Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-13
THEATRICAL
 CHATTER

Maude Adams opened her seasor in Peter Pan" in Rochester on Oc tober 8.
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 Ethel Barrymore in Alice -Sit-by the-Fire" is doing the largest bust ness of any attraction on the road. II:
 William Gillette begins his New York season in "Clarice" at the Gar rick fheater on Tuesday, October 16 :l:
 On the road Otis Skinner is re. beating the same success which marked his New York appearance in "The Duel.'
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 John Drew has the greatest sue cess of his splendid career in His House in Order" which is crowdine New York's handsomest theater, the Empire, at every performance.
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 I There is flight of stairs in All of-a-Sudden Peggy" and Henrietta Crosman runs up and down them ten times in the course of two acts. This in itself would be considered a hard days work for the average woman.
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 Margaret Daily, for some seasons leading woman for John Drew and this season holding the same position with William H. Crane, will be in the big cast supporting MT Crane and Ellis Jeffreys in "She Stoops to Con- quer."
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 4 A copy of the third edition of Shakespeare's Passionate Pilgrim, [" of which the only other copy extant IS in the Bodleian library at London, has just been sold at private sale in England to an American buyer for I $10,000.
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 Lillian Russell was robbed of a satchel containing S5,000 in money and diamonds on October 8, on a Big Four train, while on her way to Co., lumbus. A man picked up the satchel and left the car at Dayton while Miss Russell was looking out of the win dow.
 Dion Boucicault's Irish drama. The Colleen Bawn.' was founded on Grifhn's novel, The Collegians." It was originally produced in New York in December. 1859. and first per- formed in London on September 10, 1860, with the author as Myles. This story, The Collegians," had previ- ously been dramatized by T. E. Wilks as early as 1881, when the play was produced at the Milton Street the ater, London, with Mrs Chapman as Ely o'Connor.
 The Amateur Dramatic society of Le Sueur. Minn. holds a unique rec ord among amateur societies in the United States. The association was founded forty-four years ago in the early pioneer days as the Thespian society by John B. Parker of Le Sueur, and has been in existence ever since. Jennie Smedley of North Car olina. Mrs A. w. Bangs of Rapid City, 8. D., and John P. Hoyt ofMinneapo- lis, are among the charter members still living. The society claims that 1t has never made failure of play.
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 May Robson says women are poor creatures who require a weapon of defense. The Earl of Yarmouth l heard her say SO and while she was | in England recently he gave her such | a weapon. It is the most insulting | and all around insolent umbrella in | New York. It Is all silk and of fast | black and of eminently proper size. | It's handle alone is terrifying and rep rehensible. That is an admirably | enameled donkey head that works au- tomatically. and when an minimizing man leers at the owner of the um- brela said donkey fattens its ears. opens its eyes and mouth, and con founds every man within sight or hearing.
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 The people who have been wonder ing for the past year or SO what had become of John l.. Sullivan. the ex-pugilfst. will be pleased to know that he is getting along very nicely in vaudeville sketch. and that he has had scarcely an idle week in many months. He has settled down to hard work and is encouraged by the excellent financial returns. as the vaudeville theaters in which he plays are invariably packed when he is the headliner. Sullivan is SO pleased with the appreciation of the simple Western folk that he has an- that he will never again he seen in the big cities. but will continue to entertain the Farmers" who have given him such strong sup port when he was supposed to have joined the Down and Out club"
 William r. Rochester. the we'll known stage manager. has invented a unique stage device. which he has had patented. ii is In the shape of . gigantic peg-top. and is designed for use in musical plays where girls are employed. ar for vaudeville pur- poses. The top Is hollow and is covered vith silk of any color. H Is apparently wound up by girls. vho pull ribbons attached to the sides. Inside the top are several girls. ad- nitted by concealed door. and shen he top begins to spin they thrust heir heads and then their arms orifces arranged for this purpose. The girls on the outside Ifand on an invisible wire platform. ,rssping hsndhOlds. vhile the top re- Il |