The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21
BLUSHES, WINKS, SEWERS,
 LAUGHS AND SBRIEKS s

While the Princess Theatre has not
 yet succeeded in becoming a Grand Guignol-1afgely because the English tongue and American prejudices won't permit of such a realization-its new bill of five one-act plays affords plen- ty of blushes. winks, shivers, laughs, shrieks, and other sensations and ex- pressions of emotion. '"rhe Neglect ed Lady is transported from Paris and the French of Max Maurey, the Grand Guignol dramatist, to an apart ment in the stupidest Bronx. The
 husband and wife who are the prin- cipa1 characters are theatrical folk, and they talk a great deal about this and that and. the other. The con- versation of the warning pair, who are afflicted with artistic temperaments
 and professional jealousy, as well as
 matrimony and BronxttiS, is mildly amusing. s'The Hard Man takes US to the desert, where the natives are in rebellion against British authority. They are led by a white man, for mer officer of g, British regiment, who is captured and brought before the general In the presence of the war correspondents, the general gives the
 renegade revolver, and the prisoner
 puts an end to his life. My son.
 says the general-which is hackneyed but, as played, grissly, thrilling and terrible Horror and thrills abound in "A Kiss in the Dark" at which
 the most blase must shudder, and the weak-nerved shriek. A handsome young man has been disfgured with vitrio1 by a jealous mistress. He has
 refused to aid in her prosecution, ana the girl, thinking he has forgiven
 goes to him They are alone. The woman shudders and draws away from the loathsone and revoIting ob- ject of her vengeance, but the victim
 grasps her in his arms, telling the girl that he will repay in kindLthat she shall suffer as he has suffered, and become as revolting to human eyes as he is. He carries out his threat, and then, when the girl is groveling with pain, he begs for a. kiss in the dark Quite different story is told in stThe Fountain'' An ancient ragpicker, unkenpt and un- clean, goes each morning to toss a bo- quet of flowers into a fountain. He explains to the gendarne that this sentimental action is a. tribute to the memory of a sweetheart Of his youth. The ragpicker had once, been a stu dent of the Latin Quarter, and his mis-
 tress was a model She posed for the sculptor who created the statue for the fountain, and, falling in love with him, deserted her former lover The officer leaves, the old man falls asleep and the marble figure on the fountain is transformed into a living woman. She tells him that if he will batfe in the fountain he will become again her youthful lover. Then comes re- vealing daylight, and the ragpicker
 awakens from his dream. There are three characters in stIt Can Be Done,' "a man, who halls from New York and who boasts that nobody cah get the better of him; a woman, whose honesty is questionable; and con-
 ductor on a train. The action is on the platform of an Observation ear, l which is very realistic. The woman has designs on the fat wallet of the
 male passenger, but for a time all her wiles are ineffective against the so- phistication of the New Yorker. Stif1 .'it can be done,'' and the wallet even tua11y comes into the possession of the I woman Holbrook Blinn, the Cali- fornia- born-actor. is easily the star of the Princess company, playing the New Yorker in sIt Can Be Done;,f Godinard in t'The Fountain;'' Gener- al Allison in ssThe Hard Man. and all exceedingly well.