Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-19

if the actor did not know the lines or the classic and Shakespearean plays that we were producing. His ideal was that every actor who had been 10 the business three or four years should know his Shakespeare thoroughly, as he considered it the very groundwork of all study for stage career. To the few that paid attention to the stage managers instructions, followed the lines of business laid down for them. and knew their parts thoroughly, he was gentle as child For instance, I was very nervous when playing Ed gar with him in King Lear for the first time in my life. Just before the curtain fell on the forest scene, which was a very important one for Lear and also for Edgar, I, being nervous. failed to take my cue. MT Forrest very kindly prompted me without letting the audience know anything about it, as he usually did vigorously when he prompted anyone else. When the cur tain felr approached him to beg his pardon for missing the line. He said: Not word. You are playing a part for the first time that requires just as much study as did King Lear 1 re- piled, Mir Forrest, was very nervous and must ask you to excuse me- He returned, I wouldn't give snap or my finger for the actor that wasn't nervous on first night. Good actors first nights are always bad It is a peculiar fact, continued MT O'Neilf, with smile, 'sthat all through my sub- sequent career my first nights have been very bad, though later improved immeasurably.''
 WAITE COMEDY COMPANY.
 With the presentation of 'sThe Siege of the Alamo the Waite comedy com pany will close it's engagement at the Jacques this evening. Prices are popula:.
 ..EBEN HOLDEN"
 If the .Eben Holden of the stage as he is to be played by B. NJ. Holland on Monday evening at Polls approach es in charming quality the original Eben of Irving Bacheller's novel there is sure to be delight in store for patrons of the theater. And there is every reason to expect that such will be the case. Edward E. Rose has made the dramatization and is said to have met the occasion with a result that will be in no way disappointing, to those who regard .'Eben Holden as one of the strongest and happiest characters of modern fiction. It is certain that Charles Frohman has been wise in his selection of B. M. Holland to play the part. Mir Holland. endeared to all by long and honorable association with the best interests of the stage, is just the man to give .'Eben Holden the advantages of delicate art and an amiable, hearty personality. But the play does good deal more than pre- sent one fine character study. It tells in well rounded form pretty love story that is not without pathos, bringing Eben Holden's quaint humor into just the right relief. The piece is staged with the munificence charac- istic of MT Frohman and splendidly east Seats are now on sale at 25, 50, 75 cents. S1 and S1.50.
 TWO LITTLE WAIFS.
 Lincoln J. Carter's production of Two Little Waifs,' which comes to the Jacques on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, brings back again,a short era of the scenic melodrama that is always so popular with the patrons of this house. There are not many man agers who understand better than Mir Carter the knack of contriving seusa-