The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-19
.CALBURN PLAYERS
 DO GOOD WORK IN ,''FAMlLY CUPBOARD''
Several New Faces Appear Tn Latest Play of Popular
 Stock Company

Full of dramatic e1imaxes and with plenty of hurnor to offset the heavier parts s'The Family Cupboard" was produced last night by the Calburn Stock company in their usual finished way The cast is much larger this week and introduced some new men- bers all of whom were welcomed heartily by the good sizes audience
 Lowell Sherman has the dominant part of the father which he plays with the skill for which he has now made a name for himself in Bridgeport. Miss Jackson as Kitty Claire, the chorus girl, does not appear until the middle of the second act but from that point proceeds to take a. most limp ortant part in the clever way. AL though this is but her third week here, Miss Jackson has already suc- ceeded in getting into the hearts of attendants 9of the stock company
 The part of the society loving mother is taken by Miss Emma De- Harding, her wise and clever friend, by Miss Violet Barney. Miss Beverly West, the dainty ingenue, is the daughter who is. about to be married to Tom Hardingt who is played by Fred Roland with his usual good work.
 l Edward Darney has another strong part this week as the son upon whom is, wrecked the vengeance which Kit ty holds toward the luther. MT. Darneys part is quite different this. week as instead of the usual manly part which he has played so much in this city he is the weak wi1Ied son of the wealthy man for whom the | Wickedness of the world has unfo1ded ! itself too rapidly.
 Nfohn, a new member of the cast, ap- \ pear several times as the parents of | a fine baby which is the only topic upon which they can talk to any one.
 Bernard Thornton has "a comic part
 as Dick LeRoy. He sings and dances I and uses slang to his hearts content
 and to the great amusement of the
 audience who clapped again and again his dance and song, Tt Was Not What He Said But the Way He 1 Said It.''s at last evenings perform l ance. Miss Elsie Laurson who is
 new to Bridgeport, played two parts equally well. She was the social sec
 retary to Mrs. Nelson and ins the sec ond act, the telephone girl; Frank
 Melrose, another new member was q also good as Potter, tue butler and
 valet, and in the second, act the jolly 1 co1ored porter of the hotel John T. Dwyer, also new, was ptionally
 realistic as Jim Garrity the former
 cab man.
 MT. Callahan, the manager of the company, announced that on Friday ! afternoon the mem bers of the com
 pany would hold a Rose Reception I for the attendants of the show. The I play for next week is to be 'HThe I World and His Wife, and the fol- I lowing week, a new play. which has Il never been given on any stage is to J be presented Mir Callahan refuses
 to divuIge the name of the new play
 until a later date.
 During the first intermission a new
 song, sTThe Road of Yesterday was Sung by Mrs. Clarence Mills. George
 B. Hawes of this city was the author of the song and Mrs Mills wrote the
 music. The piece will be sung at each performance this week. Judging
 from the reception which it received last evening at it's first presentation st to the public the song bids fair to be-
 come very popular.
 
 Nearly 100 members of the Washing ton Park M. E. church became charter
 members of the t'Get Together C1ub'' at a meeting held for that purpose
 under the. direction of Rev. Gerald H.
 Beard, last night. It is the Intention of the club to hold monthly meetings and foster civic improvements on the
 East Side These officers were elect led: President, Frederick Rhodes; sec lretary, George L. Eaton; treasurer, E. P. Curtis. The third Monday of every
 month was selected for meeting.
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