Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-26
Theatrical ... Chatter.

Mrs Langtry closed her season last
 Saturday night. She will sail for Eng
 land tomorrow. Next season she will
 tour South America and Australia. Il:
 l Ethel Harte, a daughter of Bret
 Harte, made her debut as concert
 singer with the Doyle Carte Opera
 company in London Tuesday evening. 1 :II:
 Forbes Robertson will play his last
 engagement in this country this season on April and 6, in Hamlet" at liar ward university, by invitation of the l faculty of the department of English. A high honor, richly deserved. :II:
 Paderewski is a great pianist, but a poor courier. When he recently played at the Russian court the czar | said that he was delighted to find such talent in a Russian, and Paderewski answered that he was Pole. Next | day he was ordered out of Russia and l told never to come back. \ < Il: EG A new fraternal order called the l Raspberries was started on March 12 | behind the scenes at Polls theater, 1 Hartford, Conn.,, Every member was pledged to start a new lodge in every vaudeville theater in which he plays provided some other Raspberry has l not been ahead of him. The object of the order is the promotion of good l fellowship.
 uu :II: .v. Antainetta Sillimbani, an Italian aeronaut, met her death on March 13, | while giving an exhibition at Buenos l Ayres, Argentina. She made an as-
 tension in a balloon and the strong l wind carried her toward the River Plate The balloon was afterwards l found empty, and the body of the vic l tim was discovered floating in the river on Wednesday.
 :II:
 When Annie Russell played at the Garrick theater 1t was simply delight ful to watch dear old Mrs Gilbert. :, Every member of the company show | ed her the greatest consideration and l in all of her scenes one could plainly see that everyone thought of her first. Miss Russells love for Mrs Gilbert is very evident, and 1t Is beautiful to see l the dear old lady such a universal fa- vorite; as for the audience, do they ! ever fail to show her, by the hearty applause she receives on her first en- trance, that she has friends galore on
 the other side of the footlights. :II:
 "Even the property man has his
 trionic ambitions said Joseph H.
 Slater, the other day. However, I heard of one instance where one of
 these useful members of the compa- ny refused to have greatness thrust upon him." MT Slater related how
 the leading man of the company fell
 suddenly i'll. The stage manager in
 desperation turned to- "props," who was also "master of transportation" and said You can help us out in l this emergency. You've heard the | lines often enough to be familiar with
 the most of them." Yes" said the through all right, and I'll do it this
 once only to help you out. But In the future I want you to distinctly under
 stand that my line Is 'sheriffs' and | jailors.'
 :II:
 Pop" said a small boy to his fath-
 CT, who is an actor in one of the Broad way productions, and who, in his
 home life is known to be somewhat | inclined to fault finding, "a boy told me of new disease today" "And what's thatY asked the actor. but with small show of interest for his temper
 was ruffied, having had n few un- pleasant words with a member of the | family. "Lint-itis," replied the small boy with an air expectant of being
 asked to explain the disease, nor was he disappointed. "Lint-itis!' repeated
 the actor. unsuspectingly nibbling the bait the boy had thrown out to get a
 joke on the father. five heard of all
 sorts of ftises' but this is new one on me. Whats it likeT "Well, said the youngster, edging close to the doorway, ready for q quick exit, "it's q disease of the throat, and I wouldn't be surprised if you should get it. It comes from schaWinx tho raH.sl~