The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-15
PRIMA DONNA AT SEA BREEZE WITH BAND TOMORROW PLANS OF AMUSEMENT RESORT FOR THE WEEK END
 THRONGS. Sousa's Band, to Be Featured Sousa's Bank, to Be Featured With Sacred Concerts-Other
 Attractions.

Miss Agnes Bayles, a soprano solo ist of rare ability, will sing at Sea Breeze Island tomorrow afternoon and evening with the Wheeler & Wilson band, at it's regular sacred concerts. singer. having scored heavily as a soloist with Sousa's ,band at the Hip- podrome during Sousa,s series of Sun day sacred concerts at the mammoth New York playhouse last winter. Her engagement as feature with the Wheeler & Wilson band will be await ed by many Bridgeport admirers who have enjoyed her efforts in New York city and elsewhere. {s
 Growing interest in the gradual transformation of the admirably sit- uated amusement resort needs only favorable weather conditions to at- tract big attendance throughoM the week. From day to day, changes are under way in all parts of the island, and while the improvement is already manifest, it is still in comparative in- fancy -,
 Tomorrow the fast Holyeke team will clash with the Bridgeport nine on Sea Breeze grounds The Holyoke team, now regarded as the best play ing team in the Connecticut league. is pushing Bridgeport hard for second place. Two weeks ago at Sea Breeze, the Holyoke team defeated. McCann's . men by sensational batting. Keen interest in the contests tomorrow will attract many to the island.
 The Casino theatre is particularly fortunate in having secured for the latter half of this week a superb al- legorical motion picture never before shown in New England, Dante's Paradise and Purgatpry.y This ias a fascinating reproduction through the agency of the electrosraph of the di-' vine comedy, and the beautiful poetry of the Italian author is conveyed through the animated pictures just as forcefully as in the written words of the poet. The film has been secured at great expense as special attrac- ton @
 day to cause many to take. advantage of the opening of the Sea Breeze bath ing pavilion for the season. The bathing season opened today some what in advance of the plans of the management, owing to the wishes of several large parties which had made arrangements for@soutings at the is- land today. The bath houses are .un- dergoing extensive changes, and with in a few days water sports such as floats, diving boards, rings, chutes and the dike are expected to be in read1- ness.
 Dancing in the Sea Breze ball room is more popular this year than ever before. The ball room has been placed in superior condition. Knab- lin's Novelty Orchestra, a Bridgeport organization. of itself -ts an attraction in the beautiful ball room. Excellent supervision of the ball room has att tracted the best patronage.
 Despite the backward season, the numerous concesionaries who have reached the island early are confident from the success that had attended their efforts thus far, that the island is destined for its most prosperous summer.
 Many novel and expensiveI attrac- tions have been booked for the sum- mer season, and with the preparation of the various structures about the is- land to receive them, they will be add ed to the present attractions to make the island a mecca for amusement lovers for miles around.