The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-29


will be seen at the Grand opera house
In Butte during the next two months
than had ever been booked for any sea-
son in the past. Among a dozen or
more that will appear there in that
time not more than two have been seen
in this city before. The list includes
Willie Collier in "a Man From Mexico y
on Feb. 2, and 4; "A Prisoner Of
SPAIN" Feb. and 6; "shanty Town.
Feb. IL, 10, IA and Is, followed by
''Suanee River" Dewey, the Hero of
MANILA" Hoyt's "A Midnight Bell
Frank Daniels Opera company. Kelley
and Mason in "Who Is Who" Lewis
Morrison. the Ward James Kid1er
Grau Opera company, not forgetting
Lincoln j. Carriers new spectacular
naval drama, Remember the Maine'
which opens tonight.
OF the last named attraction the Pc
oria, Ill. Herald of a recent date, said:
THE Maine was remembered last
night at the Auditorium by an audience
that fairly yelled its patriotic enthus-
iasm as the different scenes were
spread before them. In his latest FRO
auctions Lincoln ]. Carter has made
great strides in his career as a play
wright without losing any of his power
to appeal to the approval of the gal
1ery. AS result Remember the
Maine is play that attracts all classes
from its inherent excellence. Scenically
1T is more than beautiful, Mr.. Carter
having surrounded the drama with a
scenic equipment that would be cred
1t to any production. The company is
in some respects the superior of any
that Mr.. Carter has yet sent to Peoria.
Miss Josephine Mills, the female villain
OF the piece, is an actress of unusual
n hi fr,s-
for her work, destestable though the
character may have been. The other
ladies were excellent in the parts al
lotted to them. Mr.. Leonard was very
good. His easy impersonation of
dashing young sailor endeared him at
once. AS the English lieutenant with
American proclivties Mr.. Gillard won
the entire good will of the audience.
The two villains, unpleasant people as
they We're, were none the less appre-
ciated for their strong work in op-
position for the patriotic fireworks of
everyone else. In fact the whole COM
pany is a collection of finished actors
who are aided in the excellence of the
general production The attraction
opens tonight and continues for four
nights, with a matinee Wednesday.
The story comes from the East that
the West has seen the last of T. Daniel
Frawley, at least for some time and
that it is very unlikely that he will be
seen at the head of another company.
AS is we'll known. Gotleib and Fried
lander of San Francisco who picked
FraWley up and pushed him to the
front, have not been interested in the
Frawley company for more than year.
Blanche Bates, however, put up money
to carry the organization along, hut
her funds did not so far and when the
company reached Kansas City the bot
tom of her purse was also reached and
the organization was dsbanded
few days ago the story came from
Washington that Mr.. Frawley had de-
termined to abandon the Pacific coast
as field of operations and that he has
become interested in organizing a stock
company for the Columbia theater in
Washington, of which Luckett & Dwyer
are managers 1t is stated that he will
open a season at that theater on the
I'd of April and will run ahead into the
summer as long as there are any profits
probably reopening at the same house
in the fall.
The friends and admirers of beautiful
Blanche Bates will be sorry to learn
that she, too, has met with trouble in
New York, where she is at present
She is under contract to Augustin Daily.
but is not doing anything and it is said
there is no immediate prospect of her
appearance as a star in a DAILY COM
pany. Ada Rehan is to be the old wo-
man in 1.-THE Great Ruby" after all and
thus Miss Bates is shut out of a part
that was promised her. 1t remains to
be seen whether she will consent to ap-
pear in a minor part in the produc-
ton of the great English melodrayna
When Augustin DAILY secured the Amer
lean rights for the London melodrana
1.-THE Great Ruby" he announced that
Miss Rehan would play the part of the
old woman, which had been originated
in London by the veteran actress. Mrs
John Wood. Miss Rehan mmedia tely
protested against this announcement
and positively declared that She would
not do anything of the kind. She said
that she would not play the leading
role in the new piece, not liking the part
for one thing and having determined to
study no new parts this season for an
other. Her positive stand had its eff
feet on Mr.. Daily and he Immediately
withdrew his announcements and be-
gan billing Miss Blanche Bates for the
part.