The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-01-23
Theatres.

Theatres.
Guy Brothers gave such a poor min
strel performance in Mount Holly, on Sat
urday evening, that Manager Sailer says
he will not permit their return for two
or three years.
"Wine, Women and Song" the must
cal comedy and vaudeville, presented at
the Auditorium aTheatre, Burlington, on
Wednesday evening, was one of the best
performances of the season in that city.
The name is a misnomer and hurts the
show, as ladies fear that it is not clean
morally. The entertainment was spoken
of in the highest terms. There were many
curtain calls and at times the applause
was tremendous, in appreciation of real
merit. Every character taken was in the
hands of an expert. The scenery was
beautiful and costumes handsome and
modest. The show was refined and strictly
moral in tone, and second appearance in
Burlington will draw largely from the fe-
male sex.
''Ten Thousand Heart Throbs and a
Smile for Every Tear" so says the press
agent of ''The Factory Girl, and the crit
les and the public acknowledge that it is So
Some even venture to say that's not ALL
1.-THE Factory Girl" by Charles E. Bla-
ney, is the champion of labor-of every
honest working girl and every man that
earns his bread by honest toll. 1t tells of
new story of Love, Honor and Duty; of the
difficulty an honest working girl and the
true-hearted workman often has to main
tain Honor, and the virtues of Love and
Duty.
We all know that '"The course of true
love never did run smooth" and so it is
with our little factory girl; and who can
read what one of our poets said without
thrill 81 could not love you dear, so
much, loved not honor more ;" and again,
are not the words of Robert E. Lee immor-
tai: DUTY is the sublimest word in our
language"
This is the trinity of thought that made
''The Factory Girl" popular, and gave it
the wonderful success it now enjoys
OF course, there is comedy and music
and pretty girls, and a vast panorama
of scenical wonders, besides several stu
pendous mechanical effects, but still 1.-THE
plays the thing" In the very first act
there is a mob scene that is a marvel
of stage direction, wherein over one hun
dred people are employed and ''Pay-day
at the factory" is the scene of marvellous
activity. A courtroom scene, and
PAloOA oCCnC-UOLA mdoOCl pICCC6 VI buC
scene painters art, are remarkably unique.
Herein ''it is to laugh" for our comedians
reign supreme and our heroes outwit the
villains. A mid winter scene in the coun-
try and funny quadrille are novel feat
ures. The great scene of the drama,
however, is the interior of the big factory
which is in full operation. There are hun
dreds of wheels and mass of whizzing
belts; an electric switch board, dynamo
and a great drive wheel. The engineer
stops the machinery and the hands go
home. The doors are locked and all is
quiet. The villain, whose dastardly work
is about to begin, is interrupted by his
father while engaged in searching for
cei cain papers with which he intends to
ruin his father and brother. In the strug
| gle which ensues he forces the father
bodily against the deadly switch board.
There is flash, moan, and the father
| falls dead upon the floor.
The company, which includes Caroline
May and thirty well known players, will
appear at the Auditorium, Burlington,
this Tuesday evening.
The amusement loving public are begin
ming to know and watch the different
theatrical managers various methods of
conducting their business, so that when
different attractions appear in their cities
they know and don't have to guess wheth-
er they are going so get good, tirst-class
production, or an inferior one. There are
certain few managers that are constantly
on the alert, trying to improve and add to
the value of their attractions, both from
an artistic standpoint, as well as beauty in
scenic accessories
One of the growing managers, who has
won the confidence of the public by CIV
| ing them their moneys worth, if not at
times more, is Chas. E. Blaney, who is
constantly studying the wishes of the
amusement loving public, and offers them
productions that meet with their apprecia-
ton. Caroline May in 1.-The Factory
Girl, which was the greatest success of
| the past season, and bids fair to continue
in popularity many seasons to come, will
be the offering to the patrons of the Audi
forum, Burlington, this Tuesday evening
Miss Mays supporting company will be
larger and stronger than seen here last
season, and an entirely new scenic equip
ment has been provided.
The Jewish people are a race that more
rapidly assimilate with the American
people and American customs than those
of any other nationality. To follow the
transition of 1.-THE Old Clothes Man"
| DANES Kyrle MacCurdy in title role)
which appears at the Auditorium, Bur-
lington, on Saturday, January 81, for in
stance. from his early days as a peddler
carrying his pack across the snowy fields
of ice-bound Siberia, his arrival at Castle
Garden, New York, as an emigrant,
his poisoning forth as an old clothes man
in the Bowery, and his final metamorpho.
sis as millionaire ON Fifth avenue, illus
trates not uncommon example of what
the Sons of Israeli accomplish in free
America. ''The Old Clothes Man" depicts
all these scenes graphically, and all who
have seen the play and Mr.. MacCurdy' s
wonderful handling of the title role,
are loud in their praises of this gifted ar
fists wonderful versatility as an actor and
playwright, as he is the author of the play
The great scene in 1.-The Old Clothes Man"
is night life in the slums of New York, in
which is graphically unveiled the Army's
workers rescuing the fallen and helping
the helpless. 1t is artistically depicted in
a manner to wiring the heart and open
the eyes of that half of the world that
never knows how the other half lives,
and has thoroughly aroused the press and
public to announce in unison that the stage,
when used for such carefully enacted
scenes as described above, is one of the
most powerful mediums for the elevation
of good. Do not miss seeing 1.-THE Old
Clothes Man." He will be at the Noun t
Holly opera house on Monday evening,
January 30.