Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-11
Theatrical Chatter.

1 vssSNNsNsNSSNssseas% James J. Corbett will star next season in the farce, Facing the Mu- sicS which was presented at the Gar rick theater several years ago with Henry E. Dixey In. the principal role. Fl:
 William F. Carroll. 1a veteran of the comic drama and the author oi the farce, Muldoop',;. Picnic, ~. in which Barry and Fay won note, has been engaged for character role in the play in which William 4. Brady will star Louis Mann.
 Fl: =r Jacob Adler, the Ytdaish actor, has announced his intention of making a | world tour in repertoire which will include The Merchant of Venice Broken Hearts," and "Richelieu. {" MT and Mrs Adler will sail on Au- gust Is for Germany, where the tour will open. ,-'.s e- If: .~~- Victor Schmidt, we'll known mu- stcian of Omaha, is living in a cellar for which he pays $1.50 a month, in order that he may give his entire property, which amounts to $S,000, to the poor. He is trying to save $10,000 to endow an institution. He is nearly 70 years old
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 Johanna Redmond, daughter of John E, Redmond, the Irish national ist, produced a little play at the Court theater, London, on July 2, entitled Leap Year in the West" |" Her sister, Esther Redmond, who Is to be married to Dr Power of New York, acted the role of peasant girl. -..
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 "Blondin," chief pachyderm per- former in Bostock's animal show in Dreamland," has the distinction of wearing the largest Merry Widow hat in the country. The hat is six teen feet in circumference, and the elephant never fails to evoke the ap- plause of women when he enters the arena.
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 Lillian Russell, whose pictures ap- peared in an advertisement in a New York paper, with an article headed, Having Your Fat. Cut Off," has taken exception to the use of her portrait In connection with such an advertisement, and has consulted her counsel, Alfred Lauterbach, as to the advisability of bringing suit for libel against the newspaper
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 By Order of the President" by Polly Pry, a, Denver newspaper wo- man, was produced at the Curtis theater in that city on June 2S by the Theodore Lorch Stock company. The play is a melodrama and IS founded on what is known as "the Brownville incident" The basic fact in the story is that a band of negro soldiers. of the American army 'shot up" Brownville, and that af- terward every member of the com pany refused to say anything that would duplicate any of his fellows. The entire company for this reason was dishonorably discharged by the president of the United States. The play makes an appeal for the "bene- fit of the doubt" The soldiers have been made white instead of black in order to get a more sympathetic hearing.
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 Frank Currier, returned from London where he was with Way Down East, which enjoyed a run" of eight days in that metropolis, tells an amusing incident that will appeal to lovers of baseball. Several Amer jeans, among them few actors, got up a baseball game with an English nine, and an Englishman presumed to be an expert was selected as un- pire. The game was progressing we'll when a startlingly brilliant and close play was made hy members of i the American nine that was of great | advantage to their side. The umpire | saw the play, but rendered no lm- mediate decision as to it's effect, | though its merit no ,loubt was ap- parent to him. How is that?" How about that?" cried the Ameri- can players, gathering around him Tor a decision. Why" said the um- pire, that was most extraordinary"