Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-26

to Mayor Low requesting him to pre- vent what they term 'ta public scan dar' in the production of 'Parsifal' by Herr Conreid. Legal steps may also be taken, as Lawyer Gilbert Ray Hawes is said to be preparing papers, for an expected suit. MT Hawes} said: We propose to show Herr Conried that there is also an equity side to Amertcan courts, and doubt whether literary or dramatic piracy, whereby man can make thousandsI of dollars out of the property of an- other, simply because he is a foreign CT. will commend itself very strongly to any court of justice
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 Robert Buchanan, the poet and nov elist, had a mania for taking theaters on short leases in London when he could not induce managers to accept his plays He wrote a drama called 1.-The Blue Bells of Scotland which dmeanded a large stage like Drury Lane, as it contained tremendous battle scene. but the managers would not have it. and he rented a little pill box of a theater called the Novelty, and produced the play at his own risk. It was an attempt to put an epic into nutshell The result was a disas7 trous failure The receipts on the opening night were $350; on the third representation they fell to $50, and the critics tore the drama to shreds. On the fourth morning MT Buchanan1 entered the office of Howard Paul, who was his acting manager. and asked:
 4n play go7''
 .Go where?'' replied MT Paul. affect ing not to understand
 'sWnat mean is to go down with the public"
 But, my dear Buchanan, it is going down as fast as 1t can Don't hurry it. Look at last nights receipts"
 You seem to be in chaffing mood
 'sThere is no use taking the matter the face. The play is failure, and the best thing is to substitute another piece, as you have excellent comedians in the theater."
 "But am determined to make the piece a success. It will grow upon the public, if we can only get them suSFe aUy SOIhS AofGi, eehA A4ASs sSAS3nC 0A' advertising
 ''But the press has told the public that it is not worth seeing.
 But the people who do come ex- press themselves as pleased, do they | not?'
 . ssyVithout doubt
 At that moment waggish idea shot through the active brain of Mir Paul
 'sWell. you say you would like nov l el scheme of advertising. Suppose, then, you change the title of the play" The eyes of the dramatist opened wide. ~ "Change the title? whats the matter with that? It's beautiful guard critics admitted that and famil- far, too, to the commonest intellect.'
 .Granted but you say you desire a daring method of advertising to call attention to the theater Now suppose you do a bold stroke and sail the piece 'tThe Blue Pills of Scotland" !" That will attract attention and have an original, eccentric air" All this MT Paul said with studied gravity.
 My dear sir, are you madT' retort' | uing the whole thing, and from start to finish it is a serious play.'
 But have a logical reason for call- ing it "The Blue Pills of Scotland" May inquire in what way?" Certainly" replied Mir Paul, be cause whatever you do 1t will work itself out of the bill in less than a I fortnight
 Buchanan. despite the continued ruinous want of business. persisted in keeping the play on the bills and l closed the theater at the end of his months tenancy with a loss of over l $5,0OO.
 l VAUDEVILLE AT THE JACQUES. 1 This weeks exceptionally fine show l at the Jacques will have its last pre- sentation this evening, giving place l Monday afternoon to another that ought to be fully as satisfying, if not even better. Heading the bill are Can. field and Carlston in a very amusing comedietta. entitled ''The Hoodoo,' l and headlined as an accompanying I feature are Fry and Clark in their !. great success, "O'Fudge & Go" The vaudeville lists have no greater fun, Il IUAkGTB lHdH LuS uOuUlS pdlE, duu there Is nothing in the way of p1aylets that rank higher than the ones they l present. MT Canfeld who, by the way, is a brother to the famous Flu gene Canfield and Miss Carleton are I splendid singers and dancers as vel as comedy players, and they introduce plenty of both in the sketch. Fry and l Clark, too, are lusty singers and dan | apra and fhnrn is fI1n pYl0uUh in thpiI act for a dozen ordinary ones. The nlainder of the bill has comedy and novelty galore, including as it does Marshall. in his mystic hat juggling Goldsmith and Hoppe, in musical com edy. the Four Flying Bouvards 1T aerial flights. Mrs. Alice Shaw an6 her two daughters in unique whis tling turn. Ali and Peises, in laugha ble comedy acrobatics and the cleo trograph with picture entitled Through Rome in Seven Minutes"