Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-04-08

mar with Mr.. Barr as Ingomar, and his
wife, Parthenia.
The playhouse was about 125 feet long,
with the stage 80 feet wide and "A feet
deep. Dressing rooms and property room
We're in an ell addition. The floor was or
earth, and the scenic effects were not of
the best, although they excelled those Of
Shakespeare's time. When the footlights
needed to be lowered, the orchestra turned
down the kerosene lamps In front of the
stage. 1t Is perfectly safe to say that this
rude hall always held an uncritical audience.
1t was ready to applaud enthusiastically
been. But real artists visited it. Among
these were Parepa Rosa and her husband,
Karl Rosa, the yiolinist.
In these days. when royalty deigns to
visit this country at frequent intervals. few
can understand the excitement caused by
the arrival In America, for the first time
in the Republics history, Of an heir to the
British throne. Albert Edward, however,
did not go West, and its inhabitants were
thus unable to visualize the fact that
princes, even those of Wales, do not differ
in appearance from ordinary men, although
their attitude towards the world Is said to
he Of another character. They are the
| product of their environment, rather than
of their inheritance.
Following the example of their liege lord,
the scions of aristocratic families c~oR1ned
their American Investigations largely to
the Atlantic coast. The great beyond,
reaching to the Pacific, until recently saw
but little OF them.
Imagine then. in what a state of mind
the garrison at Fort Shaw was thrown,
when 1t became known in September, 1881,
that the Marquis Of Lorne, son of the Duke
of Argyle and the son-in-law of Queen
| Victoria, the GOVERNOR General OF Canada,
who was on his way east, would spend the
night Mt Fort Shaw.
The whole post was In a fever of prepare
ton the officers making arrangements for
his reception and their wives deyising
menus and setting their quarters in order
for the entertainment Of nobility. The
Marquis had as escort q company or the
Canadian "Mounties," arrayed in their bril-
liant uniforms, and with their queer little
caps precariously set on one side OF the
head
They were mounted on scrubby little In.
dian ponies, which somewhat detracted
frem the effect they produced, as preced-
Ing the Marquis, they rode onto the parade
ground and there separated into two lines
facing one another, to permit the Governor
and his staff to pass through. There was
the usual ceremonious reception, In the
\ midst of which the regimental band struck
up that melody, said to have been com
/ Iosed In Germany, but now a national an
| tAem Of both England and America. With
\ the first bar of God Save the Queen
eur own America" every Englishman anc
\ Canadian removed his head covering, what.
ever that happened to be, in silent testi'
mony Of their loyalty to their country
We are told that II was an impressive sight
What / have given in this aud foregoing
sketches arc but casual glimpses OF For
: Shaw in its palmy days, In the hope thai
they will enable those who visit Its site
today to vision 1t as 1t once was In all the
picturesquenefs and activities OF its mill
| tary existence.