The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-20

much troubled. 1t had never occurred TO
her that they had been rehearsing Tor
| seven hours on end.
Neither Maudc Adams nor ], NJ. Barrie
can be mentioned without suggesting tne
! other Each made the other famous In
The Little Minister and from Lady
| Babbc TO Maggie Wy!ie. Maudc ADAMS
has created all Barric's most important
| Pan. IT is an open secret among thoso
J who knew them both we'll that Miss Ad,
ans has assisted In the creation OF az
| least one of Barric's women in another
sense than merely being the first and
| most successful actress to play the part
This is Maggie Wylle The heroine nl
| What Every Woman Knows has IN
fact been sketchcd from life and from
Maudc Adams Mr.. Barrie. when taxed
with the charge. smiles in his mysterious
way ard SAYS: What an astonishing
lmpertincncc? Ask Miss Adams!" But
nobody who knows Miss Adams need ASK
her. so obvious are many of the quailtlcs
| OF tho portrait.
The dominant note in Maudc Adams
| character as In Maggie Wyles is The
| combination OF those virtues which Stcv-
enson so often lauded. courage and cheer
| fulncss. During tho years when she was
| threatened with breakdown oniy her In
! domitable %ill carried hcr through. IT WAS
that quality which Barrie has made inc
| keynote of Maggie Wylte. when she cries
| in one OF the most effective touches OF
the play. Never give in, John, Never
| give tn
Miss Adams has never given in to any
! difficulty that patience, cheeriulpeSS'
sweetness and hard work might not be
expected 10 conquer Her success sle
owes to no lucky stroke. but 10 these
plain virtues which have developed her
talent step by step. The best success.
she once said. doesn't come to briIllancy'
| but to Intelligent hard work.
| But this doGGed pcrsistency Which
saved her from invalidism and break
down and kept her afoat when others
| would have sunk. has also It's humorous
! side For one thing. II is the despair OF
! her managers. Said ono Of the trohinan
organization. II suppose person IS WIN"
J ful when she doesn't agree with you.
! However there is no use dIsagreclnG
| with Miss Adams. She sends a telegram
! saying DO YOU think il would be u good
! plan To do so and so" Years ago II !
| didn't think so. | used to say II. don't
any more. I have the thing done. Be-
cause in the end it will be done any
| way"
Though essentially feminine I'm her way
OF doing business. she is good business
woman, She doesn't work so that she
may enjoy her rcCrca ation. She takes h"f
| holidays so that she may the more enjoy
] her work. In the Empire thcater build
ing ono flight up and facing the north on
! For,ieth street Is a room that has Just
been done over I'm dainty shades Of light
| paint and tinted wall surface Book
shelves nearly surround it and a large
! flat topped desk holds the middlc OF the
room. This is Miss Adams office. and
here she spends her time when not In the
| theater.
Although the drama and her art arc her
| great interests she believes That every
| thing an actor knows increases the power
and Intelligence of his performance. she
accordingly spends many hours uaN
| in serious reading and study. Shc cares
rather less for the works OF the poets
than for the philosophers and historians.
\ little while ago she was deep IN a
study OF Erasmus. she has also lively
interest in Latin and mathematics. When
asked how these things help her in play
! ing Maggie Wylic in what Every Wo-
man Knows" she replied that everything
that one knows about life helps in the
| portrayal of it on the stage.
At her home in the Catskills she lives
a life OF extreme simplicity. She is fond
Of horses and rides and drives crcdita-
! bly,. Years ago when She hrst went
on the stage Mrs. Thomas Hastings, pres
! idcnt of the Ladies' Four-in- Hand Driv-
| ing club. taught her TO drive. Her force
AMI intuition stand her in good stead in
| whatever she has 10 do with horses, Tor
she never allows them to get the better OF
! her. though, To hear her talk one might
| imagine that she was terrified every time
| that she got up 10 ride.
She had never ridden astridc before her
! performance Of Joan Of Arc. and IL Is
not an easy thing Ia learn in a few weeks.
! The white horse on which she led the
charge was named by one of her friends,
tuberculosis. or the Great White
! PcrilH
I'm afraid of him" said Miss Adams,
when | call him that call him
J Dan"
These are only a few OF her many
activities. a few Of her characteristic
traits. perhaps not enough TO explain her
personality. But the best explanation
after all is the personal interest which
practically every man woman and child
i'm the United States and Canada has in
her every act an interest which is tinsed
with romantic personal affection.