The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-05
1.-THE LOVE
 WALTZ" IS
 BRILLIANT

HEADLINE FEATURE AT POLIS
 THIS WEEK, THE MOST PRE-
 PREVIOUS PRODUCTION IN VAU-
 DEVILLE-OTHER. ACTS PLEASE.
 Review:-Jesse l.. Lasky's beautiful Viennesse operetta, 'The Love Waltz" presented by, company of 25 people was the headline attraction at the Monday night performance of splen- did bill at Poli's last night "The Love Waltz" heralded as the most preten- 'tious production in vaudeville fulfilled in every respect the expectations of the big audience of s'first-nighters. Beyond question '"The Love Waltz" is the greatest vaudeville production ex- tant. In point of magnitude it, almost equals one of the legitimate stage com lc operas or musical comedies. Mag nlflcent staging and gorgeous coStum- ing, are coupled with excellent musical features given by trained soloists and chorus of 16 voices. The scenes are, laid in the ante-room of the royal palace at Brun, capital of Moravia.
 A cleverly arranged story'is the ba- sis of the plot, rather like a comedy of errors hinging upon royal edict for the marriage of the Crown Prince and the Princess of Moravia. Both of these young people believe the other to be an especially undesirable sort of per son, having never met Both on the other hand are. extremely desirable, beautiful and s wealthy The real meeting in which the unmasking comes, is cleverly executed bit of acting. Miss Audrey Maple who is called the prettiest girl in vaudeville, pears in the role of the Princess. Miss Maple is an unusually beautiful young. woman of the blonde type, and possesses wonderful grace and charm of manner coupled with pleas ing soprano~voice, MT. Alfred Keppel- Ter, a handsome and dashing young actor plays, the Crown Prince Fernand. MT. Keppeller is a pleasing baritone, and has a fine stage presence.
 The sensation of the piece is the Love Waltz of Miss Maple and MT. Keppeller, a worthy description of which is better not attempted. Chorus features of the piece are the ladies members of the Styrian Cuirassiers numbering 16 in all. The voices are we'll trained and the musical numbers artistical1y rendered. The costumes are really gorgeous creations. A pleas ing comedy situation is introduced throughout the piece, centering about the Baroness Won Knobelsdorff who is extremely deaf and Otto Won Mar burg, the Grand Chancellor, a garrul-, ous old person who furnishes much of the laughter of the production. The Royal Wireless Phonygram Corps" is one of the great laugh hits of the pro- duction. '"The Love Waltz" is all told the most magnificent production ever seen in vaudeville in this city.
 Exceptional acts make up the re- mainder of this weeks bill. One of the best features is the original vau deville version of the "Salome Dance" given by Bert Kalmer and Jessie Brown, both versatile impersonators, singers and dancers. The team pleas ed nightly at last nights performance with their character singing and whirlwind bizarre dance work.
 One of the most spectacular acts on the bill and which is really worthy in every respect is the arenic and eques-S trian display of Bradna 6 Derrick, for six years with the Barnum & Bailey shows as a star bareback riding per- formance. Two handsome white horses, are used in the act guided by a spe- cial ringmaster. The feats in bare back riding shown by: the clever team of performers are far above the or tie ingenue singing comedienne
 dinary.
 Josephine Davis, a, dainty little inge- nue singing comedenne pleases with several catchy songs and some danc-e ing. ::
 Damn Bros, present one of the best displays of acrobatic strength ever seen here They do some really wonderful stunts in this line.
 A series of big hearty laughs are contained in the performance of Mar tine & Maximillian, burlesque magf- clans. While Maximillian is trying to mystify his audience with feats of magic, his partner is busy exposing the tricks. ,.
 Otto Bros., are by far the best team of German comedians seen here this season.