The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-09-26

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whose management the attraction visits
us, will send a carefully selected company
to interpret the various parts. Baby
Mine" is now playing in London to enor-
nous business at the Vaudeville Theatre,
and productions are soon to be made in
Berlin, Paris, Vienna and Australia.
THE ONLY Son
Conan and Harris announce the premier
performance of Winchell Smith S newest
play The Only Son. at the Broad Street
Theatre, Philadelphia, Monday night,
October a. Mr.. Smith has a reputation as
builder of plays that, while intensely
human and Accordingly interesting, never
offend. Therefore new product of his
resourceful mind cannot other than COM
mand the earnest attention of amusement
seekers. In 'sThe Only Son. Mr.. Smith
will present big theme, and one that
makes strong appeal to fathers and
mothers, but which will be found inter-
esting to their children asfwell. This au-
thor's adroitness in play construction,
evidence of which has been supplied many
times in the past, has won him a follow
ing that found healthful, not to say edu-
cational amusement in viewing his famous
comedy ''The Fortune HUNTER play of
commanding worth, by reason of the
moral it taught. Therefore the doctrine
OF practice of the duties of domestic life.
which Mr.. Smith will present in "The
Only Son" will undoubtedly receive pro-
found attention. Winchell Smiths clever
ness in the art of playwriting lies in the
fact that he presents these wholesome
lessons in an atmosphere of laughter, an
art indeed. Would that more authors
possessed the gift The players who will
create the various roles in 1.-THE Only Son"
include Wallace Eddinger, Claude Gilling-
water, Leslie Kenyon, Roy Atwell, Elmer
Grandin, Vivian Martin. Ida Waterman,
Alice Putnam, Mabel Rowland, Louise
Randolph and others. The sale of seats
for The Only Son" will begin at the
Broad Street Theatre box Office next
Thursday morning. The engagement is
for two weeks only with matinees We'd
nesday and Saturday.
THE SPRING MAID
Philadelphia is soon to have a gala
season of music, the occasion being the
engagement of captivating Christie Mac
Donald in the JOYOUS Viennese operetta
1.-THE Spring Maid". This will be an
event that music lovers, not only of Phila-
delphia, but of all the suburban territory
will look forward to with great deal of
pleasure.
Not since 1.-THE Merry Widow" has
there been musical production so loudly
acclaimed success by the press and pub
lie as this bubbling masterpiece of melody.
From the rise of the first curtain to the
final one it is so filled with enhancing
melodies that one hardly knows which to
choose as the best. Already music lovers
all over the country are whistling and
humming the hypnotic strains of the big |
waltz number, "Day Dreams" the charm |
ing duet of romance, 1.-TWO Little Love |
Bees, and the melodic gem, Fountain |
Fay" These are only part of the many |
tuneful good things that fill its delightful |
score. Through the two acts of the opera, |
winsome little Miss Macdonald fits like |
glorious sunbeam, spreading happiness
to all who see her. As the piquant Prin-
cess Bozena she captures all with her
spirited, innocent mischievousness and |
her guileless manner. Her love scenes
with the dashing Prince Aladar are delic
ious and in themselves are capable of /
proving an evenings entertainment with
out the aid of the many other splendid
things offered in the opera. The comedy
scenes of Tom McNaughton as Roland the
tragedian and the antics of Ben Hen
bricks who plays Bozena's father mas
querading as comic old aunt, furnish a
world of wholesome amusement that
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these are only part of the good things
with which THE Spring Maid" is filed.
The now famous Spring Maid" chorus
and ballet of fifty and orchestra of. thirty
are not to be overlooked as contributors
to the general fund of entertainment.
Briefly the story of this romantic little
opera of youth deals with the flirtatious
love affairs of the Princess Bozena and
Prince Aladar, gallant Hungarian noble
man. They meet at Carlsbad and Bozena
overhearing Aladar make a disparaging
remark against the women of her class,
decides to punish him for his rashness.
To do this she DISCUSSES herself as
Spring girl, class of women to which
the Prince is particularly partial, and wins
her heart. She rejects his proposal of
marriage, boxes his ears, only to discover
later that she is in love with him. OF
course she relents and is betrothed to him
before the final curtain. This is the way
all well-regulated operas should end.
But before she finally has a change of
heart the librettist has furnished two acts
Of romance that are irresistibly appealing
to Young and old alike. The production
comes direct from run of 900 performan-
,es in New York City with the same