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lated it into common understanding by her tremendous genius, espe-
cially in that final scene "when Madame she throw herself across ze
stage." It was thus that I got to appear with the Divine Sarah in her
"last farewell performance" in the Alamo City, and it is thus that I
know the last farewell performance in Texas was later than the year
19o6. I was several times in close proximity to Madame Bernhardt
and scrutinized her with interest, as I knew her history and repu-
tation. She must have been, in 19o9-191o, in her eighties. She was
well-preserved but showed to be an elderly woman despite the make-
up and tricks to minimize. She was dark, her body was still strong,
active, and supple, and her voice strong and dynamic. Everybody in
the audience knew Sarah was an old lady, but still a great artiste, and
attached no importance to her age. She was strikingly good looking
for a woman of her age. (Back in those days I admired the beauty
of Madame Nazimova.)
I recollect the next day when I reported for duty at the law-office,
Miss Annie T. Connor, one of the stenographers (and who, God bless
her, is still living) greeted me with, "I saw you on the stage of the
Grand Opera House last night!" I remember that this surprised me,
as I thought the costume had hid my identity, and that the distance
from my positions on the stage to the spectators would have further
obscured my recognition. Perhaps, Miss Connor, then a pretty,
attractive young lady, had had an escort who provided parquet seats
and, perhaps, opera glasses as well.
Members of the Association will be saddened to learn of the
death on November 2o, 1964, of Samuel L. Evans, a long-time
member and an associate professor of history at Lamar State
College of Technology. Evans taught courses on economic history,
the reconstruction period, and Texas history. He was also a
director of the East Texas Historical Association.
George L. McGonigle, president of the Houston Civil War
Round Table, has informed the Association of the group's sched-
ule of speakers for 1964-1965 which includes: R. Henderson
Shuffler of the University of Texas; Pie DuFour, author and
columnist for the New Orleans States-Item; T. Harry Williams
of Louisiana State University; Frank Vandiver of Rice University;
Nowlin Randolph, Houston attorney; James M. Day of the Texas
State Archives; Cooper K. Ragan, Houston attorney and Associa-
tion executive council member; and Charles P. Roland of Tulane
University. Some of the topics for discussion are D. U. Barziza502
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