The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-03-21

to delight American audiences. Among
the song numbers "Billie Boy" Straw
berries" "a Garden in Sweden and
Mr.. Moon Man. have already become
whist1ing favorites. The supporting COM
pany has been selected from the best
Broadway talent and includes William
Danforth, Lionel Walsh, Grace Field,
Eleanor Stuart, Oza Waldrop, BESSIE Glib
SON, Annie Buckley, James c. Lane, Harry
Lillford, Hazel Cox and twenty others.
Frederic Solomon directs the orchestra
and the stage is under that master of
stagecraft, Gustav Won Seiffertitz, who
staged "Chantecler" for Maude Adams
and gave up a part in Rostand's sensa-
tional play to direct Little Miss Fix-It."
The engagement at the Chestnut Street
Opera House, Philadelphia, is for two
weeks only, with Wednesday and Satur-
day matinees, the final performance being
on Saturday, April Ist.
From a ranch In Montana to leading
role In metropolitan musical production
sounds like big jump. The mere thought
of it is enough to set awhirl the head of
any ambitious young girl. In Flower of
the Ranch" company, musical comedy
which ran at the Garrick Theatre, Chica-
go, 200 nights, and is to visit the Audi
torium, Burlington, on Monday, March 81,
is little Nellie Waters, and the part she
| fills is the most important In the play
Two years ago she was little seventeen.
year old girl attending school at Billings,
Montana. Her father, q ranch owner In
the southeastern part of the state, made
annual visits to Chicago In the interests of
the stock market. 1t was during one of
the visits that Miss Waters, accompany
ing her father, became acquainted with
Miss Mabel Barrison, who at that time
was playing the part of ''fiower" in ''The
Flower o. the Ranch" As the acquain-
tanceship became stronger, Miss Barrison
became attracted by the young woman's
beauty, intelligence and refinement, and
approached her father to allow her to en-
ter the profession. At the parents. APP
prevail Miss Barrison saw her manager
and there was room made for her In the
chorus, where she developed into grace
full dancer.
FORREST THEATRE, PHILADELPHIA
Philadelphia waited long while to see
Madame Sherry, the sensational music
ial comedy success which ran for eight
months at the New Amsterdam Theatre
in New York. but theatregoers, now as Ii
has arrived at the Forrest Theatre, are
making up for lost time by crowdinp the
big and beautiful playhouse to its utmost
capacity at every performance. Madame
Sherry has fully lived up to the enthus-
liastically heralded reports of its intrinsic
delights in music of the most captivating
Equality and rare hunor in its story and its
reception in Philadelphia has so far been
a round of ovations The engagement al
the Forrest is limited and therefore at.
tention is especially called to the fact that
the brief season there will be the only
performances of Madame Sherry" to be
given in the state of Pennsylvania; as inn
mediately after the close of this engage
ment Woods, Frazee and Lederer's big
company and splendid production o.
Madame Sherry" will be taken on a two
years worlds tour, embracing Dublin
Glasgow, London, Berlin, Paris, Vienna
and the principal cities of Australia ant
, India. The music by Karl Hoschna, is il
! that famous composers most melodic VEN
and the chief theme number ''Ev'ry LITTLE
Moment Has Meaning all its Own ha
attained popularity all the world over
{ There are many other gems of melody ais,
that will set everybody whistling or hum
ming the song hits of Madame Sherry
The story is the capital book by OFT,
Hauerbach taken from French source
+ briefly relates the misadventures of ga,
, young bachelor in his attempt to obtail
money from rich old uncle The youn,
spendthrift hits upon the idea of claiming
that he needs money to support a wife ant
: two children. The uncle doesn't send tn
money asked for but Unexpectedly visit
his nephew instead to see for himself hi
) nephew's family. Facing exposure, tn
' young man rises to the occasion b.
promptly Juggling in his cook and present
ing her as his spouse, and hunting up tw'
young acquaintance and passes them OF
as his children. The fun starts with thi
device. The love sentiment of the piec
comes from Yvonne Sherry, young war,
of the rich old uncle, who fresh from
convent, on her first visit to the gay out
side world, falls desperately in love. Tw
matinees given weekly, namely on Wed
nesday and Saturday, the Wednesday
matinees being at special popular prices
with no seat over one dollar. Orders 70
seats sent to the Forrest Theatre will b
filed in order of their receipt