Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-25
Distract, In I'm Gay Paree,ll,. and Willie
Bullion. in The Mar in the Moon" will
be remembered,

Distract, in I'm Gay Paree,A"' and Willie
buliion. IN The Man in the Moon," wilt
be remembered.
At CoytesviMe, the seashore resort
where Maurice Barrymore cottages dur
ing the vacation, he has organized a VOL
unteer fire department. Last week a
number of theatrical folk gave a benefit
10 uniform the brigade. and provide an
engine house. The programme consisted
OF ane-act plays and sketches, with
music and defamation interspersed.
number of the first part. The feature
or the evening was 'Nan. the Good for
Nothing Dorothy Donnelly played the
title role, Henry V. Donnelly was Tom
nlobles, the gardener, and Walter Allen,
Il. D. Blackmore and Fl. Clarke COM
pleted the cast. John Drew was present,
but did not appear on the stage.
James Lane Allen, author of 1.-The
Choir Invisible is rescribed as a
charming gentleman of ~sixty-tall.
spare, intellectual and specialized. A
Southerner to the manor born, he bears
the South's gentle, courtly manners.
Humor. a capacity for innocent enjoy
ment, and an Utmost childish shyness
and reserve at first acquaintance. are
other striking characteristics. The au-
thor has heartily Endorsed the m
lzation of his popular novel, made by
Frances Hastings, which Liebler & Co.
will produce at the Park theatre, Bos-
ton, in October, with Henry Jewett in
ms original role of John Gray. Mr.. AL
lens latest book, THE Reign of Law"
has not only created a strong impress
sion on the reading public. but has re-
neWed interest in his previous publica-
tons, particularly 1.-The Choir Invis-
ible."
Curiously enough, nearly all the young
ef women stars of our stage will ESSAY
dramatizations of more or less widely
read and popular novels during the COM
ing season. Julia Marlowe essays "When
knlghthood was in Flower" Mary Man
netHng will be seen in Janice Meredith
Viola Allen presents I'm the Palace of the
King Marie Burroughs appears in The
Battle of Mr.. Strong" and Annie Rus
sell in The Royal Family Grace
George. the youngest but by no means
least ambitious Of them all. will enact
the convent-bred queen in Her Males
ty,' founded by ]. !. G. Clarke upon
Elizabeth Knight Tompkins' charming
tale Of a mythical kingdom. "Her Ma
jesty' will be the first Of these dramat-
izations seen in New York. 1t receives
its first production In Washington Octo-
Der l. and soon thereafter goes on at the
Manhattan theater.
Nine. Modjeska. as is her custom, is
spending the summer at Arden. the
name of her often-described ranch near
III Toro. Cal. She writes her managers,
Wagenhals & Kemper, that she has nev-
er been in such robust health as at the
present time, and appears to have all
the enthusiasm Of the debutante over
her appearance as the Lady Constance
in King john on her coming farewell
tour. Before rehearsals in September
she will make a flying trip to Honolulu
as a holiday jaunt. P. d. MacLean and
Odette Tyler, who We're starred last sea-
son by Charles Frohman in "Phroso."
will be featured the coming year with
Modjeska. Her season will open in Mon
treal early in October, and she will be
seen in this city later in the year in q
production of king Ohn." At the close
of her ~engagement with Wagenhals &
Kemper Modjeska will return to her ma
tive land, Poland, where she will give a
few performances and afterward retire
permanently to private life.
Edward Marble, whose death occurred
at 141 Greene avenue, Brooklyn. last
week, was a cousin of Joseph Jefferson
and was an old-time and well-knoWn ac-
tor, playwright and manager. His father
was Danforth Marble, a celebrated YAM
kee comedian of the early '4O's. Edward
Marble had been i'll for nearly a year.
and he succumbed to a complication of
diseases. He was born in Buffalo on
September 6. 1916. His first appearance
on the stage was in Chicago in 1860,
when he took the boy part in THE
Stragglers.' He subsequently played
with Mrs. John Drew's company at the
Arch Street theater, PHILADELPHIA: with
John Mccullough at the California the
alter in San Francisco; with Willie Ed
ouin at the Boston museum; with Sails
bury's Troubadours. with Lolita and with
Edward Sothern. In 1884 he Joined
Thatcher. Primrose & Vests combina-
ton as interlocutor. He wrote songs,
too, and was for a long time stage man
ager of "The Black Crook" His last
public appearance was a little more than
a year ago, when he took a part IN a
benefit entertainment in Philadelphia.
ua 1aayes an only daughter.