The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-16


then she threw her arms around the
neck of the policeman and begged pit
eously for protection. COrbett said his
wife was trying to ruin him by making
a scene on the street. She was finally
induced to go home and .ater she sent a
communication to the press denying
that she feared personal violence at her
husbands hands ans declared that
their relations were of he most pleas
ant She said her action on the street
was due to a spell of nervousness to
which she was subject
The report from London is that Loie
Fuller is going blind She is beyond
all hope, and within frw months, it is
feared, she will be sightless This loss
of sight has been caused entirely by the
strong lights which have been turned
on her while she is dancing. The strain
on her optic nerves has at last proved
too much, and she will soon pass out of
theatrical life She scarcely realizes
this as yet, having an abiding faith in
a Christian Science doctor, who was
recommended to her as having been
very successful in oculism in America.
but all who have watched the treat
ment note that she is steadily growing
worse For period of about 10
years Miss Fuller has been before the
public in many sensational dancing
acts. 1t was she who created the SER
pentine dance an invention that proved
remarkably successful and profitable
both in America and Europe. To give
the proper effects strong calcums and
limelights were constantly directed on
her for periods of 90 minutes or half an
hour. All imaginable colors were
thrown upon her face from half a dozen
different points When the serpentine
dance had worn out It's welcome, she
L. Il
all of them called for these same glar-
ing lights. Some time ago she was
warned that she should take a long va
cation in order to rest her eyes, but she
would not heed the advice. and now she
will pay the penalty by total blindness
for the rest of her life.
Jessie Couthoui is back East with a
new act. says Chicot in the New York
Telegraph Miss COuthoui. it will be
remembered. used to do recitations in
a deep bass voice, and tell us about
poor little Joe who died and went to
| heaven, and relate similar saddening
efforts in the fond if mistaken belief
| that she was entertaining us. The last
| time she played here, about a year ago.
she sprang a monologue sketch on us,
and finding that she had more nearly
| caught our fancy she took 1t out West.
| where she has been wrestling with it in
| the spirit and flesh. Now she offers it
again. and in a voice less trying to the
ear and with some material that is new
| she has won more success than was
| hers in the past. She has a number of
decidedly smart lines in the dialogue,
and though she overloads a point by
| frequently repeating parts of sentences
| the dialogue is not too thin. while her
style of work has much improved. She
shows us in pantomime a street car
| filtration and it's consequences, and
really makes an effort to vary her work.
| The idea. is q good one and capable of
! indefinite expansion but she should not
| laugh at her own jokes.
Stuart Robson who comes to the
Grand for two nights. April 26 and 81
has been meeting with more than a fair
measure of success during the present
| theatrical term. The reason for this
other than the personal popularity in
which this esteemed actor is held is
| found in the personnel of his support
| ing company, which includes several
names almost as distinguished as the
! star they environ. Mr.. Robson has two
/ new plays this year, one from the pen
| of Augustus Thomas, entitled The
| Meddler,' and the other from the dra :
matte workshop Of Theodore Burt
Sayre, called 1.-TWO Rogues and a Ro-
| NANCE" In both Of these PLAYS Mr.
Robson is said to have the character tC
portray that is particularly we'll suit
ed to his peculiar, yet eccentric, require
| mentS.
Marie Burroughs is Mr.. Robson's
leading lady on his present tour, and
she has been the recipient of many
attentions from both press and public
in the Eastern cities, who it seems
consider Miss Burroughs one of Amer
| ica's representative leading ladies' Miss
Burroughs is a very beautiful woman
and that she is the pos.
SCISSOR of much dramatic tai,
! lent was demonstrated conclu
| sively during the several tours made il
this country by E. S. Willard whose
leading lady she was.
There has been a feverish curiosity
among the actresses and matinee girls
who used to sigh over the fatal beauty
| of Harry COrson Clarke, to see the
| bride which that clever comedian re
Gently brought home from San Fran.
| cisco or Honolulu or one of those one
night stands between here and Manila,
writes "a Woman of the World" in the
| New York Telegraph. Il saw Mrs
Clarke dining at the Astoria with hel
lord and master last night, and really
she is even more beautiful than the
glowing descriptions which come out Of
the bounding and boundless West haC
led me to expect Although we may
grieve and mourn our loss, it isn't pos