The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-26
SMITHS.

After having enjoyed extensive runs Sn both Chicago and New York, Geo. M Cohan's greatest musical play. <sThe Talk of New York" in which Messrs- Cohan & Harris are starring Victor Moore, will play an engage ment. here this evening, and to-mor- rect from the Fremont Theatre, Bos- =ton- The play is said to be one of the best of the numerous Conan plays It will be recalled that MT. Moore's first success under the Conan & Harris ban ner was achieved in young MT. Co., hanss piece "Forty- Five Minutes from Broadway" In '-The Talk of New York" which is designed as kind of Burns,v Moore is made an accomplish ed race horse expert and has become wealthy plunger- The piece i, teams with Coha.n episode and song. and the of the young dramatist- Besides the big Conan chorus MT. Moore will be provided with the original cast.
 Dear old Mrs. Wiggs and her inter- estfng family. with her friends of the Cabbage Patch entertain Monday next. for the first time at popular prices. and with q special bargain matinee at 25 and 60c The familiar characters will all De there under the protection and care Of the plain but kindly Mrs. Wiggs, from her geographic offspring, Asia. Australia and Europena, to Low ". Mrs. Eichorn. Mrs Schultz Chris Haxy, Billy Wiggs and >an the rest. The character of Mrs. Wiggs has been made as interesting in the dramatiza- tion by Mrs. Flexner as Mrs. Rice made it in the book. The stage draw ing is apparently true to life, to use a well worn expression, and even if it does not completely correspond with by a reading of the book, it is sug- eestive enough to create the proper dramatic illusion.
 Tom Moorss. sssssisai sss ilssai sax St song. whose lines are writtep onT every heart, fell by the waysfde when he wrote that line in one of his poems, "Now hangs :ss mute on Tara's ara walls. as m if the aepd soul Through Tara's Halls still sings and the keynote of Irish life is struck in the comedy drama Rory of the Hills" which will be presented Tuesday and "Wednesday, with daily matinees. The play blends comedy and pathos and affords that talented young actor Der nard SDaly. every opportunity to dis play his dramatic ability.
 Charles Frohman will present Miss Hattie Williams in her latest and big xest success. Fluffy Ruffles." next Thursday, "F1uffy Ruffes'' is called a musical melanse," which means-to s5udge from the production itself-that 1t is just three hours Of rollicking. clean fun, catchy songs, lifting music novel dances, fascinating girls. wonderful costumes and all else that goes to make up wholesome and care-killing entertainment Fluffy Ruffles" is by John J. McNally, the famous author of the Rogers Bros successes, and is founded on the job-losing exploits of an attractive young woman. The sale of seats opens Monday morning.
 Signor Giuseppe Creatore, the fa- Inous bandmaster, will bring his great organization, one of the finest of its kind in this country, to this city next Friday. for one of the finest concerts which have ever been heard in Bridgeport Creatore has been heard here before. and has always left an inn pression behind that was to be proud Of His band is without doubt as fine an organization of it's kind as there is in existence, and his concerts have always been heard with exceed ing pleasure. The program prepared for next Friday afternoon and evening will be even greater than before, and he will have the assistance of Mime. Joanna Barilf, soprano soloist who has everywhere created an impression which was second only to that of Crea- ture himself. The matinee will be at special bargain prices and the evening performance will be within the reach of every purse