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SANFORD C. BERNSTEIN FUND, INC.
Supplement dated May 3, 1999 filed pursuant to Rule 497(e) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1933 to the Regular Prospectus and
Statement of Additional Information dated February 1, 1999 which was
filed pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 19 (File Nos. 33-21844; 811-5555)
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 22, 1999.
Effective May 3, 1999 all references to the "Bernstein International
Value Portfolio" in the Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc. Prospectus and Statement
of Additional Information dated February 1, 1999 shall be changed to the
"Bernstein Tax-Managed International Value Portfolio".
