The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-02-22

BE RosIEsT ROSE IN TOWN.

Rose Sydell the queen Of buries-
qua. and her London Bellies, more
beautiful and entertaining than ever.
grace our city again. Miss Sydell In
costumes that fairly dazzle. surround-
ed by a bevy Of pretty girls, VIII pc
Thursday. Friday and Saturday. New
er for q moment does the plot OF this
tuneful extravaganza lose the grip
and pulse of the audience. Johnny
Weber and VIM. s. Campbell did all
that two comedians could do to pro-
Yoke Laughter without going over the
boundary line Of refinement and
cleanliness. Here Is a performance mt
for any lady, and one Is surprised at
the standard of the costumes, sing
ing, comedy and beautiful effects up
held by this company. Number at
ter number, rendered by capable
chorus, dressed beyond the dreams
Of fashion Every type of song from
the philosophy to the tingly ensem-
bles-
Iy. is on an equal plane with the
best of musical comedies that play
our higher priced houses. Never be-
fore have / seen prettier girls, more
handsome costumes or heard better
music
One Of the most powerful melo-
dramas ever written is called
Caught in Mid-ocean" and deals
with the famous Crfppen murder
case which only q few months ago
electrified the world. This play which
will be seen at the Park Theatre,
wednesday matinee and evening de-
Dicts the notorious physician enticins
away from her home Ethel Nevine,
beautiful country cir, in n,, love with With
finds the city doctor a novelty and
likes his ways She longs for city
life. By trick the willy doctor
makes her believe that Howard Cor
nish Is untrue to her and finally lures
the girl to London His wife, Belle
Elmore Is meanwhile being slowly
sickened by poison her husband is ad-
ninistering. She discovers this too
late and warns Ethel whosis installed
IN the Doctors house as his stenogr
Gilmore DR.. Crippen refuses to allow
Ethel to depart, frightening her by
ceiling her that she is liable to be i'm
plicated in the murder and that the
Scotland Yard men are on the track.
They escape on board a liner dis
guised as an old man and his son.
Howard Cornish who is working on
the same vessel as a wireless operator
discovers them and notifies Scotland
Yard AT the dock in Canada they
and convicted and the girl is release
: ed and restored to Cornish.
Miss Billie Burke comes to the
Park Theatre on Monday evening.
Febrtlry 81, in Suzanne" This is
the c,tnedy adapted from the French
in wh;ch Miss Burke scored SO not
able a success at the Lyceum Theatre
! in New York at Christmas and which
she has been playing there ever since.
of the play in English. In French
under the title of lie Marriage de
Mile. Beulemans," 1t has scored hits
in Brussels and Paris and IT has been
presented, too, in German at Vienna
and at other cities. It is said to be
Belgium, by Belgian authors, about
Belgian people and customs. Its au-
thors. Frantz Fonson and Fernand
Wicheler, are both well-known writ
the picture they have given of GER
tain phases of life in the Belgian cap
ttal is said to be exact in every de-
tail. The English adaptor, c. Had
don Chambers. author of Captain
Swift" THE Tyranny of Tears" and
other well-known plays, has adher-
ed closely to the original text and
consequently Americans will have an
opportunity of learning some new
and entertaining afcts about the ways
and morals of the nation over which
the famous Leopold reigned so long.
In his latest Offering, 1.-The Stran-
GER" under the direction of L. S.
Sire, Wilton Lackaye enacts the part
of a young prince of finance who has
left the little Southern town of DAN
Vile years before as nameless waif.
He decides to revisit the place and
TO, If possible, fathom who his pa
rents really were. Once there he is
involuntarily drawn into a local bat
tie for the franchise. of a new trac-
ton line In opposition to the time
honored rapid transit mule system
Also he falls in love with the beau
tiful daughter of the blue blooded
Warringtons and she returns his af-
lection. Aside from the intensely
dramatic episodes there is much
bright comedy and many scintillata-
ing epigrams. Mr.. Lackaye as ever
is the case has a splendid supporting
company. including Muriel Starr. Ed
M Conroy, Harriet Brent, Harry o.
Stubs, N. 8. Northrup, Osborne
Searle. E. W. Kimball. Charles Rie-
gel. Louis Thomas and Frank Bur-
beck. Mr.. Lackaye will play a re-
turn engagement by special request
Tuesday evening, Feb. % at the Park
Theatre.