The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-11-05
MAUD ADAMS
BELIEVES ~ W

BELIEVES IN WONN.
Many years aEo DAME. Webster
wrote:
IA has been said that Z owe my
success % genius it II g work. and
not 10 genias. I owe my success"
Maud Adams lives the Daniel Web
ster creed. Work L. tire secret az her
success. Wmk IL ths foundation upon
which her wonderful personality rests
securely. Work h her hzg.piness. her
blessing. nee her door And hecnuse
" " her happiness. her blessing. she
has the same nanaeer. the same eiec~
trician. the slene properly men. and
whenever the ksstinR ~ the play viii
narmit. the satse supporting company.
year after ytsr. says Anna stesse
Richardson. iran exchange
Lights Sincerity. and cooperation
are her three lohhies behind the scenes
THE electricif r. held responsible for
the lighting aects. The star demands
sincerity andFo-o operation from every
one And 4 you do not contribute
these a. fsud Adams production.
Ia due time you vii End yourself
looking FOR der work.
Miss Adaut does not Indulge IN sen =
timentaiiiy. lr play ths role - LADY
Rountiful me does not invite the
condolences , her fellow PLAYERS. but
their lives % as open RACES - a hook
90 her keenlntuition. 80 N PLAYER
or = mechsir b. nos harry in Miss
Adams sert-e. bc 10 leading man ~
scene shiftd the quicker ~ resigns
the better. er sincerity and content
ment n ~ rut his incompetcncy
and dissatis elton 20 shame.
A womadwho passed through the
ares ~ datstie anllction while play
E inr a two Sar euEaEement with Miss
Aaa4ns. toitme her experience.
"Ny trutte made me very morhit
I I thought I'D nothing % i've for ~
ere rrpreni nothing - anticipate "a
the futureli grew thin and saliow.
Makeup heiy covered the lines IN
I my face. kervous indigestion sdded
o. ny MISC The role had rehcarsed
Win such Issurs became a nightmare
- me. I iriy drove myself 10 the
theatre 81 night Naturally. my
1 WORK federated - one evening
when 7 rfived q message "a come
10 Miss ANS dressing room. felt
that her fapproval would form the
last drop b an already overh0wing
cup ~ I'd
"Imagiu my amaHernent when.
after rcfeiuN casually % an interest
ing art cection she had visited that
afternoontge were piayiug away frora
New Voc she remarked u have
good nee Tor you. our season has
been extded Eve weeks 3 realize
What thGwlu mean % you. % have
D. such comfort
she erred those words With such
sfrnris dvictfon. with such umuues-
tlonlnr I'm ln work az q balm FOR
pain. fhssuddenly J felt ashamed My
trouble = no ionEer my special crosa
ITt hecaffan experience through which
many vnen had passed and had
come 20 triumphant. thanks - End
ing ussnd absorhinE Interests. NJ
work y no longer an addrd burden.
II becAi = privileges granted 10 hal-
ance MOSS"
Miss aams L. one o. the few starA
particuly under M Frohman's
manaeent. who selects her own
roles ke average star has = play
Ichnssn,r Der b. her manager. who
1 consial himself and Who probably
he. thefst judge % her talents. Bat
Miss Ans Is consulted because shc
IrecoEsas her own limitations as wsu
a. hakxceptfnnRl possibilities NO
enc aher intimate friends. FELLOW
rIayeHnanaEsr. nor yet that individ-
AL Y perhaps lives closest % an
lactrcter maid. has ever heard Miss
Adaurompare herself a. the great
WON efars who have preceded her
she . not rank herself with Rachel
siddd or Cushman ~ an adrnirer
lshaulplace her IN to- class With