The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-02

ion Wolton miss Shannon) is found
Diminishing the lover of her childhood.
under the glamor of thorough paced
scoundrel, while at the same time, her
father, on being made aware of the
threatened exposure of his financial
dishonor. kills himself to escape the
inevitable ruin and disgrace This
tragedy does not take place on the
stage in full view of the audience and
of the costume party, but the awful
act is most powerfully and effectively
suggested, notwithstanding, and the
curtain falls with Marion and her
mother made agonizingly aware of the
husband and fathers suicide.
Equally strong and fOrcible, as well
as realistic, are the second and third
acts of the drama the former with its
grand society church wedding, it's
bridal procession and the vested choir
and its thrilling climax at the altar
rail, as the ritual is about to be pro-
nounced and the question is asked
whether anyone has aught to say why
this couple should not be made man
and wife, and the last scene of ALL in
which the baseness of the real villain
is most convincingly portrayed and he
himself turned from the house of his
prospective bride, while the audience
catches a suggestion of a future hap
piness in store for Marion and her
childhood's lover.
Undoubtedly the most sensational
scene of the play is that of the we'd
ding, wherein the wronged wife ruShes
up the church aisle, leading her young
son, and in denouncing the would-be
groom, shows the ring that he put
upon her finger with the assurance
that it constituted a marriage lit is
here that the author fairly runs the
gumut of human emotion, and finally
in tearing the mask Of duplicity, hy-
pocrisy and deceit from the face of
of the groom, reveals his brute nature
as he turns and strikes the woman he
has betrayed, while the aftianced bride
shrinks from him with horror, and
throwing her bridal flowers at his feet,
utters the single word, coward" then
abruptly leaves the church.
1t is claimed for Mr.. Kelley and Miss
Shannon that in the star roles of THE
Moth and the Flame they have both
been given better opportunities than
ever before to show their histrionic
talents, and certainly, to Judge by the
verdict of the New York press and pub
lie during the long and prosperous run
of the play at the Lyceum theater.
they have made the very best use of
their opportunities.
There are people in Butte who re-
member Lafayette, the bow and ar
row man, and they have good reason to
remember him, because it cost them
good many round 'talers' to become
acquainted hith him and his little ar
row trick. Well, his friends in Butte
will doubtless be glad to learn that he
is still doing we'll A programme of
the Theater Royal de rAlcazar of
Bruxelles, France, just received, an
nounces the appearance there of LIE
Grand Lafayette La Merveille du
Steele" and "Tout lie Monde Viendra
Tni, Of
du Steele, Pour La Permiere fois en-
Europe"
Lafayette is evidently preparing to
take a lot of Frenchmen in with his
little bow and arrow.
Thomas Power Walsh, known more
Familiarity in New York as Fatty"
Walsh died suddenly at his home in
that city last Sunday evening of heart
failure He was the father of Blanche
Walsh, the well-known actress who
was recently in Butte and who was to
close her season at Duluth last Mon
day night.
The death of Fatty" Walsh removes
one of the most picturesque characters
of New York. He was a politician al
ways. Sometimes leader or follower
in Tammany Hall, sometimes with the
county democracy he had always had
a great following. His popularity never
waned.. He had a most wonderful and
varied assortment of friends, and ruled
his Italian and other followers as
strongly as he did the Irish Americans,
over whom he first assumed leadership
He was an officeholder almost all the
years of his life, and died in office.
Mr. Walsh was born in Limerick,
Ireland, IS years ago. His parents
came to this country when he was
about years of age. Miss Walshs
success on the stage was never-fal-
ing source of pride to the father.
Frank Worthing, who was Frawley's
leading man for two years, will next
appear with the Liedler company in
Israel Zangwilrs Children of the
Ghetto