Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-01
THEATRICAL
 CHATTER



 Phoebe Davis has gone back to Anna Moore in Way Down East, :" which she has played nearly dozen years.
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 The Specimen" Is the title of a play written by Frederick Donaghey, the former dramatic editor of the Philadelphia Item.
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 Robert T. Haines is to be mem- Der of Grace Georges company. He has been playing in Chicago in "Thc Senator's Vindication."
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 Lily Langtry offended an audience at Folkstone, England, on August 22 by presenting a twenty-minute sketch instead of the long play that had been expected. A crowd followed her from the theater and hissed her vigorously. It was reported later in the week that she had suffered legs of her voice due to the nervous shock.
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 Mrs Margaret Callahan, mother of Trixie Friganza, died at her home in New York city on August 20. She was 67 years old. Her three daugh- ters, Bessie, Dora and Trixie, who survive her. took the name of Frigan- za, the maiden name of Mrs Calla- han, who was of Spanish parentage. The funeral was held on Wednesday morning at the Church of the Holy Name.
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 Walter Whiteside will appear in a new play this season, "The Magic Melody" opening at Fort Wayne, Ind, on September IT. MT Whiteside's play of last season, "We Are King" will go out with Lawrence Evart in the leading role, opening at Butler. Pa. to-day. MT Evart was for four seasons leading man in Mr White sides company. Both productions are under the management of A. w. Gross.
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 The private funeral of the late Lewis Morrison took place at his home in Peekskill last Monday, and the remains were placed in vault in Mount Holly Cemetery in Yonk- CTS. There will be public funeral which most likely will take place at the little church around the corner as soon as Victor Morrison returns from the Philippines, where he is now located for the Government. It is the intention of the family to give MT Morrison's final funeral services the prominence which his position on the American stage en- titles him to. and . positive an. nouncement will shortly be made of the time and place.
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 Harry Beresford, who is starring in "The Woman Hater," told of a funny experience that he had in a western restaurant. "I had ordered a steak" said Beresford, 'but when the waiter brought 1t in and served 1t I noticed that 1t looked suspicious ly like a steak that had been refused by a gentleman at the nsxt rab,a. So said to the waiter: Are you rure that this Is the steak orde-ed?' " oh, yes, sir "'Come, no lying now, isn't that the steak that YVES re-. fused by that gentleman over there?' Well. sir, if you must know, sir. 1t is. sir "What do you mean by 1t to me. .henf' "'Well. sir. you see. sir. we have orders. sir, to try three times before we give 1t up. sir.'"
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 In all the spelling reform talk. the insist, in . foolish. Sax on sort of way. as referring to the English language. Of course 1t should be the Irish language. on the English principle that everything. including belongs to whomsoever makes best use of 1t. As the greatest orators and the greatest journalists In England have been Irishmen, the language should properly be referred to as the Irish language. shall be- lieve President Roosevelt's sincerity when he writes his name Rusevelt. If sentiment prevents him doing that. sentiment just as manly, just as req sonable and just as strong. makes us resent the massacre of the great Irish language, as writted by Steele, Gold ,mith. Burke. Sheridan. Berkeley, o'Connell. Shakespeare. Socrates. Dante. Richard Croker and Sir Lucas )'Trigger.-New York Telegraph.
 :Il: President Roosevelt's adoption O. phonetic spelling the other day cost he company presenting The Social Nhirl.' at the Casino theater ,n New York one of its most valued show girls In Louise Elton. according to he press agent. Miss Elton was before she became but abandoned that pro- 'ession because she could not master he rules of orthography. She neve. yrew to like the theatrical business however. and always regretted thai Ter inability to learn spelling made he typewriter impossible to her. \ President Roosevelt's dicfum gave Ter an opportunity to return to the vory keys- If 1t is correct now to peli incorrectly" said Miss Elton, T am in the same class with Noah Webster" Accordingly Miss Elton yave her two veeks' notice to "The socfal whirr' and has written . pho ietic letter to President Roosevelt. pplying for . position co stenograph- IT at the White house.
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 The spelling reform recommend