Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-04-19
THIS oLil HOMESTEAD,

-~t'tti-i n'i1i sui Rfrdt H'f
to be seen at Fora's Tbater Balti-
more Nd, week commencing april
22nd, Matinees wedne-asy and
Saturday.
Has the American stage ever pro.
duced greater play than "The Oh
Homes,eadsH II that question we're
put to the American people there
would probably be an overwhelming
ing negative vote, for The Ola
Homestead" Is enshfined in Che at
tections Of The people as 90 other play
can ever hope to be. ID differs from
most plays in that it makes its APP
peal not alone to those who are ha-
bitual theatregoers but TO the great
mass Of people who attend but rarely.
aEver old yet ever new" this grand
old plays goes on its way year after
year, delightiue its thousand and
tens of thousands; ever Speeding its
cheerful philosophy, ever sending its
aud tors ont Of the theater the bet
ter for having followed the joys and
sorrows Of Old Joshua Whitcomb.-
You all know the story. Il il the
story Of a Maynard bog. He leaves
the cd homestead up ia New IIamp-
seire and goes into the big city Of
New York. A fathers love and
fathers prayers follow him there, but
Reuben fails victim to old John
Barleycorn. Then dear old Josh
comes to New York to find his boy
and eventually succeeds in doing so
and taking ain. back to Swanzey to
begin life over again on the old farm.
@The Old Homestead" is a great
play because it grips the heart be-
cause it is human. You feel all the
time you ATE watching TIE Develop
ment Of the story that you are watch
ing real people with much the same
emotions and sympathies as Yourself
and there isn's a moment that Won
are not gripped BY the story as it M
folds. It is not a complicated plot
il is true reflection Of life al ii j.
lived down among the hills Of New
Hampshire. What glorious PIC
TUE Of a simple home life is that first
act Ii you have ever lived on a
farm or loved one you will find thar
scene bringing back Ole memories
md maybe tear will nov and then
steal slo siy down your cheek. Its
nothing to be ashamed of-for it is
this awak =ning Of the better side Of
our manhood too, that makes "The
Old Homestead" a great play.
There is another picture that will
always linger sseetlY 10 the memory
of those who know the play II is
the outside Of Grace Church, New
York. 1t Is evening ard in the
di My lighted street the crowds are
passing to and tro. You see the
Salvation Army start off on its err
rand Of love and mercy, Then Old
Joshua comes along. He has spent
several days and nights upon the
street in hopes Of finding his boy.
He fingers in the shadow Of the big
church and listens as the grand or
gan peals forth its melodies. This
is one Of the most sublime pictures
ever put on the stage and its efforts
for good will be indeed hard to mea-
sure.
Nor is the scene alone effective
for this II ason, for scarcely have vog
recovered from The FIRST effort Of th{
grandeur Of the scene than you fine
yourself laughing heartily at OH
Josh for his ludicrous yet natura
mistakes.
One might write pages Of this oil
play. It contai senough of interest
in itself to have ever growing inteA
ests and one nigh, write still more
its history for it has now been befo
the public twenty-six years. Is ihel
another play that can equal this
cord Of constant production.
The production this year IN
grander scale than ever viii
L. snader playing Uncle
PRICES: Evenings anes,,
matinee s1.oO -75c.- oc.-2n\d
Popular price, wednes,
tinee Zoe. and 5Oc.-no high,