The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-12

in September as proof that degrada-
ton is an exception to the rule in our
theaters. Only two out of IL were i'm
moral and two others were objection
able only in the matter of costumes.
The showing for October Is still more
creditab1e. Only one of the II new
plays produced last month was in any
way reprehensible, and that was the
farce THE Girl in the Barracks" now
given in England at the Garrick and in
German at the Irving Place. This
weeks bills includes "Barabara Fret
CHEZ with Miss Marlowe at the Cri-
terion, Miss Hobbs with Miss Rus
sell at the WI Lyeeu, MERE d6n pr Than
way The Singing Girl" with Miss
Nielsen at the Casino, THE Only Way
with Mr.. Miller at the Garden, 1.-The
Tyranny of Tears with Mr.. Drew at
the Empire. "a Rich Mans Som with
Mr.. Crane at wallack's, .'Robespierre"
1.-THE Song of the Sword" with Mr..
Sothern at Dalys, THE Old Home
stead, with Mr. Thompson at the
Academy of Music, Children of the
Ghetto at the Herald Square and THE
Dairy Farm at the Fourteenth street
Is not that list Of plays and players
to be proud Of? And should it not in
clude Becky Sharp" with Mrs. Fiskeat
the Fifth Avenue? This admirable ac-
tress has chosen to impersonate a de-
pTdNeu Creature III sCeASS VI SlA-Sehte
| and delivery, but it is a transfer from
| Thackeray's literature, and are we to
condemn the serious treatment of sexu-
| al themes in the theaters? The merry
| and frivolous pieces that are continued
in town do not reflect upon the taste
| Mary with Miss Irwin at the Bijou,
! why Smith Left Home" at the Madi-
| son Square and "A Stranger in aStrange
| Land are entirely respectable farces.
| There is nothing indecorous in the
Rogers Brothers In Wall Street at the
Victor, and not much to blame but the
undressing in "Whirl-i-gig' at Weber
& Fields or 1.-THE Man in the Moon at
the New York. The weeks reviyals
by stock companies are II Trovatore'
! at the American and Madame sans
| Gene" at the Murray Hill. The visiting
plays are the fine comedy, Lord and
Lady Algy," performed at the Harlem
| opera house by the company from the
Empire; the wholesome melodrama.
THE White Heather" at the Star. and
only the farce. The Girl From HaN-
inns" at the Grand opera house repre-
sent Partisan indecency. There is no
need to worry about the condition, 1t
! is not all right but ii is not much
| wrong.
The continuous shows are prospecting
with perfectly clean shows, each the
| ater's daily visitors being enough 10
! fill the house from two to three times;
| Current "headlners" are Toom ana
| Chit. George M. Day and Perkins D.
Fisher, for Proctor's; Edward Harrl,
gan, Lizzie Evans, Harry Mills ana
| Jess Dandy at the Pleasure Palace;
| Ching Ling Foo. the Bruet-R1Vieres,
| the Nawns and the Moulieres at
Keith's, and the Esmonds at Pastors S;
| Hourly views of motion pictures ana
| concerts attend the wax SHOW al the
Eden Musee The music halls are 1--we
| ". Roster & Balls has an attractlVe
and inoffensive all-specialty bill, much
Of which will be replaced next MondaS
bv .Round the World in Eighty MN
,tes," At the Dewey the Sennetts @rI
| the leading specialists, and a mhslcal
review and burletta are played IN
| the well-known reckless style OF ina
theater.
There is a great howl going up lus'
| now over the immortality of the stage
and Ella Wheeler Wilcox has tilted mel
pen in an evening paper to say thlngs
| about it, says the Matinee Girl IN th'
Mirror.
You know what Oliver Herford
naughty cherub twho, like all cheruns
was composed only of head ane