Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-12

will go by special train on long tour including the Pacific coast, visiting only the larger cities. The plays pre- scented will be Old Heidelberg and Ivan the Terrible, and in San Fran cisco MT Mansfield will give two per- mances of Beaucaire
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 Maxine Elliott went to St Louis from Milwaukee last Sunday morning In q special train in order to spend her birthday with MT Goodwin. MT Goodwin presented her with a dia- mond sunburst Miss Elliott received other presents, among them mar quise ring from Gertrude Elliott and diamond locket from Forbes Robert son. To celebrate the birthday MT Goodwin gave Miss Elliott a splendid dinner on his private car Edgemere, which was attended by all of the play CTS appearing with Miss Elliott. Fl:
 Henry W. Savage says that he has not made an offer to Gadski to sing the role of Kundry in English, but she says that she has been approach ed on the subject by Joseph Engei, who is MT Savage's stage manager. Madame Gadski says that she is will ing to sing Kundry, but the salary she wants $1,OOO a performance for four performances 8 week during guaranteed season of nineteen weeks, the total sum to be $96,OOO. Herr ,Tausscher, Madame Gakski's hus- band, says that she will not sing at the Metropolitan next year. The 1 Savage Parsifal will not be produced until another year, in any event, and Colonel Savage says he has no 1nten- ton of leasing Broadway theater. | :li: | Ever since Weber and Fields start ed in on their western tour rumors have been flying around to the effect that the managers would split at the end of the season. These rumors reached Weber and Fields at Omaha Ion Friday last, when they immediate ly telegraphed as follows: "We wish to state positively, without reserya- tion of any sort, that the rumors of a quarrel, the contemplated sale of the Music hall or the removal of our en- tertainment to the Casino are abso- lutely without foundation, and the partnership, which has existed for twentysix years, will be continued. (SigneO Joseph M. Weber and Lew M. Fields.''
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 "Consul,' the famous chimpanzee, died of pneumonia in Berlin on Feb ruary 21. His death will be a severe loss, as he was creating a sensation in Europe such as seldom happens, andhia salaryswas in the neighborhood of $500 a week, with managers in all parts of Europe bidding madly for his services. Consul was introduc- ed to the public last summer by Frank c. Bostock at the Sea Beach palace, Coney Island, and while his antics caused much amusement, he did not become the rage. When he made his debut in London he became the talk of the town, and columns were writ ten in the leading papers on his won- derful resemblance to man and on the extraordinary intelligence he pos sessed After the London engage ment he was taken to Berlin, where he contracted a cold that resulted in his untimely death. It is said that MT Bostock had refused an offer of $25O,00O for him and that his life was insured for $10O,00O Since his first exhibition he has earned about $125,- T OOO and if he had been spared he would have added a much larger sum l to MT Bostock's bank roll He was captured in South Africa about two years ago and was about i've years old when he died. s'