The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-01
THE ANAcoNDA sTANDARD JANUARY Il 1892
of the wine making his
voice smooth. THAT envelope contained
an order for two seats at the theater."

| anticipation of the wine making his
| voice smooth. THAT envelope contained
| an order for two seats at the theater. .
| Apropos Of the recent war with Spain
| and the many heroes it was the i,nme-
dlate cause of discovering, Mr.. Robson
| tells of a funny incident that happened
to him while playing some years ago in
| Well-known managers theater OUTSIDE
| OF New York. The first act was over,
ana Robson was chatting in the wings
| with his manager, when one of the boys
rushed in on the stage with the infor-
nation that General Grant and his fam
| lily We're in one of the boxes. A flush of
| gratified pride suffused that manager
ial face, followed by a look of agonized
doubt, as he evidently reflected that
perhaps the general had "deadheaded"
into the box. did you send him box,
Robson?" he asked. Mr.. Robson an
swered in the negative, and the man
ager pulled out card. handed it to a
boy, after scribbling on it some lines
and told him to take it to the box office
for an answer. The boy rushed off with
his head full of the general, and re-
turned in few moments with the same
card, which he handed to the sender
thereof. A CHASTITY look crossed his face
as he read, and without word he hand
ed it to Robson. The first line read in
the rather shaky hand of the manager:
Did General Grant pay for his box?"
Underneath this appeared the follow
ing: mo; but my son, Fred Grant, did,
Q. S. Grant" The boy had taken it 10
the box of the general instead of to the
box office.
The five-act drama, Hands Across
the Sea-" which will open at the Union
Family theater with New Years mat
inee, has afforded the scenic artist
good opportunity to display his skill
with the brush. Nettleton's farm in the
first act, presents a picture strongly
suggestive of fields and meadows of
new-moWn hay. The second act has
four effective scenes. and especially so
the last one, the courtyard of Mile VAL
lier's gambling den, in which the MUIR
der occurs. The third act gives a set of
living pictures of the interior of the ia
nous La Roquette prison, in which all
criminals condemned to death are be-
headed by the guillotine. The double
scene OF a prison cell and corridor from
which Jack Dudley escapes, and the
subsequent change from the courtyard
to the prison, where he is recaptured,
are effective pictures of the artists
brush. The dash of the United States
ship forms the center of attraction in
the fourth act, masts, rigging, bridges,
with all their adjuncts necessary to the
proper representation of life aboard a
ship, with seemingly nothing lacking
save the smell Of tar and rolling and
pitching movements of the vessel be-
ing there to complete the Illusion The
dock in Sydney harbor with ware
houses on the side, and the big shin
landing her passengers and cargo in
the background, makes up a living pc
ture in the last act that is not less in
teresting than the others. The perform
ance is evenly balanced, and the
warmth and recalls that greet the many
strong, situations and tableaux are the
best evidence of the popularity OF
Hands Across the Sea-" as produced
by the French Theater company The
engagement will be for one week, with
the usual matinees.
The Sutton stock company made good
again this week with the comedy my
Wife's Companion The play is COM
edy in every sense of the word 6 My
Wlfe's Companion" tells a etory Of two
women who have that terrible malaiy
kleptomania, and their doings get SO
many people into trouble that in order
to straighten out the targle great
many funny situations are involved. |
The specialties are all good They are
numerous, too. Between acts two and
three the homeless wonder, "Lynwood,"
ipt only IuSStliieS, put enteftalnS Inc
audience. Taking the performance al
together it is as clever as any of the
road attractions that has visited the
Family this season.
My Wife's Companion will play the
regular Sunday matinee and will give a
farewell performance on New Years |
night. The attraction for New Years |
week will be the r. E. French Theater
company in a scenic production of
nd ha lo
ment will be for one week, starting
with matinee on Monday, Jan. 2.
Richard Mansfield said not long ago |
that he never went near the theater
except to dress for and play his part,
and Augustin Daily, it is said, never |
sets foot inside any theater save his |
own or where his company happens to
be playing.