The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-11-13

Manager Nirdlinger inaugurated his
policy at the Park Theatre last even
ing, with the first presentation in Phil
adelphia, at popular prices, of Eleanor
Merron's charming rural play, The Dairy
Farm" which was one of the greatest
successes of last season, and comes with
the prestige of runs of 1909 nights in New
York and 1873 in Chicago. No play has
received greater degree of approval from
the best class of theatre goers; not only
have the critics praised it, but it has won
the endorsement of the clergy, III every
city where it has been presented, for its
healthy moral, its purity of theme, its
strength of characterization and the fl
deity with which it depicts episodes of
pastoral life The scene is laid in little
village in Northern New York in the de-
cade preceding the civil war, and the work
has been pronounced perfect picture of
the period, a time remote enough to be
picturesque, yet recent enough to be re-
membered, with the charm of distance
idealizing it, by many playgoers of to-day.
The story is extremely fascinating and OF
great dramatic power. The basis OF the
plot is the hate of misery old man for
his neighbor, country squire of the old
school; the mutual love of the niece of
the one and the nephew of the other, and
the tragic revenge of runaway slave who
has been trapped and sold back into bond
age in the South by the miser The
slavery question.agitating the country dur
ing the campaign that resulted in the cleo
ton of Franklin Pierce to the Presidency,
plays prominent part in the development
of the story, and an old time political
rally, in which the abolitionists and pro-
slavery men are arrayed against each
other, forms one of the most thrilling
episodes. The costumes of the period are
faithfully reproduced, and an entirely new
outfit of beautiful and picturesque scenery
has been provided for the current season.
The new policy at the Park theatre is one
of the features of the theatrical business,
the prices adopted for permanent charge
range from I5c. to 75c., with few sea- at
$r.oo, the latter being for the purpose of
securing better line of high class attrac-
tons, rather than for any pecuniary gain,
and we are assured by the management
that irrespective of the attraction, the
prices will never be changed. The Dairy
Farm will be followed by The Girl from
Maxim's and the Broadway Theatre Opera
Company in The Highwayman. DeKoven
& Smiths masterpiece, will be the Thanks
giving offering. Seats for all three weeks
will lie on sale Monday, November 18th.
Permanent orders solicited. Mail orders
will receive prompt attention.
Enough specialists to make up several
first class travelling companies are included
in the list of entertainers for the current
week at Keith's. They include comedians,
acrobats, vocalists, dancers, living pic
lures, bicyclists, Hindoo magician and
a troop of dogs. In even Stephen" in
terpreted by the statuesque Isabelle Ur-
quhart, the bill possesses one of the most
enjoyable little plays in the varieties
Keith's Boston bill was headed last week
BY Clayton White, late of the Frohman
forces, and Marie Stuart, in 'The Waldorf
Metropole Episode which was acted
for the first time in Philadelphia, yester-
day afternoon. In this musical farce Mr..
White is seen as a politician and boxing
instructor, and Miss Stuart's French songs,
limitations and dances also constitute a
highly enjoyable feature of the piece.
Throughout Europe and in the other
Keith houses dancing teachers and their
pupils have been enthusiastic over the per-
Torrance of Leontine and Willy Colini
who will make their local debut this week.
cat the Masquerade" is another elsewhere
on the Keith circuit, and which will intro
to vaudeville AL Bellman and Lotto Moore.
Prince Ishmael, another newcomer, per-
forms the celebrated basket trick" and
makes tree grow from seed. The prince
is the son of the Maharaah of Ceylon, a
Thirty-second Degree Mason, one of only
three living high-caste Brahmins, who can
perform these marvellous tricks, and in
his own land is regarded with little less
than awe by his superstitious countrymen
Hassan Ben A1i's marvellous troupe OF
Arabs created Juror at Keith's, New
York, last week, no specially seen there
this year having provoked so much ex-
element.
Other acts not hitherto seen here, but
which have passed muster in one or three
of the Keith houses include the three
Luken Brothers, acrobats; the Hunting
Four and the Sisters Lawrence.
Theatregoers know the first rate quality
and thoroughly enjoyable character of the
entertainment furnished by Fields and
Ward, who promise many new jokes; Mile.
Emmy's beautiful trained dogs, Flat and
Sutherland, Zeb and Zarrow, bicyclists,
and Edna Collins, one of Americas
foremost whistlers are also in the bill. A
funeral in the Paris dog cemetery will be
shown by the biograph.