The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-31
Antlers at Standard Drug Co.
1.-THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL"
A Finished Rendition of the Charming
Comedy at the Margaret.

comedy at the Margaret.
The performance of THE School for
Scandal by the James Kidder Warde
combination at the Margaret theater
o'clock before the curtain went up-the
train bringing the company from Hell
ena not arriving until sos o'clock. The
audience, mindful of the admonition to
be seated at $50 o'clock was all there
at that time. Ye he hours delay was
passed without any demonstration of
complaint. People realized the excel
lence of the feast in store for them
and waited with patience and even good
humor
THE School for Scandal" is nearly 122
years old, but it may be doubted
whether it ever received a more per-
feet rendition than that of last night.
From first to last down to the smallest
detail, it was an artistic piece of
work-dainty. exquisite and fascinat-
ing. IT would be difficult to say which
of the three stars shOne brightest. Per-
haps the honor belongs to Mr.. James,
as Charles Surface, the light-hearted,
careless spendthrift, who is still royal
good fellow In the scene where he
auctions of the family portraits to the
disguised uncle. Mr.. James was per-
lection. His roIlicking humor kept the
audience laughing till the tears came.
In the scene where he discovers Lady
Teazle behind the screen, he was also
irresistible.
The Joseph Surface of Mr.. Warde was
a polished and fascinating rascal, pos
sibIy a little more sinister and villain
Gus than Sheridan intended him to be,
but withal, as Mr.. Warde conceives and
represents him. finished character
study. Miss kidder as Lady Teazle
was full of wit, grace and Witchery.
Harry Langdon made a thoroughly
charming Sir Peter. All the support
was well-drilled and efficient.
1t was after midnight when the cur
tain went down, but the play might
have continued an hour or two longer
without a protest from the magnificent
audience, which arose to go home with
the sensation that it had been treated
to a most delightful and enchanting
event
AS fitting finale, Mr.. Hickey's or
chestra could not refrain from bursting
into the most rapturous, brilliant and
powerful cake walk in it's entire roper
toire.
Seats for the Chicago Lady quartette,
which appears tonight at the NJ. E.
church, find a ready sale. All lovers of
good vocal music will recognize at once
that the singers are superb when they
read what is said in the newspapers
concerning this company. The Seattle
PreSS-TimeS, for instance, is one of the
newspapers which devotes space in its
columns to the nightingales. The Press
Times says:
1.-The ladies know not only how to
sing but what to sing, and they cap
tured the audience from the moment
they appeared. and held them enchant-
ed until they closed with the Last Rose
of Summer Nearly every number was
encOred. several being double encores.
The rich tones. delicate shading, dis
tnct articulation and close. exact har-
mony made a marvelously perfect
whole. The entertainment is of a high,
artistic order, and at the same time
popular in character. They are equalied
by few. surpassed by none. 1t is the
greatest ladies' quartette that has been
heard in years
The next attraction at the Margaret