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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-28
DRAMATIC NEWS AND COMMENT

Maude Adams. the richest woman on
the American stage, is also the most
idyllic, winsome and deeply appealing
of the present day stars. Art Is the
ruling passion of her life, and elusive
ness-an intangible and wistful ten
derness and sincerity-is the keynote
Of her stage charm. Beyond the foot
lights Maude Adams is a recluse-
solitude is necessary to her highly
strung temperament.
Asceticism, untinged by severity, is
the dominant note of Miss Adams s
private life. She is simple In dress,
cares little for fashion and nothing
for society, for, as she has said. it is
impossible TO be social butterfly and
a work grub at the same time, Single.
ness of aim, devotion to art, days OF
hard work, anxiety and struggle have
led to her almost unsurpassed success
in stageland, but her supreme ambi.
tion has ever been TO reign in comedy
to be the Re lane Of America.
Although Miss Adams left school at
the age Of u, she is a woman of ex-
auisite culture and intellectual power.
She reads French fIueutly. is an ac.
complished pianist, possesses cultl-
waited contralto voice, and her whole
life has realized the sentiment of one
OF, her own ePigrams, Genius Is the
Miss Adams is woman of tremen
dous vitality and will power Her
gentle and tender nature is blended
with an almost stern simplicity and
calm. A love for country life, ami.
mails and children predominate her
character. She is an enthusiastic col
lector of antiques, but her world is Il
world of players, genius and plays.
Miss Adams is kinswoman to two
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grandfather, Joshua Adams, was first
cousin and boybood chum of John Quin-
CIV Adams, and she first saw the light
Of day in Salt Lake City on November
IL, 1872. whittier her grandfather had
emigranted in the early days OF Nor
monism.
This tiny, pink bundle of babyhood
born TO become stellar light in Ameri'
ca, was pronounced to resemble her
mother, Annie Adams Kiskadden, in
point of looks, and her father, we'll
born Ohioap, in temperament and char
acter.
The first eight months in the life of
little "Maudie' were absorbed in
pleasures peculiar to infants, not of
such stuff as stars are made Of. But as
the tender age Of months she be-
came the show baby of Salt Lake City
by precociously learning her letters in
one play lesson with alphabetic blocks.
Baby Maude' much preferred the So
ciety of n shaggy tramp dog to dolls.
and she and her young father, who died
when she was but years old, were the
rarest Of chums.
Unexpectedly, and Mt the age Of 9
months, Maude Adams made her first
appearance on the stage Her debut
was most ausPicious and the audience
fairly shouted with delight at her baby,
Growing ways.
When Miss Adams was years old,
Mr.. and Mrs. Kiskadden moved to San
Francisco, and ii was there that she
demonstrated her remarkable teuden.
cies for stage realism, and developed
that superb mingling of humor and
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edy house short time ago, will this
week present tabloid musical comedy
entitled "School Days. said to be a
laughable farce dovetailed with music
and song.
Rehearsals have been vigorously
under way at the Casino for the past
week OH "School Days" Miss Null.
lally, dancing instructor of the com
pany, says that the chorus, which is
rehearsing under her direction, is COM
posed of as fine material as she has
ever drilled for musical comedy. The
girls are sprightly, good looking and
in fine voice.
The management of the Casino has
adopted the policy of changing the
principals of the company about each
week, which should result in bringing
out the versatility of the players and
afford Casino patrons an opportunity to
see their favorites from different an
giles.
The new bill will take the boards
Monday and will run through the en-
suing week.
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favorlte. Miss Blinn is Young hand
some actress of talent, and should be-
come a great favorite here.
Another worthy acquisition is Miss
Myrtle Gaiety, formerly leading woman
with the Fisher Stock company, Min
neapolis, and recently touring the
United States with Wilford Clarke and
company. Rose Roma a prime favor.
ite here, cancels her vaudeville engage
ments on the Orpheum circuit in order
to be here as a member of the company
of Orpheum players.
Another favorite will be Elizabeth
Ross, who leaves the Garrick company
to Join forces with the new stock com.
pany. Equally strong is the roster OF
actors, While not all of the players
have been definitely decided upon, the
following have signed and will be here
next week for rehearsals.
