The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-03

close. but some OF the best attractions
are yet to appear. The famous Prim-
lose * West MINISTRIES will head this
weeks list. opening tomorrow night.
They win give but two evening per-
formances in this city, with a matinee
on Tuesday. The management OF min
strel companies has of late years be-
come a matter OF great difficulty, owing
TO the fact that SO much has been done
nat there practically remains little of
novelty that can be introduced into this
kind of entertainment. Then. too. min
strelsy has grown so in magnitude and
the expense of e%Guipping and main
tanning a minstrel Is such
that non but those possessing capital
and extraordinary can en-
gage in this branch of amusement en-
terprise.
Primrose & West. however. have. as
Ii were. grown up in minstrel manage
ment, and have always not only been
up to the times. but just a little ahead
of them. In other words, they have
been the leaders whom others copy,
but so far ahead that they now prac-
tically control the field. Ii Is promised
that when they make their annual APP
pearance here IL will be with "a company
second to o that they have ever ex-
plotted, both as to comedians and sing
ers, and also as to novelties in the way
of clever specialties. of course that
versatile comedian and universal favor
lite. George II. Primrose. will endeavor
TO amuse the audience in his usual tax
ing way with new songs and parodies
and an entirely new speciality. OF the
others. the long list is headed by
George Wilson. a comedian of renown.
whose single turn ley fails to eff
feet the risibilities of the audience. 1t
is said that contrary tn all tradition
Mr.. Wilson will have an entirely new
stock of Jokes with which to amuse
the waiting public. while Ernest Tenny
will he found to be little behind in orig
inallty. +. NJ. Hall. the famous ban
joist, comes as a welcome member of
the company, while Manuel Roman,
the sweet singer. will contribute a num-
Der of new and taking melodies, some
of them from his own pen. Mr.. Roman,
I'm addition to his ability as a tenor
singer. is chiefly an object OF fame
from the fact that he is an author.
Another feature of the long programme
is the act OF the Quaker City Quartette,
an organization OF really talented lyric
artists. who will be seen and heard to
advantage in the musical speciality
called Musical Blacksmiths." i'm which
they will sing a number of new songs
n play on different instruments while
mad up to represent those horny
IA, eoAo vi Will Aht ihal
Seymours, a pair of nimble a~crobats.
will be seen i'm a novel conceit: Water
bury Bros. and Tenny, a clever musical
team, contribute harmonies in an en-
tirely new manner, while the Ben Now
att Trio will juggle Indian clubs with
utter disregard for the laws of equil-
brium Others whose names will APP
pear upo the programme are c. @.
Weber. Harry Ernest. Ii. :. Carnes. Ned
Hanson, Tom Parker. Theodore Metz,
William Yaeger. Carl Carlton. Eugene
Dupuis. Edgar Wilson, Loui Bishop.
George Prescott. Ernest Sinclair. w. IL.
Thompson, William Fitzpatrick, l.. ID.
Royce and George Robinson.
For Wednesday and Thursday nights
and a Thursday matinee Manager Ma
guire has TO present the great Tim
Murphy. better known as the man who
made "A Texas Steer" famous by his
clever and original creation of the Tex
as cattle king. Maverick Brander. a
character considered almost as cele-
brated as Joe Jefferson's Rip Van Win
kle. Mr.. Murphy Is supported by a
company of high class performers,
which include the Southern beauty,
Dorothy Sherrod. considered one of the
handsomest leading aides before the
public to-day. An extraordinary artis-
tic double bill will be presented at each
performance, which comprises two of
the seasons dramatic triumphs, the hui
morously pathetic comedy 'Old Inno-
cence' and the character novelty Sir
Henry Hypnotized." "Old Innocence"
Is an American version of that emf
nently successful French comedy, Les
Petits Oiseaux.' and contains "A story |
that appeals to the better feelings of
everybody who sees il for the first time.
Its wit and irresistible humor grow |
out OF situations which are artistically
conceived to represent effective con-
trasts. as the leading role of 'Old limo
cence." portrayed by Mr.. Murphy, is
that of an indulgent. kind hearted ia
ther who has married "A young woman
for his second wife,. and whose purse |
always responds TO the cry of one. I'm
his sole aim in life is to loan mon
ey and borrow rouble. odd Inno- |
cence' has a fiint-hearted brother, a
character directly opposite to his: "A
man who has grown rich at the ex-
pense of others sufferings, and who in |
fuses his many ideas of mankind into |
the simple, unsophisticated life of "Old |
Innocence" The developments are
claimed TO be most amusing. and al
though pathos is the feature of the
performance. still the predominating
meritorous points is its comedy element
and described in the words Of his rep
resentative, is one continuous round of
laughter and applause. The dramatic
oddly. Sir Henry Hypnotized." which
is presented in conjunction with "Old
Innocence" at each performance, is an
idea most original. as il introduces Mr..
Murphy in almost every known stamp
of art, a series of impersona-
lions ranging from deep tragedy TO low
comedy. The representations for the
engagement viii include Henry Irving ]
as Matthias in the dream incident OF
THE Bells" Joe jefferson as Bob
Acres in The Rivals" John T. Ray
mond as Colonel Mulberry Sellers in
The Gilded Age" Lawrence Barrett as
in Julius Caesar" Sol Smith
as Noah Vale in The Poor
Relation" Stuart Robson as BERTHE. the
lamb. in THE Henrietta"
Marie Wainwright i'm Shall We For
give Herr" will appear at the Mcguire
for four nights beginning next Sunday.
Shall We Forgive Herr" is an English