The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-15
AN OLD LANDMARK
HAS DISAPPEARED
House Where Maude Adams
Spent Her Babyhood Has
Been Raced.
1T STOOD ON STATE.
JUST BELOW FIRST SOUTH
Tearing Down of Structure Re-
calls Debut of Famous Act
resS in Salt Lake.

With the rszing of the building on
State street just below the Utah indie
pendent Telephone building, the home
wherein Maudc Adams lived when n
baby passes into history.
In tho roar Of tho old shacks which
have been pulled down to make room
for n modern building stood IN old
adobe building which in the long ago
before State street became Il business
street was used AS q residence.
In this building Mrs, Adams, mother
Of Maude, lived. This is mol the build
ing where the famous actress was born,
but where she lived for II long while.
Her mother was member of the old
stock company which made the Salt
Lake thcater famous. The home where
Miss Maude WAS born stands OH Seventh
East. between Seventh and Eighth
South streets. IT is Il long distance
from the Salt Lake thoater building.
Had to Be Near Thcator.
In view that The Adams family iu
those days was not blessed with = We
hiclc for rapid transit and rs Naude
was like all other children, her mother
had to have hcr near her. There was
place in the dressing room and iii order
to have Maudc where she could be cared
for IT was necessary To get nearer the
theater Result. the residence OH the
southeast corner of State and Nam
streets was rented and the Adams fam
ily removed there. where Maudo spent
her days of babyhood. Tho old struc-
ture as above stated is now being razcd,
together with some old sharks that have
-
place 10 \ modern structure.
In this connection the debut of Maudc
Adams upon the stage Will bc Of in
tcrcSt There was q play presented at
the Salt Lake ihcatcr called ''Thc Cot
tagc Girl. - Mrs Adams was one of
the caste supporting the star. In ac-
cord with the custom at that time the
play was always followed by farce.
On this occasion the farce was 'Thc
Lost Child. Mrs. Adams had no part
in this farce.
Ia the farce an infant, "Jhe Lost
Child was rushed on and off the stage
several times and finally brought in by
q waiter on n platter and set down
on the table before the father, who
has been hopelessly distracted in his
search for the child, which had really
not been lost at all.
Debut OF Maude Adams.
Immediately after 1.-The Cottage
Girl Mrs. Adams bad dressed, but in
stead Of leaving the thcater a5 once
remained Ia watch the farce. She WAS
standing in one of the wings; the baby
who was only six weeks old, had been
rushed on and of the stage several
times and was pretty tired. The per
formance was near the end. just thcu
the door.k keeper admitted "A servant car
rying Maudc Adams. then almost eight
months old. who had come for Mrs.
Adams TO 90 home with them,
The stage baby was worn out. He
set up a yell it was time 10 send him
in ON the platter. But the shriek-
kid would not stop. The fate of the
farce hung in the balance. Heroic
measures had TO he adopted. The stage
manager snatchcd Maudc from the SER
want : arms, placed her on the platter
onto the walters arms and IN an IN
slant MaUdc was on the table in full
view Of the audience
The big audience was astounded at
her appearance, as startling phcnom-
enop had occurred. "rhc Lost Child
had gained twenty pounds IN five min.
utes. She looked at the audience and
coocd at them Then they saw the
poinf. 1t was Maudc Adams debut
upon the stage.