The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-10
A TRIBUTE TO MAGU|Rt
A Testimonial to Be rendered the
Veteran Manager.
1T IS A SOCIETY EVENT
An Excellent Programme Has Been Ar
ranged for january 2 and 3-soms
of the Coming Attractions 81
at the Theaters.

BY force OF circumstances Butte IL
compelled to follow Anaconda in tend
ering its testimonial to the veteran ac-
tor and manager. John Mcguire. The
dates decided upon are Monday end
Tuesday. January 2 and 3. 1t will be a
testimonial to which 1.-The old man
can point with PRIDE the remainder
Or his life. 1t will be an event in Butte
society and those who will honor the
occasion with their presence will not
| only have the satisfaction of knowing
that they are thus paying a slight trib-
ute to the man who has given some of
the best years of his life in providing
| them with wholesome entertainment,
but they will have the further satisfac-
ton Of knowing that they get their
moneys worth" for the entertainment
to be provided will be a most excel
lent n in every respect. 1t VIII be
OF a varied character. including an ac.
or two from several famous plays in
which Mr.. Mcguire and probably Herr
Bandmann will appear.
Charles A. Parker. manager of the
Dorothy Morton Opera company, ar
rived in Butte yesterday in advance OF
his He says hat Butte Is a
olAhlI OSlN w " ,Os
weather and vast amount of snow that
the country farther east has been ex-
~periencing. Mr.. Parker's company will
be the only operate organization that
will visit Butte the present season.
Opera companies of the better
class" said Mr.. Parker yesterday. ARE
very are, possibly due to the great ex-
pense necessary to carry a big COM
pany over the country and the high sal
aries demanded by the more capable
operatic artists. Miss Morton's sue
cess has been very fiattering. She was
last seen in Butte as the star In the
production of THE Fencing Master"
She is one of the hardest working So
pranos upon the stage. When not trav-
cling, she superintends the designing of
new gowns and costumes every morn
ing: rehearses every afternoon and
sings every evening. II young ladies
with ambitions to shine as great and
successful prlma n sopranos think
that to obtain such a cherished posi-
ton is an easy task they very much
under estimate the field of operate
fame"
Jolly Della Pringle and a good sup
porting company ave been entertain
ing the patrons of the Union Family
theater in Butte during the week with
a repertoire of excellent plays. Last
night a new play, The Way of the
World" was put on n Will run during
the remainder OF the engagement. 1t Is
a good and interesting play and was
we'll performed last night. A matinee
will be given this afternoon and also on
Sunday, the Union being the only the
alter that will have a Sunday matinee.
The engagement will close tomorrow
night.
The Jay Circus" and 1t was a jay
all right, which played at the Union
theater last week.. went out of business
at the close of the engagement at the
Union. n members of the
are still in Butte and some of them are
stranded and fat busted" Sherman
and Morrissy. the two best men in the
company. have secured an engagement
at the Imperial theater
Gerome Helmont. the lad whom The
world OF music is destined to know and
doubtless to honor. will appear at the
Grand opera house tomorrow, Sunday
night. Detroit, where he made his first
appearance In public, listened in amaz-
ed surprise last season when the small
boy with chubby hands and MANTLE
face handled the violin with the power
of a master. Gradually 1t has become
known that young Helmont has been
studying with Divide Musin, and that
that king of violinists regards him as a
"OAttl ny Nbt lht VI NnOI1 Is DTO-
duced but rarely in the worlds his
tory.
In proof OF the unusual interest and
esteem in which Musin holds his pupil.
the concert programme in Detroit OF
Nov. 4th included a duet by the great
violinist and the prodigy. A more
promising introduction and a more au-
thoritative Endorsement could not be
given.
Miss Lillian APPEL, the brilliant DIAN
list, and Miss Grace Preston. the con-
tralto. h Travelled last season with
Nordica. complete the trio of musicians
TO be hear in Butte tomorrow night.
AT Gay Coney Island,' the humor-
ously constructed play which made
such a hit in Butte last season. will
be at the Grand again next Monday Cor
an engagement of three nights. The
popular farce Is now upon its third
tour of the continent. Among its so
interpreters. most prominent perhaps
are Smith and Campbell. high-class
v~audevillists. who have hitherto corfin-
ed their efforts entirely to the New
York music halls. These young men
write their own songs. compose their
own music and are the creators of at
least half of all the funny situations
known to farce comedy. They are sur
rounded by a galaxy Of male and fe-
male talent. carefully selected for the
well drawn characters making up the
cast of this play. A chorus of pretty
singing and dancing young ladies, also
familiar only to New Workers. will tie
seen in this production for the first
time in the West. The scenic equip
ment is another feature of the piece
upon which great stress is laid. n IL
IS eve claimed that no other farce
comedy carries its entire investiture.
The Frawley company last night re-
peated The Dancing Girl" which
seems TO be the best play in their rep