watch her with tt)o most romantic affection and hold worked out. Another, waiting to nd- - vcrtlse Its special brand of breakfast food, found here the locations of nil special advertisement. We furnished porters exporters can find statis- tics, directories, laws of foreign coun- tries and steamship routes. A broker planning to lend money foreign cities can discover their size, debts ond other con- cerning A paper manufacturer much lumber stands m the Stntes Union. ' A firm wanting In Mexico can Government reports, periodicals, books her hand in mine as long aa possible. Her voice was gentle and fascinating.\ Prince Napoleon, commonly called \Plon Plon,\ often used to come to Gcorgo Sand's rehearsals, and was very fond of her, but did not car much about actors In general appar- ently. One actor was also something of an Anarchist One day he ap- proached the little group comprising George Sand, Bernhardt and the Princo and, bowing to Sand, said -- to the Prince, \You are sitting on my gloves, sir.\ Hardly moving, the Prince pulled out the gloves, threw them on tho floor and remarked, \I thought this scat was clean.\ Mur- muring a revolutionary threat, the actor walked away. Bernhardt thrills one with rem- iniscences of tho Franco-Prussia- n War and the fall of Sedan. \Oh tho Injustice, the Infamy of war I Will the of time never come when wars are no longer possi- ble, when the monarch who wants war will be dethroned and Imprisoned as a malefactor?\ neproved linn Diplomat, It was on a visit to Copenhagen, barely ten years after the Franco Prussian War, when tho French wounds wero still unhealed and tho peoplo still suffering from the indigni- ties imposed upon them, that Bern- hardt on the occasion of a banquet In her honor found reason to reprove the Prussian Minister. He, Baron Mag- nus, with typical Teutonlo want of tact, rose, and speaking in a loud voice, turjied to Madame and said, \I drink to France, which gives us such great nrtlstcs. To Franco, la Belle Franco, whom we all love so much.\ He had barely finished his oratori- cal effort when Madame, feeling her- self gono pale with suppressed Indig- nation, rose to her fce'unnd cried: \Yes let us drink to France, but to the whole of France, Monsieur, l'Am-bassade- ur de Prusse!' It was like a thunderbolt. The orchestra started playing \The Marseillaise,\ for at that time the Danes hated the Germans very much ns they may do now. And Bernhardt not only refused to receive tho Prussian Minister but returned tho flowers he her and requested an attache f tho British Embassy to ask tho German Baron not to renew his umleslrablo gifts. And she has reminiscences of Gam- - betta, who was \never common, never ordinary,\ who took snuff, but brushed away tho stray grains \with a gesture full of grace,\ and smoked hugo cigars without inconveniencing anybody, and could talk of literature, or quoto poetry as well ns he could talk politics. Or again of Victor Hugo, wflt) cnlled him- self her valet, nnd what could bo moro delightful to nn actress and nn artist than this from a great man nnd author: Madami : Too have been great and charming; you have moved me me, the old combatant and nt one moment, while the public whom you had en- chanted cheered you, I wept. This tear which you caused me to shed Is yours, and I myself at your feet. Victor Huao. This letter was accompanied by a small caso containing a fine chain bracelet, from which depended a single diamond drop. Rernhnrdt lost It at the house of a millionaire, and he wanted BUSINESS. i clippings on tho subject. The ' man who Is about to Install n system of cost accounting can sccuro a list or A promoter of a scheme to manufac- - very busy and wide awake department of tho Public Library could be enum- erated nd Infinitum. In room of the department busi- ness and professional men are encour- aged to mnko themselves at home. They can bring their typewriters their stenographers, too. If they fee! llko mi\\!lUi un, Miss Hasse Answers Dozens of fyes - fv 1 tinn! Jfli v ( .nnr.p.rninp- - I .nmmerce tho grocery stores in the unitea states. tne oesi reiercnces, ana wucn no hum One of tho largest manufacturing com- - finished rc.idlng tho right books nnd panics in tho world sent for histories magazlm articles he knows which sys-o- f the tobacco Industry to bo used In a tern Is the best for his particular tlrm. not only books and magazine articles turo rennet lltids out the laws of Ar-o- n tho subject, but also Illustrations gentlnu concerning bob veal, as he for tho booklet.\ would like to Import In cold storage Miss Hasse pointed out the almost tho stomachs of calves to be used In endless potentialities of service that the rennet manufacturing business, the economics division of the Public Varieties of Information that are Library holds for business men. Im- - supplied the business world by this and to munici- pal Information them. can find out how nncut various of the trade opportunities South America and find still much dreamed sent letter place nnd ono and hofiltallty that this Is not only \a business man's nnnex,\ but In some cases It Is his whole office. Econo- mists write books there ond he vol- - sjfjrK iyt .vs s N?HaaaaaaaaaasP llKfrWMtfS ADELAIDE R. HASSE, I . SQjSjffR HW Of BCOSIOMIC3 W jRSr-f- e Zflffi'f? DIVISION OF THB AVCkV Sffir VjW . VOOK PUBLIC LIBRARY VSfJ to giv her another, but she refused, saying: \You cannot give me back the tear of Victor Hugo.