Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-17
THEATRICAL
 CHATTER


 Heir to the Hoorah" at the Hudson theater in New York has held up so steadily and the demand for seats three and four weeks in advance Is so strong that the management has felt justified in announcing a July 4th matinee. This will be n halfway mark in the sprint this merry comedy is makino for an all-summer record. If the play man. ages to continue to draw paying audi ences throughout August, it will be the second non-musical play that has ever lived through New York summer the only other run of this. kind having been scored by Lawrence D'Orsay in The Earl of Pawtucket.'
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 "Once during my reportorial days" said w H. Clark. who plays the Judge in Checkers" few nights ago. T was assigned to cover the suicide of q man who had jumped from high bridge into ravine below To get to 1t, we had to climb hill and go down the other side. was In the lead when little fat man, evidently anx- ious to get an early report for his af- ternoon paper, dashed past me, with his silk hat in his hand. I thought he'd stop when he reached the top of the hill, but he kept on, and when we reached the top. he was plunging down the steep side at full speed. trying vainly to catch hold of some tree or root to stop himself. Then he tumbled over and down to the bottom to be bumped like barrel. He was badly done up when we reached him. His clothes were torn. his hat gone, all but the rim. his face was bruised and he was bleeding freely at the nose. He glanced at me, then pointing to the | body of the suicide, who had fallen 300 feet said, between breaths: No - wonder - the = son - of -a- gun jumped"
 II:
 Every time the subject of the Russo Japanese war comes up in his presence, Digby Bell, the star of ''The Education of Mir Pipp," is reminded of new yarn about Kato, his Japanese valet.
 Yes, great people for negotiating, ! the Japs," said Bell the other day, dur ! ing a discussion of the peace terms i that would probably be exacted from 1 the Russians.
 ''I had a sample of this when hired my dresser, Kato. All of the pre- liminary provisions of our compact as i'master and man had gone through swimmingly and the only thing re- mainlng to be settlec before we sign ! ed our treaty was the amount of in demnity Kato should receive for his services.
 "I like forty dollars a month and | trimmings said Kato. This was q new one on me and after few diplo- matic side steps learned that trim ' mings' meant that my cast-on collars. l neckties and socks were 10 go to the < Jap. ol Further parleying developed the | fact that my collars and socks were I both too large for Karo and after be- wildering exhibition of higher mathe- matics.. he figured that he could afford | to let me keep my own trimmings if 1 I gave him two dollars more month. capitulated."
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 Robert Edeson. the star of strong heart'' who is noted for his love of athletics has expressed himself em- phatically regarding the action of the I'lttsDurR I. M. V. A. Nhieu iNiuSSN the applications for membership or three actors. passing its objection on the fact that the young boys frequenting the club rooms might pe contaminated by the influence of the actors. An actor who applied for admis- sion to a Y. NJ. C. A. gynfnasium would be there solely for work not for social purposes" said Mir Edeson. Tn my first years on the stage l. Ike many ac- tors carried the |. M. C. A. cards from city to city and never missed an oppor- unity to enjoy the privileges so cor dially extended. To close the '. NJ. c. A. gymnasilims to actors would be grave injustice depriving many or their sole opportunity 10 enjoy athletic exercise. Unfortunately the lesser lights of the profession have not the wide acquaintance that come to fhs. more prominent and are not so ire auentiy extended the courtesies or fashionable athletic clubs. Contrary to popular belief the actor of today spends more time on the golf links and in the gymnasium than he does in cafes. doubt that any other '. M. C. A. will follow the example of the nar- row minded Pittsburghers."