The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-26

journing here during the past month
and have had a taste OF a real winter
in New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. L. Bonner and daugh-
ter are at the Waldorf-Astoria, which
is their winter home. They enjoy life
in New York, yet from the numerous
little arguments over the merits of the
East and West which are heard at the
great hosiery when Mr.. Bonner en-
counters his jocular eastern friends. 1t
is evident that he will permit no one
to tread on the tail of Montana's coat.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. X. Clark have been
here for a month and will sail for Eu-
rope on Wednesday, the 22d inst. They
have enjoyed a brief season of enter
tainment and will leave for the old
world in good health and the best of
spirits.
Alex Tarbett, whose interest in the
Center Star mine made him rich, is
stopping, with Mrs. Tarbett, at the
Fifth Avenue and puts in a portion of
each day in the vicinity of the stock ex
change. He has become a we'll known
Spectator and it is rumored that he
has added a handsome sum to his for
tune by wise investment and timely
! sales.
Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Murray were
at the Waldorf Astoria several weeks
and. l am informed, have returned to
Butte. Mr.. Murray has numerous ac
quaintances here. who make life pleas
ant for him during his visits.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fayette Harrington are
at the Waldorf Astoria and were Joined
there last evening by their son Glenn,
who is attending Cornell
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Wilson. who have
in all probability reached home by this
time, were guests at the Waldorf-As
toria and met many friends from the
West and from the East.
Captain Ahern of the regular army,
who for years was stationed in Mon
tana, has been here all winter DOCTOR
ing lame leg, which he brought back
from Cuba. He informed me last eve
ming that his regiment was about to be
ordered to the Philippines and. not-
withstanding his physical weakness.
expressed pleasure at the prospect of
getting taste of the campaign in the
orient.
Howard Babcock of Helena, Mr..
Churchill of the Hennessy company and
numerous others have been combining
business with pleasure in the big town.
Maurice Connell is employed as clerk
in McCreerys store on Twenty-third
street.
Mr. Benham, formerly in the Parrot
companyfs employ, is here and it is
whispered that he has added somewhat
Tarbett tips on stocks.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Haldorn have
been here for month and it is said
that Mr.. Haldorn has become some
what of a plunger on stocks, having
won on several occasions.
In short, it has been good Montana
| winter about the hotels and the west
erners have numerous meetings for So
cial reunion and entertaining remini-
| scence.
| Blanche Bates, the California actress
of whom 1 spoke last week, and who is
| well known to Butte and Anaconda
| theater- goers, has laid the foundation
| for a success in New York The devel-
| opments of the past few days prove
| that she did well in resigning from the
| Augustin Daily company. The public is
| with her. She made a great hit, and
| that, too, in competition with Ada
Rehan, and you may rest assured that
| she will receive a tremendous ovation
| on the night of her first appearance at
| the Broadway in 1.-The Musketeers. -
The people of New York are not pre-
JUDGED against western talent The
| fear that such prejudice existed and
would initiate against Miss Bates has
been dispelled. The sentiment is all in
| her favor. 1T is true that jealousy ex-
lists in New York, as it exists else
where, and works ruin to many who
| come from other fields. The Westerner
who comes here may find those who &C.
| cupy high position with mediocre abil-
| ity treacherously hostile, but the peo-
pie are quick to appreciate and ap-
plaud. Get to the people and you re-
ceive fair judgment and justice. That
| Miss Bates has done, and l predict for
| her a brilliant career in New York.
! While all the Westerners here are
championing her cause, they are not
needed. The people of New York city
| know genius when they see it and Miss
Bates has proved to their satisfaction
that she has been blessed by the gods
with the ineXtinguishable spark. She
! has already won great triumph.
The copper boom has attracted the
attention of the world and Montana is
| discussed more than ever. The result
will be the investment of large sums in
| the mineral resources of the state and
| a period of unprecedented development.
The copper producing regions have en-
| tered upon an era of record breaking
prosperity JOHN NJ. QUINN.
|