Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-11


 Connolly, in the interview, revealed the fact that he was a printers devil before he became an actor.
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 Fred Stone of Montgomery and Stone, says he would rather have the favorable verdict of his mother than that of all the professional critics who have seen "The Red Mill" Mrs Stone never misses a performance of the merry musical comedy which Charles Dillingham; has been running for two seasons.
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 Anna Held and Marie DorO are said to enjoy the distinction of being the most photographed women in the world. Another advice has it that Fritzi Scheff leads all in the number of times she has posed This mOmen- tous question, so vital to the life of the American drama, should be decid- ed at once.
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 Luisa TetraZZini's agreements, GOV ering period of three years. will bring her the respectable sum of S0O0,- GOO. And this will be exclusive of any concert engagements on the con- tinent, for which at present no ar engagements have been concluded. It is authoritatively stated that she will receive for every appearance at Co., vent garden next season 1,J0O and that in subsequent seasons here her remuneration will increase on Il scale rising to 5000. Her agreement with Mr Hammerstein is for two appear ances every week during the Man haitian opera season.
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 In Minneapolis a vaudeville team known as Rochester and Rivers sent its laundry out. It was returned by a small lass of twelve. Rochester's enthusiasm over Minneapolis had re- -sulted in his presenting three passes as a tip on the return of the laun- dry because it had been done so well. What is it?" asked Rochester kindly. The girl began to drag boy from be- hind the door. His mouth was wide open and his vacant eyes were stretch ed to the limit. Nav an us went las night, and she sent me round to see if you might get Sammy OH the stage. He's silly, and can't work"
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 Edna Wallace Hopper created more trouble for the Pennsylvania railroad at Youngstown, 0, on New Years day than a woman of her size ever made for the company before. Miss Wal lace was coming from Zanesville, o. with the Fifty Miles from Boston" company. The railroad officials in- tended to attach the car in which she was riding to the Pittsburg train and did not want to take 1t to the station. Miss Hopper locked herself In the stateroom and refused to budge. The Pittsburg train waited for twenty minutes. Finally the railroad men hauled the car up to the station plat form. where the actress alighted. The Pittsburg train then departed, almost half an hour late.
 Fl: William A. Brady Thursday night in Detroit "trod the boards for few acts when his leading man, Frank Worthing, was taken suddenly Ill an. there was no understudy. Mir Worth ing has been playing Henri. the hus- band, In "Divorcons," in which Grace George, MT Brady's wife, is appearing. There was not time for Brady to learn the part, so he read it from the 1 book. His achievement was remark able. and although 1t struck the au- dience as humorous at times, when Henri made love from the manuscript l holding Cyprienne on his knee with one hand and the book In the other i vet he accomplished his task with as much ease and grace as could be ex- pected. But there were really ludi- crOus incidents. Don't look at me so with your eyes" exclaimed Cyprien- ne. while Henri was busy reading his manuscript with his back to her Words fail me-" exclaimed one char acter to Henri. And me too" grin ned Brady. unable to pass up the joke. On one occasion he made false entrance. Get off, hissed member of the cast. "It isn't your turn" What do you think of that, exclaim- ! cd Brady in an audible aside. and 1 own this show" Mir Worthing is very 1 sick. He rallied late Thursday. hut 1 had relapse and there is little hope l for hts recovery.
 :ll: \ dreadful thing happened in i weber's music hall recently. Julian 1 Mitchell had called an important re- 1 baarsal of his dancing girls who ap-