The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-12
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"Humpty Dumpty sat on wall,
Humpty Dumpty had great fall,
Not all the kings horses
Nor all the kings men,
Could put Humpty Dumpty back again. Z"
How familiar are the above lines what
memories they conjure up; what dear dead
faces they bring before our eyes; the whis-
pered song of mothers voice to still our
childish petulance, or to draw our infant
minds from our childish sorrows. Hump
ty Dumpty" with all its attractive cohorts,
including Little Goody Two Shoes, Boy
Blue, Old One-Two, the beautiful fairy
and his Satanic Majesty, together with
beautiful Columbine and agile Harlequin,
amid scenic beauty of dazzling magnifi-
cence, and interspersed with choice var
iety of vaudeville, comic opera and pan
tomine, all rich in visual effects, and pre-
scented with all the detail of grand spec
tacular production. The cast is most eff
ficient and is headed by that inimitable
clown and children's favOrite, George H.
Adams. whose impersonation of the role
of the funny, mischievous village tease
is one of the best conceptions of "Humpty
Dumpty" which has ever graced the
boards of the stage of either Europe or
America. The most noted of the vaude-
or the birth of woman out of nothing, or
air, or space, OF the sudden consolidation
of minute particles, making the whole by
instant transformation into a perfect
breathing woman of surprising beauty of
form and face. This production is the
strongest ever gotten together for panto-
mine, and the whole is under the able
management of Ernest Cooks, late of the
Buffalo Bills Wild West show.
This company will appear at the Mount
Holly Opera House on Friday night, Sep
TENDER 10.
Paul Gilmore in romantic comedy again
is the pleasing announcement from the
management of the Auditorium Theatre,
Burlington. This. favorite young actor
will appear there this evening in Captain
Debonnaire, new four act play which
has been spoken Of in the most glowing
terms in the cities where it has been pre-
sented. Delightful as is Mr.. Gilmore in
drawing room plays such as his great
successes, "The Mummy and the Hum
ming Bird" and ''The Tyranny of Tears, I"
it will be pleasure to see him in the part
of a swashbuckler again. 1t was in the
role of the redoubtable D'Artagnan in
1.-The Three Musketeers, and of the re-
dashing Gel de Buralt in Under the Red
Robe" that he firmly fixed his place on the
American stage. Louis lie Debonnaire is
just such another cavalier as were the ia
nous Alexander Dumas and Stanley J.
Weyman heroes, and the surroundings in
which he Is now placed outvie in excite
ment and romance those in which these
latter won their spurs. And what lends
the play peculiar charm is that the atmos-
phere and color are of early America.
The first and last acts show Quebec dur
ing the French occupation, while the
second and third are laid in New York
when the metropolis was in the hands of
the Dutch. Such era and locale naturally
suggest handsome costumes and elaborate
scenery, both of which have been sup
piled to Captain Debonnaire" In plenty
by Manager Jules hurry. The production
is the most sumptuOus and the cast the
largest and most capable with which Mr..
Gilmore ever has been surrounded
With the prestige of an all-summer run
in Chicago, against numerous competi-
tors, to its credit, ''The Mayor of Toxic"
opened the season at the Chestnut Street
Theatre, Philadelphia, last night. Rich
ard earle, the author actor, has taken the
war between Japan and Russia as the
foundation for his latest musical play.
The scene opens in a public garden in To
kio at the present time. Gen. Satake, a
japanese traitor, has conspired with Ivan
Orfulitch, a Russian spy, to sell japanese
war plans to the Russian government,
and then elope with Oloto, the charming
daughter of Kow Tow, the Mayor of To
kio. Oloto refuses Satake, on account of
his age, but he persists, and with the aid
of Yankee comic opera impresario, Sa-
take gets Row Tow into heap of trouble,
even going so far as to inform the Mikado
that the Mayor has sold valuable secrets.
Kow Tow is Immediately sentenced to be
tickled to death with ostrich feathers.
There will be some catchy musical num-
bers. In Mr.. Carries support are Fred
Frear. J. A. Wellerstedt, Sylvan Lang
lois. William Rock, Tony Hart, Jess Cain,
Edwin Baker, William H. Plat, Rollo
Carnegie, Hortense Maburette Cecilia
Rhoda, Emma Janvier, Minerva Court
ney Madge Vincent and others, besides a
large chorus of extremely pretty girls.