The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-24
Dramatic and Operate Notes of Local
Interest.

Dramatic and Operate Notes of Locn
Interest.
Tom" Murray, Brattleboros most popular
Irish comedian, is back in England again after
most successful season, both in an artistic ant
| financial sense, in the gold field cities of South
Africa and Australia He is now playing The
larger provincial cities OF England and SCOTLAND
and "The voodoo.' Murray has signed s t.
create the leading comedy part in new play
"On the March," by Cecil Clay and William
larding. which is 10 be produced soon at the
Criterion Theatre. London. In this play he will
have a character English comedy role and not
an lrishman. The London Times OF a recent
date tells the following funny yarn. Tom
Murray, the popular Irish comedian, has most
convncal disposition, so not long ago his beau
tiful wife (lielene Coc,l presented him with Il
handsome diamond scarf pin, together with the
Injunction that when he caught sight of the pin
reflected in mirror behind II bar it should serve
to remind him that some one was waiting at
home The comedian was deeply touched, but
ii was rot long before he fell from grace. 1t was
| O'Clock III the morning before he caught the re
lection of the pin and then his conscience smotc
him. lie fastened home and finding his wife in
bed and apparently asleep he hastily nlsro0eh
and turned in " thout disturbing her. While he
was figuring out what Kind OF lie he could tell
her the next morning. he became aware that she
was really awake but evidently believed that he
had dropped off into Il profound quiet slumber.
She then got out of bed most cautiously, so rs
not to awaken him and going to the bureau
where he had left his new scarf Din in his crayat
she took the icwelcd bauble out and drop ,cd il
into n vase on the mantei all of which he was
enable to perceive by the reelection OF the dim
rays of gas Jet upon the glass of picture
frame. Then the lady came back 10 bed with
caution and having kept herself awake by an ef-
fort for some time, she fellinto the deep sumbcr
of exhausted nature. Now II was the eminent
Irish comedians turn, He gave his beautiful
wife good half hour to get soundly to sleep and
then he got ont of bed took the scarf pin out OF
the vase and put it back in the cravat, where he
had left it before. Then he got back TO bed un,
detected and felt into the refreshing slumber of
the just. At O'Clock In the morning he was
reused by a vigorous shaking and his wifesagi.
lated voice, which said Wake up. You We been
robbed. Somebody has taken your scarf pin
MY scarf pin, exclaimed the eminent comedian
why it's in my scarf on the bureau. J rcmem.
Der / left il there last night Oh did YOU
said she with asperiiv rs she snachcd the scarf
from the bureau. Just look here" Yes, there
it is said the eminent lrish comedian, and he
turned over and went TO sleep again. He says
that ever since then she has been subject tOlOc-
casioual rcapscs into deep thought when her
eyes are fixed upon him, witha Tar away look,
ne knows she Is wondering about her vivid
dream of getting up iii the night and dropping
his scarf pin in the vase.
The most artistic company of players ever as.
sembled in this country as business venture
tour the country next month This company Is
to make one night stands in all the big cities be
tween Boston and 81 Louis, beginning MAY A. M
the Court Square Theatre, Springfield. Mass
They will travel in special train OF Pullman
cars in which they will live. Here are the re
people engaged for this remarkable
tour Joseph jefferson, William II Crane. Nat
G Goodwin, Francis Wilson, Robert Tabor, 10
seph Holland, Edmund NJ Holland, Mrs John
Drew, julia Marlowe Tabor ami Fanny Rice.
Next season Denman Thompson will pro
luce new play entitled "Sunshnc of Paradise
Alley" hy himself and George Ryder of the
Boston Herald, who wrote "Ioshua Whtcomb"
and "Thc Old Homestead
The eighth annual tour of the Boston Festival
20 performers, underline leadership
of + Mollenhauer, and under the management
CT George stewart, will include nearly all the
festivals in the United states and Can
ada Among the soloists who Will appear with
Inc orchestra are Nine Nordica, Nine klafsky,
Lillian Biauvelt, Rose stewart, Marie Brema,
Gertrude Nav Stein, Katharine Bloodsood Ben
Davies, w Ricgcr Max Heinrich, NJ Plancon,
Joscfy W ii Sherwood, Sig Campanari and
,,nrrnn Rcrthald Ell DEyINE.