The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-09
THEY'RE OUT OF LUCK
Miss Harum Scarum and Her Com
pany Stranded in North Dakota.
TRYING TO REACH MONTANA
Two Soubrettes Of "a Railroad
Ticket" Company. In a Box In
Cafe, Held Lively Little Ses-
sion All by Themselves.

Miss Harum Scarum, a funny young
woman who had an engagement at Ma
CURES opera house for next Monday
evening, has been compelled to cancel
her dates in Butte through force of cir
cumstances over which she had no con-
troll Walking is bad and the distance
between Butte and Dickinson, n. D..
where she is at present, is too great to
allow her to fill her engagement in this
city. Miss Harum Scarum' is new
comedy in which Amy Lee and Frank
Doane have been starring Jointly until
they struck Dickinson. They are not
starring now, and from present indica-
tons they will probably play summer
engagement on some North Dakota
farm. Owing to the fact that the
Northwestern circuit has been played
to death" in the last few months by
theatrical companies, the Northern Pa
cific Railroad company has done all II
could to discourage the "Harum
Scarum" company from coming West,
but the company would not be discOur-
aged and although the railroad refused
to advance transportation on the in
stallment plan. the theatrical company
started out by paying local fares be
tween towns from st. Paul to Dickin-
son, but could get no further.
An advance representative has been
in Butte for several days and booked
the company for Butte, Anaconda, Hell
ena and other places in the state and
then tried to induce the Northern Pa
cific to furnish transportation on prom
ises to pay, from Dickinson to Butte,
but the railroad, seeing no possibility
of the company doing any business in
this state, declined to advance the
fares amounting to about $500. and
Miss Harum Scarum will tarry yet
while in North Dakota.
Two lively soubrettes OF the Rail
road Ticket" company occupied q box
in a Broadway cafe yesterday after
noon, and when the box curtains were
drawn they thought themselves shut
out from the rest of the world. After
they had read several private letters
which entertained others in the cafe,
one of them picked up Standard and
read an article about a lawyers
method of cross-examining a witness
as to his mountaineering with Mr..
Sharp, and compelling him to admit
that he did not know Sharp.
II should think courts wouldn't allow
lawyers TO do that" said the young
woman after she had finished reading.
1T think It's mean"
"A lawyer couldn't make me say
didn't know Sharp after had told him
did know the man." said the other
"Oh. yes he could" answered the first
one, who appeared the livelier of the
two.
mo- he couldn't; I'd stick to 1t that
knew Sharp"
mo. you wouldn't"
eyes / would"
81 know you wouldn't, for IL he got
you on the witness stand with lot OF
horrid lawyers and jurymen staring
at you he'd get you all mixed up and
you'd swear you didn't know your owr
name If he'd ask you to. / know, fol
I've been there. Why, I was cross.
examined by five lawyers once. know
what II is"
but think could stick 10 II that ]
knew Mr.. Sharp" said the other, but
not In the positive tone she had said Il
before.
mo. you wouldn't He'd say some
thing mean to you aud you'd get angry
and then you'd lose your head and say
you never did know Mr.. Sharp"
I'D give him piece of my mind
that's what I'd do"
But you'd admit that you didn'
know Sharp" insisted the lively one
who proved to be something of cross
examiner herself.
Perhaps l would"
"why. of course you would; yol
know you would"
IT think IT is n shame. don't your
said the other finally, half admitting
that she wouldn't know Sharp II tn
lawyer told her she didn't.
Frank Mayo in "Pudd'nhead Wilson
will be the next attraction at Mcguire
opera house. He will open an engage
ment OF three nights and a matinee a
Maguire's opera house next Thursda,
night. The dramatization of Mar
Twain's clever story has been an un
questioned success wherever presente
by Mr.. Mayo. and papers East an
West speak enthusiastically of IT,
David Henderson. who has draine
many thousand dollars out of Montan
and other states i'm the Northwest
writes to a New York dramatic pape
that business generally i'm this part O
the country has not been good an
that "Sinbad" and "Pudd' nhead Wi
son" have been the only exceptions I
the rule.
HOSPITALS IN FLORENCE.