The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-10
NOW WHICH IT'S, ANYWAY
If Little Egypt Is. in Butte, Who's the
Girl in New York.-It Is
Grave Question.

A grave and serious question is agi-
tating the minds of some young and
some old men in Butte. They are Won
dering ii they have been taken in, de-
ceived, worked or buncoed by a little
woman who was introduced to them as
Little Egypt, the Seeley dinner dancer.
She came to Butte two weeks ago, her
arrival being announced In flaming let
tiers of red. and for week she enter
tanned new acquaintance and friends
with detailed and stirring accounts of
that Seeley dinner affair. No one
doubted her: no one had reason to doubt
her and the young men and the old
men bought wine for her. 1t was only
yesterday that a serious doubt was
raised by the receipt of a telegram in
Butte from James J. Armstrong of New
York, a theatrical agent and the repre-
sentative, he claims, of Little Egypt.
He wanted to arrange for a date for her
appearance in Butte, beginning next
Monday. The telegram stated that she
was in New York and would come to
Butte for 1925 week and railroad fare
coming and returning. The question
that bothers is IF the New York girl
is Little Egypt, who the dickens is the
little woman who has been drinking
wine in Butte?" If the boys have been
buying wine under false pretenses they
have a kick coming. and if the New
York agent is parading fraud the 1T
tie woman in Butte has good cause
of action for damages against him.
Which tbs, anyway?
Sanford Dodge, d new star and ira
gedan, will be at the Mcguire Tuesday
and Wednesday nights, opening in "Da-
mon and Pythas." In Mr.. Dodges conf
pany is William Lloyd, who played lead
ing parts with Thomas keene, George
Milne and starred for several years un-
der the direction of Justice Rathbone,
founder of the order of the knights of
Pythias. Miss Emma Muncy, an emo
tional actress of considerable reputation
will play the leading feminine roles, and
leila Zee SWeitzer, well-known
ingenue, is also in the company.
1t is claimed that nearly two years
was spent in perfecting the ferry boat
scene in Under the Dome" which
comes to Maguire's Thursday night 1t
is alleged to be a very intricate me-
chanical effect, and makes necessary a
separate, portable rigging loft, which is
carried by the company. To protect the
different mechanisms of this scene Mr..
Carter has made application for no less
than % patents. He has succeeded in
making a perfect stage counterfeit of a.
ferry boat trip. Before the boat leaves
the Jersey dock thousands of twinkling
lights on the New York shore are seen.
The signal given. the massive boat
g1ides slowly out of the slip. As she
pushes out in the stream the lights of
the opposite shore become larger and
brighter and presently the outlines of
the buildings are seen. Further realism
is added by the familiar footing of a
wide variety of vessels, the steam ex-
haust of the ferry boat. the creaking of
its timbers, signal bells and the throb-
bing of the engines. At last the arrival
in the New York slip shuts out the view,
the chains are made fast, the iron gates
are thrown back, and the passengers
leave the boat.
The Cuban benefit performance to be
given at the Mcguire tonight will give
the general thedtergoing public of
Butte the first opportunity to see Albini,
the magician. Those who have seen
some of his clever work do not hesitat e
in declaring that he is foremost in his
line of business, and away beyond such
men as the younger Hermann, who was
in Butte recently. Albini will be assist
ed by IA number of speciality artists in
giving a varied and extended entertain
ment.