The evening world., 1911-04-15
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at once that Mrs. Carter is going TO
play Hamlet. YES, II she keeps
her parting word with me she will
be taking an active interest in ghosts,
skulls, ~gravevards and other. Shake
spearian props with the beginning
OF mex season. And | haven't n bit
OF doubt that she means TO do K.
In all earnestneSs and a spring suit
OF blG~ck-and-white she told me yestsr-
day afternoon that Hamlet would be
her next production. and that she
would be Hamlet. This interesting piece
OF news came out In the course OF a
talk about tho hard work an actress
does when shes hitting the ons-night
stand J.. the desperate hope OF making
a hit herself. Mrs. Carter has Just
come in from the road" looking at
least ten years younger than whea she
was playing NJ tho Lyric, months ago.
and when something was said about
the lnrdshlps OF II long tour she had
every right TO say.
II think I'm a good reply q any
question about the hardships and trials
OF the road. l simply offer myself en-
evidence" she added. suiting the word
to the French hat under which she
beamed.
Work to "See the Show
Tho evidence was admitted. There
al no going behind II. one might as
vol have tried to get round that hat.
1T isn't the playing that wears one
out on the read" explained Mrs.
Carter. ITS the getting up in the
morning and the impossible theatres
with their impossible noises. In a New
York theatre everything Is In order,
Will the same people In charge of the
stage every night. But on the road
men come In TO do extra work just for
tho sake OF seeing the show rs they
put II. oh. those stage hands who work
to see the show They're always IN
the way. and they never 10 tho right
thing at tho right time. I nearly ex-
plode. II Is to them perhaps that I owe
my reputation for belng-er-well. sup
pose We say exacting."
Have you ever played the game OF
sitting back and waiting for a woman
TO choose tho right word when she
finds herself in danger OF telling tho
truth about hDrself3 To mako /, inter
esting she must, of course. be a brill
liant woman. Its impossible 10 talk
with Mrs. Carter for Ave minutes with
out getting tho impression that her
mentality and her hair are Of the same
shade.
Really, you know she resumed, at
IL just a tr,no disconcertlng to sec an
amateur stage hand trying to dance a
tig IN the wings while you are trying
TO act an emotional scene OF the stage.
But, granting all the annoyances and
discomforts that are the lot OF the act
or. ] think there Is no other life So abb
solutely delightful and at the same lime
SO absolutely grotesque. II Is grotesque
In the sense OF being terribly cruel at
tlmes. IL sickness. distress or grief
ccmes 90 you. you can't grieve as other
people DO. It's like being tho captain
OF a shIp-you must go down with 1t in
the hou OF disaster"
"Road" Has Grown Better.
"SyInpathetic moments" will occur.
you see, and 4, was some time before
we got back TO the road" again.
1T used to be horrible" she recalled.
but 1t has grown very much better in
the last ton years. | still remember
hotels In which ono could And every
thing but food. And the trains! | once
played In some sodforsaken p~lace-Ive
forgotten the name OF the town-where
there were only two trains \ week
Travel In the South Is still terribly
hard, because tho connections are bad
and they pile people into cars as they
would emlgrants. Texas Is q terror to
actors because OF the fearful jumps.
but II Is a great State for show towns
Everybody goes 10 the theatre. But
the West. when It Is IN the grip of
winter. is not always able to supply an
audience. remember getting to one
town and finding II literally buried be-
meath an avalanche. From the win
dows Of the train We saw nothing hut
black hcarses moving Ike Il grim cara.
van across tho dreary stretches OF
snow. And I've been stuck IN tao snow
for three days with practically nothing
10 eat. That happened one winter wher
We were crossing the plains, We WoulC
IT in the train ana say 10 one another
can you him OF people going up an,
down Broadway wondering Al what res
taurant they SD. dine When you <,
on tht road you take chauccs-there
go other way Of looking at IT,. Oul.
last spring ! appeared in a Northern
Michigan town that VAS STRICKEN Wit