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% Z/ a Grog Mou en D8 OT tor Theclre Actress-Worship Reaches Its : Highest Point in the Mad < ae ite A Larry. Way Women Worship Maude we MEG, MAUQE ADAMS ADDS Adaris—All Feminine Hearts ‘arf, ‘i Aflutter When She Comes to Mortar} K pedtre DANCING TO HER ART. Town—Miss Adams Recipro- Breokly/) Jose,” at the Empire Theatre, women rushed from} upon her bodily strength, but that is not deemed sates the Affection of Het |orchestra chairs, fam{ly circle and gallery around | by her sufficient cxcuse for diminishing or neglect- PEPITA PRAYS THA r HER BULL FIGHTING Audiences—The Story of a aed iad Street: and waited at the stage en-|ing {t, She works on and on, though circumstances WERO MAY LIVE 70 HIGHT SNOTHER DAY 4 ran come may. . Night’s Rehearsal. wre. kelp tpagh tia cietege mcm bi ne ou a A by calling a halt to the performance, walked down |be desired Mr. Frohman’s “No, no, no! that won't/ were moved to cheers (unusual demonstration ‘tor. the aisle to the orchestra rail’ and told them they |do at all!” would be heard and the manager would|an Empire audience), by the surprising torrent * the stage door to her carriage through @ lane of 40 women rave over and adote/admiring women. Only in London, where the N indtance of this was furnished last Monday | had to go baok to the beginning of a certain scene |go through a box to the stage and himself act the|of passion would hardly believe that this Maude Adams? public loves {ts actor, are such scenes witnessed, evening. The Empire Theatre was closed| nd do it all over again, Part or parts which were not being done as he|/young woman onacted that same scene ten What spell has she woven around} And all this because Maude Adate is shrined for the night, but the stage was alight, and| es Fe. Ss * (| wished. eleven consecutive times on Monday evening, #0. the hearts of her, own, sex that the] in the ite Y hearts of her own sex, from 7 o'clock until after midnight Miss Adams OR fiw hours the dress rehearsal—for that’s} For five hours Miss Adams, all aquiver with the| that Jose might properly disclose to her the news, theatre is crow@ed with women and her company played ‘The Pretty Sister of; what it was—wont on. Stage manager, elec- | xcitement and inspiration of the play, worked on | of ScBastiuno’s departure; or that the singers at wherever and whenever she plays, and that the se sf rd | Jose’—some of the scenes over and over—to an trician, scene men, were summoned and in-| With the others, going over and over a scene with | the back af the stage might drop to the right key - feminine community is in a flutter all through Ss" ate is there found a more potent blending} ‘audience of just two persons. structed one after another. Pepita and Sebas-|unabating epirit, while some minor member of he: | the Spanish glee they were singing; or that two | her engagement? of ability and personality than exists in Miss} The auditorium was dark, save for a rim of sub-| tiano fought their love duel with relentless repe-|company was being drilled in the playing of his|or three differont bits of “business” might ba! Shs is undoubtedly the most popular American Adams. Hither of these rare qualities pos-|dued lights at the back. In tne gloom on one aside|tition and energy. Miss Adams sang and danced|part . , |tried. And each time Miss Adams acted that actress, and beyond dispute she has the most heap valid would alone suffice for trtumph-mak- a _ Mies Adams was perfect, and so far as she was| Climax with all her heart and soul and strength © feyal and most joving host of followers. ug in another agtress. The combination of the two concerned the performance could have progressed | 8nd voice, her face more warm with each Tepe- Up goes her name on the bills and the whole| © such striking degree in Miss Adams renders her|] AN EXPRESSION FROM MAUDE AD AMS, |] smootniy ox tt aia at qhe opening on Tuesday| tition, but her rower never falling and her cout” town flocks to see her. unique. Her personality charms; her art com- evening; but for the sake of the others and to| ge and readiness never flagging. 3 Up goea the curtain on her play and thousands| Pletes the conquest. of hearts throb with the words, the movements,| But the real secret of Maude Adams's oxtraor- the caprices and emotions of the actress. Not a| ‘inary hold upon theatre-goers is that she gives word is lost, not a look is missed, not a smile or| ¥8ck to her audiences in full measure the affection meet the requirements of certain changed “‘busi- ness” she was there crowding a week's hard work| rd Dad a es re “It would be simply impossible,” said Miss Adams, “for me to express into one night and acting with all the intensity H what I feel toward my audiences or to describe my happiness in ae back here with them again.” ARD, trying work it was but work which was splendidly rewarded by Tuesday night's @Fl-!” and power at her command. tear or pang or joy passes which is not shared by | ®24 adoration they lavish upon her. She believes al s ” * * Cal umph, a triumph so sweeping that it's forge |” hier sisters in front. p in her audiences and takes them with a smile anq|°! the themtre and about the middle of the or as tirelessly as if the theatre were packed with HOSE who saw and wondered on Tuesday | seemed to frighten the shrinking creature of con" 4 No other actress sways them as Mautle Adams|* hand at her heart into her confidence, She plays,| “hestta sat Charles Frohman. On the other side people, Just when the lines seemed to be run- evening at the outburst of emotion which | trasts—shy girl and admirable artiste, does; no other actress. thrills and inspires and|#he sings, she dances, she weeps and laughs and| °f the house, in nearly the same row, sat the nov-| ning smoothest and the aoting to be all that could leads to the climax of the third act and CHARLES DARNTON, wins and rose-chains them with her art and| Weaves the ever-varying mask of emotion with an| @list, Mra. Frances, Hodgson Burnett, who had — ae @harming personality as she does, earnestness and sincerity which seems born of an| ‘The Pretty Sister of Jose.” Mrs, Burnott was in Am ey tatense desire to be and to do to the extremost|® strest sult of black, wita a large black plume-| ___Amusements, __.|____ Amusements. _ Mae entesii ATU eS f oS A —-H_| Limit of her‘gentus and physique all that her audi-| carrying hat perched quizsically on the side of her NEW EMPIRE THEATRE. | Verens oe eee wi , Huber's 14ths Museum E’ HN with the close of the performance their | ences expect of her. head. MAUDE $16, “th TO-DAY, Bi Mase. To-da7e Weis Engared at 8500 a Week. , ‘worship does not cease. A supplementary| There Is not a lax or listless moment for Mise| The actors could not se> this small but merei-| 4 HE Pact TiY BES ‘IN TOYLAND, Lionel, Lion Feed Boy. | ms ean ranean lars i Adams in any part of a performance, Her devotion| lessly critical audience, except by shading thelr ADAMS | SISTER OF JOSE! ped eran: come Hod besehsno ce MOTH MILLER, be ‘etty Sister of to her public sometimes places a tremendous tax eyes from the footlights, or when Mr. Frohman, | HERALD SQ, E E, Biway & aa, Arthur | bryor's Ba s ‘Ba =. Sate 10. Mat. To- Say aoe SBATS NO The Girl iO. Bete with Sam Bernard i tao NASIBERIAN PRION. | To your own Dyeing at Home. |GOOD LUCK WINNING HEART ay eVisit BROADWAY "REGS. Rte ele ia geer opti u v erformances . who hat been permitted to row tol | PTA MOND DYES| wiTH YOUR IURTHSTORE. SAVOY ent ee! 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