The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-25

a bushel on a Kansas farm. Born
at Caldteck. England. a quaint moor
land town I'm the mining region Of
Cumberlandshire. she came with her
parents To America when but ) years
old. Her father bought a farm i'm
Kansas and everything promised well
for the fortunes Of the family. But the
grasshoppers happened along the next
year, destroying crops and poorer by
many hundreds of dollars, the English
family pulled up stakes M move
east to Cincinnati. Here. during her
school days, Miss Marlowe attracted
the attention OF Miss Ada Dow. a com
petent actress of the stock company
time and "A most excellent stage direct
or. and the rest Is well known. Miss
Marlowe's name in Kansas Gays. IL
may be added, was Sarah Frances
Frost.
In Mr.. Pinero's comedy. "Trelawney
Of the Wells the hooped skirts are
as distensive as any hat ever were
worn. Gays Franklin Fyles. Some
small concessions are mad for Miss
Mannering as the heroine, but Miss
Spong and Miss Tyree are made mon
strous. not only by the c~rinoline. nut
az well by faithful reproductions Of
absurd hats and ~disfiguring coiffures.
Shouts of laughter greet the entrance
OF each OF these martyrs To Pinorn's
stage art. They are as ludicTous i'm
aspect as anything achieved by the
comedians of extravaganza and the
young spectator finds IL hard to he-
lieve that they are not gross exaggera-
tions. They are conducive to the mer-
riment of the first act. with its broad
strokes OF fun at the actors supper.
and beyond a doubt they are a success
fully bold expedient of oddly: but il
is an pen question whether they are
a desirable element in the later and
sometimes sentimental scenes"
MY Wife's Companion" an extreme
ly funny farce comedy in three acts,
produced by the sutton Stock GONNA
ny. will be given at the Union Family
theatcr the coming week. beginning un
Monday afternoon with a matinee.
The play deals with a malady. or hdb-
II, that IL creating v mong the
merchants and storekecpcrs of all
large cities. Kleptomania. or what rs
more commonly called shoplifting. FUR
nishes the theme for some very funny
and perplexing Incidents. Mrs. Blair.
the wife of a well to do general. is a
victim Of the terrible habit and unron-
s~ciously purloins the engagement ling
OF her daughter from the husband that
Is to be. The general and his daughter
discover the theft and in trying To hide
the nature of Mrs. Blair's malady ere
ate no end OF merriment from the
complications which arise. Seeing no
other way To break Mrs. Blair of her
obnoxious habit. the general accepts
the advice Of a young physician and
decides to hire a companion for his
wife, afflicted with the same complaint.
The theory was that when she saw
her own fault i'm another she would At
once realize what trouble she had
caused ny her taking ways. But when
the companion is engaged IL causes
still further trouble and a complete
catastrophe is averted by the explana-
ton Of DR.. Watley N the breaking
of the engagement between Violet and
Professor ANDREW Smalley. The -lay
Is full of specialties and closes with
an u~p-to-date medley. embracing the
entire cast. Russell Graham viii ap-
pear az Professor andrew Smalley. IN
which character he u aid tn have no
+ equal. Will ;. Rising. an operate COM
edian and a new acquisition To the
company. will handle General Blair in
his inimitable style. Miss Lulu sutton
IL happily cast as Violet and the re-
mainder Of the cast will be seen tn
advantage Between the acts Iva
wood. the homeless wonder. the Kuhn
Brothers trio and others will appear.
making one of the strongest attpsc-
tions which will appear at the Union
Family theater this season.
Willie Collier. who is devoting his
energies this season To making us syrn-
pathize. with abundant mirth. with
The Man From Mexico I'm his mar
ital and other troubles is on the list
of the public for promotion. MI. Col
lier has had an experience IN the stage
that has led him from the polite COM
edies produced by Augustin DAILY. hay
Ing been a member Of hat famous
company for seven years, beginning as
call boy. and crossing the ocean four
.imas with ito the halcyon and vocif-
crous p:gducts II American humor.