APPRECIATES THE WITBY THE DRAMATIC EDITOR.

Brilliant Indeed was the audience thatgreeted the Overland minstrels in theBroadway theater last night-and brilliantwas the performance.

Critical indeed must be he who wouldfind fault with one of the numbers on theprogramt; difficult to please, too, if he wasnot pleased; morose to the border oflugubriousness if he did not laugh timeand time again.There are some, to he sure, who will

complain of the length of the program.Suppose it did begin promptly at 8:30o'clock and was not over until a nmidl-night ? There was scarcely a minute inthis time when there was not an inter-change of bright wit or entertaining songsor speci:ilties. and I Iw Dockstalher or poorold IHilly \Vilson himself, would have beenproud of the hearty applause. Applauseproves if an autlience is satisfied or dis-satisfied and la.t nighlt there was not anumber or a joke that was not applauded.

It Was "First Night."There are stme, to bIe sure, that will

say that thle iprftrmance last night lackedlashI. i hy hlave never se(te the first per-fortmance tf the very itst comtpanies in

the coiitmry. The reason every tnew playis "tritd on the' (Ig" is to familiarize theexperilenced :t,,rs with the Ilew produc-tion: to tItIne dIwn Ia hit here and en(tllivetna bit Iht re: to take tout in one pice and

put in antoiher. I his is talways done illstallir tt ns long hbeftore the play isibrought it, N w York for its formal pre-sct it ;l innl.

As Iblt'kfaier to.m,lil•s thie boys were.t rong. Slome of the li jokes were extremetlyfttttnny. Ston• of tlthem requlliredt a few sec-onits for the pointt to sift thrttough thebrains of the atdience and then ftllowed astorml of apiplause'. For illnstance: Itert

Steplihens and Ray Freund were specakingof tthe distant origin of sausage and Mr.Stephens rtemarked that the "htank" datedbatck to "I'htartah." It was a couple ofsecondts eftore "far, ba;k" got into tileheads of the peopleh and then calne a stormiof applause. Reference to Nat (;,Gowitt'sexcitilng tine ill Ititite Iy tlthIen cttausetl aut-other roar.

\'ltn it was renatkd thiiat Fred Se-Ilotns was like ta tult because lie woutl

not work llltil he wasl Ir•ite. was anotherjotke on a ilpopular ;itanh that caluse laug;h-

ter. Scaitturtd all thtiouIh the first palrtof the program t t erseI th"se jkts; Itheycatne' i-as t ;nd rt' kted like :t a whip. S ite-tim ', lh,'% (' ito ' . o , T': !!:;;t the aldi-

ence didhn't cats hI the point a, it .hl",, taidt',ons'.. ouily only a few lnu hed.

The Ensemble.Unitually str,n s was i th trIh,-Itra and

raih tf its selettitt', was warmly e rected.\\'hen tli, 'utl;lun went up foI'r the I ,pen ,llll t:the atlit'ence s;tw I- i (lh-e i l.tl Itys in

rines. I'rt• tilt , rt•ped twere the ltboys,with lharles II. LamI . lit(. iiti rlcutt r,

•fta, t l " I a ,ii , ;aId with lar' sha.ledlibtrdl y I:tn(lump sld tv;" Uytoup o st ,tatuaryl , tric ;illt I lltlsniu ,t l. h a s 't litrht0n lhl stact, ,',dle .i.\v'', sn•u 'ndkI, frontthe hings• , wa;is lh, t.t rd "{ver'Lud" inl

Stolsi s and speii Ti its stcre: J. \V.'Thomas, I ita it J. \\ lsh.I Lt otis luretz,hlarry I ring. ( i huh Smithil. Mantsel it.Boyle, Samuel A. Mayer. Riclhard Calla-way, A. G. Ii ws. sR. M. hltbfts, C. F.Sully, F. 11. Butler, ILouis I. Ilto ard.

In the chorts was: \\'illisa liudeke, M.S. Largey, Frank Riley, Rteno Sales, E. S.Edsal, J. C. Galbraith, G. I I Harrington,A. O. Ziin, Hlugh Mcl.eod,. Ilarry lIolp,

CHARLES H. LANE,Interlocutor, Who Rivals "Happy Cal"

Wagner in the Role.

