The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-26

ID was originally tried i'm Boston A. NJ.
Palmer, for whom the emotional COM
edy a been written. utterly refused
TO have anything To do with it. Charles
Frohman, then "A theatrical booking
agent, saw dramatic possibilities i'm the
story that were perceived by neither
Mr. Howard nor Mr.. Palmer. Frohman
had no money. but he Interested peo-
pie who had money. and by their aid
produced Shenandoah" i'm "A style that
suited his fancy and that of the pub
lIc. although IL astonished he author.
IL he had possessed capital at the time
Charles Frohman might nave pur-
chased the piece outright for $40. 1000.
but, instead, he was obliged to play it
on royalties and the necessity of the
manager added $50. 600 to the authors
! bank account. Curiously enough. one
of the few plays that have come next
- Shenandoah in popularity paid it's
author merely a trifle. out of THE
County Fair Neil Burgess cleared
$5e0, 900, but for writing that successful
piece Charles Barnard received only
$500. Pursuing the analogy further, we
find that Bronson Howard has saved
all his royalties. while Charles Barnard
has lost his pitiful honorarium. Going
still deeper into the matter. we discoV-
er that Mr.. Burgess wasted'i I'm specula-
ton all the wealth earned by The
County Fair while Charles Frohman
used the prosperity of Shenandoah" To
establish himself securely i'm fortune.
In these days both pieces have passed
into oblivion with our audiences. but
after almost equally remunerative his
tories the one play has carried it's man
ager n author into wealth and fame,
while the other has borne its producer
ana writer into misfortune.
The rate of the actress who. on SAT
uruay committed suicide by aspbvxia-
ton. Is of a kind with many other
tragedies In which the lives of stage
people nave come to an end, says the
New York sun. She had acquired some
degree OF prominence in her profession
ana only "A few days before her DEAN
her readings We're described and freely
Illustrated in a daily No
body would have supposed mon thar
she was practically without a cent
ffer recent appearance i'm a music hall
were described. and her name. while n
was not known To the public al Iarpe
was familiar enough To persons Nbo
see programmes with greater ~eduen
cN nan the general public. But IL was
the nnal inability to raise enough mon
ey 10 pay her landlord that led her To
borrow 20 cents from a neighbor i'm or
der TO get out of the meter enough gas
10 end her life. The situation of many
women on the stage to-day is almost
as pathetic as that of this suicide. and
IN many cases they have had careers
that were really important. The loss
OF youth brings with il necessarily re-
strioted opportunities, aud from that
time the players income is likely To
grow precarious. and his condition il
rarely ameliorated by any savings from
more fortunate days. The tales of pov-
erty and distress that reach the an
thorities OF the actors charities are
scarcely credible. especially i'm view of
the fact that the recipients of aid are
frequently bearers Of wen known
names. Nor are these usually persons
who are unfortunate from any fault of
their own. Those who have lost their
positions i'm the profession through uis-
sipation soon drop out of view. II is
the most industrious and most worthy
women who frequently find
themselves facing middle age with no
greater assurance of a competency
than they had at the beginning. These /
theatrical exchange and actors relief
society in New York.
The revival of "Erminie" at the Cas-
has been a very imposing success. |
says the Ma and Express. Long lines
Of old timers" and fedglings that like
To- seem TO be more experienced than
they are attached most OF the time To
the box office. and il wou seem as
though Jakabowski's opera could run
for a good long while. This same
has only this one laurel OF
Erminie' attached To his brow. IN
is a Hungarian. understood. red
checked and ervou l met Jaksbow-
ski when he was in this country az
the time Francis Wilson reviVed Err
mimic" at the Broadway. lie was i'm
ported by Mr.. Wilson'S then manager.
Al Candy. who thought that the pres
Of the composer Of the famous
would be a very desirable card.
And IL Was. J~akaboWski was winel !