The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-28
OOTLIGHTS will fash in Butte
this winter in a way that Will
outshine the glare of former years


will be in fun blast from now until the
flowers bloom in the spring. AT Suttons
new theater and at Maguires Grand
bookings have been made that will pro-
vide amusement for the playgoing pub
lie in highly satisfactory way. Many
of the old favo-ites whom Butte play
goers have applauded in former sea-
sons will return and new faces will
bs seen in the lime lights glare.
The greeting given John MCGUIRE Fri
day evening, at the opening Of his play
house was enough to delight the heart
of the recipient OF the gracious atten-
tons on the part of the public.
The sale OF boxes at Sutton's speaks
strongly in favor of an opening night
the like of Which Montana has never
seen. Seats, too, have gone Well in
advance and the prospects brighten as
the big event approaches. Sutton's
opening should be made greater event
in Rutte's history than it will be- The
Belle Of New York" is all right in it's
place. but it's hardly the play with
which to open one of the grandest play
houses in the west.
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Sutton's New Grand viii have for its
attraction on Tuesday and Wednesday
nights next with popular price matinee
Wednesday. Thall and kennedy's big
Scenic production Of tina, everlasting.
Swedish comedy drama 'Yon Yonson."
which will also be the first attraction to
appear at regular prices.
"Yon Yonson.' is a play which appeals
equally to both young and Old, and at
the same time to all of either sex or any
race. creed. color or religion. There is
nothing to offend even the most captious.
1t was intended by the late Gus Heege
for enjoyment, for entertainment, to
drive dull care away while at the same
time it points moral 1t lets virtue
triumph over vice and does it all in such
a delightful way with liberal doses Of
true comedy that 1t seems destined like
Tennylson's "babbNng brook" to go on
forever. While the play in itself is
treat, it is no more SO than the splendid
company provided by Thall & Kennedy,
or the magnificent scenic investiture pro-
vided with their monay and under their
immediate supervision. In this company
are such porular and effective players
as Knute Erickson, Annie Mack-Ber-
lein, Beatrice Norman. George Bryton,
Belle Gold, E. Guy Spangler, Sydney
Craven, E. j. Mack Clinton Maynard,
Harry Hubbard, w H. Konst and Geo.
Rignold. And the famous original Lum-
bermen's Quartette with their perfectly
blended voices must not be overlooked.
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'The record of the bucholic play in
America, by the way is long and hon.
orable one" said member of the ''Old
Kentucky company at the Butte today.
'"There have been as many dramatists of
the soil in this country as there have
been poets of the SOIL The founder of
the native school probably was a Rev.
Sylvester Judd, who put forth such an
effort about the time of the revolution
cry war and thereby got himself into
bad repute with his congregation. 1t is
to be supposed that similar productions
followed, but the next noted was a
comedy Of rustic life entitled DORA and
produced during the Cos by Yankee
Adams. John E. Owens famous imper-
sonation of Scion Single, whose con-
slant inquiries after a barrel Of apple
sass rendered that speech a regular
quiz phrase, was introduced into a ru-
raj farce, which had considerable vogue
and bred host of imitators. Then Sol
Smith Russell presented 'Edgewood
Folks thus taking his first marked step
toward the high position he now holds
In the theatrical world, and somewhat
earlier Charles w. Couldock appeared
in The Willow Copse.' which subse-
quently was altered by Steele Mackaye,
and dubbed Hazel Kirke,' had a mar
velous run. Lately the bucolic play has
been greatly in vogue. The 'Hayseed'
character on the stage has come to
stay"
Sam Thall of Thai and Kennedy came
to town this week in advance of the
lyon Yonson' company. Sam was
resident of Butte for period of six
months about twenty years ago. when
/ was in Butte in those early days the
place where the splendid Inter Mountain
building row stands was almost outside
the BUSINESS district" said he.
Twenty years make great changes.
had tip on some good
mining PROPERTY from James MUIR
ray. the banker. in those days but
failed to follow the way he pointed out /
Butte has grown remarkably and in the
theatrical circles its considered spen-
did city. Butte audiences are all right
and the actors like Them /
Thrall and Kennedy have "a Strang-
or in a Strange Land" ana "The Daugh- !
ter of Million" on the road and the
theatrical season. they say. has opened !
its history.
IF Maude Adams was ever seen more
in the character of her own simple
girl-qike self than the day she last ar
rived in Hoboken from her trip abroad,
never heard of the OCCASION" said a
feliow-trave1er. 'She was met at the
pier by her mother. who brought her
some fresh fruit from the country place |
where Miss Adams was to spend the re-
mainder OF her vacation. On the pier |
she stood in an obscure corner. leaning
against a derrick. In one hand she held |
an apple and in the other a pear and,
girl-like. first she took bite Of the apple
and then q bite Of ths pear. and at times