H. J. Merkle, C. \V. Tobin, G. A. Chevigny,Fred Slemnons, Hugh S. Carroll, J. B.Murray, Alex Mackel, T. E. Markley,Charles A. D)avidson, P. K. Gillillan,Proctor Barclay, Phil A. Hunt, W. T.Barclay, Frank P. T'homas, F. II. Bim-rose, (Gy C. l)avidson, l.ew M. Atkins,W. I). Fenner, John Ilocking, CharlesBoon, Jr., J. W. Kimball.This was the orchestra: G. W. Pierce,

conductor; first violins, John N. Olson,J. C. BIrennen; second violins, Will Es.may, .. P. Valleen; viola, J. G(. Bates;'cello, 1-. l.udders; bass, G. Dahlstrom;flute, Mr. Boarchard; clarionet, t;, W.Pierce, Mr. Stinson; cornets, S. II. 'Tre-loar, \V. J. Knight; trombone, W. E.Parker; drums, J. M. King.

Jack Htoward was the manlager and di-rector and the members of the staff were:'treasurer, W. II. Johnson; press agentPert Stephens; stage manager, S. E.Schwartz; assistant stage manager, R. S.Freund; stage director, Otto Pufahl.

To Jack ltoward is attributed the com-plete success of this performance. It is atribute to his managerial powers, for hedrilled the boys for their parts and tookpersonal charge of the staging, suggestedcostumes and in a dozen other ways de-mnonstrated that he can earn a weekly sti-pend of large proportions behind thescenes of any well regulated theater."Here Comes the Minsteels," was the

opening chorus. As soon as the applausehad subsided the end men were intro-duced, These were: Bones, Bert Steph-eu, Fred T. Greeue, M. S. Freund, Rob

Le Bean; tambos, T)'Gay Stivers, GeorgeBusc'h, S. E. Schwartz, lien Crosby.

Their entrance was spirited and thecakewalk that followed, with tile typicalminstrel (ldancing elicited a storm of ap-plause. " hen came the introductorychorus: "Reaching for the Cake," arapid fire of jokes from the end men andthen Fred T. t,reen sang in a most per-fect voice: "My Evaline."

Rapidly, then, came the other points ofthe opening part of the program, eachspecial number being interspersed withnew and original jokes, most of whichdealt with well-known citizens and eachof which was hugely appreciated and ap-plauded by the audience.

Stivers' Catchy Song.J. \. Thomas scored a hit in his tenor

solo, 'W\hen I Think of You," and in the

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JACK HOWARD.He Directed the Music and Drilled the

Boys in Their Stunts.

encore, "It's Julslt Itecase I I.ove YouSo." IIe was ill fiine voice. clear as a bell.'Ihe chorus satig "A I'rivat e iin theRanks," and then f i (;y Slivers demon-slrated that if he hialn't tdecided to lie a

as a iiinistrel. Ilis song. "Bill lailey,\\'oil t Yoll Please lCome loime," provedto Ibe one of tlihe big lhits. His dancingaoi "iwork" in conllctioln with the songandl that of the othiler enld mien who as-si'tid him was lup to a hiIgh standairild ofniirti In lsly. I'le large bi ouitiits weresent Illp to hintl.

"The Ilridge" aid "C(olege Days" werethe sl ections of the tllverlanid octette,

c imposd if: First lenors, I. W. Thoias,A. . Lwis; second tenors. Richard Callo-

tay. R. if1. Ibl bs; first hii•., Louis L.Sllward, F. IF. Itliher; secoid lass, lHarry

li 'll''ii ,' t' I. Sully.Th1lir siln•ll Hgin w Kl.' o lf the f;I lTTires

of the liitire nig hl tIIlarry fI lct inl in l his liss silolg. "A

Thousai;ii d Least.,ile I'nde.r the Sea.i " ;wasin tinet voice anlld d'eserved the giei'nro•tsappl llauise that greeitd him uild the encorethat was demlanded by the pleased a,li-encell lert Siteheis, like liiasy Stivers,could mnake a booking with PIrirose if liecared to. lie is the "hlilly Ktersaiins ofthe minstrel troupe" as tht. program hashiln. Funny lie was in his. specialty sing

one of lthe pronlillit d its the l ve' lilg.Six encores greetetd hiit

lit' he resildedeach time with, if possible, mollre genu-inle minstrel etlihusiasin than blieforie.

