Chapter XX: Part 20

I smile at this quite French childishness. I get off and walk through the midst of a hedge of smiling, kind faces of sailors, who offer me flowers.

Within the tent all the life-savers are waiting for me, wearing on their broad chests the medals they have so well deserved.

M. Grosos, the president, reads to me the following address:

“MADAME,—As President, I have the honour to present to you a
delegation from the Life Saving Society of Hâvre, come to welcome you
and express their gratitude for the sympathy you have so warmly worded
in your transatlantic despatch.

“We have also come to congratulate you on the immense success that you
have met with at every place you have visited during your adventurous
journey. You have now achieved in two worlds an incontestable
popularity and artistic celebrity; and your marvellous talent, added
to your personal charms, has affirmed abroad that France is always the
land of art and the birthplace of elegance and beauty.

“A distant echo of the words you spoke in Denmark, evoking a deep and
sad memory, still strikes on our ears. It repeats that your heart is
as French as your talent, for in the midst of the feverish and burning
successes on the stage you have never forgotten to unite your
patriotism to your artistic triumphs.

“Our life-savers have charged me with expressing to you their
admiration for the charming benefactress whose generous hand has
spontaneously stretched itself out towards their poor but noble
society. They wish to offer you these flowers, gathered from the soil
of the mother-country, on the land of France, where you will find them
everywhere under your feet. They are worthy that you should accept
them with favour, for they are presented to you by the bravest and
most loyal of our life-savers.”

It is said that my reply was very eloquent, but I cannot affirm that that reply was really made by me. I had lived for several hours in a state of over-excitement from successive emotions. I had taken no food, had no sleep. My heart had not ceased to beat a moving and joyous refrain. My brain had been filled with a thousand facts that had been piled up for seven months and narrated in two hours. This triumphant reception, which I was far from expecting after what had happened just before my departure, after having been so badly treated by the Paris Press, after the incidents of my journey, which had been always badly interpreted by several French papers—all these coincidences were of such different proportions that they seemed hardly credible.

The performance furnished a fruitful harvest for the life-savers. As for me, I played _La Dame aux Camélias_ for the first time in France.

I was really inspired. I affirm that those who were present at that performance experienced the quintessence of what my personal art can give.

I spent the night at my place at Ste. Adresse. The day following I left for Paris.

A most flattering ovation was waiting for me on my arrival. Then, three days afterwards, installed in my little mansion in the Avenue de Villiers, I received Victorien Sardou, in order to hear him read his magnificent piece, _Fédora_.

What a great artiste! What an admirable actor! What a marvellous author!

He read that play to me right off, playing every _rôle_, giving me in one second the vision of what I should do.

“Ah!” I exclaimed, after the reading was over. “Ah, dear Master! Thanks for this beautiful part! Thanks for the fine lesson you have just given me.”

That night left me without sleep, for I wished to catch a glimpse in the darkness of the small star in which I had faith.

I saw it as dawn was breaking, and fell asleep thinking over the new era that it was going to light up.

* * * * *

My artistic journey had lasted seven months. I had visited fifty cities, and given 156 performances, as follows:

La Dame aux Camélias 65 performances
Adrienne Lecouvreur 17 „
Froufrou 41 „
La Princesse Georges 3 „
Hernani 14 „
L’Etrangère 3 „
Phèdre 6 „
Le Sphinx 7 „

Total receipts 2,667,600 francs
Average receipts 17,100 „

BUST OF VICTORIEN SARDOU
BY SARAH BERNHARDT
]

I conclude the first volume of my souvenirs here, for this is really the first halting-place of my life, the real starting-point of my physical and moral being.

I had run away from the Comédie Française, from Paris, from France, from my family, and from my friends.

I had thought of having a wild ride across mountains, seas, and space, and I came back in love with the vast horizon, but calmed down by the feeling of responsibility which for seven months had been weighing on my shoulders.

The terrible Jarrett, with his implacable and cruel wisdom, had tamed my wild nature by a constant appeal to my probity.

In those few months my mind had matured and the brusqueness of my will was softened.

My life, which I thought at first was to be so short, seemed now likely to be very, very long, and that gave me a great mischievous delight whenever I thought of the infernal displeasure of my enemies.

I resolved to live. I resolved to be the great artiste that I longed to be.

And from the time of this return I gave myself entirely up to my life.

[_Facsimile of Sarah Bernhardt’s handwriting._]
]

INDEX

Abbema, Louisa, 317

Abbey, Henry, American impresario—
The American tour, 335, 368;
in New York, 370, 373, 374;
visit to Edison, 376;
travelling arrangements, 380;
in Montreal, 388;
letter of, to the Bishop of Chicago, 401–2;
the American receipts, 402;
the attempted train robbery, 405–8;
the crossing to New Orleans, 414–16;
journey to Chicago, 421–22;
the visit to Niagara, 427–32

_Adrienne Lecouvreur_, 335, 339, 342, 343, 373, 393, 440

Agar, Mme.—
Description, 131–32;
interest in Coppée, 132–34;
commanded to the Tuileries in _Le Passant_, 135–39

Aicard, Jean, _Othello_, 291

Albany, 433

Albemarle Hotel, New York, 364, 374, 376

Alicante, Sarah Bernhardt’s visit to, 113–15

Allou, Maître, advocate of the Comédie Française, 334, 336

Ambre, Emilie, 416

Ambigu Theatre, the, 120, 236

American Falls, the, 428

Amiens, 195

_Amphytrion_, first visit of Sarah Bernhardt to, 57–58

Anderson, Mary, 433

_Andromaque_, 249, 337

Angelo, artiste, 393, 415, 432

Annette, Aunt, 157

Antoine, M., comments of Sarah Bernhardt, 330

_Aricie_, 62

Arville, Renée d’, 28

_Athalie_, 126

Atlanta, 420

Auber, M., director of the Conservatoire, 59–60, 68–69

Audierne in Brittany, 260

Augier, Emile—
_La Fille de Roland_, the discussion regarding, 267–68;
_Gabrielle_, 269;
_L’Aventurière_, 331–34

Auteuil, 6–11, 127

_Aventurière, L’_, by E. Augier, 331–34

Avenue des Acacias, 304

Baden-Baden, 183

Baie des Trépassés, Brittany, 260

Baltimore, 433;
Sarah Bernhardt’s impressions, 399

Barbédienne, clock-maker, 72

Barboux, Maître, advocate, 334, 336

Baretta, Blanche, 96

—— Rose, 96, 102, 104, 141–42

Baron, Messrs., dresses from, for the American tour, 335

Barrett, tragedian, 419

Bartet, comments of Sarah Bernhardt, 329

Batifoulé, Father, of Audierne, 260, 264

Bazaine, treachery of, 154

Beauvallet, M.—
Conservatoire examination, at the, 68–69;
his style of teaching, 80;
remark to Sarah Bernhardt, 93;
as a comrade, 126

