The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-05
SUMMER HOMES OF ACTORS


Actors have recently discovered domes-
.!oity. They find it an admirable mental pose
Tor summer. 1t has succeeded European
travel as the method Of passing the summer
months. Hotels do not supply the proper
background for this mood. They have too
much Of hotels during the winter months.
They want to keep q house, have their own
kitchen, and live through the warm Woeks
lust as everyday people do.
There Is not likely to be much Of Il anyhow.
Seasons end late and begin early. Re-
bearsals usually bring them back to town
long before other persona have thought of
leaving their country homes. Thus, the
aotors mako their domestioity intensive
"a ther than extensive, and crowd 40 much
OF IL az they oan into the few midsummer
days.
Maude Adams is perohed during her
weeks Of rest on q high era IN the Catskills.
She Is in onteora Park, an exclusive settle-
ment; which even Possesses gates to shut
out the intrusive. Sometimes the intrusive
make up parties at Tannersville and climb
no 10 see Miss Adams's house. They are
always chased back, however, before they
put foot into the hallowed precincts. There
ia Waterman there for that purpose. Miss
AQan Is uOup0 ~ al ~ tOulouObJ pdTt VI
Onteora Park, and there she is over free
from the liability Of inspection by her
neiehbors. None OF them Il likely to pass
IN front Of her house unless they oome
especially to call on her. AS few Of them
are acquainted with the actress, abe Ia not
often interrupted.
She bought her home IN the mountains
on account Of a physician In whom abe has
much confidence. He lives there In the
summer months and likes his pa TENTS to
get the benefit Of the climate he considers
DO wonderful. Miss Adams, who u treated
daily by this physician when she IN In New
York, took bis advice and prepares herself
every summer for her long seasons by
resting at Ontsora and occasionally calling
IN her physician for treatment.
Miss Adams usually takes some woman
friend with her as companion, and the two
spend the summer In absolute quiet The
FIRST floor Of tho cottage b 90 arranged that
II may be thrown into one large room, and
there the actress Is able TO arrange Q stage
and rehearse her plays.
In spite Of her abandonment OF all work
In summer she frequently enjoys acting Q
scene from some play In which she has not
appeared. When It was announced that she
was to play Viola In Twelfth Night she
learned the part in her summer cottage
and frequently acted the scene on the stage
improvised In the large room.
The picture shown hsre wa taken by .
photographer who wa collecting the sights
ofOnteora Park. Miss Adams heard Of what
he had done only after the photograph had
been printed. She bought up an but the
few that had already been sold and oom-
PEELED the presumptuous taker Of pictures to
destroy the plates. No other actress ever
penetrated the walled eIolusiveness Of
onteora, although Julia Marlowe has q sum-
mer home not far distant.
Long Island 70 moro popular With aotors
than any other region near New York
John Drew owns the handsomest house Of
any member Of the profession about here,
and he IL In no respect . member Of an
actors colony. 10 d n Of the moving