The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-06
PINAFORE BY CHORUS OF HIGH SCHOOL AN EVENT.
Performance at Redmen's Hall Attracts Large Audience and Receives Much
 Commentator
STAMFORD
Special to The Farmer


 Stratford, Dec s-The capacity of Redmen's hall was taxed last nightl at the presentation of the opera Pima fore by the chorus of the IIief scbool
 R. A. H. Clarke, supervisor Of rnusfc. in the local public schools directed ana 1t is due to his efforts that 20 cred1table performance was present. ga. Ine work of the chorus was par tlcularly conmendabIe The roIIfckfnz songs and cforuses of this time-hopor- ed and still popular production were re- markedly well done Prof Clarke has demonstrated that he has the faculty of training raw material and rounding The soloists were all trained sfugerH. Miss Ada Tuck, soprano; Miss Norma Webber, contralto; Robert Brandt, ten or and Frank J. Tiffany. baGs were each creditabIe in their aHsignmenfs. Miss Louise Dufour the accompaufat upon whom fell much of the work of producing the opera has been notice ably successful in her work. The fal- ent shown in this production has dem oIstrated that there is material 10 warrant the attempt at sometaing more ambitious
 The joint committee to whom tha town has entrusted the conatructfor ,5f the proposed Huntington road scdooi will meet tomorrow night at the town clerks office to pass on the revfsed Sammis the secretary of the comuff-+ tee has sent out notices to all tha members and full attendance is de- sired as this is the final meeting be- fore the, actual work Of construction begins.
 Next Wednesday afternoon bowling by ladies will be inaugurated at Pcr- ters Casino on Linden avenue On that afternoon the ladies will form al bowling club and the first games win ternoon in the future the alleys will be devoted to the ladies and their hug bands. The Casino is improving in ap- pearance every week as new decora- tfOnS are added. It is now one of the handsomest places of it's kind any where in this vicinity. No other town in Stratfordis class has anything like it. It is expected that the ladies Wflf take hold of the sport with enthusiasm as enough have already signfffed their intentions to make good sized club The exercise is excellent for women and it is regarded as desirable by the best medical authority.
 R. H. He1tzeI & Son, who operate the blacksmith shop on the Ferry road don't see any prospect of the eIimfns ton of the horse as a means of trans ,portation Their business shows that instead of decreasing the horse is be- ing used more every day. They make trade being content with the old standby, Dobbfn to furnish them busi-f ness and they are not disappointed MT. He1tze1 believes that the automO- bile has come to stay and that 1t has it's place in the world of commerce but that it will never entirely gupsrseds the horse. The animal will become more valuable even than it is now and, more care and 9 greater expense will attend It. Horses are not CdEe~G ACEN in this country with as much attention to detail as will be the case in the fu- ture.
 The Rambler basketball team has been steadily practicing and will open the season at the Auditorium next Thursday night with a game the team. for which is yet to be selected The seven players who constitute the club are all in fine shape and they proposel to maintain their proud position or leaders in this sport.
 Mrs. Ava Baker is suffering from the effects of a fall at her home cui King street last Saturday Mrs, Bak-i CT was slowly recovering from the op-i eration which was performed last fall at the Bridgeport hospital and is now confined to her bed again
 The Misses JTIdSou of North Main street will hold their annual sale oh fancy work and embroidery at their home tomorrow afternoon from ro S o'clock The wonderful creations or these ladies have attracted attention here for many years. The productions of years artistic work will be pre- sented for the inspection of the la dies of the town. These sales have been a feature in the artistic life of the town for a number of years
 big time is promised at the dance to be given at the auditorium tonight W hen Prof Shaw's classes will trip the light fantastic to the music of a Fun