Show DIVINE SARAH SARAH- SINKS RAPIDLY V I Famous Actress Is Near Death I t S r SARAH BERNHARDT Famous Famous' Actress Dying in Pans Patis Recites Illustrious Roles in Delirium m PARIS March 24 B By CJ U P P.- P. Madame Sa Sarah h Bernhardt Is slowly sinking and It Is feared the end Is near But as the worlds world's gr greatest ac actress actress actress ac- ac tress and Indeed one of ot th tb the worlds world's greatest glides from the wings of life lite toward the great stage of ot the Invisible tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row the voices of ot her Immortal never be Camille and her forgotten 1 LAiglon are calling Relatives es and other members of the household were gathered atthe at atthe the bedside of ot Bernhardt this aft aft- Her doctors fear fear she will not live out the night During the day the greatest actress became becam delirious and as those who loved her stood weeping nearby they heard Bernhardt perhaps for the thelast thelast thelast last time In the roles which brought the world to her feet RECITES ROLES IN D DELIRIUM In her delirium the great actress imagined herself again on the stage While ne her bod body was WaB slowly I perishing her soul soul spoke She I recited in the voice which kings princes and the people of ot the world had acclaimed th tb the dramatic roles I Il o oZ l the days when she was the queen of ot the stage Mme Bernhardt had declared that she hoped to die upon the stage If It her present illness Inness proves the end this will be denied her herbut but as cable able and wireless flashed to the ends Of the earth the news of the sinking of the great actress It was not alone Ione those at the bedside bedside bed bed- side Ide but th the world which was Bernhardt's last audience In addition to Bernhardt's regular regu- regu lar ar physician specialists were called and a of six of the leading physicians of ot Paris Pans I was scheduled for tor 6 o'clock It I develops develops' that one of l I Mme Bernhardt's Bernhardt's Bern Bern- Bern j hardts hardt's kidneys has been Infected I Ifo fo for the past thirty years yetis She isnow Is Isnow the now 78 years old and with existing complications her he c condi condition I tion Is regarded as little short of ot desperate REGAINS CONSCIOUSNESS At 5 o'clock it was was was' announced that tha t the physicians had resorted to Injections of camphor as an aid to the heart heat action A half hour later litter ernhardt B-ernhardt was declared to have regained consciousness for a short time Her son ia Maurice a rice standing near by she Immediately recognized I I 1 am am very vetY weak k out but tit I am not suffering Dont Don't worry worn Bernhardt Bernhardt Bernhardt Bern Bern- I hardt said to him Her secretary came f front from the I r room for a few moments s. s He sa said She Is very bad poor beloved madame I cannot say more more poisoning has steadily become worse since Thursday it was learned The physicians de declare de- de dare clare that unless the tle crisis terminates terminates terminates nates today the Issue will b be fatal Though scoffed at as an ugly duckling at 17 and given up to todie todie die of tuberculosis a at aI 30 O the Divine Di Dl vine Sarah forged her herway herway way to the position o of worlds world's forem foremost st tragedienne and became known In Jn every corner of the U globe as a woman passed of the secret of eternal youth BORN IN 1845 Sarah Bernhardt was born of ot Jewish parents In Paris In October 1845 She was reared a a Catholic and at at 12 ee entered re a convent school As a a. child chUd she eagerly desired to tobe tobe tobe her father tather be a nun but to please she he consented to enter the conservatoire conservatoire conser conser- and prepare herself for tor a a. career Even in the convent con she had shown histrionic talent In enacting Biblical plays debut in At 17 IT she made marie her Iphigenie at the C Fran- Fran calse caise At 19 she made her first notable success Her greatest tri tri- Continued on page 9 J. J i DIVINE SARAH Continued from page pago 1 1 were wera scored between 1875 1575 and 1880 1530 when when her reputation as the first actress of ot her time was definitely established She visited America several severa times times first first In 1880 and later in 1911 1913 and 1916 In 1916 the great tragediennes tragedienne's knee was injured d while she wits was acting She had to choose between amputation and giving up the stage She chose amputation and aided b by an an artificial leg continued on the stage Bernhardt was married once once to to Constantine Constantino Demala Greek actor actor- but the marriage was u unhappy and they soon separated |