The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-24

among the sweetest reminders of home we
had during our stay in the Philippines.
Think of hearing After the Ball sung by
Filipino woman.
There is native band of musicians III
Manila known as Aguinaldos band, and
you never heard Sousa's marches played
any better than those go niggers play
them, and you never heard "A Hot Time
in the Old Town played unless you have
heard Aguinaldo's band play 1t. They
cannot read a note of music, but they do
produce some beautiful harmony"
However the greatest source of amuse-
ment and entertainment of the Fiipinos
is cock-fighting and the Montana soldiers
were not long in the Philippines before
they became enthusiasts in the sport. The
fighting cocks are armed with double ra-
zor-edged gaffs and when two chickens
are pitted it only takes one or two
passes to settle the contest, and off goes
a chickens head. Among the chicken
fighting enthusiasts in the Montana reg
iment was young lieutenant from Butte.
He bought dozen of the gamest cocks
he could find. One day Filipino came
into camp with his fighting chicken I'M
der his arm and challenged the lieuten-
ant. A ring was formed and in about 10
minutes the lieutenant had seven dead
chickens lying around and the soldier
boys had nearly gone broke betting on
the losers. The eighth, however, was a
bird of fighter and vanquished dozen
before the Filipinos had enough and the
boys had won even.
Joe Arthur tells this tale in explana-
ton of his sadness:
DO you know what has happened to
Rising Sun, Ind? he said. why.
they've run a street car line into the
town. Anybody can go from Rising Sun
to Aurora, Ind, now, for 5 cents, and he
can go clear through to Cincinnati, the
sinful city Of Cincinnati, for 10 cents.
Now what do you think of that? Time
was when Rising Sun, Ind, was fur
Their away from the center Of civiliza-
ton than any other place that I can
call to mind. That's why I laid the
scenes in Blue Jeans in Rising Sun.
Gave me a chance to give the critics
stall, see? They couldn't very we'll take
me to task for depicting characters sup
posed to be found in Rising Sun, for
none of the critics had ever been to Ris-
ing Sun, and I didn't think they would
ever reach that spot"
Janauschek has returned to the stage
and has begun starring tour in new
version of Meg Merrilles." 1t is stated
that she has been surrounded with a
competent supporting company, a
true, for the once eminent tragedienne's
success has in late years been made
impossible chiefly through the incom-
potency of the players appearing with
her.
1t is said that J. NJ. Barrie has
larger revenue from the stage version
of his Little Minister" than many a
successful professional man makes in
lifetime. Already it has yielded him
more than 100000, and to that sum
may safely be added another $4,000
for the publishing rights to the novel,
Many a gold mine has yielded much
less than this little book Of about no.
600 words.
Notable in the Children of Ghetto"
are Moses Ansell and his daughter Es-
Their, the prematurely old child Of -
years, who acts as foster mother to her
brothers and sisters. In the play these
parts are acted by Adolphe Lestina
and little Mabel Taliaferro. the child
actress. Moses is lemon peddler,
who stands all day in Petticoat lane
musing over the laws Of the Talmud,
forgetting to sell his lemons.
Richard Mansfield this season has
discarded all theatrical property here