The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-11
PARK THEATRE

A new event in the annals of his
tory has just been put across by 'The
College Girls This is the first and
only organization that has ever dared
% brave the critic of the metropolis
and appear on Broadway for a sum-
mer run. 1t would take too much
space to use the language that was
bestowed upon the efforts Of this COM
the dean of New York critics. who
said: "At last Max Spiegel and the
Columbia Amusement Company have
dared to invade laid old Broadway
with burlesQue show, and to put 1t
mild they have put one across on the
majority Of the two dollar producers.
In the language of Napoleon. I went,
| saw and was conquered, and I am
real sorry am crowded for the lack
of space to give The College Girls a
welcome that is theirs for their inva-
sion of Broadway easTgJ
1.-THE College Girls come to the
Park Theatre for an engagement Of
three days. starting Monday matinee,
Feb. IS. George Scanlon. the Dennis
McFadden of 1.-THE College Girls" is
without doubt one of the best delin-
Gators of the Irish character on the
American stage. George knows how
to handle humor in an inoffensive
manner and at The same time not get
away from the character he portrays.
The New York press were very nice
THE College Girls" A good engage
ment is looked for at the Park and
the patrons would do we'll to get their
choice of seats early. Bargain Mat
inees will be given Monday and We'd
nesday in which the patrons of the
Park can secure a good seat on the
main floor for twenty-five cents.
$50
On Thursday and Friday. Feb. 18
ana Ia. Mr.. Henry Ellsworth. the noted
lecturer and, traveller. will present his
pictorial reproduction of "Oberam-
Play of 1910''. at the Park Theatre,
afternoons and evenings. in precisely
the same manner as presented repeat
edly al the New York Hippodrome.
There is perhaps 10 man in America
more familiar with his subject than
Mr.. Ellsworth. and certainly none is
as well equipped for public exhibi-
tons of that knowledge. For the past
eleven years. he has spent every sum-
mer at Oberamrhergau. and he knows
almost every man. woman and child
in the pre- ty little Bavarian village.
He has made a close study of the daily
lives of these simple mountain-folk
ana or their manner of producing the
World-famous Passion Play. During
the past summer. from May 3 until
Oct. 3. he witnessed twenty.four of
the fifty-nine performances of the sa-
cred drama. and was afforded excep-
tonal opportunities for collecting facts
and photographs of his subject. and
is enabled to give the best results of
both to his auditors. In Mr.. Ellis
worth's lectures. there is a strong APP
peal. not only to the religiouslv in
clined portion of the community but
also TO those interested in the cause
of educa ion and refinement, and to
those seeking entertainment of the
artistic and instructive kind. Mr..
Ellsworth will show a series of 900
correctly colored photographic views
illustrative of the home life of the vii
Layers. their daily avocations. and of
the chara cters they assume in their
Fassion Play. as well as numerous
striving scenes of the great scriptural
TRAGEDY. His Entertainments are en-
heHished with several numbers Of the
original Passion Play music rendered
by competent singers. church organ
and cathedral chimes