Benedict, Sir Julius, 294

Berendt, Aunt Rosine—
Visits to the Convent of Grand-Champs, 15–20;
at the family council, 48–55;
decides to take Sarah Bernhardt to the Théâtre Français, 55–56;
saying of, repeated to M. Doucet by Régina, 76–77;
proposes the fencing-lessons, 79;
lends dress to Sarah Bernhardt, 91;
and carriage, 92;
dinner given by, 93;
present of the ponies, 127–28;
gambling propensities, 183;
return to Paris, 216;
_otherwise mentioned_, 3–6, 11–12, 35–36, 44

Bernhardt, Jeanne—
Characteristics, 48, 89;
reception of Sarah Bernhardt on her return from Spain, 116;
her mother’s love for her, 118–19;
faces the crowd in New York, 376;
visit to Edison, 376;
in Boston, 383;
in Montreal, 391–92;
visit to the Iroquois, 393;
escapade on the St. Lawrence, 396–97;
the crossing to New Orleans, 415–16;
journey to Chicago, 421–22;
at Niagara, 432;
the return from America, 437;
_otherwise mentioned_, 35, 37, 50, 72, 338

—— Mme.—
Visits to Sarah Bernhardt in childhood, 1–5;
takes her to the Convent of Grand-Champs, 16–20;
announces death of her father to Sarah Bernhardt, 35–36;
at Cauterets, 38;
friendship of Mme. Croizette for, 40;
the family council, 47–55;
takes Sarah Bernhardt to the Française, 55–58;
sends her to the Conservatoire with Mme. Guérard, 59–60;
receives her on her return, 71–72;
favours suit of M. Bed——, 74;
moved by the recital of “L’Ame du Purgatoire,” 93;
attends the Comédie Française, 98;
anger of, at Sarcey’s article, 100;
the arrangements for Sarah Bernhardt’s engagement at the Gymnase,
107–8;
illness of, 115–17;
her love for Jeanne, 118–19;
visit to the Odéon, 128;
visit to the Rue Auber flat, 140–41;
note to Sarah Bernhardt during the siege, 172;
return to Paris, 216;
her fainting fit at the Odéon, 247–48;
_otherwise mentioned_, 6, 15, 44

—— Mme., grandmother, 49, 74, 116

—— M., 11, 12;
takes Sarah Bernhardt to the Convent of Grand-Champs, 15–20;
death of, 35, 49

—— Régina—
Personality as a child, 35, 71–72;
visit to M. Doucet, 76–77;
the trouble with Mme. Nathalie, 101;
reception of Sarah Bernhardt on her return from Spain, 116;
takes up her abode in the Rue Duphot, 118–19;
return to Paris, 216;
bust of, 257;
death of, 257–58

—— Sarah—
Childhood, 1–5;
at boarding school, 6–11;
at the Convent of Grand-Champs, 16–26;
her _début_ in _Tobit recovering his Eyesight_, 27–34;
baptism and confirmation, 34–37;
visit to Cauterets, 38–39;
return to the convent and incident of the shako, 40–45;
the family council, 47–55;
her first visit to the Française, 55–58;
literary tastes, 59;
interview with M. Auber of the Conservatoire, 59–60;
first lesson in elocution from Mlle. de Brabender, 61–63;
first examination at the Conservatoire, 64–72;
a marriage proposal, 73–75;
Conservatoire successes, 75;
life at the Conservatoire:
deportment class, 78–79;
fencing class, 79;
second prize for comedy, 80–86;
progress under Samson, 80;
incident of the hairdressing, 80–82;
aim of, to define the author’s idea, 86–87;
_début_ at the Comédie in _rôle_ of Iphigénie, 90–101;
her motto of “Quand-même,” 99, 309, 310;
incident which caused her first departure from the Française, 101–6;
revenge of Mme. Nathalie, 105;
the expedition to Spain, 110–15;
return and resolve to live independently, 116–17;
the flat in the Rue Duphot, 118–19;
engagement at the Odéon, 122–24;
introduces Coppée’s _Le Passant_ to Duquesnel, 132–34;
its success, 135–40;
fire in the Rue Auber, 140–45;
subsequent benefit at the Odéon, 145–46;
visit to Eaux-Bonnes, 153–55;
return to Paris, 155;
removal of her family before the siege, 157–59;
organisation of the Odéon ambulance, 160–61;
working of, and incidents, 172–87;
collecting the dead from the Châtillon Plateau, 183;
preparations for leaving Paris, 187–88;
the journey through the German lines to Homburg, 189–215;
adventure at Cologne, 212–13;
return to Paris and establishment in the Rue Rome, 216–18;
friends of, 218–21;
removal to St. Germain-en-Laye, 221–24;
return to Paris and reopening of the Odéon, 224–25;
letter from M. Perrin, 235–36;
interview with Duquesnel and De Chilly, 235–37;
engagement with the Comédie, 238–39;
the supper at the Odéon, 239–43;
treatment of M. Perrin, 250–53;
passion for sculpture, 257;
incident of the coffin, 257–58;
visit to Brittany, 259–64;
painting, 260–61;
descent of the Enfer du Plogoff, 261–64;
return to Paris, 264;
Sociétaire of the Comédie, 269;
building of the new mansion, 269–71;
Perrin’s tricks on, in staging _L’Etrangère_, 272–74;
her anger with Dumas, 274–75;
lunch with Victor Hugo, 280;
quarrels with Perrin, 282–83, 288;
balloon trip in the “Dona Sol,” 284–88;
illness and visit to the South, 289;
sale of the group _After the Tempest_, 289–90;
strained relations with Perrin, 291;
appointed Sociétaire permanently, 293;
dispute with the committee of the Comédie, 294–95;
the Journey to London, 295–300;
reception at Folkestone, 297–98;
her hatred of reporters, 299–300, 324;
impressions of English society, 300–2;
impressions of London life, 303–4;
first appearance at the Gaiety Theatre, 305–8;
stage fright, 305–6;
illness after first appearance and immediate performance of
_L’Etrangère_, 309–13;
exhibition of sculpture and painting in Piccadilly, 313–15;
conversation with Mr. Gladstone, 314;
the visit to Cross’s Zoo and purchase of the animals, 315–18;
Press attacks and trouble with the Française, 320–25;
open letter to Albert Wolff, 321–22;
return to Paris, and opening ceremony at the Française, 326–28;
comments on artistes, 328–30;
performance of _L’Aventurière_ and departure from the Française,
331–34;
illness at Hâvre, 333–34;
contract for the American tour signed, 334–35;
second visit to London, 338–41;
tour in Denmark, 342–47;
decorated by the King of Denmark, 344;
the supper in Copenhagen, and toast of Baron Magnus, 345–47;
farewell reception in Paris, 347–48;
“The Twenty-eight Days of Sarah Bernhardt,” 348–49;
contract with M. Bertrand signed, 349–50;
experiences on board ship from Hâvre to New York, 352–60;
her _fête_ day on board, 359–60;
arrival in New York, 361–67;
the New York reporters, 367–68;
visit to Mr. Edison, 376–79;
arrival in Boston and story of the whale, 381–87;
reception in Montreal, 388–93;
visit to the Iroquois, 393–94;
escapade on the St. Lawrence, 396–97;
welcome to Chicago, 399–400;
visit to the stock-yards, 400–01;
visit to the grotto of St. Louis, 402–3;
the incident of the jewellery exhibition and attempted train robbery,
403–8;
opinions concerning capital punishment, 408–13;
the crossing to New Orleans, 414–16;
difficulties of playing in Mobile, 418–420;
journey from Springfield to Chicago, blocked by the snow, 421–22;
a visit to the Falls of Niagara, 427–32;
the professional _matinée_ in New York, 433–34;
the return journey, 433–38;
the welcome at Hâvre, 438–40
_American Tour_—
_Baltimore_, 399;
_Boston_, Hernani, 384;
_Chicago_, Phèdre, 401;
_Milwaukee_, Froufrou and La Dame aux Camélias, 422;
_Montreal_, Hernani, 395;
_New York_, Adrienne Lecouvreur, Froufrou, etc., 374;
_Philadelphia_, Phèdre, 399;
_Pittsburg_, La Princesse Georges, 426;
_Springfield_, La Dame aux Camélias, 398
_Comédie Française_—
Andromaque, 249;
L’Aventurière, 331–34;
La Belle Paule, 254;
Britannicus, 248–49;
Dalila, 249;
L’Etrangère, 272–75;
La Fille de Roland, 266–68;
Gabrielle, 269;
Hernani, 282;
Iphigénie, 90–97;
Mlle. de Belle-Isle, 245–48;
Le Mariage de Figaro, 249;
Mithridate, 291;
Phèdre, 249, 264–66;
Rome Vaincue, 279;
Ruy Blas, 291;
Le Sphinx, 251–54;
Zaïre, 254–56
_Denmark, Tour in_—
_Brussels_, Adrienne Lecouvreur and Froufrou, 342;
_Copenhagen_, Adrienne Lecouvreur and Froufrou, 343–44
_London, the Gaiety Theatre_—
Adrienne Lecouvreur, 339;
L’Etrangère, 310–13, 320;
Froufrou, 339–40;
Phèdre, 305–8;
Zaïre, 315
_Odéon Theatre_—
L’Affranchi, 150;
Athalie, 126;
L’Autre, 150;
Le Bâtard, 150;
La biche au bois, 119–22;
François le Champi, 128;
Jean-Marie, 150, 224–225;
Le jeu de l’amour et du hasard, 125;
Kean, 130–31;
La loterie du mariage, 131;
Le Marquis de Villemer, 128;
Ruy Blas, 226–30;
Le testament de César, 130
_Painting_—
“Palm Sunday,” 292;
“The Young Girl and Death,” 282–83
_Sculpture_—
_Busts_: Alphonse de Rothschild, 257;
Miss Multon, 257;
Mlle. Hocquigny, 257;
Régina Bernhardt, 257–58;
_Group_, “After the Storm,” 251, 275–78, 315

