Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-27
THEATRICAL CHATTER.

lin stage last season, has been trans lated and adapted into English for the use of that accomplished actor Will liam Bonelloni and the charming act ress, Miss Rose Stahl.
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 Nellie Keeler, who travelled with "The Indian Midget died of con- sumption at her home near Versailles, Ind, on June IT. She was born in 1875 and weighed seven ounces at her birth. When eleven years old she weighed eleven pounds. When she reached the age of twelve she began to grow rapidly and forced to retire from the freak" world.
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 Tn the notable revival of '"As You Like it" that Miss Henrietta Crosman is to make early next autumn for a brief season, she will be supported by practically the same company that ap- peared with her in the record run of the Shakesperian comedy at the Thea ter Republic, New York little more than a year ago. Among some of the prominent members of that company who have been re-engaged are John Malone to play Jacques; Barton Hill flor the Banished Duke, and Addison Pitt as Oliver.
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 Messrs Broadhurst & Currie's pro- duction of George H. Broadhurst's lat est comedy, "A Fool and His Money employs an unusually large number of people for play of it's class. There are four acts. Tn each successive act several new characters make their appearance thus sustaining the inter- est of the auditors who sometimes tire of the same faces" Each of these ''bits' is character study and requires clever actor to portray it, therefore the salary list of "A Fool and His Money will be rather heavy one.
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 From some of the amusing stories be- ing told of the children of those con- nected in various ways with the the atrical business it might seem that these little ones are more frequently precocious than are those whose par ents follow other professions; at all events, their pranks and smart sayings more often reach the ear of the pub lie, perhaps for the same reason that the goings and cemings of their elders are of such extreme. interest to the news reading public.
 Like the pranks of Buster Brown" of Outcault origin, the mischief of these little ones, which usually results in the breaking or spelling of house. hold adornment, is the outcome of ex- uberant spirits and originality rather than the actual desire to be naughty. They do not foresee the consequences in the form of punishment which fol- lows injury or destruction of their par- ents' belongings, or they perhaps would think twice before carrying out some of their larks.
 Willard HOlco1nb. for instance, when reading in the presence of his family one of the acts of new play on which he is working had no idea that 1t would be initiated at heavy expense by his two youngsters, Helen and Ber- tram, aged ' and years. Hearing so much of things theatrical discussed in their home, much of their amusement consists of play acting.
 The act referred to has a snow scene, which the children at once pro- ceeded to repeat, though neither can remember what prompted the means by which the snow of their scene was produced.
 The playroom of the Holcomb chill dren is on the top floor, where they are allowed to make as much noise as healthy children are expected to make, so when their mother heard the usual chatter which attended their ssplaying theater" she paid, little attention. but when this for about a quarter. of an hour had been accompanied by terri fic pounding, she determined to ascer- tain the cause. q,
 What she saw on entering the door brought visions of landlords large claims for damages to his property. Only few square feet of pIasterine remained on the ceiling, from which the mischfevous little ones had de- tached most of it with the aid of cur tain poles. Two small plaster covered figures perched on tables that brought their poles in reach of the ceiling explained the mysterious pounding. On seeing the look of petrified lismay on the face of their maternal relative the children seemed to eralize the enormity Of their latest prank and little Helen, in weak, conciliatory tones. said:
 We've only been doing one of papa's snow scenes, mamma"
 In their descent from the tables, in which they were forcibly assisted by their father. who had arrived on the scene and who was almost speeches. because of the havoc wrought by the young house wreckers, MT Holcomb discovered a bit of realism which the young actors had added. They had tied about their necks two of his finest handkerchiefs, in which they had wrap