The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-27

ton and profound study. In his own
peculiar domain he is not equaled. He
is to be here this week and all of our
readers should attend his entertain
ments. The short lecture which he de-
livers at the beginning of his enter
tainments is alone worth the whole
price of admission, for Mr. Flint is
scientist and accounts for everything
that he does upon natural laws. There
is no superstition or appeal to supersti-
ton with Mr.. Flint. We have had
many funny shows, many farce come
dies, but nothing in the line Of whole
some and hearty laughter, laughter
without alloy or without a sting, equal
to that which we shall see in the city
when Herbert L. Flint and his talented
assistant, Grace Marion Flint, give their
entertainment. Mr.. Flint is the lead
ing hypnotist in the world. Grace
Marion Flint, the only lady hypnotist,
is a charming young lady who has
made hypnotism a study. Her work is
delicate and she simply suggests to the
volunteers. They unhesitatingly obey
her every command, even when it is
simply outlined. A subject will sell
newspapers or black boots in the audi
ence or peddle fish or hunt, using
broomstick as a gun. In short every
vagary that can be conceived by the
human brain these hypnotized subjects
accept and gravely act upon. The
whole entertainment is uproariously
funny and very entertaining. 1t makes
the finest and most laughable exhibit
ton that will be presented to our citi-
zens this season. Mrs. Flint will give
the ladies in Butte a treat in the line
of costumes, she being the most hand
somely dressed woman on the stage
In his New York letter Hepburn
Johns says: We are to have revival of
/ ,1,tF
season which will be worth seeing or
I'm much mistaken. 1t is to be part
of the repertoire of Louis James,
Charles Hanford and Kathryn Kidder.
This organization, which last year con-
/ tanned Fred Warde in place of Mr.. Han
l ford, is doing good work for the stage
as well as for it's members and man
ayers. The firm which brought these
| actors together and outlined for them
a policy of first-class productions In the
| legitimate field is composed of young
men, Lincoln A. Wagenhals looking
! after the business end, and Mr.. Kemp
| er. who has had large experience as an
! actor, staging the plays. Anyhow the
| aggressive ability which their manage
ment has displayed has attracted much
| attention of late. They have made
money, but-better in the long run
| they have kept their word with the
! public. The legitimate drama is a
| stencil in the nOStrllS OF many because
| the actors and the equipment of the
| average company doing the legit
would not have satisfied the late la
mented San T. Jack. l have seen more
bad acting, more scandalous careless
ness in the dressing of characters and
! in the provision of scenery when the
| play has been the immortal bard's OF
| some other classic than in any other
kind of dramatic production. They say
on Broadway, for Chicago, as YOU
know, has not had a visit from this
company, that the production of The
| School for Scandal" last season by il
was worthy of any management or any
| theater in America. Mr.. Wagenhals
| told me to-day that he courted COM
parison of THE Winters Tale" which
he contemplates, with anything Sill
| Henry Irving has done in the way OF
| Shakespearean revivals. We shall see
| it at the Columbia or Grand opera
house. / hope. late in the season. Chi
! Cago, whose daughter she is to some eX-
| tent, will be pleased to find that Miss
| Kathryn Kidder has developed wonder
| fully, as I am told by good judges she
has, since she gave us Nine. Sans
| Gene"
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