In addition to Willard Mack, there
is Edward Gillespie. who was seen here
recently in "The Deep Purple, when
he played the role of the hotel detec.
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has been severely dealt with by
the New York critics; but consid-
ering the moldineSs Of their ma
terial. ] think they deserve the
benefit of the doubt. Enid Leslie.
as the bride, is extremely pretty;
Mabel foungc, as her farcecome edy
mother, is notable for some of the
incisIveness and severe humor OF
Fanny Brouch; and Edmund Mau-
rice. T.. Holman Clark and G. B.
Vaughan put themselves into the
palpable makeups associated with
incredible old men in the DAYS to
which "Dear Old Cbarier be-
longs. Mr.. Hawtrey, long expert
enced in farce, plays the chief role
about as John Drew would, and,
indeed. does everything for tho
farce that any actor could.
And there we may drop an un-
attractive subiect-adding only
the widely circulated report that
Mr.. Hawtrey was included in the
''Prince of Wales's Set as the
privileged few admitted to the late
King Edward IS intimacy were
called; Mr., Hawtrey would feel so
cut up If the matter were not men.
toned,
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ris's enterprises In view. also. OF the
fact that the elder man has been in
charge Of the affairs Of his son dur
ing the last eight weeks. while the
latter with his wife was abroad on
vacation. il is asserted on good au-
tbority that William Harris Will
retain his place indefinitely, supervis-
ing the arrangements for the seasons
attractions and carving out those that
the son had projected for next season.
What degree OF love and admiration
Henry B. Harris had for his fa)hcr may
hest be shown by recalling one Of this
season IS most interesting incidents
This was the dedication last autumn Of
the Harris theatcr in West Forty.sec-
ond street. which was previously called
the Hackett. Miss Rose Stahl began
her season there in ''Magge Pepper
and the audisoce was a brilliant one.
On the programme appeared these
words.
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Mr., Henry B. Harris was born Gin
the business. an incident to which
he often proudly referred in after years.
At that time his father was appearing
in a song and dance act at DeBarr s
opera house in St Louis with Mr..
William Carroll as his partner. In the
theaters Of the middle west Master
Harris first obtained glimpse of thea
trical life. When sevon years old he
sold song books in the gallery Of a
theater in ST. Louis.
The Messrs. Shubert announce that
thev and their many important man
agerial allies have determined to give
what they hope TO make the most re
markable benefit in the history of New
York at the Hippodrome on Sunday
night, April 2s. for the aid Of the i'm
poverished sufferers from the wreck of
the steamship Titanic.
Associated with the Messrs. Shubert
in this humane undertaking are Lew
Fields. William A. Brady, Winthrop
Amcs. Fred C. Whitney, John Cort,
Oliver Morosco, Lewis Waller and
other managers,
The entire proceeds of this benefit
will be distributed to the survivors OF
the disaster who landed in this coun-
try destitute and without requisite re-
survivors are women makes the need
of such assistance especially tmpera-
tive. and IL is to be supposed that the
fund viii be used mainly to help the
rescued immigrant passengers
In addition TO the leading features
of the regular Hippodrome entertain
ment, the benefit performance will in.
elude long list Of notable stellar at
fractions of all varieties. a partial
list Of those who have already voluu-
teered follows:
Weber and Fields William Collier
Fay Templcton. Lillian Russell from
Weber. and Fields Jubilee; Lewis Wal.
Ter, who is now starring at DAILY :;
Madge Tithcradge and others from ga
on the Wheel:n Marie
Drcssler, Sam Bernard, Forbes Rob
srtsoD, Fritz Scheff, Charley Hawtrev,
James T. Powers and members of the
company appearing with him in "Two
Little Brides:' Crete Wiesenthal. Al
Jolson Stella Mayhew, Melville Ellis,
lose Collins and others from the Win
ter Garden; De Wolf Hopper. Eva
Davenport. Cvril Scott Louise Gun
ming: members of the French Opera
company, 'EBought and Paid For''
Gertrude Bryan and Otis Har-
an from "Little Bow Blue. +" Guy Bates
Post and the Hawaiian Dancers from
he f'Bird of Paradise
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covers a bottle Of wine in the cooler,
which she thinks is cider. She drank
1T. becomes tipsy and tells the husband
wife few hours before. She also
states that she has only one COW, two
pigs and two acres, and she can t send
anybody anything. When the wife ar
rives her husband questions her integ-
rity and she leaves him.
