Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-24


 friends of the family that one son of the late Joseph Jefferson-his 'baby," :" FTank-has eschewed the stage and taken to Wall street, where, like Mrs Leslie Carter's big handsome son, Dnd- ley, he is learning banking. For will be banker and with the bankers stand,'' is his favorite roundelay, and he says quite frankly that there are enough Jeffersons on the stage without him. He is 20 years old, and lives with his mother in pleasant uptown apart ment. .s.s.
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 Sarah Bernhardt has invited Richard Mansfield to call engagement at her theater in Paris. MT Mansfield will take his present company to Paris in the spring of 1907, it is announced, with material for sixteen plays. He had other London and Paris invita- tons, but Madame Bernnardt's was the most fiattering. She will arrange for his Parisian debut. Mansfield will act in French. as well as in English, anu will probably adopt her suggestion that they act together in French classics and comedies, it is said.
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 The Shuberts have made an arrange ment by which E. H. Sothern and Julia MarlOwe will exchange stages annually with Cyril Maude. Mir Maude now occupies the Waldorf the ater, London, under the same circum- stances that Henry Miller does the Princess in New York. The Waldorf is managed by the Shuberts, but un- der the personal direction of Mr Maude. By the new arrangement Mir Maude will play in America under the Shuberts throughout the autumn, while MT Sothern and Miss Marlowe will go to the Waldorf. Mir Maude will proba- ply appear at the Lyric, New York, in September.
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 In one of the western towns where Lillian Mortimer played recently in her new play, No Mother to Guide Her." a bedraggled specimen of the female sex was brought into the police court on a charge of drunkenness. "Why is this woman here?' demanded the judge, strict church member who never reads the theatrical columns of the daily papers. T guess, your honor," replied the policeman who made the arrest, winking at the clerk of the court, "'tis because she mas No Mother to Guide Her." Dear! dear! poor thing!" exclaimed the humane judge, and he discharged the prisoner. His honor Is still wondering why ey- eryone In the court room laughed.
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 A relief fund of s10,97O has been guaranteed for the company of Rus sian players, headed by Paul Orleneff and Mime Nasim0ff, and Daniel Froh- man has consented to act as their manager until they become more firm y established. The company came to America practically as exlles from Russia, and ever since their arrival NJ. Orleen has found the great difficulty In meeting expenses. About a month ago several prominent people discov- cred that the members of the company were on the verge of starvation. spe- cial matinees at the Criterion theater were hurriedly arranged for them and about 5000 cleared. This amount re- lieyed their immediate distress, but was by no means sufficient to satisfy the debts Incurred by M. OrlenefY in trying to establish his theater here.
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 A Brooklyn manager was mad "clear up to his eyebrows" when he heard a dog barking in the gallery of his the lter on Monday night last. It was after Ffske O'Hara. the new Irish singing star, had finished the irst verse of hls fayorite song. "Sun- beam of My Heart" that the Irish ter fer joined in the general applause, 'ausing a good deal of merriment and likewise his own election. After the performance. when Mir O'Hara was eaying the theater, the terrier and his master stood near the stage entrance. At sight of the singer, the dog renewed lis applause and bounded toward Mir pHara. who raised his cane. but the 1. rishman halted him by saying. Sure. dr O'Hara. he won't hurt ye. He wants to shake hands wid ye. and I lon't blame him. for he heard ye sing. md that dogs a musical dog. and so | i'm l."
 fl: In the clever farce. 'sThe Lucky Miss ! Dean." the role of fortune seeker Is 'layed by chap who. lacking some of he ease of stage accustomness, makes 4 ID the deficit with dramatic lntein- ' ence and rather more than his share ! f good looks. This is Frank Patton. rho in private life is Frank Patton From Philadelphia. whence e comes. have followed him many tories more or less verified. They are hat he comes of blood 90 blue that the lost purplish shade of the lstest rasp- erTv does not vie with it. that he Ts he nephew of Senator Don Cameron. nd grandson of the late simon Cam ron Quaker state mulii-millionsire. Ie Is said fo have studied. ss dId wil- pn I.ackaye. for the priesthood. He rrote a short story or two and tried be fife reportoriaI on Hsrk Row. but mafeur fheatricals In Raltimorn and drawing rooms. and an ssay or two on the stage of . theafer cd TaSde other vacations seem sorlid rd commonplace. He thinks that on he sfsge he has found his levei. and st of girls vho have seen The Lucky fiss Dezn- sree with him