The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-29

Paderewski the great Polish pianist,
will visit Butte when he makes his last
tour of this country, which will be next
spring. Manager Mcfarland has booked
Paderewski for the 18th of next April
He will appear in San Francisco first
and after the engagement in that city
S. H. Friedlander will manage a. tour
OF the Northwest for him, taking in
Portland. Seattle, Tasoma, Spokane
and Butte. Most of the cities will be
required*to give a guarantee. When
Paderewski was in San Francisco two
years ago the receipts We're $25 900 TOR
five performances, The coming tour
will be his last in this country, and he
is under. contract to give 100 concerts
Janet Waldorf, the young woman
who takes certain liberties with Shakes
peare, has. been giving the mikado of
Japan an example of what she can 90
in that respect, and encountered a roy
al frost. James H. Love, who had the
management of Miss Waldorf's COM
bination on the tour through the
Orient, has returned to America with
some members of the company, while
the youngf actress has gone on to In
dia.
1T had ever been Loves lofty ambi-
tion to play company before crowned
heads. On this trip his ambition was
sratifed. He gave a performance in
the august presence of the mikado.
The fame of the Waldorf reached
Toxic, and the emperor expressed him
self as being ready to be pleased at a
private performance, to be given in the
gardens of the palace.
How romantic.' sighed Miss Wal
dorf.
It's worth a thousand, easy" muir
INJURED the manager.
And so they went to the palace It
was an al fresco performance and but
little scenery was needed
Wen give him the balcony scene
from Romeo and Juliet and the scene
from AS You Like 1t, e." said the thrift
ty Love. Both will be appropriate,
and only a few people are needed end
the natural scenery will make hit"
But there was no hit.
Either the mikado knew nothing of
Shakespeare or else he did. If he did,
the realization must have struck him
that he was not getting his moneys
worth-that some of the details We're
lacking. He probably expected TO see
company of 40 people, but the best
he got was four. With his suite tie
emperor was concealed in an arbor.
where he could see and not be seen,
This was disconcerting. H4
Miss Virginia Cranney did a turn be-
tween the Shakespearean acts and the
inlkauo came very near leaving the ar
Dor to get nearer the stage. An inter-
prefer told Love that the mikado con
sidered Miss Cranney the real thing.
Love was in ecstasies
yen. Wv
A yen is a dollar, nearly.
Love figured himself $3.50 out. He
had counted on $1,000
He's handed me a nackase" no
muttered. Then he ordered the ladies'
% put on their wraps and go home.
NOW he spells al fresco al fiasoon
and 1t is all off with crowned heads,
Madame Modjeska does not give much
announcement to young people who are
ambitious to adopt the stage as a re-
muneratiVe profession. ct is a glorious
life if a person has a great deal Of tais
emit" declared Modjeska. BIT II is
miserable life if one has no talent.
would not recommend the stage as
place to make money. I believe as
much money can be made in other
ways.
"For instance, take the salaries re-
ceived when one is just starting. 1t is
perhaps $40 or $25 per week. But the
expenses are enormous. The actress
must look pretty. There are clothes
which she must have on the stage And
e she must look well on the street, else
she will not be engaged by managers.
And what does all this amount to? She
had better be a school teacher. dress
maker or typewriter, or in some
other occupation to which she is
adapted.
There is a difference between this
country and in Europe. In the en-
dowed theaters in Europe every part is
filled with dignity. There is pride in
the play, in even the smallest part The
salaries in the two countries are about