The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-02
The Bandmanns in the Benefit to
John Mcguire.
1T is A GREAT COMPLIMENT
A New Delight in Store for the People
of Butte-Hoyt's Latest and Best,
"a Contented Woman"-At
the Casino.

ening in participation of the benefit
given Mr.. Mcguire. There are "a great
number in this city who have never
seen Mr.. Bandmann on the stage A
new delight is in store for such persons
who will take advantage of seeing him
tonight, while those who have de-
rived pleasure from him in the past
Will be delighted all the more. A truly
great actor is Daniel e. Bandmann
His Shylock is the best that has been
presented on the stage since his first
coming to America.
In past years the name of Bandmann
was enough to conjure the public with
in filling the leading theaters in the
principal cities of this country. He was
Dllled as the German tragedian, Herr
Daniel E. Bandmann The very style
of announcement and the name provol-
ed curiosity, and when curiosity is once
aroused, there is no more potent adj
Vertlser than that which exercises the
bump of lnquisitiveness. Bandmann,
like Caesar, came, saw and conquered.
pronounced individuality in private
life, and intellectual embodiment and
force, both as public character and
a private citizen, "a man of many
parts, whose personality predomin-
ateS in all he ndertakes-artistc, for
cible vilile--he has those attributes,
which, at the command of genius, make
him a striking figure among the stage
worlds celebrities.
Mr.. Bandmann comes with "his honors
thick upon him. One of the few really
great actors who shed d lustrous llalo
IKE the gorgeous effugence of set
ting sun upon barren waste, and give
warmth, and delight, and atmosphere
10 a vanishing art. 1t is. therefore,
with a great degree of satisfaction that
John Mcguire has succeeded in
having his old-time friend to emerge
from his retirement in Missoula to APP
pear in two of his greatest characters,
Hamlet and Macbeth, this evening, as
sisted by his talented wife, appearing
in scenes from 'Hamlet's and Mae
beth. Tomorrow night the disting-
uished actor will appear in his greatest
role, Shylock, in the" Merchant of Ven
Ice
a Contented Woman one of Hoyt's
successes, will be at the Grand next
Thursday night. Mr. Hoyt claims it to
be his favorite creation. For several
years he had in view the writing of
this comedy, and aspent all his leisure
termination of making this his MASTER
piece. When it was first produced it
met with Instantaneous favor, but even
then it did not exactly suit it's progeni-
tor. For nearly year he Travelled with
the company, making such alterations
additions and cuts as appealed to his
Judgment, until finally even his critical
Ideas We're satisfied, and he felt that
he could do nothing more. "A Content
al n,,''
fleets its talented authors personality
perhaps more than anything else ne
has written. 1t teens with all the crisp,
bon-mots and witty filings that give it
the true Hoytian flavor. it is original
in every line and situation, the uneX-
pected is always happening, and no
sooner does one laughable situation go
by than the auditor is suddenly plung-
ed into another, before he has scarcely
ceased laughing at the last. 1t is by
this constant keeping the interest at
the extreme tension that one secret Of
Hoyt's success may be discovered The
audience never knows what to expect
next.
The production will be on an unusu-
ally elaborate scale, the entire comrle-
ment of scenery, properties and mount
1ngS from Hoyt's theater being carried
and every detail of the presentation
in this city will be identical with that
given in New York.
The Casino theater in Butte will
change hands to-day. J. w. Kenney,
who has been manager of the house for
the Casino Novelty company for three
or four years, has sold out his interests
to Morris Louis, and the latter will as
sumo control to-day. Mr.. Louis is a
recent arrival from Paris and his in
clinations lying that way he recognized
the Casino as a good investment and
congenial business venture. The terms
of the deal are unknown, but it is I'M
derstood that HJim'+ Kenney got
enough out of it to put him on Easy
street for day or two.
What am L going to do now?" ask
ed Mr.. Kenney, when questioned as to
his intentions. II am going to the
South Sea islands to do a little mis-
sionary work. 1 believe I can do more
in the way of doing good in this world
on the Island. of Adamless Eden than
can here in Butte by running a va
riety show and selling mixed poison
and sulphur smoke antidotes"
The best of all extravaganzas, Cay
est Manhattan will be the Offering at
the Grand January s to II. The ad-
ventures tof Ferdant native of Show
iiSSoHr Nhoiiit, III Lie great
serve as a vehicle to introduce the |
cream of the best of comedians, vaude- |
vile, artists and Vocalists. From the |
minute the curtain is raised until il
descande5 on the finale of the third act,
there is a continuous Offering of some |
thing to entertain and amuse The IL |
orettist has not allowed a dull line to
slip, into the book. Such we'll known
people as Jean McIlmoyle, Octavie |
Barbe, Jenny Lynd Lewis. Jessica Dun |
can, Alta de KerWen, Frank Gardiner,
lanes A. Herman, George H. Carr, |
Thomas Herman and Angelus Stuart |
are included in the cast.
Gilmore, & Leonard's latest comedy
success, 'Hogan's Alley in emphatic
ally in it this season. Competent critics
say that the organization surpasses
hat of any play they have ever had.
This attraction will be at the Grand |
.wo weeks from to-day. Campbell and |
Caulfield, the Juvenile wonders, fiddle
Hinks and Dugan, William Hogan,
Thomson and Green, Mamie Ward |
George Kainp Frank Rhodes rIorapoo