The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-16
"LUCK OF M'GREG0R"
 TO BE GIVEN UNDER
 AUSPICES OF s. 4. R.
MT. Vroom's Company Will Be Amplified By Use of Many Members of Local Military Organization

Announcement Is made of Q series l of Gale Military and Patriotic enter 1 tatnments to be given throughout the state in the early autumn under the auspices of the State Society Sons of the American Revolution in co-opera- | tion with the principal military or | ganizations '"The Luck of McGregor, " | stirring and picturesque military | drama. by Edward Vroon. laid in Co., loniel days. and depicting a charming | love-story in historic military setting, will be given aI spectacular production | with MT. Vroom and his carefully chos- en company of players. augmented by | the principal military organizations, | who will actively cooperate with MT. | Vroom in elaborately presenting the | historic military scenes.
 The chief military incidents in "The Luck Of McGregor'' are: the hazing | of British officer in the mesS-tent; | consequent duel; a military court
 martial: the historic capture of Stony | Point by General Anthony Wayne and
 his heroes; the evacuation of the Brit l ish troops from New York, and the | entrance into the city of General Wash | ington and his troops.
 Since the play was first produced
 MT. Vroom has greatly elaborated these military incidents. giving scope for stage. and thus. with historic accura- | cy, presenting an imposing background for the love-story and buoyant. char | acter1stic comedy of the drama. The complete Garden Theatre produc- | tion as seen in New York. will be car- | ried on this tour, and the addition to the Edward Vroom company of numer- | ous military men from our fine local | organizations versed in military tao | tics should insure a superb martial spirit and atmosphere to the historic scenes.
 Tt ,- tL. >< xI Society Sons of the American Revolu- ton to devote their share of the pro ] ceedS of these performances to carry | ing forward the noble patriotic project | begun by them at Compo Beach to mark with fitting memorials the var | ious spots made historic by our Rev | olutionary heroes in the repulsion of
 the British under General William | Tyron.
 1 The next step contemplated is the | placing of a monument at Ridgefield
 The Monument Committee appointed
 to carry on this work. is composed of
 MT. Henry c. Sherwood. Chairman | State President Lewts B. Curtis, Hon
 Morris B. Beardslev, General Edwin
 8. Greeley and MT. William A. Barnes.
 ''The Luck of McGregor" with its
 military background of the Colonial
 period, a fitting vehicle for the rais- | ing of funds for this patriotic cause,
 which should attract the keen inter | est of patriotic Connecticut quite as | much in itself as undoubtedly will the | elaborate presentation of the play. | The New Jersey Society Sons of the | American Revolution and the Wash l ington's Crossing Commission composed | of fifty of the most distinguished cit | iZens of New JC 'ppointed by Gov
 ernor Franklin Fort have also planned
 to present MT. Vroom in '"The Luck | of McGregor'' under their auspices | throughout New Jersey for the benefid
 of the Washington's sCrossing-Delaware Park Fund, project to properly mark
 and perpetuate the spot where Wash ington crossed the Delaware at the
 head of his little band of patriots and
 wrested victory from defeat at Tren- ton and Princeton.
 | An extended tour of 'AThe Luck o1
 McGregor" Is being arranged in other
 states under patriotic and military aus lpices, and cooperating with MT. Vroom
 officers. college professors, nlen prom | inent in military, art and social cir. cles, including over two-hundred Ma | tional and State leaders of the prin- | cipal patriotic and military organiza- tionS.
 This unique endorsement of MT. Vroon
 and ''The Luck of McGregor'' has al.
 ready created unusual interest, and il
 is safe to predict that interest and en. thuSiasm will grow in volume as fur ther announcements are made of the personnel of the local military to CO., | operate with the Connecticut S. A R
 in presenting MT. Vroom under thei1
 auspices in this state.