Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-18

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ceiIe Rhoda. late prima donna Of the
Tivoli Opera Company, in San Franz
cisco, who will make her Broadway |
debut In the role OF Lady Rowena, I
while the dramatic basso is Mr.. Stan
ley l.. Ford, who divided the honors
with Mabelle Gilman in "The Mock
ing Bird" and created the role of
Baron Lombardo in Princess Beg
gar" with Miss Edwardes last sea-
son. Adele Barker appears in the
character role of Antichia, with
Edith Fraser and Daisy Fuguet in
soubrette parts, while d. ]. Flana-
gan and Ernest Graham have impor
tant character bits.
Special features of the ensemble
are male sextette of specially Sc
lected voices; an octette of "Prin-
cesses," being the pick of the Broad
way "show girls" double dozen of
dancing girls, and chorus.
The scenes are laid in the royal
palace of Vagaria, and near the her.
mits chapel on the Island of Ferns,
with costumes and spectacular set
tings to correspond. Among the nov
ell numbers may be mentioned Miss
EuWdTueS llIldllOn SOuB, NIL
Ford's ballad of King Croesus;" Mr..
Wallis love song, Elaine" with
echo effects; Miss Rhoda's Daisy"
song, with floral decorations; Rain
ing" with realistic electric storm eff
fects, and BELLS of Long Ago." with
real chimes, the last two numbers
sung by Miss Edwardes and chorus
ensemble, as we'll as transmitted
throughout the city by the telhar-
monte system.
OUT OF PRISON.
He stepped slowly out into the
warm sunshine. He was free, free.
He could hardly realize it. He laugh
ed aloud for the first time in seven
years. He felt as a man feels, who,
after life struggle, has suddenly
completed a life's work, some master
piece, some stupendous work of art.
He was bewildered. He didn't know
what to do.
Free, Free" he said aloud.
It was dusk when he came to him
self. He was sitting on fance by
roadside, looking about him, with the
glory of the early summers growth
around him. In his hand was a wild
! flower He remembered vaguely that
| he had stopped over, times innumer-
able, and kissed this flower for very
Joy. He was hysterical; he could go
where he pleased, do what he pleas
ed.
With this sense of freedom there
returned his longing for home
He was a domestic man, of proper
instincts He would go y home.
Home" he whispered softly, with
Molly and with Steve Molly-his
face quivered. For the first time he
began to realize that she was dead.
But there was Steve. And he felt the
same longing for Steve and home that
he had felt for liberty. He would go
! to Steve.
On his way to Steve he began to
patch together the fragments that
| had to do with Steve Steve-had
married, hadn't he? Yes, Steve had
married. He remembered that. Nc
Clenahan shivered. And Steve's wife
What would she think of him?
What would she do? What would
/ she say? And had she changed
Steve? Perhaps.
For two days, with the money that
he had, he kept away from Steve. He
walked about New York. One of the
! two nights he went to a roof garden
lit was good to get back again. Now
and then he would hurriedly stink
about corner or dart into a door
way-he had seen one whom he
knew
On the third day he went to Steve's
fiat, boldly. Steve would be expect
ing him. He went in the daytime
while Steve was away. 1t was hard
to do that, but not so hard as to have
Steve bring him in
She knew him at once, Steves
wife. Grandpa" she cried with JOY
joy apparent, possibly real. 1t
broke the ice.
Grandpa" he laughed back,
why" Then he remembered. Steve
had baby, a girl baby. Such a baby!
McClenahan looked squarely in the
eyes of his sons wife. You know all
about me, | suppose he said, curtly
Stephen has told"
She nodded. Then she came over
and kissed him. She placed his
granddaughter in his lap. McClena-
han tried to struggle to his feet, tried
to ward off this thing that gripped
him. Then, suddenly, it caught him,
and he dropped his head upon his
breast and cried like men cry in the
throes of unutterable remorse.
PrOctor's Newark Theatre.
Good things galore are in store for /
the aptrons of Proctor's Newark the
atre during the week of January 21, |
being replete with novelties and |
vaudevillian headliners.
The premier position on the bill is
given to Apollo, the European ath-
letic marvel in wonderful feats of
strength, showing absolute control
and perfect development of the mus
cles. j. K. Murray and Clara Lane,
who many will remember as members
of the famous Bostonians, will appear
in singing sketch entitled "A
Knight at Home;" time has dealt
kindly with their voices and makes /
their offering one of the most pleas /
ing in vaudeville. Something of /
decided novelty will be seen in the |
firs appearance here of the Finneys,
the worlds greatest swimmers, in a |
remarkable exhibition under water in !
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