Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-17
THEATRICAL
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 Bart ". Wallace arrived in San Francisco from Sydney, Australia, on August 29, and has been engaged tc play in support of James ]. Jefries in sDaTy Crockett"
 E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowc, with company of over 100, left New York on September 10 to prepare Tor their opening in Chicago on September 19 at the Illinois theater.
 Loretta Jefferson, daughter of Thomas Jefferson and granddaughter Rof Joseph Jefferson, will continue the |farnily traditions to the sixth genera tion by making her professional debut lon September II. with her father, at Lebannon, Pa, in the role of Menie in Ia revival of "Rip Van Wrinkle"
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 Al large bill for haberdashery, show ling the prodigal extravaganza of the debtor in that line of gentlemens ''wsar, was sent to Nat O. Goodwin. lThe actor glanced at the amount and, 8nbt feeling quite ready to settle it at that date. pasted together, with hostage stamp, the cut edge of the ell Ivelope. then facitiously wrote acrosa 1.-the back: Opened by. mistake, N. .. Goodwin.'
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 George Bernard Shaw is writing a X NTIibernian play for the Irish Literary theater in Dublin It is in four acts j and six scenes. and is purely scicu-- tific demonstration of English aud Irish characters. All the personages are Irish except the hero and his valet fwho are English. None of the Irish S characters possesses the faintest sense 4 Of humor. Tie play has no particular N ending and consists largely of sociai, < political and religious discussion,
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 Mrs. Sarah Stevens, a member of the ssWaY Down East company, after Il T brief illness, died in the city hospital 4 in St Paul, on September 8, of urae- mia. Her stage career began in lS56, S and she appeared swith many noted 4 stars She and w J. Ferguson were members of the Laura Keene company E that presented Our American Cousin <, at Fords theater in Washington when President Lincoln was assassinated. ! After her marriage to John 0, Hee7 I man. a well known pugilist of his day, ] Mrs Stevens retired from the stage. Z and after an absence of fourteen years E she returned, playing old women parts, and several seasons ago became 2 member of w. A. Brady's Way Down 4 East'' company,
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 I A young actor was boasting of his first born, then ten hours old, at fam. ous chop house on Broadway. His . boasting wearied a grizzled bachelor. ! also in the profession. Bachelors are z always irritated by such parades of domestic joy. 'sYou remind me of the mstory of the absent minded professor, Y he growled, between juicy mouthfuls N that should have been molllfying. "Yes?n inquired the joyous young papa. "Yes," grumbled the bachelor ssThe absent minded professor made a rule that every fellow absent from class should come to the professors desk and give an excuse for his ats sence He always did the same thing, never seemed to hear what the student said, went on arranging his papers and grunted, All right, all right. Only don't let it happen again. ''One day a chap edged up to him with diffidence and whispered: You are aware, nc doubt, sir, that am married. Tester K day baby arrived All right, all ! right said the professor, only don't |i let 1t happen again
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 Lew Dockstader, strike-breaker This is the latest role assumed by the minstrel. and was put on at mo ment's notice in Cincinnati Monday Dockstader's parade was about tf start from the Grand, and Opera place was excited and crowded. There were about two score of gaily decorated car riages and two tally-hos containing musicians in line About 11:30 a. m the signal was given to start, and the band wagon with the musiciens play ing a lively air proceeded to Vine street For some reason the first car riage did not move. It was occupied exclusively by Mir Dockstader. What's the matter?" said Dockstadery bland { ly. .Why don't you drive on?'' "Can't do it." said the jehu. "The business agent of our union has told us not t. drive. There is a scab in line" Dock stader immediately sprang out of tho carriage and entered the Grand il quest of his manager, James H. Deck CT, who was in the box office obIivioua of the tie-up. With Manager JohI Havlfn. Dockstader and Decker came out on the street and found Peter lief