The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-30

wholesome entertainments which has
 won favor She has spoken personally
 to the people but once through the
 press and then a Farmer representa-
 tive was successful in obtaining the
 interview Today she was in a more
 talkative mood than on the former oc-
 only indications that Messrs. Isham &
 Heaphy would succeed in their at
 tempt to give the people of Bridge
 port s'The Best Stock Productions, by etfle Best Stock Company that ever
 fingered in this city to delight theatre
 goers, who entertain notions peculiar
 ly their own-
 "I've been in Bridgeport Miss
 Cleveland opened a broa dside, flor one
 whole year-what wonderful change
 theatrically in that comparatively brief
 snace of time Just now I know
 Bridgeport has the best theatrical en- tertainment that any city of it's size can boast of. Competition in the the
 atrica1 line is keen, but competition is
 the life of the theatre. During the past year conditions have oft'times puzzled and tried us, but the steadfast loyalty of friends and those who nave attended our performances with almost religious regularity has proven very encouraging and given us the insp1ra-
 tion to put forth our best effort at all
 times.
 What proved wonderful source
 of help and inspiration to us was the
 communica tions we received from
 some 6,7OO of the regular patrons at
 the Lyric, offering suggestions of a
 most helpful nature. We solicit this
 information and advice, and the re-
 sponSe has shown us how interested
 the people really are in the effort we
 are making to please them, for I think
 it is the wish of the theatre managers,
 Messrs Isham and Heaphy, to make
 the Lyric theatre the peoples pleas
 ure place, where they may find rest
 from business and household worries in the diversions of clean, wholesome entertainment such as we have been trying to give.
 ''Yo1 may tell the people of Bridge port, through your excellent paper, | that I have learned to love them dur | ing the first short and busy year l have spent in their midst. From them the encoura cement, the inspiration to do creditable work has come flashing
 over the footlights. Tell them that
 I wish them all a most happy and prosperous New Year.
 "No, won't talk any further of my work-the exacting study-the l time spent in preparation. I think that is an open book to most theatre goers,' Miss Cleveland replied in an Swer- to a question: and then went on l My real concern has been in secur- ing suitable costumes" Then she con- fdently continued, Do you know have spent about $6,000 during my stay here on garments and hats, for which I entertain fond regrets, because nothing gives such assuranee to the | actor or actress as the Knowledge that | one is dressed for the role which one l is assuming 1 Then a dainty little hand was held I out for a shake, there was a fruf- fling of ruffles'' and the interviewed left the interviewer leaning against a left wing of the stage at the Lyric, hoping that he had got every solitary word it had dropped from the lips of Miss Cleveland and wishing that 1 he had the power to inoculate his arti- | cle with the ring of sincerity with which the words were spoken. But hold! Just the writer was 1eav- l ing the stage, the manager caught him | by the coattail, pulled him into d cor | ner, for little game of gab'' with Clifford Bruce, the new leading man. 1 Bruce is fine attractive fellow, with | lots of personality and the writer pre- diets that he will be wearing the 1au- | rel wreath before the week end. He ] has a strong, Rooeeveltian-Roose l well moduIated and pleasing. He has just closed an enga cement at the Har- | riS theatre Broadway, where he was seen in the leading role of Mere Man l and with his record of successes GOV | ering a period of some fifteen years 1 in stock and regular productions | should make a strong addition to the | Cleveland Stock aggregation.
 | Dr. Wm- sadler, author of "The | Cause and Cure of Colds" says that | common colds should be taken seri-
 ously, especially when they hang l pound is reliable household medi- 1 cine for coughs and colds, equally eff ] fective for children and grown per- 1 sons. Take it when you feel a cold | coming on. It will avert danger of | serious results and cure quickly No