Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-08


 in country village, is rapidly nearing completion.
 Fl: Billy" Emerson, the noted min strel, who made more than 1,00O, 900 during his career as an entertainer, is said to be ill and in want in Cincinnati.
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 Grace George began her road tour in Her Majesty at POughkeepSie be fore a crowded and fashionable house. which included the graduating class of Nassar college and about 100 of the juniors. Her reception was extreme ly enthusiastic.
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 From the many reports received it would appear as if Robert Mantell is :! big drawing card this season on the road. Manager Hanley is authority for the statement that it is no uncom- mon thing for the orchestra to be moved to the stage, so large is the de mand for seats.
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 Marie Corelli writes to an American friend that she has so safe guarded her new novel. The Master Christian. that it's stage representation will be absolutely impossible. She is deter mined that it shall never be acted. all though her sorrows of satan has proved successful in dramatic form.
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 Lulu Chaser has scored a personal hit in her new comic opera sweet Anne Page at the Manhattan. New York She has q rollicling. TOm-Doy part, with incidental disguises. that peculiarly fits her romping. roguish personality The music of the opera. by w H. Neidlinger, is remarkably tuneful.
 May Edouin. who plays the part of Angela in "FlorodOra.' has gained some reputation in England as a star. For several seasons she toured the provinces, appearing in several plays written for her by her father. Willie Edouin. Her roles were of the hOyden variety. such as Lotta and Annie Pix ley made popular in America.
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 An experiment was tried at Proc tors tlTeater on Wednesday afternoon last. with a view to finding out whether a good wrestling act would appeal to refined audience. Ernest Roeber and Charles Leonard were the contestants, and they gave q very in teresting exhibition. refereed by Ernest Bial, whose whiskers lent pictur- esque effect to the turn. The audience. as a whole, seemed to enjoy the Strug- gle of the gladiatOrs, but 9 few timid women in the front rows seemed to be rather distressed by the turn.
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 Miss Maude Adams is not to be seen as Rosalind in As You Like It. this season, after all. The scenery and costumes for production of this piece have been prepared. and Charles FrOh- mans plan was to present Miss Adams next spring in another Shakespearean revival on the same scale as her "Romeo and Juliet.'' Her success in sL'Aiglon' has changed all this. how ever and ''As You Like It. must wait while. Miss Adams will appear only in the Rostrand drama during her pres ent season. which will continue until June.
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 A stage duel nearly fought to a fin fsh in full view of the audience at the Columbia theater in Newark attracted some attention on Wednesday night Two members of the stock company were the contestants. In the duel scene Lytell'S sword was wrenched from his grasp. It rose in the air turned over and fell point downward on Actor Macy'S wrist. Before the applause ceased the curtain was runs down and then it was announced thai an artery in Macy'S wrist had beer severed. making a dangerous wound which had to be stitched together by a surgeon
 When Primrose and Dockstade played Lincoln, Neb, on November 22 they and their manager, James II Decker, called on William Jenning Bryan After spending a couple O very enjoyable hours with him. the, invited him to their performance a the Oliver theater that night. He an' his wife occupied q box and enjoye' the performance hugely. eSpeciall. Lew Dockstader's Representations O himself and Mckinley. After the pe1 formance he visited Primrose an Dockstader in their dressing room, am before leaving extended to them an ir vitation to be his guests wheneve they might again visit Lincoln.
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 Miss Cissie Loftus expressed grea surprise yesterday when she read i some of the New York papers that sh desired her freedom and had mad application for a divorce. She rt marked that, inasmuch as in Apri 1899. she had obtained a divorce froI
 
 she ever possessed, she owned all tn divorces that by any possibility coul be of use to her. Said Miss Loftu: ''About year ago I received lette from one Louise H. Mccarthy, ( Philadelphia. who is mentioned in th morning newspapers. She. is not relative of mine. and I know nothin of her My right name is. or wa Mary Cecilia Mccarthy. There al several men named Justin McCarth in New York. No, I am not getting collection of diyorces."
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 Thanksgiving night at the Acaden of Music. James O'Neill beat the re ord made by himself on election nigh when the receipts were $2,34615-tl highest price being $1. In spite of u presumably increased bulk of the spe tutors on turkey day the receipts we g. 4Z9 -being the largest ever taken sat a box f0ffice in one evening at u prices. On, December 3. at the fiftie performance> of the magnified "Mon Cristo,. in New York. was celebrate by the distribution of souvenirs, the shape of bronze busts of ! ,frar. of