The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-25

pay al event Wherever III mas Deen
presented.
In the majority of plays the dramat-
lists tell us what we already know
/ that woman with a past can never
redeem herself; man can" Man says,
Il will begin new life new, for you
are the only one l ever loved and,
behold all the old sins fall from him,
and he raises Phoenix-1ike from the
ashes"
Now comes Mr. Fitch, who, through
the medium of THE Moth and the
Flame" shows how eventually man
cannot wipe out his past and shows
it in a virile. artistic and dramatic
manner which totally eclipses all his
former efforts. The entire play is far
from the beaten path. The first act
is constant series of surprises and
is superbly constructed. The second
act is described as being the most in
tense and impressive of any play yet
put forth, and the last act as uncon-
ventional as it is interesting.
In Ned Fletcher and Margaret VOL
ton. the respective characters of Mr.
Kelley and Miss Shannon. the author
is said to have created parts which re-
veal both of the parties in manner
which gives them opportunities never
before offered them, and which bring
out all their sterling qualities.
| John c. Fisher, manager for Mad
anne Modjeska, announces that the
elaborate productions which he had in
/ view for next season are now well I'M
der way. Thomas Moses, the we'll
known scenic artist, who was able to
| undertake the contract by the cour-
| tesy of Jacob Lift, with two assistant
| artists, is now at work at Mr.. Fish
/ er's theater in San Diego, where the
productions are being built. The scenic
| outfit for Macbeth" Mary Stuart
| and much Ado" will be new and COM
| plete in every way.
| The feature of Modjeska's repertoire
next season and for which the most
| elaborate preparations are being made
| will be her new play of Marie An
| toinette." In this direction Mr. Moses
| has been given carte blanche. and if
all accounts prove true it will almost
| compare from a production standpoint
at least with Henry Irving's much
| talked of success, "Robespierre" The
| two plays, by the way, will have many
| points of resemblance, for Modjeska's
play of Marie Antoinette," of course,
belongs to the same period as
'Robespierre,' and naturally concerns
many OF the same exciting events in
cident to the fail of the French mon
archy. Clinton Stuart, the author, is
said to have made all the dramatic
material possible out of the characters
Of Mirabeau, Marat, Robespierre and
King Louis, and in the character of
Marie Antoinette, the noblest victim
of the bloody revolution, he is said to
have furnished Modieska with one of
the best opportunities of her long and
eventful career.
John e. Kellerd who is to be fea-
tured as Modjeska's leading support
next season, is now in Europe for pleas
ure and study, and while abroad he is
to get the designs for his many cos
L xx,ht
character he will elect to play in MA
RE Antoinette," but in other plays of
the repertoire he will be seen as Mac
beth, as Leicester in MARY Stuart"
as Benedict in Much Ado" and as
Mark Antony in "Antony and Cleo
patra.' Charles D. Herman, who earn
ed so much favorable comment with
Modjeska last season, will continue as
member of the company as also
VIII George Spencer, Wadsworth Har-
RS and Lynn Pratt. In the aggregate
Mr.. Fisher should be able to boast
next season as exploiting one of the
most talented and best equipped or
PLANTATIONS that the legitimate drama
mas known in this country in many
years. The tour will embrace all the
principal cities, including San Fran
cisco, chicago and long engagement
IN New York. Butte will be visited
early in the season.
On the stage when the actor lifts the
goblet to his lips and quaffs the con
tents, what does he drink? The person
IN the audience who sees the sparlxle of
the lquor wonders if bottles of whisky
ana VINE are part of the play prop
eItles, says the Chicago Tribune. The
piaser draws IN deep breath of salts
factlon as the last drop passes down
ms throat and looks about with a con-
tented mr. Men in the audience watch
the performance, smack their Iips. and
wish the act would hasten TO lie con
ciuslon They have grown thirsty. IF
they were to journey behind the stage
anu see the process which results in
port, sherry or whisky, as the occasion
demands, they would have one Illusion
the less. Stage drinks, with the excep-
ton of beer and champagne, have a
common basis-the burned sugar of
commerce. The degree is simply in the
colorlng. Unless an undue quantity of
the coloring is used it gives no TASTE
to the cold water to which it is added
II the water is warm the taste is in
sipld and sickening, hence care has to
be taken to have the water at the prom
er temperature when it comes time for
the players to put it to counterfeit use
one drop in, wine glass of water will
give good imitation of sherry and
Two Will color it enough to let it pass
Tor port. A drop added to a tun1bIer
containing three fingers of water makes
whisky.
Champagne does not lend itself so |
easily to the mimic fraud When John |
DreW was here a month ago playing |
The Liars" he was shown at the end |
or the second act drinking a glass of
champagne. The bottle was opened on
the stage, there was the proper non |
when the cork was withdrawn, and as |
ne held up the glass the golden-hued,
eHefVescent liquor within reflected back |
the rays OF light. Surely he was drink |
ing champagne! But he wasn't. The |
spurious article he used was cham,
pa1gne cider made by a Connecticut |
firm, which supplies all theatrical com
panles. The cider is made from pears
efferVescent effect
few seasons ago Sothern was STAR
ring in Captain Lettarblair." In one
act he cut the cork from bottle stand
ing in the middle of the stage. a re-