Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-05-07
Theatrical
Chatter.

S.s+ass. i. i. !. j i i sz.s ! :
Ethel Bret Harte. the younger.
daughter of the late Bret Harte, will
devote herself to the concert stage in
London. She possesses a soprano
voice of fine range and sympathetic
quality. She is also young and pref
ty. She served her stage apprentice
ship as a member of D'Oyly Carte'sa
and George Edwardes' companies
III:
Work will begin at once On the re-
storation of the Iroquois theater in
Chicago, with the expectation that 1T
will be completed about the middle OF
September, and William Harris is to
visit Chicago to superintend the con-
lstruction and award contracts for
completing the building. The house
will be in the vaudeville field under
Mr. Harris management.
HI:
The ''Sag Harbor'' case which was
carried from court to court by Mrs
James A. Herne against Liebler Il Co,
has come to an end. First the Lieb-
lers won, then on appeal Mrs Herne
won, and on the final appeal the YER
dict of the lower court was sustained
by the court of appeals Liebler Il
Co are restrained from leasing Sag
Harbor'' to the stock companies, and
in a suit for royalties Mrs Herne was
awarded verdict of two thousand.
dollars.
II
Antonin Dvorak, one of the greatest
composers Of the present day, died
suddenly of apoplexy in Prague on
May l. Dvorak was born in Bohemia
in 1871 and was the son of a butcher.
After great struggles he rose to fame
and became one of the most highly
honored musicians in Europe. From
1892 until 1895 he was the director of
the National Conservatory of Music in
was made. In 1901, member of the
Hungarian house of lords. His works
include many orchestral suites, canta-
tas, songs and the operas "Wandd,''
Selma Sedlak,o ''Turde Palice''r and
"Dimitrieje."
III:
Mrs Mary Bass, the original Mrs
Wigs of the Cabbage Patch" was
presented in the Louisville, Ky, police
court last Tuesday on the charge of
throwing jar of slops on the head of
Mrs Emily Smith, a would-be visitor,
of Hazlewood. suburb of Louisville.
Mrs Bass said that her life had been
made miserable by the visits of people
from all sections and chimes Mrs
Smith maintained that she was
prompted 10y spirit of charity, HAY
ing gained the impression from the
book that Mrs Wlggs was i'll Ec II of
,ies4s Ji.NIi1s1
until last Friday, when i was dis
missed by Judge Mccain, whose de-
cision wqs fiat MIS- Pass mad suffered
enough. Mrs Bass left the court with
the remark that She would now have
some privacy and sleep.
III:
The gallery god of these days, III
the new first class theaters where
melodrama is infrequent, is not the
noisy and excitable person that he
used to be. One of his class, how
ever, forgot himself and broke out
last Tuesday night during a performs
ance of The Two Orphans" by an
"dll-star'' cast at the Amsterdam the
alter, New York. 1t was during the
scene between the two brothers,
Jacques and Pierre, unprecedented by
Charles warner ana JduleSs ~ NELL.
The latter, as the cripple brother, like
the proverbial Worm. had turned, and
was hurting at the big scoundrel
words of defiance and hate. "You are
right" he exclaimed, 1--WE come of a
family who kill "Give it to him,
Jimmiev exclaimed an excited voice
from the gallery. Thus, the thrills
among the audience at this tragic in
slant were suddenly changed to the OPP
posite emotion of laughter, which ut
terIy spoiled the scene for the actors
III:
George H. Murray, business mana
ger of John G. Fishers stupendous
musical production, 1.-THE Silver Slip
per- arrived in the city yesterday to
complete all details pertaining to this
huge attraction. which will be pre-
scented here on the afternoon and even
ing of May Il for the first time after
brilliant years season at the Broad
way theater, New York city The
company numbers 100 people and trav-
els exclusively by special train of six
cars, which is made up of three sixty
foot baggage and three day coaches.
The company will arrive here over the
N. Y, n. H. & II. railroad at 1870 a.
m. next Saturday, May "a. Mr. MUIR