The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-11
JOHN DREW HAS A MUSTACHE
When He Sacrificed His Lip Adorn-
ment There Was Sorrow in
Many Hearts.


call all the dear little matinee girls
to witness that the world lis running
true again on its ball bearings and that
t.fe once more assures it's wonted nden
and its halcyon aspect says a writer on
matters theatrical.
john Drew has his mustache back!
l hasten to plant our banner dear girls,
upon this glorious discovery. know
with what strange delight it will fill
your gentle souls, and was amazed be-
yond language to find among the many
we'll deserved laudations of the reap
appearance Of the dean of actors in po-
lite comedy no mention of this moment
Gus news. We loved Drew without his
mustache. it is true. but it was love
not unmixed with tears. Gone, but not
forgotten" We cried as >-c gazed upon
his Richard Carvel face--a face which
will not be llopelessly lamented. 1T is
our John that we see before us. and
yet it does not seem quite the same. 1t
never will seem quite the same ur.il the
s'fted tufts appear again upon the lip
that moves us to such delicate flerri-
merit"
It Was a Night of Sorrow.
1t seems as if l could now hear the
sisr, which cTtfted through the house the
first time that Mr.. Drew faced an audi
ence minus his graceful tlratch. Strong
men trennbled and women turned pale.
1t seemed to US as if he had suffered
from some sort of amputa.ion. One
young woman in my aisle whispered
audibly: why, he looks positively
nule!" 1t was a night OF sorrow, and
he'd it not been 4or the surprising art
of the actor I verify believe he would
have scored an artistic failure.
For the Drew mustache was not like
o.her mustaohes. 1t was an eloquent
! piece of furniture in his artistic work
;l,cp. and was used by him almost con-
s,tari.ly in calculating the character he
had in hand. How delicate1y he used
to manipulate it in the days when he
worked in those delightful little duos
with Miss Rehan. 1t was his solace in
moments of perplexity. his constan,
friend, his fides Achates: the very way
in which he coaxed it, caressed it, lat 1t
were delightful to witness. In his hands
and on his mouth it was the purest com
Guy of a mustadhe that one had ever
seen, and he seemed lost without 1t.
> I have heard it said that he never was
the same Drew after the loss that hi
was before But on MUndas night hi
returned to us like "a true knight armed
cap-a-pie and ready for the fray. 1'ht
mustache was back on it's old perch. W.
felt that our old John Drew, our owl
John Drew, had returned to US in goot
socth, and that in poor Old Bdnks o
the Dragons" we should see him a.
his best.
A Little Stiff and Formal.
! And. dear girls, we are not going to b.
? disappointed.
: A little stiff and formal, I admit, wa
the bearing of the new mustache, "a
was quite natural At the first perform
ance it was net employed with the oldel
time facility in making business. bu
it was there! We all saw and we all re
jo.ced exceedingly, for we knew that II
T the course of a few performances TN
: fingers will return to their oldtlme ca
ressirg, and THAT ornament upon IN
( face of our favorbte Will soon be rein
: listed among our good actors"
Let us rejoice and be thankful unit
Major Bingham. He has brought happ'
t ness to the hearts Of the matinee gil
and to some besides. among Whom yo