Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-25
THE DRAMA,


man warship Odin as she appears going
into battle with all guns in action. She
Is coming toward the audience, and the
effect is a splendid and stirring spec
tacle. The film was taken at Kiel dur
Ing a special exhibition for the kaiser.
During tn recent hot spell in New
YORK Adele Ritchie, who recently made
a success in 1.-The Cadet Girl'' at the
Casino. refused to sing one night be-
cause 1t was too hot. Her place was at
once taken by Bessie Wynn, an UNDER
study, n later Miss Richie was given
a two weeks notice of the end of her
engagement.
Edna May is to head a musical comedy
company under the management of
Charles Frohman. She will appear in
an unnamed comedy, by G. M. S. McI.el-
Ian, who, under the name of Hugh Nor
librettos in the old Casino days. Gus
tave kerker is again his musical part
ner.
Isabel Irving has ben given the lead
ing part-Leontine-in Charles Froh-
mans play. THE Husbands of Leon
tine which will be seen at the Madison
Square theater. She is to be supported
by Fritz Williams and f. M. Holland,
and will later have a play by Sydney
Grundy. Her part in The Husbands
of Leontine' is of the light comedy or
der.
"Her Majesty" with Grace George in
the title role, win be produced by Will
liam A. Brady in Washington October l,
and will later follow with 'Caleb West
at the Manhattan theater, New York. Il
will be staged with great elaboration. j.
|. c. Clarke has adapted this romantic
play from a fanciful little story by Eliz-
abeth Knight Tompkins.
The scene Of the model room in
Hodge, Podge & Co.'s" poster print, to
be presented in Mckee and Harris new
production, will serve to introduce a
number of girls posing as models for
somewhat startling posters. This scene
treated a sensation in Berlin last year.
where it was first presented in the Ger.
man original Of Hodge, Podge & Co..
in "Himmelhof."
William Rudolf O'Donovan. the
sculptor, has made a beautiful bust in
has relief Of Sarah Cowell LeMoyne,
Liebler & Co.'s latest successful star.
A replica Of the bust in relief will be
printed as a seal unon an Illustrated
souvenir Of "The Greatest Thing in the
World,'' the play which created such an
impression last season, and will be pre-
sented by Mrs. LeMoyne during her
forthcoming tour.
The members of the Weber and Fields
mpan including the managers, Lii
7 liam Russell, Fay Templeton, De Wolf
Hopper and David Warfield, reported
| last week to begin rehearsals Of the new
b]urlesques by Edgar Smith and John
Stromberg. The principal burlesque
| will be called "Fiddle-Dee-Dee," unless
! a better title can be found. The second
travesty is entitled "Quo Vass-Iss," and
is a parody on QUO Vadis."
Edgar Davenport. who last season
played Horatio Drake in 1.-The Chris
tian,' supporting Viola Allen. has been
| engaged for the role of the cardinal,
Louis des Torres, in her new play. In
the Palace of the King" The character
is historical, like most of those in the
Crawford-Stoddard drama, and as the
papal representative he was a .promi-
nent parsonage at the court of King
Philip II.
Oscar Hammerstein of New York is at
present making heroic efforts to COM
p1ete his new Theater Republic, on For
ty-second street, near Broadway. in time
" lllS AaSSN 'kP@AiAA VI eAN Ao~S
by James A. Herne in Sag Harbor," on
the opening may be postponed a few
days, but Mr.. Hammerstein has built
saver theaters in New York. and it is
nrnho BILE that his 'a+eet. "oa as h" do
clares, his best house of amusement,
will be completed in record-breaking
time.
Within a comparatively short time
Mrs. Fiske is said to have had three
different overtures for an appearance in
London, the last two being on behalf of
contracts made for this country Mrs.
Fiske has ben forced to decline all of
these tenders. AS soon as it is nracti-
cable she will play an engagement IN
London, using the plays that have given
her International fame although she has
been seen in them only in this country.
The Charles Fechte version of Monte
Cristo," owned by James O'Neill and
presented by him nearly 1900 times upon
the American stage, is the one he uses
again this season in the mammoth Lieb-
Ter & Co. production of the famous play.
This is the only really successful adap-
| prompted Dumas, on seeing it in Lon
don, to fall upon Fechter's neck. ex-
claiming: eff I had seen the play first. 7
should a written my story from it,"
! Lost River valley, the locale of Joseph
! Arthur's latest play, is Furthermore ia
NOUS for it's quarries of fine sandstone.
from which are manufactured most of
| the Whetstones used in the United
States and exported to foreign oun
! tries. 1.-THE Song of the Scythe' in most
of the meadows of this broad land is
ries of Lost river. which have been
i worked for three-auart erS of a centurY.