The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-28

| companion of Miss Marlowe. Mr.. Cur
rier was the stage manager. During
| my absence from the city. while this
| engagement was in progress, a piece
| of batten fell from the flies during the
| changing of the scenes of an act upon
| Miss Ada BOWS head
When I reached Chicago the next
| day / found that she had been taken
| to the Presbyterian hospital. A law
| suit was threatened, upon the alleged
| negligence of my stage employees, and
| l compromised the matter by agreeing
| to pay all doctors and convalescent
expenses. A paper embodying this was
| signed by Julia Marlowe and Ariel Bar
| ney, her manager, I was given to un-
| derstand that it was with the consent
of the then Miss Ada Dow.
"She was removed to the Grand Pa
| cific hotel, and | paid bills for doctors
| and convalescent expenses amounting
to some $1,000, l think. She was dis
charged as cured. l understand that
she then married Mr.. Currier, and went
to Australia to produce plays, which
| she did.
about eight or nine months after
ward I was in New York and was serv-
ed with a notice of a suit for $4,000
| damages. After innumerable delays
the case was tried and a judgment with
costs amounting to some $4,000 was re-
corded against me.
| This was just at the time when my
| affairs became somewhat embarrassed
on account of strikes and the deaths
of men associated with me- The news
| was sent through the entire country
and published in all the daily papers,
and injured my credit very severely.
| "Dreading more trouble from this
source, | finally determined to put all
my creditors upon an equal footing, and
give them any equity belonging to me.
This | have done. In regard to the
| T)iI0llaSna thpater PittShuro pouitV.
some of the best lawyers in this coun-
try whom I have consulted say it is
good. This I give cheerfully to the
creditors
Blanche Walsh who has Fanny Da-
venports role in the Sardou plays.
made her debut on the professional
stage at the age of 16, with Marie
Night" She was with Miss Vain
wright three seasons, playing Zamora
in THE Honeymoon" Florence Mary
gold in my Uncle WILL Madeline in
Frederic Lemaitre," Grace Harkaway
in London Assurance" and Queen
Elizabeth in Army Robsart." She
then signed with Charles Frohman, and
originated the part of Diana Stockton
in Bronson Howard's ''Aristocracy,"
produced in September. 1892. She play
ed in this two seasons, and then APP
peared as Kate kennion in The Girl
1 Left Behind Me- and on Jan. l, 1895.
Joined Nat c. Goodwin, playing hero
ines in "A Gilded Fool" IN Mzzoura,
David Garrick,' 1.-The Nominee THE
Gold Nine and Lend Me Five Shi-
lngs." After this came a season of
summer stock in Washington, during
which she had the leading parts in
pink Dominoes," MY Awful Dad"
Mother and Romeo in f. A. Lancas-
ters one-act piece "Romeo's First
Love" She was next heard of as the
adventures, Mrs. Bulford, in 1.-The
Great Diamond Robbery" produced in
New York in 1895. In November she as
den theater, New York city, and played
it for the remainder of the season. She
then rejoined Nat Goodwin and sailed
with him for Australia, playing all
the parts she had previously had with
him in America, and also as Lydia
Languish in "The Rivals" and Loise
in 'Gringoire." Returning in October,
she originated the part of Margaret
Neville in "Heartsease,' with Palmer's
stock company. In January Miss
Walsh played in straight From the
Heart in New York, appearing in the
dual role of brother and sister, Har-
old and Clara Nugent.
Miss Walsh is remarkably quick
study, having on several occasions
demonstrated this fact, two of which
are worthy of mention. In August.
1895 with only two hours notice and
without rehearsal. Miss Walsh play
ed the role of Trilby in the original
company and won high praise for her
successful accomplishment of diff
cult task. Again, at the Boston muse
UNI. during the late winter, Miss Walsh
was sent for to play Edith Varney in
Mr.. Gillette's Secret Service which
was being produced there. She saw
the play for the first time on a Tues
day evening, and with one rehearsal
played the part the following night
and for the remainder of the Boston
engagement, sailing for England May
5, opening with Secret Service" at the
Adelphi theater, London On her re-
turn to America she played for two
| weeks in Secret Service at the En-
pire theater, New York city, then with
Sol Russell Smith in Bachelors Ro-
NANCE at the Garden theater, New
York city. In January, 1898, she re-
turned to the Empire theater, playing
Jeanne Marie in THE Conquerors." On
May 20 she Joined the Herald Square
stock company. Her last engagement
was at Denver with the Manhattan
Beach stock company. Melbourne Mac
Dowell and Blanche Walsh will be seen
at the Grand June s, 8, 10, and II in
Sardou's great plays, La Tosca" and
| Fedora"
| oHhiiid lolh Vi nc oSuooi III oSoii
dali sort-hint broadly that the abrupt
and unexpected departure of Ada Re-
han for Europe was occasioned by
Maude Adams success a S Juliet, writes
Hilary Bell. These busybodies declare
with great curcumlocution of argu
ment that Miss Rehan is disappointed
because the public paid more money
to see her in melodrama than in old
comedy while it pays more money to
| seen Miss Adams in Shakespeare than
in modern drama. Such supposition
is not to be entertained. Miss Rehan
has had her day in Shakespeare, as
Fanny Davenport. Helena Modjeska
and Marie Wainwright had, and now
her admirers desire to study her tai
ents at the antipodal point. Maude
Adams served her time in farce and
cheap drama faithfully, and now the
public wishes to see her in the finest
works of stage literature. Changes