The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-03-10

The Orpheum players return to igh
comedy and will present at the Chestnu
Street Theatre play that has not beer
seen in Philadelphia for many years.
is Robert billiards amusing farce comedy
"Lost "a Hours" cleverlY constructed
play designed for the sole purpose of pro
viding an evening wholesome and enjoy
able entertainment. But besides serving
this purpose excellently, Lost "a Hours
shows what tangled web we weave wheI
first we practice to deceive Dick Swift
newly married, takes advantage of his
wife's brief absence to renew acquaint
ances with the companions Of his bache
lor days. Among them is woman who
poses as widow, and who, knowing OF
Dicks marriage, plans to make him pay
dearly for her silence. Dick returns to
his home early Monday morning, and does
not awake from his heavy sleep until II
o'clock the next morning. The Orpheum
players will doubtless show their peculiar
adaptability for farce-comedy. The piece
provides exceptionally good comedy char
acters for ]. Hammond Daley, Helen
Reimer and Lottie Briscoe. Lillian Law
renee and Leah Wfnslow will be seen as
the wife and the widow respectively, and
Mary Desmond will play the important
part of Susan, the maid.
A musical comedy which came along on
its laughing, swinging, dashing way,
with vim and rapidity. bewildering,
delightful. array of pretty girls, catchy
music, whirlwind dancers, and laughable
dialogue to the Walnut Street Theatre
Philadelphia, last evening" "The Time,
The Place and the Girl" is the title of
this charming conglomeration and despite
the above features, it has plot, logical
and of absorbing interest whose thread is
never lost sight of, no matter how inter-
rupted by musical interpretations. AL
though this will be its first Philadelphia
presentation, 1.-The Time, The Place and
the Girl, comes with a record of marvel
lousy brilliant past performances, for it
ran 463 consecutive times in Chicago,
broke all records for receipts during its
long Boston run last spring at the Ire
mont Theatre; and in New York was con-
ceded to have given even those blase
theatregoers a new sensation. Yet it is as
clean, dainty and charming as princess
Bonnie" or "The Little Tycoon. The
chatter and jests, as the Askin-Singer
company, the managers of the play, call
the book and lyrics, are by Will M. Hough
and Frank R. Adams, the music is by
Joseph E. Howard, while Ned Wayburn,
one of the most original and noted of
American stage producers, staged the
musical numbers, and Arthur Evans, long
stage director of grand opera, produced
the dramatic portions. Every member of
the cast seen during its brilliant career,
will be in Philadelphia Arthur DEACON,
a big magnetic comedian, who can sing
and dance and who is an actor as well,
plays the principal role, Happy Johnny
Hicks, a rough, good natured and ION the
level" gambler Georgia Drew Mendum,
a niece of John Drew, and therefore
intimately associated with Philadelphia
theatr1cals through her family-ties for
generations. plays Molly Kelly, Red
Cross nurse, with whom Hicks is in love;
Harriet Burt, statuesque beauty, plays
the prims donna part; Violet McMillen,
doll-like little soubrette, plays "The Girl"
of the title, and other principals include
George Elmer, Kenneth DeLacy, and
others. The songs include elbow the
Smoke Away" II Don't Like Your Fam
ily." Thursdays My Jonah Day."
First and Only. 1.-THE Waning Honey
moon, It's Lonesome Tonight, ""Uncle
Sans Best Girl, and Others