The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
TWO STARS WILL SHINE
 AT MONTGOMERY THEATRE
Stuart Robson Will Revive "The Henrietta" Monday 7 Night and Rose COghlan Will Be Here
 Christmas Day.

at the Montgomery Theatre soon, is one either in or leading a band nearly all his life. When he was lad in England'
 he used to follow the gorgeously uni
 formed cavalry band known as Her Ma jesty's First Life Guards. It seemed to
 his young mind that the chap with the
 trombone was the head and front or the Kingdom, and If he could only aspire 70 l the height that this man held, his ambi, | ton would be settled for life. He induced his father to buy him trombone ana when he tried tD play 1t he was tne laughing stock of the neighbornooo. e tackled popular airs and pathetic bits, when the instrument was only meant TOT i percussionary effects. Yet he determined | to get music out of that welded mass oI brass, and he did. He, not knowing any better continued to 'blow himself, with
 the result that he succeeded. and at ld he was the first trombonist in the very | band that he had so envied. ana aireaay l was accounted the best trombonist m l Europe.
 When Gilmore brought him to America, l Innes had fame abroad. but was nttIe known here. Inside of two years ne was | known as the most marvellous trombonist | of the age. He rivalled with his trom- l hone the finest effects of the cornettists, 1 He gave to his trombone effects that It | was not believed the instrument possessed and the softness of his playing vas won i derful No man ever rivalled lhhes on |
 | Innes has applied this creative deter
 imitation to his band, with the result that
 he has a remarkable organization. Tn
 era in band music. When it plays here | at the Montgomery Theatre all Of this
 will be plain to music lovers.
 With Innes is corPs of six Erancss grana oBeT4 Bey den. Sig. Achile Aiberti Sig, Edgardo
 Zerni and Signora Adele Borghi. ',
 MT. Visscher in "The Starbucks'"
 William Lghtfoot Visscher. who is
 we'll known Montgomery .rr recen.iy st.rI | made his debut as an actor in The Star-
 buck" by his friend Opie Read' MT Visscher plays the part of negro
 The pla;, was first presented in Chicago
 ard the Chicago says of the proancf,On 1rdarIOrn
 theatre yesterday MT. Reads play. Ihe
 Starbucks,' was called ch9rScter
 lama" The phrase was intended to
 fcrestall an inevitable criticism, and in
 a measure it will A franker descrip-
 tion however. would have been char
 acter dialogue. for there was no trace
 of drama in the four pictorial and con vprsational divisions of the entertain
 ment.
 But the characters who did the talk ing were for the most part real charac-
 ters, delightfully."- ignorant of theatrtcal-
 isms, quaint and original in manner of
 thought frequently witty, and mare often
 eloquently figurative In speech In all
 they did and said they showed that they  see mountains by one familiar with that
 life.
 , With such happy treatment Of types | a modicum of direct, cumulative action would have been sufficient to have given
 a dramatic backbone to the invertebrate I literary body. In the absence of even , trifing amount of brisk movement tne . i. piece became a series of anecdotes and tStHts of Questioning and repartee. eacf !, one throwing light on character bu none on the play
 = | ltI. sion that there was any action. They diC it with ability. Emmett Corrigan, in par ticular. made Jasper Starbuck so genuine a personality that whatever he did. ever ! to stepping across the stage, seemed tc : give the play af onward impulse. MT lCorrigan has done many things well , since he joined the Dearborn. company U and he has played some parts as ably . as that of this head of a mountaneel family But he has played none so care
 fully or with so many evidences that his
 enthusiasm has been aroused. After three acts containing many chances In th' picturesque and the humorous he had II f the last act an opportunity for simple manly address, and he used it with tell ing effect. He had been brought befor' . a Federal Judge on the charge of mak ? ing moonshine whiskey. and his defense 7 was the recital of how three generations : of his family had given their lives fol 2 their country. As MT. Carrigan acted the |; scene it was one of unforced pathos anC 1; strength, though the situation itself wa: o suited. ? D Miss Mamie Ryan, who was treated tC ,, a hearty greeting to signalize her return . . to the stage. from which she had beer s absent for six months, played the part o a aa Jasper Starbuck's daughter, Lou. Int r role was among the more conventional o "A the play. but it was prettily acted Two of the old characters of the piece !, were taken by w. H. Evarts, as Mos' 7 Blake, who stuttered in mountaineer dia . lect, and by William Dills. as Lag Spen :, cer who was of the borrowing dfsposi 2 ton.
 William Lghtfoot Visscher enrolled o himself as an actor by blacking up anC O taking the part of a lazy negro. H n | spoke in natural. conversational tones = = and. after he had overcome some errors v of first-act makeun he did credit to hi S unfamiliar surroundings, though his roll U U was not of distinct importance. ,i Louise Rial, as the scolding wife O V Jasper Starbuck, and Thomas Coleman = as the enemy who turned the latter owe N to the revenue officers, contributes
 sketches of value. Grace Reals acted tn
 part of a Northern visitor who fell il
 love with mountain preacher. The par It was ordinary but she did as much : possible for it.
 V "rhe afternoon audience was cool dur l, ing the first two acts. possibly becaus !. one was a repetition to the other. an l. either might have come first or hay
 been left out. but after the third act e broke loose in clamor for Mir. ReaC e After nearly ten minutes of noise h h came before the curtain and told a story IT The evening audience also was demor " strative. MT. Read again told story.