About the Street Fair.Thile closing chorus was tili "BIutteStreet Fair," written by lharry Iolp, sec-

retary of the Overland clubl. e lhre is thefirst verse:Now, we'll tll tell you what befell,

At the Buitte street carniva l,WVhen out lhapply towni a tar agI wenl t antaid."'Iwas a umuighly aggreglautill,Blroght afar froil every nation,

'Twas an ()rientiial pip' dreami that we had.lDuring the iliterniissioni between the

parts thle orchestra played a medley ofpopular airs and was greeted with a hurri-cane of iappiutse at its o•ncilin. Tihesecond part opened with "The Awakeninigof the Stiunlower," plreel nted by Mr. lailn-sel B. Boyle and \Mr, Samluel A. Mayer, as-sisted by lMis Mt llde \te'irick, "Sutil Flow-er Fairy," and the Misses Carrie lowry,I)rea Jolnstoniue,l lel i ilali s Natl \ iviali,\'Villine Nichols, Drea Joihnson, iflelentHanson, Nan Vivian. Willie Nichols,Ilezel (;indriup, Eeulalit Farrell, AlfredaSmith, Florence Tuohy, Annie Hawke,Lola Nichols anld I Geraldine Forliis, underthe direction of Mrs. Hlarry Synmons.

So perfect was Mr. Boyle's representa-tion of a girl that a morting paper saidthat "Mansel BI. Boyle was the mnaidennamie of Mrs. S1unuel A. Mayer." Mrs.Ilarry Symons had drilled the childrenperfectly and a no more pleasinlg presen.tation of this lpopulllar seine was evergiven in its own home-the New Yorktheater. Little Miss Weirick was daintyas a fairy and tmatle some of the olderpeople believe that the old story hookswere true and that one of the elfins haddropped upon the stage. The childrenwere perfect in their drill and their child-ish treble was heartily applauded. Mr.Boyle and Mr. Mayer were enthusitstic-ally applauded.

"Our Mary" Was There.Following camne Bert Stephens and Ray

Freund. They were good. Their skit haslost none of its brightness since its firstpresentationl "in Rocker in 1777." It washere that the two worked many a scintilat-ing joke. To an encore they sang ofMary Maclaane, making an exit singing:"l)amn, danun, damnl!" The point wascaught and caused a roar of laughter.

S. E. Schwartz designed the sextetteparody on the famous Florodora sextette.It was unique, comtical and also camein for its share of applause. Two orthree of the mtake-ups for girls were near-ly as good as that of Mr. Boyle. Thosein it were:Herr and Frau lumpenheimner.....

...... SE. Schwartz and M. S. LargeyHferr and Frau Weishaben........... J. C. Galbraith and E. S. EdsalHerr and l'aau Sauerkraut Von Speck,.

.... Harry Doering and Hugh McLeodHerr and Frau Tannhauser Von Gotter-daminerung..Reno Sales and Robert LeBealtHerr and Frau Limtuburger De Riche....

.... Tom Markley and Glenn HarringtonHerr and Frau Oberingelheimner......

OVERLAND MINSTRELS.

IT IS TO LAUGHSOCIETY OUT IN FORCE

BY THE S0CI ETY EDITOR.

All society was there. Seldom has Sut-ton's Itroadway held a more brilliant orbetter natured audience. The scrambleat the box office had leveled all to a dem-ocratic plane and in the seating of theassemblage there was no recognition ofcaste or blue-book lines. Members of themost exclusive circles viewed the stagefrom a vantage point in "nigger heaven,"or anywhere else they might be fortunateenough to secure a place.

And all society was clad in its harvestattire. Handsome gowns and sparklingjewels were everywhere, and the modestevening dress was handsomely in evi-dence among the masculine contingent. Itwas a chance to display and a number ofnew spring costumes ill the very newestand swellest fashions were for the firsttime appreciatively remarked.

