The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-24
JACKSON'S
"A BROKEN IDoLr

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 The far reaching influence of a triv- ial incident Is aptly Illustrated in the life of Miss Louise Sheph2rd. prima donna of "A Broken Idoi", which comes to Jackson's tomorrow. Christ mas day, matinee and even ng. Not many years ago Miss Shephard was one of the dancing girls in "Isie Of Spice during it's run in Boston, and the musical director had not discov- cred any difference between the qual- ity Of her voice and that of the several other dancing girls in the product on One summer afternoon Mir. B. c. whit ney, the producer. and Gus Sohike. general stage director, stroiled Into the auditorium of the Fremont Theatre. They heard two voices singing you and r.. the duet from the play. and they recognized the mans voice as that of Flske OHara, who was play Ing Lieut.. Ketchall. with the attrac- ton, but the voice of the girl. which held them spelIbound. was new. The singers. were concealed back of some scenery of the stage and the manager and stage director tip-toed their way back and were more than surprised to find that the girl was Miss shephard. one of their cleverest dancers As dancing Is said to tend toward the deterioration of the voice she was taken out of the dancing chorus and at once given the understudy of the prima donna role The opportunity
  what she could do with the prime donna role on short notice. and she more than satisfied both management and audience. Then the ''Witched' song was written into the piece for her and from there she has risen rap- idly step by step until she Is now one of the most popular of the younger generation of light opera prfma donnas Although the sale of seats for both matinee and night has been very large there are a number of desirable seats for~both performs nces yet unsecured
 
 | "THE GIRL OF THE WEST"
 "The Girl of the West. one of the latest of Western melodramas. will b' given presentation at Jackson's Thea Ire next Monday. matinee and even Ing. by a. cast of supreme excellence headed by the dainty Western favor ite, Sadie Calhoun. The story of thu play Is decidedly interesting one iron some. clean and delightful fun in th' | four acts than usually found in an. similar play. It Is brimful of goot comedy, replete with strong dramati, situations and vili undoubtedly piov' a decided innovation There will b' TO increase in the regular scale of pop ular prices
 BORES THOMASHEFSKY.
 The management of Jackson's Thea Ire announces SpeClal eDEdEefDeuN IO one performance only of the Edwin A Relkin's Au-Star Yiddish Company al rect from the Thomashefsky's People Theatre. New York city They vii Ipresent for the first time in this cit, their latest and most successful pla, direct from Its long New York run '-The Lost Paradise. written by tn leminent Yiddish playwright. MT Leo Kobrin. next Tuesday evening. Seat can now be secured.
 | "ST ELMO"
 Emotion as gentle as the fitting c a shadow, and passion as tempestuou as the blue blood which flowed In tn veins of the cavalier during the ante bellum days in Dixie. mark ever scene and climax In est. Elmo". whic VII be the offering at Jackson's Thea , tre next "Wednesday. matinee and ev ening. The play is a dramatizatio ' by Willard Holcomb Of Augusta . . Evans Wilson's celebrated novel. Tn title role of 'St- Elmo is being play by Mfr. Robert Lowe. who is ably as , sisted by Miss Beatrice Wirth as tn heroine Edna Earl The sale of seat commences tomorrow morning at g.