The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-02
The Bandmanns in the Benefit to
John Mcguire.
IT ISAGREATC COMPLIMENT
A New Delight in Store for the People
of Butte-Hoyt's Latest and Best,
"A Contented woman"-At
the Casino.

tnlnk III participation VI at tNiNhs
given Mr.. Mcguire. There are a great
number in this city who have never
seen Mr.. Bandmann on the stage. A
new delight Is in store for such persons
who will take advantage of seeing him
tonight. while those who have de-
rived pleasure from him in the past
will be delighted all the more. \ truly
great actor is Daniel f. Bandmann
His Shylock is the best that has been
presented on the stage since his first
coming to America.
In past years the name of Bandmann
was enough to c~onjure the public with
i'm filling the leading theaters in the
principal cities of this country. He vas
| billed as the German tragedian, Herr
| Daniel +. Bandmann. The very style
of announcement and the name provok-
ed curiosity. n when curiosity Is once
aroused, there Is no more potent ad-
vertiser than that which exercises the
bump of inquisitivenese. Bandmann,
like Caesar, came. saw and conquered.
A pronounced individuality In private
life, and intellectual embodiment and
force. both as a public character and
a private citizen, IA man OF many
parts,' whose personality predomin-
ates in all he NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. for
chile, virfle-he has those attributes,
which, at the command of genius, make
him a striking figure among the stage
worlds celebrities.
Mr.. Bandmann comes with his honors
thick upon him." One of the few really
great actors who shed a lustrous nalo
like the gorgeous effulgence OF a set
ting sun pom a barren waste. and give
warmth, and delight, and atmosphere
to a vanishing art. 1t is, therefore,,
with a great degree of satisfaction that
John Mcguire has succeeded In
having his old-time friend TO emerge
from his retirement in Miseoula to ap-
pear in two of his greatest characters,
Hamlet and Macbeth. this evening. as
sisted by his talented wife, appearing
i'm scenes from Hamlet and Mae
beth" Tomorrow night the disting-
uished actor will appear in his greatest
role. Shylock, in the Merchant of Ven
ice"
"A Contented Woman" one of Hoyt's
successes. will be at the Grand next
Thursday night. Mr.. Hoyt claims II to
be his favorite creation. For several
years he had in view the writing OF
this comedy. and spent all his leisure
time upon its construction, with the de-
termination of making this his master
piece. When IL was first produced II
met with Instantaneous favor. but even
tntn III Qlu not tNdGGy sui u PitetAi
tor. For nearly a year he Travelled with
the making such alterations.
additions and cuts as appealed To ms
Judgment, until finally even his critical
ideas were satisfied. and he felt that
he could do nothing more. "A Content
ed Woman" in its present shape re-
fleets its talented authors personality
/, perhaps more than anything else ne
has written. 1t teens with all the crisp
bon-mots and witty filings that give II
I. the true Hoytian flavor, IL Is original
, i'm every line and situation. the unex-
pected is always happening. and nc
sooner does one laughable situation 60
by than the auditor Is suddenly plung-
Q ed into another. before he has scarcely
ceased laughing at the last. Ii Is by
D this constant keeping the interest al
|. the extreme tension hat one secret al
: Hoyt's success may be discovered. Th'
{ audience never knows what to expect
I next
The production will be on an unusu
$ ally elaborate scale, the entire compile
r ment of scenery. properties and mount
ings from Hoyt's theater being carried
I and every detail of the presentation
e i'm this city will be identical with tina
d given in New York.
The Casino heater in Butte vii
! change hands to-day. j. w. Kenney
It who has been manager of the house 70
y the Casino Novelty company for tire
or four years. has sold out his inter st
o to Morris Louis. and the latter will as
- sumo control to-day. Mr.. Louis is
recent arrival from Paris and his in
u clinations lying that way he recognize
II the Casino as a good investment an
c%ongenial business venture. The term
of the deal are unknown, but IL Is IN
derstood that Jim Kenney go
10 enough out of ii to put him on Eas
street for a day or two.
~ What am I going to do now?' ask
IN ed Mr.. Kenney. when questioned as I
10 his intentions. Il am going TO I'll
South Sea islands to do a little mis-
sionary work. / believe I can do NOR
in the way OF doing good I'm this worl
err on the Island of Adamless Eden tina
| can here in Butte by running a va
is riety show and selling mixed poiso
and sulphur smoke antidotes."
The best OF all extravaganzas, Gay
a est Manhattan" will be the Offering {
p the Grand January 5 to IL. The az
e. ventures of a verdant native OF Skov
hogan, Maine. in the great metropol
ty serve as a vehicle to introduce n
ry cream OF the best of comedians, vaud
up willie artists and vocalists. From II
minute the curtain Is raised until
descends on the male of the third ac
est there is a continuous Offering of som
or. thing to entertain and amuse. The
~. brettist has not allowed a dull line
slip into the book. Such well know
people as Jean McIlmoyle. Octay
-, Barbe. Jenny Lynd Lewis. Jessica Du
"a can, Alta de Kerwen. Frank Gardin'
James A. Herman. George H.. Cal
-, Thomas Herman and Angelus Stua
~ are included in the cast.
las Gilmore & Leonard's latest come
success. "Hogan's Alley" in emphati
u ally in IL this season. Competent crit
say that the organization surpass
= that of any play they have ever Ia
! This attraction will be at the era
two. weeks from to-day. Campbell a
Caulfeld. the juvenile wonders. Tidd
winks and Dugan. William Hog
! Thomson and Green. Mamie Wa
George Kaine, Frank Rhodes. Clarer
Hodge. Miss Gladys Castleton. NJ
Annie Driver. Misc Louise King. VI