The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-08
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PoLI's z VAUDEVILLE


 Mardi Gras week, with all the fun and frivolity that the name Mardi Gras implies, will be inaugurated at Polls handsome new theatre Monday matinee. For twelve performances the festivities will continue, with happy surprises introduced daily. The hand some theatre de 1uxe-the most mod ernly constructed theatre in the East will be in gala attire in the spirit of the occasion, decorators already having begun their transformation of the building into a merry riot of color.
 Folks on the street yesterday got an idea of how extensive the decora- tive scheme will be carried out, when the front of the PoIi building blos- somed forth Sgaily bedeclxed with flags, bunting and other novelties The scheme will be carried out on a tre, where the mmodIous house per- nfts of the best in the decorative art.
 There are going to be surprises galore during the week, and the only way to appreciate them fully is to be- one of the great throngs that surely! be 9avorB ppRopr1afe Mardi Gras souvenirs for young and old-and many other little pleasantries that will lend in making the week a memorable one.
 While the decorative and other nov el features of the week are going to be most pleasing, the one, great, big and glorious sensation of the week, will be the exceptional program Man ager Poi has arranged. His exten- sive booking offices in New York have gone the limit and the great est vaudeville bill ever presented in Bridgeport is scheduled for this week. Extra attractions as we'll as extraordi- nary attractions are included in the program, which, briefly, is as follows:
 Cheyenne Days,'' Gus Hornbrooke's sensational glimpse of the golden west, as presented by half dozen real cowboy riders and ropers and their real bucking bronchoes. This act is the act super1ative for pictures que sensations. These daring plains men present, on the stage, the very same scenes that Remington has made famous in his paintings and that Roosevelt has pictured in his writings. Their exhibitions or riding and rop- ing are made the more realistic-if such be possible-by a carload of scenic equipment picturing a typical scene of the Golden West. This is a i spectacle that has never been equalled 1 on any stage.
 Returning to renew thousands of | acquaintances and hundreds of per sonal friends, is Miss Ethel Clifton, I who will be featured next week in her | own sketch, "The Surgeon. Miss Clifton was the leading woman in the Pon stock company here last sum mer. and made a most capable foil | for A. H Van Buren. Miss C1ifton's 1 return to this city will be warmly welcomed. The sketch is from her l own pen and critics agree that it is a most happy vehicle for the display or her many talents
 Another big attraction on this won derful bill will be B. A. Rolfe's musi- cal farce ssThe Love Trust" The name RoIfe in vaudeville means ev- 1 erything good musically, and 'HThe Hove Trust'' is the top notch in the j high RoIfonian standard. Pretty | girls. dainty dances, tuneful songs and plenty of rich, wholesome comedy will be found in this attraction.
 Il Fresh from their triunphs as fea- lures of Blanch Rings Wall Street
 GirP' company come Wellington eross and Louis Josephine. These clever
 artists of established metropolitan re-
 putation will present their comedy
 skit, favored dainty with song anu
 dance trimmings, something thai
 Cross and Josephine can do to per lection.
 Miss Robbie Gordone. the modern
 Venus, will be seen in her reproduce
 tions of famous statuary. Miss Cor l done is extremely beautiful and vel
 molded, and presents an offering tha1 II is artistic as it's picturesquely novel.
 Those two fun makers. Mullen and
 Coogan, will be seen in Odd Non 1 sense,'' their skit that has made thou
 sands roar with laughter. This team | is well known here and will be warm ly welcomed. Their act is one of those | always in demand in high class varie
 ty houses and Pon patrons are in fol
 a big treat in their engagement here Guy J. Sampse1 and Edith Reilly art
 rightly termed t+The Fashion Plate
 entertainers'' A clever young mar , and a dainty young lady who can sing
 present their musical novelty. Mis- ReilIy's gowns are stunning. Franl