The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-28
Theatres.
Theatres.
KEITH'S cinquevalli and the
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KEITH'S cinquevaIli and th
AGA ~ - .Cycle Whirl' wi
again be the principal offerings of til
Keith program for this week. So gres
has been the success of these two feature
that people are still thronging to see them
and their popularity shows no signs c
waning. Cinquevalli certainly casts al
other jugglers in the shade and each weel
Introduces new feats which make his per
formauces seem more marvellous than be
fore. AS for the bicycle speciality, it is on
of the most sensational acts of the kline
ever seen in vaudeville and has, aside from
its daring, the merit of being an abselut,
novelty.
Among the other acts for the week viii
be the Vaidis Sisters, trapeze performers, il
new specially with novel light effects
Marion Manola, the wellknown conf,
opera soprano, will be heard in severa
songs and Galiett's educated monkey:
will again amuse. Then there will be Joe
| Maxwell and company, in 1.-THE Firs
Chief" Mr.. and Mrs. Neil Litchfeld will
their rural sketch, Down on the Farm
John Bowker, in new monologue on the
Passion Play De Bolieu Brothers, come
dy acrobats; the Battles, colored entertain,
ers; Fitzpatrick and Taper, in songs and
dances; estrada, ring performer, and some
interesting new moving pictures in the
biograph
BEN HUR For research, thought
Mn full study and a wise use
of money, the Klaw & Erlanger produc.
ton of 'ssBen Hur," now running at the
Chestnut Street Opera House, Philadel-
phia, may be passed upon as admirable
and worthy of the highest praise. The
production is scholarly study of fitting
details which make for vivid and correct
stage portrayal of the locale and time OF
the Messiah. The costumes are histori-
cally correct, which only could have fol-
lowed the most careful study. Each in
dividual vestment is said to have been
painted in water colors by the costumer
AS there are 800 or 400 people on the
stage in some of the scenes, representing
Romans, Jews, Greeks and Egyptians,
this was quite an undertaking, but the
result shows that it was well worth the
effort and forms one of the attractive
qualities in this wonderful dramatic spec
tacle. The chariot race probably invites
more general curiosity than any other one
feature of the many that develop the stage
success of ben Hur." Eight horses
plunge forward on specially designed
machines, while wildly cheering mob
and immense, swiftly revolving cyclorama
rushes around the stage with amazing We
locity. The race is given as in the book
The horses plunge forward, clouds of dust
arise behind the chariot wheels, the glad
iators urge their horses to the utmost,
first one is ahead and then the other, and
finally the supreme moment comes when
Messala's wheel is smashed. his chariot
wrecked and Ben Hur wins. An entirely
Il o4 Al. L.
ing of the lepers on Mount Olivet, which
concludes the great play. This scene re-
quires the most delicate treatment so that
the reverent spirit of the sublime occur
renee may be preserved, and nothing Of
fered to, in the slightest degree, offend
the most pious. Two great crowds of
people meet, one from Jerusalem and the
other from Bethany. Assembled in wor-
ship of the Nazarene, with waving palms
in their hands they recoil in terror at the
presence of the unclean. The crowd sep
arates as the lepers advance up the noun
tain side and kneel in supplication. The
Master is not seen, but e wondrously
beautiful shaft of pure white light rests
upon them and they are made whole. A
chorus of two hundred voices, including
fifty children, burst forth into a hymn of
thanksgiving and praise, and the curtain
falls. Seats are now on sale for every
performance of the remaining two weeks
of the engagement, which positively ends
Saturday night, February s.
~ Nf ALI Philadelphia well
AGINN comes eye Dairy FARM
that the theatre-going
public of this staid old Quaker City were
anxiously awaiting; the return of their
favorite pastoral comedy "The Dairy
Farm" is already anticipated, but that
they should show their appreciation of its
quaint rustic humor and pathos after its
lengthy run last summer at We Park in
the manner which they have, has certain
ly been revelation to all interested, aud
it is not exaggerating to remark that this
attraction could start again upon as sue
cesstul an engagement as it enjoyed at
the terminus Of the last theatrical season
and which is even now recorded in the
annals Of theatrical history in Philadel-
phia. There is the old spring house and
the door yard of the farm, the oxen, the
horses, the moving machine, the Christ
mas party, Simon Crum, Nathan Lucy,
Jehu, Minty, and the Squire, exactly the
same as they were, absolutely unchanged.
just as though hey had stepped from last
season into this while the production it.
self is all that it ever was, bright, fresh
and permeating the atmosphere of country
life to such an extent that despite the in
clement elements outside one fancies him
self enjoying summer rustication down
on the farm. This is the first week of
The Dairy Farms most prosperous en-
gagen,ent and next Monday will see the
final appearance Of that play in this year at
Philadelphia's most popular of the popu-
lar play houses, We Park. Happy Hooli-
gan" an uproariously funny farce, nondes-
cript in character owing to a clever mel
ange of mirth, melody and music. together
with the best characters Cartoonist Upper,
OF Ney York Journal fame has given us,
will form a fitting contrast to eye Dairy
Farm" aud York State Folks, . the splen-
did attraction which follows Happy
Hooligan."