Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-06

The costliest failure of the season was Vienna Life at the Broadway the ater.
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 ! The most ambitious undertaking is yet to come. 1t will be the benefit rendered to Madame Janauschek.
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 l The season will close with one good result, and that is the closer attention | of the managing editors of the daily papers to the dramatic critics and | their methods.
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 lt was decided yesterday by the com- mitte having the Mime Janauschek | testimonial in charge to create a trust iuld or the proceeds. Instead of turn ing over the receipts to Mime Janaus- 1 chek. the money will be placed in the hands of Daniel Frohman, who will give her the income from it. It is expected nearly S10,000 will be real 1zed. Contributions came in as fol lows: Jacob Rubino. $100; St Clair Mckelv-ay, S20; Mime Mojeska, S1OO; Amelia Bingham. $50. The total amount received to date is $4,5O0.
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 Ihe Savoy theater in London was closed Wednesday night because of the | passing of DsOyley Carte. it's founder and director. Performances began again last evening. though the house may be dark again Saturday after noon ii the present arrangement for a funeral on that day is adhered to- The death of D'OyIey Carte takes from England the best friend of light music this country. or the world. per haps ever had. His life was devoted to the promotion of comic opera, as much from love Of it as an art as from belief in it's value from a speculative standpoint. There was deep, TO- nance in the life 0f the impresario, one in which there was an admixture of the practical which to some extent explains his business success and shows why his level headedness and discretion were so greatly admired. Some eight years ago he married his stenographer. Miss Black. she who now as a widow inherits his large es- tate. This young woman came into his employ at about the time Carte was in the height of his success with the Gilbert and Sullivan operas Though rather plain i'll appearance. the manager soon found she was possessed of business acumen such as few, men have She was soon his confidential | evolving plans which he was execut- l ing under her direction. Admiration for her commercial instinct and ment- al calibre led to love and resulted in matrimony. Mrs Carte continued to I be her husbands business mainstay. It was she who planned London's l largest theater, the Palace. and 1t was she who steered her husband clear of ruin when the house appeared to re- solve itself into a white elephant. She organized a syndicate, headed by Sir Augustus Harris, and sold the Palace to them. For her Carte built a mag nificent country house on the Thames from designs drawn by her. To and from this hom> and London they would ge every day, Mrs Carte using the railway journey as a time for l balancing accounts and outlining i plans. From this it must not be sup posed that all Carte's success was due | to his clever wife. His power and ability were proved before Miss Black entered his office. But to her did he owe much for the consistency of his achievements and for some of his greatest triumphs. D'Oyley Carte l lived 57 years. He was of Irish birth and gained his first theatrical ex- perience as manager with his cousin. ! Michael Gum, of the Gayety- theater, ] Dublin. George Edwards was in his employ there in a minor capacity | Carte's first theater in London was the Comique. It was there he turned his attention to the establishment of English comic opera. When these plans began to succeed he built the Savoy and there brought out all the Gilbert Sullivan successes. He also erected the Savoy hotel. Carte went to the United States twice to super wise the production there of '"The Afikado. and of '"Fhe Gondoliers." He was an intimate friend of Sir Arthur | Sullivan, and vainly tried to heal the breach between him and Gilbert. Carte had not been in good health for sey eral years.
 BRANDON.