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Show La Hernuardt'a Snperetl tlotia. Though Mme. Bernhardt affects not to believe in God, she is, nevertheless, exceedingly superstitious. The production pro-duction of "La Tosca" was delayed weeks and weeks because the tragedy queen premptorily refused to act with a certain well-known actor, for whom Sardou hod written a part. She objected ob-jected to him because she was convinced con-vinced that he had the "evil eye." When "Macbeth" was brought out some time ago in Paris she had a notion that the playing or singing of the witches' music would as certainly entail en-tail misfortune upon her; consequently some other composition hud to take its place. From some cause she displays apositive horrorforanythingof saffron tint an antipathy that is shared, to some extent, at least, by a large number num-ber of people on the stage. |