Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-18

The Davis & Busby's "Uncle Toms
Cabin ompany is the attraction at the
Family Theate this week. They will
play the usual matinees and close the en-
! gagement on Sunday night. The produce
ton is a fair one and gave all who saw 1T
entire satisfaction. The company is ac-
companied by e. e. Nickerson's amous
Red Huzzar band of Is first-class
musicians. The reason we say first-class.
is because they play tirst-class music in
first-clas style, and nothing but first
class musicians can do that. The per-
Torrance is opened each evening with a
band concert, the selection being the de-
%scriptive overture. The Fall of Santi-
ago" and it is certainly a wonderful COM
position. Prof. Carriers operate orches-
ira is also a feature of each performance,
and an orchestra to be a feature in Butte
must be an extra good one as we have
several very swell orchestras in the city.
But Carriers organization is the real
thing, and draws many people to the
Family this week.
The same company will remain another
week. and will produce j. u. Stuttz's
dramatization of Bertha M. Clay's novel,
"A Bitter Atonement.' Stuttz is a mem
Der of the impair n it is produced I'M
der his personal supervision. Miss Lulu
Sutton viii play an important role. the
regular matinees will be given on Satur-
day and Sunday, and an extra matinee on
Wednesday, which is Washington's birth
day. The band concert will be a feature
of the weeks programme and during
each evening Mr.. Nickerson will play
one or more cOrnet solos.
AS to the story of the play almost every
reader is familiar. If not familiar with
this particular one, they know to
expect of one of Rertha Clay's love
, stories. There is Just enough comedy,
,,ot1no o,,I x-;11o;oy fn hold tLn ;,tornrf Of
any lover of the drama. Mr.. Stuttz, in
dramatizing this famous work left all
the comedy possible in it, and with the
specialties added to it must be a clever
comedy drama.
The story told in brief is of a young
girl II years old. the daughter of a well
known artist, being cared for by a foster
aunt, and under the guardianship of
Bruno Severn, a villain of the first water.
He is three times the girls age, but sue
ceeds in winning her love and marries
her. After aking her to his home, his
tenderness is turned into brutality, and
the girl is driven to desperation at the
supposed death of her child. She then
leaves her unhappy home and ecomes an
outcast. and finally drifts to london.
There she secures a position as governess,
in a family of the nobility, meets Lord
kurston, who falls in love with her and
marries her. The first husband, Bruno
Severn, who is determined On her de-
struction, follows, and in his endeavor to
break up her only happy home meets his
death. In the end love and virtue triumph
over ~villainy and all ends happily. The
comedy is supplied by Marthy. AM
Hopeton," Lulu Sutton, and ELAN
Washington Pancake Will Huntington.
This will be the first production in Butte
and the following cast will be used:
pan Either
Martha Ann Hopeton ....... Lulu Sutton
Hester Severn ......Mrs. E. E. Nickerson
LORD kurston Don Franck
Lawrence Severn ..............C Bates
Elan Washington Pancake.
..........- ........... VIII HUNTINGTON
Jerry Leo =. Blonden
Bruno Severn ........I. y. St,ttz
SYNOPSIS:
Act IA Fatal Marriage.
Act II.-Missmated.
Act - Dvo- Dc sciop JJnpo,