Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-18
MAGNIFICENT PRODUCTION.
Polls Should Be Crowded to the Doors
 on Friday Next.

There is to be magnificent per formance that should readily fill Polls on the afternoon and evening of Janu- ary A in these days when this form of amusement is far and away so popular. The aggregation is one that has been specially gotten together for a brief tour and it numbers among it's artists several headliners, who are almost as well known in Europe as they are in this country and who are capable of putting up as novel, varied and meri- torious bill as could be well gotten together. All are artists of merit in their particular field and distinct lead CTS in their line
 Among them is the distinguished American soprano, Atalie Claire, of grand and noted opera fame. This brilliant singer, now in the full flush or her powers as a colorature soprano, has had the benefit of the very best training both in this country and abroad and it is revealed ill the work she does. The best singing masters In Berlin and Paris assisted in her training for the grand opera stage, which she left after pronounced suc- cess for the more fertile and popular field of comic opera. Everyone fa- miliar with stage doings recalls the memorable hit she made with the Lil- Han Russell company, when the latter pr1ma donna became so jealous of Miss Claire's success that she refused to allow her to receive flowers over the footlights in Boston a few years ago. Miss Claire had been a great fayorite with Boston people and es- pecia1ly with the Harvard students, and the latter, to show their disappro- bation of Miss Russell's petulant ac- tion, hired a store directly opposite the theater in which the singers were ap- bearing and filled it to overfiowing with the most beautiful and expen- Sive floral pieces, to each one of which was attached a card bearing the name of Atalie Claire.
 The company will also include that dainty and bewitching little artist, Florence Bindlay, who only recently returned from a stay of several years in Europe where she was tremendous hit. Although still young woman but little more than out of her teens, she has been on the stage for many years, having started as a baby with Joseph Jefferson. Afterwards she starred for some years as Baby Bind lay" and later, when she had grown up bit, she was a feature in the star parts of such plays as stThe Limited Mail," ''The Pay Train." etc, in which she was extremely successful. When the vogue of these plays died out, Miss Bindlay went abroad. She does in strumental solos, sings some, dances gracefully and gives clever limitations of faraior rp1Jcia hall stars
 The Royal Japanese troupe of bal ancers, equilibrists, acrobats ana iugglers will be another remarkable feature of the all-around good bill. These Japs are simply amazing in their skill and cleverness. They perform the most astonishing and marvellous feats in manner that challenges ad- miration and fairly compels applause. Indeed, they are as graceful and easy as only the Japs, trained to make this their life work, can be.
 For the rest of the program there will be Julia Kingsley and Nelson Lew Is, brilliant recruits from the legiti- mate stage comedietta; Blanca Lyons, the famous European violinist who has been creating a sensation everywhere; Emerson and Omega in their hilarious ly funny sketch, and Alex Wilson, the wonderful ventriloquist.
 This list certainly makes up an ex- ceptionally strong bill.