They are living apart when the play
opens, The final finds the husband
and wife together again, when he is
all but overcome with astonishment
to know that it is his wife who wrote
the book, "Susan.N
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~ farce shows Blanche Ring
r Three circumstances, but one
q Wall Street, Reno and Fifth
..Wue, but with a hearty smile
y. She looks better than ever.
|'se thinner; does not sing so
.nougn she may be suffering
cold and handles comedy
moro skllfully than of yore.
= .aplo'flre power OF Wall
price she suggests May Ir-
"a uer unctious delivery of the
smart and quick retort;
tnsn, and at all times, it is
<nserful and infectious hand
airy, uupretentious songs
aows her at her best.
sue cannot do much with
ant a Regular Man" but
ny Ii - Is tuncful enough to
,d; Ger 10 lure few people in
'oience into doing as it re.
But surely Miss Ring
,sS All the point out of the
uness o1 garb without MAX
;I len SO woefully uusightIy.
"osf-made clothes are quite
~ smartness, make her re-
elgure look much worse than
sttest, and her collar chucks
~ up into her cheeks and
sks mp into her eyes, with
lt that she moro or less
ss one Of those rubber faces
10 amuse the children.
" second act, at Bing, a Ne.
~n near Reno, Il more fem
tnough ill-chosen, dress and
10y rig, Of which the large
~ becoming, are improve
q put they prepare us yerv
LOT the beautiful Blanche
ho delights us in the LAST
80 pIee second she has sung
phGl' and "The Indian
INC first a "catchy'' stroll.
n an winch William P. Carl
'.nd a. 'aoiv associated with
'sn,'u1, rn1 other a hackneyed rag.
|.ats%d at%dmner;" & considerably over
II WITH chorus trimmings.
"A ,,usic aud in manner fTbe
IA III; ag Is a poor echo of the
A. 'alng dg most of lis are begin.
~ p'eMd end when done as we'll
n '9s winter Garden and tho
1p.hnUage- New York has been
faSGed faSid and turkey.trotted
ahon,,,hg ur,,hg that the well.known
|cryh"a'u, nave been written
4, boiNy. bboiy,s /, OVERRIDING It, DO.
onp Tor Will Rogers, who
~. 'pe"'s AS a western lariat-
~ and; while doino wondor
||-'f-c with rnnn 4.
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a EANAGER BODEL of the Ca.
NU sino has apparently demon
IV strated to the satisfaction Of
the patrons of his house that
he can produce musical comedy of the
better kind at popular prices.
The Sid Cox Jollities company, which
reopened the Casino as musical COM
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"Our baby cries for Chamberlain s
Cough Remedy writes Mrs. T. B.
Kendrick. Rasaca, Ga. "It is the best
cough remedy on the market for
coughs. colds and Group" For sale by
all dealers
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In gratitude to nv father, whose
Influence has shaped my career, /
dedicate this theater
HENRY 3. HARRIS.
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What is TO be the future of the
theatrical enterprises of Henry B.
Harrisl
This question was widely discussed
IN Broadway last week by men and
women who had known Mr. Harris as
among the leading theatrical producers
in America, Only those who are init
mate with the friendships which exist
in tue world of the stage, can under
stand the sorrow and shock to fellow
members in the profession caused by
the news that Mr.. Harris was among
the passengers on board the Titanic
who perishcd at sea. The discussion
as to his theatrical affairs extended
beyond the limits OF theatrical circles
and among playgoers, who in the last
an attraction Of Mr. Harris "a as pos.
sessing distinct features
Careful investigation among husi.
ness associates and pessonal friends
OF Mr.. Harris, has led to the conclu.
SION that the enterprises which had
their beginning In the imagination OF
Mr. Harris will be carried on accord.
ing to the original designs under the
direction OF the managers father.
William Harris. 1t is no reflection
on the abilities OF the younger man
10 saw his father ever was his adviser
and supporter, and that no small de-
gree of the success of the son was due
to his policy of constant consultation
with his father.
William Harris was conversant
with every phase of the Younger mans
business. Broad as the business rami.
fications of the son appear 10 be. they
by no means eclipse William Har-
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tn ELLA CLARKE'S new comedy
"Introduco Me- which is alb.
