Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-28

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 | Maude Adams has been invited by the faculty of arts and sciences of | Harvard university to give two per | formances in Saunders theater next June. The first play to be given will be The Jesters."
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 Madame Simone le Bargy, the well known Parisian actress, will here after be known as Madame Simone. Le Bargy, leading man at the The atre Franchise, from whom she was divorced, has refused to permit her to continue to use his name. Fl:
 "Without a doubt" says the Mil waukee Daily News, this is the crowning achievement of Madame Kalich in English speaking drama. | The first thing responsible for this is that she is provided with an unusu- ally strong play in the best sense of the word.
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 Francis Wilson has one fixed principle that raises him to the stat ure of a public benefactor," says an admirer of the comedian. When he gives his seat in a crowded car to woman, which he always does be- cause he is a gentleman, if she does not acknowledge his courtesy he in variably lifts his hat, and says: I beg your pardon, madame, but you | forgot to thank me- "
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 The collection of paintings, bric- a-brac, tapestries and antique furni- ture in the home of the late Richard Mansfield, No 316 Riverside Drive, will be sold early next month. The American Art association has been authorized to make the sale. Mrs i Mansfield has decided to make her home at Seven Acres, her New Lon don estate, and for that reason will dispose of the contents of the house in New York city.
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 The Municipal theater in Grossen- hain, near Dresden, Germany, was totally destroyed on December 19 by fire, following gas explosion during a rehearsal of The Merry Widow. There was no audience present. The manager, the bandmaster and several others of the orchestra, as we'll as several members of the company, were injured, some of them serious. ly. The explosion was heard for many miles and caused a panic in the town.
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 During a performance of Daniel Boone" in Rome, Ga, on December 21, Leona Leslie and Oscar Shea were badly bitten by large wolf which was used in the play. The attack was made in the scene in which Daniel Boone rescues his sweetheart from a den of wolves into which an Indian has thrown her. Miss Leslie had her arm and side torn and Mir O'Shea received deep gashes on his leg. Bob Harris, a Catawba Indian, who was standing near, rushed to their assistance and beat the animal back into the cage.
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 Eduard Waldmann. the eminent German-English tragedian, will ap- pear at Poli's theater next Wednes- day, January 1. matinee and night, in his special version of "Dr Jekyll and MT Hyde" Arrangements for his coming have just been com- pleted. in order to secure special New Years attraction. He will be supported by his own company. MT Waldmann is booked later in the sea- son in one of the Broadway, New York, theaters, for an extensive run, in his Shakespearean and standard plays. including Hamlet" 'Mer- chant of Venice" "OthellO." "Riche- lieu" "Faust." Louis XI" and Ib- sens Ghosts"
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 Immediately preceding the dinner given by the members of the Wild fire company to Lillian Russell Tn Springfield. Mass, Christmas night, Genevieve Cliff, a member of the or ganization, met face to face one Ot Springfeld's daring cut-ups and completely remodeled his cOunten- ance before she bade him farewell. The worldly young men of Spring field were exceedingly interested in the presence of Miss Russell and the preparations that had been in pro- gress for her entertainment. One of them took a position outside the stage entrance of the theater and followed Miss Cliff to the hotel. where the midnight festivities were about to begin. Just as she reached the hotel. he spoke to the actress and seized Her pIayfuIly by the arm. Miss ClIff. who would be called a "squab'" if she were in village musi- cal comedy. turned to the other yil- lage cut-ups standing nearby and ap- peaIed for assistance. They merely gTinned. Without attempting fuTth- CT to arouse a chivalry that did not exist. the actress turned on her as saflant. dealt him several vigorous lunches. knocked his hat into the gutter, and then. for good measure. framDIed on the hat. When Joseph Brooks learned of Miss Clih's con duet he immediately raised her salary. At least. he promised to-
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 Max Fastkenheuer's hipPodrome Iu Cleveland. the biggest and costliest theater between New York and Chicago. viII opea next Monday with a production costing s10e.o0e- The. stage is the largest in America with the exception of the New York hip p0drume-s- IL is 130 feet wide. 1O4 feet deep. and from the bottom of the tank to the gridiron is 1I5 feet high This stage EOor is in sections [. = L - s-.- ------.-s---