The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-29

,rar rro ,nting all the emotions that
,lrr la.se through during the three
tour. f,h- play one might well expect TO
and ea ., rm-tcd Mrs. Leslie Carter In her
4-,.-.r, r,am when the performance ~
B,, tlpt was not the experience Of
ru. Sr> -euorter who interviewed her
rho other evening
rnd knock. and tho dressing room
.l,or vas opened The first glance of the
.,,er.,ewrr was on the floor, whore it was
n,,f ey,ected Mrs Carter would he found
-ouars,I rising on weak elbow to protest
sg,ir-, rhls invasion Of visitor.
sta wa not there, and the interviewer
,,t,ng courage. allowed her eyes to follow
,boi, oil to the brilliantly lighted dressing
,,tl, encirclcd by incandePcent bulbs,
in from, Of which radiant, triumphant,
compeInns In n6gige Of muslin covered
,,,,b black silk kimono, a brown vol
.b,o,rr over her halo-it isn't hair at all
Mrs carter stood, a self-possessed, wei
.o,rir,- hostess. with extended hand and
Hearty word If greeting.
.Wo expected to find you in little heap
an ,he foor. with people holding smelling
s,lt. and brandy TASKS and burning things
ina, restore consciousness, explained the
interviewer.
TIRED replied Mrs. Carter. Not at all.
WHY could go hight through it again from
l4einnins 10 end almost wish l could.
I'm night in the spirit Of it
You Ike il, them
Like To- love it, simply love It. II IL
inst tbs way I've got fine COY who IL
in school and know he's fine although
people laugh when you say those things
end answer Oh. you think he's fine be-
cause he's yours, and mothers always think
their eve lamb is the finest in tho whole
world
THAT il not true. ! believe that love.
instead Of being blind, has thousand eyes
Tor weakness and failure and Incompetence
and disappointments. No, know he's
fine because he Ia fine, just as know that
this play ia tho best have ever played in
becaus, il ia the best,
u Ike each Of my roles, ZGsI, Du Barry.
hut know am right in saying that this il
the highest note have struck, because 1t
takes in all human emotions that have
existed in the past, exist to-day and Will
evis. in tho future.
People here in New York especially are
fond Of saying that only comic opera will
succeed or something light and fanoiful.
s,rne,hing whore people don't have to think.
where they can ait back and laugh and forget
nat such a thing as trouble exists. You
rnow how that motto ia rIng on every new
little play Of light and frivolous nature
that IL put on.
well. think that 'Adrea' disproves
that creed entirely Even on the night
II the blizzard people were turned away
md the run is enormous. That is, the
business end OF IT, but tho artistic part is
just as surprising.
The au licences are the most enthusiastic
have ever played TO, and are just as keen
and eager to respond TO the call of these
great primal emotions IA audiences ever
hsye been. Mr.. Beasco always seems to
know What NE il doing. / think that is
ms only fault that he Ia always right.
DO believe that emotion to-day in the
twentieth century is as dominant az it is
portrayed in 'Adrea'? l certainly do
Human emotions do not really change
any more than our features change. We
still have hair and eyes and lips and mouths
and we still love and hate aud plot and plan
and are Inundated. betrayed, scorned as
IN tho earliest eras.
Probably many women in the audience
10 night wouli Ike to revenge themselves
lust "a poor AdrcG did, and would then