The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-16
E. Fl. DILLON & co.
HTHE FAUN'' MORAL PROVES INSTRUCTIVE AND AMUSING
But Faversham's Unpauted Legs Fur nish the Same Initial Shock as the F1rg Bicycle Gown, or the
 Original Bathing Suit.

Do you remember. dear reader. the tensations you had, you older ones, years ago, when you saw for the first time a woman in a. bicycle gown; (bloomers, you know) very short skirts and stockings, se especially the latter. How shocked you were. And perhaps you recall the first time you went to the seashore and saw them out in those modern bathing customs. Wasn't it awful? After a little while you got used to the change and the new costumes became as modest as any othor. Then you learned, If you were of reflective mind, that im- modesty Is not a matter of clothing, but a state of mind.
 To some such shock were theatre goers submitted last night. at the Park Theatre, when William Faver- sham. matinee idol, appeared as a clothes to speak of. not even tights. During the first act his garments con sisted of nothing but jaunty Ieo- bard skin, and an ensemble of mus cular limbs and torso. Was it im- modest, or provocative of emotions ladies and gentlemen. 1t was the old story over again. It was not. In Tact, gentlemen and ladies might go about garbed ala faun if the climate permitted and after day or two 1t would be just the same as rom two
 The Faun was not only not inn moral, but it carried a valuable moral lesson; was satire on that Sort of thing which reduces the family and increases overeating and the pomp and show ofawasted wealth.
 Also 1t exposed in a most amusing way some of the vanities of civiliza- ton, the trivial falsehoods of men and women, their pretenses, their lit tie deceits, their hatred of the truth about themselves and their idols.
 Tue part was wonderfu,.y hsz, E;.h well sn agility 3oth physical and mental, for the Faun. mind you, is creature of the forest, demi god, 8 thing of nature, vauiting, lofty, high tumb- ling, acrobatic creature.
 Yet must a half god have dignity. simplicity so one can see that MT. Faversham's task was not of the easiest.
 Aside from the lesson that The Faun strongly, though incidentally, carries the play is vehicle for such matchmaking. such love making in- deed as it is seldom the privilege of a theatre goer to witness.
 The efforts of ambitious mothers are set aside by the faun, in favor Of natures own method of eugenics. the mating of those who are strongly at ftracted to each other.
 And, to the faun, race suicide is not a thing to be overlooked.
 How many children have your" says this queer creature, to one of the women.
 .only one," says the faun, you might have had nine by this time and some of them would surely have been better than that poor creature" 1"
 What horrific thing to say!
 But the play worked out to a hap mated to the other proper persons, and the faun. diScarding the habil- ments of man returned again to the nature from which he sprang. A allegorical. too. with the lesson that the spiritual life of man is founded upon his body, and that good morals and poor health are incompatibles.
 MT. Faversham was excellently supported. H, Nye Chary gave a the nonchalant Lord Stonbury. Ar thur Elliott did a fine piece of work as Maurice Morris, the money lender.
 The part of Lady Alexandra, was excellently presented by the under study to Miss Julia Opp. Faversham's wife.
 Applause at the end of the last act was sustained and enthusiastic. The audience went home in an optimistic frame of mind. How many good shows we are getting this season, and so early too," said somebody This was a generally expressed sentiment It shows that everybody survived the shock of MT. Faversham's lack of pants. just as nobody has ever been reported deceased of heart failure by 8 sight of Harry Lauder in kilts This Is with apologies to MT. Faversham whose legs are poetry, while Mir Lauder's are merely comedy.