Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-28

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fool the "old man. name Invariably
given to a commanding officer. But when
the "old man" is fooled 1t is done in no
spirit of spite or mutiny, but simply as a
thority.
CLEOPATRA IN MONTANA.
The Boxemnn Dramatic Critic Dis
cusses the Play.
From the Bozeman Chronicle.
The play of Cleopatra" was at the opera
house on Friday night. It met with an en-
thusiastic reception and the manager feels
much encouraged. He will probably try it
on New York city, since 1t has been re-
ceived here. There was noticeable lack
of talking and joysome laughter at the
most impressive moments. There was also
a large lack of infants In arms. 1t is be-
coming apparent that fond fathers and
mothers have about concluded that their
infants do not fully appreciate high-class
drama. The wall of a nursing child just
at the time everyone is waiting with bated
breath to catch the passionate words of
the tragedian, is not calculated to lend a
charm to the play, and perhaps it may
now become fashionable to leave infants at
home.
step upward and onward, and will have
something beside its city council to he
proud of. The house was plenty large
enough to hold all who were there. This
was due to the fact that a great many of
our theater goers thought that CLEOPATRA
was a farce comedy, with a woman whs-
tier in the leading role. Had they known
that such shows as cleopatra" came to
Bozeman but once in a thousand years. we
feel confident in the prediction that there
play of CLEOPATRA was written by man
named Shakespeare, so he claims but Ig.
Donnelly says that Shakespeare is a liar.
Shakespeare is dead and Donnelly can
Egypt. Africa. We give her full post office
address to keep our contemporaries from
saying that we are claiming her for our
own-the Gallatn valley being called the
Egypt of America. Cleopatra was a gay
girl. The bull train was the only means of
communication with the outside world in
her day, and she didn't have to give after
noon teas to keep in the swim. Boomers
were not a fad. In fact, very little clothes
of any kind were necessary.
There being no danger of early frost, the
folks there did not have to tie up their
feet in gunny sacks and shovel a path to
the machine when they threshed their bar
ley crop. AS we have before remarked.
Cleopatra was a trile gay She met An
tony at a dance given in the school house
and she straightway made mash on him.
she was back east at place called Rome,
he got little gay himself. Things were
coming his way like three-time winner.
He took Cleopatra to all the dances candy
neighborhood, and none of the home boys
We're in it for a minute. He told Cleopatra
that his people back in the states were
great
Why" said he, one day, my people
back In Mizzoury are way up"
Are they?" said Cleo.
"Well l should SMILE" said Antony, low
ering his voice until 1t was music to her
ear. "Purt nigh nearly every gol darn one
of 'em have got gold film in her teeth"
Antony's wife in the states died about
this time and he had to go home. While he
was back there visiting around and telling
stories about the big crops they raised by
irrigation on the Nile, he married another
girl just to please brother of hers whom
Antony used to be chummy with, but who
was now working his farm on shares with
the railroad and an eastern loan company.
His name was Caesar at the time, but it is
probably Denis now, for they introduced
the cash system in all the stores at that
place.
wife back with him. So he gave her a
song and dance about not having his house
chinked up and promised to send her a
second-class ticket over the Burlington in
through a local paper, which gave several
columns of Its space to young contributors
in order to make things lively in the neigh
borhood. This contributor happened to be
jealous of Antony, and he got even through
the paper. Caesar came out on a cut-rate
ticket purchased at Kansas City, and An
tony, who was a member of the militia
company, dropped onto, this and a rusty
United States cavalry saber, dying sure
but slow death.
Before he did this Cleopatra made what
she thought was foxy play. by sending
word to Antony that She had committed
suicide. She thought that this would cause
him to rush to her side with a stomach
pump. But Antony didn't rush. He pulled
play, fell on it. Not having any clothes on
and being a heavy man, the saber succeed
ed in cutting a large sized cash into his
vital system He died a lingering death to
the tune Of 1.-The Band Played On" Cleo
patra hearing of this, gets tarantula,
which stings her where Sadie wore her
beads, and then she gracefully floats out of
existence.
Antony is buried at the expense of the
county. The committee of one hundred
kick at this, for it is tax-paying tirne, but
congratulate themselves that it is cheaper
than murder trial and an acquittal. This
is the sad story of Cleopatra and Antony,
leaving out some of the dry details. where
in red lights and several other things, ex-
cepting clothes, figured and brought cheers
where tears were expected. No stronger
evidence that the play took we'll at Boze-
man can be adduced than the fact that
was almost deserted during the perform
ance Everyone was dead, between acts,
to its existence, intent were they in
drinking in the delights of the play.
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