The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-02
,,raro Money Made in the Business
In tho English Metropolis
Than Elsewhere.
1sraoe Hawthorne Makes q Hit In
rheodora at tho Princess
~ Hard Work.
$50 reok Swelldom to See the Jersey
u S-uv and How it Was Disappointed
Agnes Huntington Coming.

-. NOW be said to be falrlv neSuu' aAo "
d "a II the theatres have. DuJ on 0elr SUM G
! ..s, nieces. There auD'tar more theatres IN
srrrdon now than .ormerly, and in spite OF y
n. m that goes up every time new thea =
~ 4 talked about they all seem to pay ex-
,svaes. When good piece is put on. the !;
;Ssntre not only pays but pays Handsomely y y
"A there is probably more money TO pc
.,..1a in a good theatrical venture IN Lon q
-, than il any other city in the World.
Inra vould think the supply OF theatres
ss,l,v enualled the demand, but that TINS .
sdoes not seem to strike spectators IS evl-
s.a.,,cea hv the fact that a new one is already
Projected in Piccadilly, and wel-Khown
theatrical man said to me the o1ner gay
that he wouldn't mind building half dozen
new ones. and would feel quite certain OF
letting them all -.
r. ;s easy enough to build the theatre II
von have money, but the difficulty comes
] il when you have to ind play nay, 'nas s ~a
rate. fair-actors in London at present. , DuI
tbare is q GREAT want of good plays. Inc
n;aces That held the boards lately. such as
Eweet Lavender at Terry's, the Mlddleman
At the Shaftesbury, and which went iong
way towards supplying Londoh %s,n p aftsr
oSSA.
drawinp MANY shekels to the pockets OF the
management. And there is nothing partlc-
nlarly good on hand just now, with the ex-
oention. perhaps. of Theodore at the frln-
csss. with which Grace Hawthorne mas
made hit. The fair Miss Hawthorne has
.arta;nlv done wonders in London, and has
rnite held her own against the array OF
American talent that she has to compete
with. and who all came over here heraldea as
ssAmerica's only actress" etcetera. MISS
4 Hawthorne came without any OF these al
ventitious surroundings ana Dy sneer noloe
Of hard work and indomitable perseverance
has brought herself into the first rank. she
was greatly aided, of course, by that prince
of managers and advance agents 'hustler
Kelly. and without him there IS no doubt
she would never be where she now IS.
Mr.. Kelly has done for MISS p hawsno Eae
done for Minnie Palmer, but unlike the
latter he has not yet married his star.
! Theodore, which has Just been put on at the
Princess. is an adaptation by Robert Bu-
y chanan Of Sardou's masterpiece, ana ID
splAndidly staged and mounted, .. excelllng
Henry irving at the Lyceum is still play
& ING the Dead Heart, that rather sombre
NAV hainr away below Lyceum form. He
ravivad his old play. The Bells, the other
evening, and Of course had a crowded
house.
Wilson Barrett, VINO Is now plhyiHB ~
x,,a statee will soon open the new Olympic
n Wvnh street. The old Olympic was al
-.vs sort of white elephant, but perhaps
ih.i,ld Ghosts have been buried, and Bar
apcceeA whes( others have failed.
70 do pretty we'll at the Princess
was ousted from there by Miss
bfne.
Jersey Lily, who may now almost be
upon as an American actress, seeing
she has learned all she ever knew about
81 in the states, has been playing Rosa
in As You Like It. At first there was a
q rush of the .'swell division, especi-
n the male portion of it. who were anx-
IS to see the hitherto-hidden beauties OF
Be Lily's "perpendiculars" When she
hst PLAYED Rosalind these were so hidden
nat one could not judge of their syramet:y
br otherwise. but this time she was moe
liberal. and the result was-dsappoint-
|ment. The Lily's supports" are common,
all what one would expect to belong
to so fair a face When this
became known the Attendance 81
the st. James's died away and new play
was tried in Esther sandraz, IN which YOU
have already seen her on your side; Inc
play is an adaptation from the French. ans
does not amount to much, but Mrs. Lang
try acts we'll in it. 1t is the undlvldee
opinion of all tho London critics that thu
fair actress has improved wonderfully II
her acting, and that she is now FINISHED
actress. If she could only get play to sui
her she would make nearly as much none.
"a in London as the States, but tho play
the thing and that is hard to lind. sh
will always draw we'll, however, as ever
one in society must of necessity go and Sc
Its former queen. Mrs. Langtry mus
often. think, cry .'Save me from friends.
md the amount OF paper she mas TO giy
hway to former pals must be cons.d
erable.
Charles Wyndham is back again after hi
luccessful tour of the states, and when hi
theater opens again will go in for serlt
q REVEALS, the first being She Stops
CONQUER. Soon we will have the kenda
back, and Matron Madge will be able
liked fathers The version here is tn,
she said in her now famous speech thu
the .sAmericans would take care of father
which cansed considerable amusement
seeing that no. one can take bett
care OF Father Kendall than rather Keno
amusing, and it is just as we'll for Faith
Kendall that he did not join in the Matror
moral diatribe, as men can't forget he
how Father at q dinner OF the sava
Club. related story. broad as the oce
and twice as blue" that mace at w even =, Z
was present, and who is pretty tough as
y CARDS after-dinner stories, blush, q
Father YVES stopped before he went furth
You will soon have a visit from Ag'
Huntington, who goes on q tour IL
states with Paul Jones. Agnes has been
nncommonly lucky young lady. she CIR
over lust at the riaht time, and the part
Paul Jones fitted her like glove. She nj
a hit, and was taken up by the baron
Burdett-C outts, and managed to get a II
further into society than actresses VINO
pear in tights usually do. Inc nne =
actresses is generally drawn at the truni
but Miss Huntington managed to pass
gates after having received the cache,
"all right, perfectly proper; mas mo-
who never leaves her. You know.
Tie consequence of all this aduiatio
that she has severe attack OF the
head" and has made herself extremely
popular with her fellow artistes, to "
she seldom deigns to speak. She Ia
part in Marjorie in which she sigf
failed, and broke her contract before
had gone very far.
An Americau who is having great SUI
in London. but whose performances ns
come under the head Of Theatrical
Kennedy. the mesmerist. His performa
which are simDly marvellous, are attra'
more attention fhan anything else IN
don. and his eeances are crowded daily
men of eoienoe from all parts OF Eng
He is certainly the premier operator o.
art Of hyunokSon. and far excels any
predecessneo II this Tine.
A new Ouore will shortly be brought
entitled Djana. The music is by Morn
few years go vas veil known IN
York as fn1hionable organist. The
xetto il nv Hoemnln Hart, weIl-k