Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-30
THEATRICAL
 CHATTER

James K Hackett and his little daughter, Elsie, visited the White House by invitation of President Roosevelt last Thursday. The presi- dent gave Miss Elsie an autographed portrait of himself. ...... Fl:
 | Annie Russell will return to the stage next October after a rest of more than year. She will appear | first in London as Emma in Paid in Full" Her supporting company and the production will be entirely Ameri- can.
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 l An action to foreclose a mortgage given by Lottie Williams, the actress, Ito Charles E. Blaney, a theatrical manager, is pending before the su- perior court in Stamford. The mortgage covers the summer home of Miss Williams at New Canaan and was given to Blaney to secure notes amounting to s2,500. Miss Will i Hams alleges that the property was gift from Blaney and that at the ! time of the execution of the mort gage she did not know the nature of the instrument she signed.
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 As Eddie Foy was on his way to | his home in New Rochelle in an au- | tomobile one evening last week, the machine was held up at a lonely ,l h.. hy aoiyn T who requested the comedian to hand over his valuables. As MT Foy did not comply at once, the road agents lifted him out of his seat and search ed him thoroughly. They found only $2.90, and were so disgusted that they punctured the tires of the auto and did other damage to 1t that ter minated its usefulness for the time being. MT Foy was forced to walk four miles to the nearest garage, where he hired another machine to take him home.
 Fl: May Irwin says the funniest things she saw while in Europe was the American with the European accent. The most English person met in London was a fellow whose as are positively painful. His infections were anguish and his drawl a mortal agony. I know you, Miss Irwin he drawled. I live near you 'Yes,' l said. At the Cecil?' oh, deah, no. In Amurikaw.' You stop at the Woodstock when you visit the United States?' oh, no. I live theah.' Where?' On an island about mile up the St Lawrence river Good gracious. suppose you are here most of the timer No, this Is my first visit How long have you been here?' Four months.
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 Mile Alexia, the dancer, who is to fill an exclusive engagement of four weeks at Hammerstein's arrived in New York on Friday on the Lusi- tania. AS soon as she stepped ashore she was served with notice of mo- ton, ordering her to appear in the supreme court and show cause why she should not keep an alleged con- tract with M. B. Leavitt, who claims he has a right to her services under an agreement made several months ago. Mile Alexia was born in France and brought up in Russia. Her par ents were dancers and she has been on. the stage since she was four years old. She is beautiful young woman and is reported to have created sem sation with her dancing in the prin- cipal cities of Europe. .... ii:
 There was a demonstration on May 19 at the Lyceum theater, London, the scene of Henry Irving's great Shakespearean triumphs, in favor of the erection of a national theater as a central memorial to Shakespeare instead of the proposed statue in Portland place. Lord Lytton presided over the gathering and the house was filled with representatives of the dra- matic and literary opinion of London, including Sir John Hare. Bernard Shaw, T. P. o'Connor. Sir Squire Bancroft, and Arthur W. Pinero. AL fred Lyttleton. NJ. F., was sponsor for the main resolution in favor of the l establishment of a national theater as the more appropriate memorial. This | was carried unanimously, and a com | mittee was appointed to draft | scheme of erection.
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 Flo Irwin, having been Induced to attend a few social functions on the | Pacific coast. was everywhere piled | with questions about the preserva- tion of her youthful, satin-like skin. I'm a firm believer in grease" she replied. When meet women with | weazened faces and dry, shriveled skin. I always feel like kidnapping I them until I can thoroughly grease them up and turn them around and show them themselves in a mirror and say. Now go home and do that every day of your life and you won't look a fright If a woman's skin Is dry and harsh 1t Is because she is too lazy to take down her cold cream jar. My mother Is 72. has a complexion as fair and smooth as baby's She Is of the cold cream faith. So Is my sister May who has a girls complex ion"
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 Colonel William F. Cody, better known In all sections Of the world as Buffalo Bill. celebrated the twenty fifth anniversary of his entrance into the amusement field on May ls at D. C. where the Wild