Ringing for Sarah.

Otago Witness, Issue 1522, 8 January 1881, Page 27

Ringing for Sarah.

Under head of ' Sarah Bernhardtisms,' the New York Hotel Mail tells all about her in a column of crisp paragraphs. For example : She doesn't have to lace tight. She is alleged to be • too thin.' , She has the thinnest walk ever seen.

She has three maids, all French made. ■ She dances as lightly as a rubber ball. < She never stood on the burning deck.

She will never be hung for her beauty. She has one velvet robe that cost $8000.

She has no two dresses in any one style. She is said to make awful faces in marble !

-She takes an hour to have her hair fixed. 1 She uses her umbrella cover for an ulster. She never has heard of Dr. Mary Walker. She says people cannot see through her. She ha 3 a dress for every hour in the day. She can sing very nicely — but she will not.

She expects to set the Hudson river on fire.

She has two dozen laced parasols, all jewelled. She never saw ' Pinafore' or Peter Cooper. She thinks she would like to meet Ingersoll.

' She has a great fondnessgfor pretty ohil* dren.

- She is going to introduce a new kind of 'weep. She frequently gets loat in her long fur cloak.

She don't want to be received by fashionables.

She says half the stories about her are 'fibs.' She says she isn't a Garfield or any other man.

She don't like silly men. Club men take notice.

She has $75,000 worth of diamonds— none Alaska.

She can't come to this country Inside a fishing rod. She has never had a mother-in-law. Think of it!

She is so thin that there is no material for thick items.

She speaks three languages and likes cream tarts. She thinks Mr Abbey is a 'real, splendid' American. She wonders whit kind of bouquets grow over here.

She believes a bird in the bush gathers no moss. She goes to church whenever she gets up early enough. She keeps two dogs, a canary, and a memorandum book. She can cry just like a wax doll with .patent squeezers.