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The Waterbury Oratorio Society promptly voted to co-operate in building up the Music League, and named as a committee Messrs. C. B. Churchill, Isaac P. Kellogg, Charles P. Mitchell, R. A. Laslett Smith, J. Edward Keegan, H. H. Romer, and George E. Boyd.
On December 14, 1906, the Waterbury Oratorio Society gave "The Messiah" with Richard T. Percy, directing. The soloists on this occasion were Mrs. Caroline Mihr-Hardy, soprano; Adele Laeis Baldwin, contralto ; Frank H. Ormsby, tenor ; and Ericsson F. Bushnell, bass. The symphony orchestra of forty-five took part in the concert.
On May 13 and May 14. 1917, the Waterbury Oratorio Society gave its notable
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May musical festival with a program that provided for two rehearsals and three concerts. Damrosch's New York Symphony orchestra was engaged for the festival with Maud Powell, Madame Charlotte Maconda, Isabelle Bouton, Ellison Van Hoose, Gwilym Miles, and Frederick C. Weld, as soloists. The first rehearsal took place Monday afternoon, May 13th. The first concert took place Monday evening, with a Wagner program and with Maud Powell and Ellison Van Hoose as soloists. The second rehearsal took place Tuesday morning. The second concert took place Tuesday afternoon, with a Symphony program and Maconda as the soloist. Tuesday evening the Waterbury Oratorio Society, assisted by the Damrosch orchestra, gave the oratorio "Samson and Delilah" with Isabelle Bouton, Charlotte Maconda, Ellison Van Hoose and Frederick C. Weld as soloists.
This was perhaps the most pretentious musical affair ever- held in Waterbury. While it was a tremendous artistic success, the Music League was called upon to make up a considerable deficit.
The Waterbury Oratorio Society gave a notable concert on January 9, 1910, with an orchestra of fifty, George E. Boyd conducting. The soloists were Miss Laura Louise Combs, Mrs. Robert Spencer May, Dr. Franklin Lawson, and Willard Flint.
The Waterbury Choral Club, a mixed chorus with 125 voices, is in 1917 the leading musical organization of Waterbury. It is the outgrowth of the former Trinity Church Choir which closed its career in 1913, when Trinity changed to a boys' choir. Isaac B. Clark, who was musical director of the Trinity Choir, became leader of the Choral Club and it is now in its fourth year. In 1914 it gave a single concert, singing Grieg's "Christoforus." Its soloists were: John Barnes Wells, Mrs. Clara Oakes Usher, Mrs. Isaac B. Clark, and Rollin P. Clarke.
In 1915 at its January concert, it sang "The Messiah" with an orchestra of forty pieces recruited from New York, Hartford, Waterbury, and Bridgeport. The soloists were John Barnes Wells and Edgar Schofield of New York, Clara Oakes Usher and Miss Edith Aab. At its April concert in 1915 the soloist was Arthur Middleton, of the Metropolitan Opera.
In 1916 the Choral Club gave the oratorio "Elijah" with Miss Rhea Massicotte, of Meriden, as soprano, Robert Maitland of Covent Garden, London, as baritone, Miss Abbott of New York, alto, and Paul Althouse, of the Metropolitan Opera, tenor. The orchestra of forty-five pieces was again recruited from New York. Hartford, Waterbury, and Bridgeport. At the miscellaneous concert in 1916, Henry Dunn of Waterbury was the piano soloist, and Althouse, of New York, the tenor.
The Choral Club is now preparing to produce the oratorio "St. Paul" in January, 1918.
The capable accompanist of the club is Miss Eunice Broughton.
The Waterbury Choral Club is Unit No. 2 of the Liberty Chorus of Con- necticut, and Mr. Clark hopes to have 1,000 voices trained when the first call for patriotic singing comes from headquarters.
The Masonic Choir, ranging from forty to fifty voices, is now in its eighth year. It was in charge of Isaac B. Clark as musical director shortly after its organization. For three years it was under the musical direction of Arthur H. Turner, and is now again under the direction of Mr. Clark. It gives one annual concert in May and tours the state. Its soloists at the last May concert were Lambert Murphy and Leonora Sparks.
