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Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-04-04

two seasons this great spectacle has
toured the west and south, leaving
a record of success behind 1t which
Is without parallel in the history
of American amusements. 1t has
been repeated time and again in the
various cities from New York to San
Francisco, and from st Paul to New
Orleans, and always with the same
extraordinary patronage, packing the
heaters to the very walls upon its
second, third and even fourth en-
gagements. No other production, ir-
respective of character or of nation
ality. has achieved anything APP
preaching such a record. And there
must be a substant' al reason for it.
This is found in the fact that THE
Land of Nod" more than any other
entertainment of its kind, combines
all of the elements which go to
make up truly great performance.
It's comedy is of the brightest sort,
its music is all jingling and
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WATERBURY EVENING DEMOCRAT SATURDAY. APRIL 4 1905

had occasion to shelter the famous
DR. Dome there. Lord Sterling, the
poet, and the celebrated Marquis Of
Argyle lived there, and also the ac-
tresses, Mrs Bracegirdle and Mrs
Pritchard, Afterward the notorious
Ann Charges, her mother and their
four female associates kept a bar
ber's shop in Drury Lane, OF them
then popular ballad says:
Did you ever hear vie like
Or ever hear the fame
OF the five women BARRIERS
Who lived in Drury Lane?
1t was in the old Drury Lane the
alter that Charles ii first fell in love
with Nell Gwynne as she was act
ing Valeria in Dryden's tragedy, Ty-
rannic Love.
Goldsmith sang of Drury Lane as
the favorite retreat of half-starving
authors.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-04-04

Valerie Bergere recently made
known what she wants in the way
of vaudeville sketch: 81 want a
part where l can be tomboy half
the time and finish in a ravishing
gown. If have to do a little fenc-
ing so much the better. l can't be
still on the stage and vaudeville
audiences demand lots of action"
H:
f. c. Harriott, husband of Clara
Morris, has frequent business occa-
sion to come to New York from
their home at Riverdale-on-the-
Hudson. Returning one evening
from his second interurban trip he
was greeted by Miss Morris with:
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street. Concert and promenade given

street. Concert and promenade given
by ST Cecilia's orchestra.
May 6-Leavenworth hall. First
annual dance given by the Hamilton
Park Athletic club.
May 7-Rick's dancing academy,
East Main street. dance given by the
Katzenjammer Twins.
May 15-Leavenworth hall. Re-
ception and dance given by Eagle So
cial club.
May list Cecilia's hall. Jeffer-
son street, pinochle and dance CIV
en- by the st. Karl Barromaus We're
in.
May 22-Leavenworth hall. dance
given by the Neighbors.
June est Cecilia's hall, Jeffer-
son street. Closing exercises of st
Cecilia's parochial school.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-04-04
MOVING PICTIrRES

Another big motion picture exhl-
bition will be offered at Polls On
Sunday evening with a new collec-
ton of interesting subjects, The fea-
ture will be "The Money Lender"
which is said to be novel and enter
tanning. Another interesting view
will be Days Of Louis XVI" There
will be several other pictures. The
vocalist at the illustra ed song con-
cert this week will be Miss Ada
Jones, the well-known photograph
vocalist. Prices Is and 25 cents.
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Theatrical Bookings.

Saturday. April 4-Robert Man.
tell.
Tuesday, April Marie Cahill in
Marrying Mary"
Monday, April 6--"The Land of
Nod"
Wednesday. April S-"The Out
laws Christmas"
Saturday, April 11-"Uncle Toms
Cabin"
Monday, April l3-"Side Track
ed"
Wednesday, April 1.-THE Isle
of Spice"
Thursday, April 16-"The Real
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this evening in Macbeth" when he
will appear in the most impressive
Shakespearian play that any actor
has presented since the days of Ed
win Booth. He has climbed high in
his professon-in fact he has
reached the highest pinnacle. and
since the death of Sir Henry Irv-
ing and Richard Mansfield the most
eminent and scholarly critical au-
thorities have declared him pre-
eminently the tragedian and Shake
spearian actor of our time Prices
this evening csc to $3.50. Seats
now on sale. Telephone 1884.
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catchy" its sartoriaI equipment Il
Of the most gorgeous and beautiful.
It's presenting company is made up
Of exceedingly clever comedians and
vOcaiists. its great chorus Of so
comprises so handsome young
women who know how to sing and
dance. and its ensemble. generally,
is as complete. attractive and efec-
tive as it Is possible for modern stage
masters to devise. Prices. matinee,
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THE LAND OF NOD"

When The Land of Nod" is pre-
sented at Polls on Monday after
noon and evening theater-goers will
have an opportunity of witnessing
the famous musical comedy with all
the paraphernalia, in the matter of
scenery, costumes and other effects,
which were specially gotten up for
the important production of the
piece at the New York theater. For
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MARIE CAHILL.

