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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1908
Page
8
An odd lot of shirt waist suits in white lawn and dotted Swiss, once 6 to 8 dollars, now 4.95. Tot of cost suits in white and colors with stripes, originally 5 to 10 dollars, reduced to a quarter. Coats in cravenette, mohair and silk, travel ready and rainproof, now 8.45 dollars.
Miss Maude Adams opens a European tour with London Bayreuth hearing planned. Gillette shifts to writing a new play amid Hamlet era projects. Frohman stars include Doro Barrymore Crane among Europeans, with heavy international schedules. Henry Savage praises Hunter-Bradford, while a Brooklyn janitor faces a doctor over a whistle. A 1997 deed records Hitchcock Savage transfers in Great Neck. Elinor Glyn's Three Weeks forbidden in London with Hawtrey directing a matinee. William Collier reports a robbery of cash via a false-bottom truck during Caught in the Rain tour. Frohman brings many foreign women stars to America this season.
The article previews major stage assignments led by Collier in Samson with Alexandra Carliste and Joseph Coyne in The Mollusc and Gertie Millar in The Girls of Gottenberg. It highlights Italian conductor Joseph Miccaglo and his band, recent Paris success, and an upcoming American tour this fall. It recounts abrupt city program changes in Worcester and notes a playwright Thomas C. Rice from Worcester with four dramas. Also mentions Dodo Rook and the Time Place and the Girl tour, and previews Sapho with Miss Nordstrom and Allan Duggan’s singing act at Jacques.
Local theatergoers face final chance to see Jacques "The Vampire" with H R De famis sketch and The Prince of Liars in Polls Stock company production. Audience praise for The Vampire noted as the main draw.
August 7 event at School Hall South Waterbury features a dance and prom by the Four Unknowns. September 4 Murray Hall hosts social and dance by the Ramblers. September 7 Rick's Dancing Academy East Main street reopening reception and dance. September 12 City Hall hosts annual fair of the Brooklyn Athletic Club.
The article argues tasteful hosting rests on clever planning rather than grand gestures. It notes Nabisco Sugar Wafers appear at all truly delightful affairs as the ideal refreshment, dessert, or after dessert option guests expect to find.
A New York artist known for conviviality and genius recounts how his wife nurses him back to sobriety after a spree. When sober, she urges a vow to never drink again, driving him to relapse so he can forget. A French proverb notes religion teaching love of enemies.
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