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Show Teople and T Events ""Death of "JacK" Ha-Oerly. The death of John H. Haverly, known all over the country as -"Jack" Haverly, nowhere caused more sincert regret than in theatrical circles generally. gen-erally. Mr. Haverly and his "Masto-(on "Masto-(on Minstrels" always save retained a warm place in the recollections of playgoers. play-goers. The "Fortr Count 'Em For- ty" troupe with trfcieh Mr. Haverly carried a wave of wholesome laughter across the continent twenty-odd years ago marited the high tide of American stage minstrelsy. It also marked thq acme of Mr. Haverly's Jari&g and successful suc-cessful career as a the,'rical manager. Though he was at one lime the ownei of six theaters and thirteen road companies, com-panies, his activities always centered more or less in Chicago, where he made one of his first succewes by leas- ing the old Adelphi theater In the '70s. By the time he had built the Haverly theater in 18S0, he was in the flood-tide of his prosperity and was able to make bis theater virtually the home of American Amer-ican minstrelsy. He always wvs noted for the daring nature of his vsjoture. JOHN H. HAVERLY. fet as a rule his enterprises were eu cessful so long as he remained in the theatrical business. In other fields t often lost heavily. Times have changed and the negro minstrels have been su perseded by the vaudeville, yet the effects ef-fects of Mr. Haverly's influence on the lighter phases of American theatrical life still are apparent at the present lime. Almost every leading manager In the stage world of today received a part of his early training under Havei-ly, Havei-ly, person a-lly- -wss-aj -ueligMia. -"companion, honest, straightforward and full of contagious enthusiasm. |