The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-20

ton, as most of the American actors
were at that time who trusted to the honor
of Australian would-be managers. When
he left this city for the untried field he car
ried with him the best wishes of true and
tried friends.
As ia this country, so in Australia,
Adams made friends everywhere. When
he quilted Melbourne, where his health had
failed greatly, the leading physician of the
city, who had treated bin. receipted his
In addition gave him letter to medical
friend in Sydney. the colonial people
acted toward him as if he were an
honored guest. l was present on one oc-
casion when a Mr.. Black. a rcn station
owner at Darling Downs, visiting Mel
bourne, called on him. He had become
infatuated with Adams acting, particu-
larly with his rendering of Hamlet and
Enoch Arden, and sought a personal IN
terview. Black was a well-educated man,
having taken degree at Oxford, England.
He was at the same time very brusQue
and positive in his manner. l noticed an
expression of sympathy, however, on his
face az be glanced at the actors wasted
features. Suddenly he spoke:
Adams. does this thing pay you p
Hardly, under the circumstances"
why don't you turn IL up, then, and
come to the Downs with me for time ?'
Adams smiled in half-sad way as he
answered him: $50 much obliged; but you
forget | must ~ AXE bread and butter for
myself and wife,"
Pardon me; do not forget. l want
you and Mrs. Adams to come to my place
for six months or so and try whether good
air and rest will not restore your health
You are killing yourself now. Six months
would not make much difference, especially
if there is IA chance for health ahead of
you. Stay year. Oh 1t, man" e0n-
tinued Black, rising, holding out both
hands lmpusvely and meaning every word
he uttered, "eOme and stay with me for
your lifetime, be it long or short"
Adams often referred to this interview
with The generous Australian, and never
without a slight culver in his voice. IL
had touched his heart very closely.
Had he been in good health Edwin Ad-
ans would nave carried away handsome
sum of colonial gold from Australia. The
harvest was ripe had he been able to put
in the sickle and reap it. Liberal audi
ences filed the theaters when he played !;
the leading critics of the great dailies-
and they have cultured critics in Mel
bourne-not only approved the American
actor, but, an unusual thing for colonial
writer, some of them were enthusiastic in
their approval.
1 met DR.. Neild on Collins street, Mel
bourne, one morning after a Hamlet night
by Adams at the Thealer ROYAL. Neild
wac tuO SAitiS Va NC Aieuo az bbO tIll6 dIlu
generally wrote fairly and with discrimi-
nation. After passing the usual saluta-
lions and making some flattering comments
on the performance, he asked me:
"By the way, Is Adams an American ?"
"Of the straitest Sect" / answered.
He is New Highlander and was born in
Midway. Mass, 10 1884,
Strange" he continued. He does not
speak through his nose"
| laughed. docs it follow that every
one born in the United States speaks with
a nasal twang?"
Such has been my experience with the
Americans l have met in Australia"
do you know. doctor, that my expert
ence with provincial EnglishmeD, as they
are called in London, is the same. and
think wherever the nose is brought into