Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-23
THEATRICAL
 CHATTER

Fiske O'Hara and company are re- hearsing "Mr Blarney from Ireland,' the play in which Charles E. Blaney will introduce his new star. Mir Blaney is also the author of the piece.
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 And still they cOme.-the dramas of the wild and woolly west. ''The Squaw Man was the first to arrive, and now a revival of ''The Danites," the play that made Mckee Rankin famous, is holding the boards at the Murray Hill, New York. The play still retains all of it's old vigor, and it is as son is appearing in Rankin's old part of Sandy.
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 A statuette made entirely of ginger bread and fashioned to represent Helen Bertram in the costume of Jack Horner in "The Gingerbread Man." will be stationed in the lobby of the Liberty theater, New York, during the engagement of that musical play there next week. The dough counterfeit stands little over four feet in height, and, mounted on a pedestal resem- bling cream cake, makes a rather im- posing figure.
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 William G. Kaufman, a Pittsburg newspaper man, also known as a dra- matic writer, cleaned up S20,0O0 on the recent furry of United Copper. Mr Kaufman received a tip" from a friend in New York that copper was to make sensational rise. He bought at A and held on to the stock until last Friday, when he sold out at 64 and 6415 before the awful drop Mir Kaufman has been in poor health for more than year and intends to make a trip to California with the money he has just made in the hope of regaining his lost health.
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 During Hap" Wards engagement at Louisville in The Crater" he en- tered a drug store just in time to hear hungry specimen of the genius tramp ask the proprietor for a little pecuni- ary aid. This the druggist refused him, but told the man to go over to a neighboring grocery and tell them to let him have some crackers and cheese, and that he Cthe druggist 1 would be responsible. The tramp de parted, and the humane druggist was just telling Mir Ward that he never re- fused hungry man something to eat, when the telephone sounded and the following conversation took place: "Is this D-'s drug store?" Yes Did you just send man over here for some crackers and cheese?' Yes" Well, he asked for ten pounds of crackers and eight pounds of cheese. Shall I give them to him?' Great Scott! no. Kick him out of the store!" Hold onr' cried Hap Give him the goods. I'll settle! He's grafter after my own heart" 9are' n9 97"fr :" :n: ::H:
 Richard Carle's success in "The Mayor of Toklo" is evidenced by the , ticket spectators who nightly swarm around the entrance of the New York theater, despite the opposition of the management Klaw X Erlanger have been making determined fight dSdlnsL tlelH anu HI lDlS COUHtCIlOu 1n amusing incident recently occurred shortly before the curtain rose on the first act. A tall young man, of slight build, with sombre face and high brow, walked into the lobby of the New York theater with ticket in his hand. The doorkeeper was about to tear off the coupon when one of the theater employees said: Don't take i that ticket; he just bought it from a speculator." The ticket was returned and he was told to '.go away" But I am a friend of Mir Carle's. If you will send in my card to him" Say. we hear that story every night" was the reply. Take my advice and go away. from here while you are all to- gether.'" The tall man went to the stage door and sent his card to Carle. Presently he came back with a note to the doorman. It read. Please ad- nit Mir George Ade and accept the ticket he offered.r Mir Ade was i'm mediately admitted.