Society Out in Force.On account of the tremendous rush for

seats, the lower loges only were availablefor box parties, several tardy theaterparties being compelled to satisfy them-selves with rear seats. Ilowever, this inno wise interfered with the spirit of cor-dial enjoyment that prevailed everywhere.As the society favorites among tile Over-landers came forward to do their turns onthe boards they were greeted from differ-ent parts of the house with tumultuousapplause and with huge bouquets, rangingfrom clusters of the sure-enough carna-tion to assorted varieties of agriculturaltribute.

The minstrels were fortunate in havingan audience that came with the intentionof being amused, and the audience in turn.was fortunaste in being supplied with anentertainment which would have amusedthem whether or no. All Thespian ethicswere torn to tatters and many sly nodsand winks came over tile footlights as theirrepressible erstwhile Ethiopian recog-nized some countenance belonging to someunfortuntte recipient of a local hit whichwas to come later.

Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Clark entertained abrilliant double box party, the guests be-ing Mr. anm Mrs. W. A. Clark, jr., Mr.and Mrs. J. K. Ileslet, Mr. and Mrs.Eugene Carroll. 1)r. and Mrs. W. L. Ren-ick, Mrs. M. Cunningham, Dr. I.. Naptonand Mr. Roger Knox.

Society Everywhere.Mrs. C. W. Clark wore a beautiful gown

of white Indian silk with rich applique,simply, but charmigly cut, amid a splendiddiamond sunbutrst at the corsage.

Mrs. W. A. Clark. Jr., was beautifullygowned inl reamly lace, spangled withgold, bIrightened with satin knots of paleblue.

Mrs. Ileslct was attired handsomely inan all white costume and Mrs. Carrol wore;tI elaborate black gown with Jet trim-lilings. Mrs. Renick was very becomlnglyowned ill a simple creation of black andwhite. 1:,nd Mrs. ('unnillgham also wore acolttllne in black with touches of white.

Another I)rilliant party was that towhich 1)r. lIurdette ()'Connor was host,the guests being Miss Margaret Black-istot,m Miss ID)aisy Dlawson, 1)r. W. W.Taylor, Dr. C. T. I'igott and Mr. A. F.Iheinze.

Miss Illackistou wore a charming crea-tion of etamilne over pale blue taffetasilk. with knots of blue and transparentyoke andl sleeves.

Miss Dawson was gowned ill mlodishIlolin gray, hbautiftlly touched in pinkpanne velvet. w\ith yqoke and sleeves ofold lace.

Some Fashionable Gowns.Mr. W. W. \Vislihows box presented a

very pretty lappearanc e. Miss Mae Rein-

hardt. Miss Margaret Ieitnhardt. MissAgtes Iollldlll, Mr. and Mrs. Ilenry Root

..... A..Alex M;ltckel anld George BuschThen Came Dan Walsh.

Dan \\'alsh was wheeled in ill a hugetrunk, but the audilece didn't know it.The people saw the dumllnly rl presenta-tion of lDaniel drop down from the flies

land the next illstanlt lie appeared on theedge of tile trunk, holding up to viewhis feet encased ill lhuge shoes ilupon thebottoml of which was chalked: l"utte, 17,ilelena, 8." His lltonologue was very fun-nly indced, original and ulaint iand keptthe aulience Iot only guessing as to whatwould lie his next remark, but laughingalnost contiInuously.

\\'ten the curtain went up for the finaleone saw tents, a camlp kettle and a typicalmilitary camlp. E. Jay Brown was very

'S ,

BERT STEPHENS.He Can Earn Money as a Blackface

Comedian and Entertainer.

entertaining in his impersonations of aChinaman; Chub Smitn was heartily ap-plauded for his buck and wing dancingand Louis Loretz was applauded for hisspecialties with a bugle. The octette sangtwo or three selections and then a mandressed as a woman came in,

This was the farcical representation of

and Mr. Carrol ltarrison were the guests.Aliss Mae (einhardt wore a dainty and

rihlaorate gown of imported tan veilingover tan silk, with transparent yoke and

Nliis Margaret Reinhardt was charming.ly attired in a lovely gown in pink eRect,,i cream veiling over pink silk.

