The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-30
STAMFORD PRODIGY MEETS
 AN OVATION AT THE LYRIC
Irene Cro1ner of Know1ton Park, sew en Years of Age Recalled Unui
 She is Exhausted.
STAMFORD
(special to The Farmer.

(SpeciaI to The F.armer.)
 Stratford. Dec 30.-Stratford peo- n1e in the audience at the Lyric will be surprised to learn that the petite damsel who sings the butterfly song in the Little Princess and also dances so gracefully is Irene Cromer, daugh- of Knowlton Park. Irene IS seven years old and attends the Franklin school. She has developed a won derfu1 natural faculty for the dance and is regarded by her instructors as a prodigy. At the performance on Saturday afternoon she was recalled three times and the audience was only satisfied when it was learned that the child was exhausted from her efforts and could not appear again With the new caste at the Lyric little Miss and do fairy dances when they are called for by the text.
 The regular winter courses or lec- lures given by the management of the stratford library will begin this season on Jan. g when Prof. William Lyon Phelps will take as his subject "A Literary Pilgrimage in Great Britain Four lectures will be given as follows Jan. IT, Prof. Charles Rey- holds Brown on Days in Japan; Jan- 24, Prof. Wm. Lyon Phelps on Tray Russia, Italy. the Riviera; Jan. 31, Prof. Charles R. Brown, on Some Geological Phases of the San Fran cisco Earthquake''. Feb. T, Prof. w. l.. Phelps | so on Munich. European Thea tres Literary Conversations
 L. E. Peck whose enterprise has made the Stratford Times an assured success will soon begin the publ1ca- ton Of a newspaper in Fairfield and is negotiating for the plant owned by Alfred S. Perry which is now located in the Fairfield Hotel building. MT. Perry with his usual public spirit is encouraging the project and will do everything in his power to make it a success. MT. Peck will pursue the policy which has proved so SucceSSf LII here and will run clean local paper devoted to the interests of the town of Fairfield There has been a de- mand for years for some periodicals which would favor the town first. last and all the time and this MT. Peck may be depended upon to do.
 The watch whist to be given by the members of Oronoque lodge of Odd Fellows tom morrow night will be 9 novelty in the town. An unusually large number of valuable prizes have been gathered for the occasion a&d not the least of the attractions will be the refreshments which will be served. The reputation of this lodge for feeding it's guests is second to none in this section of country and the variety and abundance of it's spreads are we'll known.
 The members of the Outing club, an association of the most popular young men in the town will hold a New Years dance at the Auditorium tomorrow night The dancing will commence at o'clock and continue till the New Year is fttingly vel con1ed. The members of the club wish to assure the people of the town that there will be risque dances at the affair. The large hall offers advantages not possessed by any other place of assemblage and the dancers will enjoy the fine floor and large cannot be exce1led when dancing mu- sic is on the bill and the music will be augmented on this occasion.
 | Nate Osborne and .Kibby'' Wells agreed each to raise mustache. Both are blondes and both are car penters. Perhaps this accounts for the fact that the facial adornments have so far escaped detection. Nate recently failed in an effort to swap a five pound box of candy which he had won at Tuttle's drug store for a bottle of brown hair dye. <'Kibby'' has ask l ed his girl to attend the Outing club dance tomorrow night but has been dirty streak on his upper 1ip.'' Kibby is in bad and he must do something desperate or lose the wager which is years shaving at Louis Policy s shop. Policy offers a small discount on account of the small number and scattering situation of the individual hairs but will increase his charges as they grow larger and more plentiful. An attempt by 'fKibby'' to negotiate l a compromise failed disma11y and he is now facing the a1ternativ of pay ing up or see his best girl prance off to the ball with some other fellow.
 The Christmas exercises of the M. E. Sunday school took place last night and drew a large congregation A program of songs and recitatfons ap- propriate to the season were offered | and well received.
 A big Christmas tree was the fea- ture at the meeting of Housatonic Grange Saturday night. A literary program arranged by Miss Alice 1 Wakeley was well received by the large attendance The distribution of prizes caused much merriment. They consisted of about everything the re- l cipient was known to have no use for ] A feature of the Christmas cele- 1 bration of Okenuck tribe of Red Mer 1 this evening will be the Christmas | tree which will bear a present of some kind for every mem Der. After this part of the program the Indians vii enjoy a heap big feed
 1 The usual New Years reception will take place at the Library and every 1 one will be welcomed between the l hours of and 8:30 D. m. Arrange ments have been made to call fo1 | donations of eata bles if the library is 1 notified.
 The members of Housatonic grange | are to meet at the home of Capt l Chas. WakeIey, Sutton avenue on tht l evening of Dec. 31st, to plan the lee turer's program for the year.
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