The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-03

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ported to the paper that Manager
Richie has been presenting garbled
| versions of well-known plays in his va
| riety bill Mr.. Richie, who was in
Butte few days ago. denies It, The
| New York paper might also include In
its list the Casino of Butte. There is
hardly play of any note that has not
| been produced on the Casino stage in
some garbled shape.
| Ground for the new theater on
| Forty-second street and Lexington
avenue, New York, will be broken next
| month. The plans have been changed
and it is now the intention of the Goe-
let estate to make the new place of
| amusement, which will be thrown open
| next October, conform in design to
| some of the best known Partisan play
houses The building will be FIVE sto-
ries high and the theater will occupy
the whole of IL.
A peculiar custom prevalent in Mex
| leo is that of selling a ticket for a
| single act of a play. One may see an
entire play by purchasing a large tick
ct with a coupon for each act, which
gives sitting in the best rows of the
orchestra circle, reserved for this pur-
pose. A ticket for only one act in
wolves a seat outside this charmed
| circle and its holder is expected to re-
tire voluntarily at the end of the act
or pay again.
The superstition that the gift of a
knife cuts friendship" was recognized
at one of the New York theaters. One
of the officials of the house stood at
the main entrance of the uheater and
to each male patron he presented a
copper cent fresh from the mint. Then
another official sold the ticket holder a
L. Ia g. T.. Il
knives. which were souvenirs" were
disposed of.
North New York is to have a theater
and roof garden that will cost $400,0 900.
1t is to be built on the south side of
One Hundred and Forty-second street
There will be an auditorium for the
legitimate drama, a music hall, a cafe,
roof garden, lodge rooms, reception
rooms, business offices and stores on
the ground floor. 1t will be ready for
the public about New Years.
Merry Young j. X. Emmett is still
starring, but through some influence of
decency he has dropped his Fritz in a
Madhouse" and now plays in what is
called a new comedy-drama entitled
Fritz in Love-"
Rice's 1892 couldn't pay salaries regu-
larly and the members of the company
quit their jobs in Jersey City a few
days ago and now there is no 1892.
Maud Jeffries, a young American
actress who distinguished herself in
London, has determined to retire per-
manently from the stage.
Belle Archer threatens to star again
next season in play by Forbes Heer-
mans.
A variety theater in Paris advertised
a show to which mothers could take
their daughters, but it was not a sue
cess.
"a Railroad Ticket" that funny
farce with Eugene Garfield in it, will
be at Maguires Tuesday and Wednes-
day nights.
Frederick warde's season closed yes
terday and that of Marie Wainwright
last week.
John Stetson, the Boston theatrical
manager, died at his home a week ago
Friday. Stetson was a unique charac-
ter in the profession, but a successful
manager.
Agnes Herndon is to originate the
part of a woman hypnotist in Lifts
production of "A Tammany Tiger"
Shakespeares Much Ado About
Nothing" has been turned into opera
by A. Doppler, and the new work has
been moderately successful at Leip-
sic.
A Chicago newspaper man is writing
a bicycle play called MIR. Wheeler of
Wheeling"
Jeffreys Lewis is playing an old
negro woman in a play called THE
Law of the Land"
Charles Liebenstein. the noted He
brew tragedian. is winning laurels in
the Bitter Root valley.
Sol Smith Russell is said to be medi-
tating a revival of katherine and
Petrucio" for next season.
Irving's next production at the Ly-
ceum on his return from America will
be "Cymbeline."
The Bostonians think OF producing |
an operate version of RIP Van Win
kle."
Flotow. composer of Martha" is to |
have a monument at Schwerin.
Faust" and Carmen" were failures |
at their first production.
From Corsica to st. Helena.
OBSERVATIONS ON BILLIARDS |
ThIrty-six Years of the Game Told by a |
Reporter.
From the New York Sun.
The very interesting account of the |