Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-15

of Frank B. Arnold of NeE York, in a new musical comedy called 'The Lit tie Joker"
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 Mime Christine Nilsson (Comtes de Miranda), the famous Swedish prima donna, it is reported, is seriously ill at Gathenburg, in Southern Scandinavia. Mime Nilsson is forty-five years old, and possesses more jewels, the gifts of crowned heads, than any other artist in the world.
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 Frank Mckee has engaged Frank Lane, once a prominent member of the Hoyt forces, to play leading part in support of Peter F. Daley in Augustus Thomas new comedy. Mr Lane has been of the stage for three years-and has been really missed, a very compli- mentary circumstance.
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 Johnstone Bennett has cancelled all her time at the vaudeville theaters ow- ing to illness. She is at her Long 1s- land home, where she is undergoing Treatment for rheumatism and gout. Miss Bennett has written a new sketch called "American Types" which she and Tony Williams will produce next season.
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 A play by Captain R. Marshall has been secured for John Drew. It is call ed Second in Command" MT Drew's season will begin at the Empire the ater on September 2. A short time ago it was said that William Faversham would have sthis play, but this was premature. The play has reached its two hundred and fiftieth performance in London.
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 Grace Filkins, who is playing Mrs Eeptimus Pontifex in the "Brixton Burglary at the Herald Square, will leave the cast Saturday night. She is going on pleasure trip around the world with her husband, Lieutenant Commander Adolph Mark, of the Unit ed Statessnavy. Her place will be talk en by Grace James.
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 Gossip had it on Broadway yesterday that the physical condition of Ethel Barrymore would interfere with the run of Captain Jinks' at the Garrick theater. Although the actress was able to resume her work after a delay of few moments on Wednesday, when she tainted at the end of. rne second act, she is not at all we'll, owing to over work and sorrow. over the condition of hers father, Maurice Barrymore. fs go.
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 San Toy Fong, the wife of a New York Chinaman named Gnu Fong, is a litigant in the New York supreme court to recover property lost through the neglect of trustee. She. being Chin ese woman, could not acquire an in- terest in property except by trustee. Her name "San Toy' has attracted much attention from the fact that it is also the title of the opera presenting a Chinese story which ran for many months at Daly's theater and will tour the country next season. In Chinese "San Toy" means Good Luck."t
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 It was reported a few weeks ago that Daniel Decatur Emmett, the fam ous minstrel and composer of Dixie" was at his home near Mt Vernon, O. A correspondent who saw MT Emmett last week, states that no one was more surprised than the old minstrel at the tale of his critical condition. The cor respondent found Mir and Mrs En- melt sitting in front of their little cabin enjoying the setting sun, and to all ap- pearances hale and hearty. MT Emmett pointed to the patch of corn beside the cabin. "Tell the boys" said he, that am going to plant that patch again before die"
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 Murder will out and so will theatrical marriages Sadie Martinot, who was married on Decoration day by the Rev M. A. Taylor, has just let it be Known that her husband is Louis Nethersole, the brother of Olga Nethersole and her manager in her recent tour with Sapho; therefore Miss Martinot has been blushing bride for the third time. Her first husband was Fred Stinson, who represented the late John Stetson Then she married Max Figman, and now she has a charming fellow for d husband who has the distinction of being an English barrister and an American the atrical manager.
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 Frank Mckee has secured the dra-
 
 cheon's romantic novel, "Graustark,' '' which will be adapted to the stage by Miss Jeanette L. Glider Mir Mckee will present Mary Mannering in the play constructed from this book-story The date of production has not been de- termined and it not anticipated that she will require it in the near future. The locale of the story is the United States and an imaginary principality in Europe. The character or the prin- cess. one of the central interests of the tale, suggests very strong part for Miss Mannering.
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 The big Australian parrot that play cid a conspicuous part with the Klaw & Erlanger opera company in Foxy Cutler last season will continue in the same role the coming tour. It is spending it's vacation in a bird store on upper Broadway, where it attracts much attention by repeating lines from it's conversation with Jerome Sykes as Foxy Quiller'' in the opera. The To- s, ,.fe, 1s,1a