Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-18

 Time, the Place and the Girl" was dining in restaurant the other day and was served some corn beef. Call ing the waiter in disgust he said: "Oh, blast it all, waiter, this corn beef is vile. Haven't you something better?" We have some corn beef hash," replied the waiter.
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 Bozeman, Montana may be quite a distance from Paris or even New York, but they are alive to the fash ions just the same. A letter was re- ceiyed the other day from the local manager of the Temple of Thespus in that metropolis of the fair west which read as follows: "Oskin-SinS- CT company, Chicago: Do any of your chorus girls wear sheath gowns? Please let me know at once so I can arrange excursions if they do, and oblige |. Yours truly, Mgr Boze- man Opera house.
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 John E. Young was walking along the streets in Mobile last winter, when he noticed an old negro who seemed to him to be the father or Methuselah, so ancient was his ap- pearance. You are very old man, aren't you?" said Young. old? should say I was," replied the darky I'm a hundred and ten years old" "Is that so?" replied Young. You must have known George Washing ton" George Washington, re- sponded the ancient negro, why l knew Christopher Columbus" Fl:
 George Broadhurst and George V. Hobart have completed a new third act for "Wildfire," the racing play in | which Lillian Russell will appear at the Liberty theater, New York, Sep tember 7th The authors have taken advantage of the present racing situ- ation in New York state to bring the plot and the dialogue up to date. "Wildfire" has never been played in New York city, although its presen- tation on the road was one of the | big successes of last season. New scenery has been built for the first and third acts and Miss Russell will l import a new lot of gowns from Paris. Meantime Miss Russell is resting in New York city and on her farm in New Jersey, where her but ter won first prize at a county fair. Fl:
 Thomas Johnson, of the New Amsterdam theater, and I. Fluegal- ;nu nf tho ahnrEnUran have completed an automatic win dow washing device, the use of which will avoid the necessity of cleaners risking their lives by standing on stills. The machine is operated by electricity or hand. An arm, con- trolled by a lever, carries jet of water to every part of a window. By reversing the arm polisher com- pletes the task. The new company has been capitalized at s60.000. and a large block of stock at $10 share will be offered to the public. The officers are we'll known theatrical men, as follows: President, Charles osgood; vice president, F. Richard Anderson; secretary, Hollis E Cooley; and treasurer, Meyer w. Livingston.
 After trial of various schemes to abolish the wearing of view obstruet' ing hats at the theaters in Paris, the theater commission, under the presi' dency of Prefect of Police Lepine has decided to prohibit women from wearing headgear of excessive dimel' sions in theaters in the capital, under penalty of a fine. This decision if the result of numerous scenes in the aters since the present huge head gear became fashionable. The thea ter hat question reached an acute stage in Milan, Italy, the other day Municipal guards were called in tc remove the expansive head gear oi certain offending women at a prom inent theater. A lively row, in which hat pins figured, resulted. From these facts. persons in New Yorf who are offended by big hats iT in places of amusement will see tha the trouble is by no means local.
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 Isabel D'Armond, who has come to the front in the theatrical profes sion so rapidly in the last two ol three years that she is now univer sally considered Americas foremos soubrette, is rehearsing at Wallaek'' theater, New York, for tre principa part in The Girl Question" Sh' has a little niece who has jus reached the age when her saying are quaint and amusing. and almos every day Miss D'Armond enliveni ? the rehearsal with one of her laugh able remarks. The latest recorde; is as follows: ''Oh. Aunt Isabel" ex claimed the little girl, stopping th, sewing she was doing for her littl doll. with a cloud of disappointment coming over her face. what do yol think?' "I don't know." answere, Miss D'Armond. what is the mat ter?" Why. I started to make m, , dolly bonnet" exclaimed the littl girl. and I do think it's going tl come out an apron"
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 Harry Kelly has been engaged b. Klaw & ErIsnger to play the part Q the missionary in the cartoon spec tacle. Little Memo in Sunderland. which Victor Herbert and Harry E Smith are writing for the firm. M KeIIy will be remembered for hi ' 1F szR VNraes4~ r~fNan