Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-22

< t'st..ttstss The piercing brazen sound of the British military bugle as compared with the soft smoothnesS of the Amer jean trumpet has often been remarked by visitors to Great Britain. The Brit ish bugles will be used by the four buglers who play at the head of the Kilties' band when they march up town from their private car, Hielan Laddie, at noon on Friday next, ar rayed in their unique regimentals. These buglers alternate with the bag pipes in the bands street march, but his majesty's Scottish-Canadian sol diers do not carry their band instru- ments, these being reserved, of course, for their concerts.
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 Frank Keenan'S first stand after the close of his New York engagement will be at New Haven, celebrated principal ly as the seat of Yale college, but known throughout the country as the birthplace of the Knights of Columbus, of which order Mir Keenan is an old and prominent member. His brothers in the order have bought up a large portion of the house and propose to give him good start on his forthcom- ing tour of New England. MT Kee- mans business more than doubled dur ing his engagement at the Manhattan theater, and he departs with the proud consciousness that sHon John Grigs- by has won the suffrage of New York.
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 There seems to be a sort of matri- monial fatality attached to the suit of pink pajamas worn by Pauline Chase as a schoolgirl i'll the dormitory scene of Klaw & Erlanger's production Of Harry B. Smiths musical comedy ''The Liberty Belles." During the run al the Madison Square theater she was absent one evening and her place was taken by a young woman who is about to announce her engagement. Three weeks ago Miss Chase made it know that she had become engaged to marry Alexander Dow, well known contrac- tor. A few days after, owing to ill., ness, she retired from the cast for q week. Marie Murphy, the clever little comedienne, who plays Omyana San, the Japanese girl, took her part and wore the Hateful pajamas. Before the week was out her engagement to J. E.
 
 Pacific road, was announced The members of tic company all expect something matrimonial to happen to everybody whom circumstances force to don these rosy hued garments in the first act of this clever little musical play.
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 During Mary Mannering's tour of "a pociHn season, she appeared in several per formances of Camille" She gave such a really successful and artistic portrayal of this great emotional char acter that Frank Mckee, her mana ger, immediately decided that he would present her in the role, sur rounded by a notable cast, during a special tour of the principal cities the coming spring. Last Tuesday MI Mckee arranged with James K. Hack. ett to play the part of Armand with Miss Mannering. Contracts have not yet been signed with other artists, but MT Mckee has negotiations under way which, when completed, will give this notaDle piece one of the strongesl casts ever seen in it in this country llllam Seymour will direct the re hearsals. During the tour the com pany will travel by special train com posed of sleeping, drawing-room anf baggage cars. and the whole enter prise will be conducted on a scale of magnitude which will make it one o- the most important theatrical event. Of the current season.
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 Klaw and Erlanger's Australian nTR0n0fi0n of :4 premiere at Her Majesty's theater il Sydney the third inst. A cable iron j. c. Williamson reports that tn, play has created a sensation. H, predicts that it will run in that coun try for years. Klaw and Erlanger' English production will be presentet for the first time at the Drury Lam theater, London, Monday evenin, March 31. At that time KIaw ant Erlanger will have productions 0 Ben-Hur running simultaneously il Boston, London and Sydney. Tn American company close it's tw weeks in Washington tonight Monday, the 24th, it begins a thre weeks srun at the Academy of Musi Baltimore, opening a return date a the Colonial theater in Boston Mare, IT. Ben Teal, Klaw and Erlanger' general stage director, is now in LOT don. He will begin rehearsals of tn company to appear in the Londo production of Ben-Hur Monday tn 24th inst. Besides Robert Taber. wh will play Ben Hur, and J. E. Dodsor who was especially engaged for tn part of Simonides the entire compa ny will be English artists. Claud Hagen, Klaw and Erlanger's maste stage machinist, the greatest expel ln stage mechanism in the countr, will sail on the St. Louis the 2O' inst. Mir Teal had quite recoyere from his recent illness when he saile the l2th inst. and looked forward t his task in England with great pleas qre. MT Teal's last work before dt parting for England was to arrang a Dew speciality for Harry Bulger an chorus in 'The Sleeping Beauty an the Beast" as a vehicle for Day Reeds new song, My Princess zul Lulu
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 Viola Gillette, the beautiful and at compiished young woman who play the part of Prince Charming in 9Th Sleeping Beauty and the Beast, at th