The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-14
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COMING TO POLI'S
Irene Franklin and Lucy Wes- ton in a Coincidence Con-
 test---A Great Bill
 v Offered.

A comedienne contest for popula favor and a voting of ballots by th, audience will be features of the Pol bill next week, Irene Franklin. thE American Queen of Vaudeville and Lucy Weston, the English comedienne who has scored so tremendously iI New York city will contest for popug lar favor on the Poli bill.
 Irene Franklin the brilliant younl American comedienne who contested Eva Tanguay, Alice Lloyd, Cecilia Lof tus and other noted stars in a recenI contest in New York, will be on tn Poll bill week of November 16. It i more than probable that Miss Frank lin Is making her only vaudeville tou this season, as she is to be stare under big New York management next year, or, failing that, will in anl event be kept on Broadway, where shi has become such a popular favoritI The enterprise of MT Poli in bringins Miss Franklin at this time will un doubtedly be awarded by large an overfowing houses all next week, as deservedly should be,
 Miss Franklin has been attractlnl widespread public attention in ani about New York by her effective rem derlng of comic songs written by hes self when the plan was conceived entering her in q competition for popl larity with the other famous comed' ennes who were then the reigning se1S sations in New York N
 Queen of Vaudeville" l The contest ran through an entif week, and when the votes were coun ed on Saturday night 1t was found thl Miss Franklin had won over her nea est competitor, Eva Tanguay by near, 1000 votes. winning the proud title w ! "The Queen of Vaudeville"
 She has singularly sweet singig voice, too, which, though not of vel 1 great volume, has a texture that lent itself to the most effective rendering comic opera. B5
 Red Headed"
 One Of these songs of her own coia position, entitled, Red Head, RI Head, Gingerbread Head" Is tuneS and catchy ditty with a comic stra that fingers in the memory and whistled In the streets long after. Al other one entitled. Expression" equally catchy and comic. She haa number of other songs in her repertoS ;,,Ar 4ha, ing her engagement at Polls n week. E
 In her act she has the assistances Bert Green, pianist of fine abif who colloborates with her and. compF es the music to the words written
 Miss Franklin MT. Green will app with her during the engagement { this ought to prove as popular as ( that will be played by a vaudeville $ here during the present season.
 England's Favorite. i
 Lucy Weston, the English favoi who Is to compete with Irene Frat lin for the first honors Is a celebrs English comedienne who was broul to this country to take prominl part in "The Follies of 1908" at
 New York theater. She returned
 England at the close of the season. the "Follies' and played limited
 gagement at the Ahambra Music II London. During this period the nl agement of the Alhambra considd I the idea of popularity contest m on the same lines as was conducted New York city, and those upon thes in London with Miss Weston VI
 Alice and Marie Lloyd and Harry II 3 der. Miss Weston came out first I popularity.
 Miss Weston possesses what I
 been termed some of the greatest { hits of the day. They are catchy tuneful and he sings them In that { culiar English style which has | - the means of making them so popli | Q On her first trip to America Miss Y f ton sang at Hammersteins, New Y city, and was engaged for a long which was only interrupted by her gagement as one of the stars in | Folles of 1908"
 The attractions on the olio inc the F'tvr~slHsica1> .Ay,olesr- sylophorl the Bes-fF- peaal ls troupe-af. Pony clists. the-tan@ drorstt campers, ter Sahroda-eatl--I1isa Midway in skit;-~TH Ti1eatrieal -Age@~y," and and Mrs. stuart Darrow in sand smoke pictures. The electrograph < give "Grandfather's Pills and Pecl 2 People" as the two special motion NC ures series.
 Seats now selling for all week. !.