“Bernhardtists,” the, at the Comédie, 252–254

Berton, Pierre, 131, 329, 338

Bertrand, M. Eugène, director of the Variétés, 349–50

Bismarck, Prince, 186, 346

Bloas, Désiré, 185

Bocher, Emmanuel, 191–92

Bois de Boulogne, 304

Booth, actor, 354

Booth’s Theatre, New York, 369, 373

Bornier, Henri de, 266–68, 351

Boston—
Sarah Bernhardt’s impressions, 380–381;
the women of, 381, 385;
story of the whale, 381–87

Bouilhet, M., 129;
_Dolorès_, 104;
_Mlle. Aïssé_, 325

Boulevard Medicis, ambulance of, 174

Bourbaki, M., defence of Paris, 165

Bourg de Batz, 259

Boyer, Georges, 179, 438

Brabender, Mlle. de—
Governess to Sarah Bernhardt, 45;
at the family council, 48–55;
accompanies her mistress to the Comédie Française, 56–58, 98;
first lessons in elocution, 61–63;
accompanies Sarah Bernhardt to the Conservatoire, 65–72, 79, 82–84,
88;
the embroidered handkerchief, 91;
death of, 124–25

Bradford, 427

Bressant, M.—
At the Comédie, 102;
in _Mlle. de Belle-Isle_, 245–48, 337;
in _Hernani_, 281;
benefit performance for, 291

_Britannicus_, 57, 248–49

Brittany, visit of Sarah Bernhardt, 259–64

Brohan, Augustine, 68–69

—— Madeleine, 245;
her advice to Sarah Bernhardt, 318–19

—— Marie, 245

Brooklyn Bridge, 372

Brussels, 211;
Sarah Bernhardt’s impressions, 342

Buffalo, 422, 426, 427

Buguet, Louise, 28–31

—— Marie, 28

Busigny, 211

Busnach, William, wit of, 233–34

Butin, 269

Campbell, Beatrice Patrick, 330

Canadian Falls, the, 431

Canrobert, Marshal, at Saint-Privat, 154;
his friendship for Sarah Bernhardt, 227, 233–34, 300, 347

Cap Martin, 289

Capital, punishment, opinions of Sarah Bernhardt concerning, 408–13

Cardaños, Dolores, 21

—— Pepa, 21

Caroline, maid, journey to Spain, 110–15, 119

Carthusians, the, 14

Cateau, 205, 211

Catherine, servant, 143

Caughnanwaga, 394

Cauterets, the visit to, 37–39

Caux, Marquis de, 145

—— Marquise de; _see_ Patti, Adelina

Célimène played by Marie Lloyd, 86

Cerise, Baron, 12

César, the convent dog, 29–33, 43

Chanzy, defence of Paris, 165

Charing Cross Station, first arrival of Sarah Bernhardt, 298

Charmel, Eugénie, 28–32

Châtelain, pupil at the Conservatoire, 79, 88

Châtillon Plateau, collecting the dead from, 183

Chatterton, M., secretary, 406

Chesneau, Commandant Monfils, 188

Chester Square, 298–300

Cheval-Blanc, Hôtel du, Amiens, 195

_Chez l’Avocat_, 249, 337

Chicago—
Arrival of Sarah Bernhardt, 399–400;
the stock-yards, 400–401

Chilly, M. de—
Treatment of Sarah Bernhardt, 120–21, 124, 125–26;
his change of attitude, 126–27, 139, 145;
manager of the Odéon, 130, 133, 134, 135;
the law-suit against Sarah Bernhardt, 236–37, 239;
the supper at the Odéon, 239;
his death, 241–43

Chrysagère, the tortoise, 145

Cincinnati, 414, 420

Cladel, Léon, 280

Clairin, Georges—
Interest in career of Sarah Bernhardt, 269, 276, 282;
the trip in the “Dona Sol,” 284–87;
sketch of the animals, 318;
at the farewell reception in Paris, 347

