The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12

| man 10 wear collar win uu8et I long in the memory of those who see .'The Heir to the Hoorah, while tnf l little touches of human feeling and sympathy and weakness on the part oi l these hardened men will bring smiles to the thoughts for many passing
 day.
 The cofnpany presenting ''rhe Heii l to the Hoorah," is headed by Frank 1 Monroe; as the millionaire miner, son
 in-law and father he Is sympathetic
 and capable. Surrounding him Is an
 able cotefie of actors porsraying the hillmen and piainsmen of the great | West. Their hearts are unsophisticat- ed, but brave; their manners are rough but honest. and the brown of the moun-
 tain sun is on their faces. | 1 "Creckers.~ sCheckers." the tale of love and luck | is to be seen at the Grand Thursday
 night. It Is fresh from it's fifteenth | unquestioned triumph in Greater New York. The production which has l scored big success wherever seen, is still under the personal supervision of i the same manager who has directed Its kdestinies since it's initial performance. | The title role this season is to be 1 enacted by Hans Roberts. ~
 | The tremendous circulation of the book since its publication ten years l ago. seems reason for the belief that l the details of the at once charming
 and thrilling tale must be known to
 every lover of the "oid, old story,
 when dressed in language new; as l we'll as to every lover of the sport of
 kings and the intense excitement Of the betting ring.
 1 Tho blending of strong pure love l of a refined girlhood with the rugged, | strenuous activity of manly young l follower--of the ponies. involving the
 surrender of each a little to the other, l but in such a manner as to win the plaudits of the friends of both, is re-
 garded as a triumph of literary skin 1 in book form, while the stage version
 may be said to be something sure to make you sit up and listen."
 4Hen-Hur:.v
 When General Lew Wallace penned his immortal Ben -Huf" he thought little. orsnot at all. of its possibilities as a drama of semi sacred significance; in fact, 1t was the significance of the Christ's influence on the people of the time In which He lived that General Wallace wanted to show; but, in writ ing his masterpiece the Indianan
 ''builded better than he knew" Ben
 Hur" has scored the greatest triumph ever known in a theatre, and today 1t IN dS puWefIut III lIS hpp0hl anu hS un- doubted in its sway over spectators as
 on the night of it's first presentation at
 the Broadway Theatre. New York, No-
 vember 26. 1899. near the close of the last century. Indeed, the dramatiza- tion of the Wallace book and It's in- spired production by Klaw and Er-
 hanger seem to have been the beacon to
 the coming century into which the
 play brought all of magnificence and
 reverence which the greatest story ever penned has conjnred into being. From the moment when the curtain
 rises on the impressive tabIeau of the
 Star of Bethlehem to the final scene
 when amid burst of triumphal music
 almost too inspired for human ear to
 bear, the drama ends, the action moves
 with a sweep that reaches its culmina-
 ton ia the great race scene. the most
 marvellous mechanical invention ever shown on the stage. In this superb
 picture of Roman splendoT and luxury
 the two Tneu who arc the central ig-
 ures in the story, the Prince of the
 House of Hur and the Roman Messala.
 Hur's one time friend but TOW eternal
 enemy, hattie for life, love- honor and fortune. and Ren-aur wins the terrific struggle, completely destroying the
 power and influence of his enemy.
 "Ben-Hur" has the distinction of be-
 ing endorsed by ministers of every de-
 nomination. and of receiving the pat
 ronage of men and women Of the church, people who mover before en- tered theatre sitting in rapt and awed reverence as the great drama Is
 unfolded before them in ttso wonderful
 series of pictures and its absorbing
 and exciting action. The play appeals
 to all classes and all Kinds of people. The regular theatre-goer is thrilled by