The times., 1897-09-19

The question of silcCess has Teen largely
lifted oat Of Tie Limitations OF merit AID
permitted To poach on tie adjacent pre-
serves % popularity and circumstance
There are three factors, no one OF which
CAL ie recE0ne3 without, IN consideration
OF tie case Of Mauae Adams She is a
y8ung woman oI personal merit without
limit, aud generous share Of artistic
capacity SIZE has The facGlly vf winning
more thaa adnlira5i0n; she induces sympathy
With herself. Then size has Charles Fro.1-
mani and The greatest of these is Froh-
man.
Without him Miss Adams would have
been permitted to bIGsh unseen ana waste
Her sweetness on the desert air, Ike the
tender little flower in the Elegy- FrOhman
was her opportunity. NJ other manager
has shown the capsc. ty Tor doing what hp
has done. His situation was about tins.
Given sweet, Intelligent, winson.e lit
tie woman with the ability 10 act
self oI infinite magnetism, given play
winch mas scarcely "a situation that could
he called dramatic, ana pUiats0 parleying,
obscurity asiG prolNity which might theo-
ueticany stand Tor defects. With this
woman and this play induce success.
lie did il, There is NO questioning the
Continued delight every audience Of last
week felt IL Rarra' s. Little Minister there
Is no questioning thaU everyone voted Miss
Adams the most DewitcfIlHg artist, a woman
whose return we zuusl anticipate pleasur-
ably, q sJar by right and title. He hyp-
Noticed them " fth d score Of alluIing de
tails. There was the seductive Furst nv
sic, which stole into the brain and soothed
h with ta 15lde'~ melody. There were The
gorgeous scenic pictures, which conquered
the eye There wers ih- small points OF Il
good actor in every part. the exUravagance
OF uoupe u villagers, the scupui0us
refining cf every ait. the application of
infinite care 10 every opportunity.
TheS" wese Er- tr0hulan's s cOniTibu-
Jtns TO Miss adams triumph. Far be IL
from US 10 detrscI a whit from the glory
II the most gtacioas and adoTning woman
on our stage tut The lesson of her success
is The necessity Of Carlyle's opacity
Tor infinite paius, which, says he, is
genius" In The significant event OF last
week Miss Adams was the personality,
the charm. and the magnetism which stole
an hears and LraHsfused them with love
of her Nj FrOhnan'S was the genius,
which - " 0pport unity, perhaps created il;
at least seized it and refined it, and com
manded the tribute Of admiration from
tire consiarrate. And Barrie? Both Miss
Adams and Mr Frohman owe much to
the fertile ius9gnaJion, the poetic instinct
and the tender technique OF the author of
The Little Minister" But ii is when
we think what Babbie would have been IL
she had not been Miss Adams, and how
fhe de!icaay OF tie play would have
wIthered in other hands than Mr. Froh
man s that we really appreciate how much
hr. Barrie owes to both Of them.
ThrraEh the heat Of every day last week
both Miss Adams and MIR. Frohman labored
for the betterment OF the play and the per
fOrmance. The value OF honest criticism
cheCrfuIly accepted was shown in the mark
ed bettermCnuOf the play when seen as late
as Friday night. New scenes Were written
in the first and third acts explaining much
that was foggy and involved at first. The
superabndance Of Scotch burr was toned
down, especially At critical speeches. The
fourth act was thoroughly revamped with
tie elimination Of deal of the tedious talk
Of thc Scotch elders, ana fastening OF
the prcliN finale.