Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-29
JACQUES VAUDEVILLE HOUSE.
Will be the Name of the Jacques
 Theater After Monday.


 No More Dramatic Performances Will
 Be Held in That Manager
 Poli of New Haven Will Have
 Charge of the Bookings and Will
 Run the Theater as He Conducts His
 Own in New Hayen-Two Perform
 ances Will Be Given Every Day
 Popular Prices Will Still Prevail.
 There have been many rumors float 1ng about during the past few weeks concerning proposed changes in the local theatrical field, but nothing tangi ble developed until to-day, when q gen tleman prominent in the management of the local theaters sannounceddennlte lv what had been decided upon. IL IS nothing less than the turning of the Jacques opera house into YaudeNllle fheater conducted on principles similar to those which have made Polls the ater in New Haven one Of the most successful houses of this class in Amer lea
 MT Poli. who until few weeks ago has not been seen much in Waterbury during the past two years, has been very frequent visitor of late, coming mp several times week and spending much time in consultation with NIT Jacdues and others connected with the local theaters. The reason of IL all was made clear today when his repre- sentative here stated that. beginning next Monday, vaudeville would De pre- sented at the Jacques regularly ana eA- clusively. This change of policy was agreed upon some months ago, preVl- Ous to Mir Polls trip to Europe last summer, but it has not been pOsSlDle until now to carry it into effect It was seen, during the regime of popu- lar price drama at the Jacques, that those attractions proved most popular which had vaudeville Specialties as feature. and it was concluded that the popular taste was ill line to accept straight vaudeville of the higher class, such as Mir Polls has been in the habit of providing at his New Haven theater. MT Jacques, too, as result Of hls sX- perience at Forest park. concluded that local sentiment would be very partial to vaudeville of the higher class. and he was very ready to coincide with MT POli ill the new plan to place Wa 1erbury in line with New Haven and other cities in having house devoted entirely and exclusively to the highest form of vaudeville at popular prices. And so the change is to be made.
 As announced by Mir Polls repreSen- fative. the policy is to be identically the same as that followed in his New Haven theater. Two performances will be given daily, afternoon at 2:3O and evening at S:15. and each performance will be from two and quarter to two and a half hours. Popular prices will prevaiI-10, 20 and 30 cents in the eyen- ing and 10 and 20 cents in the after nOOn-and ladies will be admitted to all parts of the house afternoons for 10 cents only. This, too. no matter how expensive the novelties and attractions offered. In New Haven Mir Poli has followed this plan ever since he began business there ten years ago, and to his liberality in offering such eXtraor- dinary inducements to the ladies he at tributes very largely his marvellous sue cess in that city. Seats will not be re- served, the policy of first come first served prevailing, as it does in all vaudeville houses; the sale will open, however, sufficiently early before each performance to enable persons who come early to secure desirable seats. New scenery is being painted, Scenic Artist Edward Van Der Mark of New York having been at work for the past
  1intS for which Polls theater in New Haven is noted. New electric refiec- tors have been placed in the stage and in the gallery to still further brighten the scenery and stage, and q grand piano will be located ill the orchestra pit. Only high class vaudeville will be offered. and during the season many of the acts which MT POli booked for American engagements while he was in Europe last summer will be played. In fact, the shows given here will be almost the identical ones given in Mir Polls New Haven theater, and no high CT recommendation of their merit can be given than that simple statement.
 Mir Poli will do all the booking for the Jacques under the new system, and he will be here on Mondays and sev- eral days of each week to attend to the running of the performances. This will leave MT Jacques free to give all his time to the booking of dramatic attractions at Polls, and as he will have a better chance to discriminate with only one house playing dramatic attractions. a better all around stand ard of legitimate shows may be looked for. All kinds of standard legitimate attractions will be booked at Polls, in- cluding occasionally the better class of popular price shows. such as At Piney Riddle" and .'The Heart of Maryland" and Mir Jacques will have more lati- tude to refuse fiimsy attractions than has been possible to him under the stress of booking for two dramatic houses
 The new policy at the Jacques will go into effect next Monday, and Mir Poli is now in New York arranging for the opening bill. This will be an nOunced as soon as MT Poli returns.