~ solutely new in theme, bright
and laugha BILE throughout and
wholesome in every moment. will be
the offering at the Colonial for an en-
gagemcut of four days, starting May ),
The story of ''Tutroduce Me- has
to do with the misfortune of a young
married couple George Nichol. an un-
successful playwright, has a wife who
is more gifted and successful and who
writes under the name Of Frances Ev-
ertou, absolutely unknown to her hus-
band, She explains her income that
keeps them in comfort and happiness
by saying that her Aunt Hannah makes
her bouutiful allowance.
The wife writes a book entitled
Susan which creates something of
a fuTore, and her girl chum, Edna Som
ers, who is an actress. prevails upon
her to have the book dramatized that
she might star in it. Meanwhile Aunt
Hannah arrives and trouble begins
right away. Mrs. Nichols manager
calls and is talking business to her
when Aunt Hannah comes in and sees
them making love, as she thinks
Later Edna Somers arrives mt the
Nichol home: she is making arrange
ments with the husband about dramat.
izing the book, "Susan,' when Aunt
Hannah comes in again, The actress
Is smoking cigarette and is making
love to the husband.
The aunt leaves the room and dis.
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Plays and Players
Continued From Preceding Page.)

oped. Phil Bennett is possessed of an
excellent voice and sings his way to
the hearts of his hearers with his first
song. Merritt and Douglass are en-
gaging dancers and the Les Gougets
are French musicians who play some
very unusual instruments in brass IN
very unusual way,
Beginning Wednesday afternoon of
this week, the twenty seventh bill of
the season goes on at the Empress. 1t
will be headed bv no other than the
world renowned Eva Fay, priestess
of the psychic power. who has created n
furore all over Europe the past two
wears. She is billed as "the most mys-
terious woman in the world and comes
to the Empress in one of the first en-.
gagements she has made since coming
to America under the management Of
the SuIlivanC Considine forces, This is
her first American appearance and
Manager Mccoy declares that If she in
any way duplicates ut the local house
the success she has had elsewhere the
act will prove one of the most inter
cstiDg of its kind ever staged in Salt
Lake.
William f. Powell and Will Howard
are on the new bill with their company,
presenting rolGckinq farce of college
life. "Books.'' Following them will
come the Stantons. "Droll Daffvdills; -
HYDE and Williams, musical comedy en-.
tertainers Coy De Trickev in a sing
ing act Altus brothers. artistic club
manipulators, and the new photoplay-
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T HAVE gone into all that be.
Il cause, otherwise, should
feel heartily ashamed to waste
your time with discussion of "Dear
Old Charlie.'' The influence of its
immortality will be very small. for
it is hardly credible that the great
est advertising can prolong the life
Of such a dull farce. 1t appears
to have been written about twenty
years ago, and to have been hack
neyed in theme and obsolete in
treatment at that time. Charles
Hallam Brookfield, principally
noted as the son of the Mrs, Brook
field whose intimacies with the
mid-Yictorian llterati have been
the French of Labiche and Della
occur; though il is so like hun.
dreds Of French farces Of its
period that one feels he might as
well have taken it from anyone
clse-assumiug him to be devoid
enough of taste to take it at all
The sweet, ingenious daughter Of
severely moral parents is about to
marry Mr.. Hawtrey. His role
represents him as having been the
tame cat of two housebolds-cod.
ding the husbands and fawning
upon them in order to distract at
tentlon from his intrigues with
their wives. One woman has since
died-death appearing to Mr.
Brookfield rs the next funniest
thing in the world to adultery.
The widower and the other hus-
band turn up inconvonIcntly at
the wedding; they break in on
the honeymoon; and. finally, the
bride learns something of her adj
pose idols past and forgives it,
There you have "Dear Old Char
lie'' in its entirety
TN England. where the censorship
Il is vital issue. it is possible
that a curious public might have
flocked TO see this dull unburden-
ing. had the strike not interviewed;
over here, its fate seems sure. The
company brought from England
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own dresses-such as there is of
them-are generally screaming
aloud with color.
