The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-19

one of your stories and write a play
around it..
(Which one?' he asked.
" I have read two numbers of "Pud-
dnhead Wilson," What's the matter
with that?' he replied.
All right said Twain. Go ahead.
I am going to dinner and I must hur-
ry or I Shall be late, but you can have
"Pudd 'nhead.'
How about the terms?' father ask
ed.
"'Oh. We'll settle that later. Come
down to the club any time between
IL and midnight and we will talk it
over
He moved away and turned to say,
You write the play, Frank; write any
thing you like. know it will be good.
Goodbye
Father wrote the play. The pub
lie has given it's verdict. What strong
er Endorsement could be asked for?'
William Riley Hatch. leading man of
the Woodward Stock company, which
tons theater tonight, has been with
some of the best theatrical organiza-
tions of the day. He was leading man
for the w. j. Florence company on
their last tour in THE Mighty Dol
lar also leading man in New York
with the late E. j. Henley; heavy man
with Augustin Daily in "Foresters" and
other plays.
He has also sung with success in
opera having been leading baritone
with Camille D'Arville two seasons
ago. Summer before last he was spe-
cially engaged with the Schiller Opera
company, taking the baritone roles in
"Cavalleria Rusticana. Il Pasliacci''
and other grand operas, Part of last
season he was leading man with the
Hopkins Stock company at Nashville.
Tenn. Mr.. Hatch recently closed with
the Castle Square Opera company, Chi
cago, in which he took the baritone
roles to accept the engagement with
the woodward company.
Nance O'Neil the young actress who
was seen as Leah and Nancy Sykes in
cheap theaters in this city some time
ago. says the New York Times. seems
to have made a great hit in San Fran
cisco, where she recently filled an en-
gagement at the California theater.
She was liked equally well in the
widely differing roles of Magda in Su-
derman's play and Lady. Teazle in
The, School for Scandal" AS Peg
Wellington in Masks and Faces"
however she seems to have failed.
Miss O'Neil is unquestfonably an act
ress of strong talent, capable of pow
erful emotional expression. Her train
ing, though, has not been of the best.
She seems to have lacked the oppor-
tunity to study the methods of COM
petent actresses who may safely be
accepted as models, such as, within
their various limitations, Nine. Bern
hardt, Nine. Modjeska and Mrs. Ken
dali are. Natural talent, unguided
and permitted to seek its own lawless
channels, frequently finds means to
destroy itself
The audience standing on the seats
and wildly cheering Is the rule rather
than the exception during the enact
ing of the great battle scene in "Shen-
andoah" at the end of the third act
1t is said on all sides that there has
never been produced upon the stage
anything approaching it in realism
First comes the retreat, for the Unior
forces were driven back in the early
stages of the battle of Cedar Creek
Then General Sheridan dashes acros:
the stage on his coal black charger
Retreat is turned into victory and the
= Union forces, turning, force the con
federates back until the day is won
In this scene there are more than 20
| people used upon the stage and NOR
| than so horses. No wonder the audi
ence wakes enthusiastic. "Shenan
doah" is under the direction of Jacol