Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-14

hAAA o OoAVuOC dI I1Ol6l A6lOI. f10 IS probably the most prolific young man in the profession.
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 Grace Merritt Is said to have made an offer to Julia Marlowe of $5,0OO as bonus for When Knighthood Was in Flower" She desires this drama for a starring vehicle next sea- son.
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 The news was flashed from St Paul that Mme Bernhardt once played Little Eva in Uncle Toms Cabin" It Is too bad the actress has finished her tour, for some capital might have been made out of 1t. The French actress is too far away to deny the story.
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 The Hartje case in Pittsburg Is de- veloping into regular Kremer melo- drama, and Owen Davis, Hal Reid and Langdon Mccormick are taking notes Before long we will hear, of play upon this celebrated divorce case and perhaps 1t will be as suc- cessful as "A Desperate Chance" AiIu Wob WIllNCu dIOuuu lu0 06CdU0 of some burglars from a Pittsburg jail.
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 Robert Mantell will add to his repertoire next season w. s. Gilbert's burlesque, "Rosencranz and Guilden- stern," which he wrote as his criti- cism of Hamlet" MT Mantell will appear as King Claudius. The bur lesque has never been given in Amer ica, but has been presented several times in England, notably at the Ellen Terry jubilee, when the author himself took part.
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 Many of the show girls have occa- sion to feel jealous of Camille Cliff ford. She went to Europe with "The Prince of Pilsen" and remained over there because her beauty won her the title of Gibson girl. Now 1t is re- ported that she is to marry Henry Lyndhurst Bruce, the eldest son of Lord Aberdeen. This means that in time she will become Lady Aberdeen, so one more member of the profess sion will be in the peerage and at tend the court functions.
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 Mansfield made his first hit as "Shylock," when only a boy, at an amateur performance given by pupils of Derby school, England. After being a parlor entertainer he made his strictly professional debut in England as Sir Joseph Porter. the ad- miral of "Pinafore" His first Amer ican appearance was on September 26, 1882, at the Standard theater. as Droney in an opera called Three Black Cloaks." His debnt as a iegiti- mate actor was in"A Parfsian Ro- nance"
 The Los Angeles Graphic relates this incident of local juvenile the atricals: The children were giving a little drama of their own wherein courtships and weddings played a leading part in the plot. It appears that during the progress of the play the father had gone behind the scenes, where he found his youngest offspring sitting in a corner. Why, Marie" asked he, have you been left out of the play? Why aren't you on with the others?" I'm not left out" indignantly denied Marie, I'm the baby waitin' to be born!"
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 In the staging of "wild Nell" Charles E. Blaney expects to present a unioue stage effect. This will be the first time that great blizzard scene has ever been attempted with a full stage; 1t is to be snowstorm such as the Dakota Indians call the white death." Miss Prescott. who is to star" in the production. has been spending the summer on her uncle's ranch in Lookout. N. D., where the scene of the piece is laid. She has. herself made the working models for the scenes, which will therefore be strictly authentic.
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 Maggie Cline. the Irish Queen, who was seriously injured by being thrown from her carriage. through the carelessness of the chauffeur Of an automobile that collided with her vehicle, is on the road to recovery at her home in Red Bank, N. J. She has been confined to her bed for over a month, but is now able to sit up for a few minutes every day. Her phy- sician expects that she will have fully recovered by September. when she will return to New York to delight her thousands of admirers with her inimitable rendition of Throw Him Down. McCIoskey." and the other dainty ballads with which her name and fame are identified.
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 A report comes from Wichita, Kan. which should be a warning to anna teur payers to exercise every precau- ton in hiring their costumes. Nine girls who appeared in Robert Ma eaire." recently given by the senior 1<sss of the local high school, are more or less severely i'll. and the physicians in attendance unanimous iy agree that the costumes used in the play must have been infected. | All the young women were taken sick at the same time. about two weeks after the performance Ethel Taylor is at the point of death. suf- ferins from scarlet fever and diph- ther,a: Pauline Grafton Is also dan eerously sfsicted with the same ter rihie maladfes. The seven other young women are said to be in less critical condition
 uanuel Garcia. the singing teacher | who died in London two weeks ago sf the age of 101 years. would never accept q pupil vho did not pronise q