Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-30

i erated upon last week for the removal of a growth in the stomach. Her hus- l band. Neil O'Brien. consented to the operation Her recovery is speedily looked forward to.
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 The eolored folks are up in arms against ''The Clansman," which is to be offered at the Liberty, New York. They are going to petition the mayor to stop the play. It was feared that the piece would encounter trouble in. New Orleans, but after the first per forrnance on Mon(sy night there was nothing to fear. Mir Dixon is quite outspoken in his play upon the colored question, but not sufficiently to incite any great disturbance.
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 A jury of the supreme court re- turned a verdict of $4,034 last week in favor of Grace Reals. an actress. who ten years ago sued Frederick c. Whit iney to recover $2.475 on contract made with the manager in 1894 to play i'll the season of 1S94-'95. For ten years the suit has been on the calendar of the supreme court. but none of the pdl tieS tO liit Sult nave utlOit Dctl able to be in New York at the same time long enough to have the suit tried.
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 George Sidney, who will make glad the new year for Grand opera house audiences at Kansas City with Busy Izzy," tells of the manager of a cer- . tain small dramatic company that had an actor in his employ who was So bad that after seeing him act Sidney wanted to know why the manager kept him. We'll replied that gentleman. he is a very useful man. Come around on the stage tonight and I'll prove it to you" Sidney did so. At the end of the piece the actor went through a death scene. dragged him. self to the side of the stage. left enough of his feet sticking out to show the audience that he was still with them. put the curtain rope ill his mouth, picked mp violin, and while still oR his back played his own death music and then rang down the curtain.
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 Texas" the J. Mauldin Fiegl drama of the southwest. that Broadhurst and Currie are managing this season. will play Toledo New Years day. Charles D. Coburn, who has replaced Sydney Ayres as Jack Dalam. recalls an early experience when he was on tour with male star who confined himself to the smaller one night stands. Mir Co- burn was playing the villain of the piece and the revolver failed to ex- taIa1n Tho fpia or four times, but there was no result and. as the audience commenced to laugh, 'Goburna walked off stage. The star followed him to the wiEss Come back and finish your death scene" he ordered. But the pistol won't go off" No matter. come back and die.' Nay! nay!" Finding that Coburn was unmovable. the star walked down to the footlights, placed his hand up to his heart and remarked to the audience in the blandest manner: Ladies and gentlemen. am very sorry, but Mir Coburn positively re- fuses to come on and he killed. Trust ing you will overlook this slight de- parture from the original business of the play. l will bid you all hearty good night"
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 Manager Bennett. of Bennett's the ater. London, Canada, has had an ex- perience that will cause him to remem- Der the visit of Woodfords monkeys for some time to come. It appears that one of the monkeys is named Mrs Murphy" and Mir Bennett thought it would be good idea to get out cards reading Have you seen Mrs Murphyy' which were hung in the street cars. Everybody in London was curious to know who "Mrs Murphy" was. but the secret was carefully kept until the monkeys arrived, when it was ioyfully announced that Mrs Murphy" was a clever little ape. This ! announcement aroused the ire of the | members of the Irish Benevolent soci. 1 ety, and the matter was discussed with i much warmth. Manager Bennett real. l ized his mistake, and immediately sent | out his men to remove the placards ! from the cars. The papers took up the | affair. and Mrs Murphy was the talk l of London for the entire week. Many l manager has learned to his cost that 1 it does not pay to tread on the tail of I the Irlshman's coat in Canada. whers l the Irishmen and Irish-Canadians are l more Irish than the men in Ireland i themselves. Plays in which Irishmpn i have been grossly earieatnred have ! been egged and the managers have I been given to understand that the csri- I catures were eminently distasteful and | wOuld not bp tOleratpd