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Show KiBf'fj Uhe Corning of Maude Adctnw. HI '111 &&' ilPli F lHit BRIEF SKETCH OF MISS MAUDE ADAMS. Hi 'lalfl ss Adama Is certainly the most popular Ht' llifil actress in the United States and lias so beautiful HI' Isill a Personality that she unwittingly commands the I i" Ff 1 most intense admiration. Miss Adams' real stage H I t i career began with playing a small part in "The H ali Midnight Bell," appearing in that piece for some i Pf'f three or four seasons. It was during this time W mi that Charles Frohman, her present manager, saw f t her and qulcldy recognizing her dramatic qual- B' ifjffi itlos, together with her winsome and magnetic B! ' alrr manners, that he engaged her to become the B flB leading lady for John Drew. Her first engage- I mm' ment with Mr. Drew was in "The Masked Bell." B iOTf In tnls oapaoity she became conspicuous imme- B mM diately. She continued as Mr. Drew's leading B Hw&l - lady for some few seasons. m fl She first became a star in J. M. Barrle's beau- B ''fiiii tIful comGdv' "Tho LIttle Minister," in which 1 i nmik ' she matlG a national reputation as "Babbie," the HI; jfflSP' Scotch lassie. She was next soon in "L'Aiglon," B ' 'Unfit n wncJl she impersonates the son of Napoleon, B''' llifil f'"Phe Eaglet." In this production she mado prob- &fii lljr ably the greatest reputation that was ever BP ' IMffi achieved by sq young an actress in this country. B( $m Her next play was a magnificent revival of M "Vi Shakespeare's great love tragedy, "Romeo and j tl Juliet." The following seasons found her in R jj, another of Mr. Barrle's plays, "Quality Street," B 'uq . in whicli she won additional meritorious reputa- B' IPlf tlon Ln9t SQa3on M5ss Adams dll not make a V 'IlfcM .tour of the country, but devoted a year or more Bk lil to European travel. K ;llwil .Miss Adams was born in this city. She is but K i;jK , little past 28 years of age, and has certainly IBP t 'lmBt mtide a splendid name for herself for one of her MB l IfSBtf years. Her appearance on Monday night will H $IB8i Q before ono of th. greatest audiences the Salt fai Lake Theater has ever held, and the ovation she H 'flfi wU1 receive upon her return "home" will be jH P' truly remarkable. B & & & m Jli "THE LITTLE MINISTER." jH 4J 1 Tho story which Mr. Barrie haa made for the B 'y stage opens in Caddam Wood, where Lady Bab bie, in a red gown and with rowan berries in her hair, surprises Gavin Dishart, the Little Minister, Minis-ter, in the road. There has been trouble between be-tween the weavers of the town and the soldiers, and a signal of warning has been agreed upon which will apprise the offending community of the approach of the red coats. This signal is tho blowing of a horn. Babbie gets the Little MAUDE ADAMS. A Poncll Sketch. Minister to blow the horn, and then follows the conflict with the soldiers, in which Babbie figures fig-ures on one side and Gavin on the other. After the fight Babbie, hooded and cloaked, passes through the line of soldiers announcing herself as the Little Minister's wife, he offering no word of denial. Thus she makes her escape in spite of a great desire to capture her and many pre-cautions pre-cautions taken to that end. Next we find Lady Babbie and the minister at old Nannie's cottage, whither Gavin had gone on a mission of charity. The Gypsy goes therp too, on a like mission. There is tea drinking and considerable discussion, during which it becomes be-comes evident to Babbie and the others that the minister is in love with her. Later on when Gavin should be at prayer-meeting, ho is found following the Gypsy girl around, and they have further love scenes, not, however, before the fact becomes plain that Gavin's congregation congrega-tion is not friendly to Babbie and that some of them are sore at heart at learning that their minister pays attention to the girl, and is evidently evi-dently making a fool of himself for her. Tho third act takes the lovers and all con-cerned con-cerned to Lord Rintoul's castle. There Lady Babbie is revealed in her real character as the fine lady that she is. The minister's surprise is great, for he had all along come to consider Babbie as a Gypsy girl and nothing more. The pair doclare their love and the father's consent to a marriage Is asked. But he has other plans for his daughter; he wants her to wed somebody else. An interesting dramatic situation ensues here and the curtain falls on Lady Babbie insisting insist-ing that Gavin shall acknowledge her his wife, as ho did that night in Caddam "Wood to the soldiers. sol-diers. The last act is full of several pleasant surprises. All the heartaches are healed and the complications straightened out. The Little Minister and Lady Babbie become man and wife, and everybody concerned is satisfied and happy. t , & MAUDE ADAMS AND THE REPORTERS. The number of stage people who do not wish to be interviewed by newspaper writers are, indeed, in-deed, very few. The same can be said of other persons who are prominent before the public and who have achieved much of their reputations reputa-tions through the public prints. Miss Maude Adams Is one of the few actresses on the Amarlcan stage, either of the present or past, who has never as yet been formally interviewed inter-viewed by a newspaper writer. It need not be understood that Miss Adams does not desire to N meet newspaper writers, but she has her own I reasons for not wishing to be interviewed. Miss B Adams is not of the impression that the general B public has any interest in her beyond the range fl of her profession as an actress. What opinions fl siie may have upon the stage or kindred topics fl she does not believe the public are in the least fl interested. Those who know Miss Adams best, fl credit her with saying that one of her chief rea- B sons for not desiring to be Interviewed is, that B the public would naturally regard her as behig E immodest were her opinions heralded before fl every community where she appears in present- fl ing her plays. Miss Adams, of course, concedes B to dramatic critics the privilege of expressing B their opinion upon the subject of her art and B dramatic talents, but in this, they are speaking B and not the actress, therefore, she is not re- B sponsible for what they may say of her. To flf be interviewed is different. Then she is talking Bj to the community. She also says that it must B appear to the general reader as unprofessional fl for an actress or anyone else connected with B the stage, to have interviews printed in the daily B press. From her point of v,'ev the actor speaks I only the lines of the author from the stage, in the j presence of the public. I; Miss Adams is reputed to hold strongly to the H old English idea that people of the stage serve V themselves best, and the public also, by being B seen and heard only, in the theater. The life fl of an actress need not be surrounded with mys- B tery, for, in fact, their lives are not far different fl from those of others, who are not filling public H positions. Miss Adams is evidently familiar with B the fact that some of her most illustrious prede- Bl cossors, who have long since joined the great flf silent majority, went through life having very few flf personal acquaintances. While It is true, "in- Bi terviewing" is a modern feature of journalism, B Miss Adams takes the position that it is eml- Bi nently proper for those engaged in politics to be If interviewed. This class of public dignitaries are HI most usually in the service of the State, or want to be, and the general public have a right to know their opinions upon current questions, but I with the actress or actor. Miss Adams thinks j the interest of the public ceares at the lowering j of the curtain. |