Clamart, 176, 413

Claretie, Jules, 278

Clarisse, Mlle., 47–48

Claude, serving-man, 154, 259–61, 297, 415–16, 421

Cleveland, 422

Coblentz, Mlle., 98

Colas, Mlle. Stella, 9

Cologne, Sarah Bernhardt’s adventure at, 212–13

Colt gun factory, 398

Columbus, 420

Comédie Française, the—
First visit of Sarah Bernhardt to, 55–58;
her first engagement as Iphigénie, 90–97;
her _début_, 98–101;
Molière’s anniversary ceremony, 101;
the Sociétaires, 101, 102, 269;
resignations of Sarah Bernhardt, 101–6, 331–34;
social spirit of the, 127;
letter from M. Perrin to Sarah Bernhardt, 235–36;
her engagement signed with M. Perrin, 238–39;
the “Croizettists” and “Bernhardtists,” 252–54;
Sarah Bernhardt becomes a Sociétaire, 269;
transference of the company to London, 293;
their request to Mr. Johnson, 312;
Sarah Bernhardt’s trouble with, 320–25;
their return to Paris and the opening ceremony, 326–28;
the law-suit against Sarah Bernhardt, 334, 336–38;
receipts from the Gaiety performances, 336–38

Commune, the Paris, 174, 221–24, 304

Compagnie Transatlantique, 352

“Complaint of the Hungry Stomachs,” _quoted_, 270

Connaught, Duke of, 298

Conservatoire, the—
Advice of the Duc de Morny, 52–55;
Sarah Bernhardt’s first examination, 64–72;
her second examination and prize for comedy, 80–86

Copenhagen, Sarah Bernhardt’s week in, 342–47

Coppée, François, 351;
success of _Le Passant_, 132–39

Coquelin, M.—
Style of, 80;
meeting with Sarah Bernhardt at the Théâtre Français, 92;
in _Chez l’Avocat_, 249;
in _Gabrielle_, 269;
in _L’Etrangère_, 273, 275, 311, 312;
his mission to Marie Lloyd, 320;
advice to Sarah Bernhardt, 322–23;
comments of Sarah Bernhardt on, 329;
his return to London, 340

Creil, 192

Croizette, Mme., 40

—— Pauline, 39

—— Sophie—
Friendship with Sarah Bernhardt, 39, 245, 247–48, 322;
in _Mlle. de Belle-Isle_, 248;
in _Dalila_, 249;
in _Le Mariage de Figaro_, 249;
her method with M. Perrin, 250;
in _Le Sphinx_, the quarrel over the “moon,” 251–54;
in _L’Etrangère_, 272–75, 311–13;
appointed Sociétaire permanently, 293

“Croizettists,” the, at the Comédie, 252–54

Cross, Mr., his Zoo in Liverpool, visit of Sarah Bernhardt, 315–17

Custom-House, the New York, 369–373

_Daily Telegraph_, tribute to Sarah Bernhardt, 307

_Dalila_, by Octave Feuillet, 249

Damien, Hortense, 300–301

_Davenant_, 337

Davennes, M., of the Comédie, 94–95, 104

Dayton, 420

Debay, Mlle., in _La biche au bois_, 119–22

Delaunay, M.—
In _Le Sphinx_, 252, 253;
in _Hernani_, 281;
drawing-room entertainments in London, 294–95;
his advice to Sarah Bernhardt, 322–23

Delavigne, Casimir—
_L’Ecole des Viellards_, 80;
_La Fille du Cid_, 80;
_L’Ame du Purgatoire_, 93

Delorme, René, 278

Delpit, Albert, 157

Denayrouse, Louis, _La Belle Paule_, 254

Denmark—
King and Queen of, present at the performances of Sarah Bernhardt,
343–44;
Sarah Bernhardt’s impressions of, 343

Depaul, Virginie, 28

Deschamp, Georges, visit to Sarah Bernhardt, 317–18

Deshayes, Paul, 129–30

Deslandes, Raymond, _Un mari qui lance sa femme_, 109, 349

Desmoulins, M. de la Tour, 89

Despagne, Dr., 44

Detroit, 422

Devoyod, Mme., 94, 338

_Diamond_, the vessel, 438

Dieudonnée, Mme., 113, 338

“Dona Sol,” the balloon, 284

Doré, Gustave, lunch with Victor Hugo, 280–81;
visit to Sarah Bernhardt, 317

Doucet, M. Camille, Sarah Bernhardt’s interview with, 76–77;
his kindnesses to her, 83, 90–93, 122–23, 126

Doutre, Mr. Jos., 389

Drouet, Mme., 233, 280–81

Dubourg, Léonie, 160

Duchesne, Dr., surgeon at the Odéon ambulance, 167–68, 170, 178

Dudlay, Mlle., 339

Dudley, Lady, 294

—— Lord, 300

Duez, 269

Dumas, Alexandre—
_Kean_ at the Odéon, 130–31;
_L’Etrangère_, 272–75, 309–13;
Sarah Bernhardt’s anger with, 274–75

Dupuis, the Communard, 280

Duquesnel, Mme., 134

—— Félix—
Manager Of the Odéon, 122–24, 126–27, 130–31;
production of _Athalie_, 126;
accepts Coppée’s _Le Passant_, 132–34;
benefit performance for Sarah Bernhardt, 145–46;
arrangements for the Odéon ambulance, 160;
production of _Ruy Blas_, 226–30;
Sarah Bernhardt’s treatment of, 235–37, 239;
at the Odéon supper, 240–43;
at Sarah Bernhardt’s farewell reception, 347–48;
arranges the “Twenty-eight Days of Sarah Bernhardt,” 348–49

Durieux, Mme., 182–83

—— Victor, “Toto,” the errand boy, 180–83

Duse, Eleonora, comments of Sarah Bernhardt, 329–30

Eaux-Bonnes, Sarah Bernhardt ordered to, 153–55

Ecole Chrétienne brothers, collecting the dead from the Châtillon
Plateau, 183

—— Polytechnique, 254

Edison, Thomas, receives Sarah Bernhardt at Menlo Park, 375–79

—— Mrs., 377

Elie, M., deportment class of, 78–79

Elsinore, visit of Sarah Bernhardt, 343–34

Emerainville, 287

Emmanuel, Victor, 115

Enfer du Plogoff, Sarah Bernhardt’s descent into, 261–264

English hospitality, Sarah Bernhardt’s impressions, 303–4

Erie, 427

Escalier, Félix, 269

Essler, Jane, 226

Estebenet, M., 88

Eugénie, Empress, 289;
sketch of, 135, 136–39

Faille, M., 120–22

Fallesen, Baron, 343–45

Faure, Mme., 12–15, 17, 35, 44, 99

—— Félix, uncle, 11, 12–15, 147;
at the family council, 50–55

—— Félix, afterwards President, 157

Favart, Mlle., 95, 100, 104–5

Favre, Jules, 186

Febvre, Frédéric, 247;
as Don Salluste, 291;
advice to Sarah Bernhardt, 323

_Fédora_, by Victorien Sardou, 440

Félicie, the maid, 155, 262, 359, 363–65, 371, 372, 415–16

Ferrier, Paul, _Chez l’Avocat_ by, 249

Ferrières, the wood of, 285

Feuillet, Octave, _Dalila_, 249;
_Le Sphinx_, 251–54

_Figaro_ criticisms _quoted_, 312, 332, 338, 343

Finistère, 259

Flaubert, Gustave, 225;
death of, 399

Fleury, the artist, 7

—— General, 136, 139

Flourens, M., 220

Folkestone, reception of Sarah Bernhardt in, 297–98

Fortin, soldier, 171, 177

Fould, Henri, 164

Fournier, Marc, 119, 120

_François le Champi_, 128

Franco-Prussian War, outbreak and incidents, 151–59

Fréchette, Louis, his “A Sarah Bernhardt” _quoted_, 389–91;
his service to Jeanne Bernhardt, 391–92

