The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-21
Gossip Of The Theatre==Coming Plays

riety field. They gained their renown-
 ca distinction through their black face
 act, and being real Southerners, oft
 times fooled their audiences into be-
 ilevlng them to be ''onery niggers'
 by their startling realistic darky pro-
 nunciation, diction, action and general
 department. Like the majority of Ken
 tuckians, these boys are both built on
 the tall, angular rawboned style, ef-
 fervescent with pleasing personality
 and geniality and that is how they
 same to be called the Blue Grass
 Boys
 THE GIRL AND THE TRAMP"
 ''The Girl and The Tramp will be
 the attraction at the Park theatre,
 tonight. In this attraction is found
 the very latest of comedy dramas,
 with a strong true story taken from
 life. his production under the direc- tion of the Carlos Inskeep Attractions
 is complete in detail carrying every
 thing required from a. stage screw to a practical automobile of the newest design
 The Park Theatre on Monday night will present to Bridgeport theatregoers Miss Marie Dressler in her musical comedy novelty 'tTillies Nightmare" prepared especially for her by Edgar Smith and A. Baldwin Sloane and mounted in most sumptuous manner by Lew Fields, under whose direction Miss Dressler is appearing. "Ttllie's Nightmare" comes here with a repu- tation for being a terrific laugh mak- CT and it is said that Miss Dressler has the very best role in which she has ever been seen. As a comedienne Miss ,Dressler has no equal in this country and her abilities to make one laugh are so we'll known that to say she makes the audience howl with de. light is almost superfluous. "Ti1lie's Nightmare is the story of a pleasant dream-not an unpleasant One-as the titleA might suggest. Miss DreSsler appears in the role of Tillie Blobbs, whose mother runs the country board ing house. She is to have a night off when her mother makes her stay home and help her put up pickles. Tillie worn out and weary, falls asleep and her dreams of luxury and Splen- dor in New York and Paris form the plot and give rise to the many funny situations in which the play abounds. The end finds Tillie just waking up from her dream and her mother call- ing her to her duties in the kitchen. a company of most excellent merit such favorites as Eleanor Kent, Ethel Nellie De Grasse, May Lottie Uart, Alletta Bridge fort, Horace Newman, John Mayor, George German, John B. German, Jack Hallahan, Jack Kennedy, Jr., Frank Smiley, Gordon and Harper and Lew Fields Dancing Girls.
 Mutt and Jeff" as dramatized from the character drawings of "Bud'' Fish CT which was announced as the at traction at the Park Theatre next Tuesday and Wednesday will not be seen here until the first of November. This popular attraction has proved a sensation on the road and the call of New York could not be refused and so Bridgeport will have to wait un- til after New York sees it.
 No production of grand opera ever given in the English language has ever been given on so lavish a scale as that on which Henry W. Savage Intends presenting Puccini's ''The Girl ,f the Golden West" An orchestra of fifty musicians will be carried by the and there will be three se- 3arate casts of principals for alternat- ng on different nights A special rain of eight cars will transport the entire production and the tour will cover over 10000 miles during the season.