Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-23

permanent feature in the Golden Gate" They believe that the city will support strictly first class organization of its own and propose to test it in the only Satisfac- tory manner-by trying it.
 It is rumored that David BelascO, the playwright, is to have theater built for him in New York He will have absolute control of it and will have a strong stock company to present good American plays. He will write exclusively for this theatcr and expects to give one of his own produc tions about every other season. The syndi- cate behind him will invest SSnO,OoO, and they will get good returns for their money, for David BelaSco, besides being a play wright, is one of the best practical stage managers in the United States and perhaps the best judge of theatrical effect in the world
 have never been an ardent admirer of Mir. Belasco as a dramatist His work has always seemed to me to lack sincerity. His theatric subtlety has frequently obliterated the dramatic force of his plays, but noth- | ing succeeds like success, and he Is par eN- | cellence the genius among American writ CTS for the stage. His name commands a large following iu this city, and his new theater is as certain to make money and reputation as anything can be.
 The critics of the daily papers here have | been having a good deal of fun at the eN- pepse of Frederick Warde, Louis James and Henry Guy Carleton's tragedy, The | Lions Mouth," particularly the last | named They declare it is sophomoric, bombastic and unoriginal. But the dear | public refuses to take that view of the mat ter, with the result that the Star theater has been we'll filled at every performance. | It Is absurd for men, many of whom are no | judges of fine acting, to Criticise the work of such well tried veterans as Warde and | James. But the average New York dra- matic critic has nothing if not assurance, | and the temptation is usually too great to | permit him to keep it concealed. Hence he often makes n goose of himself, as in the present case.
 heard the other day that Henry F.. Alb bey is thinking of organizing n first class stock company to produce plays by Ameri- can authors at his handsome Broadway theater, which is nearly completed He Is to present dramas of a rather serious order, or to be explicit. of about the grade in which Willard usually appears. There i: no reason to believe that this is true-iI fact, there is every reason to believe that I is not. But there is scarcely doubt tha such an organization, kept up to the hlGl standard at which alone Mir. Abbey woul' be willing to maintain it, would prove very profitable investment in this city
 Palmer's, Charles and Daniel Frohman' and Daly'S companies uSuAllH, when tho are in town, present plays of lighter al though not less meritorious order, and tha there is demand here for something heaV fer is evidenced by the fact that William never fails to draw well in his meritoriou melodramas. By the way, linear that Wi lard will be under A. M. Palmer's manage ment again next season despite all rJfinor to the contrary.
 Beautiful Bettina Padelford or Bettin Gerard, as she again calls herself, has bee very much in evidence in this city again a the central figure of C. T. DaLey's melt drama Tn Old Kentucky" No one woul take her to be the woman concerning whoI few months ago the papers were printin long stories to the effect that she was abor to die of cancer or consumption or goo health or whatnot.
 have seen Miss Gerard on the stage SC
 eral times, and cannot recollect that sl ever looked as well or as handsome as sl
 does now. She seems to have taken h.
 transition from comic opera to melodrau
 as easily and as naturally as a duck talk
 slide into the water, and she is just
 good in the new line as in the old which
 saying e great deal.