Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-05
RIP. BANG! CRASH!

vt WAS New Years day. A small
body of workmen had come together
lat the intersection of West Broadway
and Montana streets, and in a short time
the merry ragtime chorus of the hammer
and the chsel, the crowbar and Che saw
rang out upon the clear frosty air. The
sons of toll had made a combined attack
upon a large brick building standing on
the northeast corner, and soon the crash
ing of falling bricks and mortar added
Il refrain to the industrial song
To the general public the incident
meant nothing but the dem.ition OF
an ancient structure to make room for a
Iarger and more modern building: to the
theater goer, the deVotee of the stage, it
meant volumes. TO him it meant the in
itial step toward the goal where legiti-
mate amusement may be had without
physical discomfort. Looking forward
to the time when Sutton's New Grand
will be an accomplished fact, his mind
could do many peasurable stunts on the
stage of imagination.
The enjoyment of no more plays to be
marred by cold, draughty building; no
more sitting in uncomfortable chairs to
which the spinal column must pay trib-
ute in grieVous aches and pains: no more
poor lights and bad scenic arrangements:
In brief, no more worship at the shrine of
amusement in trousers worn out at the
knee.
When Sutton's New Grand is COM
pleted in early autumn no more unsatis-
factory and at times ludicious incidents
will be witnessed on account of the in
harmony existing between small stage
and the scenery essential to the proper
production of a play. Then the stage and
and when +. Daniel Frawley again re-
turns to Butte he will find it unnecessary
to apologize to an audience forced to
gaze upon a melodrama transformed
into farce. No balloon will obligingly
stay it's fight after suddenly attaining
an altitude where the villain fears to
drop to earth and give another actor an
opportunity to explain to him that it is
a safe proposition.
Will there then be no bad acting? All,
there is the question which forms the ba-
sis of another story. While a poor en-
Vironment cannot wholly destroy good
dramatic work, neither can "A good en-
Vironment make success out of
club" But the dub" will perforce have
a weaker excuse for bad work. and the
actor of worth will not be handicapped.
So let the hammer and the chisel the
NfuWDaT ana uH@ SAW uillle III lHtlr
industrial chorus; let the theater-g oer
build his aircastes of bliss to come: and
as for Uncle Dick" Sutton. may he be
enthroned on the kopje of popularity,
may his laager be strengthened by
breastWorks of sold and silver, and may
many people trek TO his theatrical kraa.
While a rather lengthy period will
elapse before the completion of Sutton's
New Grand, the choice of attractions
booked for the Grand opera house be-
tween the present time and the first day
of next May has been such as to offer
"a deal of consOla ton. The management
is far seeing; the Gift of natural ability
dn selecting attractions and the knOWl
edge gained by experience have been
combined in securing for the Butte pub
1ic a large number of plays that have
Become famous.
Admirers of Hall Caine may witness
Nhe decentralization of 1.-The Christian;
Frederick Warde will set the heart Of
the matinee girl to tuttering; those who
have a warm spot in their hearts for
Marie Corelli may gain an idea of The
Sorrows of SATAN" Sousas band will
set the local atmosphere to vibrating in
harmonic waves; Madame Modjeska
will grace the local stage with her pres
ence; Way Down East will intro
duce the bucolic element in it's most APP
proved form; Louis James and Kathryn
Kidder will furnish interpretations of
Shakespearean roles; and "The Tele-
phone Grip will pause long enough to
say "Hello!" Then the talented come
dian. Harry Corson Clarke, will juggle
with the settings of humor and Blanche
Walsh will also abide with US for brief
period: 1.-The Village Parson' will in
clude Butte in his itinerary; "The Belle
of New York; will give us a glimpse of
her charming countenance, and THAT
Man" will explain Why it is not some