Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-14

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 Mme Janauschek was admitted Mon- day afternoon as permanent guest at the Actors Fund home. on Staten Island. She arrived in New York from Saratoga on Saturday accompanied by Mrs Lillian Roach. and after q days rest at the Grand Union hotel she drove over to the home under the escort of N. S. Wood.
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 Kate ClaXton, who recently buried her son ill New York, announces her re- tirement from the stage. She says that she is weary of the work and her re- cent bereavement causes her to seek private life. During her performance ill Anderson, Ind, the other evening, she was overcome with emotion and wept for over half an hour. All her flu ture time has been canceled and the company disbanded.
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 A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed on Thursday by George w. Lederer, the theatrical manager. giving his liabilities as $17O,925, with assets of $100. MT Lederer says the liabili- ties were incurred while member of Lederer x Mcclellan, composed of him.
 
 wright, which ceased to do business ill 1899, and has no assets, and also as a member of Canary &5 Lederer. The latter firm, the petitioner states, ceased to do business in 1897, though it was never legally dissolved. It also has no assets.
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 A few days ago Little Buster Keaton, the young vaudevillian, brought to q close heated argument as to who was the best fighter of the present day. One of the group of performers who were discussing the important question claimed pre-eminence for Fitzsimmons, while some of the others maintained that Jeffries and other well known pugilists were scientifically superior. The little comedian, who had been lis tening attentively to the different argu- ments, finally voiced his opinion, and that ended the discussion. You're all wrong" he said, Santa Claus and God are the best of all.''
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 sYou'll be the gainer if you'll only quit drinking" said friend to an actor well known to be over fond of 'the cup" and whose bibulous habits have frequently been the cause of two weeks notice. You'll be twice the man you are if you'll let the booze pass," argued the friend, who had the players best interest at heart. "Your work will be twice as good as it now l is, and you'll double your salary; your health will be better, you'll sleep bet l ter, you'n eat twice as much, and" ''Yes,' interrupted the actor, with a reminiscent expression of the many times he had seen two of everything he looked at '.all that may be true, but think of what shall miss-I shall see only half as much as I'm generally used to seeing"
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 Joseph Jefferson talked of his stage 1 career before an audience of Yale stu dents at College street hall, New Ha- ven, last Thursday night The address was under the auspices of the Phi Beta I Kappa society He answered many questions asked by undergraduates i'll l the audience. Among other things Mir Jefferson said that when he was a boy, one July 4th, he was to sing "The Star l Spangled Banner" He started "Oh, say, can you see,' three times and broke down. They hissed him off the stage. Next to stage fright, the next worst thing is being hissed off the l stage, he said. In reply to a question about openings for college men on the stage, MT Jefferson said that we ought l to look to the college for our fuNure l great actors A college education '; a great thing, but it is not necessary. :. :II:
 When the curtain fell on "The Bride and the Bridegroom" by Arthur Law. at the New Theater, London, last | Thursday night band of ruftians ill the gallery tried to start riot or panic. It was the most disgracefu scene witnessed in 2 London theater III many years MT Wyndham tried to quell the row, but he was hissed 'Sbooed" and insulted until finally he had to summon the police. After the ruffians were elected he told his audi ence that in future he would take means to protect them from organized disturbance. The row lasted twenty minutes and was said to be due to dis satisfaction over the exclusion oi Mabel Terry Lewis from the curtain call What London managers need or La first night are just about one dozeT New York policemen, with just twc ''high balls" apiece under their belts The rioters would last then about thir ty seconds.
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 It was noon hour one day when tho laborers who were working on the ex I cayation of the ground Whereon standE the new Lyceum theater were satisfy ing the inner man with the contents o various dinner pails. A representative of q prominent theatrical firm, while standing nearby, contemplating tht progress of the rival firms building had his new hat lifted from 'his heat by an unfriendly gust of wind and car ried far over into a pile of old bricks { and rubbish. It was finally rescued by one of the laborers, who, in return for his services, received from th' grateful representative one of the par ticularly fine brand of cigars he. Il known to smoke and which he seldom 1 gives away. On this occasion, how ever. having no small change Ill Rl' pocket he was obliged to proffer ont of his pet cigars. "There's a fine fla vored perfecto for you, my man." h'