The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-12-02
Theatres.
Keith's Henry Arthur Jones sterl-
R;;o, ing, play, THE Dancing

Keith s henIy Artnur Jones sIeri-
Bijou a GIEl pl sIil be n this D ~sek
special offering at Keith's Bijou Theatre,
with Meta Maynard in the role of the
young Quakeress, Drusilla Ives, who en-
tiers into the gay world of the stage and
its votaries; Malcolm Williams as the
Duke of Guisebury, Kate Hassett as the
lame girl, Sybil Crake, and ]. B. Ever
ham as the stern father, David Ives.
This play has been generally regarded as
one of the best that Mr. Jones has written
and it has a long record of success both in
England and America. The story of the
piece, briefly stated, concerns the life of
handsome young Quaker maid who has
left her humble home to seek employment
in London. There her romantic nature
and her desire for the pleasures of the
wider world lead her to the footlights,
where she becomes a dancing girl. She
is sought in marriage by the Duke of
Guisebury but she declines to give up
the gay whirl of her life, and to avoid him
returns to her home. Her father discov-
ers her career in London, and in the chief
sensational scene of the play, curses her,
her fall in faint down the long flight of
stairs being the striking climax to the
scene Promise is made that the staging
the presentation will be the best yet given
at the Bijou by its excellent stock COM
pany.
Ko;f,,~ Keiths new Chestnut
street palace of vaude-
chestnut vile continues to attract
Street. many theatre goers to
whom the beauty of the
structure is of even more interest than
anything that might be offered in the way
of entertainment on the stage. Neverthe-
less, the bills are received with warm ap-
proval by the army of Kethites who es-
TEEN the Keith brand of vaudeville so
highly, and for these the current weeks
offering is promised to be particularly at
tractive. Rossow's Midgets head the pro
gram, and will no doubt be rewelcomed
enthusiastically. These lilliputian per
formers have hitherto scored a decisive
popular hit in Philadelphia and the new
act which they gave yesterday afternoon
is said to be the best of their career
Techow's troupe of performing cats is
another stellar number, and is one that
will appeal specially to the younger gen.
GRAFTON. Milton and Dolly Mobiles, as
sisted by Dolores tiffany, will return
with Mr.. Mobiles clever one-act comedy,
"a Blue Grass Widow" in which they
have frequently achieved marked popu-
larity in the past. Press Eldridge, the
Communicating chief of the army of fun,
as he has been characterized, will be one
of the leading mirthmakers. His present
monolOgue is said to fairly bristle with
new ones" in his best comic vein. The
Wright Brothers, two acrobats who have
come from Europe with strong reputa-
tions; Snyder and Buckley, the clever and
well-knOwn vocalists and instrumental
lists; Julian Rose, the comical Hebrew
character impersonatOr; Mamie Reming-
ton and her comical picka2innies, in
new budget of coon" ditties; the Brook
Brothers, "blackface" comedians; the
Romany Trio, gy psy vocalists and must
cal instrument players; the Earns, expert
performers on the flying rings; "Dave"
Nowlin, mimic and come dian; Cadieux,
the sensational bounding wire acrobat;
Ali and Ceyser, acrobatic funmakers, and
Frank Bowman. the mystifer, are among
the many others included in the long pro-
gram.
Beauty and That most brilliant spec
the Beast tacle. '"The Sleeping Beauty
and the Beast" has won an instant tri :
umph at the Chestnut Street Opera House,
where it would seem destined, so far as
popularity is concerned, to remain for an
indefinite period. The original Drury
Lane Christmas pantomime has been
brought to state of scenic and specta-
cular perfection which it would seem i'm
possible to excel, while the Interpolation
of the musical comedy element has made
the production one of the merriest of its
jolly musical type. Harry Bulger, Joe"
Hawthorne and William H. Macart score
the chief comic hits of the piece and
!. sc
are on the stage when the audience is not
in an uproar of laughter. But the spec
tacular element is the prime one and the
many tableaux which succeed each other
with wonderful celebrity are trium plant
examples of the achievements of the
scene builders, stage managers and cos
tuners arts.