The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-03

and danced herself into the affections of
hundreds of thousands of persons i'm the
United States.
l called at Miss Adams rooms few DAYS
ago and sent my card up with the expect,.
ton that would be received i'm a condo
scending mannerb 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,
severe attack of enlarged Uranium" is
almost certain to develop rapidly This is
the usual course, and / expected to find
Miss Adams no exception to the rule.
But she was.
She was Il conspicuous exception for not
only was she not impressed with Il sense of
her own greatness. bat she actually seemed
to be EN- barr1ssed by the idea of ;ln 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, to ask
If she IS fond of dress. I nearly tainted
when she told me that she abhors dresses
ana wishes that they had never been in
vented; they are anuisance, etc. or 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 dozen more of their kind were
all making robes for her which would
"surpass anything ever seen on the Amer
lean stage" But Miss Adams isn't that
kind Of n girl. Her manner mprcsses one
Immediately with the thorough sincerity
OF her nature and her aversion to every
thing snvoring of humbug. She is gen.
uincneSS itself
Miss Adams says that she Is not "a nrca.
student, like most actresses. She has n fad
for accommodating old books, but not the
extra expensive ones She plays the piano,
but is just now dcvoting 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 creditubly
| have heard several persons who have
seen Maude Adams in 1.-THE Masked Ball"
express astonisAmcnt that II girl with such
unqucstioned ability had not made n hit
sooner. The reason is very plain. She had
never before had part which admitted of
the possibility Of brilliant work. AS soon
L. she was afforded the opportunity she
showed what she could do
Miss Adams was born in Salt Lake CITY
in-wcll long after the Grant-Scymour
campaign Her first appearance was made
when she was less than Il year old. She
vas carried on the stage on waiter. tie
baby who should have "played the part"
having taken 1t into her head to indulge in
an Opcratic selection at the critical mo-
ment. Miss Adams first speaking part
was i'll THE Celebrated Case" in San
Francisco, when she was about six wears
old. Her mother is IN actress, and in fnct
plays the part of her maternal ancestor i'm
"Thc Masked Ball" When she was old
enough Miss Adams got an engagement
with Charles Frohman and then with
Sothern. She returned to Frohnun and
last year played the cripple girl in "rhe
Lost Pnradise.''
When the company WAS organized for
"Thc Masked Ball" it was decided to let
Miss Adams try tho role of the young wife.
who is required to simulate intoxication
in one scene. She studied the character,
and has received just as much commenda-
ton rs Mr.. Drew, rs indeed she should, for
her part is the more difficult of the two.
Miss Adams does not speak of her previous
numerous triumphs On the contrary, she
says she has never had any. Everybody
likes to record tho success of dutiful and
offectionate daughter, who, deprived by
death of the guiding hand of father, has
struggled along in a difficult profession,
side by side with n 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 at it's
height there lived in St. Louis, as there
does still, photographer named Fox,
whose little six-year-old daughter, Della,
was impressed into service as the midship.