Iron County Record | 1917-01-19 | Page 6 | Old Property Man is Dead

OLD PROPERTY MAN IS DEAD Maude Adams Leaves Her Private Secretary to Care for Foster In Lsst Illness. Now Orleans. John Foster of New York, who was property man for Miss Maude Adams, the nctress. died In nn Infirmary here. Be whs taken there two weeks ago while the nctress wnis playing In "The I.lttle Minister." Miss Adams was at his bedside frequently fre-quently until Wednesday, when she1 left with her company. She left hot private secretary, Miss Helen Hoynton, in charge of tho patient, for whom she bad employed nurses and physicians. Foster was sixty-nine yenrs old. Property mnn In many of tho Froh man compunlos, ho had been with Miss Adams In all her productions for 18 years. Other stnge celebrities whom he served In n slmllnr capacity, were Chauncey Oloott, riiaries Brana, Mine. Rhea and Mine. Modjeska. The body was shipped to New York, where Miss Adams has arranged for the funeral.