Its most notable concert was that given January 27, 1914, at the opening of Temple Hall. Alma Gluck was the soloist, Arthur H. Turner conducted, George E. Boyd was at the organ, and Ralph E. Douglass was accompanist.
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Of other musical organizations the Swedish singing society which has been giving concerts for some years, is worthy of mention. Its work is always excellent. The same may be said of the Lyra Society, a German singing organization, of which Director Keller has charge.
The Waterbury German singing societies, particularly the Concordia and Lyra, have always taken an active part in the Connecticut Saengerfests. Twelve years ago this was held in Waterbury and the Concordia as usual won medals for excellence.
Waterbury has reason to be particularly proud of its bands. The most im- portant of these is that conducted by Bert L. Fulton. This organization founded by James M. Fulton, now of Boston, was formerly the American Band, then became Fulton's American Band, and last year enlisted in the Home Guard. It is now known as the Fifth Regiment Home Guard Band. There are also the Boys' Club Band, DiVito's orchestra and band and Wolff's orchestra, all of which are competent musical organizations.
Waterbury has an opportunity, through Paul Prentzel, local impresario, to hear all of the world's greatest musicians. In the last decade there has not been a year in which some of the best of the country's singers and instrumentalists on concert tour have not come to Waterbury.
On November 13, 1913, Mr. Prentzel had Kathleen Paulow, the violinist, in Waterbury, following on January 26, 1914, with Harold Bauer, pianist and Madame Hudson Alexander, soprano. On March 3, 1914, Jan Kubelik was his attraction. The remainder of his 1914 musical program included Anna Case, Arrigo Serato, Carl Friedberg, Felice Lyne, with the New York Symphony orchestra, Maggie Teyte, Mark Hambourg, and Edmund Burke.
In 1915 he began the year with Marcella Sembrich and followed with Fritz Kreisler, Pasquale Amato, Olive Kline, Josef Hofmann, Mischa Elman. Then in order since 1915 he has brought here Josef Stransky and Julia Culp with the New York Philharmonic orchestra, Madame Schumann-Heink, Alma Gluck, Ysaye, Boston Symphony orchestra, Maria Barrientos, Zimbalist, Sophie Breslau, Elena Gerhardt, Martinelli, Percy Grainger, the Metropolitan Opera orchestra with Leon Rothier, Mabel Garrison and Giuseppe De Luca.
On March 3, 1916, C. Z. Sparadowski brought Paderewski to Waterbury. He played at Buckingham Music Hall to a packed house.
THEATERS AND AMATEUR DRAMATICS
During the past twenty-five years Waterbury, like all American cities, has witnessed the many transformations which mark the history of the theater in the United States. In 1893, the beginning of this period, the drama was in the ascendant, and Waterbury with its new Jacques Opera House, opened November 1, 1886, and the old city hall which had done service since the Theodore Thomas orchestra had opened its hall on October 26, 1869, saw practically all of the great stars and successful plays of the day. It was the height of the traveling company period. There was running at this time also the old rink on the site of the Buckingham Building. This had been operated for some years as a theater, its name in 1893 having been changed from "The Casino" to the "People's Theater." In this place of amusement Denman Thompson is said to have given the first performance of "The Old Homestead." Margaret Mather also played there. But in 1893 it was relegated to the cheaper class of entertainments.
Waterbury owes much to the enterprise of its earliest theater manager, Eugene Leslie Jacques. He was born in Plymouth April 30, 1855, was educated in the
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Waterbury schools, and gave this, his home town, all the energy and brains that made for success in a theatrical way. Eugene Jacques died December 4, 1905.
At Jacques' Theater, until the opening of its first real opposition, Poli's Theater December 15, 1897, all of the great artists of the day appeared. The list included Edwin Booth, Ezra Kendall, Richard Golden. Marion Manola and Jack Mason, May Irwin, Modjeska, Bernhardt, Barrett, Ada Rehan, the Daly musical suc- cesses, Kyrle Bellew, and Mrs. James Brown Potter, Fay Templeton. Louis James, Marie Wainwright, James O'Neil, Fanny Davenport, Melbourne McDowell, Neil Burgess, Robert Mantell, James A. Herne, and all that host of great players who made that period illustrious.
