The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-16

band. repentant and pleading for for
giveness. Dick, with a little waif cou-
sin. TO whom he has shown chival-
rous tenderness throughout the play
returns to his fathers house, and the
play il over The play was written by
Bernard Shaw. who wlote arms and
the Man for Mr.. Mansfield.
Frank Daniels lis in more trouble
real. serious trouble, from osculating
indulgence. He kissed too many wom-
Ell, and is suffering from Indigestion
In his new comic opera, Tine Idol =
Eye" there are something less than
half a hundred stage beauties. The
iibretto compeis Mr. Daniels to kiss all
the girls several times. lie can't do
any imitation. Many peopie would
think he wouldn't care to shirk the real
thing. Possibly he doesn't Anyway
he can't. They have to be real kisses,
and loud enough To be heard in the last
row of the gallery Daniels kept tab
the other night He ran a score OF
f01. That means with seven perform
ances 749 kisses per week. or for the
season Of 80 weeks, 36.215 kisses. Dan
iels mentioned this to his doctor.
DO the girls have rouge on their
lips?" the doctor dueried.
Verify auoth Daniels, and very
sweet rouge, toe.
That's it," the man of physic cried.
You have by your kissing absorbed
into your digestive apparatus vast
quantities of rouge. NO wonder you
have Indigestion. You must stop IT.
Daniels shook his head.
Then you must ask the girls to
leave the rouge off their lips or you
will not finish the season.
The girls al first demufred Their
lips would look bad from the other side
Of the footlights. But the doctor sug-
gested that by putting more Nigof INTO
his kisses Daniels might go increase the
circulation of the girls lips as To make
up for the loss Of the rouge. And upon
experiment il was found to be even so.
When this story is read IN Butte Mr..
Daniels viii probably receive a number
of applications for places in his opera.
A condensed biography of Richard
Mansfield says he went on the stage
because he was poor, as he himself
has often said but his first venture
was not theatrical, He began in pro-
Nineial city as a picture painter For
a while he sold every production OF his
brush, but for some reason his market
suddenly contracted, and soon he had
a number of canvases on hand for
which there were no purchasers. Then
he went to London. There he failed
again as an artist ana secured some
sort of place in IA business house. He
couldn't make that go, and returned to
his easel. with no greater success than
before. He got so poor that ne actu-
ally took To singing songs III the street
for casual pennies, and rarely was able
to get square meal save when invited
to feed at the famous Savage club. of
which he was one of the original mem-
bers Sometimes he has said, II
dined on smells" At last he went to
see w S. Gilbert the composer, and
sang for him. That was just before
Pinafore was brought out. Gilbert
used his influence with D'0yly carte,
then manager for the famous partner
ship of Gilbert Il Sullivan, and Mans
field toured the British provinces III
"Pinafore' for three years singing The
part of Sir Joseph Porter, X. {. b. and
receiving the magnificent compensation
of SIS a week Then ne appeared in
London. and has never been hard up
since But his early experiences seem
to have permanently soured his tenn
per.
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