The Wichita daily eagle., 1900-08-31
IN LOVE- WITH "IhA'
This Is Mrs. Leslie Carter's
Leading Mans Plight.
HAS A HIFE ALREADY
Begs Her for a 0iyorce--His
Second Such Romance.


Mrs Leslie Carter's leading man has
fallen in love with her does not surprise
Theatre-goers predicted it when they
saw ''Zaza," the inhammable.
What man could act with her and resis
her
| Not Charles A Stevenson. night aftel
| night the butt of her emotions.
| 1t has been said ere now that an actor
or actress may make love as violently tt
an unresponsiye chair or table as to re
sponsive man or woman This has beer
called true art
| 1t is quite possible that Mrs. Leslie Car
ter would acknowledge that she has sur
rendered true art, with a big A. TO ri;
tumultuous pleadings Of a heart that, in
spite OF her, would beat in response Il
the love making OF her leading man. s.
far it has not interfered with her artistic
or financial success.
But this may be because there Is an OBJ
stacle inthe way of its complete surren-
der. a conventional obstacle known il
! this twentieth century as a wife
Charles A Stevenson is. up to this writ
1
! tress who gained fame many years bacl
as heroine of fires and melodramas.
Once he was her leading man. That was
in 1887, before he became her husband
Since then it would seem she has led him
and not to his liking. He has openly I'm
proved his opportunities 10 stray from
| her side. He longs to improve them still
more. This is not gallant. but Charles a
Stevenson is IN love, and not with his
wife
He has returned to America fresh from
| ''Zaza's" London success. with his mind
full of solutions to the great problem OF
how to get rid Of a wife The historic
| Ruskin-M -Millais and wagner-von Buelow
episodes have suggested TO him. FIRST. open
confession, and then. in natural sequence,
an invasion of the divorce court
The fashion that Mrs. Leslie Carriers
leading man would follow is completely
up-to-date, not confined, as all the world
knows, to literary or musical circles.
Mrs Leslie Carter was a society woman,
one OF Chicagos Four Hundred, before
she became an actress. She was the he
roine of one Of the most sensational d.
vorce suits the world has ever known
long before "Zaza" threatened TO involve
her in another.
Once before in his life Charles Stevenson
demonstrated publicly the old saying,
that Where there's a will there's a
way" In order to win Kate Clsxton. the
famous Louise of the Two Orphans he
sought the intervention of the divorce
laws.
Naturally enough. this medium pre-
sents itself to Mrs. Carriers leading man.
He has preceded 1t by letter. Frankly
he Acknowledges that he has fallen IN
love with the cyclonic "Zaza.''
Release me-" he cries. "Give me my
liberty and let me lead my affinity to the
altar"
This would imply that she who has been
styled the American Bernhard is ready.
This news surprises. 1t was a foregone
conclusion. as has already been stated.
that the leading man would be caught in
the tornado OF Zaza's passion.
But this orange-hairsd star, at the PIN
nacle OF a fame dearly won. hardly
bought; this slmset-crowned star who
has seen life In all its phases-and prob
ably love, too-she was commonly sup
posed to be absorbed in her art and ali
its successes. No one dreamed that she
would bestow her hand at the dictauon
Of her heart only.
In marrying Charles Stevenson. excel
lent support though he be, Mrs. Leslie
Carter can gain nothing artistcally or
financially. A year ago this good-iooking
leading man filed a petition in bank
ruptcy.
Love is then once more omnlpotent Tho
real romance OF "Zaza' stands revealed.
Two seasons ago Mrs Leslie Carter
burst upon the American puplic in her
greatest success. She was "Zazs,' the
girl of the streets, mother q al. father
unknown; 'Zsza-" the concert hail singer.
violating all proprieties; ''Zaza." title
savage. swearing, talking slang. singing
coarse songs among her companIo1s. &C
robats. waters. dancers. men about town
In night Mrs.. Leslie csr.sr reached
the top notch OF fame
stern critics called her the nss Barn
hardt.
As her leading man. ChzFlrs sfsyeuscn
was the witness OF her trfumyhs
In the play he was peradi3us gsn;,s-
nan who made love % her ana deee we'd
her. ~ho insuIte5 and dess-. 9 ner.
lie IL IS who furnishes her the ODPoitu-
nifty Sor kaleidoscope - etnotians. IN
her dressing room. where she IL getting
ready for that great public. she makes
love 70 him arden;ly. Desperately. shs
envelopes him n embraces
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