The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18

means plump. Marie Burroughs is
thin. and thin also is Fife Shannon.
So long as she kept her figure, Georgia
Cayvan remained in high favor at the
Lyceum. but when she took on flesh
and showed il in THE Amazons." trou-
BILE awaited her. Virginia Harmed has
a well rounded form, bu she is mar
ried to Mr.. Sothern, and in order TO
enjoy him we must accept her If she
were double the weight. Richard
Mansfield always insists on thin lead
ing women. His various opposites,
tombstone Bennett, Emma Sheridan.
Beatrice Cameron and now Margaret
Anglin. are sylphs. q Rehan is our
only star actress who has the courage
to put on flesh, yet in this freedom
she is fortified by the example of Mrs.
Kendall. who weighs $50 and is not
ashamed of an ounce Of 1t.
1t is aid that Dorothy Morton. the
beautiful Ight opera soprano, who VIII
be at the Grand o-morrow night at
the head of the Dorothy Morton OPP
era company. could now be a countess
of one of the most prominent families
of Germany had she said the word.
II happened summer before last. when
Miss Morton was passing several
weeks at the picturesque summer re
sort on the Rhine 1t seems that the
editor Of n matrimonial paper had ad-
vertised Miss Morton as eligible, and
the manageable count saw her and
proposed.
Speaking of the surprising incident,
the famous singer says: ITO what On
extent marriage by advertisement has
become the fashion In Germany, even
i'm the highest and most aristocratie
circles. the suit tried against Count
Paul Hoensbroech recently in one OF
the Berlin courts showed conclusively.
The plaintiff was a Herr Won Pokorny.
a professional marriage broker. who
sued the count for his commission of
80 1000 marks. IL turned out that
Hoensbroech had finally married ole
Of the women to whom my same broker
had introduced him, who brought him
a dowry Of $50. 900 marks. and that.
inasmuch as a certain commission had
been stipulated beforehand. the amount
i'm question was now coming to the
broker. The court, however. decided
that such claims could not be collect
ed in civil suits. The incidental evil
dence was of great interest. 1t was
shown tina Pokerny had been instru-
mental in bringing Dol a large num-
Der of unions in the highest circles,
and hat the whole negotiation was,
in nine cases out OF 10. dependent on
the amount of the dowry.
Count Paul Hoensbroech. whom /
frequently met while / vas in Germa-
ny. the defendant in this case.
has a most interesting past. He be-
longs to one of the Oldest and wealth
lest noble families in the Rhine coun-
try. His cousin is a hereditary men,
Der OF the Prussian house of lords.
The count was educated as a Jesuit,
and for a numbe of years wrote cas-
uistic books in defense of the papal
temporal power. until. four years ago.
ne left the Jesuit order. then turned
Protestant. and to-day Is the chief
editor and proprietor of the main or
gan of the Protestant clergy in Prus-
sis."
Odel williams. the rotund gentleman
who plays the pious old New Hamp-
shire farmer in Way Down East
was born and brought up on a farm
near Wichita, Kan. His father was u
prosperous land owner in that viciu-
ity. and the major portion Of Mr.. VIII
Jams early life was confined to the
Kansas district. Senator" Frank Bell,
who impersonates the village consta-
be in the same rustic play, declares