The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-19

| of Atlanta do not appreciate the artis-
| tic plays which / have taken so much
| care to produce. / have brought a
very expensive company TO Atlanta,
but the total receipts from my three
performances would not pay for rails
| ing the curtain in the first play. /
| understand that my friend, Henry Irv-
ing. will soon come here, and presume
that he will carry away a great deal
of your money"
After this remarkable speech Mr..
Mansfield smiled sarcastically and
withdrew.
Julia Marlowe not only added Taber
to her name in a marriage certificate
upon becoming the wife of her leading
actor, but put it in the playbills and
posters, too; and now a Philadelphia
manager uses that fact in a lawsuit
over contract. his allegation being
that she vitiated the value of her pro-
fessfonal name by changing It, The
worth of a name as a professional
trade mark in theatricals was brought
about by Eugene Sandow. the strong
man, whose feats were rivaled success
fully by Montgomery Irving, who call
ed himself Sandowe. and has just been
fined 500 in Cincinnati for disobeying
an injunction forbidding him to imi-
tate the title.
Ellen Beach Yaw, the young Califor-
MIA soprano, will soon begin a series of
concerts in Carnegie hall, New York
She will have the assistance at her
first concert of Signor Companari, bar
itone; Maximillian Dick, violinist. and
grand orchestra under Anton Seidl
Miss Yaw will also give a matinee
concert at the same place on January
"a. when M. Plancon will be her chief
assistant. $500
Stuart Robson has no reason to COM
plain of 1896. as it has given him
genuine success in Mrs. Ponderbury's
Past" with which Mr.. Robson is de-
lighting large audiences at Mr.. Mans
fields Garrick theater AS the sub
missive husband Mr.. Robson has a
good second to his excellent BERTHE,
the Lamb
An actor relates the following: 1.-THE
manager of the opera house at Fargo
took me back on the stage to show me
his house, and l asked him where his
dressing rooms were and how many
he had. Here it is said he, pointing
to rather dngy-looking room. 1
asked him where the others were, and
he said he had no more. Well said /.
you don't suppose the ladies and gem
tlemen of my company are going to
dress in the same room, do your
What's the matter don't they speak?'
he asked.
Nobody suspected Sir Henry Irving
of keeping a yellow dog until the other
night. When called out for a speech i'm
New York a most disreputable yellow
dog followed him and shared the hon
ors of the evening with the great Eng
lish actor
Julia Linton, a reckless split" artist
startles the natives nightly at the Ca
sino. Marie Darcy. Dagmar Nelson,
Reta Cough, the Allen Sisters, Malan
are adding to the popularity of that
resort.
Bessie Samson. wife Of Frank DAN
iels, has come into a legacy. An uncle
has just died i'm London and left her a
income for life of S75 week.
During Roland Reeds recent en-
gagement in Atlanta. Ga. he was pre-
sented with a gold badge studded with
diamonds and rubies by the Cleveland
Grays.
Mrs. Carter recently received a court
summons to show cause why she
should not pay sl.4 hack bill
Seventeen consecutive years of opera
is the record of the Tivoli opera house,
San Francisco.
Henry Paddock, the first husband OF
Maggie Mitchell died few days ago.
"A Runaway Colt" ceased to GALLON
at st. Paul last Saturday.
Great Falls did a good thing when
ii retired Risky Barnett.
The Barnum of the Vest" is still
doing business in Missoula.