The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-05
ION The Yellowstone" Saint
Noises Last F. ay.

IN. Y. Times.1
This play-if it is llay-is now or
exhibition at the Cosmopolitan The
atre, which was opened. after having
hern closed several month 8, on l"s|
Monuay night. Mss Mary G.
Blackburn, y young and enterpfisi'e
WOMAN from the West. has charge o.
the theatre. Miss Blackburn, will
an,iabIe foresight, provides u valua-
bic and int. re-ting syu"lsis Of 'O'
the Yellow stDne." THIS saves n great
! deal of trout le. AS y rule, We ar
obliged t" make our own synOl s-s Oi
plays. When u manager is thought-
,ul enough to made on FIR us. we are,
uf course, very grateful to him.
According to the learhl"g of Miss
Blackburn, u boy Sioux, educ tied for
The church and despatched ~ Il
Christian missionary To- his tribe. be-
comes the famous and hita iOus III
dian chief, Jumping Bar. Two
em'grant parties, head, by one
lllpg'ns and n her by Kelly, pass
sun,ewbere. K-lIy's party Is at
lacked; the persons in it arr either
kill, d or disp+r ed, and Mrs. k ~ is
captured. Jumping 3 ar falls III love
with Mrs. Kelly, and tr%an>forn,e her
INTO the Queen Of the Sioux. Kelly,
however, searches for his wife.
Finally, in the course Of his prairie
wandering. he discovers The Higgins
PARTY Nancy Jane b.l,ng- to the
H,gg ms party Nancy tal s IN love
with Kelly, who, like u substantial
~ rr,.,t man rufrucs tn u1.,r. \,nuu
G0aded by misfortune and Nancy
Jane. poor Kelly comes 70 the conclu-
u" that he ought to kill himI-elf.
He tries to commit suicide ny meal
of the Yellowstone Rapids, and Nam
cy attempts t" rescue him. But she
is carried into the waller. UnforIun-
ateIy she manages to- reach u bank,
wheIeupOn she forces her ay back
to X. lily aud grabs him with nla>c,I-
line energy. Then the two are NV. pt
away, tut are saved from death 10y a
large and convenient tr. g. Nancy
Jaue. having compelled Kelly t. live,
she desires him to Nv. with her.
Driven to the wall, K-lly joins a
command of United States troovs aud
departs for unkrown places. But the
ind"mitabie Nancy follows him aud
finds him. Meanwhile, Mrs Kelly
the luxurious Queen of The ST TX,
manages t" effect a coup e ctut toy
which she helps the United States
troops 10 de'nolish her loyal and saw
aye subjects. jumping bear is killed
Now, To quote from the copi"u- and
beautiful English employ ed by Miss
Blackburn; "Ihe Command being
prepared. of course the Indians were |
entIapped and Ars. Kelly became
to her fond husband, which,
Nancy Jane rerceiving, goadet her
I" despair, and, losing all control,
her Iife. Apart from the plot,
AID by far the greatest attraction. il
the comic humOr %perlneatiDg through
the piece, and typifyiDg we~t-rn
simulicity and idiomacy with sur
prIsing txactiluGe."
The "western simplicity and idi-
omacy" In this play are oppressively
ma ked-almost H. deeply marked as
the comic hunnor %permeariug
the piece" We are fairly
led to The conclusion that "Ou tue
Yellowstone" was evolved from chaos
~ that great and crushed genius,
Salmi Morse. Nevertheless, much
'lcb and costly scenery has bee" law
shed upon Jumping Bear, Nancy
lane, and the harrassed Mr.. Kelly,
md the display OF Yellowstone
'plendOr in Miss Blackburn's piece
balances even Nancy Jane.
Among the actors there are Miss
Blackburn, Miss Ida Talbot, and
Randolph Murray. Miss TALBOT
Miss Pauline Markham.
But the play is n of s%cenery-not
t acting.