The best proof that Marrying
Mary" in which Marie Cahill will
appear at Polls on Tuesday. April
I. is the best musical play seen on
the American stage in years lies in
the remarkable business it has
played TO in every large city of the
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-04-04
25c to 81; evening. 25c to $3.50.
Seats now on sale. Telephone 1884.
"THE OUTLAWS CHRISTMAS.

'THE OUTLAWS CHRISTMAS"
HEROES and romantics vie each
other In comforting ivid in
terest on 1.-The Outlaws Chris mas"
which will open weeks engage
ment at Polls on Wednesday, April
s, matinee and night. AS the title
denotes, the story Is one of sin,
crime and redemption. 1t has its
moments of humor contrasted with
those Of pathos. Jessie" an equine
beauty, Is a feature of the cast
and creates excitement by leaping
with three people on her back, into
big water tank. Daniel F. Lawlor
of this city Is one of the prominent
members Of the cast. Popular
prices.
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charms which have made her one of
the few true condolences in the
United States. Her performances
are indeed delight as can be i'm
agined when it is recalled with what
enthusiasm both she and Marrying
Mary have been received every
where. Prices 25c to $3.50. Last
six orchestra rows 81. Seat sale
Monday.
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country II had a long run in New
York. where the critics agreed il was
a return to the AugIstin DAILY class
Of musical entertainment, and sub
seguently il vas presented in other
big cities Everywhere 10 was re-
ceiyed with the highest praise and
Miss CahfII achieved one personal
triumph after another Never since
she became a star has she had the
chance to display those talents and
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-04-04
POLLS
ROBERT MANTELL.

Waterbury theater-goers will en-
JOY the greatest and most note
worthy Shakespearian revival the
city has ever had in the engagement
of Robert Mantell at Polls theater
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-04-04
JACQUES ;
VAUDEVILLE.

Broadway's favorite coincidence,
Miss Emma Carus. who has just fin
ished very successful starring tour
in George Cohan's, "Forty-five Min
utes From Broadway" will be the
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-04-04

