Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-12

| =. :!!: -t Lulu Chaser, in Lola From Der. lin,' has made one of the greatest successes of her entire stage career She will continue at the Liberty theater in New York until Saturday night, the 18th inst, when previous contracts will compel her appearance in several of the principal cities of the east. Miss Glaser's hit as the German girl has been so pronounced in New York that she could have con. tinued there undoubtedly for several months.
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 At the National league baseball park in Chicago the other day when Umpire Rigler was having so much trouble with the Pittsburg and Chi cago players, the rooters in the grand stand started to sing the chorus of How'd You Like to Be the Umpire? from Hough, Adams and Towards musical comedy, The Umpire" Rig Ter stopped the game and refused to allow the players to resume until the music ceased-which it did when the singers: ran out of words.
 ,.-.~ ... *....~ Fl: . < In "The Flower of the Ranch" Ma bel Harrison impersonates a cheery little Rocky mountain waif who runs frontier general store" and head. quarters for cowboys. Joseph F. Howard, the librettist and composer, has the role of a handsome young ranchman who can manage a love ballad as well as he can a lariat. Other characters include a sheriff. a villainous "greaser," Indians and cow-punchers galore, and an outfit of cowgirls who make their appearance on bronchos.
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 After a week of eight performances in Newark Madam Butterfly" IS be- ing sung this week in eastern Penn sylvania cities before going to New York to open the Garden theater, Monday October 14. The beautiful Japanese grand opera is duplicating its sensational success of last year, both as to it's fascinating musical and dramatic qualities and as huge financial proposition. In each towD there has been an enormous line of ticket buyers when the oale opened and everything indicates that it was a wise decision on the part of Henry w. Savage to arrange for another American season of Puccini's cole brated work. Madam Butterfly, ,wip fe sat ti& GardeH Assater,Sfors thee weeks, and then have a week in New England before going to Montreal and other Canadian cities not visited last season.
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 The 'broier" or small dancing and acting girl. who now forms such a felicitous feature of musical comedy, originated at the La Salle theater, Chicago. the producing house of the Askin-Shger company. She came into fame in one of the early productions of the theater. and her popularity was such that she has been perpetuated in every subsequent enterprise of the house. There have been limitations of her known as ''squabs." ponies" peanuts" and half dozen other names. hut she has been only flat. tered by these copies and has easily maintained her supremacy. The La Sale now has. a "broiler" college where ambitious dancing noviates are developed for the pallets in "The Um- pire." The Time. the Place and the Girr' and The Flower of the Ranch" In order to matriculate. ap- plicants must possess vocal and per sonal beauty. and the inherent talent for dancing. Not more than six girls are able to graduate into one Of these companies in a season.
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 Mrs Leslie-C Carter. the most distin- guished actress of our time. will ap- pear here in David RelascO's play "Du Barry" on November 2O. Mrs Carter's engagement should prove the biggest dramatic treat of the sea son. Her success in this great play has been one of the most triumphal known to the stage of our tine. The occasion for this is twO-fOld-first. Mrs Carter is the greatest emotional actress of the present age. and sec ond-"Du Barry" is the biggest and best made play that has been seen on the stage during the present de- cade. When this play was presented in New York. Franklin Fyles wrote of Mrs Carter in the Sun: Not since Bernhanlt was here has New York seen any approach to the Bernharlt kind of art in dramatic expression. It was a more versatile and variel performance than any other player. man or wonan. is capable Of giving. IL was graphic down to the minutest to do this so that laugh ter and tears followed earh other as she wiIleI. was q triumph of her gem ius-" There is hardly another act- ress on inc stage to-day Of whom ls much could be said in sober earn sst.
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 Broadway was almost excited last week by a report that the AskiA- Sinzer company would transfer taair activities from Chicag0 to New York l ind stage -The Giri gIestiOn~ in ! opera bouse. Messrs l Askin and Singer knew nothing about h. affair unfiI they began to re-eire nsnfaral letters from a mysterious l New York representative. aaI then fl . developed into a case fer the PoIire- ' | New York theatrical man sent i8 l he following bulletin: A young fsl- ow purportfnz t9 bs your rpF-eseafa- i've rented desk rooU with my VeoT.ss 1 lere- snd tod rsem that AskEn an5 I Snzer were enzuz to cozpefe uith 1