Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1901 — “Lovers’Lane” at McVicker’s. [ARTICLE]

“Lovers’Lane” at McVicker’s.

Chicago has gone “Lovers’ Lane” crazy and McVicker’s Theatre where the pretty play is being presented is packed all the time despite warm weather and strong counter attractions. The theatre itself is one of the coolest places to spend a pleasant evening, as the interior of the house is always at least 20 degrees cooler than the street during the hot days, for the immense ventilating plant of the theatre is kept going all the time and the fact that the house is open on all sides gives it a fine draft. But even the advantages of McVicker’s as a summer resort pale beside the beauty and charm of the Clyde Fitch play and Win A. Brady’s delightful production of it. But aside from its exquisite presentation and its sweet story the play there is so much jolly fun, so much hearty laughter and so many quaint characters the sight of them would repay one for a visit to the city to see. Opie Read, the great writer, author of “The Kentucky Colonel,” “The Jucklins,” and twenty other spirited and popular novels, wrote of “Lover's Lane:” “Poetry perfumes it. To the jaded how refreshing; to the lover of humor how delightful. It is a play of (piiet force. Sweetly snuggling close to nature it is as beautiful as a hawthorn bush in bloom.” Dr. Emil G. Kirsch, who is at the head of the reformed Hebrew church, said: “All who wish to pass a few hours pleasantly should see ‘Lovers’ Lane.’ It is charming, clean and sound. I have never spent a more enjoyable evening.”