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D e n nt K “ and M r . ilroy in The Squire of D ames “ As Jessie Keb e r in The Bauble ” Shop fi u fi e e fi e fi e e e e fi n e fi fi e fi e e e I L L U S T R d T I O N S Miss Ma de Adams wi h ohn e as u t J Dr w p a ge ” Dolly and Sir Jasper in Rosemary 6 0 “ As Lady Babbie in The Little Minis e Ac t r t I. “ As Lady Babbie in The Little Minis e ” Ac I t r t I . “ As Lady Babbie in The Littl e Minis e Act I I t r I . As Juliet in Romeo and Juliet “ As Juliet in Romeo and Juliet Ac t I. A s D u k e o f R e i c h s t a d t i n ’ ” “ i l n Ac I L A g o t . A s D u k e o f R e i c h s t a d t i n “ ’ ” L Aiglo n Act I. A s D u k e o f R e i c h s t a d t i n ’ ” L Ai lo n Act g I! . fi fl fi fi fl fl fi fl fi fl fl fi fl fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi M A UD E ‘ fl D A M S fi fi fi fi fi fl fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fl fi Ga P a r t F i r s t O M EWHERE out in Salt Lake City there exists to ‘ — ’ S this day if it has n t — - bee n broken a n old fashioned china meat platter which nowa days could be sold fo r its weight in gold . It was on this platter, - about twenty nine years ago , that Maude Adams made her first a p ea ra nce p on any stage . Far from being a piece de resista nce in those ’ é days, Miss Adams d but was con sidered of such slight importance that even her name did not figure fi a fi a n e e a a a u n a n a n n a a a a a a n M A U D E A D A M S on the programme . Indeed, had it not been for the fact that a rival en infantile artist , who when not gaged on the stage was immersed in the interesting occupation of cutting her first tooth, succumbed at a crucial moment to a com b in e d attack of temper and colic , Miss Adams ’ début would in all probability h ave been postponed indefinitely , or at all events until sh e had attained to the dignity of short skirts or possibly a pigtail . At the time of Miss Adams ’ début she was nine months old to a day . Kisca dde n Her father, Mr . , was engaged in business in Salt Lake City, and his wife, the actress n e a a n a e a n a fi n fi n fi n a a n fi n e e a M A U D E A D fl M S Annie Adams, was at that time the principal character actress of S L the stock company in alt ake . Miss Maude was an obstreperous sort of an infant with a marked ’ partiality for her mother s society , so in order that the baby might be as near her as possible Mrs . Adams used to carry her to her dressing room at the theatre every night . Th e other members of the com pany, men and women alike , were her impromptu nurses, and as the bills were changed very frequently and rehearsals were almost inces sant, little Miss Maudie spent more of the first year of her life in the theatre than she did in her own fi n n e n a n n a n a u n a n n n fi n a n s fi n M A U D E A D A M S - home . I n the dressing roo m which her mother shared with one of the other actresses, Maudie lay in a stage cradle watching in mute amaz ement while her mother metamorphosed herself with the aid of wigs and grease paint into a series of characters which during the course of a season would vary all the way from the “ Queen ” in “ ” Ha mlet S i to a rey Gamp . It was the fashion in those days to end the night ’ s performance with O n a roaring farce . the night of her impromptu début the manager had announced a comic piece in ‘ T/ze Lort Cfii/d two scenes called . A Mrs . dams was cast for one of MISS MAUDE ADAMS a A ri e n n e i n “ h e el e a t e a e s d C b r d C s T . ma fi a fi a a a a g e a a n fl a a n n s fi s a n M A U D E A D A M S Th e the leading roles in it . first scene had passed o ff very success fully , and the baby a salaried memb er of the company wh o played all the roles, both masculine and feminine , which were under a year old had scored quite a hit . B u t no sooner was the infant re moved from the stage than it set up a most unearthly yell . It was one of those weird consecutive ’ wails which , to a mother s ear , mean either a pin or a wakeful night . A fter investigation had proven that a pin had nothing to do with it , the mother, turning to the stage manager in sheer despair , exclaimed n e e a e n fi e e e e e n fi fi e e fi e e e e e n M A U D E A D A M S Th e play is done for When she once gets started crying like that she never thinks of stopping under two hours . ’ B u t ! 11 , good Heavens We have Th e to gag her . play must go on ’ somehow , cried the stage mana ’ Th e s ger . audience knows W hat ’ T ve coming . hey seen the play ’ before, and if we don t bring that youngster in on a platter , why ’ ll they pull down the house . P Why not try Maudie said Mrs . A . dams, coming to the rescue ’ Sh e s — down in my dressing room , and as I am on the stage with her ” I ’ m ’ 11 sure she be good . And she was good so good, in 6 fi a e n e fi e e a a e a a e e e e me e e e n e M A U D E A D A M S fact, that her rival that very night ’ received her two weeks notice, and for the remainder of that season all the infant roles were played by en little Miss Kisca dd , Th e principal cause of the hit which Miss Maudie made with the audience that night was the fact that the original baby who h a d appeared in the first scene was only six weeks old , while Maude, with h er additional seven and a ’ a half months growth , on her p p ea ra n ce disclosed the startling phe n o m e no n that the youngster h a d increased a good twenty pounds in weight inside of fifteen minutes . At the age of two Miss Adams n e e e n a e n n e fi e n e e n a a n e a e n n ' M A U D E A D A M S closed the first epoch of her stage To o career . large to play baby ff roles e ectively any longer, there was nothing for the young actress to do except rest on her laurels and wait until she was able to talk D distinctly . uring the following three years the child travelled with her mother to several of the West ern cities where the company Th e appeared .
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