Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-22

! On Thursday night Hermann will open
an engagement of three nights and Sat
'iurday matinee in his popular entertain
Inent OF magic, mirth and mystery. Leon
7 1effmann is favorite entertainer with
! Butte theater-goers, who appreciate his
| marvellous dexterity and seemingly i'm
possible feat of legerdemain His feats
OF palming are interesting and puzzlins,
and the rapid manipuations OF Herr
mann,s fingers eXemplify the wonderful
profclency that may be attained by as
tsldulous study and practice in the magic
art Three new illusions, THE Mysteri-
! Gus Tub of Neptune La Supplce de
Lutece' and Coronation, will be pre-
scented during this engagement. The
I'VE Noses are also on the programme
! Tor Commute diversion with musical
Instruments. OF the performance the
New York Journal says:
! The popular aphorism credited to
President Lincoln was rendered all the
| tfuer to the audience at the Grand last
hlsht, When the exception to the rule
was demonstrated-the single exception,
sala TO be the sine qua non of every rule
I-1errnann, the magician succeeded in
| 1oolhg all the people all the time"
hermann is the chefest of all the
lahlrs VINO nave ever visited this city,
IN saying this only compliment to his
skill as dealer in legerdemain is in
! tended, since the more the audience is
TAXED the more they like it: and Herr
mann kept the eyes of at least a ma
; Jorlty OF his audience last night wide
open and cleaning with wonder"
After dull fortnight at the local
playhouses, during which performances
, that We're mediocre at best, have held
tnWe boards, Butte theater- goers are to
pe RECALLED with three nights of inimit-
apie FRANK Daniels in his new opera,
i Inc Ameer,' and the whole week has
an offering of good entertainment as
Hermann follows Daniels at the Grand
the last half of the week.
! The Ameer" was pronounced last sea-
son the comic opera hit of the season
FRANK Daniels is name which stands
1or contagious merriment. He is a fun
maker from the beginning of the evening
unto the end thereof Moreover his fun
is always within the boundaries of good
taste. His work in "The Ameer" is
pronounced strictly of fun producing
order. Unlike some of his colleagues
Frank Daniels has no wish to stray
, from his path of mirth to venture into
serious thoroughfares. With him it is
let me make the laughter of the world
care not who makes the tears" And
so, IN The Ameer' Frank Daniels will
be seen in his we'll known character of a
manufacturer of mirth. His new comic
opera is the work of Victor Herbert the
distinguished composer and liberettists
k1rke La Shelle and Frederick Ranken.
1t is the opinion of those who have heard
the opera that Victor Herbert has never
before written such pretty music. There
are songs for all of the principals and
several of topical character for Frank
Daniels. The choruses are described as
very melodious and swinging: the finales
as stirring as any ever heard on the
comic opera stage. The story is an orig
inal conceit. 1t deals with the life of
Af@hanistan's ruler 1t shows the kind
of Damoclesian sword he stands In
daily dread of. 1t affords a living illus
tration of the trials and tribulations
which beset that monarch and how he
has to work over time in an ambitious
endeavor to prevent others showing him
off the earth In all this he has a sup
port which. report has it, is superior to
any other he has ever had. Numerically
1t exceeds sixty. In quality it is set
forth as being quite as prettey and as
we'll voiced as was his company last
year Helen Redmond Is Frank Dam
;le4s prima donna. Kate Uart Norma
kopp, Will Danforth, Owen Westford
and Rhys Thomas the last being the
young American tenor who made a dis
tinct hit last season in London. The
tcqstuming and scenic investiture of 'rhc
Ameer' are said to be quite in Keeping
which the demands of the story. The
coming engagement will be the only tina
Frank Daniels will play here this season.