Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-26

! Hamilton will take place at the Wal- dorf-Astoria on Saturday evening
 March ?. The various committees ] are hard at work, and 1t is more thar
 likely that at least one thousand Ter
 will sit 1t the tables to testify 10 then
 friendship for the greatest of all press
 agents. The covers will be BIO each.
 and checks may be made payable to , James !. A. Hasson, secretary. room
 ll23 Morton building. 116 Nassau u
 street, New York. F. F. Collier. nro-
 prletor of Golfers Weekly, Is treas l urer of the executive committee. I Il:
 Do you know George Bowles? Of
 course you do. There isn't drama tic reviewer in America that doesn't
 know the affable George; but that's l another story Mir BOwles has a Rdaughter. She Is at school in Balti- more, Md. A few weeks prior to he arrival of the Christmas festivities George received letter from her which contained all kinds of good wishes for his good health and good fortune, and wound up with the fol- lowing sentence: Please, papa can l have pair of rubber boots, two teeth filled, and take music lessons 7" The avant courier for Fritzi Scheff compiled with all three requests. I guess he's bad father.
 :lI:
 Police Commissioner Bingham last week appointed White Star. Rawl- ing Bull, Bear-in-the- Woods and Charging Thunder, four Sioux ln- dians, IS special policemen. It ap- pears that all the Indians playing in Pioneer Days at the Hippodrome are lodged in one boarding house in Thirty-f0nrth street, and as some of them are inclined to be obstreperous, the Hip management applied to Commissioner Bingham for the ap- pointment of the officers. The braves who were singled out for the honor are members of the Indian police force at Pine Ridge agency, and are well qualified for the task of keep ing peace among their fellows.
 IF
 Oliver E. Collins formerly all actor connected with the companies of Booth and Barrett and Forest, died on Jan IS in Red Bank, New Jersey, aged 78 years. He had recently been proprietor of the Victoria hotel at the Highlands of Navesink. He made his debut in 1852 at Barnunl's museum. Some of his chief parts were Louis XIII with Forest in Rich elieu. Scr0gger in The Romany Rye, Boulade In The Pavements of Paris, Rocks in Horizon, and Dick Turpin in Redwood. Two years ago Mir Collins went on the road with Robert Fizsimmons's company, and was taken i'll. He never fully recovered. He bought the hotel at the highlands about twenty years ago. He leaves widow.
 II:
 Ellen Terry and her English com pany arrived in New York Sunday on board the Philadelphia after stormy passage Miss Terry was the life of the ship during the entire voyage, never missing H meal and on deck | whenever 1t was possible to venture from the cabin. She presided at the | ships concert on Saturday night. This week was devoted to rehearsals of Captain Brassbound's conver- sion, which is to be the opening play 1 of her engagement at the Empire. | Later she will produce 2 play called | The Good Hope. adapted from the i Dutch by Miss Marshall St John, of her company. Miss Terry's tour will extend no further west ,than Chicago, but in ap interview she stated that she hoped to return to America for | another visit that would include the west and the south.
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 Miss Kathryn Osterman Is the her0- inc of tale which runs like this: A few nights ago Miss Osterman was halted by a tiny and tattered speci- men of the genus masher as she hur- ried out of the stage door after the Say, I wisht you'd come round 10 4he drug store and have a sody on me-" he pIped. ''or to the lunch wagon and have a sand- wich." Miss Osterman didn't rap the Johnnie over the head with her um- brella. and she didn't shout for the police or the stage door keeper: in- stead she demanded to know what the kiddie was doing out alone. Now, no mature gentleman of F likes to he ralled | kiddie. and there was a cer- iain Lauteur in the youngsters bear ng as he explained: Say. it wuz like lis: had a bully day wit me papers md blowed meself to gallery tick 1t an when I seen you down onto the ,tage youse reminded me O tn way ne mudder uster sing afore she .roaked. Say. it made me feel funny :, nside and dat's on de level Woncher ct me treat;" There was a lump m Hiss Osterman's throat as she fol- owed her ragged cavalier around the .orner and let him treat" royalty 10 phosphate. In exchange for his gall antry she insisted on presenting the with her photograph and Dispatched him straight into the sev- nth heaven by inviting him 10 come md hear her sing as early and as of- I en as hc liked. |