The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-06-22
OUR NEW YUKA LETIER
..,.s .Auoe ADAMS. DAN FRoHmAN
Mo. ..n n1re LITTLE MINISTER"
s,., In Barrie's Piece Made Her First
'D ..os.ranoe on ANY Stage Quite Twenty
80. Ago-she Is a Sensible Girl
.,..a Her Success.

xopp lime 22.-[Special. ]-Ac-
NE" the records, Maude Adams,
cordins W phenomenal success as the |
whose w" .he drama made from Barrie's
star ~ Minister" has just eliminated In |
"Li.''o hundredth performance before
tnroo the "bumpercst" sort, Is only 20, |
nous W. Arst appearance on any stage was
puO 10 full quarter of century ago.
maui q ,ras in Salt Lake City, the town
ina' birfb Her mother was playing In |
OF ea,, Nc lost Child" piece long ago forgot
Inv Ono night the infant cast Tor the
.s.io role failed TO appear at the thea'er'
W.. vet. no word was sent ana no op.
"o ..,,ritv TO find a substitute ailorued' vi
plo O the manager raved, but peiore nc
Ia ,eoehed the stage OF tearing ms mar
n ia'e nurse who cared for little Mauue Whlle
~ mother played came IN. Inc ohllu hau
hoeonoe unmanageable, and the nurse
,onod Its mother could quiet IL. Nothlng
,,ore pleasing TO the manager tnan one
Ino,o of that child could possibly have
hanpened He was In the very niusp VI
l n"pd ON babies i'm general and the one
,i, n,aS had disappointed him in particular,
W. VIM ha forgot everything in his ecstasy at
~. uu' sicht The identity of the child and
~. .ho Fact that it was screaming terriiically
sl matter a Bit and it never occurred
" him that possibly Mrs. Adams would
~ clarified at seeing her own baby In
..a.d of the other So he took Maude
from her nurse, popped her on tray and
sont her on the stage quiet enough at last
suom the very novelty of the situation per-
haps.
Mande Adams real family name is the
not overly euphonious one of kiskadden,
and the Kiskaddens have been connected
with the stage for several generations.
Maudes mother was an Adams. She
claims descent from the family OF that
name famous In United States history as
having given us two presidents. believe
che was always billed as Mrs. Adams.
She did not intend when Maude was
child that she should ever go on the stage,
and no more did her father. But the late
7 K. Emmett" Our Fritz" whom
Kiskadden was playing when Maude was
a little girl in short dresses needed some
one to play the child's role that was so
important a part of the Emmett produc-
tions. Several had been tried that season,
hut all had failed, and at last Emmett
smoke about Maude to her father in her
presence Kiskadden didn't like the
scheme bit.
~ won't have the child make a fool Of
herself, " he declared.
Whether Maude had before this cherish
ed a desire to play the child's partwith
Fritz Emmett is uncertain. That remark,
= however was quite enough to set her
a-pleading for the privilege. OF course
she got her WISH and Fritz was greatly
pleased with her, too, but she kept the
childish role few weeks only, since her
- IL II. 1.
When she was rs, she gave up school
and Joined the Lyceum theater company,
under Daniel Frohman's management,
and she has been member of Frohman' S
forces ever since.
The Frohmans and Miss Adams.
Frohman was first attracted to Miss
Adams by the clever manner in which she
played the part of Susanna Blondet In
THE Masked Ball" one night at Palmer's
theater. This is not very much Of part
in some respects, but in the second act In
toxication has TO be simulated, and the
circumstances are such that much Of the
plays success depends upon the manner
of its stimulation. The slightest sugges
ton of grossness would render the entire
play vulgar to degree, yet very much OF
Its effectiveness as whole would be lost
well carried Off Miss Adams did this bit
of work in an exquisitely comical manner
and yet so delicately as not to give the
slightest offense.
Next day all New York, from the theat
rical managers viewpoint, was talking
about her. Frohman's first meeting with
her, which has become historic among
stage people, occurred soon afterward
When she presented herself to the man
ager, he saw n remarkably pretty girl
when she talked he perceived that she
was clever as we'll as comedy.
In 1.-The Midnight Bell" she played the
part of New England schoolgirl, anC
played it excellently. Then she joined
Charles Frohman's company and took the
lngenue role in "Men and Women" Ii
this also she was highly satisfactory, and
later she added greatly to her reputation
ny the way in which she acted Nell, the
crippled working girl, in 1.-THE Lost Para
disc "
some young women would have beer
swept off their feet by such continued
good fortune. Every manager can tell OF
uozens perhaps who have spoiled their ca
reers 10y failing in the matter of good
sense after two or three stage successes
Dut Miss Adams is not one of these. She
w WIS Jay us regularly anu IA
earnestly as if she were still n schoolgirl
one takes exercise a-plenty, horseback rid
ing being her favorite outdoor pastime
enc Is fond of music, and she plays the
narp exquisitely, and she has no idea that
cue knows moro about theatrical manage
menu than Daniel Frohman.
Lucky In Her Manager.
In this she displays much wisdom, fol
Daniel Frohman is one of the most sapient
amusement men in the business Most
people have forgotten that some time be
lore The Little Minister was put on
nIohman advertised widely that he want
vu play by an American author with an
american theme, in which. Miss Adams
was 10 assume the star role, and that he
"1uiu pay $40, 600 for the same
~ Is doubtful whether any manager
es ,a got SO much free advertising for him.
se1 ana his star out of SO simple an ex-
puIient as fell to the lot of Mr.. Frohman
s anu Miss Adams through this move. II
h0iTeu Things up generally IL causcd the