Fressard, Mme., her boarding school, 7–11

Fressard, Mlle. Caroline, 10–11

Frossard, General, 153

_Froufrou_, 335, 339–40, 342–44, 374, 393, 422, 426, 440

_Gabrielle_, by E. Augier, 269

Gaiety Theatre, London—
Agreement with the Comédie Française, 293;
Sarah Bernhardt’s first appearance in _Phèdre_, 305–8;
receipts from the Comédie performances, 336–338

Gaîté Theatre, the, 236

Gallec, Marie Le, 168

Gambard of Nice buys the group, _After the Tempest_, 289–90

Gambetta, M., defence of Paris, 165;
sketch of, 218–19

Gare St. Lazare, 216

_Gaulois_, the, criticisms, 307, 333

Gautier, Théophile, 240

Geffroy, M., 226, 229;
as Don Salluste, 231, 291

Gérard, Mlle. Laurence, 120–21

Gerbois, M., 108

German demands on Paris, 186;
insolence after the siege, 199, 201–2;
fomentation of the revolutionary spirit in Paris, 218

Gérôme, portrait of Rachel, 105

Gerson, M., 190, 194, 195

Gibert, Dr., 333

Giffard, M., balloon of, 283–87

Girardin, Emile de—
Arrangements for the Odéon ambulance, 160;
his friendship for Sarah Bernhardt, 231, 233, 266, 347, 351

Gladstone, Mr., 314

Godard, Louis, balloon ascent of, 284–87

Gonesse, 190

Gordon, Mr. Max, of Boston, 383

Got, M., of the Comédie Française, 272, 293, 306, 318, 320, 323, 340

Grand Rapids, 422

Grand-Champs Convent—
Sarah Bernhardt taken to, 15–26;
loyalty of, 23–24;
visit of Monseigneur Sibour, 27–34;
return of Sarah Bernhardt to, 39

Greece, the Queen of, 344

Grévy, Presidency of, 304

Griffon, René, 189–90

_Gringoire_, 337

Grosos, M., cable message from, 435;
reads address to Sarah Bernhardt at Hâvre, 439

Guadacelli, chocolate maker, 142

Guérard, Ernest, 37

—— Mme.—
At Cauterets, 37, 38;
at the family council, 50–55;
attends the interview with M. Auber, 59–60;
notes, &c. kept by, 61;
accompanies Sarah Bernhardt to the Conservatoire, 62–72, 82–84, 88;
visit to M. Doucet, 76;
notes of, to Sarah Bernhardt, 90, 116;
visit to M. Thierry, 92–93;
accompanies Sarah Bernhardt to the Comédie Française, 98;
aids the preparations for the Spanish trip, 110–12;
telegram sent to Spain by, 115;
visit to the Rue Duphot, 118–19;
accompanies Sarah Bernhardt to the Odéon, 124;
to the Tuileries, 135–39;
return from Eaux-Bonnes, 155;
remains in Paris for the siege, 158;
visit to the Prefect of Police, 161–63;
nurse at the Odéon ambulance, 167, 168, 173, 176–77, 182, 186, 187;
as secretary, 235;
goes for news of Mme. Bernhardt, 248;
illness of, 259;
lunch in the new mansion, 271;
portrait of, by Sarah Bernhardt, 282;
her terror of the animals, 317;
at Hâvre, 333, 335;
journey to America, 353, 359, 360;
in New York, 364, 365, 373;
in Boston, 382, 383;
the crossing to New Orleans, 415–416;
at Niagara, 432;
_otherwise mentioned_, 74, 91–92, 104, 107, 149, 232

—— M., 89, 111, 188;
“The Life of St. Louis,” 51

Guillaume, attendant, 168

Guitry, M., 329

Gymnase, Théâtre du, 127, 236;
engagement of Sarah Bernhardt, 107–9

Haarlem, 12

Haas, Charles, 141–44

Hague, The, 172

Hamlet’s tomb, Elsinore, 344

Haraucourt, 351

Hartford, 386

Hâvre—
Frascati Hotel at, 158, 333;
Sarah Bernhardt’s benefit performance for the Life Saving Society,
435;
her welcome home at, 438–40

Hayné, Captain, 420

Henry V. of France, 23–24

Herisson, M., mayor of Paris, 173

_Hernani_, by Victor Hugo, 219, 280–82, 335, 337, 374, 384, 393, 395,
440

Herz, Henri, 28

Her Majesty’s Theatre, 294

Hocquigny, Mlle.—
Help sent to the Odéon ambulance by, 166, 171, 173;
lunch at Sarah Bernhardt’s, 234;
bust of, by Sarah Bernhardt, 257

Holland, Queen of, present at Sarah Bernhardt’s performance of _Le
Passant_, 138–39

Hollingshead, John, of the Gaiety, London, 293, 309–10, 336, 340

Holmes, Augusta, 347

Homburg, 18, 214–15

Hôtel d’Angleterre, Buffalo, 427

—— du Nord, Cologne, 212–13

—— de la Puerta del Sol, Madrid, 115

—— Vendome, Boston, 382

—— Windsor, Montreal, 391

Hudson river, the, 361

Hugo, Victor—
Clamour for his return, 130–131;
the reading of _Ruy Blas_, 226–30;
sketch of, 228–29;
Sarah Bernhardt’s estimation of, 231–33, 240, 351;
the Odéon supper given by, 239–43;
_Hernani_, 280–82;
note and present to Sarah Bernhardt, 282

Hyde Park, Sarah Bernhardt’s impressions, 341

Ibé, hairdresser, 418

“Ignotus,” paragraph in the _Figaro_ _quoted_, 131

_Il faut qu’une porte soit ouverte ou fermée_, 337

_Il ne faut jurer de rien_, 337

Imperial, the Prince, baptism, 24;
present during rehearsal of _Le Passant_, 137;
al Saarbruck, 153

Indianapolis, 420

_Iphigénie_, 94–101

Iroquois, visit of Sarah Bernhardt to the, 393–94

Irving, Henry, 299, 329

Ivry, 185

Jadin, M., 269

Jarrett, Mr.—
Arranges with Sarah Bernhardt for the drawing-room entertainments,
292–94;
his way with reporters, 299–300, 364, 367, 381, 426–27;
contract for first American tour, 334–35;
in New York, 362, 368, 370, 373, 375, 434;
personality, 365–66;
visit to Edison, 376;
action regarding Henry Smith, 385–87;
in Montreal, 388, 392–93, 396;
visit to the Iroquois, 393–94;
the American receipts, 402;
his arrangement with the St. Louis jeweller, 403–4;
the attempted train robbery, 405–8;
the crossing to New Orleans, 414–16;
visit to Niagara, 427–32;
journey to Chicago, 421–22;
the return from America, 434;
his influence over Sarah Bernhardt, 441

