The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-15

i.
FraWley's best friends to learn that
after leaving Butte. and even before he
came to this city with his company,
lle played to a losing business and was
finally forced to disband his company
at Kansas City in the middle of the
season. A mans best friends are those
who treat him cordially and tell him
of his weaknesses as well as praise his
good qualitits. When Mr.. Frawley
started out to do business on a reputa-
tion he established a few years sgo and
foisted himself on the public as an .lctor
capable of supporting a woman like
Blanche Bates, he made a great mis-
take and honest friends did not hest
tate to tell him so. These friends were
not confined 20 Butte or any other city.
San Francisco critics told him So before
he left that city on his Eastern tour
The World of Vancouver. in a notice
characteristic of a majority of press
notices he received after leaving San
Francisco, said: when the FraWley
company was here before T. Daniel
Frawley, the star, was not with it,
having missed the boat at Victoria
Many who We're present at the opera
house last evening came away with
the impression that it would not have
been such bad thing if he had missed
the boat again."
According to reports, the company
did not play to one good house after
leaving Butte, and when Miss Bates
left the company at Salt Lake to fulfill
her contract with Augustin DAILY there
was nothing left to the company to REG
ommend it to the public and the result
was that Mr. FraWley was compelled
ITO close his season. He announces that
me will reorganizc his company for next
season. Mr.. Frawley is a good manag-
err and as such the thea ter-going people
of the West owe him much, but he is
a very bad actor and as an actor The
people win not tolerate him. His
friends, and personal friends he has
many, hope he will profit by his ex-
perience this season.
!. In speaking of "Hogan's Alley"
which opens at the Grand tonight, the
Seattle Post-Intelligencer recently
said:
THE advance notices have not exag-
gerated the merits of 'Hogan's Alley
with its yellow Kid and the general
verdict of the large audience at the
Seattle 1heater last evening was that it
was a fast show from beginning to
end. 1t is brimful of hurrah and music,
fun and dancing of the acrobatic order
that keeps you either laughing, ap-
plauding or wondering, and which is so
incessant that the wonder is the mus
cular efforts do not exhaust every man
and woman at the close of each perfor-
nance. There is not the slightest at
tempt at a plot and that is one of the
pleasing features of the performance.
"A plot was evidently attempted and at
once begun. but it is sadly mixed up
in the shuttle and finally lost in the
Whirlwind Of interesting specialties that
rush in with the opening of the first act
and stay TO the last, changing in va
Tiety as Kaleidoscope does in colors
1t is a delightful bunch of highly color
ed nonsense. with the snap and fzz of
fresh champagne, that furnishes a
healthy laugh for every minute of every
act.
The company presenting "H0gans
Alley" is an exceptionally good one
with several of the people in it that
were in the original cast in New York.
and, beside the many clever speciality
people, it has a nice bunch Of pretty,
shapely girls, as talented as they are
good looking and each of whom comes
in for some one of the many bright
specialties. Another bright feature tn
'Hogan's Alley is its many tuuefuI
airs that add sparkle to every song and
act
II Is ooub'1u IL Two brighter bNNS
We're ever seen on any stage than It'd
dEewinks and John Dugan. the first as
Mickey Dugan. the Yellow Kid and the
second as Mickeys chum. They are
both very young in years, but iii p1inl
of self possession, energy. talent and
real artistic mimicry and expression.
can give pointers to many of the best
comedians of the day. Their work as
comedians and dancers. considering
their tender years. is marvellous and
was fully appreciated last evening" their
double act creating an enthusiasm that
was unmistakable for its genuineness