Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-14
THEATRICAL
 CHATTER

AS soon as the Charles Dana Gibson, Augustus Thomas play, "The Educa. tion of Mir Pipp" gets actually under way. Kirke La Shelle will take hold of the production of Paul Armstrong's comedy. "The Heir to the Hoorah,' which mystifying title is no longer a puzzle when one knows that the Hoo rah" Is mine. This will be another of those vital western plays of the sort MT La Shelle's name now suggests, oh account of his success with Arizona" and 'The Virginian.'
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 Three times and out" describes the present situation of '"The Bonnie Brier Bush'' in the far west. where it Is now making it's third and last tour. Wheth- CT it is because the admirers of the veteran J. II. Stoddard realize that they will never have another opportun- ity of seeing him or because the pOpu- ; larity of the play becomes more pro ! nOunced with age is not known, but, whatever the cause, this idyllic repre- sentation of the comedy and pathos of Scotch character is now playing to even better business than was accord ed it on it's two previous western tours. >. :: .... 1 Arrangements have just been con- pleted for the appearance here shortly Of Wilton Ilackaye in William A. Bra. dy's production of "The Pit" The ! play is one of the most substantial sue. "eSses of the season and is to be given here with the original cast and produc. tion as it appeared during the Ions run in New York city. Mir Lackaye. it i is said, is doing the best work of his "a:eer in the role of Curtis Jadwin. the Chicago broker. ''The Pit'' is timely illustration of the ways Of "frenzied finance over 300 people appearing iu the production, which is the largest ever presented on the .,merican stage :Il:
 1 Twenty-siX cowboys and horse wran. slers from one of the biz cattle ranch. es of the Anglo-American Co made ur q theater party to see 'The Virginian' at the time of It's presentation at Aus tin. Tex. They rode twenty miles across country to the railway station at San Marcus. left their ponies in one of the company's corrals. took the train up to Austin. saw the performance rode back to San Marcos on a freight train. regained their horses and sot back to the range before 9 o'clock ths morning. The difficulties which daunt the average New York. Chicago or Bos ton suburbanite who would fain wit ness metropolitan production are not considered in Texas.
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 After all, it is the author who gets the best of 1t. He assumes none ol those risks that whiten the hair o the manager, and, whether the show plays to winning or losing business. ht draws his royalty percentage of 'th, grOss' just the same. Owen Mister! check for royalty on the eleven thou hand and odd dollars taken by "1'h' Virglnian'' in St Louis fortnight az, seemed to please the author immense ly, for he immediately wired 'Let Ill all go and live in St Louis" Befor, his check had reached him several days of the following week in Kansas City had elapsed and, as the business there gave promise of almost paralleling tn, St Louis figures, Mir La Shelle wired back: "Or In Kansas City"
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 Colonel Isaac H. Hill, the veteran whip" of the democratic committe, in congress. adventured from Wash ington on to Philadelphia recently tt Sec Dustin Farnum In 'The virginian. The colonel has been an assistant ser ~eant-at-arns or doorkeeper of tb, house Of representatives for more years than most present occupants O seats in the legislative chamber cal number in their political recollection He is accredited to Ohio politically. bu way back wonder" when things wcr, getting hectic In the sixties, the. colone as q professional democrat, "agin' tn, administration" lived in Virginia. On, of his hobbies. the special fad of a maI of wide experience in politics and uni versal acquaintance with politicians from all sections of the national do main. is accent and prOvincialism O speech In sO far as il is indicative O q mans place of birth or upbringin: At the conclusion of the performance of "The Virginian" the colonel me Mir Farnum. 'I should say. sir" u, remarked with courteous accent of in ,errogatiou. that you come from som place between Culpcpper Court Hous and Lynchburg." "No," responded tn impersonator of Owen Wister's COW boy hero. "I was born in Maine an, educated in Boston, "EIub.' cjacu lated the expert on peculiariiies 0 speech. Born in Maine. eh. and adu cated in Boston. We'll. you're il damned good luck that you're living il this generation and playing in PhiIa delphia. If you'd happcned along il Washington about the time of the frs Full Run fight with that accent yol ilsc,i on the stage tonight. you'd bay been hanged by one of Lineoln's prO vest marshals for a spy. h. gad. sir