The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-11-20

Peter Fan" has thrilled In response
Go her message.
When Miss Adams reads play
acripa~ "a II not enough that the narne
81 q great ~ popular writer saan
adorn the irnt pare that there are Die
scenes. clever situations. divcrtin9
Inca She looks first for the message.
and n ID ~ not there. the role IL De-
ciined. no matter how entertaining the
play promises 40 be she realizes that
her marvellous aold en- the public T.
largely due 20 her ability a. send their
from the theater believing that life IL
better. a finer. a more hopeful thing
than they thought n was wien they
came ln.
once she nnds a message In q PLAY.
she begins 90 live the role In cold dol
lars and cents. she u the most profit
able star under the direction % M
Charles Frohman. Naturally. tie best
that hiH brad experience. hiH spien-
didlY equipped onlcea. and bis well
trained star can otter. ia placed st
her diaposai There are men to con-
duct research work There are funds
60 experiment with new scenic effects
End % secure the services % certain
artists NO viii conceive and execute
novelties for no other actress In the
world There are buyers on two con
tinenta ready % uueartn textiier ana
metals needed % dress stage and play
era Hut - All these workers. none
secures The results achieved b. the
hardest worker ~ an Miss Adams
The GENTRY and ths period OF her
sew play become tie BACKGROUND 81
Der daily NE The customs. The
idlums. the pecuiiaritiea % he char
acterH draNn BY che playwright brim
Win Interesting dstau concerning
ehich ahs sonu has a. intimate knowl.
edge. ~ the drama proves. however
indirectly. a scientific thsory. ~ elucl-
dates an ethical or sociological princi-
rle. Miss Adams secures every author
itative book written on the ruhjsct.
Ne one on the great star 81 Froh-
man workers would presume % con
tradlct Miss Adams. ur take issue with
her. Tier email wurd On ~enerv. mgaf.
I M. costumes. and even stage business.
( ia Law, because those who. for yenrN.
have worked sith her know that she
h. rleht
Tie average woman of ths stare tn
auiEss Ca such iuxurfsa as Paris Gowns.
Jewels. and motor care Miss Adams
has her own peculiar and rafhcr
unique eKtravaEancc n is special per
formancss % plays whose principal
roles and staging arr calculated 20 de-
Velop her mentally. artisticAIly. and
hiHtrionicaiiy. No leader % socisfY
ever plans a function with SUCH utter
disreEnrd FOR Coz. o. with such con
eeutraiiou of interest md energy on
fascinating actails a. does Miss
Adams Tor her special performances
Two notable performances on which
Miss Adams left the indslihle stamp q
her Individuality and her personal su-
pcrvision, we're vJoan q Arc" given
IN June. 1899 a. thc Harvard stadium.
End AS You Like o." presented IN
the Greek theafer at Berkeley Callfor-
mia. in June 1910
Men and women who rehearsed and
rlaved tn that single performance %
Joan ~ Arc VII lel you THAT Miss
Adams had every detail 81 the produc-
ton worked out before rchearmnln
started bat that the real success ~
the single Performance was due not 20
this executive ability. but % her NO.
marty tact insight and sanslffwsneus.
which seemed 90 grip and move the
minds and hearts of those she di-
recged
Ter abiding faith vas Shown dur
INC the most trying moments u All.
those which preceded the performance
AmnuE those Permitted behind the
scenes. 90 : am told. waa the great
painfer John "a. Alexander. who had
contributed mlghtly o. Mas Adams
plans. BE felt a. only "a outsider
can. the strain. thc tensioa. the apir-
nual stress &c q grcat criain IN the
thsater. y suddenly struck him thai
this must Re = terrible moment for ths
little woman Who vas face % face
with ne tremendous Issue ~ success
CT failure ca ar wndertakinK Cor wAich
she held herself solely Responsible
Then before BE eYes was enacted !
remarkable scne Miss Adams. fuiiy
dressed IN her pcssant costume Tor ths
nrtt act came uut from her hct dress
tng-r RON end sat down cutie BY hsr-
ssif on q low bench IN the open. So
folded her hands quietly. IN hef faes
waa radiance which thc artist had
never seen there before. she seemed