Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-12-16
PARK THEATRE.
FRIDAY DEC. Il O'BRIEN THE Con
TRACTOR

An amusing incident ACQUIRED during
a stage representation of railroad
strike In the second act of Daniel
Sully's great play, "O'Brien the Con
tractor number of experienced rail
road employees are used TO add realism
to the scene AS the story progresses
an attempt is made by an opposition
corporation to prevent O'Brien the
contractor, finishing the building of his
railroad i'll time to preserve his charter
and to do this they induce the italian
workmen employed on the road to join
their side and are offering tempting in
ducements to the Irishmcn to do like
wise, when . Brien arrives he makes an
impassioned appeal, begging the men to
stand together like the royal sons of Ire
land they are. Among the super"
used in Boston recently was an Irish
man named ''Monohan", who had been
employed for years on the Boston and
Albany Railroad. He was On the stage
the night in question disguised as an
Italian At the moment Mr. Sully be-
gan to harangue his Hibernian workers,
I21onhan grew interested, and as the elo-
quont speech progressed he become
Oblivious to all else Finally, unable to
longer contain himself, he started to
leave the Italians. Here whispered
the master of the supernumeraries.
restraining him don't 'go over there,
remain here but the excited Monohan
would not be detained, for the blood of
his native land was up. Hands up he
cried, in voice that was heard all over
the house. I'm no Dagol I'm with
the Irish!
SHORE ACRES, MONDAY DEC. 20.
The attraction at the Park Theatre
Monday will be James A. Herne's Amer
ican home play. A writer says:
There were no actors il this sweet
presentation of last night Uncle Nat
and Martin, Joel Gates Josiah Blake.
Sam Warren and Helen, Mandy and
Perley and Millie and Young Nat and
all the rest lived and breathed down on
the coast near Bar Harbor and with
them were the hosts of Albanians irresi-
stibly carried along and inte1 woven
with their lives and the beautiful story
they told.
There is no need to tell this delightful
tale of American life anew. We all
know it and love it for the knowing
Uncle Nat has locked the door for the
night; the fire in the kitchen stove is
dampered down; he takes his candleand
with eyes brimmed full with the tears
of happiness, mounts the stairs to his
room He passes through the door and
all the lights that remain is the glow of
the fire from the stoye-grate and the
Christmas moon shedding it's its mellow
light through the frosty panes of the
window.
Archie Boyd, the well known character
actor has been engaged to play his old
part in Shore Acres" His Uncle Ma
thaniel is even more popular than his
Josh Whitcomb in The Old Home
stead. Deman Thompson thinks
"Shore Acres" the greatest pastoral play
known to the stage and he went to see
it three times in one week.
NEXT WEEK IN PITTSBURG.
For the Christmas holidays beginning
next Monday afternoon, extraordinary
preparations are being made Dion
Boucicault's greatest play. The Octo-
oroon, will be produced with superb
scenery, handsome costumes and every
detail absolutely perfect. At the new
Grand.
1t will be played every afternoon and
day.
A sens. tional attraction has been Sc
cured for the Avenue during tne same
week. 1t Is the personal appearance of
Miller, the champion bicycle rider of
the world, who won the great tourna-
ment at the New York Madison Square
Garden last week. He rode 2093 miles
III 142 hours The best previous record
was made by Hale when he rode 1911
| miles. Hale was in this contest, also,
| but he made only 1929 miles. Miller
| will give an interesting exhib ition of
| riding. and he will assuredly attract to
| the Avenue every man woman, and
child who rides the wheel This will
| be the champions only appearance in
| Pennsylvania outside of Philadelphia.
| The programme for that week also in
| cludes Lillian Burkhart, the Pittsburg
| favorite, known throughout the State in
| Grand Army circles as Little Phil.
Seats may now be secured for any
afternoon OF night, including Chris
| tmas day.
| Entertainment for the children dur
| ing Christmas week has not been ne
| elected by manager Davis. Every day
until the holidays are over, Santa Claus
in person, will be presented in the Nina
ture Theatre from early in the morning
until late at night Together with
Punch and Judy, Santa Claus will make
lots of fun for the little ones There
will be no change in prices, and, as
usual, one ticket will admit to all enter
| tainmants