The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-06

same genius for getting togetLer nov city and surprises that was notceable in his Little Johnny Jones', Miss Gordon plays the part of '.Plain Mary" a housemaid in the Castleton house. hold in New Rochelle, a New York suburb, just forty-five minutes from Broadway by rail, thus giving the piece it's title. Revolving about Mary in the development of the story are mercenary mother, a villainous stock broker. many minor characteis, and Kid Burns" a Broadway by who expresses much practical philosophy in entertaining slang. This r,le, the opposite to that played by Miss Cor dan, is acted by Scott Welch.
 A good close look at the inne, work
 ings of machine politics; how the wheels go round,' who starts 'en and who greases 'em-this is promised in George Broadhurst's new play, "The Man of the Hour," which cones to- morrow, Friday and Saturday, with a special Saturday matinee. MT. Broad hurst says he has not gone o the magazines and newspapers for second hand accounts of the men and the af- fairs his play depicts, but that he has taken people and events out d local
 
 the stage in a way that will le,ve lit tie doubt as to whom and what he is talking about behind the footlidts. In a word he will show in dramatf form a typical instance of machine 1olitics. The particular case of graft which makes the subject of the play S the putting through of a city counc. of bill giving perpetual. franchise to a street railway corporation. Tfe per int hn fOraorOI16 nf the action centering around this "deal' are a young mayor, whose com stent hor esty has made him the foe f the machine which elected him; shem- ing financier, a political boss yho is out for 'all there is in it," and n up- to-date representative of the city fath- CTS, who goes by the name of Alder- man Phelan. There is thra d of love interest running through thI play which concerns the upright mayf' and the niece of the financier. Foul acts are used in working out the story through some. stormy scenes.
 '"rhe Montana Limited'' one If the best western productions now En the road, will be the attraction th5 first three days of the coming week, with daily matinees. It is a. story c love, involving twin brothers. who oesem- Die 6dcn OIll0r LO SO great tACSV lIlaI one of them is arrested for the crime of train robbery of which the oher is guilty. This resern blance of the )roth- CTS is the keynote of the plot, and as a young woman figures therein story of deep heart interest is told. The scenic irvestiture of the drama said to be of the highest order of mert.
 The Boston Opera Company will come /next Thursday evening. The prima donna soprano of this orsniza- tion is Mme. Judith M. Francini, who is acknowledged to be one of the best grand operatic stars of the present time. Mme Francini is a native o1 Rome Italy, and studied at the Roya Academy of Music at St. Cecelia. Hel first appearance on the operatic stage was at the Comunale Theatre al Aquilla. Her success in the role o Santuzza in "Cavalleria Rusticana' was so great that the composer of thi. opera, Peitro Mascagni, insisted o1 her appearing in Rome, and himsel led the orchestra for the opera durins a season of six weeks.