The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-04

Bright and sparkling comedy per-
moates every act and up-to-date spe-
Cialties are introduced To relieve the
tension Of the heavy scenes.
Joseph r. Grismer once made an eff
fort at stage Illusion. 1t was years ago
at Glen Falls, and Annie Ward Tiff
fanny was the emotional star, with Mr..
GriSmor as her leading man. Miss
Tiffany was to play East Lynne
and she was inspired to recite "Beautl-
full snow i'm one of the scenes when
the lachrymose heroine has the stage
all to herself. Mr.. Grismer suggested
that the effect would be greatly en-
HANGED by a snow storm. As no reli-
ance could be placed upon the local
stage hands, he volunteered to work
the storm. Providing himself with q
bucket. filled with finely cut paper. he
mounted a tall s%tepladder and pro
ceeded to sift it down outside the win
dow in which the star stood declaimlng
the poem. Grismer was congratulate
ing himself upon the splendid effect he
was creating. when a country carpen-
ter looked M with a grin and re-
marked: why. you blamed fool, that
window isn't transparent; it's Opaque,
and the audience cant see nothing.
This lamcntablc fact had also daWned
upon Miss Tiffany, who was fast APP
preaching the pathetic climax. Turn
ing around. she whispered to Grismer:
I'm throw the door Omen; let the snow
down there" An instant later. with
such violence as to knock over the
ladder down came GriSmer, snow,
bucket and all. I'm fun sight of the au-
diencp. There was a yell OF derlsloh
as the fallen leading man painfully
picked himself up, and the curtain was
rung down amid a tumult of laugh
ter For the rest Of the season Miss
Tiffany played East Lynne straight,
without any Beautiful SNOW TRIM
mings.
when I first went into the profession
I had many funny experiences" said
Milton Mobiles recently. One night we
were doing The HunChback.' \ 'socie-
ty' actress the manager had picked up
was the Julia and / was wrestling with
Sir Thomas Clifford. We got along
very nicely until the last act, when Sir
Thomas enters as my lords secretary.
She belched out her Clifford, why don't
YOU speak to me- in the old-time style.
I handed her the letter, saying, a letter
from my lord At that moment one of
the mules we used for hauling baggage,
M which was tied to the wagon near
by. let a series Of unearthly brays out
Of himself that fairly shook the tent
poles. When the echoes had died away
Julia spoke the next line. Twas Cliff
ford's voice if ever Clifford spoke The
play ended right there and | went Into
Tow comedy next week
The people Of Butte and Anaconda,
who last season enjoyed the divine mu-
sic Of the Scalchi Concert company viii
learn with extreme pleasure that Nine.
| Sofia ScalChi is again at the head Of
her own company and will visit both
cities during the present season, prov1d-
ed the company can secure satisfactory
dates. So far. however. Manager Dent
has been unable 70 get dates or even
answers to his letters sent to Anaconda.
II would be unfortunate. indeed, If
through some mistake. the Scalchi COM
pany could not be given dates in both
Butte and Anaconda.
could I Only Pick the winner is
! one Of Billy F.merson's songs and II Pill
ly ever had any difficulty i'm naming the
winner he has "A sure thing" in view
in putting his faith i'm the new Cleve-
land-Nilson MINISTRIES being first I'M
der the wire" and giving away weight
and dust to the field. George Wilson
and Billy Emerson are speedy comed-
ians and the fun will he fast and flu
rious'' with Waltz Me Again" and the
Big Sunfower" on the ends in the dual
first part. Cleveland never was at a
loss for ideas n his latest is the pre-
s~entation Of the Wilson Minstrels and
the Cleveland Ministries on the same
stage at the same time-''for the min
strel stakes"
Jacob Litt will handle the destinies Of
In Old Kentucky" Marie Wainwright
in shall We Forgive Her" and East
Lynne" Shenandoah" Mistakes VIII
Happen n Sporting Life Mis-
takes VIII Happen and sport
in Life are both new. The
former is a farcical comedy
from the pen Of Grant Stewart. which
viii be produced at McVicker's theatre.
Chicago, and the latter is a successful
English melodrama by Hicks & Raleigh.
which Will be given an elaborate pro-
duction at the Academy OF Music.
Mathews and Bulger in by the sad
Sea Waves viii be at Maguire's opera
house shortly. In describing this new
piece they call IL a rag-tlme opera. They
have an immense supporting company,