The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-26
NEIL O'BRlEN AND
 MERRY MINISTRIES
 AT PARK THEATRE

Neil O'Brien and his ninStrels showed at the Park theatre last night, and the enthusiasm with which the efforts of the company were received demonstrated that the popularity of this distinctly American form of en- tertainment is far from being on the wane. The old time first part was pre- scented with costumes and scenery of black and white, after the futurist art craze. The chorus work of the com pany was excellent The voices of the singers, particularly an octette, which rendered most of the choruses, blended perfectly.
 { O'Brien himself was not, as much in evidence as his audience wished. He had two funny songs, Absolutely Mo-" and Sixty Gents an Hour,,' which he rendered in the first part. An afterpiece entitled .sDendon Rum portunity for the display of darkey impersonation which he has made fa- nous, but he did not appear in old time form and desp7te some funny sit nations and bright dialogue, there were moments when the piece Jagged and efforts at comedy were strained.
 Perhaps the part which the audi ence enjoyed the most was the rendi- tion of The Game of Hide and Seek,' by James Baradi, the tenor so- 1oist of the Company. Mir. Baradi was in fine voice and his bell like notes in the solo parts, won him a dozen encores to which he gracfously responded. Harry Van Fossen. the monolgist,, scored in the olto. Leslie Barry as inter1ocutor had a, fine stage presence, and he received much a.p- plause when he sang Why Must We Say Goodbye.''
 William Curran sang for the first 1-,cS+ night. He was well received and sings in his home town, Holyol<e. where the show plays tonight. A bass solo by David Morris was well rem dered.
 Pete Detzel, besides his song in, the first part, led eleven nin1ble footed lads a terpsichorean conception in the olio. Eddie Mazier,s songs and dances were as delightful as ever. There was a. funny afterpiece entitled She of the Movies,'' in which Major c. Nowak. a dwarf and the stage man ager of the company got 3, large share of the applause.
 Uncle Joe's Dream real old minstrel fantasy of song and dance, was the closing number. There were songs and dances of other days. What there was was good, but this part of the program was over all too soon to suit the 5audience~The company came I usual parade was not made until A O. clock. in. the afternoon, because of the failure of the parade costumes to arrive until a late hour.
 Auto Accident.
 An automobile driven by L. $. Burg, of Brookfeld Junction, and 9 team oc-l cupied by Frank Lawrence, at Dan-s bury were in collision, Saturday even ing The horse jumped upon the ras- diator and hood of the automobile and received a broken leg, and was later shot. The front of the machine was badly damaged. None of the occu- pants of the automobile or the wagon was injured. MT Burg claims that he was running on the right hand side of the road and that it was very dark. He says that the wagon displayed no light and that the first he knew of ths presence of the team was when the horse appeared directly in ef front of the machine. MT. I1awrence's version is that he Was on the right 5side.eof the road and that the automobile came across the street directly in his path and was travelling at 9. fast rate of speed.