Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-15
s&s&&& AND S&&ss


Grace George recently brought from
Europe six new gowns which she will
wear during the coming tour of ''Pret-
ty Peggy" These gowns were made
after the designs drawn from the Ho-r
garth pictures of Peg Wellington.
i:
The New York New Amsterdam the
alter will open in October with N. C.
Goodwin in the production of "a Mid
summer Nights Dream as the initial
attraction. This piece will be staged
most deliberately. In one. effect alone
more than 5000 incandescent electric
lights will be used.
II:
Mrs G. III. Gilbert, hwo appeared at
a. benefit at Siasconset the other even
ing, received such an ovation from the
cottagers that it was fully five minutes
before she was able to commence her
lines. The dear ord woman is in the best
of health, and Says this fall she is going
to show the younger generation how to
act.
j:
Lieutenant Daniel Godfrey, for forty
years bandmaster of the Grenadier
Guards and the first English bandmas-
ter to hold her late majesty's commits
sion, left a will showing the value Of
his estate to be So, 1S9. Dan Godfrey's
father, who made his name as band
master of the Coldstreams, left three
sons and four grandsons, all of whom
disting uished themselves as musicians.
Ill:
Gertrude Haynes, who is spending
the summer at Algonac, Mich, had a
narrow escape from death by drown
ing on Wednesday afternoon last while
bathing. She is quite good swimmer
but ventured out too far and was just
going down for the second time when
she was rescued by Robert McDuff,
the boy tenor, who kept her head above
water, and used his trained voice to
good advantage in shouting for help.
III:
A woman who was arrested and
| taken to the Harrison street station in
Chicago and who claimed to be Annie
Oakley, the famous rifle shot, has an
other identity, the police have learned.
The woman is declared to be an i'm
postor. Annie Oakley, in private life,
! is Mrs Frank Butler, and she is living
| in Nutley, N. J.. The prisoner sent to
| the Bridewefl claimed to be the daugh-
| ter-fn-law Of W. F. Cody buffalo Bill,
but Mrs Butler denies this in tele-
gram.
II:
K1aw & Granger have brought from
Berlin, Germany, four remarkable ex-
perts who will have charge of the adj
vance preparations for the spectacle
s.Mr Blue Beard The sensation of
this feature is the fight OF the pre-
nier from the footlights over the
heads of the audience to the upper
balcony and return, scattering natural
flowers. Very careful and painstak-
ing preparations are necessary for this
act, requiring at least two weeks time
in advance of the coming of the COM
pany. This feat was the talk of. New
York last season.
y:
A precocious stage child was descrfb-
| ing her new dog to member of the
company the other day. 1t was of the
daehshund variety, and, having forgot
ten the name of the breed, she tried to
explain the peculiarities of her new
pet. The actor, though knowing the
breed, pretended ignorance in order to
draw out the amusing description of
the little one SIT the sort that papa
said Digby Bell once had, and named
Sloppy Weather said the child
'sWhat sort was flrat?" asked the actor.
'sWhy, don't YOU know? It's the kind
that looks as if it's body had been pulled
out longer than it ought to be- there's
enough in him for two dogies, but only
legs long enough for one" 'AOh. yes y
added the actor, "he's the sort that
looks as if he ought to have all four
legs pulled
II:
| Madame Schalle. a lion tanner who is
appearing at Hagenbeck's Arena in
Luna park, is mourning the loss of a
roll of bills amounting to $40, and one
i of her pets is suffering from an attack
Of Indigestion, or Hgreenback poisin,
ing very rare disease. The trainer
entered the cage on Thursday afternoon
with the money carefully slowed away
in her cors1age. During the perform
ance it slipped out and fell to the floor
Brutus, one Of the biggest lions. mis-
taking the roll for some new delicacy
| pounced upon it and swallowed it be
fore his mistress could stop him. OF
course Madame Schalle could have had
have recovered her greenb acks, but as
the beast is worth a good deal more
than $40 she decided to let him live
AT any rate she has the consolation OF
knowing that her money is safe as far
l as burglars are concerned.
'"' III: 49,.
'tPunch, Judy & CO.. on Hammer
STEMS roof garden, has been having
more than it's share of trouble with its
chorus girls of late. The stage. man
ager is woman, and incidentally she
is the only woman stage manager in
the country. When Mrs Gertrude May
Hoffman called her rehearsal on Satur'
day seven of the short-skirted girls
were absent At the Saturday night
performance the stage manager issued
orders that any girl absent on Monday
would be discharged summary. When
| Monday Rehearsal arrived five of the
girls were not there. AT the evening
performance the five absentees got
their ''h1ue slip" Each one handed in
/ Tho reo11Iat4ion nyc1lSa of a "SicsS aunt