The old city hall, after the building of Jacques, was used largely by local dramatic societies although some excellent professional attractions continued to appear there for many years.
In both the building of the old rink and in the construction of the new Jacques, Eugene Jacques had as partner. Arthur H. Fenn, now the well-known golf professional at Poland Springs and Palm Beach. In these days Fenn was a professional fancy skater. The old rink even as the People's Theater, failed to pay after the roller skating and polo craze died out. Henry Pincus later turned it into a summer garden, with a Hungarian orchestra. It was in its last years given over to cheap attractions, medicine shows and the like. finally coming into possession of Mr. Whittemore who tore it down to make way for Buckingham Music Hall.
In 1891 Mr. Jacques built the Auditorium on South Main Street. This, with its hard maple floor, 5,000 square feet of dancing floor, a good stage and all necessary accessory rooms, was at once in demand for large gatherings and big local fairs, bazaars and prize fights. Gen. William Booth, head of the Salvation Army, spoke in this place, to an immense gathering October 29, 1894.
For a time it was used by the David M. Hartford Stock Company, but this venture was not successful. It is now a picture house, and is still used for conventions, auto shows, fairs, and other such affairs. It was in the Auditorium that Terry McGovern, then managed by Sam Harris of Cohan & Harris, fought his first big fight.
In the early 'gos, Sylvester Z. Poli, who had for some time run a successful vaudeville theater in New Haven, looked around for new openings in his line. Mr. Poli had been a sculptor in his younger days, and finally made some of the wonderful wax figures at the Eden Musee in New York. From this he drifted into the theatrical business, and now owns theaters all over New England. After New Haven, Waterbury was his first new field. In 1896 John Moriarty bought the East Main Street property of the American Pin Company and the Blake & Johnson Company, both concerns having moved into new plants at Waterville. The greater part of it was remodeled for a furniture store. The remainder of the space was used for the construction of Poli's theater. There had been com- plaint by some of the traveling companies that the Jacques stage was not large enough for big productions. It was therefore decided to make the stage one of the largest in the country and to provide seating accommodations for at least one thousand two hundred. With its magnificent furnishings, its beautiful system of lighting, its advantageous location, Poli's at once assumed its place as the lead- ing theater of Waterbury. The attraction on the opening day, December 15. 1897, was. Francis Wilson in "Half a King."
The competition between Poli's and Jacques' became keen, both houses suffer- ing financially. This continued for two years, when the two theater managers, Eugene Jacques and Sylvester Z. Poli, got together and formed a partnership,
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which continued until the death of Eugene Jacques. During these years Mr. Jacques managed both theaters. There was another factor that entered into the settlement of the local theatrical fight and that was the Waterbury bill-posting privilege which was owned by Eugene Jacques. It was the lack of this very necessary means of advertising that finally brought Mr. Poli to terms.
Poli's was now used for high class attractions and Jacques for "ten-twenty- thirty" melodrama, presenting such plays as "Streets of New York," "Shadows of a Great City," "The Great Metropolis," "The Lights of London." In 1902 Jacques' became a vaudeville house and ran successfully for several seasons. Then a summer stock company was formed with Earle Simmons as the leading man and stock finally crowded out vaudeville. There was a popular craze for stock and Simmons, Ernestine Morley, David M. Hartford, James Devine and others of the principal actors, had many admirers.
The stars of the period from 1900 to 1910, when the "movie" craze was completing its work of transforming the dramatic world, all appeared at Poli's. These comprised among many others, the Empire Theater Stock Company plays, all the Frohman attractions, Richard Mansfield, Forbes Robertson, E. S. Willard, Maude Adams, Irving and Terry, Rhea, Bernhardt in "Camille" January 4, 1911, and others as famous.
