Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-15

Richard ManSneld playeu to over $12, GOO ill Harlem at the Harlem opera house last week.
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 Al G. Field has just been elected to life membership in the Eiks. the honor coming to him from his home lodge. columbus, O., 31, CT which ne is past exalted ruler. in acknowledgment or the many services he has rendered the lodge and the order generally.
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 The benefit for the widow and fam fly of the late Joe Ott realized over S3OOU at the New York theater last Thursday. which includes :Sl .U00 given by the White Rats and S1,00o given by the Sire Brothers. The benefit aL the Herald Square theater on Friday re- suited in several hundred dollars profit and there are TWO more benefits to take place within the next week.
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 Bessie Faulkner. of the Miss Prinnt'' company chorus, who has in stituted suit for absolute divorce from Irwin Chapman. and is also suing his mother for S25.O0O. Mrs Chapman and her son are now in Australia. The Chapmans are of Boston'S exclusives. When Irwin married Bessie Faulkner his family refused to receive her. This was five years ago. She was then 19 years old and was in Richard Mans fields company. \ child was born 8 two years ago and shortly afterward the husband went to the AntipOdes, at the instigation, declares the wife. of his mother She was left without money and returned to the stage for B living.
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 The Creston Clarke company reached Owensboro, Ky, on the after neon of November 2T. to play there that night As the company was go ing from the depot to the hotel an ac- tor >masher of the company named George W. Chambers. of Pittsburg. Pa, left the company. picking up female Of the lowest type and visiting saloon after saloon with her. finally ending up in q piece of woodland on the out skirts of the town. He was watched the entire time by an officer of the Law and Purity league of Owensboro. who immediately reported 1t to Mir Creston Clarke, who then and there publicly discharged him, as warning to actor mashers. The other members of the company positively refused to appear on the same stage with Chambers or permit such a degradation. Some ot the companies that visit Waterbury gould be purified in the same manner :l:
 Members of the Robert of Sicily company were paid in full yesterday for their services and were informed by Alfred E. Aarons that the play vii be produced again in about three weeks, presumably at some New 1orl theater. MT Aarons declared the play was in every way a success and only fell into difficulties because it was too elaborate for one night stands. lit would not say in what theater it vii be reproduced. The box office receipt: of the production were attached on it: opening night at Worcester. Mass. D, Max Freeman. the stage manager. H' has q claim of S1 100 against Df Jo seph D. Muir. who, with MT Aaron and D. Frank Dodge, the scenic ar tist were backing the play. MT Free man says he was to receive certa1l sum from pr Muir for staging "Qu' yadis'' in London He got all Du ST 100. The debt is denied by Dr Mu1 and he says that when the case come up for trial in Worcester next montl the attachment will be dissolved
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 At small English town a star ac fress Of the third magnitude appeare as Juliet T cannot de justice to my self'' sine said to the manager, If do not have q limelight thrown O me when I appear at the balcony .sWe ain't got no limelight, miss. bu think we could get you a ships blu light replied the obliging manager and to this the lady agreed. The Ia who went to the shop to buy the blu light brought back signal rocEe1 which was given him by mistake. Tn prompter took the rocket in good faitl Romeo-He jeStS at scars that neVe felt wound. Juliet appears. Prompt CT lights the match.) But. soft. Nha light through wonder window breaks fThis was the match lighting the fuse Arise, fair sum-. The SUI. or, fatl = CT. the rocket. did rise. with q terriii hiss Juliet was knocked eff the ba cony. the fly borders were set on fir and the theater was filled with su phurous smoke while the audience which was fortunately q small ont made stampede to the doors. Sine then ..Romeo and Juliet' has alway been looked upon in that town as dramatic work that could not be wi messed withoutSpersonal danger.
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 Brooklyn will be deprived of an ol portuEiity to judge the histrionic ta ents of Robert FitZsimmons, Ir, at Il Bijou theater next week unless II
 
 goed the son and heir of the pugiii: on account of his youth. Fitzsimmor and his play. '.The Honest Blaci smith, appear in Brooklyn next wee In the cast are Mrs FitZslmmon young Mir Fitzsimmons and the Kit simmons pets sand possessions, dl played in q mimic reproduction of u Eitzsimmons home at Bensophurs When the show was billed for the n lou Representatives of the pugili went fo the Childrens society and s farth that although the youngster only six he is#op the stage but fi' minutes. and then with his, father aI mother The Children's society gran d license. which was good. it sai only when countersigned by the Ger ncfetv in Manhattan. The Gerry s (tv positfvely refuses. to countersis <saving it allows no child on the sta' 7snder the aee of eight. Prayers. plea iaes and protestations have been of ] 2 1r,sf IF Ire &erry men have thus f < zSen5ji1ct4ed arfA negctiations with Il |z. sS< fl,sy over the telephone and haugh s@s4 Ss2z s55s7S,.4n fo relent