Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-06

season did not last much longer than
the visit to Boston, and then Mrs. Carter |
resumed her study and her work under
the, watchful director Of her dramatic
development.
1t was a little more h a a year after
this that her career upon the stage was
resumed, but it vas in an entirely differ
emit lire of wOrk-a comic opera. miss
Helyett." which had been q great success
In Paris, was to have a New York pro-
.duction, and Mr.. Belasco made the
American version, adapting it for the re-
quirements of the present stage. For the
title role Mrs. Carter was selected, al
though h made no pretensions to being
a prima donna: but that was of little
moment, for the actress who sang the
character in Paris, Blanca Duhamel,
could sing even less. The production
proved popular for two seasons. Here
in Boston it was seen at the Hollis Street
theater, and many still remember that
dainty bit of Frenchy pantomine be-
fore the mirror which was given5by Mrs.
Carter, and which was M Of the most
interesting things of the whole opera.
At the end of the production came a
return to work., for the watchful teacher
was no satisfied, and there was much
that remained to be done before the pro-
duction of 1.-THE Heart of Maryland"
which was Mr.. Belasco's greatest effort
at that time, and which had been laid
NAA SAAASo - kAN PASSS ~ SS~>H
work. Mrs. Carter was the heroine that
he had in mind, and when the piece was
finally produced the wisdom of his chance
seemed to be justified. To some of the
sensational swinging of the heroine OF
the belfry tower was the notable thing
Of the play, but to most the achieve
| mdnt was the advent of an actress upon
the American stage who could dispute the
emotional characters with the greatest
of them all. Hard work had proved it's
efficacy, and Mrs. Carriers success was
not to be disputed. In New York the
play ran the greater part of a season
at the Herald Square theater, and the
next season Boston saw it at the Hollis
|'Street theater, where a month,a time
was all too short for the run. The next
year Mrs. Carter came back again. and
since she has given up the character the
piece has had continued prosperity in
the smaller cities where she had not been
seen.
A year ago last summer Mrs. Carter
made her first appearance in london with
'"The Heart of Maryland" and after her
engagement there she returned to this
country to prepare for the production of
"Zaza," which, like the pieces that had
gOne before for her, had been adapted
by Mr.. Belasco. He had taken the piece
from the French original, and made it
almost entirely one of his own, changing
and making more effective the ending,
and working wonders with it, as all ad-
mitted. After a trial in Washington the
production was made at the Garrick the
alter in New York and there the play
ran without interruption until the end
Of the season. After a summer at Bar
Harbor, Mrs. Carter returned to New
York, where another successful engage
ment was played with "Zaza," in prep
aration for the tour of the few principal
cities of the country, preliminary to an
cfhoS visit 70 Tnndnn with tho nIo
So much for the professional career
of Mrs. Carter. Perhaps a word may
not be amiss in regard to her earlier life
before she went upo the stage. She
was a Kentucky girl and was born in
the famous bluegrass country, noted for
its handsome bellies and thoroughbred
horses. Her fathers name was Dudley.
He was a wholesale dry goods merchant
of ample means and the little Louise
was given every accomplishment that
money could bestow. At the time of her
marriage she was considered a great
belle at Dayton, Ohia. as she was a strik-
ingly beautiful girl, with great vivacity
of spirits. The stage was something
that she had aspired to from q child, but
for family reasons she never appeared
publicly, even at amateur entertainments,
until the time came when the entire
current of her life changed and It be-
came necessary for her to have a serious
ODJCCI OCAVIC NcI. Ill appear dIlCe, MIS-.
Carter is tall, slender and symmetrical.
Her face Is bright and animated. Her
rich Titan hair rs her glory. as it almost
sweeps the floor when u%nconhned. It is
SO lu~xuriant that most women are scepti-
cal about it being her own. Mrs. Carter.
writes we'll and talks brilliantly. She is
mdntally alert, and has ideas of her
own, with a mind of her own to put them
into execution. The marked results h
she has accomplished within the past
10 years have been earned by straight
forward. legitimate methods, devoid OF
all trickery and sen~sationalism.
In her tastes Mrs. Carter Is a great ad-
mirer of Sarah Bernhard, as what ac-
tress is not? She never had m oppor-
tuntty to see Mime. Bernhardt act unit,
during a recent visit, when she met her
ard expressed her ambition some time
to do just n thing somewhere nearly
as we'll as the French actress does all
things. To the expression of that desire.
Nine. Bernhardt replied with one word.
Work" Mrs. Carter has done the work
and even now the p~lay-goers are be-
ginning to call her the American Bern
hardt.
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NOTES OF THE STAGE