Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21
Jour CINDY" 5
Story of Two Christmas Ewes
By John Mcguire 8
By Lohn Mcguire

Christmas hymn:
'.AdeSte fideles, loeti triumptlanteS
Nenite, venite in Bethlehem
Nahum videte Regem Angelorum
Nenite adoremus
Nenite adoremus
Nenito adoremus Dominum."
and the full choir, vocal and instrument
tai, took up the refrain, repeating in
melodious hunder
Nahum videte Regem. Angelorum
Nenite adoremuS
Nenite adoremus
Nenite adoremus Dom.num"
the soul of poor little "CinderS' eN-
panded in ecstasy. She vas no longer a
thing of common clay.
'Cinders' attended the church services
every morning. and the celestial music
of adeste fideles dwell in her soul for
evermore.
The greatest theatrical night Of the en-
tire year, both in England, Ireland,
Scotland and Australia. is boxing
night which is the night after Christmas.
Then comes the Christmas pantomiine
which has been for many months in pre-
paration. Then with anxious anticipa-
ton the multitudes hasten ut an earlier
AioSA SiAttAh 'et
theater. to give their annual greeting
to their lifelong favorites, the funny
clown, the simple panteloon, the agile
harlequin and the graceful Colu.nDine.
Surrounded by the gorgeous TRANSFORMED
lions of scenery which makes the stage
to children. young and old, a veritao.e
land of nchantment. "Cinders' saw the
pantomime and there and then resolved
she, too. would some day he one of the
pretty stage ladies-like those who smil-
ingly pir u cited before her.
''Cinders" was treated as al equal in
the Rogers family. She went to school
and her progress was most marvellous.
Since she acquired the art of reading
words of two or three %syllables she was
most voracious in devouring the stories
and fables of fairyland. Her favorite,
however. was the enchanting tale of
Cinderella. AS she advanced in her stud
les. she grew in grace and stateliness.
She confided her desire of adopting the
stage to "old nan Rogers, who had al
ready discovered her talents and general
fitness for a most successful career, and
he began to give her such Instructions in
the art of acting that it was but a little
time when "Cinders' was under the
stage name of "Maureen O'Malley,' a
lIlSIllDeI UL III ~ pS ue Il! VI tiC
Theater Royal. AS at school, her appli-
cation to the requirements of her allotted
work in the theater caused rapid promo
ton for her. and just after one years
apprenticeship found Maureen O'Malley
east for the title role of the ever popu-
lar Cinderella. which was produced as
the Christmas pantomime, With a wealth
of scenic grandeur never SURPASSED ia any
theater | have SirSa seen,
Maureen OTMaIley was a complete
metamolphosis from "Cinders." Her
voice, her acting, her beauty, had con-
quered the town. Her success was in
Simultaneous and emphatic. Mushroom
like, an army Of admirers grew up in a
single night.
Beauty, thou art a dangerous, hut a
bright mantle-there is fire, too, in thy
brightness, for sometimes like the shirt
of Dejanira, thou art fatal 60 the wear
er; sometimes like a flower that is with
cred up by the sun, destructive to the
~cazer.
OF this quality so important for good,
or for evil, Maureen O'Malley had more
than a mortals share. Yes, she was a
beauty, tall, rounded, glowing, with
eyes that could madden, and lips that
could smile away madness. In her was
lost all trace of the s~tockingless, shoeless
sitter Of rags and cinders-when the
prince returns to find the lucky one
whose foot fitted the crystal slipper,
and when Maureen O.Malley presented
hers-that was a ~foot-never mind-why
speak of her feet when already so many
We're thinking of her hand.
The pantomime season. came to a close
MISUNDERSTANDING star continued il
tho aSfanGnnt IT yrcc nrlv q l;t+ln t;r,o
when she became the leading juvenile
lady of the theater, making distinct sue
cesses in the various roles she essayed
In Shakespeare heroines.- such as Bea-
trice, Juliet, Desdemona,s etc., she was
above rivalry.
Among the constant theater goers whC
scarcely missed a nights performance,
was the Hon. Lord Percy Howard, an at.
tache of the governor of the Colony O
Victoria, Maureen O'Malley had takel
absolute possession of his heart. H,
managed to obtain an Introduction to he
n without the knowledge or consent O.
Papa Rogers, as she called her bene
factor and guardian. Howard was {
OUNCE son of one of England's oldes
ana proudest ducal families, and whil
his attentions to Maureen became NOR,
marked and noticeable to the compan
playing at the theater, and that she wa!
receiving the same with evident pleasur,
on account of the social chasm between
them, no one thought of anything NOR,
serious occurring than tina filtration
which sometimes prevails between youn;
men of the world n a handsome youn!
actress.
The existing state of things wa
5 brought to the notice of "Old Man. Rog
ers, and he peremptorily ordered Maur
cen to receive no more bouquets or othe
evidences of appreciation from the arts
, tocratic young lord. He always took a
5 opportunity of telling Maureen's persist
; ent admirer that he must cease his a,
tentions to the child: that she was to
\ young to have her head filled with val
notions of such love as he had to bestoW
and which he foresaw would end only i