The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-30

I company reached Philadelphia the
break came.
The story has been told In many diff
ferent ways. The version that found
most credence. however. was to the ef-
feet that Perugini was insanely jealous
OF her.
One night he went to her apartments
i'm the hotel where they were stopping
and found a merry party. There was a
poker game in progress and n dozen
wine bottles were scattered about. Mirth
reigned. and when Perugini entered his
wife invited him to drink and he socia-
BILE.
1t is reported that Instead of doing
this he became angry and said horrible
things to her. and even slapped her. He
also invited those present to get out.
and there was all sorts OF trouble.
No prima donna could stand that sort
OF thing. and they separated. although
they continued to sing in the same COM
pany.
They made love on the stage every
night n would not notice each other
OF IL. The public knew the circumstan-
ces. and, shocking as IL may seem. their
love scenes often brought derisive
laughter instead OF applause.
Since then the two have lived apart.
Mr.. Chatterton became a esident OF
New Jersey and just before Miss Rus
sells recent departure for Europe ~
announced his intention of obtaining "A
divorce. Evidently the prima donna was
willing that he should. for she put In no
defense and let the matter go by de-
fault.
People who look gloomily at the stage
may at least cheer up a little at what il
I'm sight this week. or II star actors
just now with us not one Is presenting
an immoral play. and nearly all are de-
voting their talents 10 the higher
grades OF dramatic art. says the New
York Sun. A summary Of what these
performers are doing should be sufii-
cient to refute the foolish libel that the
theater as an institution Is degenerate.
Joseph Jefferson IL at the Fifth Avenue
with The Rivals" william H.. Crane at
h Montauk with "A Virginia Court
ship" Richard Mansfield at the Gar
den with "Cyrano de Bergerac." John
Drew at h Empire with The Liars"
Viola Allen at the Kn~fckerbocker with
The Christian" Edward IL. Sothern
at the Lyceum with THE Adventure Of
Lady Ursula" James X. Hackett at the
Columbia with The Tree of Knowi-
edge" Alice Nielsen at Wallack's with
The Fortune Teller" Francis Wilson at
the Broadway with THE Little Corpo-
raj" Sam Bernard At the Bijou With
The Marquis of Michigan and J. IA.
Stoddart at Keith's with The Long
Strike" The travelling companies with
out stars do not always come to us with
wholesome pieces. but no complaint on
that score can be made this week. THE
Sign Of the Cross" which has returned
to the Fourteenth Street. has all along
thrived OF the respectful attention Of
religious people. Way Down East" at
the Harlem opera house is a rural de-
piction OF the cleanly sort. The min
seRAICV nf tho NNAAf annnnnnky nj the
Grand opera house Is devoid OF coarse
ness and i~mmodesty. The farcical High
Born Lady" at the Star and the melo-
dramatic Secret Enemy" while rough
ly demonstrative. are not offenses
against decency. The three stock COM
panies now here are all in u~nassailably
decorous employment with their re-
presented by Mordaunt a Blocks play
ers at the Columbus. Mr.. Barnes OF
New York by Donnefiy's at the Muir
ray Hill. and Aida" by the Castle
Squarers at the American. Nothing can
be urged by the moralists against
Sporting Life" at the Academy of Mu-
sic. unless IL be held that IN i'll
lustration of turf Affairs Is wrong. The
fun of "A Brace OF Partridges" at the
Madison Square is unexceptional. The
Liliputians are innocent as babies with
their gambols i'm THE Golden Horse
shoe at the Irving Place. "A Runa-
a Girl Is innocuous at Daly's The
Casino has a spell OF reform by means
of the Italian Opera company. The Gar
rick Is not quite s~candalous with "A
Day and a Night" and the Herald
Square Is not glaringly wicked with
Hotel Topsy Turvy." SO the single
outright and outrageously foul play at
a legitimate theater is The Turtle" at
the Manhattan.
IL is a rather curious thing how Ros-
tand in his play OF "Cyrano de Ber-
gerac." has made other celebrities
dance nnnn hi. hnrn In rnIas