The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-02

SuttOn's New Theater-Sunday,
X four nights and Wednesday mat
X inee, Thomas Jefferson and COM X
pany, in RIP Van Winkle;" X
X Thursday, three nights and Satur- X
x day matinee, Vests Minstrels.
X Suttons Family Theater-All the y
X week, with usual matinee, Pro- X
X fessor Barnes trained animal cir X
X Gus.
X Maguire's Grand y
X X ): X X x x X x X X x x X X x x X x
At Sutton's new theater, on Sunday,
November 3, and continuing for four
nights and Wednesday matinee, RIP
Van Wrinkle" will be given, with all it's
scenic effects and a company of capable
players, headed by Thomas Jefferson.
What would Rip be without the name
of jefferson? They are so closely linked
that the mere mention of one indicates
the other. Thomas comes heralded not
as a novice. but an actor of decided
ability. and close successor to his
illustriOus father. His performance of
Rip, it is said, is one that he may we'll
feel proud of. as 1t was great under
taking on his part to try it on the pub
lie during his fathers career on the
stage, for no matter how good he would
be the skeptical public would always
be open for comparison, but it Is said
he gives to Rip the same delicate touch
of nature that leaves him open for any
comparison. The present outlook for
his engagement here is that he will be
| greeted by an overwhelming audience,
which it is said he justly deserves.
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| In these days of commercial activity
1T is the man with the bright ideas and
ability to execute them successfully who
/ makes his mark. The idea Of putting an
/ entire and complete trained animal show
with it's circus features. upon the stage
/ of SuttOn's Family theater opening with
Sunday matinee, and continuing for the
. entire week. is sure to appeal to a class
beyond the regular amusement lover and
| theater patron. Barnes has a world wide
reputation as an animal trainer. who ex-
ercises all the arts of human kindness
| upon his pretty pets, and. with a patience
that is really marvellous. teaches them to
do almost impossible feats that in some
cases display almost human intelligence
There are Is handsome black and white
I. ponies. that go through military ma
neuvers with the precision of regiment
talks and tells how old he is. how many
times day he eats and can add up any
sum given him by any person in the au-
dience he multiplies and subtracts, and
then gives the folks the laugh when they
applaud his cuteness. The educated dogs
and goats go through their varied per-
formances With as much delight as a
i parcel of school children INDUCING in
!. games on the playground. A pleasant
y feature with Barnes dogs is that each
one takes pleasure in all he does and
looks as if he liked it. The old fashioned
clown, in the person of Sam Copeland,
soon becomes the children's friend, and
| with his trick mule causes no end Of
, laughter among the young and the old
| folks. The Australian aerolites, a trio of
bright little tots, emulate their elders In
some astonishing feats on the single and
double trapeze. Then there is Vtret, a
champion among champions as contor-
ZIONIST. and Emalia, woman who walks
upon a thread of steel just as easily as a
person walks upon terra firma. But the
browning feature in the art of animal
training is Nero, the riding lion. Nero
appears in the open ring, held only by Il
collar and chain, and mounts his steed
with surprising agility, keeping his bal
! around the arena, and at the word of
&, command from his trainer. Nero stands
erect. and with both front feet strikes at
his trainer and growls with savage
| fierceneSS.
| Vests minstrels are gaudier than ever
! this year. The stage picture for The first
part, with it's four fenced tiers of wine
coored plush and satin gentlemen
against the scenic scheme of green and
shrimp, looks like the interior of pin
ny-pOppy Easter egg. Only the end men
soil their beauty with cork, and only
Mr.. West, the interlocutor, wears the
plain black evening suit of commerce.
They are very attractive MINISTRIES.
stage managed to the last perfection OF
| dispatch, and the ensemble musi. Is par
ticularly good both in the choral ar
engagements Of the songs and in the
| singing. heavy chested boy with a
pracocious barytone thunders The Game
of Eyes to stamp catchy refrain on
all who hear, and John H. King sings
Ernest Hogan's Go Way Back and Sit
Down" as only clever white man can
sing a coon song.
But above and beyond and all around
the rest of the show is Billy Van, loaded
to his shoes with new gags. parodies and
stories. He has manner, method and
voice that are all his own. He can no
more help being funny than you can help
laughing at him.
These Ministries will appear at SUIT
toms New theater, commencing Thurs
day night, and continuing up to and in q.
Guiding Saturday night. with a Saturday
ma tinee.
lei Captain" comic opera by John
Philip Sousa, the libretto being by
Charles Klein. and as produced by the
Grau company, is the operate sensation
of the season. 1t affords Mr. EageltOn
the best opportunities of his successful
career. permitting him to exploit his pro-
nounced talents as a vocalist and as a
legitimate comedian, as well as his merry