Last year, the furniture, jewelry, books, and various collections of Sarah Bernhardt were dispersed at the Georges Petit gallery and then at the Hôtel des Ventes. But the famous artist's properties remained to be sold in order to liquidate this important estate.

This will be done next Tuesday, unless the buyers sulk, as they did at the Arnaga sale. So, on August 26 at 2 p.m., the farm and villas that the great Sarah owned in Belle-Isle-en-Mer will be auctioned.

Here are the lots, to use the cruel language of the Basoch with the starting prices:

— The Villa Clairin, named in memory of the painter, a friend of Sarah Bernhardt; the artist's studio has been preserved there: 28,000 francs.

— The Villa Lysiane (Lysiane is the first name of Sarah's granddaughter): 25,000 francs.

— The Villa of the Five Parties of the World 23,000 francs.

— The Pavilion, in which Sarah Bernhardt's studio was located: 12,000 francs.

The Fortin, where the artist spent his holidays for twenty-five years, and the castle of Penhoet will be sold privately, as well as numerous plots of land facing the sea.

The twenty-three hectare farm where, according to the specifications, salt meadow sheep are raised will also be liquidated. In addition to these twenty-three hectares, there are more than seventy-five thousand meters of land, not counting the expanses bordering the beach. These figures give an idea of ​​the immensity of this property where the memory of one of our most perfect tragedians floats, the one that the peasants of the surroundings called "the good lady in white" Who will become the buyer of these buildings with their vast rooms, these vegetable gardens, this hunting, this fishing, this quasi-seigneurial domain that was so dear to Sarah Bernhardt's heart?

Let us hope that the new owners and the commune on which Pointe des Poulains depends will celebrate by an inscription affixed to the Fortin the memory of the incomparable, the unforgettable woman who lived the most peaceful hours of her life there.

J. d'H.