Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-09

l other tour of that country. They will l give one performance at Honolulu en l route.
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 I W. A. Brady has been awarded the l lease of the pier and theater 1t As l bury park. for next summer. The lease is awarded annually to the high est bidder.
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 l Mayor Tom l.. Johnson. of Cleve- land, Q. has announced the engage 1 ment of his daughter Elizabeth Tourney Johnson to Signor F'redcri- co Mariani, of Milan. 1 Fl:
 i Maxine Elliott will play a months engagement in New York this spring in Her Great Match She will spend l tue summer in Italy and come back in the autumn 10 appear in a new play by C. Haddon Chambers.
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 I The Church of the Marist F'riass. in Paris, has been let to paper, I.e Soir. which Is having the interior al- tered for theatrical purposes. The clergy were driven from this church by the separation law.
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 Preparations for Liebler and com pany's production of Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch in London have, been completed. The American com! pany, headed by Mrs Madge Carr Cook. will open at Terry's theater on April 21.
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 Mrs Langtry sailed for England on Wednesday last. on the Oceanic. hay ing finished her vaudeville engage ments, for which she is said to have been paid about $450N She made no announcement before sailing re- garding her future plans. :!I:
 Mrs George Primrose. by kind permission of her husband. will make her appearance with the Primrose minstrels on the western tour this week. The appearance of pretty white face against the black human background should be as effective as n lily on muddy pond. and Mrs PrimrOse's fine soprano in the waltz song from Princess Bonnie and with a male chorus should be pleasing innovation.
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 Louis Cyr. who at the height of his career was conceded to be the strong est man in the world, is dying at his | at Io ho fsat,ns1u He was idolixed by the French Can adians who looked upon Sandow and the other strong men as pigmies com pared to. their beloved Cyr. He was SO strong that no task set for him seemed to be beyond his capacity. and it is thought that his recklessness in undertaking hazardous feats has brought on the illness from which he is now suffering.
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 An audience at Fl Paso, Tex on March 3, created disturbance at a performance of The Barker of Seville by the San Carlo opera company. de- manding the return of the money paid for admission because the opera had been greatly abridged and because Campanari. advertised to appear in the title role. was not in the cast at all. Alice Neilsen attempted to sat sfy the audience by singing several songs in English. but was only part ly successful. Money was finally re turned to those who demanded It. 1I:
 Bridgeport. is very busy place just now. as the entire force of em- pIoyes connected with the Barnnm and Bailey circus fs hard at work get ting ready for the opening of the sea son, which will occur at Madison Square garden on March 21 The circus has been enlarged in every di- rection. and 1t will require eighty-six cars to transport It. When 1t takes to the road in April there will he 1.m0 people on the payroll. Six hundred horses. twenty-nine elephants. nearly 100 cages of animals and vast amount of properties will be carried and twelve tents will be used. An elaborated ballet performed by horses will be one of the new features.
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 Otto Goldschmidt. the hu(band q Jenny Lind. the celebrated singer. known as the swedish Nightingale" who died in IsS1. died in London on . Feb. 25 at the age of seventy eight. He married Miss Lind in 1852. during her American tour. during which he was her accompanist on the plano. Mir and Mrs Goldschmdt took up their residence in England in 1sJS He was professor in the Royal Academy of Music. England. in 1883. was made vice-princIpal in 1SG;. was first musical director of the Bach 1 choir in 1S1i. and resigned in 1885. He edited. in conjunction with Stern dale Bennet. .The Choralc Book for England"
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 The most entcrprising chorus in the world has been discovered at the New York Hippoiromc. She is Mil drcd Rernharit. commonly cslle1 -sarah'' Bcrnharlt. and in addition to appearing twice a day at the Hip poiromr she has opened a restaurant arross tb. street from that institu- tion anl serves two meals day to over isD chorus girls and mcn eIn- ployel at the Hippoirome to whom she caters exclusively. Outsiders. who try to eat there are ve-y likely to be told by Miss Bernlarit herself that alI tables gre reserved. She has all she can do to feed the Hippoirome re.,r,Ie and her restaurant Is % rsopu-