The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-17
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to the occasion and got his
East all right. As far back as the time
when Howe managed Dan Sully. Il
seems that he was tricky. although at
that time he was thought to be a strict
ly honorable man. This last escapade
will probably end his career as a mana
ger, as he will hardly be able to get
another company together, even IL he
dares to show himself on the Rialto.
Now. they're telling where Cora Tan
ner started. and the best authe ltica:ed
tradition-ancient history expe.s net
being called in-ie to the effect that she
plunged into the theatrical sea nt Me
Vicker's theater. Chicago. in re STOCK
days. when the members of the Cnm-
pany not alone app ired In "a rrleltCire
of plays. but supported great s.ars.
One of the plays presented In thass- daNs
was entitled THE Jewess." and a GER
tain scene called for n huge caliron in
the center of the stage. The mob was
instructed that at a certain cue froil
one Of the characters its members s:Cre
To rush on and seize the Jewess au I ct
tempt to plunge her into the aid on.
while a rescuing mol were - follow
ON and release her. One of the most
excited players In the cast on this par
ticular night was Miss Tanner. and her
recollections of a blunder upon the part
OF a super and her %recounting OF the
- n tfoSt diluSiuk. Tluukt v U.
roared the mob. and as the scene prog
resseu a stalwart super" i'm an over
spirit of ambition, seized the Jewess
and into the caldron she went. The
audience roared and the stage manager
w%rathfully ordered the curtain rung
down.
Probably one of the most successful
women managers in the theatrical bust
ness Is Bessie Taylor and her career as
boss Of the box ONCE as well as back
OF the scenes shows wha a woman of
pluck and ability may do. She had a
play called The Ensign and wasn't
making any money. She called her
manager ION the carpet" and demanded
OF him facts as to the situation and the
prospects. He said both were bad. She
closed the conference by telling him
that. as II was necessary to cut down
expenses, she would begin by dlspens-
ing with his services. He laughed at
her. and when he went away she cat
down and cried, but she persisted in
kim control. Calling the company
together she read them the riot act"
and closed by ordering a rehearsal, Just
to prove who was In authority. She
Cancelled the route through Improbable
territory. booked another at more prong
Using places. worked hard night aLd day
arranging matters. besides acting the
leading female role. won the gratitude
and admiration of her company eld
made money for herself. And there are
others in the business just like her.
The news that Paul Dunbar. .smes
Whitcomb Riley and Will cook of
Washington are writing a ne gro comic
opera ~ interesting. Properly produced,
this opera. IL IL proves to be worth it's
salt at all, ought to make a success.
Young Mr.. Dunbar. in speaking of this
r.assAn oafI. sI want IN hn Nn Tho .AnRTa
played entirely by colored Singers.
Whether. under those circumstances, 1t
would be taken seriously or .lou ! do1t
know, but then. you know. II /; just as
well for the authors when a comic oI.e'a
IN not taken too seriously. However.
our opera tells a legitimate story and
its songs are taken from those sung by
the Southern people. and have nothing
In common with the fake negro songs
which one hears so much of In the
music halls just low. The heroine is
the daughter of a waiter who has be-
come so rich from the tips which he
has received at a winter hotel In st.
| Augustine that he determines to go
North and introduce his daughter To
coIored society in New York. The first
act takes place I'm the courtyard of the
hotel, and will make a very pretty spec
tacle. The other act is laid IN Thomp-
son street. where the heroine meets an
/ African kinR, VINO IL tfdNtiins lhcoSii'o.
Now that the public has grown tired OF
Chinese and japanese operas. ! really
think that the negro opera ought TO
have It's day."
The ups and downs OF stage fortune
were illustrated the other day by a
aragraph I'm the which
said that a judgment for s43 had been
secured against Anna O'keefe. says
the New York Press. Here Is a hand-
some woman. who. within a ompara
lively brief experience OF the theater,
has known most all its joys and sor-
rows. Miss O'Keefe went on the Ca
sino stage as a chorus girl at slo "a week
during the run OF "Erminie." Being
| ambitious as well as comely. she at
tracted the attention OF Francis Will
son, who secured "A small speaking part
for her. She won the approval OF LII
liam Russell. who further advanced her
interests. Thus p-rosperously started.
| Miss O'Keefe invested her salary In
| Wall street, where the brokers decid-
ed calamity that she was a duck In
| stead of a lamb. and by this courtesy
she made money. An opportunity for
investment arose in Wang" then. du-
| biously put forth. Anna O'keefe bought
a third share i'm that fortunate piece
and cleared $50. 900 in the venture. Be
ing thus independently rich. she ought
to have retired into matrimony. but she
longed for more worlds tn
conquer. and on an evil day undertook
To be the angel OF Lost. Strayed or
Stolen" which in her case proved a
significant explanation of the disap-
pearance of her fortune.
The real reason every actor or actress
wants to get in the center of the stage
is because every other emb of the
profession is ighting for the same
place. The origin of this traditional
stage fight, according To rande Ma
thews, in a recent article in Scribner's,
is found I'm the old practice of only
adequately lighting the middle of the
stage. In the early days of this GEN.
fury. before the Introduction OF gas. the
footlights consisted of half a dozen or
more oil lamps. n the point where
their rays converged was very properly
known as the focus" Here all i'm
portant passages OF the piece had to be
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