The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-12
At the New HnYen Thenter.

Shore Acres, the great play made famous by James A Herne. has won a place in the hearts of Americans that has been the envy of many playwrights and will be for some time to come. This famous production on what was given at the New Haven theater last evening to an audience which packed the large standing room only was the answer made by the box office man after 7:so o'clock.
 It is seldom that d larger audience has ever assembled in the playhouse, and. it is doubtful if ever d more satis- fled lot of people so reluctantly left the building at the conclusion of the last ac of a play than last night. The story of the play is too we'll known to demand further exploitation here that to say that it is one of great power and sterling worth, and brings with it much food for thought and re- f1ection. The moral of Shore Acres is one, which if needed will be source of
 
 The company is one of much exeel- fence, and it's work last night was thoroughly in keeping with the merits of the production. The scenes are laid in the rural districts near Bar Harbor, Me, and as the characters are taken. from that section of the country, there is much need for histrionic ability. This was found in goodly measure in all of the principals of the company The several children incidental to the play were exceptionally good.
 Shore Acres will be repeated at matinee this afternoon and night.
 NO Wedding Bells for Her. will be theattraction at the New Haven theater Friday and Saturday nights this week, win matinee Saturday. The title was suggested by an incident in the drama, in which a young, lovely and virtuous girl is drugged and dishonored by a villain, and late, on the day of the wedding, is discovered by the man Of her heart who misund derstands the case. It is not until the final denouement of the plot that all is lighted, The char acters are all more or less identified with the coal mining industry during the great coal strike, and the scenes include representation of one of the most famous collierles in the United States, near Wilkesbarre From it's very first presentation the play has been a marked and complete success
 The company is a large one, and is of well balanced excellence.
 Seat sale now open. Prices 15c. to 5Oc.
 New Haven theatergoers will have an opportunity next week of renewing ac- quaintance with. one of the most charm ing little actresses on the operatic stage -Elsie Janis, of the Fortune Teller company, which comes to Bunnells s New Haven theater Monday night for an engagement of one week. Not so many months ago she was in vaude- vile and was known as Little Elsie" |" In fact she is just old enough to es- cape the regulations of the Gerry soci- | ety in New York city. But despite her years she is a full-fedged star, and has special Autographs pictures of herself in the windows and on the billboards, and her name appears on the pro- gramme in the blackest type. But El- sic is more than a mere billboard and programme star. She is a star by right of superior talents. Little by little dur ing recent years she has risen to this distinction, and shrewd theatrical man. agers predict that in her Messrs. Mill ton and Sargent Aborn. the managers of "The Fortune Teller have sure winner. Her limitations of stage favor