The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-06
E. HI. DILLON & CO.
THE THEATRES
SMITHS

Pictures and songs, the very finest and latest that it is possible to secure,
 will be provided for this evening. and for tomorrow and Thursday. after nooons from 1:30 to 5. and z to 10:30
 You cannot find this form of enter
 tainment so we'll provided anywhere else in the city; here you have a great big theatre comfortably seated and
 so that you do not suffer any of that
 distressing eye strain; you can drop in at any time, sit just where you please and stay as long as you like. The pic lures are always the latest and best, the songs are always pleasing, and for the insignificant sum charged, you can find a. fund of amusement which is not possible anywhere else. Four are provided, with subjects which will always interesta two of the latest pop ular songs, handsomely illustrated and well rendered, are heard at each per- that everyone can well afford to spend it for an afternoons or an evenings pleasure. If you want to enjoy the pictures, go to Smiths: if you like to hear popular songs, finely illustrated and well sung. go to Smiths. It Is the only place in the city where you can really enjoy yourself with this form of amusement, and the big ele- gant pictures which you will witness are well worth seeing.
 One of the prettiest and truest-to-
 nature stage pictures ever created IS the cotton picking scene in the ever popular production of Stetsons Uncie Friday and Saturday, with daily mat fnees, and at popular prices. It IS a true fac-simile of an ideal home on the Red River; the setting navins peen cen photographs. secured by Manager Leon Washburn MT. Washburn is most exacting. even in the most min- or details of a production. Where an with papier mache plants. Manager Washburn must have the real article. He engaged the services Of a chemist who finally produced a shenac py the use of which the cotton plant may be preserved in it's natural state indehn- itely. The several hundred plants used in the Stetson production are exactly as they were when removed rom a Louisiana plantation in the height or the cotton picking season.
 Max Rogers, the little fellow or the Rogers Brothers, supported by Joe Kane. late star of "The BelIe or New York; and other New York Casino sue cesses, who plays the opposite role, and the original New York company, in his latest musical play "In Panama Will be the attraction Easter Monday even ing, the seat sale opening Thursday Few musical attractions in recent years have made a. better i'm pression upon theatregoers than Max Rogers in ''In Panama
 Miss Ethel Barrymore appears Tues day evening in her greatest success Lady Frederick" the conc edy in three acts by w. Somerset Vaughan In which She has been appearing for the son Theatre in New York. In the new play Miss Barrymore has scored the biggest hit of her career; MT: Mauen, Maj h. am in Lady Frederick" has told an interesting story and has furnished a character that suits Ths scenes of the three acts are laid at Monte Carlo: Lady Frederick an is an attractive Irish widow neither young nor old. hopelessly in debt, but with small army of suitors: Charles ohIa Fron. man has supplied a notable company for Miss Barrymore's support. 1t in cludes Bruce McRae. Norman 1s1Iiot1 Iharp, Gr lando Daily, Vira Stowe, Anita Rothe and others The production is made upon an artistic scale. Seat sale opens Friday morning,