The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-17
 GREETING FOR
 MISS FLEMING Great Audience GreetS Summer
 Players in Girls FLOWERS COME IN SHOWERS Mir. Ince, MT. Daley, and MT. Williams Old FavOriteS in
 the Cast
FLOWERS COME IN SHOWERS

Flowers, applause and affectionate greeting were the portion of Miss Alice Fleming, last night, upon the oc- casion of her first appearance this season before Bridgeport audience. The favorite of past seasons, Miss Fleming's return was greeted by a large cOterie of her warmest admirers who had secured seats for the per formance of "GirIs'' as far as possi- ble ahead of the opening night so as to be sure and have them. Therefore the percentage of women in the house was even larger than usual, for Miss Fleming has always made her largest appeal to those of her own sex. prov ing that women are even more de- voted to femininity and temperament than the men are
 In the company that played Girls was John E. Ince, leading man last season. MT. Ince, who has a plea, sant personality, is also a favorite with Bridgeport people. And other popu- lar members of last seasons company were in the cast, notably J. Ham, mond Daley, that most faithful and intelligent actor, and Tommy Will Hams, whose irresponsible humor bub- bles over into the audience like selt- Ger from a bottle just uncorked.
 Girls is catchy thing. The play
 
 a tremendous run in the big cities. The first act needs to be very carefully done to avoid grOSSneSS, which does not exist in the spirit of the play.
 The curtain goes up on the "stu- dio'' in which three young women live alone. somewhat in poverty, but soemnly vowed to admit no men and never to marry. The business shows the little devices to which young wom- en in bachelor apartments, have to re- sort to make both ends meet. One young woman washes her gloves in the salad bowl. Another dries snowy handkerchief on the mirror, house. keeping devices that some of the wom- en in the audience seemed to recognize Bed time comes, and the girls pre- pare for the slumber they have earn ed, when a man rusheS through the door of their apartment.
 The man believes himself pursued by an aggrieved husband, who, never theless is in error, and one of, the most brilliant parts of the play ensueS, as the man hating women come slowly to be convinced that men are not so bad after all.
 The conversation is of the spiritual and invisible kind and is slow to man. fest itself in a material way, and the last to yield is Miss Pamela Gordon, the leading spirit in the cabal against the males. This difficult role is in- terpreted by Miss Fleming, who brought to it those rare gifts of in- terpretation of which she is the mis- tress. MT. Ince was ''the'' man of the play. Edgar Holt. andS his work was as interesting and as convincing as ever.
 Some sidelights are thrown upon the difficulties that beset working girls in the world of men, not all of whom are considerate. And somewhat ed- ucational to young women, so situat- ed. should be the lesson of the play.
 Thus Kate West, the frelance writ er part played by Miss Caroline Locke:
 "He put his arm around my waist
 Pamela Gordon: And did you let nim?''
 Kate West: And then he kissed me-"
 And what did you do.'' 'T said: Your proposal of marriage is accepted; And he stood for it .''