The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-21
ATTRACTIONS 1.-THE THEATRES
POLI'S THEATRE

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 ] Appropriate to the Christmas hoIi- days, the coming weeks attraction at Polis Fairfield avenue theatre will be the sparkling musical comedy, fThe Time, the Place and the Girl With it's al1-peTvading jollity and it's tune
 ful melodies, it will be eminently suit ed to the spirit of the season, and will afford a. pleasing variation from the usual dramatic offerings of the stock company. It promises, also, to offer a decidedly interesting and enjoyable revelation of the versati1iay of the mem bers of the company, and some pleasant surprises are in store for theatregoers when they see the popular PoH Players capering about in live ly dances and when they hear their musical voices in tuneful melodies which are sure to be whistled upon the streets after Monday. '~Ihe Time, the Place and the Girl'' is one of the famous Chicago LaSalle theatre 1uc- pens of EIOugh & Adams and the score by Joseph Howard, and it has attain ed a degree of popular favor given to few similar productions within recent years. This will be its first presen- tation by a stock company; and the performance is sure to Justify the con sent of it's owners to placing 1t in the hands of the local company under the able direction of Harry Andrews. In addition to the full strength of the company, the cast will also include S@S~NASAo@A@-A and large gir1y-girly'' chorus of nurses society be1les and college girls. sparkling kind which is tunefu1 with out being trashy, several of the mum bers being particularly Of the catchy
 order, and which will seem particular 1y a;ttuned to the prevailing jollity of the holiday season. Merriment reigns supreme throughout the piece. ire quently rising to hilarious funmaking and, the whole atmosphere of "The Time, the Place and the Girl' is cal cuIated to send those who see it home in delightful good hurnor. A bet ter selection for Christmas week could hardly have been made, and this en- tertaining musical comedy will provide a most harmonious feature of the fes- t1V1tieS of the great Christian hoHday of gift-giving and merrymakfng.
 i A sanitariuIn, where all sorts and l conditions of humanity of both sexes vides the locale for the story, which deals most anusingly with the compl1- cations and cross purposes growing out of the gathering of persons of such der the same roof. Miss Clifton will
 be seen as Mollie Kelly, a young di- vorcee who has parted from her good for-nothjng husband and secured 8 po- sition as head nurse at the sanitar- iur1, involving some very perplexing problems for the exercise of her dip lomacy and cleyerness, not least among which is the fact that her has, been hubby turns up there most un- eXpectedly to be made over after too free indulgence in the cup that does more than cheer. She also has a brother, who comes under her care af- ter a nnix-up from which he escaped antagonist being understood to be Tom Cunningham, a young sport from Bos- ton, played by MT. Fox. By a strange turn of fate, he too' aeeorn good- -natured man of gambling propen- stttes, resorts to the sandta.rturn chief ly for the purpose of eluding the DO lice after the little fracas in which MoIlie's brother got the worst of it. MT. Van Beuren will have in the role Hicks one offering hdm splendid op- while as Cunningham MT. Fox also should be seen to excellent advan- tage- Other "patients'' are Laurie Farnurn CAGr. Harrtngton). bad all through;'' Pedro Niccolini, (Ar; Ffsch- er). an Italian organ grinder; Jasper Simpson CAfr. Kent, a wealthy In Bud CN1r. Williams) and his fascinalt- ing daughter, Margaret, (AdisS Der nard); Mrs. Talcot CNIiss Starr) a dashing society widow whose little boy Fuss N. Budget Chdiss Pringle), wIo is exasperatingly deaf. particularly when she ought to be able to hear for her own good. The authorities quaran- tine the sanitariuIn because of the danger of smallpox; and for two weeks there are some very lively doings in
 
 these characters participate, with the assistance of a bevy of demure nurses frdsky college gdrls and swagger socie- ty belleS inIperSonated by alI-to-the- merry chorus. A promising little TO-
 nance develops between Mollie and Hicks, while efnubby-that-was and Mar wiles of Cupid, much to the disgust of Cunningham, who casts longing eyes toward the Western heifeSs. Between the society widow with her lost boy grinder with his lost monkey, each of whom is ineonso1able, develop some intensely funny situa- tions, while Buds efforts to escape the persistent attentions of the college girls are not less amusing. When the hilarity is at it's height and every body is at wits end, it is discovered guilty party in the scrap from which MolHe's brother emerged so unfortun- ately: He is completely exone1'ated, i hanced by Margaret's throwing over Hicks and entrusting her affections, and incidentally her cold cash. to Gun lifted, everybody is made as happy as may be under the circumstances, and the curtain falls to burst of nlerryrnAkin melody.
 The scenic investiture will be espec- i tally picturesque and faithful in de- tail and the large cast and chorus tion and a delightful appeal to both eye and ear which is sure to make Ehe Time, Cne Place and the G1T1
 one of the most thoroughly enjoyable offerings ever made by a Poli stock company in this city.
 As usual on holidays, evening pri- ces will prevail at the matinee on Christmas day; and wise theatregoers will readily appreciate that an irn1ne- diate reservation of seats will be nec- essary to avoid possible disappoint- ment, for with such an attractionS the theatre both on Christmas and at ev- cry performance throughout the week, is sure to find it's capacity fully test ed.