Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-28

alleging that negligence caused their sons death. The suit is one of several others, aggregating $600.000 and grow ing out of the same wreck.
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 Lucy Dailey's song, little Mary Wise," in tThe Grafter," is one of the hits of the show. She has always been known as very clever dancer, and in the last act of the piece she introduces speciality that one reviewer calls "A feminine edition of Eddie Foy" She has all the queer gestures and funny stage business of musical comedy comedian.
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 Vance and Sullivan will produce a new play by Owen Davis the first of December The piece has been named 'The Burglars Daughter" and it con- tains novel sensation at the finish of the third act. The managers are ne gotiating with a well known soubrette for the leading role, that of an East Side girl whose brightness and loyalty more than make up for her lack of education.
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 A story was circulated last week that Mine Bernhardt would not play in Cuba. owing to the fact that she had caused the Cubans some displeasure a few seasons ago. W. F. Connor, who is interested in Mime Bernhardt's American tour, says it has not been quite decided whether the French &C., tress will cancel her time there or not. As but short engagement was out lined the incident does not cause much worry.
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 Cards have been received announcing the marriage in Paris. on September 26 of Louis Charles Battaille, the son of Madame Charles Battaille and Madame Roger-Miclos. NJ. Battaille is the son of a noted singer. the iate Charles Battaille. and Madame Roger Miclos is well known pianiste. She played in New York and in other American cities as well as in Canada in the winter of 1903-19O4 and is well remembered in social as well as mu- sical circles.
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 A woman who had tickets for a high class comedy and found that another engagement interfered, gave the tick cts to her maid. At 9 o'clock the maid returned from the playhouse. Didn't you enjoy the play, Nary" asked the surprised mistress. "Oh yes, mum; I had good time" "Then why didn't you wait until the play was over?" ssWall Dna'oFIa fhnra loxraI., lNffx picture there that covered the whole end of the house. It was an awful pretty picture, and hadn't half looked at it when somebody jerked it up out of sight and some people came out and talked about their own business. It didn't concern me and was mad at the fellow that snatched up the pie ture, so I came home"
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 Mrs Sarah G. Le Moyne, first wife of William J. Le Moyne. died at her home at Onset Bay, Mass, on October 19. She had been unconscious for three days. The body was taken to Mount Auburn cemetery for cremation. In the custody of a near friend she left a dispatch to be sent upon her death to Mir Le Moyne, who Is in New York. During the last year she disposed of her property by will. Among other things she sent to Mir Le Moyne a val uable collection of oil paintings. She was a follower of spiritualism for a number of years, but renounced it and returned to her. former faith, Unitarin- ism. She was the creator of the role of Mrs St Claire in the first Uncle Toms Cabin" compant. While play ing in this company she met and mar ried Mir Le Moyne. In 1886 she and Mr Le Moyne were divorced and she then added her maiden surname, al- ways writing her name as Sarah Green Le Moyne. She was born in Toronto, Canada, and first appeared on the stage in Buffalo. She was B years old on October 16.
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 "The Romance of a Hindoo Prin- cess" which has taken the place of '''The Raiders at the New York Hip pOdrome as a finale to "A Yankee Cir GUS on Mars" has, as was foretold. proven to be the most marvellous dra- matte spectacle of the age and is so pronounced by the thousands who have witnessed the production since its premier Never has been seen so novel or thrilling a climax to a theme filled with action as when. the elephants and their riders, hard pressed by the en- emy at the close of realistic battle scene in the mountains. plungeS down the steep slopes into the great water tank. From a scenic standpoint the production has never been equalled. either in beauty, magnihcenee or truth ful detail. That Is the universal opin- ion The spectacle is in two scenes. each gorgeous in its mounting and of surpassing magnificence, throbbing with life and human interest until the end. The wild abandon of the dance of the Nautch girls. the weirdly beau tiful orchestration. the barbarity of the color effects. the stirring action of the battle scenes. in which men, horses. camels and elephants participate, all combine to make the production peer less. one to he seen to be appreciated
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 That a young man with nerve and ability can succeed in the show busi- ness these days has recently been demonstrated in the case of three young actors. The case of Wright L0rimer is a sample. About eighteen months ago this young man. who mad been barn storming around the c0un- try as leading man with Mildred HOl- land. walked into the offlce of A. l.. Erlanger and cooIly announced that he had a play that he wanted to book at the KnickerbOeker theater. Erlancer