Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-09

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 :ll: Mary Anderson Navarro and Mig non Nevada, who have been spending the winter in Rome, have returned to | London.
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 Laura Biggar has purchased the Albuquerque (N. M) Daily Sun and l is conducting the paper personally, under the name of H. M. Bennett. Fl: Edward Blondell has completed | arrangements to present his comedy The Lost Boy" in England, in June of the present year, and he will tour | the provinces previous to London opening.
 Fl: Way Down East" was presented i at the Alduycle theater, London, on April "A. The cable dispatches in- dicate that the play was well receiy- | ed, though scarcely understood or ap- preciated by the critics. Fl: In the long ago Sam Bernard for an entire season played the utility Patsy role of the hunter, one-line part, in support of Mcintyre and 1 Heath in ''The Georgia Minstrels." So did George M. Conan. 1 Fl: Amelia Bingham underwent an operation for peritonitis on April 26, and for several days her condition was serious. Her physicians said l yesterday that she is now out of dan 1 ger and will speedily recover. Fl:
 On last evening there was a great celebration at Atlantic gar | den on the Bowery, near Chatham 1 square, to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the house. For half century the old hall has entertained many millions of people, and many performers who are now drawing very large salaries received their first opportunities on | it's boards
 :U: Quentin Roosevelt youngest son of the president, made his debut on the stage at the Columbia theater, Wash l ington, on Friday evening last, when he acted together with little Florence | Dixon, the 7year-old daughter of Senator Dixon of Montana, as vol unteer, when Howard Thurston call ed for youthful assistants to help him in his egg trick. The newspapers of 1 the entire country carried stories of l the occurrence on Saturday, and the | Friar who looks after the interests of 1 Kellar and Thurston is "dee-lighted | fI t.t. :il: | The company of modern Greek | players of Athens, who will visit this country next autumn, rehearse for two full years before they produce I one of the immortal works of their great ancient tragic poets. They go l through practically 104 weeks of re- hearsal only to give five or six per formances. This is in keeping with the traditions of Greece's ancient ar 1 tistic dominance. In the days of | IAeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides art was as sublimely perfect as hu- man effort could make 1t, and these standards profoundly learned stu dents and actors of modern Greece are endeavoring to revive. :lI: After to-night's performance at Ford's theater. aBltimore, Harry Kel- l,r xsa I,,1 , to the stage forever. Kellar retires l'from active service with a large for tune and a reputation as a magician second to none. He has appointed as his successor Howard Thurston, to whom he has transferred all his par 1 aphernalia and the rights to his numerous tricks and illusions. Kellar will go to California with Mrs. Kel- lar, where he expects to reside per manently. During his eventful ca reer he has encountered many mis- 1 fortunes and vicissitudes. Once J. & Morgan, the father of J. Pierpont Morgan, loaned him $500 with which to re-establish himself Al Hayman, the present head of the Theatrical Syndicate, was at one time his mana ger, directing him on a tour of South America, the Pacific Coast and Aus tralia.
 Fl: | The seasons OCT and now repairs | The actor to his rural cares That farm" where tripe and
 crackers grow, H nrlr rsss4ts blow;
 Where brook trout sport Cupon the walD.
 And quail and woodcock likewise call. 1 The seasons OCT, the actor jaunts To favorite European haunts. ! Via private yacht up River Nile The one east of Manhattan isle Where 'sconced flights high for good health's sake. He scorns both duns and slrloin steak. The seasons o'er-but not it's fakes, 1 That make up" for its varied aches; The salaries long overdue.
 That ego bumped both black and blue
 Yet sad the heart. though frayed the cuif.
 A season oOmes-"Lead on. Mac duff"
 Ormsby A. Court.
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 Thursday afternoon at Hammer stein's Victoria while Ethel I.evey was singing her baseball song she spsed Miguel Donlin sitting In a box and. walking to the foOtlsghts. she said. Come on. Mike. sing the chorus" Being of a hashful nature. Mr Donlin only put his finger in his