Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-20
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RICHARD CARLE.

' dScluSHl Ol tue Olu DedTDOT0 LHedLer
 in Chicago were attempting to convert 1 their playhouse from a popular priced { theater into one of the first class, they f began casting about for a musical i comedian who could attract the ''ear- riage trade,' which, in theatrical par lance, stands for the people who come | to the theater In carriages and are will | ing to pay the best prices for high
 class amusement After considering several players, the Dearborn people finally hit upon Richard Carle, who ap-
 pears at Polls tonight in "The Mayor of Tokio," who shortly before returned from London, where he achieved much popularity in musical plays. Mr Carle
 was accordingly engaged He worked
 untiringly to attract the carriage trade, but his efforts for time seemed futile.
 The Dearborn theater had been cater ing to popular priced clientele for so
 long that it seemed impossible to reach
 the better paying class of theater- goers. MT Carle was finally successful when he produced "The Tenderfoot." :"
 Before the unqualified success of this piece, however, an amusing incident occurred. It was during the player playWrightS first three months at the Dearborn and hardly carriage had drawn up at the entrance throughout the twelve or thirteen weeks of his engagement. One afternoon shortly
 before a Saturday matinee, Mir Carle came down town and found the street in front of the theater blocked with imposing equipages. Not a one-horse rig in the lot" was the optical note he made in passing. Pleased beyond power of expression he danced into
 buffet under the theater and ordered pint of wine with which to drink his own good fortune. Unaccustomed to such prankish hilarity on the part of MT Carle, who is usually of a thought ful and retiring disposition, the white aproned diplomat behind the bar re- marked: Why so merry, so early in the day?" Why so merry? I've right to be merry!' exclaimed the ac- tor. Just cast your eye along that line of carriages blocking the street out there. I've been trying for two or three months to land the carriage folk and, at last-success! Look at the ve- hicle parade in honor of my matinee" Them people didn't come to your mat inee." "Whatr' "Naw," said the bar keep. There's a prominent man died of suddin, in the hotel next door. That's his funeral" Prices are $1.50, $1, 70, 50 and 25 cents.
 UNDER SOUTHERN SKIES"
 The one conspicuous play of south- ern life now being presented to the public is Under Southern Skes," written by Lottie Blair Parker, author of Way Down East" Its success has been extraordinary and 1t grows in
 favor with each succeeding season. Under Southern Skies" is now in it's one of those plays which like "The Old Homestead' and Way Down East" seems destined to go on for ever. Under Southern Skies has been called the Way Down East" Of the south, and many even prefer It's scenes of beauty, and air of romance, to the homelier New England plays. The scenery of Under Southern
 Skies" is a reproduction of the luxuri-i ant, fiowery landscapes and stately homes of the south, the women wear the dainty, airy costumes affected by the high born southern women, and the play fairly bubbles with the gay and lavish hospitality for which the people of the south have always been noted. Woven throughout the scenes of merriment and music with which the play abounds is story of intense interest that holds the audience from the rise to the fall of the curtain, A large cast is employed in the presenta- tion of this play, twenty-seven people, and each one has been selected because of his or her special fitness for the part. Altogether the appearance of Under Southern Skies" at Polls to- morrow afternoon and evening will be one of the big events of the theatrical season. Prices are 9, 35, 90, T5 and S1; matinee, 9 cents.
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