The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-04
JACKSON'S
.srhe Clrcus Chap."

Felix & Caire, the youthful fnfta- rors, who are the special feature att fraction for the current engagement bf Robert NJ. Sperry's 18th annual have certainly made good in every re- epsot and live up to all the good khings that have been said in advance hbout them The receptions which kre accorded this popular team at kvery performance are a source Of hdr Sperry, who has gone to such a ' Ereat expense to bring them to , Bridgeport It is doubtful if any other vaudeville act has ever scored 7 ko pronounced a hit with local thea kre goers. and their engagement 2 bne. Felix & Caire together give limitations of the Rogers Bros. in ktsPanama"; Rock and Fulton in their } kreat speciality, 'The Boy1 Who Stut- ksred and the Girl Who Lisped," and kn original kid act, written and con- eeived by Seymour Felix; Miss Caire presents an impersonation of Miss Irene Franklin in her famous Red head number. and of Bessie Mccoy Is the "Yama-Yama' girl. Felix gives an excellent imitation of Rich ard Carle, in a "bit" from ''The Spring Harry Lauder, George M. Conan, and ptherA The speech, actions and man- nerisms of the percentages they tmi- Cate are perfect in every detail, and tn some instances even the original hrs f7attered. Aside from the excel- Hence of the play itself there are a humber of other pleasant features in s-The Circus Chap" which have no direct bearing upon the story. Doro- thy and Basal Drew introduce a pleasing song duet in the first act ! That is unusually clever, and Miss Elizabeth Steinmetz, one of Bridge ports most popular solotsts is heard 3n the latest song hit My Zulu Queen" with words by MT. Sperry and music by the we'll known local composer, George F'inklestone. There was a special souvenir matinee today In honor of Archie Boyd. and the at Tendance was very large. Tomorrow matinee will be Sherman matinee, in honor of the leading man, MT. Lowell Sherman. At the conclusion of the performance, the ladies will be re- ceived upon the stage by MT. Sher- man, and the entire company and each one will be presented with a handsome autograph photograph o1 MT. Sherman. Friday Sperry-Stein- bach day will be celebrated.
 The Travelling Salesman"
 The first act of '"The Travelling Salesman" which Henry B. Harris
 
 Monday evening for single per formance, represents the railroad depot of a small Middle West town, with the usual furnishings that go with this structure in a rural district. The model which MT. Forbes has talk en for this comedy Is said to really be from village in the western part of Indiana, to which MT. Forbes sourned during the writing of the play, and where he spent several days 1n the study of his subject. Not con- tent with merely a replica of this lit tie depot, the author opened negotia- lions with the railroad officials to buy the old benches with the high backs which for years had done duty in this little waiting room, and upon which the boys and girls of the village had carved their names side by side. The company which MT. Harris will send to this city is the original New York and Chicago one which added SC materially to the success of the plays metropolitan runs. and includes Frank J- Mcintyre, Gertrude Coghlan, Will liam Beach, Percival T. Moore, H. D Blakemore, Richard Ogden, Arthur Shaw, Nicholas Burnham, Morin Full Ter, R. c. Turner, Sarah McVicker Maude B. Sinclair, Frances Colder Fuller, Ike Lowenthal and others The box office opens tomorrow morn fng