Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17

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The most successful Of modern plays
are honest plays. Over $500, 900 has been
paid to see 1.-The Old Homestead" 1.-The
Little Minister" is now in it's third sea
| son, with undiminished prosperity. Bar
bara Frie.tchie" is playing to enormous
business. ''Ben-Hur'' is sold out months
ahead. Miss Hobbs a drawn crowded
houses at the remote Lyceum.
| Charles HaWtry is a popular london
| comedian who has long been anxious to
come here but has so far been able to find
no play likely to meet with success. Since
/ John Hare's experience with BeerbOhm
Trees as we'll, English actors are eau
tious about coming over insuficiently
supplied with plays. Now Mr.. Hawtry
has "A Message from Mars" which he
will play in London for some months to
come and then use as the vehicle of his
introduction here along with a new COM
edy by r. c. Carton.
Frank Losee, who plays James Brett,
the detective, in the production of "The
Great Ruby" has been a professional
william on the stage for a great many
years. The actor says that during his
professional career he is supposed to nave
debtedness of the United States and the
cash on hand in the treasury department.;
that he has comm.tted so many murders.
stolen many children and committed so
many other heinous crime during his
stage career that he has quite lost track
of them. ,~a
The New York Press has this from an
interior town: "At least one more young
girl has had her stage ambitions shat
tered. as shown by a case heard here
by Justice Hayter. A travelling burlesque
company had been in the theater, and
one Of the girls had the manager hauled
to court in an endeavor to collect her
salary. itNJ
az am only ~ she told the justice, and
my name is Matte Abel. I ran away
from my home in North Eleventh street,
Philadelphia, in December, and Joined
his company. At first I intended to sing
in grand OPERA, but I could not find one
The manager only has paid me 5 cents
since January 1st.' t9E
Fierce looks were cast on Manager
Burton at this confession, and he hastily
distributed cigars and passes for next
season. endeavoring to change the tide of
opinion. -
lis that all you have had to live on.
poor girl?" asked the justice.
That my board was the reply.
He was to give me 81 a week besides,
and I was to be pushed forward in the
profession. He kept his word about that,
and I carry my spear in the front rank
now -.
"'And your arduous work? Z
my contract calls for me to wear
tights and look pretty, and I have been
faithful to my covenant. Please make
him pay up
"'You must settle with this young
girl the justice said. sternly; and again
the angry hum OF the spectators had an
ominous sound.
So sTsl1 uivo hor co , VxyoS R,,rtop,o oeeo,,
"fReal money? No stage fake? I'll
take it. When's the next train for Phi1-
a%delphia?' And Miss Abel made won-
derful tim for the station, where she
broke one of her three dollar bills for
gum and the Girls Guide to Wealth."
The new london Hippodrome, which
was thrown open to the English public
two weeks ago, is ranked as one of the
] most novel amusement places in the
world. AS a mere building, and quite
apart from the performances which may
be held there. it has alrea iy been listed
with Nine. Tassaud's and Westminster
Abbey among the sights of London.
1t is a arena, walled with
rows of private boxes which are fitted
with upholsteries, Italian marble ana
Flemish Renaissance decorations. Theirs
IS a stage at end, and in the center,
directly below the boxes is an Immense
~NNp kJU ACCL III circumference, f. e
pit has a capacity OF 100. 900 gallons of N
ter. In its sides and bottom are gla$1d
holes, through which various colofed
lights can be projected into the watlg.
On either side of the proscenium are a.
frances to the arena. and when it is Fill
of water these can be flooded to per1&dt
the coming and going of boats. M
When the floor of the arena is raiakd
and the pit cleared of water-an opetk-
ton which takes about a minute-&s
floor of the stage at the end can be lu3-
cred to its level, making a huge dry, cdh-
tlnuous area. II
Again, a button is pressed, and arou d
the circle Of the arena arises a high sd >
grid. converting the entire space intdfa
mammoth cage, in which wild amin Z
may be exhibited and trained.
Beneath the building is a cafe, htSHd
to resemble the saloon of an ocean Lin {.
with the familiar skylights, brass httins
and portfolios. through which, by clever
Illusion a view Of the sea is AFFORDED.
The ventilation Of the new building Ii
better thar that Of any other amusement
place in Europe. The air is drawn n
through the roof n washed" and dis
infected.
The seating capacity of the Hippodroms
is about 1900.
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