The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-09
BRED HEAD" PLEASES
 POLL AUDIENCE

THE TITAN SINGING COINED
 IENNE IN HER INITIAL APPEAR
 ANCE BEFORE A BRIDGEPORT
 AUDIENCE SCORES A HIT-HER
 SONG EXPRESSION" ALSO A
 BIG FEATURE - CONVECTION x
 WILBUR IN A PLAY BY TWO
 PEOPLE. ONE OF THE MOST
 ARTISTIC AND CLEVER FEA-
 TURES-MADAME CASELLTS CA
 MINES, AND SEVERAL OTHER
 GOOD ACTS PLEASE
 Review: Clever and versatile. Titan topped Irene Franklin stamped ed big audience of first-nighters in her favor at Polls last night. This was the first occasion a wholly Bridge port audience has had an opportunity of seeing Miss Franklin, who accord ing to the story, is an uncrowned queen of vaudeville, having beSted Eva Tanguay and some other stars of vaudeville in a popularity contest in New York. Whether Miss Franklin is extremely popular with New York au- ddenceS is neither here nor there. In Bridgeport she is quite the most popu- lar singing comedienne ever offered at Poli'S theatre, which must mean some thing. Miss Franl1lin's Red Head'' song scored a hit with last nights au-
 
 tresses attired in pink kDfckerbockers and frock and a big wide hat with her own red curlS dangling about her chubby face simply owned the audi ence before sh chad finished her first verse. Red Head, a song of Miss Franklin's own composition, has to do with the story of a red haired little girl who was always the butt of ridi- cule among her playmates at school. Miss Franklin in her uniquely original manner describes some of the names called her. Among them are red head, gingerbreadLhead, carrots, bricktop, rode koph, strawberry-blonde head. and others. Miss Franklin concludes by wishing she had been born blonde. Another song hit was Expression, an original ditty offered with series of wonderfully funny facial contortions by the clever little 'comedienne. She was assisted by Burt Green who is a capable pianist and is known to some extent in Bridgeport.
 One other feature of this weeks bill stands out prominently as an artistic novelty. It's a play by two people entitled ''F'or Her Sisters Honor, pre- scented by Zellah Covington and Miss talented team present what is appar- ently a tabloid version of a drama in three or four acts. They represent seven different characters in as many scenes, varying from the simple mind ed country girl and boy to the way ward daughter who has strayed from home, the villain and murderer and the detective. MT. Covington and Miss Wilbur changed costumes and charac- ters with wonderful rapidity and there was not a drag in the entire piece. Although it was difficult for the audi ence to credit the statement at first that there were but two people in the portrayal, the clever actors removed all doubt at the finish by a rapid bit of unmasking. Covington & Wilbur re- ceived a signal deception, being obliged to give several curtain calls.
 One of the most remarkable acts on the bill is Madame Casellis Midget Wonders, a troupe of trained Chihua- hua Mexican dogs. The canineS are about as large as a good-sized rat but they possess wonderful intelligence and ability. The dogs give a miniature circus performing on parallel bars, trapeze, etc, injecting some real conn edy into the act and going through their stunts with almost human intel ligence. This act pleased immensely.
 Carson & Willard in 1.-The Dutch in Egypt furnished some of the best laughs on the bill.
 Steeley & Edwards do a versatile and clever semi-black face musical comedy skit that pleases.
 Patsy Doyle, an entertaining mono logist, and the Raven Trio, an unusual ly clever trio of equflibrists, are at tractive numbers.
 The Electrograph is interesting.