The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-26
HoMEsPUN INTERVIEWS.
Two Famous Utonians-A Visit With
Maudie Adams in Boston.

No ASS Sharmut avenue, Boston,
Mass, March %, 1s95.-The other day
was in the lobby Of the Parke square
theatre, waiting for one OF our Har-
ward boys, Arthur Thomas. to get
tickets for US for that nightmare
matinee performance 'Trilby"-When
a petite woman with small dark bon
net and quiet in dress and manner
passed by. I ran up and touching her
arm, called her by name; she turned,
looked at me keenly, but said frankly
she didn't remember me. 1 asked her
if she didn't remember a little dan
suese in THE Salt Lake theatre in the
Game and Clawson days and-"Good
gracious, yes!' She did, But that
and this picture-AE. well, one
can't acquire the secret at will
OF looking like Mrs. Annie -Ad
ans herself, young forever. Yet
I was Young too-but let that chest
nut go the way of moldy things; Mrs.
Adams and 1 wanted to talk, and talk
we did.
The result was, she warmly invited
me to go to the Hollis with her that
night and see John Drew and Maude
Adams in 1.-The Bauble Shop"
Twas a very good thing did-Trilby
would have given me the nightmare for
a month, If some pleasant dose hadn't
been administered afterwards to par
TALLY take the taste OUT of my mouth.
We had the best orchestra seats,
and when our delighted attention was
not fixed on Mr.. Drew's admira BILE
creation of English premiership or
Maude Adams lovely impersonation of
the sweet strength of innocent girl
hood, we were exchanging whispered
condolences as to everything and every
body in dear old Salt Lake.
There is small need Of telling Salt
Lakers that the whole company was
superb and that Mr.. Drew shows him
self in this new role of 1nelodrama in
a. stronger and more fascinating light
than even all his old lines of work
could give.
After the performance, we found a
carriage at the stage door, and we
looked around in vain for my youthful
knight errant, Art Thomas, who had
escorted me from my distant Cam
bridge lodgings. We couldn't find him.
However, 1 gladly accepted a warm in
vitation to go to the Parker and stay
all night with my old friend.
Mr.. Drew asked me as we rode TO
the hotel what 1 thought Of 'Trilby"
and we discussed the modern hypnotic
ghost story warranted as of old ITO In
dividualize the hairs upon s head
mr. to perform the trolley act upon and
down ones spinal column. Peoples
taste for horror" hasn't changed; it's
only the name of the mental salad
which is changed. not the delectaole
compound therein contained.
We found lights and warmth accep-
table after the pouring rain outside.
and nv hostess elegant rooms in the
Parker. with the piano invitingly open,
never looked cosier than they did then.
It was and is matter of pleasant sur
prise to me to feel, as did, the simple
domestic atmosphere which surrounded
these two, mother and daughter. Into
that great carayansary the two women
brought with them a genuine home
feeling. which is unusual in any hotel
life. and certainly remarkable for the
atrical people. or so | thought.
We chatted, Maude and l, OF the
stage. of her friends and family in
Utah, whom she seemed to regard with
the deepest affection. I told her how
the New York papers had been trying
TO claim her as g. New York child ana
how Utah papers resented it. She
said emphatically that she was Gton-
ian, and would always be proud of 1t.
She told me how eagerly they are
planning to have quiet home in New
York. where vacations can be happily
spent.
She spoke of her work and Of her
noble desire to be content only when
she had reached the highest eminence
in her profession. Then she wanted
to know all about the lnembers of the
Home Dramatic and all the other
friends who always made her brie,
stays in Salt Lake so pleasant
While we chatted Mrs. Adams had
ordered the daintiest little supper of
pate de fois gras, with tiny English
waters and buttered crackers. No fear
OF the direful results of such a com
bination as Trilby and patie de fois
gras prevented me from joining in the
pretty banquet. and if repentance and
nerves demonstrated next day, at least