Fired. you spend so much time in
the subway that it will be no pleas
ure to bury you"
II:
Two honeymoon trail choristers
were In the throes of dressing
room confab Said Myrtle to Cerise:
Say, dearie, what wud yuh take
Mabel fer, anyhow? A blond or a
brunette?"
Replied Cerise to Myrtle:
my dear, judgin' from the show
in she's made so far this season l
think she's chameleon"
II:
Oscar Lowande. with Willie Sims
and William Jameson. accom-
plished the feat of turning a SOM
ersault from shoulder 10 shoulder
while riding horses running tandem
bareback at Reading, Mass, March
IL. He also. while riding his prin-
cipal horse. did a hand to hand
stand. hand stand on his head,
standing on his head, balancing the
person and also doing the foot In
the hand on his shoulders The last
mentioned four feats Mr. Lowande
did with his father and they have
never been accomplished before.
-:
Madame Nazimova. Russian act
ress extraordinary. on Shakespeare
feminine characters: 81 have played
Desdemona, Rosalnd. Ophelia and
Cleopatra. All, Cleopatra. that lit
tie woman sitting there on a big
throne-I like that. Cleopatra was
little in the sense that all big women
are little women. II is only the 1T
tie women that can manage big men
II is all mistake that queen must
be six feet tall; that is a fiction of
the theater and of Shakespeare I
don't like Shakespeare women
they all die. or are killed. or mar
~ He invented some good literary
studies of men but his women are
nothing great"
~:
These latter months David Be
lasco has been looking more than
ever like priest. ar least a Pascal.
His hair has grown a shade nearer
the wilderness Of snow. His dark
eyes have taken a deeper shade 0f
melancholy. his black clothes have
still the clerical cut and air. hut
there is. when one encounters him
on the streets. seeing him through (.
snow drift or rain eddy. Il hint of
gayer color II appears in the heavy
black silk mufflpr with which he
tends on pneumonia. The scarf is
the last gift of his mother g. no en-
hroidered upon IT. while on what
proved 10 be her death led The pur-
pie violets on IFS hem
ViOlets. his family and his most
intimate friends know. are Mir Be
lascO's favorite flowers. on Christ
mas and az Easter they are sent
him in many forms There are
boOkmarks of lavender r. bhon with
viOlets embroidered unon hem.
Black satin or black velvet sinner.
bear clusters Of embroidered violefs .
Wallets have his name ar monogram
painted in violet and gold. His ha.
hands are always 81 violet ribbon.
with initials in silver or gold. Bas-
kctS Of Vioiets a. their mos costly
season greet him ar the theater.
-
An important derisi0B vas rem
dered last week ny tho Circuit court
n the United Ssalrs- sitting al Chi
cago. IN which il was held that not
wtths stsding the fact that play
has been in existence for a term Of
resrs exceeding the limirat ions Of
The copyright law. the legal obIiga- !
lions arise only from the time the
play has been eupyrightef.
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! tanned Attorney Adolph Marks. who
brought suit against the Howard the
alter under that sec ion of the statute
which provides that a person pro-
duCing piece without permission of
the proprietor shall pay a penalty of
500 for the first performance ana
$50 for every subsequent perform
ance.
The suit came up before Judge
Lands and jury, and after four
days evidence and argument a YER
diet was returned against the de-
PENDANT for $3.50.
II;
Incidents have been cited In the
various publications on numerous oc-
casons as to the effect upon individ-
uals in an audience of certain sem
fences of situations waited to them
from over the footlights. The sem
timent may have been unfolded in
song. a scene or a line of dia-
lOgue. but it in any case it's effect
has been just as potent. Outlines a
single catch line in a popular song
has changed the entire life OF per-
son hearing it for the first time.
Concerning just such an incident
as this. Harry McClusky, the WE'LL
known baritone singer. tells of a
funny lit3lc experience of his in one
OF the New York vaudeville houses
in which he recently appeared. Nc
Clusky was singing Nat d. Mann's
new song, Just to Remind You"
at the time
In bn
tie man, who from he very begin
ming of the song began fidgeting
around in his seat Finally he ap-
peared to lose all control of him
self and as the singer started into
The chorus with the words. Just to
remind you" the nervous one hur.
riedly left his seat and made for
he door As he came our into the.
lobby. the manager asked him il he.
was I'll.
I'll nuthiu', the man disgusted-
~ responded See that string tied
around my finger Well. when n
ieit my home in MOntclair. y !.
this morning. my wife tied that on
my finger 10 remind me that | was
20 Noe her mother at the Grand
Central depot at o'clock to-rjghs
and bring her home with me. IT'S
lo.tJ now. Can you imagine what 5
comm 20 mo when I get home? III
didn't think Of the bloomin' thing
until that fellow in there sang hat
soug Just 20 remind YOU
Md tn" worried one hurrtedly
lef' the heater
The DrIry Lane theater Lon
don. was partly destroyed by fire
early on the morning Of March %.
The fire started lack Of the ; age /
among stored scenery. The hole
stage was soon abIaze and the flames
threatened 70 spread TO the auditor /.
ium. hut the prompt low ering Of !
the safety curtain prevented This and
confined the fire to the rear Of the .
house.
Forty engines and -nG framen d.
rRrfod -heiT efforts toward saving
the old Playhouse. aud within three
hours got the flames under control
The IN ire front part ~ the thearer
ass uudamagsd. and Tho auditorium
presents IFS usual appearance The
stage Is practically destroyed. and =
section Of the roof has fallen "a. Thri
office and dressing rooms were
damaged valuable scenery vas de-
and many costly costumes
we're ruined The damage done bv
he IRE IS estimated TO run into soy .
raj thousand pounds, and The work
u repairing will take several
DRUM house was built frr Sir
William DrUry. lord deputy Of Ire !
and in the reign Of queen Eliza I
eth. and uhen bis son succeeded 5
o the title and property he once {
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An important dprisi0B was rem
dered last week by the Circuit court
II the United Ssalcz- sitting al Chi
czgo. in which il vas held that not
withs stsding the fact that a play
has been in existence for a term Of
yeaTs exceedinE the limitat ions Of
the copyright law. the legal obIigs-
lions arise only from the time the
play has been copyrighted
In 1855 the play Shamus O-Briea
vas produced By q man named
&eader, and an actor named VET
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-02
Law Of Association.