After the death of Eugene Jacques in 1905, Mr. Poli took over the lease of Jacques Theater, still running it as a stock house, but after a time sold his interest to P. F. Shea. Mr. Shea undertook to play high class attractions, but the people who patronize these plays did not come in paying numbers. He tried burlesque three nights a week and light opera three nights. This also failed to go. He gave up his lease, and Michael E. Keeley, who was administrator for the estate of Eugene Jacques, together with T. Frank Hayes, of the T. H. Hayes Company, took over the building and engaged James Clancy, an experienced theatrical man, to come from Rochester to Waterbury and run Jacques Theater. Mr. Clancy had managed it before as a vaudeville and stock house. He at once put in burlesque and the theater is playing almost to capacity practically every night.
Five years ago Poli's Theater, like all others of the larger theaters in the United States, accepted the inevitable and changed to a successful popular priced vaudeville theater, with a popular summer stock company to fill in between seasons. Harry E. Parsons was local manager until 1917, when he took charge of the financial end of all the Poli theaters. Walter Griffiths now manages the theater. High-class attractions are booked from time to time.
Up to about 1910 moving pictures were merely an interlude in theatricals, being shown between the acts at vaudeville and stock performances. Then the era of "store shows" began, small moving picture houses being started in vacant stores and showing for a 5-cent admission fee. Chotzranoff Brothers built the Garden Theater at this time and leased it to Poli, who operated it as the first regular moving picture theater. It had a seating capacity of 500 and a real attempt was made to put the "movie" on a higher plane. Carl F. Chapin was the first man in Waterbury with the vision to see the present possibilities of the new form of entertainment and in 1910 he made an arrangement with Poli to manage the Garden for awhile. Mr. Chapin raised both the standard of the pictures shown and the admission fee, but the experiment was made a year or two ahead of the proper time and did not succeed. The Garden is now owned by Judge Edward F. Cole.
Meantime the success of the small "store shows" turned many active business men into moving picture house proprietors. Within a year or two there were built the Carroll on North Square, the Colonial on South Main Street, the Scenic
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on Bank Street, the Star on Baldwin Street, the Eden in Brooklyn and a number of others, Patrick H. Carroll, Benedict E. Hausdorff, Robert Molzon, John L. Fernandez being among the pioneers of the moving picture movement. There were frequent changes of management and interest, too bewildering to follow
In 1913 John J. O'Neil built the Strand Theater, which was first leased to William Fox of the Fox Enterprise Company, and operated as a vaudeville house. The first season was not successful and Marcus Loew added it to his string of theaters in 1914. In 1915 it was taken over by Mr. Poli and is now run as a very successful "movie" house.
The Princess on Center Street, a beautiful, cosy theater, was opened in June, 1913, by a local company of which Otis S. Cowles is treasurer and C. L. Martin manager, and is now giving "first run" attractions. Its capacity is 500. The building was reconstructed in five weeks' time and was opened with "The Pilgrim's Progress."
The Rialto, opened in the Poli Theater Block on East Main Street in October, 1917, is the most ambitious moving picture theater yet opened in Waterbury. The cost of reconstruction, furnishing and equipment, including a large pipe organ, was announced at $90,000. The seating capacity is 1,400. J. F. Nichols is the manager.
AMATEUR THEATRICALS
Waterbury has been particularly interested in amateur theatricals. Its younger sets from generation to generation have shown unusual talents and have had each in turn the advantages of excellent training. Prof. Francis T. Russell, D. D., who was for years at the head of St. Margaret's School, was a remarkable teacher of elocution. The performance by local talent of "The School for Scan- dal" on May 22 and 23, 1896, under his direction, is still remembered as an exceptionally meritorious performance. This was given at Jacques Opera House and among those who took important parts in the production were Lewis A. Platt, who was the Sir Peter Teazle, John H. Goss, who was Lady Sneerwell's servant, Medora H. Platt, now Mrs. Walter Hamlin Holmes, who was a remark- able Lady Teazle, C. Sanford Bull, Isaac P. Kellogg, Archer O. Hitchcock, Harold R. Durant, G. Middleton Parsons, Pierson J. Cumming, Albert M. Bur- rett, 2d, Charles F. Mitchell, Miss Emily M. Plume, Mrs. John P. Kellogg, Miss Alma J. Scott, Miss Elsie Shaw. Mrs. Holmes showed promise of ranking with the best professionals of the day if she had elected to take to a stage life.
