Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-10

< ;; :... Z Klaw & Erlanger's company to pre- sent '-Ben-Hur'' the coming season be gan rehearsals last Monday.
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 E. Fl. Price, manager of the Angus tin Daily Musical Comedy company presenting San Toy" is spending q month at Mt Clemens, Mich. The cast of San Toy" in it's coming tour will be substantially the same as last sea son.
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 Pat Rooney, Jr, and Emma Francis will introduce a very novel dancing speciality in 1.-The Rogers Brothers in Washington" These young people are two of the greatest dancers on the American stage-and by the way, they are reported engaged.
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 James T. Powers and the company to appear in '.The Messenger Boy" at Daly's theater in September began re. hearsals last Monday. Mir Powers is highly pleased with his part of the Boy the possibilities of which he saw during his spring visit to London.
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 John H. Hariday, the English cores pondent at Pekin. has written Edwin H. Price, the manager of San Toy. for a picture of the actor in makeup, who commercials Ii Hung Chang in this musical comedy. The Chinese statesman desires it as a souvenir of his first appearance on the stage by proxy.
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 Amy Richards support in Frank Me Kee's special production of Janice Meredith ' in which she will play the name role. will be Carl Eckstrom, Neil Florence, Willard Perry. Daniel J. Ma Toy, Louis Egan. O. E. Hallam. Arthur De Voy, William Morris, E. c. Seifert. Jessie Burnett, Margaret Moffatt and Rose Braham.
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 Mary Mannering's support in Jan ice Meredith,' the coming season will be Walter Hale. Charles Cherry, Theo- dOre Marston, w s. Northrup, Carl Ahrendt, Martin J. Cody, John D. O'Hara. ". ID. Chalfin, Aubrey ,Beattie, Charles Haskins. Sydney Mansfield, R. R. Neill. Louise Closer Hale, Alice Neal and Kate Lester
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 Klaw x Erlanger have engaged Ella Snyder, who jumped into fame in. the name part of George W. Ledefer's London production of "The Casino Girl" for Princess Beauty and Jane Whitbeck, a young artist of very striking personality. for Lord Jocelyn, in their coming presentation of the Drury Lane fairy extravaganza, 'tThe Sleeping Beauty and The Beast"
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 The following players compose the company that will support Peter F. Daley in Augustus Thomas new com edy. Champagne Charley''- George A. Beane, Frank Lane. W. A. Mcconnell, Brigham Royce. Thomas Brown, Ed ward Garvie. Max Hoffman, Christie Mcdonald. Lansing Rowan. Helene Reimer. Ada Lewis. Grace Washington. Marie Randall. Helene Cheston, Leona Du Bois and Madge Deane.
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 Harry Gilfoil, whose latest hit was the part of the Prince de Bomsky in ''The Strollers." will have an excellent opportunity in Klaw & Erlanger's pro- duction of Harry B. Smiths 1.-The Liberty Bellies" He will play an ec- centric old inventor whose marvellous contrivances will serve to introduce very curious and comic mechanical effects The denials of Cyril Scotts engagement for this production are without foundation in fact.
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 Frank l.. Perley has made a correc- ton in the spelling of the title of his forthcoming musical comedy that will necessitate throwing away a large amount of printed matter that had all ready been finished. He objects to more than one "e'' in the name of Fred erIck Ranken's book and will have it s'The Chaperons'' instead of ''the Chap erOnes." as given by some lexicograph- CTS. Mir Perley gives as his authority the Standard dictionary. which is fast coming to be accepted as authority in the office of leading newspapers. Mir Ranken factiOusly suggests that perley is not such purist as he pretends, but that the real reason for the change lay in the fact that he discovered the ori- gfnal spelling of the title contained tuAELeEu letleES. 4uG udle lOT ODeillHS z the season of '.The Chaperonsn has been definitely fixed for September 30 at Hartford. MT Perley has booked his musical comedy company for a tour of five weeks before bringing the produc- ton into New York
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 Eugene Jepson. the comedian who is to accompany the Klaw & Erlanger Comedy company in it's forthcoming tour in '.The Rogers Brothers in Wash ington,v relates an amusing incident in his experience as a member of q stock company where the play was changed each week. Bulwer LyttOn's ''Money" was the attraction billed for the coming week The actors and act resses had b provide themselves with mourning c0stumes-an essential to the production Mir Jepson, with another member of the company. visited one Of the leading dry-goods stores. Both smoothly shaven, they looked as solemn AS owls After buying .handkerchiefs with deep black borders fhey called for black gloves Cheap. or the best klndF' asked the salesgirl- "Oh, the cheap will do, replied 1Ir Jepson shcn adding. as if to himself. Tt is only for .<r.~, r~n< &fsf~