Show j ii oI O oJ 10 J 1 oI 1 1 oJ o to tot t t t J 1 t 01 01 01 to 14 1 1 I I I I 1 Mrs Carter In p pI pI New t Success BELASCO VELASCO STAR BY JOHN LUTHER tz r rI I FORMER FOR WRITTEN r KASSA KA SS Ai e ei I I I l LONG THE BARBER OF F NEW E T ORLEANS A PLEASING ROMANCE W WI ju j A oJ c 0 t j of of i w of of oS 0 t W M 01 o o 0 0 I 0 v 01 v 00 I I L f I t i 01 0 0 0 k r s sJ I i li J r t V f rr f r r s 3 i x xe t tI e I I f 1 A a r rr Iii M J r I a r rl i l i tie x W fir i l SC rr I 1 J h 1 i Fj i r rI j 1 L I fl 0 c W JA I 1 r Il I i n w 9 t I r 5 I sti r m wt j 1 I f w vf r rr kt J U LI E opp 0 p p 4 l Our Now Nora York Dramatic ck Corre Correspondent a RS LESLIE CARTER has MRS returned to tho metropolitan tan boards boorda a lengthy length absence Tho many o of at her bar recent recant yearn years may have had hod on an effect on her ber deposition but buttrom from all outward appearances they havo have not altered her b r of ot dramatic tern presentation She Js Is tho tem tempestuous tumultuous Zaza Carter Carlor of ot L old 1 Mrs Gorier Carter Cari ba chosen re hl o oa to a n romantic drama Kassa written by byI I John Luther Long especially for tor Mrs j j Carter Sho She opened at tho the Liberty Libert theater ono one of tho the playhouses operated 4 by b the sworn swam enemies of her manager and reputed dramatic creator David Belasco Tho Liberty Libert theater strange strangely I ly enough Is directly across tho street I j from tram tho the Belasco theater Tho The opening of Kassa KasM was owns awaited j With unusual Interest on tho part r of or the habitual theater going public In I Now New York because of an nn oft oCt repeated repented assertion that Mrs Mra Carter would full of oC success separated from Cram her former manager who has hils shared the tho credit for Cor her post past triumphs Mrs Carter has dared her detractors to do their worst and will endeavor to prove that Belasco Bela Co was by b no means necessary to her dramatic success Sho She made mado an extended road tour after atter her hor second celebrated marriage and Is generally credited with a sound financial suc sue success cess coss In hor her tour this season Boason In Kassa Kas aa sa she sho Is said to have havo pleased a score of or critics and as M many mon audiences and consequently it sho she approached Now York with moro more confidence than thon sho she might otherwise havo have had Kassa Is In distinctly emotional as 08 was to be bo expected e from Crom such a 0 pen pon and anti for tor such a temperamental player With a largo cast enst the tho play pia carries tho observer through varied and extended tended e action and aDd many and beautiful scenes r fe e ed r d r I Impress tho the eye CO Pomp and splendor are aro there In costumes and settings Tho The old Belasco tricks s of appealing to lo lothe the eye 0 us its well as a to tho emotions and tho the understanding are nil all there thore Au Author Author Author thor Long Lons and Irs Carter havo have opened Wizard box of oC tricks and helped themselves them solves plentifully plentifully fully Cull Scenically Kassa will satisfy MUSy tho the oye eye looking for tor rich pictures for sev several several several eral of Us Its scenes notably tho the ones showing the surroundings of the Convent Con Convent Convent vent of o St Lauka In tho early carl morn Ing and at night and an nn Interior rep representing representing representing resenting a 0 reception hall In the homo home of or a Hungarian diplomat are nrc heavy henvy in design and lavish In appointment and detail but It Is difficult to to con conceive conceive conceive that In tho the telling of the story stor the Prima Kassa of who flees her convent and Is betrayed the same hand has hns been at work that was employed In Madam Butterfly and Tho The Darling of o tho Gods Goda In those plays plas there thero was richness of or Imagination tion In hi Incident and language Kas Kassa sa has neither It n Is largely a rehash of familiar melodramatic incidents but without I tho the skill to create Illusion oven in a anew anew anew new and picturesque setting The Tho Prima Kassa whom two men have havo sworn to possess POS has hns faith enough In ono one Prince Bola to forsake her convent and ultimately discovers rs that sho she has hn J been heen betrayed by him Into Inton a n false marriage His HIM rival imperial chancellor of ot tho Austrian court holds hold a 0 warrant for tor tho princes death on tho the chargo of ot having heln lured Kaasa