The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-30


 VIII Supplant Popular Priced Plays,
 and Only the Leading Road Pro-
 ductions Will Be Booked-Thomas
 E. Shea, Eminent Tragedian, at
 Head of Vaudeville Bill Beginning
 Monday-One Dime to be the Nom-
 inal Charge of Admission.
 Commencing next Monday afternoon. and continuing thereafter indefinitely, Jackson's Theatre. In place of alter mating high prices and popular priced offerings. as has been the custom for seven seasons. Manager Jackson will inaugurate a season of high class vaudeville and motion pictures. which will be interrupted only by the advent of a high class attraction. which in his mind would be deserving of the patronage of local discriminating thea tre-soers.
 He completed arrangements yester- day with the Independent Booking Exchange. one Of the largest vaude- vile agencies In the world, outside the so-called vaudeville trust. who are in control of nearly one thousand of the leading vaudeville acts on the Amer ican stage. and who also book most of the high class European novelties, whereby they will have complete
  Manager Jackson's contract with lthem calls for only the, best. brightest and cleanest of vaudeville specialties. and will not tolerate any of the old and hackneyed acts which have been time and again paraded before the long suffering public. Srhese acts will be supplemented by three reels of abso- lutely new and up-to-date motion pie lures.
 The bill which has been selected for Al 4r.r1 of Friday and Saturday. when MT. Thomas E. Shea. the eminent traged- ian. will hold. the boards. and which in quality and quantity will be main tained throushout the season. will be headed by the famous European inn portation. Capretta & Co.,. in ''The Garden of Mystery. a novel and mys- tifying illusion which created a vert able furore in its triumphal tour of the continent. The remainder of the bill includes: Charbino Bros. in a sen- sational equilibristic speciality; Kraft & Myrtle have a neat and refined dancing speciality; Hawley Mills. two comedians who know how to be funny and who sing parodies in an original and unexcelled manner; and the Two Roses. billed as the magnetic musical girls. This entire entertain ment will be given for the ridiculousy low admission of ten cents to all parts of the house. It is only the tremen-
 
 that enables Manager Jackson to pre- sent this treat at this price.
 Three shows a day will be given. one In the afternoon and two in the even ing. The matinee performance will commence at 2:20 ap. m.. the evening at and s:30 D. m- respectively. Every effort to please the lad 'es and children will be made and the bills will be ab- solutely clean and moral.
 This change of policy will in no way affect the bookings of the high class for the balance of this sea- son. Some of those booked and con- tracted for are as follows: MT. Thomas F. Shea: The Harvest Moon. with the original New York cast and produc- ton; Adeline Genee in "The Silver Star''. direct from it's sensational run at the New Amsterdam: The Rays. ini King Casey; '-The Queen of the Moulin Rouge in It's original regalia and splendor: Maude Adams. in her greatest success. What Every Wo- man Knows: Henrietta Crosman. in a fascinating comedy Sham; Geo. P. Huntiey. in the musical hit Kitty Grey; Ethel Barrymore. in her new play. "M!d-ChaDner'; John Drew. in 'Inconstant George": J. E. Dodson, in "The House Next Door,; Miss Billie Burke. in Love Watches; '"The Dol lar Princess, the greatest success since '"The Merry Widow; Raymond Hitchcock in '"The Man Who Owns Broadway: Seven Days''. the great Astor Theatre comedy success; Honey Boy Evans Minstrels; "The Gentleman from Mississippi; and others of equal prominence which will be announced