Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-02-22
THEATRICAL
CHATTER

James X. Hackett is planning a
tour in repertoire of his former
plays, including THE Walls of Jeri-
cho."
Ethel Barrymore's apartments
were entered by burglars last Sun
day night, during her absence. The
thieves stole 1915 in money and a
few jewels of sentimental value.
III:
Wladslaw Wyganowski, concert
master of the Pittsburg orchestra,
who is said to have more hair than
Paderewski and more mannerisms
than Creatore, will be in vaudeville
next season.
III:
Grace Van Studdiford has fifteen
more weeks of vaudeville to play,
making continuous season of forty
two weeks. At the end of the sea-
son she will 60 to her farm, near st
Louis, for a long rest preparatory
| to beginning rehearsals as the star
of new opera by Smith and De
Koven, that will be produced next
season.
III:
Gus Hill. owner of the original
Happy Hooligan" company, has at
last decided to send a company of
players to England and produce an
elaborate production Of Happy
Hooligan's Trip Around the World"
10 Il
Harry Hill will probably go with
this attraction, as he is very famil-
lar with that country.
II:
In France the war against the big
theater hat is kept up. The other
night at review" the audience
yelled for the Objectionable head
gear to be removed. Some immedi-
ately yielded, but others stood their
ground, until one of the characters
In the play stepped before the cur
tain and said in solemn accents
In the name of the French repub-
lie, take off your hats" This was
the final appeal, and it proved eff
fectual.
II:
How vastly the beauties of the
soul outshine mere physical advant-
ages is mort charmingly portrayed by
Maude Adams In her new play, THE
Testers" Miss Adams has the role of
young French nobleman who dis
guises himself as a hunchback jester
and calls himself "Chicot." A friend
also masquerades as a jester under
the name of "Narcissus. Each has
his theory of the surest way to win
the heart of woman, and they don
their disguise to test their theories.
She will be at Polls ON March IL. .
II:
The Kansas City managers who
fighting Judge Wallace's attempts
to close the theaters on Sunday we're
still on the. firing line on Saturday
last, when the grand jury returned
145 indictments against alleged Of
tenders. The managers saved them
selves from Jail by applying for
writs of habeas corpus. Bonds we're
given in seyenty-five cases, but the
managers refused to plead or give
bonds on seventy indictments against
themselves for the offenses Of their
employees. Justice Wallace threat
ened to commit them for contempt,
and their lawyers applied for the
writs.
II:
Rev Joel Sanders Davidson died
at his residence In South Nashville,
Tenn, on February 2. He was born
at Appomatox, Va. on the farm on
which General Lee surrendered. He
enlisted in the confederate army in
1860, and after the war became a
circus clown, appearing with Robin
son & Lakes, Sells Bros and other
organizations. While on tour with
one of the circuses he was converted
to the Baptist faith by the noted
cowboy preacher, Lea Harris, and
Immediately began to study for the
ministry. For many years he was
very active in church work, but fail
ing health compelled his retirement
about eight years ago.
81:
Since the days of poor Seaman
No actor or singer
Has stolen our heart strings
To any degree,
Till Denis o'Sullivan,
True son of old Erin.
Reused the blood in our souls.
In Peggy Machree."
Told often-I ween-
or sorrow and suffering
For true Irish manhood
Imposed by the tyrants
For wearing the green
But a fortnight-we saw him
In all OF life's vigor,
His song most magnetic.
Just gaining renown:
Yet since then. the Master
OF this worlds great drama
All seeing-Has ordered
The curtain rung down.
BY Fred E. Button.
II:
Miss Julia Mariowe will give al
special presentation Of Shakespeare's I
immortal comedy. As You Like IT,"
at Polls theater. Wednesday night !
March 4. appearing under the man
agement OF the Messrs shubert. Miss