The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-24

his child first from the clutches of a
bad woman and again from the noble
man, who, finding the child alive,
wishes to have her destroyed in order
to secure the fortune himself which
he cannot do until he has proofs of the
child's death. The father manages to
foil the villain and discovers that the
child whom he has recovered is his own
has an interview with his wife, traps
the villainous baron and all ends hap
PLY. The climaXeS are very strong and
the interest never lags from start to
finish. The comedy is exceptionally
strong and the management believes no
better Christmas offering could be
chosen.
While the play Shenandoah" was on
at the Columbia theater in San Fran
cisco recently real romance as pretty
as the one in the play was being un-
folded before the very eyes of the au-
dience. In one of the boxes, with a
party of gay girl friends, sat Miss Caro-
Ign r. Hope Dempsey, the daughter of
Thomas H Dempsey, a former editor
of the Seattle Times and founder of the
Evening News, published in the same
city. Ut was not until the third act
that Miss Dempsey's companions began
to note that whenever the leading man
of the company Robert Elliott, was on
the stage, his eyes kept wandering to
the box and to Miss Dempseys face.
The young girl herself was not aware
of the attention she was attracting
from the actor until her friends mis-
chievously took her to task for it,
It was a case of love at first sight
with the young man. He sought an
introduction through friends, and in
four days the young couple We're en-
gagged. On account of Elliotts pros
pective departure the marriage had to
be fastened, and the ceremony was
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in the presence of about 500 spectators.
The sale of the late Augustin Days
library and miscellaneous collection of
interesting material has been postponed
for some weeks, and will not ee held
in January, owing to the delay in cata-
loguing the 10000 articles.
Some idea of the value of the co:lcc-
ton as a whole may be formed from Il
list of books which, including the
Douai Bible, expanded by extra illus
tration and interviewing from one vol
ume to As, valued at $25,O00 contains
the following notable pieces: Shakes /
peare folios, Civil War Leaders "Old
New York, Grant. Halliwell, Shakes 1
peare, London, Nell Gwynn," Ireland's
History of the New York Stage the
Grolier books Peg Wellington"
Thackeray, Dickens Dickens draw
ings, Scott and Spencer. The value of
these each being, like the Dcuai Bible,
a special volume or set of volumes,
each expanded by rare additions in the
| form of pictures and memorabilia, is
placed at over $4,000.
The relics include Garricks writing
| ing table, inlaid with his portrait in
the center of the top, and his town and
country houses on either side: the
scales and knife used by Kean in THE
Merchant of Venice and the sword
used by the same actor in Richard
| III portrait of Peg Wellington, by
Hogarth. and furniture or personal
property of other famous characters.
There are manuscripts of Scott,
| Thackeray and Dickens, and some edi-
| tions of their works with notes in the
| authors handwriting.
| Dorothy Morton, who has the reputa-
ton of being as hard to handle as
| bucking broncho, broke out again last
week, says the Cincinnati Enquirer,
and, despite the fact that there was
good audience in the Herald Square
| theater in New York to witness THE
Greek Slave" Dorothy came not The
audience was dismissed and the money
| at the box office refunded. Investiga-
ton developed that Miss Morton did
not intend to sing at more than one
matinee performance a week, and was
resting easy, thank you. Time was
| around Robinsons not SO very long
| ago when Dorothy was glad to sing
every afternoon and evening, and sing
| loud, too.
The revival of Bronson Howard's STIR
| ring war play Shenandoah" which has
been undertaken by Jacob Lift, is an
| affair of great magnitude, involving the
| outlay of a large sum of money and the
| employment of over 200 people. 1t is
particularly opportune at this time.
| The spirit of patriotism is uppermost
in the play, and then a picture of real
| war is presented-a picture of mag
| nificent proportions, realistic, soul-stlr-
| ring, accurate and complete. And all Is
| woven around a delicate love idyl. 1t
is a most satisfying play, and the pres
enta ton fulfills every reasonable ex-
pectation. meets every requirement, eX-
hausts every resource of stage detail
and mechanism. 1t comes to the Grand
Jan. IA with an Endorsement such as
few revivals ever received.
The Detroit Free Press prints the fol-
lowing: Operas for the million.-For
conductors, Garment" for the baby,
"Pnafore;" for physicians, Patience"
for gossips, William Tell" for all of
u.s. The Mascot" for burglars, Robin
Hood" for postmasters, "Rigoletto;"
ball players, THE Bat" for Pullman
porters, Rob Roy" for George Wash
ington, MARTHA" for horse race bet
| tiers, "Favorite;" for Coxey's army.
"Beggars' Opera" for the colored peo-
pie, "L'Africaine;" for New Jerseyites,
Les Mosquitaires."
Frederick Warde, who is again pre-
senting his old and favorite play, "The
Lions Mouth will be at the Grand
early in February. Mr.. Warde is this
season supported by an exceptionally
strong company, including Minnie Tit
tell Bruno, Charles D. Herman, Frank
Hennig, Alexander Mckenzie, John
Sturgeon, Harry C. Barton, Charles H.
Cla rlro IClirla purcau NAV WA ride En-