The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-16

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beautiful of form and figure, and more
over, they were young, good singers
and better dancers. The scenery vas
excellent. the grand transformation
| scene in the last act being most gorg-
eous affair. The comedians were sun
ny and the soubretteS We're active. As
| for the specialtes, they took the house
| by storm. Gilligan's band. composed
| of 16 young and pretty girls, was an
| excellent speciality. well received. The
banjo song and dance of Ethel Thorn
| ton was among the very enjoyable
| things Of the evening. Valetta, the vol
| canic little dancer. made a decided hit.
| The Loranzo Brothers, equilibrists,
were excellent, the Yankee Doodle
| Dewey boys were great. There were
| choruses, ballots. Amazon marches ga
| lore, and, in short, all of the features
| usually looked forward to for an excel
lent burlesque were presented
| Lord Rosslyn and Mrs. Patrick
Campbell are coming to America to in
wade vaudeville. Lord Rosslyn is a
| real live member of the nobility, and
| is the son of an earl. He is d varsity
|
by losing all his money. Soon after
ward he scandalzed his family and
the princes set by appearing on the
| stage in London as skirt dancer. He
| had previously been seen in private in
| the same Harlowesque role at some
amateur theatricals given under the
| auspices of Society"
| Mrs. Patrick Campbell is well known
by reputation on this side of the water.
She is the wife of an English army Of
| ficer, and for long time was Beerbohm
Trees leading lady at Her Majesty s
| theater. She was accounted a rival of
Ellen Terry, who was almost a co-star
| with Sir Henry Irving at the Lyceum.
Mrs. Campbell appeared with Tree in
"A Bunch of Violets," The Red Lamp
and created Ophelia in Trees produc-
ton of Hamlet" She had the leading
female part in the Ibsen problem play.
The Dolls House. but did not &C
company Tree on his American tour.
| Willie Collier, actor, author and man
ager, will present his new comedy "Mr.
Smooth" for the first time tomorrow
night. The initial production will be
given at Trenton, N. ]. Mr. Collier
modestly acknowledges that he wrote
Mr. Smooth himself, but declines to
say anything about the piece in adj
vance of the premiere.
| I've got good company together
he said. II don't mind saying that.
They are people whom everybody
| knows, and so l can stand for 'em. But
the piece-we'll have some expert opin-
ion on that after the production-not
before
The artists who will interpret the
principal roles in the initial production
of "Mr. Smooth are John Ward, Lou
Use Allen, Maude Granger, Helen Col
lier, John Hyams, Dan Mason, Tom
L. No., n
George Parsons
The actor-author- manager will, OF
course, play a leading role himself.
Bobby Gaylor will begin his Butte en-
gagement at the Grand with a matinee
this afternoon, opening with "McSor-
leys Twins" and to be followed by
some other farce, probably sport Nc
Allister."
Gaylor has his peculiarities the same
as other people. A critic some time ago
said that Gaylor was peculiar. That is
expressing it plainly. That has Teen
| Mr.. Gaylor's stock in trade all these
years, and just the reason why he has
been a successful comedian. Gaylor has
! always been original in everything he
did, and it would not be unsafe to say
that he has been initiated and copied
in some way or another in every village
and hamlet from Maine to California
ing players. but the festive amateur has
also made efforts in this direction. The
| best thing in the way of a story is told
by the business manager of the COM
pany. Mr.. Gaylor and one of the men,
| bers of his company We're making the
rounds in one of the large cities in an
eastern state after the performance one
night where they heard at a distance
the husky voice of an individual OK
tolling the wonderful Bobby GaylOr in
front of a free concert saloon. We'll
says the only Gaylor, has it come to
this? To see myself playing in a place
like this?" as they passed in and were
seated at a table accompanied by two
good sized schooners to ward off the
bonncer, and submitted to be bored by
a cracked voice sero-cOmic who seemed
to have gained possession of the stage
for the balance of his natural life. AT
last the great Bobby Gaylor came out
and in the midst of his turn the real
| Bobby Gaylor raised up slowly from his
seat and in his characteristic way made
for the door and as he passed out hand
| ed the bowler a five spot. saying.
Keep that; you can't afford to stand
out in the cold and holler my name for
| nothing. I am the real Bobby Gayloi
and am playing at the leading theater
in your city. If you get time come
around and see me-" and walked away
to the great establishment of the en-
| barrassed speaker
| Vera, the second Mrs. Jim ]. Corbett
| created a tremendous scene on One
| Hundred and Twenty-fifth street in
New York a few days ago by running
screaming out of a restaurant and APP
pealing to policeman for protection
She was in Mysteries and claimed that
| her husband, Gentleman jim" had
| threatened her with personal violence
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