The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-02-18

A pleasant event on Thursday evening
next will be parlor entertainment at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel A. Atkin-
son, on High street, for the benefit of the
organ fund of the Baptist church. Tickets
80 cents.
Don't fail to see the greatest of all pop
ular price entertainments at the Opera
House next Saturday evening. The enter
tanners comprises fourteen people, all OF
them clever. Prices. 10, 10 and 25 cents
Matinee on Saturday, especially for chill.
dren. Admission, 10 cents.
The Y. w. G. t. U. will hold an i'm.
portant meeting at the residence of Miss
Grace Prickett, 405 Garden street, this
evening, at 7.45 p. m. The Union has an
invitation to Japanese social at Moores-
town; all those desiring to go please be
present at the meeting to make arrange
ments.
A leap-year dance was given in the Ly
ceum at Riverton, Saturday night The
young women sent out the invitations and
then called at the homes of the young
men and escorted them to the hall, which
had been tastefully decorated with the
colors of the public school. Each man
received a bouquet of flowers from his
escort, after which he was compelled to
sit around and wait for some maiden to
pass his way and ask for dance.
On Tuesday, in the Circuit Court, at
Camden, the suit of Joseph Zdancewitz
against the Burlington County Traction
Company was commenced. The plaintiff
was passenger on one of the trolley cars
of the defendant company and his hat
blew off. Without a word of warning he
jumped from the car to recover his hat,
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that it had to be amputated. The com
pany did not acknowledge its responsible
ity, owing to the reckless manner in which
the man had acted. but. through his ply
stefan, they offered to settle with him for
800 and the man signed release for that
sum. Afterwards he changed his mind
He claimed that, through his ignorance OF
the English language, he had done some
thing he did not intend to do, and he re-
fused to receive the money which was in
the hands of DIR. E. D. Prickitt. The in
iured man contended that he thought the
800 was in the nature of lodge benefits.
Testimony offered by the railroad COM
pany was so conclusive that the man
knew what he was about when he signed
the release that the court promptly al
lowed nonsuit to be entered.
Sparkling in humor, thrilling in situa-
tions, picturesque in atmosphere, magni-
ficent in rich Oriental scenic setting and
pervaded with a delicate romance of heart
interest the great melodramatic master
piece THE Shadow Behind the Throne,
which will be seen at the Opera House on
Friday evening, February 81, will be
without doubt one of the strongest thea
trical attractions of the local season and
one that will leave an impression that will
make it welcome if it should return this
season or next. 1t is oriental in atmos-
phere as the scenes are laid in Pekin,
China, at the time of the famous Boxer
troubles and the love story is that of a
beautiful young daughter of the American
Minister and young attache of her
legation The thrilling situation develop
ed by the rapid action of the play and the
wholesome comedy help to make this piece
doJbly popular. 1t has been pronounced
by the public and sress alike to be the best
melodrama-literaTy merit. The authors,
Alicia Ramsay and Rudolph De Cordova,
are two young Americans who have already
more than won their playwriting spur by
their successful plays and enjoy Internal
ional regulations for their newspaper,
magazine and other literary work. They
have written in 1.-The Shadow Behind the
Throne" play that will live in the plea
SAINT memory of thestre-goers long after
the average melodrama has been forgotten.
Seats are now on sale at Jamison's.