The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-25

consequence of the latter's cruel neg
lect, and the boy is alone in the world.
He goes 10 New York for the express
purpose of having a good time ana
spending the money. He takes resi-
deDCe in the metropolis and leads a
reckless, fast life, until he meets Mar
CART Ruthvon. of the brokerage firm
of tuthven & Co. whose home ad-
Join his own. He falls in love with
her but she, despising his manner of
living, treats his advances with silent
contempt. Bannister Strange, Ruth
ven's partner is planning the ruin of
thu firm, and his crafty methods have
brought it to the verge of bankruptcy.
Without Ruthvens knowledge he in
duces ChaunceT to invest a large por-
ton Of his fortune in a third interest
il the firm, and the following day
Strange's Vaccinations result in the
bankruptcy of the house of RuthVen
& Co. At the last moment. however,
Short has learned of the junior part
nerS scheme to wreck the frTn, ana
while he pays his money into the firm
he also invests the remainder of his
fortune on the other side of the mar
ket. When the crash comes the firm
is bankrupt, but Shorts outside in
vestments have won him double the
amount of his losses as the Co" of
Ruthven & Co. Strange's villainy is
exposed. the firm is saved and THE
Gilded FOOL eventually wins his sweet
heart.
The scene Of the first act takes place
in Shorts bachelor apartments, Wash
ington Square north, Easter Sunday
morning. The second act, in the Ii
brary in Ruthven's home. Monday af-
ternoon; the third, the drawing room
5,, p,,t niVp
and the last the same as act third,
10 days later. The play is from the pen
of Henry Guy Carleton. and Nat
Goodwin first unprecedented the role
of Chauncey Short in this country, the
part in which James Neill will be seen
here during the coming engagement.
In this character Mr.. Neill has met
with one of his most brilliant success
es. Miss Edythe Chapman will be
seen as Margaret Ruthven. The cos
tunes worn by the ladies of the cast
are described as being particularly
elaborate in this play, and the rich
stage settings fully up to the artistic
standard of other embellishments char
acteristic of the Neill organization.
James Il. Delcher of Browns In
Town" company, tells a story that
comes all the way from Quebec. He
was sightseeing with a Tommy At
kins one day while in that province,
and they had as companions q guide
and an old soldier. When they reached
| the Wolfe monument, which is located
on a historic spot, Tommy said:
watts that?"
| The guide replied
ERE IS Were a great 'ero fell"
"lDid it urt imp" asked Tommy.
"Urt 'im?" answered the guide.
why ell, hit killed i'm
According to narrowing tale that
| comes from New York and is vouched
for solemnly by the parties most con-
| cerned, Miss Helen Redmond, the
| peerless prima donna" of Frank Dan
| iels opera company, who will be pleas
| antly remembered by Butte theater-
goers, narrowly escaped a padded cell
| few days ago. The fact that she
| was not locked in a madhouse while an
understudy blithely carolled her songs
| in The Ameer" at Wallack's is due to
| the fact that Miss Redmond sang to
| the keepers, who thereupon fervently
| forwarded her desire to escape.
| The statements which reach the New
| York Morning Telegraph, accompanied
| by cloud of affidavits, declare Mr..
| Daniels prima donna has double.
| This doppelganger is said to resemble
Miss Raymond in all points except one.
Her singing voice is entirely unlike
| that of the statuesque Helen. This may
| or may not be misfortune; opinions
| differ. At all events, the double" of
| Miss Redmond has SO brooded over the
| resemblance that she has come to be-
| lieve herself as fully entitled to the
! lyric laurels of a prima donna as the
singer she resembles.
Impressed with this belief, she has
followed Miss Redmond about the
country, insisting on her own identity
| with that actress. to the great embar-
rassment of the real prima donna.
When Miss Redmond began her en-
gagement at Wallack's last week she
found, to her dismay, that her double
| had secured quarters in the same house
as that in which she herself resides.
When Miss Redmond made her first
| appearance at Wallack's last Monday
she noticed her double in the very front
row, and the same seat had the same
occupant at each performance there
| after until Saturdays matinee.
1t does not appear whether it was
| Miss Redmond's voice or the face of
| the second comedian which caused the
| unfortunate doubles reason to give
| away, but the fact remains that the
| young woman became violently insane
after Friday nights performance and
| insisted on being allowed to sing Miss
| Redmond's role ait a midnight re-
| hearsal
At this stage of her alteration the
family physician consulted with a
noted alienist, and it was decided to
| send her to a local sanitarium for
| treatment.
To keep her from suspecting the ply
sician's intent she was told she was tc