Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-06
THEATRICAL
 CHATTER

Chauncey Olcott has resumed his tour in Edmund Burke" During the next three months he will fill engage ments in the principal southern cities.
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 Joseph Coyne is to appear as an ln- dian squaw in burlesque of "The Squaw Man. which is to be one or the features of Coming Thro the Rye"
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 Annie Russell has signed five years contract with Wagenhals X Kemper. to begin next September. The contract calls for three months in Lon don each year, the remainder of each season to be spent in America. It is planned for her to open the new AstoI theater E'
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 Colonel W. F. Cody ("Buffalo Biil'', arrived in New York Friday morning from his ranch in Cody. Wyo, and had long conference with J. A. Bailey The result of the meeting was that the Buffalo Bill Wild West show will remain another year abroad, opening in Marseilles, France. in March next and making tour of Austria, Hun gary, Italy, Germany, Holland and Belgium.
 Edward H. SOthern and Julia Mar lowe will appear next season in a drama founded on the life of Joan oi Arc. Two dramas, both dealing with the same historical episode. are at present under consideration, one of ! them by Justin H. Mccarthy. This announcement is peculiarly interest ing, since two other managers are also reported to have plans for put ting the Maid of Orleans upon the stage.
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 Raymond Gilbert appeared in the | romantic drama. "A Russian Slave at the Sterling opera house, Derby Conn. Christmas afternoon and night | In order to test the dramatic worth of the production the management issued special invitations to fifty of the prominent citizens of Derby and An sonia and concluded to abide by then l judgment, which was favorable. The ! story of the play deals with Russra's serious troubles.
 | After the evening performance or | Saturday. December 23, that being the last production of her New York engagement, Madame Bernhardt re ceived wonderful ovation at the Ly ric theater. After the fall of the cur tain the audience cheered for at leas twenty minutes. It was literally i'm possible to accommodate the crowd ol Bernhardts admirers, and many o them had to be turned away, ever more at the matinee than in the even ing. f"trr
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 "The Good for Naught," drama 1T which all the principal characters art Indians, is to have single perform ance by the Grace George company in Milwaukee to-day. Then the drama will be dropped until next season Brady's purpose in ordering this sin gle presentation being to forestall tht Frohman management. which is said to have a similar piece in preparation The Good for Naught' was written by Donald McLaven, of Miss Georges company.
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 Johnny Ray tells of an old dark! down south that was inclined to delb' the biblical account of Daniel in tht lions den. "DOes yoah mean tu tel me dat Daniel dun jumped into da' den ub lions an dey didn't eat hin up?" he demanded of coloret preacher. "Ya'as, indeedyi!' replied ! the parson. "Dey must hab been cir GUS lions dat had been tanned" No sah. De Bible says just de kontrary. ''whah does 1t say dat?" Don't | say dat dc miracle took place sebe' hundred and fifty years ago R. C.T "Ya'as." Well. don't B. c. near befo' circuses:'
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 i A meeting was held at the offices ol 1 Barnum X Bailey in New York or | Wednesday afternoon last for the pur pose of making arrangements to send out an expedition into the wilds ol ] Africa to secure wild animals for tho American circuses thar carry menager ies. At the meeting were representa- | tives of all the large circuses, and matters of much importance were dis ! cussed. Heretofore the wild animals exhibited in circuses have been pur chased from agents in Hamburg, Liv crpool. Amsterdam. Frankfort and Antwerp. The circus men feel that they have been treated unfairly by th' | foreign agents. and tl1eir intention i' to do their own capturing of wild 1 beasts hereafter In addition to the | securing of animals. the men whe make up the expedition will hrine rare specimens of flowers. insects and