The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15

tre ;s a reality and. like all the en- deavors associated with his life, it is a huge success
 A twin to the desire for New York control one in Chicago. That, too, has been realized and the Geo. M. Cohan Grand Opera House is housing an Officer 666" Company and doing all the business that playhouse can hold.
 Geo. M. Conan deserves all the pop ularity that is his. He has earned it by hard work and conscientious deal ings with his fellow man. But at that you will find a few disgruntled people who declare that his success is not deserved-that his vogue is of the moment, but here is a little dope to paste in the lining of your new spring bonnet, Geo. M. Cohan's popularity will never wane for the simple reason that his ambition won't allow it. He has been catering to the amusement world since his teen years. At fif- teen he was a successful writer of short sketches, and at twenty-one had finished and produced his first regu- lar play, 'The Governors Son." Fol- lowing this came Running for Of flee. which in turn gave place. to Little Johnny Jones'. a musical melodrama that found instant favor and supplied the authors ambition for recognition exampled in a New York success.
 It is just eight years ago that ''Lit- tie Johnny Jones" was given it's first Gotham presentation, and the tongue of popular approval set a-wagging at that time is just as much in favor of Conan plays today as it was at the time Give My Regards to Broadway Set the world a-singing and made the name of Cohan a household word.
 When MT. Conan was a kid in Prov idence. R. T., he sold newspapers and street. Why? Ambition-looking forward, and. that is the dominant trait in young MT. Cohan's character. To do things, and in their consumma- tio1 succeed a. little more definitely than his fellows. If Geo. M. Conan had elected to be a bricklayer he would have been the best man who bition again. A stick-to-a-tive4es and concentration of energy that comments success in any walk of life is his. The possession of these att tributes have made the name of Co., han internationally celebrated, and it is in exercising these forces that MT. Conan will continue to make his in- f1uence no matter in what commun- ity or what line of human endeavor he elects to move or take interest, and that is why his popularity will live and the public continue to follow the Conan standard which has never yet sought to insult or sully the an- nals and traditions of the American stage upon which he was practically born.
 Geo. M. Cohan's career reads like a romance. He will not be 34 years until July next. yet he has written and produced twelve plays, acting in most of them; composed the music and lyrics of nearly 400 popular and sentimental songs. and supplied the vaudeville stage with innumerable short sketches. In fact. he has been an exceedingly busy young man whose ideas one would think exhausted. But the Conan resources are far from de- pleted. He will do bigger things in the way of playwriting in the future. But there is one thing he can't do forget a pal or refuse to listen to the call of a fellow man in distress.
 MT. Conan will appear in the Park Theatre in the production of "45 Min utes from Broadway tonight.