Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-03

Bessie Johnson, daughter of Mayor < Tom l. Johnson of Cleveland, O., has been engaged for Annie RusselPs supporting company. She was stu dent last year at the American Aca- demy of Dramatic Arts.
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 & { Fred A. Stone, the scarecrow of the 8 Wizard of Oz, was married on July 23 to Allene Crater, who played the Lady Lunatic in the same production. The wedding took place in Newark i and was kept q secret until last S week. MT and Mrs Stone are spend ] ing tIfe summer at Hicksville, L. I.
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 The performing dog "Jack," that has been shown at about every fair in New England by his owner, Joseph , A. Wilson of Chester Depot Vt, died recently in Boston. "Jack" was ten years in the profession and had ap- peared in all the first class vaudeville 2 houses from Maine to Texas and for < several years was the Mother Hub 5 bard dog in Jack and the Beanstalk. I:
 Little Buster Keaton is wearing a half-glad, half-sad smile these days. Up to Thursday evening last he had been the apple of his fathers eye, but from now on he will have to be con tent with less than half the attention he has been shown heretofore, for the stork paid a visit to his. home on Thursday and left another little
 Buster" who will be named Harry Stanley Keaton, after the manager of theater in Salem, Mass
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 Happy CaT' Wagner, the old-time minstrel, who retired from the stage about fifteen years ago to enjoy his fortune, has decided to return to the footlights for the purpose of bidding a genuine farewell to the people whom he was wont to amuse in the old days. He has signed contract with Quinlan & Walls minstrels and is now rehearsing in EImira for the opening, which will occur at the WayerIy opera house in that city September 1T.
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 ". ". Power, formerly business ! manager. of Dan Godfrey's British S Guards band of London and the Kill ties band, while in Ireland last spring arranging for a tour of America the coming winter of an Irish band, con- sisting of picked musicians from the best bands of Ireland. In addition to I the band of 40 pieces, 20 men and wo- men will supply novelties to be intro H kluced The band will open in Madi- 4 son Square garden and will be known < in America as Powers's Irish band.
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 Dan Su1ly, the actor, while talking with a party of friends few days ago, gave the following specimen of "English as she is spoke" 'I have q man working for me on my farm in 7 the Catskills, whose English is cer- ] tainly unique" said MT Sully. "FIis name is Henry, and that Henry's grammar is peculiar unto himself may be understood from the fact that 1 whenever he is given any instructions z in regard to his work, he invariably q replies Am itY The other day a # party in an automobile, evidently en- toying themselves, passed by the < farm. Henry lookel up and remark cd, How unc6ntented and self-satis- factioned them people must be! I:
 The Kilties' band of Belleville, Canada, are now in the thirteenth week of their ninth tour, and are meeting with unusual success Their two weeks at the Worlds fair is worthy of special mention, owing to the fact that the Kilties'' were the only band to enjoy the distinction of playing its entire engagement in Fes- tival hall, where extra admission is charged. The band will return to Canada on September and will have a reception and farewell in their home city, Belleville, on September 9, when the city council and board of trade will give them banquet and fdecorate them with medals before their sailing for London for their tour of Great Britain. The Kilties are the first Canadian band to cross the wa ter, and all Canadian cities will join in the celebration on that day. They will sail from Montreal on September 10 and open their first concert in Queens hall, London, on September 24.