Kassa o from tho the convent agrees to set ot Prince Bela Bola free treo on condition that Kassa K will wm give gle her hel herself herself self tiel to him Kassa In a spirit of or mag magnanimity magnanimity Insists that tho the fault was washers washers hers hera alone and tho the man she loves Is allowed to depart dopart whereupon sho she turns upon tho the chancellor and tells him that he Is now guilty of the same came sin as Prince Bela and subject to tho the same penalty Ultimately sho she returns to tho the convent to die Charles Millward Is seen In tho the Important Im Important Important rolo role of Prince Bola Bela Robert Cummins plays plas tho the chancellor Tho The Therole role of or tho the son Is played by b Allen At Atwell Atwell Atwell well Tho The supporting company Is uni uniformly good If William Faversham Is not very ory careful car ful ho will wm prove provo tho leading lea fen fea feature ture turo of tho the present New York season I Beginning as his hla own producing man mrm manager nger ager ho scored a L knockout hit with Tho The World WorM and His Wife nt at Dalys Dal theater and now ho he has haa scored again In a 11 delightful romance Tho The Barber of or Now Orleans Julie Julio Opp Mr wife wIt appeared In both plays In a leading role and she oho has han shown marked advance In tho char character actor acter of or her work Tho The Barber of or New Orleans la Is a pleasing presentation of southern af aC affairs affairs fairs and In It tho the creole problem enters en enters prominently Outline of tho the Ploy Play The Thc play piny pictures the period of or 1801 1301 In New Orleans Mr Faversham appears ap 1111 pears charmingly as a Cl barber who calls calla his hla emporium an atelier not oven tho the term tonsorial parlor apparently Is enough classic for tor him Tho The barber of or Now Orleans not only shaved tho rho young oung bloods of 01 tho the city but In his spare moments wrote plays pins In the garden adjoining his hl studio As Asa a Cl matter of or fact this barber was tho the son of or a Frenchman of or some somo conse consequence consequence consequence quence but heads coming oft too rapidly In Franco when whon tho the barber was wasa a baby and so IO his mother took ship to Louisiana to save 60 herself and her herboy herboy boy 00 from rom total annihilation On tho rho same samo ship was a n princess and her baby daughter Both mothers mother i died dieden en route mute and tho the little girl fell fen Into the tho hands of or a Spaniard who four tour fourteen fourteen teen teon years ears after aCter needing money to forward a revolution sold Antoinette an as a slave for tor which was a 0 great deal of or money In those days but not too toe much for tor tho the barber to pay pa because ho had won exactly e that amount am In a lottery You would think a 0 girl would rather be bo bought by b a 0 nice looking 1001 young oung man who was In love lovo with her than by b one ono who would bo be apt to beat boat beather beather her when ho he got Sot tired of or her but An Antoinette Antoinette Antoinette toinette raged In fine fino style stylo about tho the purchase and the tho barber was WM humbled to tho the dust thereby This was possibly possibly bly bl because Lo tho the New Or Orleans Orleans Orleans leans paper of or the tho day had published a regular Town Topics story Intimating Intimating ing InS certain things regarding Antoin ettes visit to tho the for Cor tho the purpose of or taking dancing lessons which were purely purel Imaginative But Mr Barber gets tho the author of ot tho the paragraph Into his hs chair and thero there makes him confess confes at nt the tha razors edge to his Infamy Antoinette meanwhile being hidden behind a screen In retaliation the shaves heads a amob amob amob mob of or Creoles who hold that because tho the barbers harbers servant has placed pla ed tho the American flag his door they the are grossly Insulted of 01 rusty rust citizens are aro held spellbound by b tho the barber who tells them what a IL fine finc thing It Is to belong bolong to tho the United States Tho The villain Is foiled oiled and the gallery gallory rejoices with much applause The Tho barber gives Antoinette her freedom and anti then proves that sho she Is a princess Not to bo be outdone In gen generosity generosity Antoinette decorates him with witha a roso and says she loves him Thus virtue triumphs over knavery maver and all allis lo is 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