Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-16

nor Wept over John Storms trials and
Glory Quayle's sacrifices, and applaud
ed their triumphs; rather is the play an
Improvement especially in it's final act,
when we have John Storm and Glory
Quayle with u.s. triumphant and happy
Instead of being devOured by the mob.
1t is in the <ird act that the author
has drawn his strongest climax. Over
come by his love, maddened with the
thought that the woman he loves is in
danger of contamination with the world.
inbued with the revelation that he must
kill her body to save the soul. John
Storm bids her prepare for the end. With
the ferver of the Glory he had known in
youth. she brings back to him the love
of their young days; their parting when
the world came between them, appeals
to his love, and conquers and saves
himself
1.-The Christian" is not play which has
special patronage, it's vogue is univer-
SAL the highest minds in the world have
enjoyed it, and even the lowly whose
simplicity finds pleasure in lighter
amusements are charmed with the story
1t is a romance of the church wthou,
sectarianisln. lesson of pure religion
which antagonizes no creed.
#.#
Way Down East" will succeed "The
Christian" at the Grand during the COM
ing week, and will be presented Friday
and Saturday nights. The play is a
strong presentation of moral truth It
can scarcely fail to teach to every think
ing witness the injustice of that standard
of morals which calls in question the
sex, rather than the person of the trans
gressor. The tone of the play is pure
and sweet and shows the God likeness
of humanity when at its best.
"Way Down East" is a charming idyl
of New Hampshires farm life. 1t has
met enormous success through the coun-
try, it's two years run in New York hav-
ing been followed by enthusiastic ac-
ceptance in every other city visited. It's
adroit blending of comedy and pathos
and the admirable acting of superb
company made it one of the most popu-
lar rustic plays ever produced.
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Some idea of the character scope of
Becky Sharp Mrs. Fiske's new play
from VANITY Fair" which will be seen
in this city, may be gained from the
dramatis personae. Thirty odd charac-
ters figure in the play. among them being
Sir Pitt CraWley, Pitt CraWley, RaWdOn
! Crawley, Lord Steyne. Captain Dobbin,
Lieutenant Osborne Joseph Sedley, Lord
Bareacres. General Tufto, Prince Peter
wardin, Raggles. Becy, Amelia, Miss
Crawley, Lady Steyne, Lady Bareacres,
Lady Blanche, Lady Jane, Fifine and
| Briggs.
In an editorial in The Arena for Feb
ruary, entitled 1.-The Stage of Yesterday
and Today its editor holds that
the American stage now boasts as large
a number of prominent young actors
and actresses as at any time in it's his
| tory, While he claims that the genera |
! character of dramatic performances as
to uniform excellence of the actors, etc,
shows a great advance over the per-
| formarces of "A generation ago. Nor is
our stage as weak as those who mourn
the poverty of dramatic genius in these
degenerated days imagine" says he.
In another generation the elder theater-
goers of the New York and the Boston
of today Will be saying: "Ah! if you
could have witnessed Minnie Maddern