The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-15
In the Title Role in Klaw Changers Beautiful Produc
tion "Rebecca of Sunybrook Farm at Park
Theatre, Monday April II
POLLS.

With the Lenten season passed the
attra ctions at Polls from now until
the end of the vaudeville season will
be the most stupendous in the vaude-y
vile world and the opening bill Of
the after-Lenten season next week is
a forerunner of the good things in
store in the way of high-class vau-
deville for the Poll clientele. To be-
gin with the headline act next week
will be Nellie Nichols, songstress CO.
medicine, in her novel offering Med
ley Reviews" In the first analysis
Miss Nichols might be mentioned as
being the headline feature of the biil
at Keith and Proctor's Fifth Avenue
Theatre in New York the past week
and a reference to the New York pa
pers carrying the advertisement Of
theatres will verify this statement.
In a review of Miss Nichols act
published in the current issue of Va
riety, the foremost vaudeville publica
ton Of this country the review writes
Nellie Nichols heads the bill at the
Fifth Avenue this week. A corking
voice, pleasing personality and a
gingery manner will place Miss Mich
OILS over in any company. After see
ing all the lately home made Single
women" entertainers, it is pleasure
to see a real one who has something
other than big voice and a wiggle."
That's fulsome praise and an indica-
clever coincidence next week. Her
act is entirely different from any that
has gone before in this line and while
she offers limitations which are decid
style that she depends upon. That
she will be one great big hit is al
ready an assured fact. The big spe-
cial feature of the bill for next week
will be the Six Kirksmith Sisters, and
vaudeville has offered no more arts
10 hos mi fIy1 1T Sc
this one. The girls are really sisters
and positive sensation this season
in vaudeville.
Inasmuch as Variety was quoted on
the Nellie Nichols act it might be
bit appropriate to quote Will Mead
the very excellent dramatic critic of
the Hartford Times who devoted a
half column Of that conservative pa
per to a splendid testimonial of the
Kirksmith Sisters act and concluded
his review in this wise: eff this num-
Der is not made a standard by which
to judge all other musical acts of like
sort which visit our vaudeville play
houses then the writer is ready to de.
spair of the public taste and discrim-
ination. There is no equal to that
which is cheap, no comedy to catch
the thoughtless. Harmony, melody
talent and taste combine to win IA
vor."
The Kirksmith Sisters appear UNI
Ter past master in the art Of staging
musical productions and they present
the act with. their own scenery and
patented lighting effects. The girls
prior to entering the vaudeville ranks
made a three years tour of the world
in concert. They play number Of
musical instruments in manner
which at once stamps them as finish
ed artists while their vocal work is
exceptionally brilliant especially that
of Gertrude Kirksrnith, soprano, A
semble number with the younger of
the sisters directing from the leaders
chair.
The added feature of the bill will
be Paul Spadoni who is incidentally
the added feature of the Fifth Ave-
nue. bill in New York this week. Spa
doni is the peer of all heavy weight
jugglers and he is a comedian who is
a wonder in the line Surrounding
has booked great quartet of star
acts and that of Mcconnell and Simp-
son is sure to vie with the top line
acts for first honors. They present
a Lester Lonergan sketch "a Stormy
Hour and aside from the comedy ell
ement in the sketch one is reminded
in advance to watch the work of Lulu
Mcconnell who is one of the brightest
condolences who ever appeared in
vaudeville. Another sure fire hit will
be Lee Perry Cts GRID
versational vooalists. which is
some title but they will live up to ev-
cry letter of it. This classy pair must
be listed as the big hit in the two act
singing line this season and they have
a way of getting about twice as much