_Jean-Marie_, by André Theuriet, 150, 224–25

Johnson, T., London correspondent of the _Figaro_, 312

Josephine, maid, 146

Josse, of the Porte St. Martin Théâtre, 119–20

Jouassain, M., 245

Jouclas, Captain, 354, 357, 434

Joussian, Théodore, 190–91, 194–96

Jullien, Mary, 338

Kalb, M., 338

Kalil Bey, 144

Kapenist, Count, 347

_Kean_, by A. Dumas, 130

Kératry, Comte de, 93;
aid given to Sarah Bernhardt with the Odéon ambulance, 160–65, 172

Knoedler, M., 367

Kremlin, the, 176

Kronborg, castle of, 344

_L’Amérique_, the boat, 352–60, 434

_L’Autre_, 150

_La Belle Paule_, 254

_La Bénédiction_, 337

_La bergère d’Ivry_, by Thiboust, 120

_La biche au bois_, 119

_La Dame aux Camélias_, 335, 374, 375, 393, 398, 419–20, 422, 433, 440

_L’Ecole des femmes_, 63

_L’Ecole des Viellards_, by Delavigne, 80

_L’Etincelle_, 337

_La fausse Agnès_, 75

_La Fille de Roland_, 266–68

_La Fille du Cid_, by Delavigne, 80

La Foncière fire insurance company, 140;
claim against Sarah Bernhardt, 145, 146

La Hêve, 333

_La loterie du mariage_, 130

_La maison sans enfants_, 109

_La Princesse Georges_, 335, 426, 433–34, 440

“La Quenelle,” his invention, 295–97

Lacour, Marie de, 28

Lacroix, Eulalie, 28

Laferrière, Count de, 135–36

—— Messrs., dresses from, 335

Lafontaine, M., in _Ruy Blas_, 229, 291;
at the Odéon supper, 241

—— Victoria, 109

Lambquin, Mme.—
Nurse at the Odéon ambulance, 167, 169, 173, 185;
at the Odéon supper, 240, 242;
death of, 243

Lapommeraye, criticisms of, 338, 339

Larcher, Père, gardener at the Grand-Champs Convent, 19–21, 24, 30, 41,
42

Laroche, M., 245, 255

Laroque, Mme., 157

Larrey, Baron, 2–3, 37, 44;
visits to the Odéon ambulance, 167, 169, 180–81

_L’Absent_, by Eugène Manuel, 249

_L’Affranchi_, 150

_L’Ami Fritz_, 337

_L’Assommoir_, 332

_L’Avare_, 337

_Le Barbier de Seville_, 337

_Le Bâtard_, 150

_Le Demi-Monde_, 337

_Le demon du jeu_, 109

_Le Dépit amoureux_, 337

_L’Eté de la St. Martin_, 337

_L’Etourdi_, 337

_L’Etrangère_, by A. Dumas, 272–75, 309–13, 335–37, 340, 374

_Le fils naturel_, 336

_Le jeu de l’amour et du hasard_, 125, 337

_Le Juif errant_, 120

_Le Luthier de Crémône_, 337

_Le Mariage de Figaro_, 249

_Le Mariage de Victorine_, 337

_Le Marquis de Villemer_, 128, 337

_Le Médecin malgré lui_, 337

_Le Menteur_, 337

_Le Misanthrope_, 336, 337

_Le Passant_, 132–39

_Le Post-scriptum_, 337

_Le Sphinx_, by Octave Feuillet, 251–54, 335, 337, 374, 440

_Le testament de César_, by Girodot, 130

Léautaud of the Conservatoire, 66, 67, 82

Leavenworth, 421

Lecouvreur, Adrienne, bust in the Française, 94

Legouvé, M., 393, 395

Leighton, Frederic, 314

Lemaître, Jules, 351

Leopold, Prince, 314

Lepaul, _costumier_, story of the _Phèdre_ costume, 335–36

_Les Caprices de Marianne_, 337

_Les Femmes Savantes_, 100, 337

_Les Fourberies de Scapin_, 337

_Les Fourchambault_, 337

_Les Plaideurs_, 337

_Les Précieuses Ridicules_, 337

Lesseps, Ferdinand de, 256

Lethurgi, the Abbé, 34

Leudet, Dr., 153, 155

Lincoln, President, 354

Lind, Jenny, 366

“Little Incline,” 405

Liverpool, Cross’s Zoo, 315–17

Lloyd, Marie—
First prize for comedy at the Conservatoire, 85;
friendship with Sarah Bernhardt, 82, 88–89, 96, 245;
refusal to play in _L’Etrangère_, 320

Loire, the Army of the, 165

London, Sarah Bernhardt’s impressions, 303–4, 340–41;
capital punishment in, 410

Lorne, Marquis of, Governor of Canada, 395

Louisville, 420

Lucas, Père, lighthouse keeper, 261, 262

Luxembourg Gardens, the, 180

MacMahon, Marshal, 154, 304

_Mademoiselle Aïssé_, 325

_Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle_, 245–48, 337

_Mademoiselle de la Seiglière_, 337

Madrid, visit of Sarah Bernhardt, 115;
garrotting in, 410

Magnus, Baron, his toast of “To France,” 345–47

Manuel, Eugène, _L’Absent_, 249

Marguerite, servant, 38, 47, 48, 49, 50, 64, 67, 71, 91, 101, 107, 112,
115, 234

Marie, maid at Neuilly, 14–16

—— Sister, of the Grand-Champs Convent, 22, 23

Marienlyst, castle of, Elsinore, 344

Mariquita, dancing of, 119

Marivaux, _Le jeu de l’amour et du hasard_, 125

Marquis, chocolate maker, 8

Marseilles, 113

Martel, M., in _Phèdre_, 266;
poses to Sarah Bernhardt, 277–78

Massin, Léontine, 96–97

Massin, M., 96–97

Masson, Cécile, 40

—— M., antiquary, 40

Mathilde, Princess, 135

Maubant, M., 94, 236;
the man and the actor, 328–29

Maunoir, M., 155

Mauvoy, Nathalie, 67

Mayer, Frantz, German soldier at the Odéon ambulance, 177–78, 180, 186

—— Mr., of the Gaiety, 293, 309–10, 320, 336, 340

Mélingue, M., 231

Memphis, 420

Mendès, Catulle, 351

Menesson, Captain, 170

Menier, M., 165

Menlo Park, New York, 375–79

Mentone, 289

_Mercadet_, 337

Mercier, M., 362

Merlou, M. Pierre, 9

—— Mme. Pierre, 9–10

Meunier, Dr., of Tergnier, 205

Meurice, Paul—
Friend of Victor Hugo, 226, 229, 280;
meeting with Sarah Bernhardt in the Odéon arcade, 237–38;
at the Odéon supper, 243

Meusnier, Mathieu, 276

Meydieu, M.—
Godfather of Jeanne Bernhardt, 35;
at the family council, 50–55;
notes given to Sarah Bernhardt, 61–63;
his present to her, 72;
subsequent kindness, 89, 109–10, 117

