The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-01
ANACONDA NEWS.
WEEK AT THE PLAY HOUSES
I.
Two Excellent Attractions Of
sfered at the Margaret.
A oN1ENTED WOMAN"
The Splendid Play Will Be Given on
" Wednesday Evening Belle Archer
1 at the Head - "Gayest Manhat-
ny tan" on Saturday Evening.


The coming week at the local the
aters promises to be one of the most
. enjoyable of the entire season, even
II there are only two pieces booked.
These two plays, however, are of a
: character SO far above the usual run
of attractions that, Anaconda theater-
goers will not complain about a de-
crease from the weekly number that
f has been presented of late.
The first of the two is Hoyt's "a Con-
! tented Woman which comes to the
Margaret on Wednesday evening The
company is headed by Belle Archer,
and includes u speciality members. On
Saturday night a"Gayest Manhattan
comes to the Margaret. This piece is
tsaid to be one of the biggest hits of
the season. The company carries 4G
people, and has had most successful
run in every city where it has appear
ed,
UP to the present time no attra ctions
have been announced for the Union
s LHedteT.
That the Margaret Wednesday even
ing will have it's seating capacity tax
ed to its utmost there can be no doubt,
If one is to judge by the unusually
brisk demand for seats. That :he &C.
casion will be joyous one there can
be no doubt, when the announcement
that Hoyt's "a Contented Woman,
the funniest work of this clever play
wright, will be the attraction, and it
comes with its wealth of scenery and
gorgeous costumes, the same as usas
during it's phenomenally successful
run at Hoyt's theater, New York.
"A Contented Woman is 4 satire &C
the keenest kind. and one that, Sc
cording to flattering reports, appeals
to all classes .of theater-goars. The
piece contains quite prete1iious pl,,t,
and runs as follows: Benton Holmes,
a wealthy young man, runs for mayor.
In his family is Aunt Jim, violent
woman suffragist, and sne. inuucCs
Holmes beautiful young wife to run
for mayor on the woman's ticket
against her husband. During the rrog-
ress of the campaign, wlicn is carried
through four acts, all Of the incidents
Of political life, with women mixed up
in it, come in. Holmes has his head
quarters in one part of The house, and
his young wife has hers in another
part. He is visited by tha city COM
mittee, and she is visited by her com
mittee of strong minded women.
WITS Mlestlso %;f gay soe eomfs p and the
beautiful gown, and CONES back wit h
her costume in ishreds. and rhe .wo-
men did it, not the men. Aunt Jim
carries the matter so far that on cleo
ton morning she appears in mems
clothing and sallies forth in that earb
to the polls. The elimination IF the
whole story comes in the. last act. Wien
Uncle Tody, the hitherto henpecf ed
husband of Aunt Jim, comes home
from an evening at Mrs. Eoosr1,tl: S
house, and, made daring from too much
wine. declares that hitherto all is to
be changed, and commands his wife
to go upstairs at once, and take off
the trousers. A little later the news
comes that Mrs. Holmes is elected.
all that she would rather be a woman
and have the love and respect vi her
husband than be mayor.
The piece is replete with spirited and
catchy music, and no end OF entertain
ing specialties. The cast is the strong-
est Mr.. Hoyt has ever sent out, and
is headed by Miss Belle Archer, noted
for her artistic acting and beauty.
which comes to Anaconda Saturday,
the San Francisco Chronicle said:
'Gayest Manhattan which made its
first appearance here last evening at
the Columbia theater, is all that its
name suggests. 1t is gay and sn ows
some phases of Gotham life in cnlors
as delirious of those of a poster. 1t is
metropolitan in scene, but its cheerful
ness and fun are cosmopolitan. Gay
est Manhattan is a musical extraVa-
ganza that sang and piroutted its way
into the favor of Roster & Balls Glen
tele and last evening a San Francisco
audience agreed with Gotham. One
of the merits of the production lies in
the lyrics written by John Harley, over
a score of them, some of marked ctev-
erness. Harley evidently decided that
sentiment had no place in 'Gayest
Manhattan and the result is entirely
aconfirmatory Of his opinion.
AS far as could be ascertained the
plot on which are hung the musical
numbers and the specialties has to do
with the visit to New York Of Hiram
Prindle, his wife and two daughters,
residents of Skowhegan, Me. Their ads
ventures in Central park, at the %al-
dorf hotel and at Roster & Balls music
faH are, of course, such as could be-
falls people only in a musical extrava-
ganza. George Carr lent quaint humor
to the part Of Prindle and Miss Jean
McIlmoyle and Miss Jennie Lewis as
his daughters, Melinda and Tess, re-
spectively, left pleasing impression.
Frank Gardiner, James Herman and
Horace Thrum were co-conspirators in
grotesque comedy roles. Miss Octave