The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-10-08


The Orpheum Dramatic Stock Company |
OF the Chestnut street Theatre Philadei- |
hhia, will present the first local production |
OF "Glittering Gloria" This farcical COM
edy Is by G. M. s. Mcclellan and was orr |
ginally written as musical comedy. 1t
was used by Isador Rush as a starring We
l Gle with considerable success. The title
OF the play is taken from the name of a
popular chorus girl appearing in a London
music hall. FIVE men fall victims to her
charms and eagerly bestow gifts upon her.
Three of them decide to give her a dia-
mond necklace. The plot then swings
around the complications caused by the
purchase of this necklace and 1t is said
that the fun runs along merrily. In Gilt
tering Gloria" the Orpheum Dramatic
Stock Company will be seen at it's best,
for every part In the play Is a good one
and affords each member of the company
ample opportunity for action. Josephine
Lovett will be seen in the title role and
William Ingersoll will have an excellent
role as Jack James," the husband whose
purchase the necklace for Gloria makes
all the trouble. ]. Hammond DAILY, a
we'll known eccentric comedian, role of
''Zelidee Poskett." a country lawyer, who
also falls victim to the charms of "Glit-
tering Gloria"
First and foremost on the program at
the Forrest Theatre, Philadelphia, will be
Claire Romano, who ranks In the English
halls and pantomimes as the most mimi
table of boy impersonators. Her little
gallery of characters Is full of contrasts,
but all bubbling oyer with the exuberance
of youthful enthusiasm. Among her songs
are 1.-The Spooney oony Feeling" IT
Haven't Told My Mother Up To Now, /"
| ''I'd Like to Know When You Can," and
Keep Away from the Girl"-songs with
piquant tobasco flavor. and a swing that
sets an audience to humming and whist
| ling the choruses. Miss Romano has not
| appeared in America outside of New
York. A representative American favor
| lite Is George Evans, the Honey Boy"
who has world of wit with magnetism.
He is among the best performers of his
class. The Florenz troupe of ten men
and women are In a class by themselves
for difficult and accurate acrobatic accom-
plishment Comedy in abundance Is Of
fered by Edward Blondell and company
in the condensation of the hilarious farce.
''The Lost Boy" in which Mr.. Blondell
starred last season. Bellman and Moore,
all the way from the antipodes, are singers
and dancers with protean sketch which
deftly combines humor and sentiment.
Ralph tombstone, the "Beau Brummel of
the Cycle" comes from the New York
Hippodrome, where he has been a success
for the past year. He is perhaps the most
daring and reckless of cyclers. Diving
into a net. from a lofty elevation and
double somersaulting on his wheel are
some of his hazardous and seemingly i'm
possible feats. Prelle's Bijou circus makes
appeal to what Mark Twain characterized
as 1.-The young of all ages" This is a Eu-
Iropean novelty which introduces droll
| tricks performed by dogs that are made to
represent miniature horses, elephants and
other animals. The Wilton Brothers are
comedy bar performers from London,
whose act Is unique in its acrobatic novel
i ty. The Italian trio is composed of ex
ceptionally fine singers who give selections
from grand opera.
| Klaw & Erlanger presented Henry Ar
thur Jones latest play, 1.-THE Evangelist, I"
at the Knickerbocker Theatre last Mon
day evening for the first time in New
York. 1t proved a very powerful drama
which Is likely, because of its theme and
daring treatment, to provoke wide and
very spirited discussion among theatre
goers, church people and the clergy alike.
This Is undoubtedly the most serious of
all Mr.. Jones serious plays. and is per
haps, In many respects, his ablest contri
button to dramatic literature. In the de
velopment of the story, he creates re-
lation between the church and the stage,
If none exists, as some people claim, by
presenting on the stage some of the prob
lens that confront the church, and In
doing so brings forcibly home the battle
between the denominationalists themselves
and liberal minded, without making an
attack upon any one sect. The story deals
with contemporary life, and in very
honest, straightforward and effective way
From every standpoint it possesses all the
vitality of interest and action that goes to
make genuine entertainment and a play
popular with the theatre-goer On the
other hand 1t presents a side which will
appeal particularly to a large percentage
of the people who seldom, If ever, visit
the theatre-a wonderfully powerful re
ligious undertone. Mr.. Jones has, how
ever, never lost sight of the fact that the
first demand of an audience is that it shall
be entertained, and that any moral lesson
to be conveyed shall be so interviewer into
the story that 1t will not dwarf In any re-
spect the dramatic interest of the piece
Klaw & changers production of THE
Round Up" has made such a remarkable
hit at the New Amsterdam Theatre, New
York, that 1t will not be sent on the road
when Col. Henry W. Savages London
success. ''The Merry Widow" comes to
that house on the Dist inst ''The Round
Up" will be transferred to the Broadway
Theatre, where it will remain for several
weeks and where 1t will undoubtedly re-
peat the really wonderful popular success
it has made at the New Amsterdam. The
thrilling battle spectacle in the third act
of this play is the most realistic feature
that has been presented on the New York
stage In many years. Over three hundred
actors, cavalrymen, cowboys and Indians
appear in this scene.