Evening journal., 1892-11-05

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~ piquant little
'---,.--- 80 :, .-,--,'-- body who hassune
and danced herself into the affections Of
hundreds Of thousands Of persons in the
United States.
| called at Miss Adams rooms few days
ago and sent my card up with the expecta
ton that | would be received in conde
scending nannerb by the girl-for she is still
girl-about whom all New York Is talk
ing When young person has made an
emphatic hit, especially in New York city
a severe rttnck OF enlarged Uranium" is
almost G., ..uin to develop rapidly This is
the usual course, and | expected 10 find
Miss Adams no exception to the rule.
But she was
She was a conspicuous exception, for not
only was she not impressed with a sense Of
her own greatness. but she actually seemed
TO be embarrassed by the idea OF an inter
view Miss Adams came into the drawing
room dressed in an ordinary house gown OF
simple and almost severe pattern. |
took occasion. having observed this, 20 ask
II she s fond Of dress ! nearly tainted
when she told me that she abhors dresses
and wishes that they had never been in
vented. they are anuisance, etc. OF course
the proper. or rather the professional, an
swer for an actress TO have made would
| have been an emphatic declaration that
/ she adored dress, and that Worth. Felix
and half a dozen more Of their kind were
all making robes for her which would
'surpass anything ever seen on the Amer
ican stage" But Miss Adams isn't that
kind OF a girl Her manner impresses one
Immediately with the thorough sincerity
Of her nature aud her aversion TO every
thing savoriug Of humbug She is gen
uineness itself
Miss Adams says that she is not "a great
student, " like most actresses. She has fad
tor accommodating old books, but not the
extra expensive ones. She plays the piano.
but il just now devoting her spare time to
learning to twang the harp, which she
considers the sweetest instrument ever IN.
vented. She is progressing rapidly and
already performs quite creditably.
have heard several persons who have
seen Maude Adams In "The Masked Balr'
express nstonishment that girl with such
unqnesi ioned ability had not made bit
sooner The reason is very plain. She had
never before had part which admitted Of
the possibility Of brilliant work. As soon
~ she was afforded the opportunity she
showed what she could do.
Miss Adams was born In Salt Lake City
in--well, long after the Grant-Seymour
campaign. Her first appearance was made
when She was less than year old She
was carried on the stage on a waiter, the
hahy who should have played the part
having taken II into her head TO indulge in
an operatic selection 40 the critical mo-
ment Miss Adams first speaking part
was in The Celebrated Case in San
francisco. when she was about six years
old Her mother Is an actress, and iu fact
plays the part Of her maternal ancestor ia
The Masked Ball" When she WIS old
enough Miss Albums got an engagement
with Charles Frohman and then with
Sothern She returned TO Frohman and
last year played the cripple girl Ia "rhe
Lost Paradise"
When the company was organized for
The Masked Ball' il was decided 20 let
Miss Adams try the role Of the young wife,
who is required 20 stimulate intoNication
IN one sccne. She studied the character,
and has received just rs much commenda-
tion as Mr Drew as indeed She should. Tor
her part is the more difficult OF the two.
Miss Adams does not speak Of her previous
numerous rnnmphs. On the contrary, she
says She has never had any Everybody
likes TO record the success Of dutful and
aiIectonate daughter, who, deprived by
death Of the guiding hand Of father. has
struggled along in a difficult profession,
side by side with devoted mother, toward
the elusive goal Of fame without once de.
WAITING from the line Of duty to parent or
profession Thus has Maude Adams done
and therefore her success is deserved
When the "Pinafore" craze was ut its
height there lived in st. Louis, rs there
does still, a photographer named Fox,
whose little six-year-old daughter, Della,
was impressed into service as the nidship.