Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-22

John P. Kennedy, the acrobatic danc- CT and singer, has been engaged to Klaw & Erlanger for one of their at fractions.
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 Mary Mannering and James K. Hackett are spending month in the | south of France. They will finish their vacation tour abroad with a four weeks yachting cruise through the Mediterranean. Miss Mannering will return to America the last week in August and begins rehearsals Septem- Der for her second tour in Janice Meredith"
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 Frank Mckee will call the new come- dy by Augustus Thomas, In which he will star Peter F. Dailey next season, Champagne Charley" This piece is written on more ''legitimate' lines than anything in which MT Daley has yet been seen. Mir Dailey's part will be that of a young society man who becomes a wine agent, and, incident ally, the "angel' for theatrical pro- duction Mir Mckee is satisfied that MT Thomas has fitted MT Daley splen- didly in the character he has created for him and will surround his star with one of the strongest companies organized for the coming season.
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 Some very heavy scenery has been prepared for the production of Lorna Doone at the Grand Opera house in Chicago. The most beautiful will be that showing the Sylvan bower in Glen Doone In the book the only en- trance to this glen is through water fall sixty feet high, and will be set up on the stage twenty one feet high with the water splashing over mimic rocks | through two sections of rubber hose and falling into rubber apron two feet below the stage. What will be a startling mechanical effect will be the, moving bog of quick sand in which the william sinks to his doom. It is claim ed this set will put the sand storm in Under Two Flags to shame.
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 Charles B. Jefferson, who has been l spending the month in Florida, is on his way to his fathers plantation in Louisiana, where work will be com menced at once to see if there is any oil on the premises. Joseph Jefferson owns an immense plantation in that state, where many years ago a salt bed was found which yielded an immense revenue. Oil recently was struck on farm near MT Jefferson's holdings, which convinced him that possibly he had some oil which could be refined to yield a profit. It is known MT Jeffer- son is a millionaire possibly the one actor to be so fortunately ssituated-I and if it turns out that heIcan become affiliated with the Standard Oil com pany, he is apt to add a few more mill lions to his exchequer. He has never had any actors working on his planta- tion. but there is a chance for the un- employed if Charles Jefferson's search amounts to anything
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 In the rush and hustle for engage ments for next season surprise has been expressed over the desire of so many actors to play with Joseph Jefferson, for it is known that he plays but few weeks in the fall, rests for most of the " time in the spring. On investigation it has been learned that, while the sea- son is short, the salaries of MT Jeffer- sons players are almost three times as much as those paid by any other star, and during the idle period the company is at liberty to seek employment else where. The result is that those who are fortunate enough to be in his or ganization find that they command a higher salary than has ever been paid to any player. Eight or ten weeks in the fall and a similar number in the spring is a short season, but the pay allowed covers a period of thirty-six weks and on top of this many of the company have been able to fill in the three winter months, thereby enjoying a handsome income. This is why there is so much wisdom shown in the de sire to play with Jefferson
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 When Leon Hermann was in Ha- yana last winter he found himself the victim of an odd annoyance of which his ability as a magician and the su- perstition of the Cubans were the con- bined cause. Mir Herrmann's feats of legerdemain created no end of wonder in Havana, and among the mass of the people his name was spoken with bated breath, and it was whispered that he was possessed of supernatural powers. So great did this belief be- come that even the children caught it, and would view Mir Hermann with awe when they saw him on the streets From the conversation of their elders they had formed the idea that to touch the magician would bring them good luck. They would run up be- hind him on tiptoe, touch him for an instant, and then scurry away lest. chance he should choose, by a wave of his hand to turn them into scorpions or something equally unpleasant. Mir Hermann couldn't understand at first why the children ran after him. When he learned the reason his annoyance gave way to amusement, and he made no objection, being content to let them have the pleasure that the prospect of good luck gave them.
 His Hair Failed to sprour.