Association. however, may be reduced
to one cause called "redintegration
which Is defined as "a part of a mental
state which tends 10 bring back and
restore al parts that composed Il.
Now Il is IN this immutable law OF
association, this inability OF the adult
TO experience an emotion which he
does not interpret IN terms Of previous
experiences that the secret lies. once
learn what ideas a person associates
with other ideas and you have the key
10 his mental experiences. his life.
Taking into account the time IL takes
the subject OF the examination TO as
sociate ideas. the sort OF association
whether superficial, such as bat and
eat" or deep. such as dear and
mother" and the disturbing effect
upon following association the skillful
operator can commence TO reconstruct
his subjects life.
For instance, take the word paper"
mention il TO a banker and his first
idea would probably be Of notes and
drafts or Endorsements and losses. The
newspaperman would think Of the
printed sheet or something IN counec-
ton with his work and the grocer's
clerk respond: Yes. meat is very
high" This part Of the experiment is
simple, especially il you know some
thing Of psychology. Try It on a long
suffering friend.
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my mind and will is perhaps more
strongly developed and more domi-
uant
''The world is fun Of pretenders.
those who claim that God has given
q I'm special revelations and conferred
sp--.iaI blessings and favors upon
thin. All OF these pretenders are
working i'm error The Creator loves
no one of his children better than the
others. He never gave TO one more
then he did the other. under ike
conditions God law is a universal
Jaw. IL has never changed. II He
healed tile sick and fed the multitude
on loaves and fishes. YOU may do the
same thing through him We were
all created exactly alike, and II any
person healed the sick through Divine
mind, the power belongs to every
child OF us, because we all work
through the law of universal har-
mopv, There can be no favorites in
this work. Tire creator never has ia
vorites; II is simply a question Of as
siduOus application of will-power,
faith. and prayer.
These can accomplish anything
The day may yet come when the peo-
pie will realize that a united mind in
determination not TO die viii dethrone
Death, and We may live 50 long as we
are willing
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subeonselous Ideas Influence.

DR.. +. ". Scripture. Of New York,
many years ago in the course of ex-
periments on association. discovered
that subconscious ideas influence the
associations, and from this sprang the
Investigations OF mediate" associa-
ton. Lately DR. Jung. or the Univer-
sity OF Zurich. has developed a regular
system OF discovering the subconscious
ideas that cause hysteria, and are
present in other forms Of insanity DR..
Scripture recently spent six months
with DR. Jung and the results OF his
experiments he gives in an article in
a recent issue Of the Journal OF the
American Medical Association. o..
Scripture and the editor OF the Jour
nal would probably call the article
highly interesting, but to the lay mind
II Is 50 highly interesting that il al
most crosses the border OF the sensa-
tional
can we get information concern
ing our subconscious life, its thoughts.
and emotions by experimental meth
ods?" asked DR.. Scripture.
His answer Is q method how to do
this, and If such Is possible, then il
follows that one man may peer into
another's soul, learn his patients emo
tlcnal experiences. and II guilt or
crime be there it can he found and
drawn forth into the light OF dav.
The method Of experimentation.
which DIT. Scripture describes. he
credits 10 jung and calls it brilliant"
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he learns what he is to DO. To 'Eand"
he may reply he thought of a hand,
but. SAYS DR.. Scripture it viii gener-
ally be found ne thought of "a particu-
lar hand. Some patients" he con
tinues. will reply with whole sen
fences instead of a word. This is
characteristic Of certain diseases. ore
Of them epilepsy. StH other patients
will try TO define the words you call
out. This occurs regularly with iLi-
beetles"
In table ]. DR.. Scripture gives the
actual record of an examination he
made on a case Of demeHtia praccoN
in the Zurich Asylum. Dementia prac-
cox. It will be remembered was a dis
ease of which District Attorney
Jerome. in the first trial of Harry X.
Thaw, tried 90 make the defending
alienists say the prisoner showed
symptoms. DR.. Scripture In his article
discusses the results shown IN the
table. and the means Of rec0nstructing
the patients experiences as follows:
an such a record we look for as
sOciations that show one or more OF
three Indications OF distracted atten-
ton. namely: l. an unusually long
time; p fOTgetfulness; g. superhciality.
Unusually long times are found for
long ship. stupid, paper despise,
and TOOTH Forget fulness is seen for
green stupid paper and needle
Superficial associations, 1. e., those
where the person was evidently not
thinking OF the meaning. are found f0r
paper and needle
After finishing the record / asked
the person what she thought of for
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Murderer VIM Remember.