\ It was about the same mtlllonslre, himself quite unimportant, like most millionaires, and now dead, that an- other story is told showing Bernhardt's ready wit or presence of mind, perhaps both. was selling her photograph In London for charity, as sho will probably do here for the Union des Arts. On tho occasion In question tlio English millionaire referred to camo along, and proffered a 5 note. Madame Bernhardt selected a photograph, wroto hor name on It, with the date) and then deliberately let a drop of Ink fall on it. \There it is,\ she said, picking up the note. \One pound for tho picture, one pound for tho date, a pound for tho nutograph, a pound for tho blot nnj one pound for the charity.\ Her Talk With Gtiulitnnr. And Bernhardt talked of her English as of her Amorican associations, with the warmest recollections nnd recalls a conversation with Gladstone, In which \the Grand Old Man\ discussed the morality of her plays, and inc- identally agreed with her against capl-t- punishment; while Sir Frederla Lelghton, the famous painter, praicd her own pictures. Let us turn down the corridor of time to moro recent years and wltnfsj the homage of the French poets, artists and writers, Including Edmond Rostand, Jean Rlcrxpln. Emlle Lcmaltre nnd others, to Sarah Bernhardt nt the time of her nom- ination to tho order of tho Legion of Honor, on a memorable occasion pre. sided over by M. Rone Vlvianl, who found time to pay her a visit nt tha hospital on his recent visit to New York, notwithstanding his numerous official obligations. But let mndame speak for hcrsrlf again. \I think that tho dramatic art is essentially feminine,\ hlio says. \To pnlnt one's face, to hide one's real feelings, to try to please and to en- deavor to attract attention the? are all faults for which we lilamn wnmen and for which great Indulgence is shown. Thcso same defects worn odious In \You ask mo what my theory of llf Is. It Is represented by the word will. Just ns my theory of nrt In represented by the word nature. Life Is short, even for thow who llv a long time, nnd vn must live fur t'ie few who know nnd appreciate u w no \\Ung some slight service at the library. room Sho men. juago nnu nusoive ns, and lor inini wo have the same affection ami diligence. Wo ought to ban wy rarely, as It Is too fatiguing, min n Indifferent to a great deal foiciw often nnd never forget. Km giving docs not mean forgetting at Ica.st t does not with me. Forgetfulnrvi .ind death nre tho most faithful compan- ions of tho human being. Korgc'f ness takes up Its abndo In our mind, In our henrt. while death i.s nlwus present laying traps for us, w.itehnii; nil wo do, ami jeering gayly win n sleep closes our ryes, for we kivc it then the Illusion of what It know.s will somo Jay bo a Truly, Mmo. Bernhardt H not only nn artist but a girat phllo.sophor In licr ryes seems to lurk the wisdom of the ages. MEN'S AID ZtZntZT deed, it i.s a paradise of work and n - complement for thoM who imv, found itholr way there. And that , ron' f'\i to be tho one place in te library where ono can remove one s ' \ \\in sie-- v In all business remarked M I Hasse, \tho fundamental law is tho creation of a market. Tho Amer-- library has created for Itself a market among the Immntute r lelsuro and tho hnndicnpped Tho business market Is waiting on tip toe. \'Oh libraries!' said n lmiln's mar. to mo, 'we can't use them V dnn t want books. We want Information Information In advnnro of bonks' this depressing morsel came by po?i 'No, 1 do not want to write to 'h Blank Library If I can help It. They have that Insipid way of regarding any Inquiry as nu Interference with their right to sleep, nnd I do not ant to wake them,' I am not sure that this attitude doei not smart less thin ,ha. nf ,h hstn., , la profoundly grateful. No business man thinks of expressing his grntltuie to his o!Hcn force or of excusing him- self for troubling them. \A library to-d- with any xetifa for being should make the bi.ine contingent of Its community feel that thn library Is no more or less 'H.m na nnnex to every business man's oilV\ \One of these days thero Is pnlntr t be a library revolution,\ a d Mm Hnssa in conclusion. \And frm th.it 'time on library executives ate cnlnff to be captains of Industry, l\ e,1 up shoulder to shoulder with th\ \n'v salvation of our country- - sound b\si-ne-s- The library Industry wl'l then be an well organized, as well n uiiJ. as efficient In service ns nnv h fill Industry. It will cens' to b i tolerated luxury and will h.ne be. \i8 a vitn! necessity In the ceoP\'nl ' of the country. 'When thnt time comes reenn-- h ex pert's will be eniplojed, not on'v to produco Information for the l.. r.m i market but also to produce ir'orni tlon for the exe. nttve l'or the latter will ask whv with M' eic't schools studying r vies the lil'i collection of . , ic materi. l is iot u- - I to the limit A ' the present nn m for Instance. If wo were In l\iinr n n business way every library In country would havo had every imv and navy regulation, manual, res.-'-- r nnd nil Its military training aiM fenco clippings, speeches nnd pun-phlet- nsFcrnbled nt somo pl.ien ' venlent to the largest number of I sons.\ In her years of service In 'he N w York Public Library Miss H.i. made of the economics division a !' o service Sho fu to the business man: Why build up Hn expenslvo business library when offer export research service nr'!\ Why not realize my assistant ami I nre your employees? Constant! rr Ing nnd nlwaja up to the ' thanks tn the constant colle i ef pamphlets nnd dippings, this .\J man's laboratory has been 'f Hasse with tho spirit of ' 1 brary of tho Future. She is ,i i . erf, for she carries out to n loci rl'1 ' power tho theory that a llbri-- ' n the servant of tho peoplo nnd n ' mere custodian of tho people's rwo\
