The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-17

rest of his existence. What stories
they do start! They will pull a corpse
out of the grave to have fun with 1t.
The following from the New York
Sun is timely and appropriate in view
of the tiresoine advertising gags"
heard in some recent performances at
MaguiTe's opera house:
Il object to taking advertisements
along with my easements. In the Sec
ond act Of My Lady Slavey' at the Ca
sino the action passes in the house of
a grocer, and on the walls OF his ball
room portraits are hung. Somsoody
asks If they are his ancestors, and he
responds: why, Lor', no; they're my
best customers This speech is illus
trated in a manner THAI recalls the re-
cent visit of a travelling company TO
New York, when the Sun comlne nted
on the liberal advertisements that the
play offered to various kinds of mar-
chandise. This farce freely pulled up
a brand of beer. make OF bicycles
and a certain kind of liver pills. The
Lady SlaVey' concentrates its eXplolta-
tion on a brand of tea and prepare
ton of oatmeal. After the grocer has
said that the portraits represent his J.
best customers, the light behind them
is extinguished and they become
transparencies, emblazoned with the
names of the tea and meal Nobody
laughs, and probably nine out OF ten
feel as though they were, in the words
of the sheriff in the farce, being done
The curtain which now falls between
the acts at the Casino is covered with
advertisements, so the audiences are
not entirely unprepared for the sur
prise which comes when the tea and
the oatmeal with recommendation are
flashed from the stage. Such adVertis-
ing devices are, however, famillar IN
Europe. Some Paris theaters OF the
first rank display them. In London
the smaller music halls MAKE regular
use of them. But when they are intro
duced into the play and made a part
of 1t the result is doubtful success.
Sometimes theatrical managers are
| unnecessarily timorous. That was L.
| Henry French's experience not long
ago. There was a young lady in Miss
| Margaret Mather's company whose
services he desired to dispense with,
but whose feelings he did not wish to
| wound.
| The principal fault of the young lady
/ was her utter inability to dance-even
to learn to dance when teacher was
| procured for her. She was nara
| worker. but, Just the same. she spoiled
| every scene with her awkwardness and
| Miss Mather insisted that Mr.. French
| should dismiss her.
at last" says Mr.. French. Il
| screwed up my courage, and, taking
| the lady to one side. | told her ju9t
| what was wrong, and asked her II she
| wouldn't take an extra weeks pay ana
her fare back to New York and resign,
To NV intense surprise. she simply
Jumped up and down and clapper her
hands i'm glee.
".Oh.Tm so glad! I'm so glad!' she
exclaimed. 4 was just going to ask
you TO let me go. for have such love-
ly offer from a gentleman VIII wants 70
take me out starring, and he wishes me
TO come to New York at once 20 MAKE
arrangements. oh, I'm so glad
You see," added Mr. French. stars
like angels, may be entertained un-
awares."
Maurice Barrymore and his wire
George Drew, engaged rooms at the
palmer house. in Chicago. during ar
engagement at Hooley's theater. Be
fore retiring Mrs. Barrymore placed hei
diamonds between the mattresses. OF
arising SHE pulled off the upper mat
tress, and her sparklers were restint
on the bosom of a pair of pantaloons
neatly folded and creased. Woman
curiosity prompted her TO look In TN
watch pocket for the address of IN
= owner. A remarkable coincidence! TIT
!. noelxet was addressed Herbert Kelley
New York" Herbert played in Chicag'
p the previous week with the Lyceun
: Theater company. Every one know
: Kelcey's record as the glass or tashion
= the sartorial paragon. Herbert has
! habit Of preserving the crease in nj
5 trousers by spreading them betweel
S the mattresses. Mrs. Barrymore turn
e ed the Kelcey pants over TO Barrymort
4 who forwarded them to the owner Wit
. the inciosed note:
\ Herbert Kelcey.
ITO Mr.. and Mrs. Barrymore.
Y For pressing one pair OF trousers, y
n please remit"
> The Prompter writes in the Ne'
Z York Recorder: THE attempted shoot
= ing OF Dallas Tyler at Heublien'
n Hartford. the other day. Is only on
a in a series OF calamltous happening
g which OF late seem TO have followed IN
- members OF the William II. Gran
7. | company. To begin with. about Nv
e weeks ago Edwin Bither. which Is II