A POPULAR ACTRESS'S RECEPTION AT NEW YORK.

Kumara Times, Issue 1335, 11 January 1881, Page 2

A POPULAR ACTRESS'S RECEPTION AT NEW YORK.

A correspondent who accompanied Mdlle, Bernhardt on her trip across the Atlantic, gives the following account of the arrival of the Amerique at New York. He says :—*■ We got here this morning shortly after midnight, and at once went into quarantine in the roads. About daybreak a special steamer, with more than 500 people on board—among them Mr Abbey, Sarah Bernhardt's impressario at New York—hove in sight, the morning being a beautiful one. While the approaching steamer was crossing the bay to us we could heir a band on board performing a selection of Fiench airs, and just as the arrival got within hailing distance the musicians struck up " The Marseillaise," immediately followed by '• Yankee Doodle." With little delay the passengers came on board the AmSrique, and a rush was immediately mad« by all to salute and inspect the heroine of the day. Perceiving Mdlle. Marie Colombier, the reporters made a

general rush to interview her, taking her, of cmrse, f.ir Mdlle. Bernhardt. A good deal of laugh t«r ensued when they found out their Mistake by the appearance of Mcllle. Bernhardt herself, who had been AvVakened by the noise from her slumbers in the cabin. The »;reat actress advanced smilingly and shooks hands quite k l'Americaine with the leader of the deputation who had come to welcome her to America. The spokesman of the party thereupon presented her with a huge boquet and a silver service, expressing the while, in a few appropriate wordsj the pleasure of the French residents of New York at witnessing her arrival among them as well as their adminii don of her talents; Mdlle-. Bernhardt seemed greatly flattered by her reception, and expressed her appreciation of it, warmly thanking the spokesman in French; and then; turning to several members of the deputation, she thanked them in their own language, a compliment which they Tociferoualy acknowledged by a salvo of cheers which literally shook the timbers of the ship'. After these mutual Felicitations and Counter felicitations had been gdfc through, we all embarked on the little boat which had brought out the deputation, and steamed away for the docks> where a crowd of at least 5000 people must been awaiting Rtdlte. Bern l hardt's coming;"