Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-02-01

before marriage man Is liable to be
q dude, but after marriage he is liable
to be subdued.
II:
Mrs Helen Cohan, wife of Jerry
Cohan, is at st EliZabeth's hospital
where she underwent an operation
for appendicitis last week.
II;
The New York lodge of Elks has
bought the entire lower floor of the
Majestic theater for Friday night and
will attend the performance in a body
II:
Marie Cahill is the latest to in
form benighted theater-goers of tn,
proper pronunciation Of her patrony
mic. "Kay-hill," she says, explain
ing the exact pronunciation. TT
Irish, Of course. The interpreta
tions placed upon it are sometime
quite funny. | have heard it said /;
hundred different ways-even al
Chill
I'll:
Al Hayman had few words to say
about theatrical hard times before sail
ing OH the White Star line Adriatic
Wednesday. He declared that the
business had felt the financial furry
in the last part Of October and the
beginning of November, but that now
things had got back to normal. Every
good actor and actress is working al
the present time" said Mr. Hayman
There are some, it is true, who are
not working, but they ought to &c
back to former trades and profes
sions."
III:
Maude Adams il sitting for the ar
fist, John H. Alexander, who has be-
gun the preliminary sketches Of what
will undoubtedly be the most ambi.
tious oil portrait ever made OF her
The portrait is to be in ST.. colors, OF
full length dimensions, and in the cos
tune which Miss Adams wears in the
second act of her new play, 1.-THE Jest
ers." Mr. Alexander Is best known
for his mural paintings in the Carne-
gle library at Pittsburg, and for his
earlier portrait of Miss Adams as
LAiglon.
III:
One of the best advertising schemes
ever devised in Boston was carried
out last Tuesday when Frederic Mel
vile had La Motogirl packed in {
large box and sent by express, ap
parently as present to the mayor O
Cambridge. The box was delivered II
the mayors Office and when the liz
was removed there were laughs, ex
CARNATIONS, flashlights and excite
ment generally, followed by long IL
Illustrated accounts Of the affair in tn,
most conservative Boston papers. TIL,
Orpheum theater benefited great.
by the free advertising. gf
.-- III:
How many performers know tina
Phil Mcfarland of Mcfarland & Nc
Donald was at one time baseball
player? Such is the case and he wal
the big noise on the st Paul team
So proud was he OF his uniform with
st Paul across his chest that he hat
numerous pictures taken. One o.
each pose he presented to the Irish
lassie to whom he was paying court
When her mother saw the picture or
her daughters dresser, she exclaimed
"for hevin's sake where did We gil
Holy st PauPs picture for your room
an him wearing boomers too"
III:
Mr. Denman Thompson says:
people ask me IL don't get tired
of saying the old lines night after
night, and ! always tell them that
don't. Why should /? And that
reminds me of the story of Charles
Backus, the minstrel. Charley wal
playing once In New York, and an
old friend Of his, groceryman from
Rochester, came to see him. How
are you Charlie?' asked the friend
SO So said Charles. I went to see
you last night, Charles, and
I wonder how you car
stand It. Don't you get tired 81
backing your face every night, tell.
ing the old jokes and shaking youI
tambourine?' No. said Charley, 4
don't know that / do. But don't you
get tired of taking down your shut
tiers every morning, putting them VI
again at night, and cutting the same
old cheese year after year?
III:
Robert F. Hunter. Walton Brad.
ford and Francis E. Reid. composing
the firm of Hunter, Bradford and
Reid. theatrical managers. 1416
Broadway, have filed a petition In
bankruptcy, with liabilities s11.27O
and assets 37,075. consisting of Office
furniture, SIS, and scenery and prop
critics OF the Secret Orchard. now In a
storage warehouse. Most Of the H.
abilities were incurred in connection
with that play. which was at the
Astor Theater last week. Among the
actors and actresses who are credit
ors for salaries are William Court
enay. 500; Ed. r. Mawson. $3.50;
Ed. Elton. s225: p. Newton Lindo
s215: Frank C. Bangs. s153; Joseph
Inc Victor, $500: Adelaide Prince
$3.50: Olive May Albaugh, s442: Ida
Lewis. 800: Henrietta Vaders. t215
The balance Of the liabilities are for
ROYALTIES, rent, printing. photos. adj
yertisfug. money loaned. merchan-
disc and expenses. The producing
rights Of the play revert to Claiming
Pollock and Edgerton Castle. Mr.
Pollock says the London and Berlin
productions will be made as planned
III:
-Ouida.- the novelist. whose name
was Louisa de In Rance. died At War
reggio. Italy. on January "A Of asthma.
complicated by heart disease. Beside
senile Hls she suffered the privati0ns
of poverty in recent years Her exact
age IL not known. but it Is believed
she VAS about seventy-fiFe years old
She was born At Bury 81 Edmunds.
EngianI. the daughter Of an English
fafher and a French mother In 1s67