Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17

| not possibly have been far short of 5000
OF our present money.
The closing years of the sixteenth CEN
fury saw shakespeare's entrance on his
middle age and Twelfth Night" the last
OF the great trio of comedies which he
wrote about this time--with its delicious
love story and its rich underpot of joyous
humor. may be looked upon as the swan
song of its authors youth. In any cir
cumstances this play is destined to
stand alone, for its verSification separates
1t from the earlier of Shakespeare's Lighter
WORKS, While there is TO sign in 1t of that
dominance of the graver mind that Oppres-
sion under the enigmas of the world and
OF life-which cOlors markedly such
later comedies as TIL Tempest and The
winters Tale In one OF his dramas
does the poet appear to have been in
healthier or happier frame of mind. more
free from fascination of the darker prob
lens of humanity more a peace with him.
self and all the world
Where accurately to place Twelfth
Night in order of merit among Shakes
pearean plays, is another of those vexed
questions which will endure long as
different men hold different opinions II
innate beauty and humor be the true touch
stones OF comedy, then the play which en-
bodies the ventures of Viola and Malyolio
must stand very high on the list of its
masters works; indeed Mr.. HalliweH Phil
lips described Twelfth Night as the per-
lection of English comedy and the most
fascinating drama in the language Coup-
led with las You Like It," it may safely
be said that for richness in the best of
Shakespeare's Poetry and wit and for
deftness of construction of a complicated
plot, 1t has superior among the works
of the immortal bard
Miss Allen is said to have provided a
very magnificent production and her com
pany Is one of the first order. embracing
John Blair, Clarence Handyside Scott
Craven, Edwin Howard, Frank Currier
James Young. c. Leslie Allen. f. Percivai
Stevens Nora O'Brien and Zefie Tilbury
THE TRUTH TELLERS.-Miss Martha
Morton announces that Mr. Belasco will
produce her version OF the child's story
The Truth Tellers,' very soon this sea-
son. Mr. Walter Bellows during the en-
gagement of his stock company in this
city produced version of the book under
the title of The Little Pilgrims" This
version he made after reading Miss Nor
tons play, which he did not regard as a
satisfactory dramatization. The manu-
script was submitted to Mr.. Fred Berger
for whom, as manager OF Sol Smith Rus
SELL Miss Morton had done her most sue
cessful work Mr.. Berger turned it over
to Mr.. Bellows, with whom he was then
associated Other managers had re-
Jected Miss Morton'S play, but the version
which Mr.. Bellows claimed as original and
Independent gave every evidence of being
a success, despite the deficiencies and cru
d1tleS inevitable in a performance for only
one week in stock. 1t was impossible to
reach an agreement which would define
Mr.. Bellows rights in the property, which
had assumed sudden value, and Miss Nor
tons dramatiZation was turned over to
Mr.. David BelaSco, with the understanding
that he should present version of the
story.
Mr.. Belasco will be in Washington next
week and is arranging for a new produc-
ton here the latter part of next month.
Nothing definite has been stated as to the
title or character of the production to be
made ia this city.
MRS. LESLIE CARRIERS DAY.-Mrs.
Leslie Carter is an optimist, but she does
not believe the impress on should go abroad
that stage life is all palace cars and lob
ster la Newburg. Consequently Mrs. Car
ter speaks with authority as well as per-
sistence to the young women who believe
that they were intended for tragedy queens
or comic opera divinties.
Mrs. Carriers watchword is, and long has
been, work" That. to her mind, coupled
with aptitude and temperament. embrace
the secret of success. That she practices
what she breaches, and breaches, in fact,
from what she practices is to be gathered
from a description of her everyday life.
There's a hurried trip from theater to
hotel after the performance, midnight
supper of something Observation-Disclosures
and the like are forbidden by the learned
men of medicine, because they affect Mrs
Carriers voice much the same as an over
heated room QOeS-a rest OF perhaps a rev
hours, for the strain of ''Du Barry per-
Torrance upon the nervous system is too
great to permit a night of undtsturbed
sleep-and then, perhaps, satisfying SUM
Der through the gray hours.
A cold plunge on awakening. for Mrs. Car
ter is a strong advocate of cold water for
the nerves. a noon breakfast quantity of
mail to be answered. for there is vast
amount of correspondence that she person
ally attends to- ends the morning.
The afternoon passes with interve ws with
her business representatives, dressmakerS
and business callers. and by 6 clock it is
time to go once more to the theater. Then
another performance, and the routine is
gone over again and again through an en-
tire theatrical season. On Saturdays the
work is doubled, and Mrs. Carter spends
eleven hours out of the twenty-four in the
play house. She does not leave the thea
ter after the matinee, but rests and mes
in her dressing room. In twelve years Mrs
Carter has attended only five theatrical
performances, and in the same period she
has never missed performance of her own
plays.
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