The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-11

theater will be open the entire week.
AT the Margaret the week starts Mon
day n Tuesday with the Frawleys:
Thursday. Gay Coney island comes.
n the week will h finished with two
nights of excellent opera by the Dor
othy Morton Opera company. At the
Union Della Pringle and her
Will be the attraction for the entire
week. With these many attractions
TO choose from Anaconda play lovers
will have no complaint TO make con-
corning a dearth of amusements.
a Enemy TO the King" which win
be given by the Frowleys tomorrow
night, is a play which tells a story OF
the good old s~washbuckler days. when
swords leaped from their ~scabbards az
the bidding Of n lady's smile or a
frown. IL is very much on the same
order of a play as Anthony Hopes
well known Prisoner Of Zcnda," or
Stanley Weyman's Man in Black" IL
was written by a young American
newspaper man. II. y. stephens. At
the time he wrote Ii the Prisoner of
Zenda' was making "a terrific hit at
Daniel Frohman's LyCcum theater I'm
New York. Fraternal jealousy on the
part of Charles Frohman induced him
to produce a somewhat similar play
at his Empire theatcr. called Under
the Red Robe" that ran there al
winter. During its run Daniel Froh-
man produced AN Enemy TO the
King" and it at once. if possible. be-
came more popular thar any Of the
others. Mr.. Frawley secured the right
to produce it on the Pacific coast. and
viii give IL here with the same cast.
scenery and other accessories with
which he invested ii at the Baldwin
theater at san Francisco.
one Of the most gallant officers in
the army Of the United states Is
Brigadier General Charles King. now IL
n service Of his COUNTRY at Manila.
IL was while he was i'm command at
Camp Merritt, San Francisco, last
summer hat his extraordinarily inter-
esting military play, Fort FraYne,"
was produced at the Columbia thcater
In that city by the Frawley company.
General King personally supervised
the production. He attended all the re-
heaTsals and he drilled the ladies and
gentlemen of the company in the de-
tails Of army life at a military pOst.
and the actors VINO assumed the parts
Of soldiers were put through the tao
tics by General King until they De-
came so perfect that he advised and
asked some OF them to give up the
stage and become soldiers. None OF
them did, however. and they will all
be here with the company on Tuesday
evening.
Referring 10 this play the San Fran
cisco Call said: The play is p'ctur-
esque. full Of bright. pleasing scenes,
with sufficient Of the pathetic to give
a sharp contrast to the rich vein of
comedy and humor running through
IL. There are some tears, but IL is
mostly laughter Of the wholesome, well
deserved end that follows the catchy
lines and humorous situations. The
management Is to be congratulated
upon the success. artistic and other
wise, Of the production"
Following the Frawleys at the Mar
garet comes Cav Cuuey Island" This
piece was presented here last year by
Mathews and Bulger. and this Q II
h said to be m equally good hands.
The principal claim To fame for this
production Is its departure from the
ordinary Croove Theater goors prefer
the original i'm all things theatrical.
and have not apparently vet had
enough Of the humorous features. mu-
seal diversions and elaborate scenic
pictures provided by AT Gay Coney
Island"
Thirty vaudevillists-for such arc
the people who now constitute farce
comedy companies e~ntirely-will he
seen this season and the management
promises a list Of new songs. not one
Of which shall fail to Immediately APP
peal to the street whistler.
On the night following Gay Coney
Island" the Dorothy Morton Opera
company will open a two-nights' en-
gagement. The orera which will be
presented on Friday is "Girone-G'ro-
fla" and on Saturday evening that
hAnNUfEFat1 - ss-I. D.. c.. -. -
will be the bill. The organization
OF which Miss Morton Is the head
stands without an equal mons all Of
those at present presenting standard
operas in this country. Miss Dorothy
Morton is the American queen OF song.
whose illustrious tropical eye, match
less beauty n peerless. pure m
sweet soprano voice has caused her TO
outshine the brilliancy Of all other
light opera American prima donnas.
During the past two years her splen-
did chain Of triumphs on the New
York stage and her renewed and more
recent successes at the head OF The
present organization have given her a
prestige with the music loving public
that has probably never been enjoyed
to an equal degree by any other light
opera soprano. Miss Morton's dia
monds. which she will wear here, are
reputed to be worth $4,000. while her
elaborate Worth & Felix gowns have
been the admiration Of the sets in tho
East 20 a very marked degree. There
are more than 40 trained voices In the
support OF this brilliant operate star.
Tomorrow night Miss Della PrinFle
G at the Union Family theater.
The Hastings. Neb.. Daily Republican
says Of Miss Pringle and her compa-
ny:
The Della Pringle company is hav-
ing the most successful run OF any
company that has given a weeks en-
gagement at the Kerr for years. Every
sea was taken last night and the
rush for seats at 1870 this morning
clearly Indicated standing room would
be in evidence tonight. The company
fulfilled its pledge that II would spring
no old gags or give any repetitions. II
IL keeps its promises as well tonight
and IL IL believed Il Wilt will un-