The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-12-19
The Theatres.

William Gillette and his company are
crowding the Hollis St. Theatre, in
Boston, with 1.-THE Private Secretary"
Madame Modjeska has brsnd-new play
1t is taken from the Heimath of Souder-
mann, the great German writer.
"The Fencing Master" is booked for
run in New York. At the close ofthe run
it comes to Philadelphia.
James 7. Powers success at the Walnut
is so pronounced that he has been re-en-
gagged for the Park Theatre.
Bonnelly and Girard have made great
success of The Rainmakers."
Robert Mantell has new play entitled
"Parhassous." 1t will be given at the
Park Theatre in Philadelphia.
Rose Coughlan made pronounced hit
in Oscar Wilde's play, "a Woman of No
Importance" at the Fifth Avenue Theatre
in New York on Monday night. 1t will
be given at the Walnut st. Theatre in
Philadelphia.
William Barry, formerly of Barry &
Fay, is at the Walnut st. Theatre, Phila-
delphia, with a new comedy that has to
deal with life in Harlem. A several-times
millionaire has erected a palatial resi-
dence on one corner, and on the opposite
corner exists the shanty of a lowly Irish
man, and the things which befall the
children of these parents is what the story
of the play has to deal with. 1t is said to
be very interesting and comic play, and
William Barry was never seen to better
advantage. "Jane," with Jennie Yeamans
in the title role, follows.
Robert Hilliard and Paul Arthur, two
of the most popular comedians, are at the
Do~I- Thaofro Dbilodolnhio THAR falay
1.-THE Nominee" is one long continued
laugh. 1t is three-act comedy adopted
from the French by the well-known dra-
matte writer, Leander Richardson, who
has thoroughly Americanized the plot, as
well as the lines and located it in Connec-
tlcut The plot in brief is as follows: A
faIthless husband who likes root gardens
and soubrettes' society better than his
home comforts, including a pretty wife,
hits upon an ingenious plan to secure two
weeks of freedom and festivity in New
York He pretends to run for Congress
as Democrat IN a strong Republican dis
tIict in Connecticut, but his secretary
really takes his place in the canvass, as
Stunning his name and wins the fight
Medford returns, ignorant of his election.
He had, he thought, insured his own de-
feat without doubt, and is trapped in
beautiful array of lies by his lynx-eyed
mother-in-law. The way he gets out Of
the grotesque ENHANCEMENT is very anus
ing. The superb company supporting the
stars. include such notable players as
Fred'k Perry, Walter B. Woodall, E. j.
LaIor, Miss Marie Burress, Mrs. +. A.
Eberle, Miss Jeanette Terrell and Miss
Edith Adhesion.
''The Fencing Master" by the author
~ct q D1H NIT / Snl,
Mapleson and Lilly Post as Primme
Dome, will open their Philadelphia en-
gagement with the Christmas matinee.
Savage beasts of the jungle, subseryient
to the will of man, can be seen at Hagen
beck's daily, and it is safe to say that no
| performance ever given in the East equals
/ in novelty the one row at TattersalPs, 55th
street and 9TH avenue, New York. Aside
from the entertainment offered and the
wonderful display of human will power
over brute force, the beasts IN their way
display all the human passions depicted
| by actors and actresses on the stage
/ When at work the tigers represent fierce
ness, the lions dignity, the leopards
| treachery, the bears low comedy, the
elephant homely wit and the dogs love
and devotion. The wonderful perform
ances of these animals have become the
| town talk 1t is acknowledged to be the
premier show in town. At all of the
matinees children are admitted at half
price, and the big auditorium is crowded
every afternoon with youngsters who
enjoy the comedy of the bears as well as
the fierceness of the lions Hagenbeck's
name has become popular. He is known
all over Germany as Uncle Carl" and
his name is likely to become as endeared
i m tho pbiidrqp of this rnupfYV