The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-05
MD ADAMS.
al. Marriage and social Lite and
Traits.

Ny. World.
While ~ the Chestnut Street Theatre
hs married Miss Mary f. Whltlock, II
mem Der OF the same company, Noyem-
| bsr s. 1854. She WAS the daughter OF
! William j. WhitlOck, the Oldest living
I Minstrel who stiil survives IN New York
~ the age OF sixty-three he 10 pen
/ sloner, having served during the war,
and has already received two shocks OF
| y4ralysIs. He is now almost helpless.
( During their twenty-Lnree years OF mar
RED lite, Edwin Adams and Els vile were
| separated only ak months IN all. She
/ acted ia the stock unit. he began his
areer Ms star, and then she became his
/ dresser, sid made with her own hands
every piece OF wardrobe that he had. In
/ all tue LAST fifteen months she has never
/ known what It is 10 have full night's
rest, tor she remained with him part At
, l5ast of every night until the end. Edwin
Adams when boy engaged IN the apoth-
ocary store OF his uncle, Ashel Boydon,
one ct the oldest druggists in Boston, who
died on Monday last. The Gay before
Mr.. Adams as ked that he be telegraphed
for, and he died not knowing thst his
uncle had goae before.
Mr.. Adams was personally one Of the
most attractive aud best beloved men IN
the profession. In private lite he Wa, rs
| lively and amusing Il companion as ever
set a dinner table IN u Tcar He was iull
Of anecdotes and Jokes, which he related
with peculiar skill, and TO which he i'm
parted no. h little OF his own rollicklng
numor. Unlike many Of his professional
associates. be was always Wiling 10 lend
his services TO the enteratsi, menls o his
friends of the stage, and wss specially
HAPPY in otfhand Rotations. "TGe Nsg-
sboDd" and the Soiiloquv from "Hamlet"
we're his isvorite pieces, and mAny II
line he has delighted select little audi.
.nCss of intimate aCquslnts' ceS with his
rendering or these and other selections.
Like many others of our American actor,
Mr. Adams was very, very fond Of his
tile Joke. As George Brown said o; him
, lew days ago 10 The writer, He couldn't
i've without fun" Many are the anus.
/ Jog stories hold OF him and many the
IJkes he has been party to. 1t was he
and Florence who, on the occasion of
So.hern's visit 10 California, play ed upon
that inveterste prscticaI joker the heart
I less joke of conducting him in close car
mage to the City Prison on the pretense
o! taking him 20 frst.clsss hotel, snd
persuaded him to register his nsme on the
/ docket before be discovered the trick. i;
s said OF him that he WAS the only
member of the theatrical profession who
| ever got the better OF Sutherland kept
II.
Like most professional men OF his tenn
persmeut Mr.. Adams WAS generous, and
even ex.ravsgsnt to tsut. Large as
ais income WAS, 1t WAS not too large TOR
/ his hesrt, and scores of needy members Of
. the profession can testify that they never
, appealed to his generosity in vain. He
was not only generous IN the matter of
money, but-and the gift was often more
. highly valued, and bow often are such
! gifts withheld, his sdyice, il duence,
sympathy and encouragement were as
/ freely given, so that at his death he leaves
among his professional associates not
Z only the reputation ola really accomplish
/ ed and conscienti. Us actor but the memory
, OF generous and warm-hesrted mar.