Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-18

English people say Americans are hckle toward their favorites and point to the general newspaper abuse in one one form or another of Dewey, Hob son, Schley, Sampson and others to- prove it. While it may be admitted that there is more than a grain of truth in the structure so far as it re- lates to the cited heroes, America can not be said to be faithless to her stage favorites. Lillian Russell is quite as popular now as she was a decade ago; so are Francis Wilson and q host of others, including Della Fox. who has just been distinguished by Americas only Lotta, who says she believes Miss Fox represents more than any other reigning artiste the compound of qualities necessary to successorship to the Lotta mantle. Miss Fox, by the way, is to appear here shortly in Little Mam'selle," a new comedy of the kind with which Lotta used to delight her countless ad mirers.
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 Miss Amelia Bingham's production of "The Climbers which, by reason of its perfection in acting, mounting and costuming, established her in the front rank of A1nerica's theatrical pro- ducers. will be seen for the first time In this city at Poli's theater on Tues day. February f. Ill this play Clyde Fitch has given some very effective pictures of New York society with well drawn types of New York people. Throughout the drama he brings com edy and tragedy in close and brilliant contrast. His chief motive concerns itself with the ruin of a Wall street man. The comedy deals with several schemes for social advancement, and uncommonly diverting and clever comedy it is. The action passes in four acts. three of them interiors which convey the impression of genu inc luxury, and one pretty exterior representing the Hermitage, quaint little restaurant on the Bronx. Tha actress manager will present the play here with a company of distinguished players and the same scenic and Sar- torial appointments as employed at the Biiou theater. New York, where it ran for POO nights,
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 Virginia Harmed closes her success fu1 engagement at the Garden theater in s'Alice of Old Vincennes," a drama tization of Maurice Thompson's fas- chatting story of the Revolution in the southwest, a week from Saturday night, January %, after phenomenal- ly successful run of eight weeks. the run being brought to a close through prior contracts which prevented q con tinuance of the play at this theater. The adapter, F. E. Rose. has been pc cularly successful in placing on the stage play that retains all the excit- ing and stirring incidents of the hook in conjunction with a love story that ispure, wholesome and most engaging. Miss Harmed in the title role has won q success outshining all her previous efforts, the metropolitan critics declar- ing her performance far superior Of that of ''Trilby" in which she won her first great fame The production is one of the most beautiful and elaborate which Manager Charles Frohman has ever placed on the stage. It will be presented in this city the same in every respect as at the Garden the ater, on Monday, January 27, at Polls theater.
 When the opening of Colorado" which is to be played at Polfs on "Wednesday evening was announced, a newspaper in Denver wired it's New York representative to see Augustus to learn what he knew of Colorado. anyway. The purpose was to learn if Thomas had written his play from the viewpoint of a man who never gets west of Broadway. or whether he really knew something about the state The instructions were. if the play wright did not have local facts and color. to have all kinds of fun with Haf I'm c,<1 IT., Now, as it turns out. Thomas spent three weeks working in q mine near Denver, and remained altogether couple of months in Colorado incog; not only that, but he had contributed several stories to the same newspaper which were printed over a pen-name, without the editors ever having dis covered who the real author was. So 1t turns out that instead of having it's little joke on Mir Thomas, the paper devoted an illustrated page to a de- scription of the new play, and the fact that the playwright was contributor to the same paper was properly dis played.
 It is the fashion now to rush the dramatization of popular novel onto the stage almost as soon as it is out but in the case of "Quincy Adams Saw yer' the publishers of the book have waited year, refusing the most flat tering offers from leading managers throughout the country until they were assured they had the right man to dramatize the book, and the right par ties to produce it. with the idea of holding strictly to that sweet rural charm which all readers have admired in this story. The aim has been to reproduce with great fidelity on the stage the quaint characters and the genuine New England homespun at lnosphere in which they live. Nothing that modern stage artifice could do to give the atmosphere of realism to the scenes has been overlooked. The en- tire production, consisting of five big sets of beautiful and effective scenery, is painted by William S. Gill. while the construction of scenery and the me chanical effects are by John Foley The dramatization is said to have been very ably done by Justin Adams.