Among the most notable of the dramatic societies of the early years of this quarter century was the Acme Dramatic Club, which in 1893 and 1894 was under the training of E. L. Maloney, and in 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897 and 1898 under the supervision of Thomas D. Freney, to whom Waterbury is indebted for many of the best amateur performances of the past two decades. In 1899 the Acme Dramatic Club's performance of "May Blossom" was under the direction of Dr. J. L. Moriarty.
"Colleen Bawn" was the play given in 1893 with T. F. Carmody, E. L. Maloney, F. P. Becton, J. R. Freney, Mrs. J. L. Moriarty, Mrs. T. J. Kilmartin, Miss Lou Donahue in leading parts. W. J. Hughes and E. L. Tuttle furnished the musical part of the performance. In 1894 "Under Two Flags" was given and Dennis J. Slavin, then a judge in embryo, Peter Fox, Miss Josie Egan, Mrs. J. E. Smith, the Misses Murphy and Garde, joined the society. "Clouds" was given in 1895, "My Geraldine" in 1896, "Fair Rebel" in 1897, "Shenandoah" in 1898. Dr. John D. Freney, William T. Smith, Rev. William Fox, and Miss Rose Mc-
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Donald appeared in many of these plays, in addition to those mentioned above. The plays were presented to begin with at the City Hall, later at Jacques' and at Poli's in 1898 and 1899.
Company G Dramatic Club in 1901 gave an excellent performance of "The Girl I Left Behind Me" under the direction of Thomas D. Freney. In this the leading people were: Oscar Race, Thomas F. Devine, Edward F. Callahan, Dr. John D. Freney, Frank J. Kelley, Michael Peters, George T. Jackson, Robert F. Robins, Walter J. Costello, Mrs. Grace A. Cross, Mrs. Louis M. Donahue, and the Misses Margaret C. Dillon and Jennie A. Freney.
The Elks Minstrels made a decided hit when they first appeared at the City Hall in 1896. In 1899 and 1901 they again appeared. In 1908, under the musical direction of Laslette Smith and in 1910 under the musical direction of James Fulton, their performances were up to professional standards. In 1911, under Mr. Freney's direction the Elks gave a successful production of "McKenna's Flirtation."
Among the Elks who took part in these delightful performances were: Wil- liam Fogarty, John F. Hackett, Capt. Wm. J. Shanahan, Lewis M. Holland, Thomas Cannon, Acly W. Castle, John H. Cassidy, Leo Race, J. M. Daly, Robert T. Bailey, Ray Bolger, Jack F. Burke.
The Talma Club Minstrels had their days in 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907. These performances were under the direction of Thomas D. Freney and J. Albert Brown. The 1907 performance was in charge of Mr. Freney and Laslette Smith. Among the principals in these performances were: Doctor Moriarty, Martin J. McEvoy, John H. Cassidy, Joseph P. Kennedy, Dr. J. D. Freney, William J. Shanahan, J. M. Daly, Carrington Gretter, Frank T. Clark, Daniel F. Lawlor, William J. Smith.
Among the best performances of the past have been those given by St. Mary's Hospital Aid Society. In 1912 the "Mikado" and in 1913 "Said Pasha" were given under the direction of Messrs. Freney and Fulton; in 1915 "The Mascotte" was given under the direction of T. D. Freney and Isaac B. Clark. In 1916 Mr. Freney's own delightful comedy, "O'Toole's Busy Day," was presented. The society is still active and hopes to resume its productions after the war.
Among the men and women who had leading parts in these plays were Dr. J. L. Moriarty, W. J. Shanahan, Cliffe Carter, John F. Hackett, Wm. Fogarty, Mrs. Thomas McElligott, Miss May Longworth, Miss Myrtle Blackman, Dr. J. D. Freney, Edward Fay, and Miss Winifred Sheridan.
