Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-03

~ A A41I0AbAgI& IT. Ve&41N 1LNNT s THEATRICAL
 CHATTER
 Charles Frohman yesterday engaged Miss Margaret Ellington, who, in pri-. vate life, is Mrs Daniel Frohman, for the title role in the forthcoming pro- duction of Arthur Wing Pinero's play, "A Wife Without a. Smile."
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 A project which has recently been formulated and is now well under way is to reproduce Rip Van Wrinkle on the exact spot in Twilight Park, in the Catskills, where the action of the story is supposed to have taken place.; and with as absolute a fideli ty to environment and atmosphere as is possible to achieve.
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 Lew Dockstader has suggested to the authorities that all the theater managers set apart one day in the year to be called Police and Firemen's Relief Day, on which they could give matinees to establish a public fund for the relief of the families of police men and firemen who have lost their lives in the performance of their duty.
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 The New York Home for Destitute Crippled Children at Al West Sixty first street was formally dedicated Nov. 25. The contributions to it have been largely from theatrical people. A bazaar will be held beginning Dec. [, when dolls contributed by nearly all the prominent actors and actresses in the city will be on exhibition and sale. The home contains twenty-four beds distributed in eleven rooms, all of which have been furnished by the atrical people, and the rooms are named after the donors.
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 John Philip Sousn will conclude his twenty-dfth semi-annual concert tour with his famous band at Carnegie hall on Sunday evening, December 4. This has been his seventh transcontin- ental trip, and has taken the band to { such unfamiliar localities as South Dakota, Oklahoma, and the Indian Territory, as we'll as the more ire quently visited cities of the Pacific coast. Mir. Sousa will signalize his return to New York by playing for 1. the first time. new march which he has just composed-his first in two years-and he will also offer new orchestral suite from his own pen. The soloists at the Carnegie hall con cert will be Miss Estelle Liebling, so- prano: Miss Jessie, Straus, violinist; and Mir. Herbert l.. Clarke, cornetist. N Il:
 Three hours before her death Mrs. Gilbert had risen and declared she in, tended to devote the day to shopping.
 ''I must get out and buy Christmas presents for the child actors and ac- tresses of New York; she said to her maid. .... s.t.
 ''But, Mrs. Gilbert expostulated the maid, "it Is showing"
 ''What does girl of my age care for snow?'' replied Mrs. Gilbert, and she went to take her usual cold bath-a bath as cold IS tho natural temperature of the water would afford. As she emerged from the bathroom she said to her maid: Please call for Dr. Owen; feel i'll. The lights look strange, and it is growing dark
 A spasnn seemed to seize Mrs. Gil { bert, and she became unconscious. Just as the clocks were striking F Mrs. Gilbert died.
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 Broadhurst and Currie will present the comedy drama "Texas' at the Polls theater, December 23rd and Path. Texas has just finished a. successful run at the Fourteenth St. Theater. The play. deals with ranch life i'll far west Texas and the scenes and situations take place on Buck. head Ranch, Val Verde County, Tex as. It is a rollicEing, amusing and exciting cowboy play& and the audi ences everywhere enjoy the play so much that most people go to see it three or four times and like it better after each performance. Texas" is from the pen of Mrs. Jane Mauldin Feigl, who is a native of the Hone starr state and her story is a true picture of Texas ranch life. The New York critics claim that it is the best western play ever presented on a New York stage. Messrs. Broad hurst and Currie have spent large sums in making this play a realistic and artistic success.
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 The Christmas shopper, especially those from out of town, finds in the Proctor theater q haven of rest from the fatigues of a trip through the ' crowded stores. At this time espec- ially. tour of the shops is most try ing and q visit to the Proctor houses not only restores quiet Of mind, but at the service of the patrons is a ma tTOn and every convenience of the foil ct. The shops are now catering to their patrons with retiring rooms. ! but these are overcrowded at this time and greater comfort and privacy is to be had at the Proctor theaters. to say nothing of the mental refresh ment that comes from a view of the smart specialties with which the Proc tor bills abound. The admission fees . mo so small fhat 1.1.nn tIn 1,nns.4 cc.o.,-