The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-17

off the stage as on it. Hence the whole
thing is declared off. and pretty Miss
Ethel can have another chance to pick
from the young a~vailables of Britain.
Although still in her teens, she has
already succeeded in ensnaring the
hearts of scores, and of these she has
singled out three for engagement pur-
poses. First came Richard Harding
Davis. Pretty Ethel paraded him in a
leash for almost two whole weeks.
Then she gave him his quietus. He
was thrown over. and his pride and
heart were so hurt by the blow that ne
has gone as a war correspondent, with
a view to either ending a blighted ex-
istence, or forgetting his woes amid
the alarms of war.
Next the young woman picked up
the heart of Lawrence Irving and
toyed with it during a ten days en-
gagement. h period was long
enough for papas Sir Henry Irving and
Maurice Barrymore to shower bless
ings upon the young couple. The wires
were still hot with messages of on
graduation when Miss Ethel decided
that the son of his father did not suit
her, and he also received the mitten.
l understand that. though he is max
ing an effort to appear gay, he private
ly admits that life has no charms for
him.
"Du Maurier. however. has had some
experience I'm the engagement line him
self. 1t will be remembered that ne
was previously affianced TO beautiful
Marguerite sylvia, who is now in New
York"
Sybil tombstone, an actress of many
sensational roles, is said TO be lying
| at the point of death in a Boston hos
.f4al EI. sr n.Vffarsnr 49,, -
Miss tombstone made a big sensation
eight years ago by appearing almost
nude at the Standard theater. New
York. as LA in THE Clemenceau
Case" The police interfered and or
dered the Management to have Miss
tombstone drape when she posed as the
model in the celebrated play. The af-
fair gave Miss tombstone a great deal
of notoriety, not alone on account of
the exhibition of herself almost nude,
but also on account of the manner IN
which she played the risque role.
Miss Johnstone's first hit was in
THE Henrietta" with Robson AMI
Crane at the old Union Square thea-er.
She then was almost unknown. bu;
scored a striking success that made a
place for her almost in a night.
Subsequently Miss tombstone starred
in "Clio," by Barley Campbell. and
later III fNuSH Wy Ldsl IAN Sil
was about TO replace Amelia Bingham
in Nature" when that spectacle failsl.
Since then she has lived in Boston with
her young son. Miss tombstone was
married during the run of THE Glenn
enceau Case to Stephen G~reenwald,
son of a wealthy Syracuse liquor deal
err. from whom she recently separated.
They had one child, a son. 10 whom
Miss tombstone has been devoted.
The success which has rewarded the
engagement of Lewis Morrison in San
Francisco this summer has been pie
nomenal, The engagement which
opened the latter part of May was
originally intended for tnrae weeks.
but on account of the enormous BUSH
ness ii has been extended indefinitely,
people being turned away nightly. FIR.
Morrison's regular season. under the
direction Of Jules hurry. opens the
middle of September.
The widely advertised opening of the
Bush Street theater. San Francisco.
early in August, with J. III. Haverly's
newly organized MINISTRIES won't come
off. The theater will undoubtedly
open. but IT will be with some other
attraction. When the negotiations
were first entered into there vas a
stipulations which placed upon Mr..
Leavitt certain obligations regarding
the transportation Of the company. and
this was subsequently, withdrawn.
Thereupon Mr.. Haverly Cancelled his
contract. and his new minstrel organ
ization Will open elsewhere and will
follow a new route. which he Is at
present booking. Haverly will travel
with his new show in person.
Way Down East" has just con
cluded a run of 100 nights at the Man
haitian theater in New York. and
Phoebe Davis scored i'm il one of the
greatest personal successes ever made
in the metropolis. The 125th and the
final performances were made souve-
mir occasions. and handsome memen-
toes of the events were distributed.
The friends of j.. r. Grismer and Miss
Davis VIII be pleased to learn OF the
new success achieved by the clever
actress.
"A Stranger In New York" is having
a prosperous run in London There is
nothing in the play. however. so fun
ny as the action OF the London play
censor. While deciding upon the pro-
priety OF the Stranger he cut out the
name wright limit" and IL had &C. be
changed TO Wright Gay" The cen-
sor evidently believed there was a
double meaning to Wright limit" so
the name had to come out.
a New York firm OF brokers and
bankers who failed in business and
VINO TOOK in Miss Crabtree, better
known as Lotta, for 500. 900, were in
dIcted by a grand jury on Lotta's