A notable amateur performance given under professional direction was "The Merry Geisha," given April 23 and 24, 1908, for the benefit of the Boys' Club. In this the following local people starred: R. T. Bailey, F. Zuiette Wilson, Merritt Tompkins, Mrs. Warren F. Trott, Miss Clara Dibble, Mrs. Claude M. Calvert, and Miss Lillie Haynes.
Two notable amateur performances of "Alice in Wonderland" were given for the benefit of local institutions on February 16, 1901, and December 4. 1909.
St. Joseph's Dramatic Club did notable work - along these lines. In 1894. under the direction of Mr. Freney and J. J. McDonald, the club gave at Jacques' a performance of "Ten Nights in a Bar Room." In 1895 and 1896 with E. L. Maloney as director, it produced "Cast upon the World," "Bound by an Oath." In 1898, under E. L. Maloney's direction, it gave "The Celebrated Case," and in 1899 "Across the Potomac."
The Dramatic Club of Waterbury on April 27, 1910, gave a memorable per- formance of "Arms and the Man." On the program after the style of the day appear the names of the performers as follows: Miss Mason, Miss Frisbie, Miss Smith, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Hitchcock, Mr. Hart, Mr. Holcomb.
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"The Chimes of Normandy," given at Poli's November 5, 1909, by St. Cecilia's Church choir under the direction of Mr. Fulton, was a really commendable musical production. So were the performances by the Daughters of Isabella of "The Mocking Bird" in 1909, "The Geisha" in 1910 and "The Country Girl" in 1912.
The College Club, organized in 1912 by resident women graduates of uni- versities, has done some good work in amateur dramatics. Its best performance was "The Honeymoon," Arnold Bennett's comedy, given with the following in the cast: Miss Louise Holden, Mrs. F. A. Scott, Mrs. C. P. Rodenbach, Mrs. W. H. Pierce, Mrs. J. C. Bradley, Mrs. A. D. McIntosh, Miss Marguerite Jones, Miss Dorothy Hart.
The Crosby High School plays have always been happy affairs. In recent years the students have given "What Happened to Jones," "In Chancery," both at Poli's "The Bluffers" in 1914 at Jacques' "Liberty Hall" in 1915 and in 1916, at Temple Hall, "Shakespeare, a Mask," the very able work of Michael C. Donovan, now principal of the school.
The French Dramatic Club, an adjunct of St. Ann's Church, has given several excellent productions, notably a French version of "Friend Fritz."
There have also been excellent productions at Leavenworth Hall under the auspices of the Young Woman's Friendly League.
These are the principal amateur performances of the period. The editor is indebted to Thomas D. Freney for much of the material.
CHAPTER XXV
THE NEWSPAPERS
THE WATERBURY AMERICAN- ITS NEW BUILDING-TIIE EVENING DEMOCRAT AND ITS SUCCESS DUE TO THE WORK OF ITS FOUNDER, CORNELIUS MALONEY AND PRESENT EDITOR, VINCENT MALONEY- IN ITS NEW BUILDING THE REPUBLICAN SOLD BY THE AMERICAN-A SECOND SALE WITHIN A YEAR-RAPID GROWTH OF THE PAPER -IS MOVED INTO ITS OWN BUILDING-MODERN EQUIPMENT-POLICY APPROVED BY THE PUBLIC-INCORPORATED-PRESENT OFFICIALS-WEEKLIES AND MONTII- LIES, PAST AND PRESENT.
THIE WATERBURY AMERICAN
The first number of the Waterbury American, issued December 14, 1844, by Josiah Giles was the beginning of the town's newspaper history. In 1877, after a long and interesting history which is fully narrated in Doctor Anderson's History, the present owners of the paper secured control. Among its stock- holders were A. S. Chase, who became president, C. R. Baldwin, Charles F. Pope, Charles S. Treadway, H. S. Chase and C. F. Chapin. In 1878 C. F. Chapin became its editor. In 1889 C. R. Baldwin and in 1892 Charles S. Treadway retired from the directorate and in 1893 the following were the officers of the company : A. S. Chase, president, H. S. Chase, treasurer and manager, and C. F. Chapin, secretary and editor.
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