Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-14

Julia Marlowe took possession of a
new private car last week that is
said to be the finest in use in the
country. She will use the car during
the remainder of her tour.
III:
An actOr-manager keeps an illum-
mated copy of this sentiment of Presi-
dent Rooseyelt's above his mirror:
'The law of worthy life is fundamen-
tally the law Of strife. 1t is only
through labor and painful effort, by
grim energy and resolute courage,
that we move on to better things"
III: ...g
Witnesses in the bankruptcy pro-
ceedings brought in behalf of Joe
WEIGH were examined last Thursday
before Nathaniel A. Prentiss at 100
Broadway. The assets scheduled by
the petitioner amount to 80, with liza
bilities $2S,4OO. The creditors assert
that Mrs WEIGH has $4,000 belonging
to the actor, and have entered suit
against her for the money.
III:
Samuel H. Harris of the firm of
COhan and Harris, and Alice Merrill,
sister of Mrs George NJ. Cohan,
were married at Long Branch, N. j.,
on March 2 by James s. White, a JUS
tice OF the peace. Only Mr. and Mrs
Cohan and Jack NJ WEIGH were pres
emit Mrs Harris was a member of
the "Honeymooners" company at the
Aerial gardens last summer.
So: II:
Clara Bloodgood died on December
5, 1907; Lewis Morrison, August 1S,
1906; Edward Morgan, March 10,
1906; Joseph Jefferson, April %,
1905; Richard Mansfield, August 30,
1907; Dan DAILY, March 20, 1906; Isa-
dore Rush, November ii, 1901; Ma
dame Janauschek. November %, 1904
Mrs G. H. Gilbert, December ., 1904
Jessie Bartlett Davis, May IA, 1908:
J. III. Stoddart, December 0, 1907:
Jerome Sykes, December 20, 1903; w.
q,
III:
The famous SAKE Meiningen the
alter in Germany was burned to the
ground on March 5. 1t IS supposed
that defective heating apparatus
was the cause. The artistic costumes
designed by the Duke Of Saxe-Mein-
ingen were destroyed. The library,
which consisted largely of plays and
classical editions, was saved by the
duke himself. In 1891 the Meiningen
company, trained under Duke George,
appeared in New York at the Thalia
theater, presenting Julius Caesar.
10 ..s Co. III: a. g.t..
Relatives of Prof w. B. Wood and
his daughter, Bertha, theatrical people
who were about to tour Mexico to
give legerdemain entertainments and
were drowned in the gulf Of Mex
leo, near Frontera, by the sinking of
tugboat, were notified by the
United States Consulate at Laguna
that the bodies were not recovered.
Woods pleaded with the captain of
the tug to save the daughters life
but the small boats were swept away
by q storm and Wood and his daugh-
ter went down with the tug.
Ill:
High and low, no matter where you
go, you hear about 1.-THE Merry
Widow" Eight years ago, Ed Mozart,
the pioneer Family theater magnate
of Pennsylvania, had show called
THE Merry Widow" company He
carries twenty-four merry widows,
and, to make 1t strong, they each
wore large photo button of her
late husband. While playing Coburb.
Ont, Mr. Mozart arrived at the theater
early and asked the statge manager
about the house scenery. II was es-
sential that the Merry Widows"
should make merry in one act in a
cut wood scene, so Mr. Mozart asked
the stage manager. Where is your cut
WOODY" You'll find lots Of it in the
back yard" was the reply.
81:
Capital has been subscribed to
build an Anglo-German theater in
Berlin under the management of Ma
dame Meta Hing, formerly the lead
ing actress of the Leasing theater.
who played in New York In 1906
under her own management. 1t is
planned TO give American and Eng
lish plays in English. and to have
American actors appear in the Ameri-
American actors appear in the Ameri-
can plays and English actors to the
English plays. One of the secondary
aims OF Madame Hing. according tn
the announcement. Is TO present be-
fore German audiences the bcst Of
American plays and TO remove the
erroneous impression in Germany
that the United States is without
dramatic works Of merit and that
only broad farce finds a place on the
American stage.
ri:
The British committee which has in
charge the movement for the Worlds
Tribute TO Shakespeare" and Of which
Princess Louise is the head. has de-
sided upon the erection Of an archi-
tectural monument and statue. to be
completed ON the 3oOth anniversary Of
his death. II Is estimated that the
memorial win cost about SI.0OG.OD.
competition for which will he thrown