Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-01

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 Mrs Gilbert will make her first ap- pearance In Granny at the Lyceum theater in place of the Empire, and this. permits John Drew to stay in New Pork until the end of November Mrs Gilbert takes some of the time al- lotted to Cecelia Loftus, and she will appear in the second Clyde Fitch play of the season.
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 While playing at the Hubbell thea ter, Trenton, N. J., recently, Ernest Latimore, of Latimore and Leigh, was made the victim of practical joke that caused much amusement. At the conclusion of Latimore and Lefgh's act four men sprang from their seats in the front row, jumped upon the stage, clapped a pair of handcuffs on MT Latdmore's wrists, and hustled him off the stage, up the aisle and out through the front door. The audi ence was in an uproar and Manager North was forced to go before the cur tain and explain that a joke was being played and that there was no cause for
 
 was at the bottom of the whole affair, as notice had been received from the Lynchburg, Va, lodge that MT Lati- more must be initiated into the order, and the members adopted this odd method of starting the initiation.
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 Ground will be broken in Cleveland October 1 for the building of Luna Park, the $500, ,O00 reproduction of the Coney Island resort. Work is now under way on similar enterprise in Pittsburgh, which involves an outlay of $35O,0OO. Both will be opened May IA, 1905. Frederick Ingersoll, the central figure in these two enter prises, is q Pittsburg man who became widely known through the invention and manufacture of the Figure Eight roller coaster, the laughing galleries, the Old Mill and various other amuse- ment devices A large force of drafts men, architects and mechanics are constantly at work on new ideas for him, and more than 1.2O0 men are on his pay rolls. Ingersoll is now active ly at work on his plans for a national circuit of parks. He is rated very rich man and and is closely associated with a group of prominent capitalists. He is now interested in thirty-two amusement places from Boston to Los Angeles and these are distinct from his new enterprises Tn his circuit extension plans Ingersoll has formed partnership with Frank M. Kattens- troth, a former New York newspaper man.
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 A well known actor tells this story on the long suffering Irishman, who is charged with most of the witty tales told both on and off the stage. The lately landed Irishman, with his re marks on American sights that greet his eyes, are frequent subjects with story tellers, and this one concerns two of that ilk.
 Mike and Pat were escorted by their American friend to little front room on the Bowery after a long day of sightseeing. Mike, tired out with the long days tramp immediately betook himself to bed, while Pat fingered at the window with eyes bent on the noisy street below, watching the throngs of passers going both ways.
 From time to time Pat would arouse his friend, urging him to get up and join him at the window, but with no avail. Finally, when a noisy fire en- zine rushed by with changing bell and screaming whistle, sight Pat had nev- CT before seen, he made another vain effort to interest his sleepy friend. When a second engine appeared on the scene, splitting sparks and fire as it whirled past in mad hurry, Pat rushed to the bed and dragged his friend therefrom, excitedly yelling:
 For the love of heaven, get up n1f am two wagon loads of 1t has just gone by"
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 When the Crane brothers are at home they live on a big farm at Oy- ster Bay, in the neighborhood of the summer home of President Roosevelt. They put in their spare time raising poultry for the market and are very proud of some of the specimens they have brought to maturity with the aid of the latest things in patent incuba- tors. Last summer they were unus- ually successful with their geese. and one of their pets developed so finely that they determined to send it alive as q present to the president. The goose was put in crate, which was wrapped in heavy brown paper, with the address of the president on the top. They forgot to make few holes in the paper, so that the goose would have a chance to breathe, so the bundle had the appearance of an ordinary express package as 1t was left at the depot for the express mes senger to deliver. An unusually alert secret service man, who was looking for trouble, came across the package and decided that it might be an infer nal machine. He tied a weight to 1t and sunk 1t near the shore of the bay, leaving it in the water over night Tn the morning, with visions of promotion in his mind, he fished the package out of the water and opened it with great caution, only to find the dead goose reposing peacefully in the bottom of | the crate. The village cut-ups' around Oyster Bay have not yet stop ped laughing at the joke, and the incl dent has given rise to the new country slang phrase, s"That's a goose on you,' which is thrown at any unfortunate who happens to "bite" Ut the wrong end of riddle.