The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-26
DANIELS DATE CANCELLED
Eminent Actor Will Not Come to
Anaconda.
MAY BE SEEN IN BUTTE
Manager Mcfarland of the Grand Makes
Arrangements for an Excursion.
Uncle Toms Cabin" at the
Union-"Who Is Who ?"

Manager Frank Collins of the Mar
garet theater yesterday received a re-
ply to his telegram sent to New Yorl.
to the owners of Frank Daniels play.
The telegram from New York stated
that the manger Of Mr.. Daniels had
been instructed to give Anaconda a
date if RAILROAD connections could pos
sibly be made. 1t is not proba BILE, how
ever. that Mr.. Daniels company can
make good its Anaconda date. This
fact will be regretted by all lovers Of
first-class attractions and owing to the
inability of the company to make the
railroad connections necessary to
reach Anaconda in time to give a per-
Torrance here, Manager Mcfarland of
the Butte Grand Opera house has made
special arrangements with the Great
Northern company, whereby all Ana
condians who wish to see any of the
Daniels performances in Butte either
next Thursday or Friday, or Saturday
nights, can take the 1880 p. m. train
and reach the theater in time for the
performance, the opening of which will
be delayed till the arrival of the Ana
condians at the theater Manager Nc
Farland's arrangements include the
holding of the regular 1880 train in
Tickets for both operas will be placed
on sale in Anaconda at Smiths drug
store for the accommodation of the peo-
pie here.
Next Saturday at the Margaret will
he seen Kelly & Mason, two singing
comedians, who will present at that
time their new comedy of a complicated
nature, who Is Who" There is a
happy combination of the humorous
and the serious that runs all through
the piece, and every word and action
counts for something in unraveling a
very intricate plot. The phonosraph
is brought into requsition on the stage
in revealing a salient point in sup
posed murder committed of mythical
partner called Memo. The great liking
for music. song and dance by the gen
eral public will not be overlooked by
Kelly & Mason. Besides their own
fetching singing and talking specialtss.
there will be Harry. N fWelch, the aC-
robatic comedian; Sisters Whiting, the
favorite connetist duettistss' Charles A.
Pussy and Louise Gould in travesties:
Helena Adds, the dashng singer and
dancer; Allie Willard, Georgia Temp
kins, Johnny lie Fevre, and no less than
six large speciality numbers, in which
the entire company participate.
Tomorrow night at the Union Family
theater the Davis & Busby company
will begin a three nights engagement
presenting Uncle Toms Cabin" The
performance of this play will be given.
from all information furnished, in
manner that has seldom been eXcelled
for elaborateness in this city. There
will be several in the cast too who
will add to the general interest and act
jVenesS of the performance, as among
others areE the two famous Cook Twin
Sisters, who will be seen as Topsy No.
] and Topsy No. 9 There will appear
Herbert Church as the gospel reading
and faithful Uncle Tom. while little
Bessie Troy, a child artist who has
gained favor on the stage, will appear
as little Eva The grand allegoricaI
transformation scene in the fifth act is
described as being particularly gor-
geous, and in its entirety requires the
utilization of some nine specially paint
ed drop scenes AS the final drop is car
rted to the top of the stage, there is
shown in the rear Abraham Lincoln
giving freedom TO the colored man.
There are countless numbers of people
VINO practice good old Staid ways of our
ancestors who are never seen in "a the
alter. When Uncle Toms Cabin" comes
along. however, the mother of the fam
lily takes the children Of the household
to hear the pretty lessons taught by
little Eva, and listen to the comic saw
ings of Topsy, the child who never was
born, and the rsble tickling remarks
of Marks, the lawyer