Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-09

~ night comes on, inclined
seekers of amusement to find
I 1t at the home fresde rather than at
! the theaterS. In consequence, the at
| tendance at Sutton's two show houses
| this week, now closed. could be called
| only fair a the Grand, while at the
! other place on Park street it certainly
did not serve to warm up the efforts Of
amateurs appearing for the first time
! before a Butte audience.
n Della Pringle and her company close
\ their enga cement in Butte with to-
morrow. nights performance OF "Little
Lord Fauntleroy." Leaving h1re, they
| will next appear at Sheridan Wyo., and
1 then continue their tour east to points
| where they have been booked in advance.
| 1t is said that offers of engagements
came from Spokane and Seattle, which
We're declined owing to previous con-
/ tracts.
I Della Pringle may leave here with
| Gather in her hat other than the adorn-
| nent placed there by the m.liner. A
! good actress herself, in her company are
two Or three who bid fair to take higher
/ rank in the drama. notably Mr.. Crane.
Miss Pringles repertoire is Well chosen,
! barring one or two pieces. and the pio-
duction of Faust" at the little show
/ house on Park street. and afterwards
at the Grand last night, took our the
| ater-goers by storm. t.. .al4yt-Gs ..ut!
/ The Butte Dramatic company END
/ their engagement at Sutton's with the
performance tonight of Under Two
Flags" which held the board all week.
1t is supposed to be a dra:latizati ton of
Ouida's novel. but it is q YER p2or one;
and it is doubtful if the Intellectual! and
eccentric lady would recognize it in It's
f>IJ
! the lines in the boo, accurat ely, no
! doubt, but it takes tim. and patience to
! make actors out of anna .ellrs. Still there
is some good ma terial in the company
and the hope is expressed by such OF
| Butte's people who encourage home en-
terprise and home talent, that the COM
pany Will perpetuate itself and not let
go just because Under Two Flags ana
| those who acted it were not recipients of
showers of bouquets and thunderOus APP
plause. The mistake was made in Sc
Letting actors for characters in the play
untitled to Their capacity. The one act
ing as the negro servant, for example,
could do better in some other character,
and that other be of more advantage
somewhere else in the plot. No mistake
was made, however, il, selecting the
Irish characters. In spirit and brogue,
/
dence Of actor instinct, and were really
half the performance in themselves.
! Nothing IS announced for Sutton's
next week. In fact. the house will go
| dark for a short time.
49,
After most successful tour of the
! large eastern cities, Eugene Blair and
her talented company will appear at
/ the Grand opera house on the evening
of Friday next On Saturday. a natl
nee along with a performance at night.
and a special = rformance on Sunday
night.
"A Lady of Quality" and Carmen"
will be the plays presented. and each
production VIII be given with a WONDER
full degree of elaborateness and cons
peteness. Particular attention has been
given to the matter of stage settings,
and a special car is required to haul the
company's scenery
In the first-named play Miss Blair,
the leading emotional actress of the day,
Will appear In the star role of ClOrinda
Wildairs. Attractive IN person and gift
ed with voice that might we'll be en-
We'd by many women both on and off
! the stage. Miss Blair has won a pace
in the esteem of the discriminating the
ater-goers as Il result of long and earn
est effort. A conscientious, accomplished
and trained actress and a woman of
marked intelligence, she lends a noble
dignity to the stage. Her presence in
this strong. human play would of itself
entitle 1t to the consideration of thought
full and discriminating lheater-g oers
even if the play We're lacking in dral
matte merit. which. by the way, Is far
from the case Crowded houses have in
variably greeted Miss Blair wherever "A
Lady of Quality has been presented.
In giving the play of Carmen" Miss
Blair takes upon herself the principal
burden of an arduOuS performance. The
stellar role is one of the actress favor
ties. and it is apparently the same with
the public. as large audiences have In
variably been the rule when Miss Blair
has played the part
Miss Blairs Carmen is in one i'm
portant respect essentially different from
the conventional Carmen" She is no
worse nor no cOarser than an artistic
adherence to the story requires her to
be. In fact it cannot be said that she
is at any time really coarse. though she
is Maynard. capricious. coquettish and
reckless. In her conception Of the char.