Miss Agnes Hlolland was in the udint-irvt of blue gowns. the shimmering colorI .ilg visihle through an overdress of silk

Mlrs,. Ilenry Root, who chlaperoined the!,retty ensemble of tan, pink and bluewore a charming gown of gray silk crepeIoped in white silk.

After the theater Mr. \Vishon enter-Iined his companIIy at all elaborate sup-

MRS. HARRY SYMOnqt,Who "'rained the Corps of Little Girls for

the Overland Minstrel Performance.

per with ping-pong and dancing at the\\'ishon residence.

Charming Loge Party.Mr. and Mrs. Don Gillis were host and

hoistess to a loge party of nine. Thellusts were Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Roote,

Misses Allie and Annie Lowry, MissesI.innic and Mattie Fa[nt, and Mr. LynnItoyce. An after theater supper was givenat the Gillis home.

Society will be out again tonight. Those,iF \hom there were many, who could not

-ciure seats last night will be out in forcet-'night, and several box parties are knownIto hat\ Ie tben arranged for the second per-liri Hance. A typical matinee day will beil;de of tile closing performance tomor-,w afternooin, when the younger element

and the ladies will be brilliantly in evi-dence.

Mary Macl.ane. Uipoi the fan was' Ia n m" l ad "lDevil." in big print. A smallIluria was brought inl, suspended betweentlh mirror frame of which was a row oftoolth rushes. "(Our Mary" sat down andpromptly put her (or his) feet on theIbureau. A little angel came in and wastIld to begone, and then the devil camne in;ntl was embraced cetatically.

Will You Go Tonight?Well, this is just skimming over the

t~old things of thle second annual presenl-tatiou of the Overland minstrels. Goyourself tonight or tomorrow afternoon.You'll have a good laugh and hear a goodImany jokes and if you don't have a goodillit--well, your place is in the crematory I

Criticism by the Sporting Editor onPage 3.

WORK OF THE CHAIRITIESWhat the Association Has Done in the

Last Two Months.For the first tiimie in two tmontlths the

litlies of the Associated Charities met attheir rooms in the Auditorium yesterdayalld took tip the business of April and May.Several cases of want were brought be-

fore the meeting and ways and Ileans ofalleviating the suffering discussed. Mrs. A.11. Jones stated that the society wouldlike to receive donations of clothet, asthe demand is now greater than the sup-ply.

At the suggestion of one of the menm-hers, a vote of thanks was passed to Pax-son & Rockefeller, Henry Mueller and J,'. Finlen, for assistance rendered pro-teges of the association. Mrs. Leys-Chris-tie gave an interesting account of a littlecripple boy whom the association took upand who, through the kindness of C. W.Clark and Mr. Murray, is being cared forat the Murray & Freund hospital.

Reports from the Paul Clark home andfrom the association were read by the sec-retary. During May the report showed 25inmates and 2,750 meals served at the PaulClark home. The May report of the Asso-ciated Charities showed that 156 garmentswere distributed, groceries given to 23families, meat to t2, coal to two and woodto four. Eight donations of clothing werereceived and a check for $uoo fromt Henry'Mueller was also acknowledged.

l)r. E. F. Dodds, the Deer Lodge phy-sician, came in on the morning train andis staying at the Finlen.

Mrs. W. M. Montgomery and Miss EdnaWaterbury were among the Anaconda peo-ple who came over to see the Overlandslast night.

FUN-MAKERS ON SHIFTBY THE MIN ING EDITOR.

When the members of the OverlandMine minstrel troupe came off shift lastnight they had all kinds of ore in the bins,and it was good rock, too. They had payright from the grass roots, and the veinwidened as depth was attained.

In company with Shift Boss Lane themen began digging at 8:ao o'clock, andwith the exception of an intermission forlunch and drinks kept pegging away untilordered into the dryhouse to shed theirwet clothing and mop the dirt from theirfaces.

