The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-24
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PARK THEATRE

In .aThe Girl of The Golden West' Puccinis latest opera, which Henry w. Savage presents in English at the Park theatre Saturday matinee and evening there is no female chorus. The male element predominates but their voices in turn are dominated by Min- nie. Puccini has marvellously inter- indicates completely and forcefully the composers tendency to dramatize the word and to signify the soul by the plasticity of sound. The sale of seats opens tomorrow.
 Miss Elsie Janis who for three or four seasons was known as the wonder child of the American stage by req son of her marvellous mimetic ability as demonstrated in her limitations and characterizations of famous actors and actresses of Europe and America, has as comedienne and at the early age of twenty-one has also gained some slight fame as a dramatic author. Ev- erybody knows of the success iss Janis made under MT. Dillingham's management in 'sThe Hoyden" and later in George Ade's whimsical col. .lege comedy. "The Fair Co-Ed" Last season MT. Dillingham; secured for her vehicle which required a. consider able extension of her abilities, and talents along the lines of legitimate comedy, while it still offered her ann pie opportunity to display her match less gift of mimicry and her protean accomplishments as g. dancer and in terpreter of humorous songs. This new musical comedy, for it is musi-- cal comedy-in three acts-is entitled ''The Slim Princess and as the title will sufficiently indicate to most read CTS of light fiction the play is taken Ind novelette, dealing with the adventures of Turkish belle offhigh degree who found 1t impossible to accumulate sufficient avoirdupois to even enter the beauty class among the women of her native country where the cri- terion of feminine charm is measur- ed by redundancy of curves. The Princess Kalora simply couldn't get fat enough to please her "pa'' and her ina" and the many fastidious young gentlemen who might have been envi ous candidates for the honor of her hand in marriage. Taking MT. Ade's whimsical idea from the novelette, Mir. Henry Blossom, author of 'The Red Mil1'' and 'Mlle. Modiste'', wrote an excruciatingly funny libretto to which MT. Leslie Stuart, the composer of "Floradora" furnished a bewitching- 1y illustrative musical score. Miss Janis was never seen to such advan- 
 ran for nearly a year at MT. Dilling hams Globe Theatre, New York. From there 1t comes to Park next Monday night, Oct. 30. Miss Janis is support ed by MT. Joseph Cawthorn, one of the best sknown and most popular come. dians now before the public, who will again appear in his congenial char acter Herr Louis von Schloppenhauer. tutor of the Princess Kalora, and most Of the principals of last seasons notable cast. ''The Slim Princess" will be given here with every detail which gained such we'll deserved favor during the long season at the Globe Theatre. Besides MT. Cawthorn other we'll known principals in the cast are Miss Julia Frary, MT. Eugene Revere. MT. Hans Schumann-Heink, Miss Queenie vassar, MT. Sam Burbank, MT. Oscar Ragland. Miss May Fields, MT. Douglas Stephenson, Miss Ella Rock, and MT Albert Stuart The augmented orchestra will be under the capable direction of MT. W. A. Macquinn.
 Local theatre goers hear with at last give a presentation of The Spendthrift, by Porter Emerson Browne. The play. which comes to the Park Theatre, Nov. 1, for a mati- nee anu dH evening peTlOTIldHc0s deals with an extravagant pleasure loving wife who does not realize that by reason of her frivolity, her hus- band, who loves her in spite of her faults is on the verge of ruin. When she does understand the situation she foolishly borrows s20,O00 from a chance social acquaintance, a man whose character is decidedly spotted Her husband finding this out precipi- tates the strong climax in which the man is called to the wifes boudoIr at midnight to confront the enraged husband. From this point the plo, is worked out in that marvellous yet natural way which characterizes Por- ter Emerson Browns finished produc- tionS.