The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-14
1'BOOKS" is
PICTURE OF
YALE LIFE
Lively Sketch Written by Phil
Troup Much Appreciated by
Large House at Polls

Filled with the atmosphere of Uni
rersity life. as exemplified at Yale, In
fthe good, old town of New Haven, is
"Books". the sketch offered at Polls
last night. Well staged, and presented
by q very competent company BOOKS
repeated the hit 1t has made in other
cities, and was received by that quiet,
from a single section of the theatre.
but proceeds from all parts of the
house as the tribute of those who
know and understand a good thing.
The familiar college types are there,
the fusser, the father, the grind, the
athlete and of course, the girl, VINO IN
this case is Corinne, most attractive
person, who fills the eye and sings a
dainty song. The scene is laid in the
room of 1.-The Fusser," and shows a
college boys apartment. Nothing has
been left out and the setting is tri-
umph of its kind. The plot hinges on
a pair of twin errors, by which the
father is mistaken for a book agent
by the athlete and treated accordingly.
and the girl is mistaken for a certain
dancer, THE FREELY" more noted for
beauty of limb than of character. The
father is excellently played by VIII
liam r. Powell, who, quite accidental
ly of course. presents a striking replica
OF Former Governor Tom Waller. Rog-
err Barker Is the athlete, John Grey,
the grind and Roy Phillips. the fuss
er.
Books is from the pen of Phil
Troup, himself a Yale man, and a
Journalist we'll known to New England
newspapermen, as the editor of the
New Haven Union, founded by his
father, the late Alexander Troup. The
sketch is booked far ahead and is re-
garded by vaudeville experts as sure
of a long run and certain to be a
moneymaker. Mr.. Troup himself wit
messed the performance, last night,
with his brother, Alec Troup.
The first nighters found little to
complain Of in last nights bill Frank
. Milton and the belong Sisters ex-
tracted roars of laughter with their
! Twenty minutes at Alfalfa Junction y
Milton does a little stunt on a pocket
organ that is worth going a mile to
see. Ethel Whiteside presents turn
in which she is assisted by four jul
venile negroes, the cleverest Of which
Picks, is a real comedian. Corcoran
and Dixon do an ancient black face
i act, relieved by such dancing as sell
dom is seen. The dance is in the gro
| tesque style, but it is in class by
itself II doubt lowered over any act
lit was that in which 1.-The Four Mon
archs OF Melody" featured their own
songs only. The act resolves into
/ three pianos and a singer. The pianos
p gave pleasure 10 Iu0 Eul Tic
singer would have done better to fea-
ture the songs of someone else, and
would also have done better to take
some other model than Yvette, for hel
! line, when attempted by clumsy per-
sons becomes simply vulgar and re-
pulsive Yvette also has voice. In
short this act may be improved by the
elimination of one singer and the addi-
ton Of another piano.
Old favorites in Bridgeport are Mel
rose and Kennedy. Their turn is as
skfllful, as funny and as much appre-
ciated as ever. The fall from the tow
er Of tables is something that does no,
grow stale. Their friends sent up tC
the stage a large and costly floral
horseshoe as their act began.