Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-28

me cast included, besides the project
ors, Cara BloodgoOd, Paul Gilmore, Ed
Ward Gore. Louise Galloway, Norah
Lamlson, r, c. Turner, Donald McLaren.
Warml y approved. Nearly 20 years have
eiapsed snce a regular series Of profess
slonal theatrical performances has been
gwen at Newport. The last company
was headed by Ada Dyas and George
Holland.
Villa Martin, who formerly played
leads with Lawrence Hanley and Robert
ManteH will return to the stage after
an absence of four years. Miss Martin
is a native of Indiana. She recently
played a short engagement with the In
dianapolis Stock company and subse-
quently went on he road with the jean
nette Glider version of "Quo Vadis."
h. Will taking a sail on a Narragansett
t1bay $ eamer Monday Pauline Hall sang
1.-THE ~ rminie" Lullaby to assist a col
|Rter Of E. T. Raymond, the min
lbstrel. The affair was impromptu and
happened in this way: Among the pas
sengers embarking there was a ragged
little ~9-year-old girl, crying as if her
Iaheart would break. She followed some
men who carried aboard q. rough pine
Ifbox, in which was the body OF a man
swho had died of sunstroke that after
noon. The child sobbed her story to the
passengers. Her name was
lyEdith Raymond. The dead man had
been her father, e. 7. Raymond. He
Ifwas an old minstrel man n for years
had been with the Henry Burlesque COM
itpany. Her mother had died several
years before, and with the death OF her
father she was left helpless, homeless
and destitute. There was not even
!, enough money to bury him. Then Miss
Hall volunteered to sing il a collection
were taken up The result was - fund
of $751; and a promise frofn one Of the
passengers that he would find a home
for the. child.
Plans We're filed last week for i'm
provements that will cost $4,000 in the
, West End avenue (New York; house
! owned by Mrs. Nat g. Goodwin (Maxine
ELLIOTT.
Thomas F. Hanks, the manage of the
/ Bijou theater, will continue i'm that po-
sition the c-min season.
Edward Harrigan will make a produc-
tion of "Old Lavendar'' on his tour this
season and play it in Europe next year.
Minnie Seligman will star under the
management of Fred G. Whitney in a
new American play, as vet unnamed.
| She may also have a version of a new
play by the authors of "Zaza." 7.
A. A.. Mccormick will manage Lulu
CHASER if she stars ext season. He will
use an opera belonging to the Zbrowski
estate. ..".
Florence st. John will probably re
turn to the stage soon in the title part
of the operate version Of Mime. Sans
Gene says the New York Sun This
adapt alton Of the play was made some
years ago by Henry Hamilton and mu-
sic written for it by Ivan Caryll, but
Sir Henry Irving, who owns the English
rights of the Sardou comedy, would not
permit it's use in comic opera form. 1t
is presumed, now that he and Ellen Terry
nave finally finished. with it, he has con-
scented to the production Of the musical
version.
e The ballet, die Puppen Fee" which
was so popular during the French opera
season at the Auditorium last spring, is
being given at Cherry Blossom grove,
the New York roof garden.
Blanche Walsh will sail for America Au-
gust 20, and Immediately OF her arrival
in part with the persecution Of the HUI
new, and yet unnamed, play written for
her by Eugene w. Presbrey. This piece
is a romantic drama, the story dealing
in part with the persecution of the HUI
guenots in France during the years from
1850 to 1850. The chief characters ami
crate from old to new France, and i'm
portant scenes have have their locale
in the city of Quebec. It's capitulation
forms the basis for one of the strong
incidents. Mr.. Presbrey has borrowed
several of his characters from history,
among them Francois Bigot, the kings
intendente at Quebec; Marquis de Vau-
drill, governor general of French Can
ada, and Montcaln1, the general killed at
Quebec.
Charles Frohman is preparing to re-
turn home from his annual trip to Eu-
rope. Announcing his plans for the year
he says:
II have secured a most extensive ana
varied collection of new plays, inc'ud-
ing drama, comedy and farce, and. for
the first time, | have dipped into music.
I have a new unnamed comedy by j. NJ.
Barrie e. I have secured Lady Hunt
worth's Experiment. now running Sue
cessfully at the Criterion. n another
new play by Sydney drundy..
81 have arranged for a new costume
comedy opera, which George Edwards
is about to produce here, and have made
several other contracts for the future
from Paris, among Others ONE for Leon
tomets Husbands which, has BEEN run
ming for eight months, while the Rose
of Persia company IS gong ov Il. with ME
also.
& "Ethel Barrymore and May Irwin,
who only spent a week IN London, ant1c-
N ipate that American VIII get
~ good value in my new productions, but
I propose thai the audiences shall dis
pose of this.
'sWhat have been my most successful
London plays? Miss Hobbs and Mad
anne Butterfly closed a 235-night run at
the Duke of York's theater last night
beca use the leading lady, Evelyn Mil
lard, is to be married Tuesday. / reopen
!. the Duke of York's theater with the
'Ssame company and the same plays in
September.