Though the murderer may hide the
evidences Of his crime from human
eyes, he cannot blot il out OF AS o@gu
mind. week. 2 year hence, he can
see his victim, hear him grcan and
see him writhe in his death struggles.
Knowing this, and knowing that the
suggestion Of one part Of the picture
will make the whole reproduce itself,
science builds. IL is as though one
touched q secret strand in a cloth and
warp and woof changed color in the
twinkling OF an eye, one design giving
place 10 another. So the psychologist
touches one strand in the mental
weaving. and while the subject grOpes
for the first Of the crowding images
that spread before him, cold science
notes the time Il takes Ior the asso-
citation. Again. a word is given, and
while the confused mind is recovering
its equilibrium, science, personified ia
the examiner, sits by with its timer
and pencil waiting the telltale evil
dence 70 appear. Once II is given, and
ne who is skilled can read the writing.
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MIND CONTROLS
DEATH SPECTRE

Continued from First PageJ
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This is the usual case after a comple
has been aroused; the associations
that follow are slower. because the
pe-2Jn stll distracted. We also no
tice that the second time we aroused
the complex Il had a stronger effect
than the first time.
For the word stupid the associa-
ton was forgotten and the time was
somewhat heightened. A complex was
evidently aroused. It was a strong
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~ Ut how can this be done? How
x can one man delve into another
mind and bring forth its Sc
crets. its forgotten experiences?
PsycAology-one of the most elusive
OF all The sciences. one that deals not
with masses and definite forces like
astronomy OF known substances like
chemistry or as physics. but with
mans mind, the twin brother of mis-
soul which raises him above the
beasts-offers the way
Mems ideas are linked together
closer than the bark to the tree. as
closely as the sun with daylight. Men
ton a roof and you think OF a house,
or the people in it. Mention a man
sion, and promptly the picture of
brownstone turreted affair, with hand
some equipages and beautiful women.
comes to mind. Suggest a cottage.
and Immediately the picture OF a vine
covered nook with trellises OF roses
and birds singing passes before our
mental visions
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Patient in vanderbilt Clinic.

Table II gives the record OF a d
tient at the Vanderbilt Clinic ca It.
Dr. Scripture says.
For the word laugh tic associa.
ton was forgotten This indication Of
a complex Is strengthened Dy The fan
ure TO associate within ten seconds for
the following word. and long time
for the word after that. The patient
denied that he was troubled in any
way bv people laughing at him. .ev-
cry body was good TO him. IN smile
81 this. IL IS safe 10 assume that his
attacks and certain marital occur
rences nave made him feel ridiculous
After a few moments he SAYS that on
coming out or doors yesterday he was
well dressed aud that a lounger cali
ed him funny guy he denied thai
ne thought Of Il during the expert
ment. Il is possible that the more
basic complex OF being ridiculed Tor
his troubles may not have como 10
his mind al al. but that in search
ing for some explanation Of TIE rec
ord he thought Of the recent occur
renee It is also possible that the re-
cent occurrence may have added if
self 70 the larger complex. Another
complex. the stupidity OF which he
complains bitterly. shows itself in IN.
long time for stupid" and in the su-
perfciai character or and the forget
fitness Tor the following association.
We nave all undergone strong emo
tons. Il is the strong emotions that
count. and the scenes OF the strongest
emotional experiences are indeliBly
fixed on mems minds. Whoever for
gets the deathbed OF father or mother
Don't our grandmothers tell us how
our grandfathers in clawhammer
coat and black stocks. proposed?