The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-28
THIS WEEK AT P0LPS Some Crude and Stale Jokes Mar What Otherwise is
 a Clever Bill.
PRUNING KNIFE IS NEEDED

Somebody has said that there are CT jokes are merely combinations. or variations of these. Of the limited number of originals the leading jest is easily the one which dates back to the Garden of Eden and is based up- on the astonfshmentN of Adam and Eve when they Discovered that there were reasons why they should wear fig leaves. There are number of varia- tions upon this primeval laughter theme at Polls this week. Some of them are bad. some of them are worse, and one or two of them are good and raw. This refers especially to the ex- cellent funmakers Hoey and Lee, Hebrew comedians, who have been seen at Polls so many times, and who can easily rely upon other jokes that clothing and get away with the ap- plause. Humor in the average human animal is comparatively elemental. Those who do not believe this should note the number of performers who seek applause by the exeduciatingly funny practice of almost saying some thing with hell in it and stopping just in time. How it ever came about that actors. as a class, think hell a. joke will perhaps never be known, but there should be a trade agreement among the craftsmen of the vaudeville stage that only one performer shall be per- n1itted to make this appeal to the audi ence upon the same stage on the same evening. Just now. as an act of grace, a similar agreement should be made relative to Cook. Peary and the North Pale.
 eEThese are merely suggestions for the Improvement of a show that otherwise is unusually satisfactory, to wit. eli minate the Adam and Eve jokes, cut out the near-heu jokes, and cut out the North Pole jokes.
 Besides. it's annoying to the people who really bring in the money to hear an audience break into roars of noisy applause at every reference to these ancient gags. The laughter is no tri- bute to the performer. It grows from habit. It is an ancestral trait, fixed by countless centuries of transmission from father to son. And besides. dear players. you should know that at. least half the people are laughing at the nerve of the performer who, in the joke world, hasn't heard, so to speak, that Columbus discovered America.
 But Homer Lind in '"The Opera Sing err is worth while. The stage setting in the third scene is a pretty piece of work. and intelligently as well as beautifully delighted. The singer has a voice of most attractive quality. and his people are excellent. especially the little girl. who plays the violin. The whole is touched with a delicate tend ernesS. which is set against a back
 
 Perhaps the piece smacks little of that touching scene in the Music Mas ter, where the old maestro is reunited to his daughter. If the play1et has a defect it is that MT. Lind. but whets the appetite. and leaves the audience feeling that the table of his song should be more beautifully spread.
 The Makaranka Russian Troupe are well worth while. They are different They satisfy the zest, for novelty. On
 
 cellent,. will naturally be overestimated, because that which is seen frequently is less enjoyable. The voices are good. the dancing is odd and the ensemble is pretty. The remark "Oh You Kid,'' is a lemon which somebody has hand ed the company. It should be cut out.
 Frank Gardiner and Lottie Vincent, with the help of some elaborate set tings, and the assistance of a moving picture machine, keep the spectacular fantasy Winning Queen," interest ing and stimulating throughout. The moon voyage is worth seeing. Much ingenuity must have been expended upon the last scene, in which the pi0- lures. the furniture and the entire con- tents of a. well furnished room visibly indulge in a famboI ee for the eyes of the Queen of the Moon who has had her first introduction to an earthly wine. This is good clean fun.
 The ventriloQuiSt nowadays has a hard time to find something new but Thora, in .'The Lady and the Precoc The secret of the act each audience muct discover for itself. Others who are on the bill are the Harvey de Vora trio, which includes an extraordinarily clever dog and Sam Dody, who might profthbly add to his other limitations. an imitation of the Dodo, specimens of which are eagerly sought. since it became extinct.