The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-07

cately served that it is palatabie to
the most refined taste
A remarkable cast is employed. in
Guiding players of personal distinction
identified with leading comedy sue
cesses, among them being Isabelle
Evesson, Jennie Reiffarth. Ada Deayes,
Marion Ballou, Lillian Coleman. Sig
nor Perugini, George Holland. Louis
1mhous, Hudson Listen, Ulric b. Col
Inns and Ross o'Neal.
Charles Fl. Yales Devils Auction
will make it's annual appearance at the
Grand on the 18th and 18th of this
month. Upon the occasion of its last
production in Philadelphia the Ledger
OF that city said: The Devils Auc-
ton retains the story Of the old ex
travaganza. but the story only serves
AS peg upon which to hang special
ties, which are changed each season
The feature of the entertainment is the
singing of Phyllis Allen. who has a fine
contralto voice, and uses it with taste
and refinement. Ben F. Grinnell is
light on his feet and clever farceur,
,Ihe specialists, in addition to Miss AL
len and Mr.. Grinnell, We're Mayme
Mayo, Coincidence: Colby and Dewitt.
acrobats and balancers: the brothers
Phantos, aerial grotesques, and Alex
ander Decca, comedy trick bicyclist.
There was large ballet in new and
pretty costumes, led by Concettina
Chitten and Giselda Basseggio, and
Miss Columbia, dainty young miss.
also appeared. One of the novelties
was the Dance of Sousa, introducing
the Cotton King Ell Captain I'm
chain the Dogs of War the Stars and
Stripes Forever and the Union of I'm
Gle Sam and Britannia The perform
ance ended with the usual transforma-
ton scene'
Of "A Bachelors Honeymoon" which
Will be at the Grand next Saturday
and Sunday nights, the Richmond Dis
patch recently said: "A Bachelors
honeymoon as presented at the Acad-
envy last night, is simply one long
laugh from the time of the rising of
the curtain at the commencement of
the troubles of the man who attempted
to bring his newly welded wife home
without the knowledge of his family,
until the complications thus caused
were an slaughtered out in the last
action brisk-indeed so much so that
the audience had not fairly recovered
from the merriment caused by one
laughab1e situation when another fol-
lowed 1t and again conyulspd them
While the piece lis a bit .Frenchv' at
times, yet it is by no means broad
enough to be vulgar or Objectionable.
The company presenting the comedy is
capable one, and each role is vel,
sustained. Walter Walker. as Benja-
min Bachelor, the man who finds that
his own wife is, for the time being an
elephant on his hands is very clever,
DR.. Ludwig Schwartz, German phy-
siclan, was made a very laughahle
character by Emil Hoch, while Messrs,
FRANKLIN Hill, Frank LINDEN and
George Morehead We're satisfactory in
their parts Miss Eneide Williams. as
Mrs. Arbuckle, the young wife who
leaves the stage to become Mrs, Bach
elor, was very chic while Minerva, a
sister, who has a charge on her hands
In the shape of a brother with two
grown daughters, was well played by
MISS Maud Stone. Misses Madge, Nav
and Anna Hathaway, as the twins,
were demure young ladies'. neat and
prim, and looked and did their parts
very we'll. Miss Mildred ST. Pierre, as
the maid servant, with a secret in her
head, was very good
The story from London is that it has
been practically decided that Miss FL
len Terry will not visit America with
Sir Henry Irving and his company,
The relations between the two are
very strained. ~
AT the production of 'Robespierrnr
at the Lyceum Miss Terry was the
only failure in the large cast She did
not know her part the first night, and
vastly underplayed the scenes with