The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-23

ceptible to draughts, Bruno takes ad-
vantage of a suggestion and throws
back folding door opposite an open
window. Directly he does this a great
| current of air is seemingly created. The
| curtains. portiers and other hangings
act like the sails of ship fluttering in
| the act of coming round in the face of
| gale. The pictures on the wall al
| most turn their faces to II, and every
door in the apartment bangs wildly.
Out of all the theaters in New York
/ mean along Broadway-not three will
credit their balance sheets with dol
lar when summer closing time comes
| Their managers are satisfied to come
out even, or even with a small loss IL
they can keep one of their own plays
on the boards long enough to give Ii
the stamp of New York approval and
sent Ii on the road. 1t is the returns
from the road which pay the men who
produce plays, and which pay them to
keep them for a protracted period in
New York, even at a loss.-New York
Recorder.
'Ah" exclaimed Bernhard: 'fn some
previous state of life my dog has been
a great stage manager. Don't laugh.
/ am in earnest. That's why / bought
him. The instant / set eyes on this dog
L realized that he had the dramatic in
stinct to remarkable degree. To-mor-
row night, while l am playing, he will
lie in the wings, watching me furtively.
If he wags his tail when / come off I
shall know that 1 have given a really
great performance. If he growls-ah!
well, IL he growls. then shall be in
despair. brooklyn Standard Union.
The long heralded production of the
English version of Francois Coppee's
Pour la Couronne." which Charles
Renaud has written for Edward Vroom.
took place in Palmer's theater, New
York, Tuesday evening. The period of
For the Crown" is supposed to be
about the end of the fifteenth century.
and the scene is laid in Balkans. in a
city where Christianity and liberty
have been maintained only by the exer-
else of constant vigilance and daunt-
less bravery against the repeated at
tacks of the Turk.
Sarasate once found his memory de-
sorting him at recital; he discovered
the reason, however in time to prevent
failure. lady was tanning herself
In the front row OF stalls. The violinist
stopped playing and said, Madame,
how can play two-four time when you
are beating six-eight?" The lady stop
ped tanning and the recital continued
successfully.
Celve says: whenever feel blue
run to my photograph and tell all my
troubles to my mother. Two weeks
hence, when IL reaches her, know that
her dear heart will go out to me. / dis
patch by cylinders every week and the
French steamers always bring me a
box full of conversations"
The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle says: "At
Kingfisher the actors on the stage be-
came too personal in their topical hits
and the people pulled them over the
footlights and licked them. From a
study of the class of drama Oklahoma
has had, we were sure that the worm
would turn some day."
Mr.. Irving's son, Henry B., a promis-
ing young actor in England, will soon
be married to an actress, Miss Doro-
thea Baird. daughter OF the late John
Foster Baird, of Oxford, and a sister
in-law of Mr.. L. L. Cook the new edi-
tor of the London Daily News" and
until lately editor of the Westminster
Gazette.
Bernhardt says: 1T is really bad
form to kiss on the stage. / never real
ly do 1T myself. There is so much more
in suggestion than in a cold fact"
Kyrle Bellew says, I'm all the nineteen
/ have never really kissed an actress"
Report has II that T. Henry French
is about to star Margaret Mather i'm
Shakespearean and emotional roles and
that she will begin her tour on Mon
day.
Marguerite" the new ballet opera.
by Oscar Hammerstein. produced at the
Olympia, New York, last week, runs
largely to living pictures. 1t mikes up
the characters in Faust In a remark
able fashion. but 1t is drawing large
houses.
Previous to sailing for Europe Yvette
Guilbert donated $500 to the creche con-
nected with the French Church of ST.
Vincent de Paul. i'm New York, the OBJ
ject of which is to fit orphans of French
extraction for the battle of life.
Adolphe D'Ennery. the author of the
1.-TWO Orphans" who has just been
made a commander in the Legion of
Honor. has had share in 209 PLAYS
operas. dramas and farces. Fifteen he
wrote alone: for all the others he had
collaborators.
Lillian Russell has brought out a
new opera, THE Goddess of Truth"
adapted from Gilbert's well-known
play, at Baltimore. with success. 1t is
by Stanislaus Strange and Julien Ed
wards.
A Niennese writer says that Often
bach not only hated Wagner. but was
so Jealous of Johann Strauss that he
never allowed any of his music TO be
played in his house.
James O'Neill will revive the Passion
Play" and impersonate Christ. Public
opinion prevented Henry r. Abbey
from producing the play in New York
some years ago, and the author COM