The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-01

THE THEATRES
SMITHS.

Charles Frohman will present Miss
 Hattie Williams in her latest and big
 evening. Fluffy Ruffles" is called a
 musical melange.'' which means-to
 judge from the production itself-that it is just three hours of rollicking,
 clean fun. catchy songs, Hitting music, novel dances. fascinating girls. won
 derfu1 costumes and all else that goes
 to make up a wholesome and care
 killing entertainment. Fluffy Ruff
 fies'' is by John J. McNally.the famous author Of the Rogers successes and is founded on the job-losing exploits of
 an attractive. young woman. This stage creation Is fortunate in having
 for its interpreter so clever a com edIenne as Miss Williams. who will be ''The Little Cherub." There are nearly
 a score of song hits. chief among
 which are: Won't You Harmcnize Now" .:sane is suffragette," Look at You.' ssExolution," "I Wonder Why and ''Get Your Partners for the Barn Dance"
 The attraction tomorrow afternoon and night is Creatore and his band, one of the greatest musical organ za- ttons now before the concert public In presenting Creatore to the music loving audiences in various cities, it is with the utmost confidence that he will fully maintain the reputation he now enjoys on both side of the Allan tic, as the foremost artist Of the day in his line. Seldom enough in any city are music lovers privileged to listen to instrumental music of such peculiar charm and interest as that heard at the Creatore concerts. Everyone ad- and careful students of music in every large American city and in many places in Europe have admitted the educational value of listening to and studying Creatore in his masterly 1n- depreciation and striking performances of the srandest works of the music masters. Creatore's tours during the past nine years have included every city of importance in America ana Canada, and in March and April, 1906 England was visited, long series or concerts in Queens Hall, London, be- ing followed by a tour which included the principal provincial towns. Eng fish audiences appreciated Creatore, and were greatly impressed by the playing of the band. which was de- clared to be of the highest merit or any American or European band heard in London.
 Moving pictures are now recognized as one of the finest, most agreeapie forms of entertainment. given at the lowest possible minimum of cost. Many of the leading theatres of the entire country are given up entirely to thls class of amusement, and cnuntlesS thousands of dollars are expended ev- ery week upon the further develop ment and production of the pictures, in order to meet the pressing condl- tions for new topics and new ideas Many fine pictures are shown In this city, but there are none to compare with those which are occasionally dis played at this theatre. nor is any where the same exceptional amount or quality of entertainment provided TOT as little money as here. These pc lures. together with two of the latest iIlustrated songs, we'll rendered. will again hold the attention of the public Saturday of this week. from 1:30 to } in the faternoon, and from to lo:tO in the evening. A bill of exceptional excellence will be provided, with pie lures which have never before been sen in Bridgeport. It is form or which no one may desp1se, or look upon as cheap" Certainly it is cheap in price. but in quality, it is far superior to many of the dramatic c or musical entertainments of the present day.
 Probably no field of endeavor pos sesses such an allurement as p'aywr1t- ing. The initiated would be amazed at the number of people who are try ing to write for the stage Very few indeed, succeed, but the large chance of failure does not seem to lessen the and small wonder when one considers the reward for success. Eugene Walter wrote ''Sergeant James, | what could be called a hit. Then came Paid In Full" which is to be seen nere Monday evening. and which is the greatest dramatic success in the la st fifteen years. Seats are now sell- ng.