The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-21
PALMA" TO REMAIN
 ON BROADWAY

Kitty Gordon appear in the principal cities in Alma Where Do\You Liver
 with John McCloskey, the brilliant young American tenor: This action business at Joe Weber's Theatre. New
 York. which is exceeding even MT. Webers fondest hopes.
 Although Alma" has no chorus, it is nevertheless a musical piece and its tuneful airs are sung and whistled everywhere. The success of the Eng fish beauty in Alma has been as- sured since the opening performance when she was hailed as the most beautiful woman in musical comedy. Another member of the cast who has won a personal success is MT Me Closkey, who is said to possess the best tenor in this country outside of grand opera and his rendition of the songs in Alma" has done much to popularize them With the theatre-goers who have witnessed the performance. The clean comedy and spontaneous action of the play keeps one in good humor the entire evening. The cast is capable and we'll balanced, winning every possible laugh from the clever lines and situations of the book Alma is one of the four hits of the | season.
 Life pals upon "Pommery Bob'' l Vernon. With the aviation meet over, election decided. and no big prize | fight in sight the 300 pound sports man has been compelled to adopt un-
 usual measures for excitement. But | it gave even his closest friends a jolt 1 when he placed an order for bi- | plane with Maxim, the Detroit Man | ufacturer. "Pommery BOb'' has al- ways been deemed serious and sub | stantial, the very anth:tnesls or
 flighty. and no one knew that wniie | he was watching Johnstone, Curtis | and Grahame-White at Belmont Park, 1 an irresistible desire was developing | In his heart to rise up into the clouds ] and soar away as they were doing. | The desire was so secret ana well guarded, however, that not even his | nearest friends suspected it, for Yer | non knew he would have hard time | to convince his wife that a bfplane l was a safe thing to travel in. But | the more he argued with Mrs. Ver-
 non the more determined he became, and the other day when a salesman | met him in one of his haunts and | asked him in a doubtful way if he 1 wanted to buy an airship, Pommery | Bob" startled the salesman by say- l ing:
 | they?':
 l The salesman was greatly excited
 over it all and seemed so grateful to
 the big sportsman that Veernon in-
 quired the reason for it.
 | "Whv. SalQ ne, CQlS IS lu0 nISl plane I have sold and I have been on l the job for five months. I used to sell automobiles and this firm came along and offered me a big commits sion to sell the very latest thing in i conyeyances on the market, and feli
 for it. did not know what | was e 1 up against. When I went into an of- flee and asked 6 man if he wanted to | buy an airship this morning. most of
 them would say: Beat it; you're 1 Looney' I'm certainly glad l met you. What are you going to call lt?'
 "Pommery," said the genial agent,
 "she ought to fly high with that name"
 | Delivery of the name machine. l which will cost s1,6e0, is promised in a few weeks and the entire Forty-sec- ond Street Country Club will anAl- | ously watch Bob make start.
 When Christy Matthewson completes the vaudeville engagement upon l which he recently entered successfully with 'Chief'' Meyers he will be giv-
 en the opportunity of gratifying fur ther his great love for the game of l checkers. ..Matty'' is a clever check CT player. He even plays the game I wh le waiting to be called on to help the Giants out of tight places during
 the baseball season. His team mates
 are always being pestered by hlm to sit down for a game, but are no long
 CT inclined to feed "MattyS" desire,
 for several seasons ago the famous pitcher proved he was the champion checker player of the Giants.
 A movement is now on foot to nave Natthewson play an exhibition game
 when his vaudeville days are over TOT the season The difficulty facing the
 projectors of the plan has been that
 so many persons would want to see
 the great pitcher studying over his
 moves that it would be impossible to
 accommodate them all comfortably or
 arrange for more than comparative ; few to get good view of the board.
 It is believed. however. that way
 out Of this difficulty has been found. New York man has invented q
 board on which checkers may be play | ed out of doors. It is A feet square, and the game may be watched by
 about as many as formerly watched
 boxing contests under the old London
 prize ring rules or now go to the average lawn tennis match The checker board is of white duck, open ings in the squares not used in the
 game being cut out to allow the play l CTS to walk about while making their moves. The checks are red and blue papier mache men," in the center of each being a metal loop through
 which a. player inserts a cue and 1 makes his move. Its inventor. Felix
 WalIstein, of 1O5 East 26th St.. has given his consent to have the board l used in case "Matty'' accepts chal- | lenge to a match outdoor.