The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-14
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METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUs

METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE
aTHE Whip" the worlds biggest melo-
drama, is still playing to crowded
houses at the Metropolitan Opera House,
Philadelphia. Sumptuous to a high
degree, with massive scenic effects, the
action is laid in the clean-cut, jovial
atmosphere of English sporting life.
| The struggle between villainy and
virtue, in which virtue triumphs, de-
spite manifold wileful plots holds the
spectator, engrossed from curtain to
curtain. John Halliday, as the misled
Marquis of Brancaster, captures the
heart, despite his Grant ways, and Miss
| Evelyn Kerry as Lady Diana Sartaris,
who wins him back to rectitude, is sweet
and winning. Charles BIackall, as cap
tain Sartoris, is such polished villain,
in lazy languid way, that he positively
sparkles. Miss Leonore Harris, as Mrs.
! D'Aquilla, who ably abets him in his
| villainy, is a charming adventures.
Miss Ellington, as Mrs. Beamish, gives a
| splendid portrayal Astounding in dry
humor, ably seconded by Ambrose
Manning as Tom Lambert, and Eddie
Lynch as Master Tomlin. This droll
trio adds the touch of humor which
relieves the tragic suspense and keeps
the audience in roars. There is thrill
ling scene in every act, the most notable
being Madame Tussand's, the wreck at
Mansfield Junction, and the 1000 Guinea
race. The wreck is truly realistic, and
| the audience is impelled to help with
the rescue of the whip stalled in the
/ box car before the onrushing express.
MeSsrs. Hare as the weal<-willed curate,
and Barnes as the Marquis of Beverly
are admirable. And last, but not least,
1.-The Whip" herself acts only the part
of a blue-blooded thoroughbred. 1t is a
noteworthy production and one not to
| be missed adv
oRPHEUM PLAYERS
MO play seen in Philadelphia in recent
IN years excited quite the furore of in
terest accorded THE Governors Lady,
1t is said the play would be running
here yet if ironclad contracts had not
called it TO other cities. The reason is
obvious for it is the biggest heart story
put over the footlights in generation.
it will be the most ambitious effort OF
the Orpheum Players at b. f. Keith S
Chestnut Street Opera House and per
feet play for this week The story is q
simple one, but deeply touching. Dan
iel Slade is a self-made man, who began
at the mines and developed into an
ambitious millionaire. His wife, how.
ever, is an old-fashioned soul, who can
not and does not want to keep pace witt
her husbands enlarged ideas. She feels
uncomfortable in their magnificen
mansion, fears the servants, and sur
reptitiously darns SHADES socks. She
tells him honestly that she does no
want to mix in society. After remon
! strating with her to no purpose he con
cludes that she will only retard him il
his career, and he decides to give her up
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separation. She considers it merely hi
D ''didoes. Deep in politics, running 70
: the Governorship, he meets katherin
Strickland, the daughter of his politica
hacker. She is just the sort Of woma
: he thinks he needs--young beautiful
s polished and intensely ambitious. 1t
e true that she loves young lawyer. bu
Slade and his career fascinate her. Sh
smothers her love in ambition. She an
: Slade have an understanding and
: determines to divorce his wife. Whe
4 Mrs. Slade learns this from his own lip,
\ just after she has given i'm and prom
. Used to try social life, she cannot belieV
T it. She decides to fight her husband
project, not knowing, of course, tha
+ there is another woman involved. Thi
only comes to her slowly. katherin
Strickland calls on her, and it finall
n comes out that Miss Strickland is 18th
n other woman" Katherine, howeve
is so touched and won by the Older on
, that she throws Slade over and return
a a to her first love. Slade finds that hi
Il own wife is best after all, but she ha
been hurt too deeply to forgive. Sh
r leaves him and gets divorce Tw
= years later they meet by chance i
{ Child's restaurant. Time has wrougl
: changes in them both, and the descend
ing curtain falls upon a tender reconcile;
C ton.
Florence Roberts will be Mrs. Slad
Thurston Hall the Governor, and Blanct
S TURKS, Katherine Strickland. All I'll
# rest of the Orpheum Players will hay
q splendid parts. al