The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-13
THE THEATRES
Ds - POLES.

1 With a full knowledge and a keen
 appreciation of the fact that the thea 1 tergoing public in this city rather in-
 clines towards large productions as evil l denced by the favor with which The
 County Chairman was received at Polls two weeks ago and The Girl 1 of the Golden West this week Man | ager Poli has decided to offer another
 production of the sumptuous order and 1 one of national reputation and begin ming with Monday matinee he will of
 fer for twelve performances George l Ade's comedy of college life The Col
 lege Widow one of the most enter
 taining plays of the last decade. i Not penny in the way of expense
 will be spared to make this banner
 production and the skill of Director
 Eagle who scored artistic triumphs with The County Chairman and The 1 Girl of the Golden West will be ex-
 tended to the limit The cast will l include the Poli favorites and ten new | people who were with the original l company.
 The College Widow is the story of l college life at small university and | the action of the play takes place | during a period when the candidates | for the football team are in active | training for the annual Thanksgiving Day contest with their rivals of a | nearby university. The first act shows the campus of Atwater Uni | versity with the students, faculty
 up over the lack of good material for the football eleven. Knowing the strength of the opposing team the students and trainers have been hunt ing for promising material and dis cover huge and brawny foundry
 college ostensibly to study art but in fact to play center on the football team. They are still shy of good ma
 terial behind the line when Billy Bol- ton the famous half back arrives at the university on social visit. They learn to their consternation that he is to play on the opposing team, Bing- ham college, which happens to be the pet and pride of Billys father who has endowed the college literally and is heart and soul wrapt up in Bing- ham and it's success both literary and athletic.
 Desperate to get Bolton the students appeal to the presidents daughter Jane who is known as the College Widow because she has won and jilt- ed about all the students who attend ed the college for four years past Jane coaxes Billy to remain and he scores touchdown for Atwater, wins the game and aso the heart of Jane his fathers forgiveness and sanction of their union following in due time.
 It is not only the brilliant comedy lines and the sparkling wit of Ade that has made for the play such prestige and success but it is the splendid growing of incidents and the wonder full stage pictures the play calls for especially the great football scene with the rival colleges battling for supremacy and the crowds wildly ex- cited. MT. Ince will have the role of v hot a% Jane and Bessie Bruce has been es- pecially engaged to play Flora Wig gins the waitress and one of the best types ever created by Ade. There will be sixty people in the cast and it will be the most expensive produc- tion ever put on at Poli's.
 Between the acts Jack Allmann will sing popular songs assisted by the Singing Ushers and there will be the other usual special features