E1celling Isadore Duncan to the
extent of a pair of slippers, she
wears-besides large expanse Of
bare limb-short. one-piece dresses,
Above the first robe, OF cream
or brownish color, she winds and
waves fantastic mantle OF ca gle g
feathers. As her hair is bound
about her head in circles Of hraids
that overlap her ears, she uses the
ropes Of feathers TO flaunt and
flutter furiously as she dances.
Crete simply must wave or she
can't lift a foot
For the second dance, having
assumed sort of peasant dress,
she can do her signaling with her
hair. inasmuch as two rather long
braids of il have been dropped to
her waistline. But added TO her
hair are two streamers OF scarlet
ribbon, one attached to the tip OF
each braid. With her third ap-
pcarance. Frauleiu Wiesenthal has
loosened her dancing hair entirely.
Her stlngy gown is greener than
ANYTHING ever conceived by an
lrishman. and she filings her un-
trammeled tresses, now appearing
redder than ever. all about her
face. and 10 the four winds. and
to the skies.
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II ITTY CHEATHAM does moth
IN ing OF that sort, Perhaps
that is because she has no father,
either comlcal in the farce or sick
" In her dressing room. But, like
Fraulein Wiesenthal aud Miss
Ring, Kitty Chentham would not be
half AS entertaining as she is if
she were not--wcll. as she is, and
not like anyone else. She arranges
her springtimc matinees of simple
song and anccdote with gentle
sense of humor and tenderness
OF feeling; and she delivers her
bouquet of melodies and mirth with
lngratiating charm. Although she
mas not allowed her supply of ne
gro tales and ballads to run dry,
she seems to have given her atten.
ton more to anecdotes about chill
dreu. She tells about little boy
who was taken TO spend the day
with Louise Homer IS famous twins,
and: when asked afterward how
he liked the children. he replied.
=" Why, mother, they re not chill
dren; they re jes the Homer
twins
And then, too. about n boy who,
looking out OF his window. saw his
first funeral. His mother explained
that Mr.. Brown, their corpulent
lnelchbor, had died and gone to
heaven; that all that remained of
him was being carried away in the
black box, to be buried in the
earth; that her little boy would
never see Mr.. Brown again. At
bedtime the kiddic refused to say
his PRAYERS. His mother admon-
lshed him. finally drawing forth
the explanation: HI won t. be-
cause God would not hear me
God must be awful busy unpack-
ing Mr.. Brown
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ohp for Will Rogers, who
"a. 'pe"'s AS western lariat.
I|Iinass shui vr;, while doing wonder
win rope, keeps up a
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IT HE summer period is still
u happily some time off; but
Blanche Ring will he with us still,
when it arrives. fThe Wall
Street Girl'' does it's share toward
assuring us Of that; and Miss Ring
more than does the rest, "There IS
n time in each yenr that we always
hold DEAR Observation-Disclosures
Rng is bound to be with us.
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Dathos which has since won her count
less admirers.
Finally. at the age of Is, she and her
mother went to New fork-that Mecca
of all ambitious actors. The path To
fame was hard and thorny. but a stead
mess of purpose, iDdomitable will and
courage, and the power TO wait, at last
won her n minor role as Mayna Sulli-
van in 1.-The Paymaster. 1T was in
1890 that Miss Adams first established
her fame as metropolitan favorite, in
the tipsy scene in "The Masked Ball.
which was rendered with fine deli,
cacy and pathos.
Charles Frohman witnessed her un-
surpassed success in the portraiture
work Of Dorothy Cruikland in "nose.
mary and the time was then ripe for
her stardom. j. NJ, Barrie, who saw
her as Dorothy Cruiklaud. determined
that she, and she alone, should vitalize
his Lady Babbie in 1.-The Little Min.
istcr.' and it was in 1897 that Miss
Adams made her debut as a star at the
Empire theater in New York in "The
Little Minister. - 1t ran, with bril-
liant success. for three seasons. Thus
Miss Adams burst into stardom
Her most recent successes have been
the nimitsble and sprite-like "Peter
Pan and Barrie s play, tWhat Every
Woman Knows" Miss Adams is fra
gilc in physique. but is vitalizcd by an
inner fire of will and devotion TO work.
She is, as 1T were. welded to her art.
Her almost Unprecedented popularity
among the idolizing public of America,
- shown by the enormous sale of her
photographs. She is the gentlest and
most spirituellc star on the American
stage.