The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-26
LALOR SCORES A
 SIGNAL TRIUMPH
Popular Comedian of Musical.comedy Makes Great Hit in Vaudeville
 at POli'S.

Review: Frank Lalor, the ever popular comedian of musical-comedy, scored one of the most signal triunphs ever won by a vaudeville star at yes- terday'Ss performances at Polls, ap- bearing for the first time before a Bridgeport audience in his latest mu- sical-comedy success, Back to Earth. '' Never in his old days in Coming Thro' the Rye" and "Prince Humbug'', two pieces which Labor made famous by his inimitable comedy, did he receive greater ovation than last evening that same old La1or expression to make his initial vaudeville bow to Bridge port. In his comedyplaylet, Back to Earth, MT. Labor has a, very good ve- hicle for his talents. The audience of first-nighters last night roared ap- plause from Lalor's first appearance on the stage, and half dozen curtain calls were given.
 "Back to Earth treats of a situa- tion ludicrously funny. Felix Dippy (F7rank Lalor) is collector of antiques. In his rambles MT. Dippy picks up for a consideration the mummified remains of the late Queen Electraleptes of Egypt, late about 10000 years by the way. The mummy reposes in the an- tique collectors library in an Egyptian sarcophagus. A descriptive circular given him by the dealer in antiques informs Dippy that the late Queen in- cured the animOsity of Jupiter, the thunder god. who in a moment of an- ger struck her dead with a lightning bolt. The prospectus" further states, however, that some day Jupiter relent- awaken Electraleptes to life and she will "come back to earth" Dippy falls asleep in his study.
 From the sarcophagus while thunder rclls and lightning flashes steps the late Queen, late no longer by virtue of Jupiter's power. Miss Florence Morrison plays the role of the Queen to perfection. A situation simply sidesplitting is evolved. Dippy through the terms of his late wife's will for feits his immense estate if he is even found in another woman's company until he reaches the age of 30. Dippy has daughter who is infatuated with a young lawyer but Dippy has no use for the barrister. The latter traps the antique collector in the company of the unwelcome Electraleptes and threatens an expose unless Dippy with draws his objections to the match. A fina! bolt of lightning sends Eletralep- tes back to her mummified form, while Dippy admits he has been dreaming of youthful lovers. During the run of the piece MT. Lalor sings some of his old musical comedy hits, among which are "Stung, Sung, Sung" and the 'Googa-you.''
 Several other features of the bill are unusually good. Miss Laura Burt and her company present a comedy playlet entitled "The Order of the Bath", that is a scream from start to finish. The story has to do with what happened when a British army officer and a so- ciety girl through an accident become locked up in the private bath of a country house in Wales. A special setting and a genuine bath tub are used, making the staging of the piece very effective.
 Frank Whitmansz the dancing violin ist made good every moment. Whit man not only plays proficiently but dances while executing some difficult violin numbers.
 Lillian Shaw. the popular singing character comedienne, is back again with some clever numbers, and she was one of the hits last night.
 Van Camp, '"The Man with the Pig, has a clever and novel act introducing several educated pigs, and a bunch of gool ma g:c.
 The Four Floods are about the best cuartette of comedy acrooats seen here this sea son.
 Bert and Bertha Grant are lively and pleasing team of singers and danc- CTS.
 The Eiectrograph is interesting.