The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-14
GOSSTR.

The Girls From Marsh Croft" an animated play of Sweden, will open a three-day engagement at the Park on Sunday afternoon.
 Florence Bennett and her NTajes- ties arrived from Stamford this morning preparatory to opening their three day engagement at the Park this afternoon. The ETajestics played 10 a crowded house at the Stamford theatre in that city last night
 Anita Stewart seems to be Bridge ports favorite screen star. This week she is being featured in "Ciru- ous Wives at the Empire. Next week she will be starred in From Headquarters, a military photopIay, at the Plaza theater.
 Amusement Censor Pete Hall, for merly Q member of the Inspectors Staff. is already making hosts of friends among showmen and theater- gOers in Bridgeport.
 Real news for Bridgeporters: Francis x. Eastman and Beverly Bayne (Hrs. Francis x. Bushman) will soon invade vaudeville The B. F. Keith offices have made the couple an offer, which has been accepted. The contract provides that the two open on the PoIi time, which includes the PoIi and Plaza houses here.
 Edward P. Nueman, treasurer of the Showmen's League of America, who is well known in this city, and Mrs. Catherine Campbell. Grand Worthy Matron of Illinois Order of the Eastern Star, announce their en- gagement. The wedding will take place next Fall.
 I2iI1v- rro,- the Park theater here, is now direct ing the affairs of Spitz S5 Nathanson,s new Empire theater in Fall River. Canning, until three months ago. was advance man for Crifhth's Hearts of the World"
 George Primrose, the minstrel, ac- companied by his wife, is now on his way to New York. where he will re organize his company for a tour that will start at Stamford, Conn, and include Bridgeport, New Haven. and Hartford
 Max SpeigeI, who controls esThe Merry Rounders,' and ''SpeideTs Re vue'' on the columbia burlesque wheel which books attracG lions at the Park and the Grand theater in Hart ford, is negotiating for a theater in New Haven. If successful MT. Spei- gel proposes bringing burlesque to the Elm City. This city will take the place of Providence, which will be dropped from the circuit after this season.
 Another Greenwich Village produc- ton has heard the call of Broadway. First it was 'The Better Ole that moved from the village to Broadway and furnished that section with the sera4tes- financial success of the past three seasons. Now "Hobok ken1ia'' will leave the Greenwich Village thea ter and open an unlimited engage ment at the Broadway theater.
 The following company of players, managed by Charles Blaney, is book ed to open at some Bridgeport thea ter next summer. according to a New York report received today: Steven Forester, Jack Lorenz. MacMfllan Forester, Eugene Webber, Bishop Ware, Roderick Farrell, Timson, Dan ! NaIIoy, Jane DePew, Jane Seymour, Angela Snlythe, Hazel Corrird Mrs PelI Forester, Florence Coventry.
 The New York General Assembly is just now considering 9 bill 9 advocat- ing a New York Board of Censor ship.
 The arrest of Jack Pickford. broth CT of the famous Mary, in connection with the fraud investigation conduct ed by the Navy Office. was the big gest surprise of the year. Pickford's s version of the story has not yet l:een made known, although the Washing ton authorities have announced that it was bis confession that brough about the ''investigaton