A NOTED ACTRESS.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 March 1923, Page 3

A NOTED ACTRESS.

BODY EYING TX STATE. Australian axd x. z. carle association. BARIS. March ‘27. Matliuii Bernhardt's body is lying in state. A long procession vcued the body ,including many notables, actors, and playwrights. Many pages in the visitors’ book were filled with signatures. A profusion of flowers was received mostly roses, her favourite flower. Ju accordance with her wish her > body is clothed in white satin and the bed with white lace, also being strewn with lilies and roses. On her breast is the cross of the Legion of Honour. It is stated she carried a rosewood coffin on her world tours, following a dream in which she saw herself buried without a eofiin at sea. A national funeral is possible! though she wished jA-to be rpiiet and simple. There will k n'i valedictory orations at the grave«pr Before her death she re-express. wish to he buried on a rocky island on the Brittany Coast, where she had a residence ami designed a tomb monument. EARNED MANY FORTUNES. BIT DIED 8008. (Received this day at 9. to a.m.i ;■ '.BARIS, March os. Sarah Bernhardt died comparatively poor, all hough she earned many fortunes. hut dispensed money lavishly. It is believed tk.i the value- ol her possessions is sear-eL vpial to that of the beautiful (lower- received tiering iter illne-s. The rights ri the film for which -he pc-ed in her ow n homo, in the last' days of her life, probably represent the bulk cf her fortune. The film is unfinished, but it is believed that, enough will be t taken to ensure production.