The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-27

house inSures a continuance of one o
the most successful seasons in the his
tory of the house. 1T is safe to say tina
no playhouse west of Chicago has beer
- uniformly successful In its financia
results as Maguires has this season, the
result Of good management The com
panies visiting here have. as a general
rule. been well placed. There has beer
at no particular time q preponderance
of special line of plays, but judicious
variety governed everything, comedy
and comic opera, which are now the
most palatable to public taste, having
somewhat of a preference. Next Tues
day evening a great aggregation of
comedy and musical talent will appear
here, introduced by one of the latest
Eastern successes. Miss Philadelphia .
Miss Philadelphia" first saw light in
the Quaker City, was instantly embraced
by the public and has grown TO a
healthy and robust growth. and now
commands admirers by the thousands
throughout the land. There are a num-
Der of exceptionally clever and we'll
known people with Miss Philadelphia"
whose reputation is not OF Yesterday
In Cawthorn. the very popular come
dian. special favorte with Butte
theatergoers. is the leading funny man.
places is told in the following from the
ST. Paul Dispatch:
:. Miss Philadelphia is the most en-
Joyable musical-farce-comed
~ attraction that has been given at the
Metropolitan opera house this season. 1t
is clean, bright and amusing throughout.
The conceit of William Penn returning
TO the Philadelphia of to-day furnishes
an original motive for a musical satire
After the hackneyed themes that have
done duty for so many years this one is
refreshing. William Penn, jr., an up
1o-date young man, has a dream in
which occur the incidents of the story
and in which he shows his illustrious
ancestor the town. If William Penn, jr.,
is a type. then the Quaker City is not so
slow as tradition would have it.
The music in Miss Philadelphia is
pleasant, the young women are good
looking, the costumes pretty, the seem
cry good, the dialogue sparkling. Above
all. everybody who has anything to do
is perfectly competent to do ii with that
ease which is the polish of ability. There
are number of local illusions in the
piece which no doubt set Philadelphia
in roar
Joe Cawthorn as William Penn. ir.. is
first in the piece and first in the hearts
or his auditors, for there is no use DENY
ing that he gets right next to the spring
OF genfality. His smile is worth going
miles 10 see. In fact, Mr.. Cawthorn is
such a very clever man that one won
ders where he has been hiding his light
As an all-around entertainer he is sec
ond to none. He simply bubbles over
with Jollity-and jollity of the true sort.
genuine. breezy and likable. 1t is ali |
done without the aid of anything gro !
.esque In costume or manner. He is the |
FUNNIEST monologist and the most grace |
tul male dancer that has ever appeared |
on a local stage. Besides all this he |
SHOWS the capacities Of the concertina |
m pleasing speciality
William II. West gives a well con- |
sioered portrayal of old William Penn |
WITH considerable resemblance in person |
to the traditional lkenesses. His song |
These Words May Have Meaning for |
Thee was one of the best of the even |
ing. Elvia roN-Seabroo5e as Ruth |
SpT1nggarden was personally very at |
lractive as well as otherwise. Lilly COL |
lns, dainty little danseuse. appeared |
p dancing specially that was
he maiden aunt was ali that
he part required. The bootblack
luartette. Conley, Robinson, Dorcev and
suffer awakened tremendous enthusj
Ism and they We're recalled several
mes. There were plenty of other pleas
ng numbers
AT the exit of Miss PHILADELPHIA =
James j. Corbett will take possession
u the boards at Maguires opening
sunday evening, March 6. Corbett's
is for four nights and
Wednesday matinee. He will appear
n his play, The Naval Cadet The
company is very strong in
aient and in numbers. The engages
nent OF the eX-champion promises To
'e one OF the biggest events of the sea-
on.
As the last load of Corbett's baggage
caves the theater the first consign-
nent OF Nellie McHenfys BELONGINGS |
viii be received. There is no one in the
profession who is more endeared to the
'eopie OF Butte than Nellie McHenry. |
IS not necessary In give any detail
I her liberality and charity when |
suite was CARRIED in mourning for the |
rave fellows whose lives were given |
s holocaust to duty In that never-to-
'e-forgotten explosion of the powder |
tored in the warehouses three years
go. Through respect for the be- A.,
eayed families the opera house was
icsed by Manager Mcguire until after ]
ne funeral or the victims, Miss Nc
ienfy and her company having mean
fhlle TO lie Idle at considerable expense S
o her. This, however, she did not
mind, and when the house was re-on
ned her first thought was of the poor
'eople bereft of their natural support I
RS. and with Manager Maguir.'s co-op-
fauon gave benefit. netting a very
handsome sum toward the fund then I
'eing raised by the citizens. Nellie {
independent of her great
alent, will always be a welcome visitor {
0 Butte. |
Frederick Warde. the famous TRACE g
IAN. viii appear here on March H.
lie IS this season making grand seem {
production of Sheridan Knowles,
reat play. "Virginius." He has sur c
ounded himself with a picked COM
any OF players. each one specially Sc \
,cted for his particular role. 1t is {
afdly necessary to say that Mr..
Varde will meet with his usual sue I
sss here. i
Following Frederick Warde. Hoyt's s
test farcical success. "A Stranger in g
eW York, viii come with all of its
riginal cast and scenery exactly as il
as produced at Hoyts theater for the | h
asst two seasons. Not n single change 5
the metropolitan array of talent il n
iade. and in this the patrons Of Ma S
uire's will see one of the very best 9
erformances OF that class of plaxs | =