Meyer, Arthur, 142–44, 145, 349

—— Marcus, 420

Millais, 300

Milwaukee, 422

_Mithridate_, 291

Mobile, difficulties of playing in, 418–20

Mohère, anniversary ceremony at the Comédie, 101

Monbel, M. de, 234

Monod, Dr., 12, 44

Montalant, Céline, 109

Montbel, Raymond de, 347

Montigny, M., manager of the Gymnase Theatre, 108–109, 112–13

Montreal—
Reception of Sarah Bernhardt, 388–93;
the Bishop’s sermons against the French artistes, 393, 395–96;
admiration of the students, 394–95

Monval, M., 108, 113

_Morning Post_, tribute to Sarah Bernhardt, 308

Morny, Duc de, his advice concerning the Conservatoire, 48–52;
his interest in career of Sarah Bernhardt, 90, 93

Moscow, 176

Mounet-Sully, M.—
_Britannicus_, in, 248–49;
in _rôle_ of Orestes, 249;
in _Zaïre_, 255;
in _Phèdre_, 266;
in _Rome Vaincue_, 279;
in _Hernani_, 281–82;
in _Othello_, 291;
in _Ruy Blas_, 291;
supports Sarah Bernhardt on her first appearance at the Gaiety,
307–8;
advice to Sarah Bernhardt, 322, 323;
comments of Sarah Bernhardt on, 329

Multon, Miss, bust of, 257

Murray, John, tribute to Sarah Bernhardt, 307

Napoleon III., 24, 304;
commands Sarah Bernhardt to the Tuileries, 135–39, 144;
his defeat at Sedan, 154–55;
his treatment by Rochefort, 219

—— Prince Jerome, “Plon-Plon,” 129, 284

Narrey, Charles, 256

Nashville, 420

Nathalie, Mme., the incident with Sarah Bernhardt, 101–4;
her revenge, 105

_National_, the, 295

Neuilly, visits to, 3, 11–15

New Haven, 385

New Orleans, the crossing to, 414–16;
Sarah Bernhardt’s impressions, 416–18

New York—
Sarah Bernhardt’s impressions, 361–367;
the reporters, 367–68;
the Custom-House, 369–73;
Brooklyn Bridge, 372;
the police, 375;
the professional _matinée_ at, and departure from, 433–434

Newark, 433

Niagara Falls, 426;
visit of Sarah Bernhardt, 427–32

Nittis the painter, 317

Noe, Mme. Lily, 386

Nordenskjold, M., 347

Novelli, 330

O’Connor, Captain, 222–24, 347

Odéon, the—
Success of _Athalie_, 126–27;
sociability among the actors, 127, 244;
reception of Dumas _père_, 130–31;
success of _Le Passant_, 135–39;
enthusiasm of the students for Sarah Bernhardt, 139;
benefit for Sarah Bernhardt, 145–46;
welcome to Adelina Patti, 145–46;
the Sarah Bernhardt ambulance, 160–87;
patients of, transferred to the Val-de-Grâce, 186;
reopened after the Treaty of Paris, 224;
Sarah Bernhardt’s break with the, 234–36;
Victor Hugo’s supper to the artistes, 239–43

Ohio river, the, 423

_On ne badine pas avec l’amour_, 121, 337

Opéra, the, 163

Ophelia, the spring of, Elsinore, 344

Orange, Prince of, 138

_Othello_, 291

Palais de l’Industrie, 166

Palmer House, Chicago, the, 400

Parc Monceau, 187

Paris—
Popular feeling on outbreak of Franco-Prussian War, 151–53;
siege proclaimed, 155–59;
organisation of the defence, 160;
the Odéon ambulance, 160–87;
bombarding of, 172–87;
effect of the sufferings on the _morale_ of the people, 185–86;
the armistice, 186;
sights after, 187;
the Commune, 217–24;
the peace signed, 224;
Presidents, 304;
capital punishment in, 410–13

Parodi, M., 351;
_Rome Vaincue_, 279

Parrot, M., artist, 269

——, Dr., 309–10

“Part,” use of the term, 33

Patti, Adelina, 145–46

Pelissier, General, 190, 195

Père Lachaise Cemetery, 174

Perrin, M.—
Engagement of Sarah Bernhardt, 235–36, 238–39, 245;
staging of _Dalila_, 249;
fury of, 249–50;
incident of the “moon” in _Le Sphinx_, 251–53;
insists on Sarah Bernhardt playing Zaïre, 254–55;
strained relations with Sarah Bernhardt, 256, 282–83, 288, 291;
staging of _Phèdre_, 264–66;
discussion concerning _La Fille de Roland_, 267–68;
his tricks in _L’Etrangère_, 272–75;
anger at the balloon ascent, 284, 288;
the agreement with John Hollingshead, 293;
attitude regarding the drawing-room entertainments, 294–95;
letter to Sarah Bernhardt from Paris, 322;
his lecture on her return, 326–27;
production of _L’Aventurière_ and resignation of Sarah Bernhardt,
331–34;
influences Coquelin to leave London, 340

Petit, Mlle. Dica, at the Conservatoire, 66, 67

——, Mme., visit to M. Massin, 96–97

_Phèdre_, 249, 265–66, 305–8, 335, 337, 399, 401, 440

Philadelphia, 399, 433

_Philiberte_, 337

Picard, 269

Pierson, Blanche, 109

Pisa, 49

Pittsburg, Sarah Bernhardt’s impressions, 422–23

Place de la Roquette, executions in, 410–13

Pluche, Amélie, 28

Poissy, prisoners of, 222

Polhes, General, 35

Pons, M., 79

Pont, l’Abbé, 259

Porel, M. Paul, 85, 150;
at the Odéon ambulance, 171;
in _Jean-Marie_, 224–225

Porte Saint Martin Theatre, 119–22

Potin, Félix, 165

Potter-Palmer, Mr., 400

Providence, 433

Provost, M.—
The Conservatoire examination, 68–69;
instruction of Sarah Bernhardt, 75;
his style of teaching, 80;
visit to the Comédie Française, 98–99

Prudhon, artiste, 319

Public buildings, Sarah Bernhardt’s opinion of seeing, 349

Puget, Louise, 28

Quand-même, Sarah Bernhardt’s motto, 99

Quimperlé, 1

Quincy, 421

Rachel, 53, 56, 266, 339, 347;
Gérôme’s portrait, 105

Racine, _Phèdre_, 265–66

Raz, Pointe du, ascent of, 259–60;
“Sarah Bernhardt’s Arm-chair,” 264

Régis, M.—
Godfather of Sarah Bernhardt, 7, 35, 39, 45, 100;
the family council, 48–55;
interest in welfare of Sarah Bernhardt, 57–59, 61–63, 72, 89, 90,
140;
arranges the marriage proposal, 73–74;
obtains the engagement at the Gymnase for Sarah Bernhardt, 107–8;
his relations with Mme. Bernhardt, 116–17

Régnier, M. Prof.—
Offers _Germaine_ to Sarah Bernhardt, 76–77;
his class at the Conservatoire, 79–80;
helps Sarah Bernhardt to work up _Phèdre_, 265–66