During the shift three or four of themwere run up into the sheaves by havingreal bouquets thrown at them, but theycame down all right later on without seri-ous injury.

Charley Lane made a splendid boss, buthe evidently had a 'ew favorites in thecrew of 52 men, for he made eight of themdo most of the heavy work. He kept ask-ing them all sorts of questions, and theyanswered him.

But still he was a good boss, for he didnot tell them to go on top and get theirtime or yell "drill, ye tarriers, drill," dur-ing the entire shift. He permitted bigAlex Mackel and a sew of the other boysto sit up in a stope on the fourth floor andwatch the others work helow. Mackel'shardest job was watching the boss, whoseback was turned to hint most of the time.

Get in Pay Dirt.Capt. D'Gay Stivers, Bert Stephens,

George Busch, Fred T. Greene, R. S.Freund, Bob LeBeau, Dr. S. E. Schwartzand Ben Crosby comprised the driftingcrew. They worked in the face of thelevel during the first nalf and had the paystreak going and coming, blowing out hugechunks ot rich jokolite with every breath.

They were frequently caved on. butnone of the bones in the hands of Ste-phens, Greene, Freund and Le Beau werebroken.

Captain Stivers handled his tambourinelike a forty-niner out for a good time orshaking a pan of rich gravel. iHe wore anexpression suggestive of "Eureka" andwas weighted down with specimens of pub-lic approval for the originality of theshake.

George Busch shook his pan all right,too, and raked in thle golden nuggets ofapplause which he hung at his belt andwent on shaking.

Dr. Schwartz presented the appearanceof a retired hotel clerk or a man that hadjust cleaned up a sluice box. In the frontof his shirt bosom he wore a sparkler aslarge as a Yogo gulch sapphire, the polishon which could not have been excelled.

Working Their Claims.Ben Crosby did not wear (lianonds be-

cause he had not-marketed the product ofthe last day's run, but he will have themon tonight, as he struck it rich last night.He is working his own claim, too, and willnot have to give up any royalty on theoutput of enthusiasm with which he wasgreeted.

Bert Stephens showed the visitors to theOverland a thing or two about hitting thedrill and following the pay shoot, liewore the smile of a "Lucky Pete" whosediet had changed from flapjacks and ha-con to watermelon and lobster, lie beganhis work as an end-man on car pushing.but, possessing a splendid knowledge of theformation, he elevated himself, pulverized

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and crosscut the vein with a hammer anddrill and soon had (en)cores to let. Whenhe sang, "Fare Thee, Honey, Fare TheeWell," he expected to let his time, but hestood in with the shift-boss and had seventons to his credit when ordered on top atthe end of the shift.

Fred Greene looked like a Silver Bowcreek placer miner In the days when flourwas $1oo a sack and wood ashes were usedas a substitute for salt. But he was in the

D'GAY STIV ERS.He Scored a Hit as an End Man Par

Excellence.

right channel and was applauded everytime he threw a shovel full of richness intothe sluices.

Bob LeBeau appeared to be sinkingwhen the visitors arrived, but he shiftedto connect with the winze from above.lie was working in wet ground, too, butthat made no difference to him. He keptknocking down gray matterolite rightalong and kept the shift boss guessing,and the visitors laughing, neverceasing, even in the face of the goldbricks that were being hurled at him fromthe spectators.

Ray S. Freund was made up like a rmaanthat had sunk his last dollar in driving atunnel for the vein, hIit his appearancedid not fit him. The picking was goodwhere lie was and he stayed with it. neverletting up long enough to light his pipeor look for cracks in the hanging wall.

Thomas, Walsh, Loreta, Doering,Smith, Brown. Boyle, Mayer, Callaway,Lewis. Hobbs, Sully, Butler and Howardreminded the visitors of a crowd of pros-pectors that had just come in from a tourof the mills in search for somethingpreviously found by boomers. T'heirmanner indicated that they had been therebefore. for they were happy and hungryand thirsty-looking.

Each was covered with bouquets ofpopular approval by the visitors, butthings had been coming their way allevening and they bore up under the bur-den like all good prospectors and took adrink of water in the absence of some-thing more substantial.