The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-26

every one in the car to break out in
hearty laughter.
After taking the name Of Charles A.
Parker. the theatrical manager. and
the names Of the several towns where
the Clara Thropp would be during the
next several weeks. Hiram volunteered
the information that he would have to
get off the train at the next station,
but that the manager would hear from
him frequently by letter.
BE sure to save a place for me in
your troupe" he said, as he began to
button up his coat, preparatory to
leaving the train. Lets see, this
Henrik Ibsen who wrote "A Dolls
House was great poet. wasn't he?'
Il believe So said Mr.. Parker.
Well" said Hiram. why do poets
write so much about and glcrify the
goldenrod? They would quit that
mighty quick if they had ever tried to
raise potatoes in field where golden
rod had got good start. See you
later, mister" and SO saying, Hiram
Tibbitts, the fat comedian, with ambi-
tons for the stage, Waddled up the
car aisle, his face beaming with joy.
and securely conscious of the fact that
he had made an everlasting impression
as funny man upon Miss Thropp's
manager.
The real reason why Miss Blanche
Bates finds herself out of Augustin
Days company at present, says Lean
der Richardson. is that either she or
some of her injudicious friends did alto
gether too much booming of the young
lady in the newspapers. This is one of
the things that Augustin DAILY will not
tolerate, and, fTCm his point of view,
at least he is quite right about it. He
is very happy indeed when members
of his company receive special recog-
milton for the excellence of their work
upon his stage, but what he objects to
is steady and persistent effort on the
part of any one of his players to gain
recognition above his or her comrades
by the employment OF outside devices
namely, press agents.
In some manner or other Miss Bates
has been persistently written up from
the time she entered Mr.. Days employ.
She is very capable actress and
handsome and attractive woman, but
nobody who has any perception at all
will calmly declare that all the rewspa-
per pushing she has received has been
| the result of spontaneous recognition
of superior qualities.
AS fact, it is evident as it long has
been, that Miss Bates has had pro-
fessiOnal boomer either in her employ
or IN that OF some person who has been
seeking to give her a friendly hand-up.
Mr. DAILY. I happen to be in the way of
Knowing, feels that such course is I'M
just to the other members of his COM
pany, who must rely upon their abili-
ties alone to attract recognition. I
haven't talked the matter over with
him recently, but I know that these
were his views long ago and as he
doesn't shift very often. I conclude,
from late events, that he still adheres
to them.
Moreover, there isn't anything so very
unfair or oVerbearing in all this. al
though the habit of insisting that there
/ shall be no difference in the adUanta ses
extended to members Of his company
doesn't always find favor With the ac-
/ tors and actresses employed by Mr..
| Daily. Miss Bates mother, i'll discuss
| Ing the difficulty between her daughter
| and her manager, had the following to
say to reporter:
You know" said Mrs. Bates. "that
| my daughter has made quite reputa-
! ton for herself in San Francisco, and
| she felt it very keenly when Mr.. DAILY
showed her so little consideration Why
really, he didn't show her any more
| consideration than he did his chorus
girls. He treated everybody just alike
Of course, she couldn't stand that. AnC
then on Thursday night, when she trieC
SO hard to give a good performance
and did make quite a success, l think
he didn't so much as say one word tt
her. That was too much and so she sen
him her resignation. She was willing
TO stay the two weeks out-that is, un
til next Saturday-but when she Wen
down to the matinee to-day Mr.. Dorney
told her her resignation was to take eff
feet at once
! What a pity it is. to be sure, that Mr.
| Daily didn't so much as say one wore
| to Miss Bates after her first perform
ance" in THE Great Ruby" He reall,
| ought to have known better. 1t is tru,
that in any other branch of life wher'
people are hired to perform certain du
ties they are expected to perform them
with or without acknowledgment or fur
Their reward
But on the stage it is different. Their
an employer must not alone pay sala
ries, but must have mysteries and grove
and blather his thanks to the peoDl
playing in his company. or they fec
that they are dreadfully mistreated.
1t is an odd fact connected with tn
split up between Mr.. DAILY and Mis-
Bates that within an hour or so of tn
time she left Days theater she signa
a contract to appear under the manage
ment of the Licbler company as Milad
in The Musketeers" at the Broadwa
theater. 1t will naturally be said tina
being no longer under obligations I
Mr.. Daily, Miss Bates had a perfect le
gal right to seek employment elseWher
But will it also be stated with any e3
pectation of finding belief that all tn
thing was done on the spur of the m'
ment and without previous negotis
ton?
The attraction for the week of Fee
81 with usual matinees' at the Fami
theater will be Harry Martelrs "Merl
Makers Manager Martell says Poop