Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-17
Theatrical Chatter.

nome In Cambridge Thursday night, aged 7S. She hrst appeared on the stage in children's parts at the old Fremont theater, Boston, with Edwin Forest, Charles and Fanny Kemble, J. R. Scott and other famous stars Of that periol She married George c. Howard, an actor and manager, who was the first to produce In dramatic form Uncle Toms Cabin" Mrs Howard appeared in the original cast on the first night of it's production, at Troy, September 27, 1852, where 1t ran for one hundred performances. The phenomenal success of the play in MT Towards theater, Troy, war ranted its removal to Purdy's Natfon- al theater, New York city, where 1t had the remarkable run of 326 con secutive representations, something unheard of in those days. She con tinued to play in the piece with her husband until the latter's death in 1887, when she returned to her home in Cambridge, where a daughter and two sons survive. In the production of Uncle Toms Cabin" Mrs Howard was the original Topsy, her daughter the original Eva and her husband, Mir Howard, the original-St Clair.
 ,:Il: Sir John Hare began his farewell tour of the English provinces last week. commencing at the Theater Royal, Bournemouth.
 Fl: .s. Rosabel Morrison, the daughter or the late Lewis Morrison, will begin a tour in Faust on November 3, al ternating the roles of Marguerite and Mephistopheles.
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 w. T. Smiley. on the staff of the lola. Kan, Register, has written musical comedy called "A Scotch- Irish Yankee" The music is by Edward J. flooring of London.
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 Ada Rehan sailed for the United States last Saturday with the inten- tfon of making her home in this country in the future. She has de- finitely refused all offers to return to the stage.
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 George Cameron" the author Of Agnes. in which Nance O'Neil Is playing. Is Mrs Sidney Drew. Mrs Drew will continue to use this name as her nom de plume for. other lit .erary work in which she Is engaged.
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 Sarah Bernhardt has just left Paris on another tour of Europe, to include performances in Switzerland Belgium, Germany, Austria. Italy and the south of France. She will appear in new piece in Paris on January 5. m.
 James T. Powers is to be starred by the Shuberts in Havana, musi- cal play now running in London. MT Powers went abroad few weeks ago to witness performances of The Paradise of Mohammed, in which he 1 was planning to appear.
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 A proposition has been made by Hans Gregor, director of the kom- isher theater, Berlin, that Lulu Glaser appear in Berlin next Spring at the head of her own company Ill 1 Mile Mischief. The Shuberts are considering the proposition.
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 Felix Hollander. director of the German theater, Berlin, is complet- lng negotiations for the American appearancer of the famous Berlin company of Shakespearean actors. He expects to bring the company next March, for an engagement of six weeks. e
 Maxine Elliott, tainted during the first, act of Myself-Bettina, last Wednesday afternoon, and the cur tain. had to be lowered until she re- covered. After few minutes she was able to continue the perform ance. An attack of indigestion was said to be the cause of her faint ing. .u.
 William West, manager of The Time, the Place and the Girl com pany, was arrested at Trenton, N. J. recently on charge of assault and battery preferred by Mac Cunliffe. member of the company. She claims that the manager accused her of not performing her work proper ly. and struck her. He was held in bail for the grand jury.
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 | that has been running in Paris for four years. closed on October 10, af- ter 1,594 performances. During its run the soubrette was married and has two children, and the juvenile -t comedian served three years of mili- tary service and returned to the cast. The only interruption of the run was in 1907, when the theater was closed for 43 days for renova- tstiou., |
 Francis Wilson. representing dra- matic art;} Richard Watson Glider, representing literature; Jules Guerin representing painting. and Herbert Lucas, the architect, ,s representing t2frozen music, and Charles H. Lee. .l of the, United States Leather com st tpany'' representing commerce, have formed a corporation to build an artistic apartment house at 24 Ora. mercy park They will occupy some of the apartments themselves and rent the remainder to selected ten- ants to pay expenses.
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 Il Percy c. Williams thinks he has solved the problem of taking care of vomen's. hats .insthe theater. As a rule. no matter what accommoda- I lions are. provided in altheater for 2. the care of wemen's headgear, they are reluctant to lose sight of the masses of flowers @and feathers and prefer to hold them on their laps. Last week Mir Williams purchased