Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-05

A nuuUef OI lellefS lfOIu JELLY Lind have been found recently in Rome, Italy, written to an Italian friend of the famous singer, and GOV ering q period from 1S45 to 1874.
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 Rudolph Aronson announces that the competition for an English name for Johann Strauss's opera, Werner But, has resulted in the selection or the title Vienna Life. The winner of the prize of $50 offered is Elsa Mar tens, of New York.
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 X dispatch from St Paul says that Frank H. Daniels. the theatrical man aser. was married at Fargo, $. D., to Miss Olive NJ McDormann, the lead ing woman of his company inc bride is the daughter of Dr c. W. Me Dormann. of Fargo, and has been on the stage two years.
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 Ignace Paderawskis future tours will be directed, it is announced, by Madame Paderewski. who will act as his secretary and business manager. A cable rumor last week had it that the great pianist had been killed in q duel but this report was promptly denied by NJ. Paderewski, who is with his wife at Lausanne.
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 Blanche Walsh gave a Christmas supper at midnight Christmas eve to the members of her company and ali her working staff. It lasted until 4 a. m Every one of the company re- ceived q gift. The women got gold watches. diamond rings, earrings and silver bags. The men received gold match safes. scarf pins and handsome walking canes.
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 Odell Williams and William A. Bra dy part company next week. Mir Will Hams has played the Squire in Way Down East for several seasons. and as soon as it became known that ho bad secured the rights to Pudd' nhoad Wilson. Nfr Brady gave him his two weeks notice Mr Williams promises an elaborate production of the late Frank Mayo's play.
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 James R. Waite has had incorporat- ed at Poughkeepsie. N. Y. the Arion Opera company. with paid-up capital of S5O0O. The object of Lne corpora tion is to erect and manage theaterS and the control of amusement enter prises. Tho officers include Richard E. Dode of Lynn. Mass. Charles Lockwood of New York and James R. Waite of Poughkeepsie.
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 Billy Emerson, the well known min strel. has entered suit against the sTimes-S of Cincinnati in the super for court of Ohio for 10000 damages. The action is based upon an article in that paper in which it said Enler- son had become a confirmed drunkard and therefore was not able to make living on the stage. It also said hf was crazy and would be taken care of by the authorities.
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 A big production of Paul M. Pot ter's dramauzation of Under Two Flags will be made at the Garden the hter the latter part of January by Charles Frohman and David BeiaSco, in which the services of over hun dred will be required. The principal part that of Cigarette, will be played by Blanche Bates. Rehearsals started last Saturday. The play will require an immense amount of scenery and Slr Belasco will supervise the entire pro duction.
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 The evolution of stage names is Q funny process. William Courtleigh was born Flynn, and might have died thousand stage deaths by that name if the late Fanny Davenport hadn'l suggested a change. What would you suggest as a fitting now d'etageE asked he, when Miss Danvenport hint ed at change. II really think sa1d 7 the actress. you should suggest some thing more courtly and artistocratlc. "That's the very thing-'Courtly, said Mir Flynn. and Courtleigh he has been. ever since Henry Lee used to be Levy, while Margaret Dale was Sophie Rosendale over in Philadelphia before she became an actress. Henry B. Dixev evolved that stage name bv one of his s1aioht of hand tricks out of William Fielding.
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 Loie Fuller is using at Roster & Bials three sets of scenery and an ,eX- traordinarily expensive set of mechan- fcal appliances. Tie total outfit IS saiu \ to have cost $4o.0UO, and the claim is certainly we'll within the truth. One of her dresses measures 1000 yards around the bottom. The dances are al elaborations of the original serpentine dance and Miss Fuller thinks she has gone as far as she can in these latest effects, but as she said that five years ago it is possible that the next few years will show an even greater deyel opment. There is enc thing certain that the imitators will have difficult fob to duplicate these dances. The light effects could not possibly be pro duced under S3n. 600. The four dances done by Miss Fuller bring the number of her creations up to twenty-five.
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 Max Hess, known to the stage as Max Arnold, who became blind about Deven years ago, has been adjudged in aane and will be taken from his Phil adelphia home to an asylum. He was associated with Daniel Sully, Har rfRan and Hart and John Kernell- He will be remembered by Waterbury theater goers as the popular German comedian, who some eight years ago held forth in the old rink building When Henry Pincus ran the summer <s &aen. He and his wife used { LA Zy Txl