The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-10-30

r In "a Woman Of Fire" the new fou
act melodrama that comes to the Burline
ton Auditorium on Saturday, November
the old saying "The Wages of Sin |
Death is clearly exemplif1ed. A youn
, maFried couple are parted by scbemin
adventures in love with the husband, an
through four acts and nine scenes, tn
audience witnesses the most sensational
thrilling and dramatic scenes ever con
J ceived. Like the good tales in a fair
story, the bad woman meets her Just de
serts, the loving husband and wife are re
united and everything ends happily. TIL,
play is the latest creation of that prolifi,
author, Theo. Kremer, and he pronouncel
this his best work. A wealth of scenery
the best in mechanical and electrical eff
fects and strong acting cast materially
enhance the worth of this production
Thrilling climaxes and sensational situa.
tions abound, which keep the audience In
a constant state of excitement from start
to finish The opium joint scene showing
men and women in the folds of the drug,
is realistic enough to cause a shudder, as
the awful depravity of the fiends is ably
presented. The startling mechanical eff
fects bring about thrilling climaxes. The
cast is an unusually good one, while the
scenic. electrical and mechanical effects
are all that can be desired.
The coming appearance at Burlington,
on Tuesday evening, October 80, of Mil
dred and Rouelere and their excellent
company is most interesting to amusement
patrons who want the best. Their per-
| formance is not heavy or gruesome, and
does not deal with Hncanny or disagree
able subjects; but on the contrary is light,
breezy, funny and surprising. The en-
tirety has the merit of novelty, the illus.
ions are all new, the equipment expenses
are appropriate and the members of the
present supporting company are the best
available. So if you want to treat your
wife or your best girl to the best show of
the season be sure and get seats to the
Mildred and Rouclere performance.
Mildred and Rouclere altho giving their
marvellous and fascinating performance
entirely in a comedy vein, really have all
the skill of the Thibeteon jugglers and
Egyptian Necromance; In short they COM
bine the subtle, mysticism of the Orient
with the progress of the magical science
of the accident. Crude art has been re-
duced by them to exact science but there
is no effort to impress their audience with
heavy scientific teachings, but rather to
give them an evening of delightful sur
prises.
The acme of musical comedy excellence
and novelty is combined in the newly CON
structed melodious frivolity Breaking
into Society" by Lee Arthur and Robert
B. Smith, with music by Gus Edwards,
which Manager Frank ". Hawley has
well chosen to introduce the premier fun
makers, the Four Mortons, in the field
of musical comedy The Four Mortons.
Sam, Clara, Paul and Kittie, are without
question the most talented family of en-
tertainers on the American stage and their
fame extends clear across the. continent
Breaking into Society,"" which, as its
name implies, is satirical potpourri of
mirth and melody. affords them ample
scope for their versatile capabilities and
singing and danciRg, which is of the
by company of fifty talented performers,
which includes chorus of twenty-five
stunning singing girls in chorus of be-
witching beauty. They are graceful and
youthful and wear dashing gowns to per-
lection. The stage settings and scenic
adornment is complete and of high artist
ic merit. As may be inferred, the com
edy deals with the efforts of a former
humble family of Hibernian ancestry to |
force an entrance into the 400" class and |
the attendant ridiculous complications are |
almost past description. There Is q con |
vulsion of laughter in every line and a |
world of tuneful song in every act There |
are vocal hits that will be whistled every
where and the marches and orchestral |
music is of the kind that fingers in your
ears. The play is in three acts and is a |
scream from the rise until the fall of the |
curtain. Breaking into Society" will be |
the weeks attraction at the Grand Opera !
House, Philadelphia, beginning Novem-
Der 5, and, despite the strength and merit
of it, there will be no advance in prices
The usual matinees will be given on Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday, at 25c.,
throughout the entire house.
The versatility of Creston Clarke has
often been commented upon. In his stage
career, which, although he is still young
man, has extended over long period of
years, Mr.. Clarde has played more than
three hundred different parts. Probably
in no other two of all these, is there such
a dissmilarity as in the roles of the gay,
young, frivolous Monsieur Beaucaire" of
last season and the grave, serious John
Morton, the clergyman, in The Ragged
Messenger of this season. In dress, in
speech and in manner, these two roles are
widely different AS Monsieur Beau
carrie" Mr.. Clarke wore the picturesque
costume of a French prince of two centur-
les ago powdered hair, patches, laces,
silk hose, silver buckles, and all the other
habiliments of the dandy of that period |
He then spoke with broken accent, never
once forgetting his delightful stimulation
of the French tongue. As John Morton,
he is clothed in the sombre garb of a |
clergyman of the present day. He now
delivers his lines in the purest English, |
with clearness of enunciation that ore
who had heard him only as Monsieur
Beaucaire" would notdeem him capable of
1t is the hope that a goodly attendance
will welcome this accomplished actor to
the Park Theatre, Philadelphia, on Mon
day next, November 5th, when he presents
The Ragged Messenger