Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-16
Theatrical
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; Chatter. I S.a444 ;. ss.%S..s .s@sssx.sssss-s Caroline Kelly McCord will play one of the principal roles in ''The Man From China" which will be the sum- mer attraction at the Majestic thea ter, New York.
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 Manager Henry W. Savage has been negotiating with George w. Thatcher to play with the, western "The Yan- kee Consult company, the part origin ated by Willis F. Sweatnam.
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 Robert Kegerries. one of the coming young actors, lately of the Quincy Adams Sawyer company, contributes largely to the success of "A Wild Rose,'' a vaudeville sketch, written and produced by Miss Edsall.
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 ''The Silver Slipper will be seen i'll Portsmouth, May 9; Haverhfll, B; Manchester. 4: Lowell, 5; Maiden, 6; Lawrence, '; Brockton. 9; Taunton, 10; Norwich. II; New London, F. Ne. gotiations are now pending for ap- pearances at Waterbury, New Britain and Meriden.
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 Miss Virginia Palmer. who plays the English cockney servant in ''The l Silver Slipper" has mania for the collection of slippers and all kinds of footwear as we'll. It is said that many Of the pedal adornments that l she has secured can be traced to not l only a number of famous personages, whose names are a part of history, but that they also embrace royalty and nobility.
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 Miss Jean Edwards. who Is going to appear at Polls theater on Monday, April IS, is a new recruit in vaude- vile. She has been soprano soloist l in St Bartholomew church, New York city. Miss Edwards recently appeared at the Fulton street theater, Brooklyn, N. Y. where she scored a great success. Both the press and the public praised her act as a novelty in vaudeville. Miss Edwards Is a hand l unusual range and sweetness. She sings light and popular songs. Her fresh, well-trained soprano voice like her modesty in department, are re- freshing to observers of the doings of well-seasoned and self-important stag CTS. There is every reason to believe that she will be hit at this theater.
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 Duffy" the old, blind mule which Miss Josephine. Cohan bought during her visit to the mammoth Bellevue mines in Scranton, Pa, last October, is dead Duffy" by close calculation of the oldest miners in the Bellevue mines, was over twenty years old and had never seen the light of day, having been born and spent his life toiling three hundred feet under ground When Miss Cohan visited the mines her attention was called to the old sick animal. His condition touched her tender heart and she bought him for twenty-five dollars and sent him to her farm in Connecticut, where he spent his last days in comfort. An olt miners shovel. with the simple word Duffy" is stuck in the ground, over his grave as monument.
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 A cablegram from Leon Mooser tthe Charles Frohman of the Orient states that after a complete circuit o1 the earth, he has arrived safely bacl at his headquarters in Shanghai, Chi ma. While in America he concluded arrangements with Fred Niblo, tht New York theatrical manager, where by the latter will organize an Englisl comic opera company for a two years tour through China, Japan and India The company will sail from Sa1 Francisco about the middle of tho coming August if the existing troubles between Japan and Russia are settled by that time. MT Mooser, who is careful student of eastern affairs, con fidently believes that all will be serene before that time.
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 Among the many curios, bric-a-brac autograph letters and memoirs Of tht late John H. Murray, who for a guar ter of century was famous as cir GUS proprietor and manager in this ant other countries. and which are now the property of his eldest son, George IT. Murray, none is probably more val ued than the silk program which th' late Queen Victoria held during spe cial command" performance of th' . United States circus at the Alhambrs palace, Leicester square, London, Eng land, on Friday afternoon, May IA 1858. This performance was me morial one The prince consort, tn E then Prince of Wales, now the kfnl | of England, and all the princes ant prfncesses of England's reigning hous were present. Accompanying tn program was an acknowledgement b. } the queens private secretary, Si 3 Francis KnolIYs. to John II. Murray