The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-23
Miss Juch Says tho Vase Was Taken
From Tho Helena by
Mistake
This Evening tho Prima Donna and
Company Will Appear in
the Huguonots.
1yOnnclly and Gerard In their GREAT Farce
Natural Gas On the Koad--Foot-
light Flashes.

After Miss Emma Jnch and company
we're here about a year ago THE INDEPEND-
sNT printed n bit OF gossip that has since
gone around the country and has caused
the priMa considerable annoyance. With
their customary care for guests the proprie-
tors OF The Helena AZ that time endeavored
to make Miss Juch MS comfortable as pos
sible. Mr.. Wiley, who was then in charge.
thought she would appreciate unusual at
tention from the hotel company 30 ho
ordered some flowers sent to her room.
They were in a handsome vase, one Of the
Ave purchased by the company at q cost Of
1926. When Miss Juch left she put the
vase in her trunk. One of THE INDEpEN-
DENT reporters heard OF the affair and wrote
il up as an illustration of what was sup
posed to be a striking exhibition of nerve.
Yesterday afternoon Miss Juch explained
the affair. She said the flowers came IN the
vase TO which WAS attached a card bearing the
compliments of the hotel company. She,
of course, ssuined that the Vase was part
OF the gift and. very naturally returned her
thanks and carried 1t home. She WAS
greatly annoyed to learn through the
paper that the company intended only the
flowers AS the gift. A mutual explanation
occurred between Manager Walker and
Aisb OuCu ycotcIudy nlUCAuoOA ouu ~
sent east for the vase. Miss Juch frequent
" receives presents from hotels along the
route, and the other day she received q
handsome clock from the West hotel in
Minneapolis. II is therefore easy to see
how q Misunderstanding might have
This evening she will appear at Ming's in
The H%uguenots, the plot of which is as fol
lows;
Marguerite de Valois, betrothed to Henry
Of Navarro, is anxious to- reconcile the diff
ferences between the Catholics and the
Protestants. For this purpose, she hits
upon Raoui de Nangis, a Huguenot gentle
man of fortune and standing, and projects
a union between him and Valentine, the
. daughter Of Count de st. Bris, governor Of
the Louvre. She sends for Raoul, and &C
quaints him with her intention. He CON
sents; but, on beholdine Valentine. indig-
1aRtly repudiates the proposal. having rec
ognized in her a lady whose life he had
saved, and whom he had seen at the house
of the Count de Nevers under eqnivocal
mortally offended, and enter into a secret
combination to extirpate the whole Of the
Huguenot race. Kaoul send a challenge
to st. Bris, who accepts it; but.
determined not to trust to the fortune of
arms. conspires secretly with his party to
a%ssassinate Raoul. The plot is overheard
by Valentine, now married to Nevers. and
Marcel, the servant OF Raoul, is warned of
the fate that awaits his master. Raoul,
finding he owes his life to Valentine, calls
upon her to thank her and bid her "a last
farewell The Catholics are assembling at
the house of Nevers to mature their plans
for the contemplated massacre. Raoul is
concealed behind the tapestry and overhears
the details Of the plot. When the conspira-
tors have gone, be PUSHES ont in a state Of
distraction, and is hurrying off to join his
friends. 10 save him from certain death.
Valentine implores him not to leave her;
and. when prayers are of no avail, tells him
she loves him. Raoul, for a moment over
powered by his passion, is forgetful of the
horrors of the scene he has just wit
messed, when his senses are recalled by the
tolling of the death bell of st. German and
the discharge of musketry. He starts from
his ~reverie, abandons Valentine even when
she is fainting at his feet, and precipitates
himself from the window. Hurrying
through the streets, Raoul finds his friends
dead or dying. He meets Valentine and
Marcel. Hearing that Nevers is killed, Val
entine gives her hand to Raoul. and Marcel
unites them. The next moment the three
fall dead under the fire Of the Catholic
soldiery.
The house will be warm and the curtain
will rise promptly at eight o'clock.