The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-28
.srHE CRINoLNE GIRL.

s'The CrinoIine Girl" with Julian Eltinge, is Ca comedy with songs,
 by Otto Hauerbach. with lyrics by J IL Han Eltfnge and music by Percy Wen rich, with Julian Eltinge playing Tom Hale and singing three songs by J u- Han E1tinge, produced at the Knick- erbocker Theatre by a company head ed by and chiefly composed of Ju-| Han Eltinge. MT. Eltinge is chiefly famous as a female impersonator, but it is said that the greatest ambition of his life is to escape from the skirts and prove to critical audiences that he can wear pants and still be funny. If this be his desire, he is going about it's accoTnp np1ishment with due and com m mendable caution, for in sThe Crino- line GirP' he impersonates a man who impersonates a woman. This is a step toward the goal and most admirers of MT Eltinge will hope that it is as far as he will go.
 A hotel in Switzerland is the scene of the action. MT. Eltinge plays the role of Tom Hale, a reckless young American who has the reputation Of
 being a spendthrift Dorothy Ain sley is violently in love with the dash. ing. naughty Tom, but her pepper ob- jects to Tom's lack of knowledge Of the value of money. However, he an- nounces that he will consent to the aI-
 liance, and say Bless you, my chil- dren,. if Tom will prove his ability to
  of need by earning $10, 900 by his own exertions- Of course, Noah wI1iled away the time in the ark by writing a play hinging such a plot and if all the dramas, novels and stories bas- ed on the Missouri attitude of male parents toward the earning zcapa city of young men were placed end to end they would gfrdie the globe 4S7 times And in not one single, solitary instance hasa hero of such a. tale ever failed Iv oIine Girl,'' is no execution There have been many jewel robberies at the
 hotel, and a. reward of $25, ,OOO is offer ed for the detection of the thieves Tom decides to annex that reward and so win a wife as well as a little spending money Among the guests
 at the hotel is Lord Robert Bronleigh an English nobleman, and his sister. The pair attend masked balls, the sis ter wearing crinoline skirt, and there. with the. assistance of butler who doesn't buttle and a detective who doesn't detect, they relieve other guests of their jewels. The jewels were secreted In the voIuminous folds 1 of the crinoline skirt. Hale suspects his Iudshfp of being the jewel rob ber The sister of the lord is drug ged, and Tom wears the crfnoline skirt and by this means exposes the crimin- als- Having proved his earning ca pacity and acquired a professionalism there are always hotels which offer juicy rewards for the. apprehension Of English lords engaged in Jewel rob- bery-Tom is in a fair way to become
 a benedict when the curtain goes down.
 l Not the least pleasing feature of the
 New York theatrical season has been the engagement Of Margaret Anglin in Shakespearean repertoire. The fair 1 Canadian actress will soon celebrate
 her thirty-eighth birthday, but no hint
 or trace of age marks her assumption of the roles of Shakespeare's lovely I women. As the heavenly RosaIind,. l in As You Like It,, Miss AngIin was l superb, ref1ecting and expressing the
 buoyant spirit Of youth and love.
 William Hurlburt's newest play is
 entitled The Man Who Would Live, ''
 and will soon open in New York l George Randolph Chester, the crea- 1 tor of Wa1lingford, and his wife, LiI- 1ian Chester. have coIIaborated in 2. 1 four-act comedy entitled "Cordelial 1 Blossom The play is based on the series of magazine stories by MT. Ches- l ter in which the social diplomat, Cor della Blossom. figured as heroine. The