Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-14

THEATRICAL
 CHATTER


Julie Herne, the daughter of Jim Herne of Shore Acres fame, is in vaudeville with a sketch of her own make, entitled Between the Acts y Miss Herne's sister, Crystal, who was the leading woman of the. i'll fated New theater, is under contract to ap- pear in a new production.
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 A one act play by Mrs William Faversham Julie Opp and Kate Jor- dan was produced in Dublin by Mar tin Harvey last week. The piece is entitled "The House of Pierre" In cidentally, announcement is made that second son was born to the house of Faversham about week ago.
 Fl: To secure '"The Merry Widow" as the opening attraction at his new Lyric Theatre in Rome. N. Y.. Frederick Luescher paid to Henry w. Savage $1,SOO, the biggest guarantee on theat rical record for a 'one night stand The price was paid for tha Chicago ! Colonial theater.
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 Vera Fedorova KOmmisariew a Russian actress, is coming to New York city next spring and will open an engagement at the Liberty theater in an Ibsen play on March ?. She has leased the theater for five weeks, pay ip,o q DV,n made through her American repre- sentative, Elias Rosenthal.
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 On entering a vaudeville theater il1 keokuk, Ia, you are greeted with a card reading as follows: Gee, what a small stage; where's the mail; rot ten dressing rooms: how is your act no orchestra: don't tell us what a hit you were on the Keith. Proctor Castle, Orpheum circuits: show us We know your stuff is deep. but the manager cant afford to have wells sunk. If you cant make good, blame it on the piano player"
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 'Resisto. the man who cannot be electrocuted," presented his new act at the Orpheum theater. Yonkers, on Monday. December 9. He gives demonstrations in high tension plec- tricity, and allows 300,000 volts of the deadly current to pass through his body. While this is going on he performs many remarkable tests. He lights a cigarette, an oil lamp, and an incandescent lamp from his finger tips. His most sensational demon stration is when the free blue flames shoot over and around his body.
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 One of the funniest things of the opening performance of His Honor the Mayor" at the Circle theater re- gently was a mishap that occurred to Hugh Fay. who plays the Jude in the piece Fay sings a catchy. iingly song called Military Willie" which requires good deal of active dane ing and kicking on his part. When he made one of these kicks on the opening night, one of his pumps which were too large for him. flew of and struck man in the first row of the orchestra, full in the face.
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 Alphabetical Byrnes uses no make up for his turn. fact unknown tC John McGrail who was visiting the mOnologolist in his dressing room not long ago. As the time for Byrnes tC go on began to get perilously neal NcGrail got worried. For heavens sake, man" he said. get your makeup on or you won't be ready" Don't use any makeup" remarker Byrnes pacing calmly up and down the room "Oh. that's it. is it?' said Me much re lieved. By the way. what do you dc for an encore Wash up," was the terse reply.
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 A sign of well known whiskey covering the entire side of fivc-st0ry building facing the l. road. At the bottom it read. Fifty years before the public" Two days later passed the same place and found space GOV cred with posters of a musical show rupning at one of the Broadway the aters. Same sign read His Honor the Mayor at Circle theater. Fifty years before tho public" Tho hill posters had overlooked the last line of the former sign. Now the owners of the play are undecided whether they ought to believe in signs pr not :ll:
 | Will R. Anderson. who wrote the popular song. Just Someone" had his overcOat stolen from his house a few days ago. The next day voice in formed him over the phone that the owner of the voice had taken the coat. and thanked the song writer for the splendid fit. Who the devil | are you:" Anderson yelled over the wire. Sweetly the answer came hack: Just Someone who was sharp enough to have the right key to get fin your flat. Say. the next song you write you might call it Alone in the ' Cold. Cold World or The Lay of l CoatIess Man" Then did Anderson swear a mighty oath.
 ] :I: Eleven dances composed by Beethoven have recently iIeen un- earthed fin Iyeipsic. and are soon tO b. published for the first time They were composed for a little musical so- ! ,,..- Ts.rua and ara n-rfsaz.