The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-03-27

| After a tour of the continent Lydia Yea
mans Titus who was among the first of the
so called Legitimate" players 10 foresee
the possibilities of vaudeville by appear
| ing on the Keith circuit before the general
exodus began, returns to Keith's this
week While this form of entertainment
has advanced during the time which has
elapsed while she was in Great Britain
this coincidence and vocalist is still as pop
ular as hitherto, the audiences which
gathered to welcome and enjoy her en-
tertainment having been very large in
Boston, New York, and Providence The
remarkable manifestations of approval,
together with the crowds attracted, will
doubtless be duplicated here this week
Her inimitable baby impersonation, the
jewel song from Faust" and several
laughable characterizations, are included
in her speciality. Tactics" will again be
acted by James O. Barrows, John Lancas-
ter s. Company. The description of the
battle of Gettysburg, by the Union and
Confederate veterans, will doubtless again
cOnyulse all the spectators. A musical
farce in one act, entitled Fun in Barber
Shop" will be produced for the first time
here by the Quaker City Quartet The
value of the whole bill may be judged by
the fact that Solaret, who would head the
average vaudeville program, and who
many declare is not equaled by Papinta
or Loie Fuller, is given fourth place in
the advertisement, while the average the
atre-goer will deem the four acts mention
ed satisfactory two-hour show. Other
first rate entertainers include Three Roney
sisters, instrumentalists; Leo DevaltO,
Mile. Emmy's dog circus, Nellie Waters
and the biograph, the latter reproducing
Cathrina Bartho's speedway dance, and
the speciality of the Bostons.
Klaw s. changers great production of
Ben Hur" continues to draw a phenom-
enally large attendance at the Broadway
Theatre, New York, where it will I'M
doubtedly continue to be presented till
the end of May, and, perhaps till later
date. Capacity audiences at every per-
Torrance, an advance sale of over $40, COO,
and at least So, 900 week received in pay
ment for seats ordered reserved by mail,
after run of four months, indicate pop
ular interest never before displayed in any
theatrical production made in America
This interest is deserved, for no other
play ever seen here has presented so fas-
cinating theme or been so magniicently
mounted. Thousands of people have read
Gen. Wallace's beautiful story of 'Ben-
Hur" and every one who has read it de-
sires to see its characters and scenes dis
played in the more realistic atmosphere of
dramatic portrayal. The integrity of a
story translated to the stage has never
been SO faithfully maintained as in the
play of ''Ben-Hur." In the dramatic YER
sion the auditor sees every important Incl
dent in the career of the hero, the locale
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by the author, and every character fol-
lowed with special interest in the book.
There is the quarrel between Ben Hur
and Messiah the arrest of Ben-Hur after
the accident of the falling tile, the battle
between the Romans and the pirates; the
rescue of Arrius by Ben-Hur; the meeting
of BenHur and Esther; the rescue of
Iras and Balthasar from death under the
wheels of Messala's chariot in the Grove
of Daphne; the revels of the worshippers
of Apollo in this famed pleasure ground;
the training of the Arabian horses of
Sheik nderim for the chariot race, the
great wagers on the race outside the
arena; the race itself in the arena, eight
horses struggling for supremacy in speed,
Ben-Hur winning the contest; the discov-
cry that the lost mother and sister of Ben
Hur are lepers in the Vale of Hinnom,
and the miracle of the cleansing of the
lepers by the Nazarene on Mt Olivet on
his way to Jerusalem. Seats are now on
sale for every performance from this time
to May 1, and may be ordered by mail OF
express, accompanied by remittance.
Special attention is paid to the filing Of
all such orders for seats. There has been
so large demand for photographs of the
characters and scenes from Ben-Hu that
Klaw 8 Erlanger, to meet this demand,
have issued an album containing repro
auctions in Photographic tints of II
scenes from the play with descriptive text
and excerpts from the beautiful Incidental
music by Prof Edgar Stillman Kelley.
The cover page is photographic repro
duction in colors of the great chariot race.
This album is most beautiful book, and
is in great demand, for it contains the
first illustrations of incidents from Ben
Hur" ever published. None were issued
with the original story. Klaw & Erlang-
er sell this book for its cost, % cents per
copy at the theatre, or send it by mail for
RI cents