Bisbee daily review., 1910-01-19
AWFUL RAv|NGS IF THE DRUG
 PEND DEPICTED ON STAGE

Every raving of the hab.tual user Of opium. eacch sympuOm of craving for the deadly drug. the exhi'irating influence t exerts when the momeu- aary enioynents ef its eflec.s are at their height and the torturous paths by which l. leads the victim through vieissitudes to which death comes as a relief. were for the iTss t.me depicted in all their horrible ias- eina.ion. strikngg and foreefully brought to the attention of Bisbee's public in "Vas;a Herne" af the Or. nheum theatre las; nighe-
 Fer the first tine. also. Bisbeeites had the rare opportunity of becoming acquainted with one of .ehs greatest artists that ever graoed the American stage-Mrs. Les ie Carter-whOse vivid portrayal of .be young author css. a victim of an Rnscrupulous pub fisher, forced to become a slave oi opium Ia order that her wlerd. won derul stories. pictures conjnred 5y the drug. might be put 10 paper fo~ the benefit of her masteE-was rev e.ation to those who love the eharae. ter et drama that will make one think.
 Ms. Carter's Vasta l. 8 thing al n-Ost beyond h-e JN,a of pen to describe. In the first get We com . "a fha l,e.p,a ,.f Sha N,or,-., ,.-,{.a~ at ready famous. entertaining friends, apparently gay. yet serIsg ing tn break away from the hahlt which is rcsponsstlr Tor her fame. yet which she stiIl has sense enough 1p realize will virtually lead to the graAe. Sre is confronted ~t;E horrible example in the shape 1f Charlie Andrews. a. -I,d ,o,;ege t."Ld of Dr. Da.ey Msury. who breaks trembiiRgly in upon the gathering Tn her parior to beg she price of an ounce of the stuff of whioh she herself is the user. SAe resolves then and there to give it up. but the vii of Hartley Beilafre. she publisher. coupled with his criN-
 
 more drink of the laudanum in crler to finish a book she has already be- gun and which has in advance beea widely advertised.
 Then Vasta changes from the nef1- nervous being into the other perscH: the moTph.a person. yivlcioHs bright and cheerful Imaginative phantoms are around; she sits and puts them to paper before the cf- feet or the drug wears away
 In the second act, at the home o! Mrs. Ma'lenhope where she has been asked 10 visit after the book is completed she is found without the use of the st.mulan. twitching- ne7r- lus. irritable 70 a point cf otfense. lt last begging the publisher to pur- -hase her some lsuiaaum. as she has been without it twenty four hours Her agony is acu ally terrible to be- hold. Then come the soothing ei fects. she IS herself again. Dr. MauTy endeavcrs to reason with her. his love. which she accepts s1d promises to reform The publishcr leaves for Europe to enjoy the fruita Of her labcrs-nC. his-resulta-C from the success of Vast2's latest beck. Free from h.s influences, she promises Dr. MauIy to accompany him and the Manenhopes on trip 10 Egypt. where. free from the sur found.nss Of he literary den. and among friends, she could the better rid herself of the curse
 One thing. however. she neglected to tell the doctor. the fac hat l.. her ear.y days. when a struggling. m recognized writer reduced a'most 10 starvatioD she had once-just once yielded o the brute who was now making his living by her brain. BLt nc to le her res. in peace. the craV- ing for gold again ocming upon hiD.. Hartley Bellaire follows her % Egypt; when Vasta refuses to leave With him he threatens Ter MGuIy cverhears their words and rushes in then hears from her own lips the story of her early life, and Of her one sin. He turns from her. The pub fisher. seeing his point Of vantage, adds lies to the story Vas,a has al- ready told. The physician leaves the room while Bella.re then at tempts 5o cast her off himslef. He goes too far and is met by a singing slap in the face as Vasta fees from him.
 Al last we have Vasta back in hss