Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-27

- .urday night, will sail shortly for Ire land. where she will spend the sum. mer.
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 Ralph Modjeska and several other Polish residents of Chicago are plan ming to erect Polish theatre and in stitute in that city, which will cost in the neighborhood of $50,O00.
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 The revival of Shakespearean drama Is not going to be confined to k. H Sothern, William Gillette and AIaude Adams. for Walker Whiteside an nounces his intention to enter the field in an elaborate production of Richard H. The Shipman Brothers, his man agers. intend to make it a scenic pro duction, and will employ some thirty people for the company Mir. White side established his reputation as a Shakespearean actor several years ago at the Union Square theatre, and sub- seQnently at the Herald Square the atre- There is no reason why he should not be an ideal Richard
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 The curtain was rung down for the last time at the Star theatre on Satur- day night, and the famous play house that has sheltered some of the great est stars of the two continents is now in the hands of the demolishers and will soon give way to an immense of flee building. The house was dedicated by Lester Wallack on September D. 1881, and for nearly twenty years it sheltered the Wallack Stock company. It became a home for German plays fin 1881, but light opera followed in quick succession. In 1883 the house was renamed The Star. under Theodore Moss management. and a few years ago passed into the hands of the Gu lick circuit. Thomas E. Shea has the credit of being the last player upon the stage His season wound up on Saturday night
 Fl: Rose Stahl was invited to give her advice to stage struck girls by l newspaper in Columbus. Ohio. and among other things she said: First of all she must have some talent. An ounce of inspiration is worth more than all the grand grind theories known to man. Yes, she must first be assured that she has talent. If she shows no talent let her give it up at once and spare herself and the public endless pain and weariness. It's a very easy matter to discover dramatic talent, and the stage-struck girl will very soon learn whether she is going forward to success when she has been given the first real chance to show her possibilities as an actress. Once fair " launched in her profession she must work, work necessarily. Work means beginning at the bottom of the ladder n m hat school than a good stock company Doesn't the discovery of talent de- pend largely on chance% tFrequent- ly. but work. hard work, is chances main ingredient" "It's often urged against a girl going on the stage that she may become immoral?" '"That is not a sensible objection. Tn my opin- ion a girl must be weak indeed. if she cannot withstand the temptations en- cOuntered on the stage. There are no more temptations for the right minded woman who is an actress than there is in any business calling.'' There are women of the stage" said Miss Stahl. whose lives are as exemplary as those of any woman.T People in obscure i stations may create scandals and get dIvorces without creating a great deal T of notoriety. because the public is not :. Interested in what they do. but the do- ueEtic affairs of stage people are thor euRhly aired through the newspapers J believe that this is one of the great fsN Sons that causes so much adverse criticism against the morality of the dramatic profession.
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 It was sad news that the profession received last week, that Theresa Vaughn was committed to the Worces- ter Asylum for the Insane on advice of her physician. It was known over two years ago that Miss Vaughn was obliged to give up the stage on ac- count of failing memory, but it was never known her case was so serious HQtil 1t was learned she was unable to attend the funeral of her brother, Joseph Ott, when he was buried in New York some months ago. Miss Vaughn had been in charge of her mother in Chelsea. Mass, and became so seriously that it was necessary to secure a commitment and send her to an institution. Not so long ago Miss Vaughn was fayorably known as one of the daintiest of light opera prima dOnnas- She came into prominence in W. A. Mestayer's company in .'The Tourist ,or Fun in a Pullman Car" :. Subsequently she appeared at the Casino. Bijou theatre. and several oth- CT theatres in New York city and for time was starred by MT. Mestayer. and when he died she went into tenn , pOrary retirement. She subsequently, returned to the stage but she never appeared to be the same vivacious woman who was known to tn operatic stage as the one actress who could sing in Freneh. German and Italian with sufficient ease to make many of her fellow splayers enyious. Miss Naugn was very pretty woman and came of theatrical family. which in- eluded her two brothers. Joseph and Matthew Ott. and her sister. who was tue wife of Sherrie Mathews.
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 Perhaps when Corse Payton reads this little story about him in the Dra- matie News. he will want to do a few stunts around the editorial chair: It is not often the theatre going public get more than they bargain for when they pay small fee to get into Q cheap theatre, but Corse Payton. fear ing that his plays, offered at ten, twenty and thirty cents. do not give the audience the full value of their money, usually presents himself be fore the curtain and in a manner ire quently too fiippant. tells his hearers ba Ia OninU fO dn 1nd what they