Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-02
A TOAST.

IOASI. A toast to our National theater. And we'll down with it, friend or foe, But just now the toast down Rialto- way,
 Is Here's to our National Show" The show where the curtains the Stars and Stripes
 And Glory is the theme, Where the orchestra's tuned to the drum and fife,
 And you know the color scheme. The show is managed by Uncle Sam, Where Columbia is the star Where Roman candles are footlights, And cannons good supers are The show that's revived each year with vim,
 Retired to the shelf twill be never, For it's overture's written and played to the tune
 Of ''The Stars and Stripes FoGeverv' And Columbia always keeps her tryst, Since '76 she has never missed, Ind her audience, we of the south and the north,
 Ever welcome her cue: OUR GLo- RIOUS FOURTH.
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 The Russian-Japanese war is giving life to another old Russian drama called Siberia which is to be revived by w. A. Brady.
 A report has come from San Fran cisco to the effect theat Melbourne Mac DoweH contemplated suicide. He wrote letter to the coroner explaining his troubles and nothing has been heard form him since.
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 Miss Leslie Carter is sick in San Francisco and unable to appear ill 'Du Barry" It is said that the strain of last weeks performance at the Grand opera caused her to collapse Saturday night after she had left the stage. Her doctor, ordered her to take rest for two or three days. It is thought that she will be able to appear soon.
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 Joseph Sheehan. the tenor of the Savage Grand English opera company, nearly lost his life while bathing at New Rochelle last Tuesday. He was rescued with much difficultyby corps of life savers. MT Sheehan is q heavy weight. He was taken with cramps while in cold water, which made him still heavier, so it was with some diff culty that he was brought ashore.
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 A. M. PaImer's all-star cast revival of .'The Two Orphans which played seven weeks at the New Amsterdam theater last spring to average re ceipts of $16,OO0 a week, will be sent on tour next season, opening in Sep tember. The cast will be all-star and will include Elita Proctor Otis as 'sFrochard," T. E. Dodson as Pierre and other players of equally high standing.
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 Marshall P. Wilder, the famous fun maker has decided to make a tour o1 the world next season, and will leave New York about October l, for SaI Francisco. Thence he will visit sue cessively Honolulu, Samoa, New Zea land. Australia, Manila, Japan, China Singapore, Ceylon, India, Egypt anc London. He will combine business with pleasure, and will give entertain ments in every city he visits on his trip.
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 Always abreast of the times, the Proctor management of New York have placed in front of the Fifth Ave nue theater one of the new electrically operated changeable signs. With this device ten different changes of text arc presented at thirty second intervals through a unique arrangement oi slats. This is the first sign to b' placed by the company outside its owI offices. Mir Proctor was the first pri vate individual to own and operate al electric automobile, and many impor tant new features have had their firs showing at the Proctor houses. Th' new advertising automobile, which nov attracts attention on the city streets, il the handsomest advertising wagon eve put out.
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 .'Ham1et was being rehearsed fo one of last seasons productions of tn famous tragedy, when the stage man ager discovered that the hilarious moot Of some of the members of the com