The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-11
POLLS.

Manager Poll Is going to offer his
patrons the coming week the most
unique not to say the most expensive
bill that has ever been shown IN this
city 1t Is unique for the reason that
no one act on the bill Is advertised
as the headline act for the very good
reason that each and every act on the
bill has headlIned in other theatres
and to solve the problem of the prop
er type for the respective acts was OUT
Of the question. Therefore either no
act is headlined or they are all head
lined and the audience after viewing
the acts will decide for themselves
which act they like best and which
ought to be the real headliner. In
the matter or expense the bill aggre-
gates in salaries close to three thou
sand dollars which is a record for cit
les of this size on the circuit. The
bill for Glass A Week" will be open-
ed by Ethel Whiteside and her Picks,
an act sufficiently good to be the spe-
cial feature OF the bill at Polls in
Hartford this week and in fifth place
on the program making the hit of the
bill. Miss Whiteside is clever sing
ing Coincidence and her four picka-
ninnies are the liveliest aggregation
that ever done blackface without
makeup. The act has appeared in
every capital abroad and in every
large city in this country and has
been positive hit on every bill. That
il viii repeat its success here and be
2 contender for first place goes with
appear Frank Milton and the De Long
Sisters offering the rural comedy
sketch with soubrette tfimm ngs
Twenty Minutes Lay Over at Alfal-
IA Junction with Milton offering a
rube impersonation which is classic
and the De Long Sisters as members
OF musical comedy company tenn
porarily stranded. There is plenty OF
fly stuff" in the way of talk there
Is singing and dancing and some clas-
sy saxaphone playing for a finish. The
act is good enough to be headlined at
Springfield at Polls there this week
and that will be about all for that.
Then win come Al Whites "Monarchs
Of Melody" as they are called 1.-THE
Four Song Writers" O'Donnell. Heath,
Penbhart and Shieler. and they are
the boys who wrote PONY Boy"
N.Y. You're Big Girl Now Sea
Shells" and score Of other favorites
they sing Their own compositions and
three of them play three pianos, ex-
perts from Keith's Providence, this
week In the vaudeville papers give his
act the credit of being the hit of the
bill there. Then an act which has
never been anything but a headline
act and is such at Polls IN worces-
ter this week will be offered the same
being Books" a one act comedy writ
ten by Phillip Troup, editor of the
New Haven Union, presented under the
direction OF James Clancy and Alec
Troup with specially selected company
headed by Roger Barker and includ-
ing the charming Lillian Maynard The
act s replete with comedy songs and
dances and a sure fire hit. As If this
wasn't a plentiful supply Of the best
in vaudeville Manager Poll will then
pull real new one for Bridgeport by
Lorraine Now just remember that
PLY Gould is known to fame as the
one time partner of Valeska Surratt
and less than two months ago Gould
and Surratt were singing salary re-
ceipts in New York at 81 SEQ per week.
Miss Surratt has enjoyed in the
vaudeville ranks must be credited to
Billy Gould and then remember too
that Hattie Lorraine has been the SEN
sation Of broadway for the past two
season Blase Waterbury has been
aroused with the classiness of this act
this week where II is the headl ner at
Jacques Theatre there. Next to clos
ing viii come Corcoran and Dixon
the best two man team of black face
comedians and eccentric dancers that
vaudeville has yet produced and pa
irons of Polis in New Haven will
testify 10 this for the act is a riot
there this week. Finally and a ver-
fication of the "last but not least"
will come the local pride Melrose and
Kennedy two born and bred Bridge
port bows and decided hit in vaude-
-s'le They will show for the first
Tine their new act scotch Bumpty
Bumps" which was featured on every
program OF the Orpheum Circuit of
theatres which they have just toured.
~ the theatre IS not packed to capac-
ity at each performance next week it
VIII be because the theatregoing pub
lie don't know a good bill when they
see one advertised. Patrons of the
theatre will be given coupons and
popularity contest held in this way
each patron being privileged to vote
for the act in his ar her opin on the
best on the bill. Tuesday night will
be gala nirht for the employees Of
the Rowland Dry Goods company have