The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-31
SAM BERNARD AhD blG COMPANY SCORE HIT
 UNDER ELkS' AUSPICES
"He Came From Milwaukee Pleasing Musical Comedy Huge Audience Present

'It don't make a diff of bitterance'', mo matter what production Sam Ber- hard brings along with him. he is the same old Sam Bernard. and one of the greatest laug1-getters on the Ameri- can stage. True. in each new produc- tion he has some new antics and some new sayings. but it's the same old Bernard accent and the same Sam Bernard face that makes the hit. Last night a very large audience at the Park Theatre saw the original and
 only Sam in "He Came from Milwau- kee". musical comedy in two acts. The production was given under the auspices of the Bridgeport lodge of somely decorated for the occasion. Practically every seat in the entire house was taken and the audience was appreciative as well as large. The big audience greatly enjoyed the producl lion and roars of the heartiest whose sayings and doings were un- failingly funny. The big company in clu11ed a. very large chorus with a
 number of pretty girls. whose presence
 made a delightful background for the work of the principals. Altogether the performance was an enjoyable one and the audience testified to it's apprecia- | ton again and again.
 Sam Bernard only sang one song last evening although he was down on the program for two. His selection: Con sequences. was filled up with Bridge
 port hits. and the audience called for dozen encores. gss9 "Ie Came from Milwaukee, is about up to the average of the musical plays | that are now holding the boards. but it is nothing above the average. It l has two or three pretty tunes. a plot that is not too complicated, two good settings and a lot of girls.
 ], Of course the laugh producing was | confined mainly to Bernard. but there
 were some very pretty numbers by the particularly Adele Rowland. whose graceful and clever work was de- l light to watch. Among the other l principals in the cast. all of whom
 took their parts very well. were Grace
 Leigh. Winona Winter. Alice Gordon | Louis Harrison. George Anderson Charles Burrows and Martin Brown. Miss Leigh. who is plump and
 pretty. has the singing of two Bohew- 1, ian songs. each of which is a hit l largely through Miss Leigh's excellent 1 work. Martin Brown and Adele Row land appear in several very catchy duo | numbers. and MT. Brown also has some solos which stamp him as very graceful and clever dancer
 l Probably the most popular piece of
 
 'tLove Is Like Red, Red Rose which is sung very sweetly by Miss Winter.
 The plot of the play is sufficiently | threadbare. but it carries enough | Imaginable situations to make it par | donable Of course 1t all centeps about Sam Bernard. who. as Herman Won SchneI1envein, a rich brewer from | Milwa ukee. impersonates the Duke u1 | Zurach and gets into all sorts of com | plications with the revolutionary sub- | jects of that imaginary country. | Tn behalf of the Elks. huge baskets
 of flowers were presented to Sam Bef- nard, and to Grace Leigh, Adele Row land and Winona Winter. 1 After the performance the company was entertained at the Elks' home ir State street. The affair was con. | ducted under the direction of the en. I tertainment committee. composed of 6
 number of hustling members of the lodge.