The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-09
Green
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Gossip

an innovation. From a box once stand
point the innovation Is a success. but
from a moral and other points Of view
IL must be regretted that the manage
ment of Maguire's opera house has
found IL necessary. as a move Of self
protection. to inaugurate Sunday night
performances. There has been much
feeling in Butte on the subject on the
part Of good citizens. but many pro-
tests against Sunday night theatrical
performances have been met only with
an increase in the obnoxious custom.
Butte is not so large, and its theater-
going population Is not SO great that II
cannot be sufficiently accommodated by
weekday performances. There Is there
fore no demand and no reason for the
Sunday night shows. They are espe-
cially Objectionable because of the fact
that the theaters are in the immediate
vicinity of many churches. and with
the frequent brass bands playing on
the street. together with the natural
objection to Sunday theaters. they be-
come particularly disagreeable and Of
fensive to church-goers.
The result must be more stringent
laws against such violations of the
Sabbath day, and the coming legisla-
ture will certainly be asked to make a
law that will effectively do away with
them.
William Callers company i'm Sutton
Vane's play The Span of Life" Will
begin an engagement of four nights at
Maguire'ss opera house tonight. The
Span of Life" Is a play rich i'm sensa-
tional effects; picturesque in incidents
and vivid in characterization. One
scene at the end of the second act
would almost suffice to make the play
and carry IL along the stream of pros
perity. Ii Is the lighthouse on the Cof-
fin rocks; the hero. Richard Blunt. who
has charge of IL. has exhausted all his
supply of oil and his subordinate who
has gone ashore to get more is drugged
by the villain: the latter. Dunston
Leech. brings of a barrel of water in
its place. and when the hero discovers
the fraud. Leech shoots him. Thu in
terror view dies out az Blunt is thrown
into the cellar and the curtain rises
again on the foggy sea. with the light
house in the center. Inside Leech is
seen ~carousing merrily and gloating
over the approaching wreck Of his own
steamer which Is due that night. and
which he has heavily over-insured.
Suddenly Blunt appears, wounded and
weak, but sensible of the impending
danger. He sees the steamers lights in
the distance and hears the low sound
Oh the log Dell ABOUT a mile away. He
climbs the outer stairs to ring the fog
bells. while the shape and lights of the
vessesl slowly grow out of the sea at
the back. Nearer and nearer they
come. the lights growing brighter and
the hull bigger. as the huge vessel
closes on the lighthouse. Then Blunt,
lying on a projecting beam. begins to
ring the fog bell. The half-drunken
villain. disturbed i'm his revelry. stag
gers nuf The Gtaanar Innpna nm laraar
and just as il is about to be dashed on
the rocks help arrives from the shore
N the Beacon light of the Coffin
rocks" breaks forth and the din of the
bell becomes louder. Their as almost
the curtain begins TO descend and as
you see the last of IL. IT is backing
away from the lighthouse. 1t is a
thrilling scene. marvelously staged. and
such a startling. realistic picture that il
carries people away from the dull de-
tails of everyday life and stirs them To
spontaneous cheering.
An actress. who declined to have her
name mentioned, but who said that she
was formerly a member of Miss Rus
sells company. said that she received
a letter from Miss Russell last week in
which Lillian positively declared that
she would not oppose Perugini's suit.
Lillian wrote: Il am well out of a silly
marriage II he gets his divorce. and I
nope he will. So far as he is concerned
! haven't the slightest particle of re-
gard or respect for him. He Is only a
baby. without the ideas or feelings of
a man. Poor dear. his friends ought to
hire a nurse for him or make a Saliva
ton army hallelujah captain out of
him"
Frank worthing. for two seasons
with the Frawley company. Is with the
company that supports Annie Russell
I'm Catherine" The company includes,
besides Mr.. Worthing, Joseph Holland.
Joseph Wheelock. jr., j. q. Saville. Mr..
and Mrs. William J. Lemoyne. Ethel
barrymore. Elsie DeWolfe and May
Buckley.
South Before the War could be
made a good and entertaining show.
but hat would require the thing to be
entirely rewritten and a new company
TO play IL. The negro who can act and
who does not give the audience that
awfully going" feeling is rare indeed.
Julia Arthur will play Camille"
which recalls the days not long q
when l:tle Julia Lewis. as she was
then known. played the same role In
Daniel Landmarks company through
the one-night stands of the South and
West.
"Finnigan's Ball" has beer greatly
improved since Its visit to Butte sever
al years ago. N Murray a Mack have
also improved as comedians. For that
reason the Union theater was crowded
the past week.
The pictures Of the Passion Play"
make up by far the best feature of the
South BEFORE the War company. but
TO precede an entertainment like that
which follows he sacred representa-
lions Is sacrilege indeed.
:. u. Rickaby, the well-known man
ager. Is managing Harry Corson Clark's
tour this season and Is figuring on taxi
ing the comedian to Manila.
Willie Faversham has hit pom a new
advertising dodge-or rather has put