Réjane, Mme., 85, 329

Rémusat, Paul de, 187, 234;
sketch of, 219;
letter to Sarah Bernhardt _quoted_, 220

Renaissance Theatre, the, 411

Richepin, M., 351

Rigault, Raoul, 220–21

Robert Houdin Theatre, the, 55

Robertson, Forbes, 297

Rochester, 433

Rochefort, M., 219

Roger, Marie, 101, 102

_Rome Vaincue_, 279

Rossini, M., 11–12, 93

Rostand, Edmond, 351

Rothschild, Baron Alphonse—
Gifts to the Odéon ambulance, 165;
pays the German demand on Paris, 187;
Sarah Bernhardt attempts the bust of, 257

Rotten Row, Sarah Bernhardt’s impressions, 300, 303–4, 341

Rousseil, Mlle. Roselia, 265

Rudcowitz, Mme., 115

Rue Auber flat, the fire at, 140–45

—— de la Chaussée d’Antin, 11

—— Duphot, the posters of, 98;
Sarah Bernhardt’s flat in, 118–19

—— Notre Dame de Champs, convent of the, 45, 124

—— St. Honoré, posters of, 98

—— Taitbout, patients from the Odéon established at, 186

_Ruth and Boaz_, 219

_Ruy Blas_, 226–30, 239–43, 291, 337

Saarbruck, 153

St. Alexis, Mother, of the Grand-Champs Convent, 27, 32, 33

St. Appoline, Mother, of the Grand-Champs Convent, 20, 53

St. Cécile, Sister, 29

St. Cloud, 128

St. Denis, 216

St. Germain-en-Laye, 221–24

St. Jeanne, Sister, 29

St. Joseph, 420–21

St. Lawrence river, Sarah Bernhardt’s escapade, 396–97

St. Louis, Sarah Bernhardt’s visit to the grotto, 402–3;
the jewellery exhibition and the attempted train robbery, 403–8

St. Quentin, after the battle, 209–11

St. Sophie, Mother, of the Grand-Champs Convent, 17, 21, 23;
her influence over Sarah Bernhardt, 23–25, 36–37;
visit of Mgr. Sibour, 27, 30, 32, 33;
incident of the shako, 41–45

St. Sulpice, the priest of, 169, 171

St. Thérèse, Mother, _Tobit recovering his Eyesight_, 28–34

Saint-Privat, battle of, 153–54

Saints-Pères Bridge, 284

Salon of 1876, honourable mention for Sarah Bernhardt, 278

Salvini, M., 433

Samson, M., 68, 80, 99

Sand, Mme. George, 7;
description by Sarah Bernhardt, 128–29;
_L’Autre_, 150

Ste. Adresse, Hâvre, 440

Santelli, Captain, 434, 437

“Sara-dotards,” the, 220

“Sarah Bernhardt’s Arm-chair” at the Pointe du Raz, 264

Sarcey, Francisque, articles on Sarah Bernhardt _quoted_, 100–101, 246,
320, 338–40

Sardou, Victorien—
Relates the Montigny incident, 112–13;
engagement of Sarah Bernhardt for his play at the Vaudeville, 350;
reading of _Fédora_, 440

Sarony, Adèle, 53

Sassoon, Alfred, 282

Satory barracks, the, 16;
incident of the shako, 40–45

—— woods, the, 20

Scribe, M., _Adrienne Lecouvreur_, 393, 395

Sedan, battle of, 154–55

Séraphine, Sister, of the Grand-Champs Convent, 18, 27–28

Severin, Bassompierre, 144

Seylor, Suzanne, 235

Sibour, Monseigneur, visit to the Grand-Champs Convent, 27–34;
death of, 34

Smith, Henry, of Boston—
Story of the whale, 383–87;
in Chicago, 400;
present to Sarah Bernhardt, 434–35

Snowstorm at sea, Sarah Bernhardt’s description, 354–55

Sociétaires of the Comédie Française, 101

Sohège, M., 143–44

Sologne, 277

Soubise, Mlle., 188;
the journey through the German lines, 191–216

Spa, 183

Spain, visit of Sarah Bernhardt to, 110–15

Springfield, Illinois, 421

—— Massachusetts, 398–99

Stage fright, 305–6

_Standard_, the, tribute to Sarah Bernhardt, 307

Stevens, Alfred, 282

Syracuse, 433

Talbot, M., 338

Talien, M., in _Ruy Blas_, 228–30;
at the Odéon supper, 241–42

_Tartufe_, 320, 337

Tergnier, 202, 204–5

Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels, 342

Theatre Royal, Copenhagen, 342–47

Thénard, Mlle., 306

Theuriet, André, _Jean-Marie_, 150, 224–25

Thiboust, Lambert, 120–21

Thierry, M., director of the Française, 91, 94;
attitude concerning affair of Mme. Nathalie, 103–5

Thiers, M.—
Grants passport to Sarah Bernhardt, 187;
politics of, 219;
Presidency of, 304

_Times_, the, paragraph from, _quoted_, 294

Tissandier, M., 283–84

Titine, child friend, 4

Toronto, 427

Train, 338

Triel, 222

Trochu, M., defence of Paris, 165

Troy, 433

Tuileries, Sarah Bernhardt commanded to the, 135–39;
her second visit, 161

Turquet, M., 288

Ulgade, Mme., in _La biche au bois_, 119–20

_Un mari qui lance sa femme_, 109, 349

Utica, 433

Vachère, descent of the “Dona Sol” at, 286

Vacquerie, Auguste, 226, 229

Vaillant, execution of, 411–13

Val-de-Grâce military hospital, 167, 169, 170, 176;
the Odéon patients transferred to, 186

Vallès, Jules, 351

Variétés, the, 349

Vaudeville, the, 76–77, 236, 349

Verger, murderer, 34

Versailles, 16, 36, 40, 223

Victor, Paul de St., at the Odéon supper, 240–41;
adverse criticism of Sarah Bernhardt, 266

Villa Montmorency at Auteuil, 127

Villaret, M., 190, 193, 195

Vintras, Dr., 309–10

Vitu, Auguste, _Figaro_ articles of, _quoted_, 332, 338–39

Wagner, Sarah Bernhardt’s opinion of, 213

Wales, Prince of, visit to the Piccadilly exhibition, 313–14

—— Princess of, at the Theatre Royal, Copenhagen, 343–44

Walewski, M. de, 93

Walt, Robert, 345

Washington, 433

Weiss, J. J., 351

Wilde, Oscar, 298

Winterhalter, 138

Wirbyn, Albert, 408

Wolff, Albert, of the _Figaro_, Sarah Bernhardt’s letter to, 321–22

Worcester, 433

Worms, M.—
Charles Quint in _Hernani_, 282;
campaign against Sarah Bernhardt, 320;
advice to Sarah Bernhardt, 323;
Sarah Bernhardt’s comment on, 329

Yvon, the artist, 10

Zaïre, 75, 254–56, 315, 337

Zelern, Baron van, 157

Zerbinette, the tortoise, 145

Zola, M., 332, 333, 351

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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

1. Silently corrected obvious typographical errors and variations in spelling. 2. Retained archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed. 3. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.