The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-03
Ell. DILLON & CO.
IN THE THEATRES
POII'S

Tonight will be Mary Night at
 PoH's and full details of this novel event will be found in another column. That those who attended this perform ance or any other this week will see a most satisfying bill of vaudeville with every act of the most enjoyable K@lnu @ is an assured fact and one that Viii be agreed to by all who have seen this weeks excellent bill Wilh an M abundance of feature acts on the pllA that of Ila Grannon stands out prom, Prol1,7- inently for first honors. NO season comes at Polls that does not ma Ia Grannon on the bill and she IS a1Ways the same big hit Miss FeVgll @ g1 ln the tI,e s'denni-tasse coincidence ana Ine name seems to stick There IS looAy in vaudeville no other acts onke lia Grannons. There is no woman oman III II vaudeville today who is Of the Ia Grarnon type for she seems to nave the proverbia1 way of her own ana 1,,l u is a most charming way. Simple, un- affected, always plainly goWned, re sorting to no stage tricks 10 gee 4 HeI songs over the footights, Just d tiny i bit of voice but most fascih one it is dainti1y pretty and pleasing the net result of all is that 1t IS her inimtable- Grannon personallty thdt IS inc contributing factor in her success: To hear her sing "MabeIF IS one or the treats of the vaudeville stage, IL is a study in expression ana naturdi, ness I1a can come to PolIs seVerdl times a season and she will always score one big hit. If there IS an cpl dernic of hysteria in the town thls week lack wilson is the one who must shoulder the blame for it for with Ada Lane and Franklin Battle as co-cop- spfrators he simply gets the audlence in a state bordering on hyster1a al eV- cry performance. Wilson does his own act and a bit of about every other acr on the bill in burlesaue and 1t IS one long loud scream. The Imperial Mus icians offer a decidedly artistic musl- cal novelty the Pederson Brothers wonderful acrobatic act, Jack Gardi- ner the classiest act of the season ana the others are superb.
 Tonight will be big night for Mary at Polls Theatre for Miss Bea- trice Ingra4ns invitation to all girls employed in local department stores answering to the name of Mary to be her guests at Polls this evening has received ready response and the box office attendants were busliy engaged today receiving certificates that Mary was the holders name and distributing good seats for them at a rate that promises to put a cf1mp in Miss In grams salary list for this week. The Mary Night idea has taken the town and all day long men with Mary in their families were buying seats for tonights gala event. The differ ent artists on the bill have entered into the spirit Of the occasion and from the opening number to the end of the performance the name Mary will be decidedly in evidence. Jack Gardiner will sing a Mary song, so will Ila Grannen and Jack Wilson do all sorts of stunts with the name Mary.
 Professor Berg and his Concert Or
 ehestra will contribute a medley of Mary songs as the opening number and taken in it's entirety the program for tonight promises to be the most unique ever given on a vaudeville stage. Those who are not fortunate enough to be called Mary will enjoy a splendid bill of vaudeville just the same and will be remembered by gift of a souvenir photo of Miss Bea- trice Ingram with the compliments of Mary Dudley the role she portrays in the sketch "The Duchess" But few good seats remain for tonights per fornlance and there is every reason to believe that the curtain will rise on a capacity audience