The Washington herald., 1916-02-08
Masked ModeP Has Haunting
Score, but Very Poor Book
Lifting Waltz Themes Composed by Carl Woess Served Ad
miraby TO Display the Sympathetic Qualities of Kath-
crime Galloway Excelently Produced Voice. Which
Delighted Large Audience at the New
National Theater Last Evening
BY JULIA CHANDLER.

TIE latest addition Of the girI-and-
.~'~ ~r"-F was offered last evening at
the New National Theater IN the form OF
MOdei,' bringing to US a
new composer and a new prims donna
- r.. -snIpIe Uf IeTtainment au-
"-f"~ -~~ their future in tine musical
comedy field.
rns s,-... which represents the first
operate effort of Carl WOess, while
reminiscent Of innumerabIe predecessors,
Is full OF melody Of the dreamy. romantic
type. supplying numerous motifs that are
pleasing in effect il not entirely original
in theme. Particularly may this be said
OF the first act, which contains the Love
ls an Art" and the When Fortune
Smiles" waltEes both OF which are sung by
katherine Galloway with much of grace.
Miss Galloway il a magnetic brunette.
possessing a wsll-produced voice OF clear
and exquisite quality. which is admirably
suited to the tender melodies which fall
10 her lot in the new piece which had its
metropolitan premiere here last evening
ter d few performances in Atlantic
City
The book Of The Masked Model
supplied by Harry 3. and Robert B.
Smith is sadly deficient in humor
furnishing meaEer comedy opportunities,
and thread Of plot barely sufficient to
hold the interest Of an audience.
Gloria Gray katherine Galloway. the
niece Of a millionaire American. wagers
friend that within a week Count Walter
Won Walden, an Austrian nObleman, who
scorns American money. will follow the
example of his class and propose for the
hand of the heiress.
Without knowledge Of the wager Won
Walden yields ha heart to Glorias
charm, while the Eirl in turn is marked
bv Dan Cupid believing that she Is sought
IN love without avaTicious motive. untu
the day of the wedding when the Count
learns BY accident OF Gloria's wager: be-
lievcs she is marrying him for his title;
goes through with the ceremony. and
deserts her at the altar. Curtain.
Act two finds the company transferred
TO Vienna with the Count in full knowledge
Of the treaChery of his friend. Baron
Hollberg. who has extracted a million-dol-
lar dowry from Gloria's uncle in the
name OF Won Walden. who knew nothing
Of the transaction. The occasion of the
Vienna gathering is an art students ball
al which a picture is to be auCtiOned with
the understanding that the highest bid
der shall have the privilege OF painting
another OF the model who has posed for
il. The Covnt buys the picture: claims
his privilege: Gloria substitutes for the
zeal model; discovery; explanations; JOY
and bliss. Final curtain.
The dramatic interest of The Masked
Nod"r' = nil: the plot pale and pueriIe.
a"d the performance without saving
El"ce save that of the heretofore men
tened mClOdiUus score. and Miss Gallo
v-ay's bCa -tifuI voice. for there is no in
trIj cti0n of terpsichoreau novelties. al
t.ou-h the personnel Of the company in
'l-d"s DOEalI Macdonald, an excellent
5t~cC.. NGosc ability is wasted in a piece
= irI rCluiIts Of him vocal Qualities
hI-E he does not possess. while his nim-
l.c T,lt are for the most part idle. The
I-0cEam promised a demonstration of his
at. WitI the assistance of Miss Rudd
tie promise went last evening unful-
f''-1
The second act introduces two feature
ncs Of which the "Marionette' quar-