The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-16
ANACONDA NEWS.
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Anaconda is Becoming More and
81 More Gifted.
SHOWN IN MANY WAYS
Fine Audiences at the Theater-The
Charity Ball-Good Work of the
81 Fire DETERMINATIONS Soldier
Boys and Pretty Girls.

In many ways Anaconda is fast TAX
ing on metropolitan airs The census
of 1890 gave her population as trif1e
less than 1900. The census of 1900 will
show population of 17,OOO-probably
1t will be nearer $4,000. That it is a
growing and progressive community is
shown on every hand, that it possesses
its full complement Of refined, cult
waited families is illustrated in many
ways. Take the production of 1.-THE
Triumph of Love-" for insuance-there
was enough dramatic talent available
right here at home to render it SUI
perb success. The average city of 100,
900 population could not have furnished
more capable artists for perform
ance of that kind.
Nor could any city of 100000 have dis
played a finer looking, better dressed
more cultured and more appreciative
audience than that which witnessed the
Warde- Kidder-James combination in
1.-THE School for Scandal The size and
character of that audience made every
Anacondan feel proud of the city of his
adoption. You could have picked out
III IndC duuleHCe COlleSe
graduates-men from Harvard, Yale,
Princeton, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania,
Chicago and many other leading uni
versities; and with them were ladies
as polished and gracious as any in the
land
II Speaking of it's patronage of the
drama. though, it must be confessed
that Anaconda is rather peculiar and
capricious Anaconda people keep close
watch of Butte, and if a company
draws well in Butte it is sure to draw
well here-that is, if it comes to. Ana
conda after playing Butte. If a play
is failure in Butte, it's reception in
Anaconda is a frost. If a company
about which little is known comes to
Anaconda before appearing in Butte,
Its patronage is a mighty uncertain
quantity. Anaconda accepts Butte as
her theatrical umpire, and feels lost I'M
til Butte has pronounced Judgment.
These remarks, of course, have refer
ence to new plays and new companies
Another well-known popularity of An
aconda from a theatrical standpoint is
her refusal to give the same show a
good house at a second night perform
ance, no matter how excellent it was
on the first night. One night seems to
exhaust the city's theater-going ca
pacity.
Il One thing among the many that Ana
conda has reason to be especially proud
of is her fire department 1t is well orr
ganized, ably managed and to the ex-
tent of it's capacity thoroughly eff
cient. In their manner of handling the
Losee & Maxwell fire the other night
the firemen displayed both skill and
judgment. Although the stock of goods
in the store was more or less seriously
damaged by smoke, the fire was not
tod
and effective work averted what might
have been a great conflagration right
in the heart of the city.
When the Anaconda volunteers at
Manila come marching home they can
have anything they want Their re-
ception will be the biggest thing of the
kind since Bryan came to Butte. Their
relatives and friends have spent many
anxious days the last two months, or
ever since the fighting began. Every
day when a battle was reported the
Standard office has been besieged with
inquiries for the names of the killed
and wounded. Some of those who have
friends at the front would stay up I'M
til long after midnight. waiting to
learn at the first possible moment any
particulars that the associated press or
the Standards Washington and New
York correspondents might furnish. The
theselves nobly and there isn't man,
woman or child in the city who isn't
anxious to do them honor. The charity
ball Friday night netted a handsome
sum, and that portion of it which goes
to Companies K and M will surely be
appreciated by the boys They will be
grateful, not so much for the money as
for the spirit that prompted the raising
of the fund. A mistake was made in
not making the admission two dollars a
person. Nearly, if not quite. as many
tickets would have been sold. Every
body is willing to chin in two dollars
for the Anaconda soldiers at any time.
That was a large-sized ball, by the
way. The crowd was so big that an
acre of floor space would have been
needed to give it adequate elbow room.
But it was jolly. good natured crowd,
withal. Everybody had a rollicking
good time. One feature that would have
impressed a stranger was the number
of pretty girls. There were some who
were not so pretty as others, but the
prettiest of the pretty were very pretty
indeed. Anaconda has six or eight
young girls. between Is and Is years
old that she will match against the
world And she has scores of other
girls who are less pretty only by few
degrees. The, climate of Montana is
pretty hard on a woman's complexion.
Montana girls can't compare with their
California cousins in the matter of
pure, clear, lustrous skin. But in erect
ness of carriage. in graceful gait and
pose. in bodily health and vigor, the
typical Montana girl is not to be beaten.
Just think of the long ride without