The Barnstormers

Biograph summary: "All lovers of true art on the stage will rise in righteous indignation at this expose of the heartless treatment of a company of well-known thespians by an audience of country bumpkins at Rahway, N. J. Mr. Sylvester Montague and his company of refined actors, all of whom double in brass, was billed to present the great American classic 'Uncle Tom's Cabin," at the Town Hall under the management of Jake Stern. Mrs. Montague, known professionally as 'Little Genevieve,' was cast as 'Eva,' and among the other three members of the troupe were artists who, if their names were mentioned, would be recognized from the Atlantic to the Pacific. After the grand parade, the troupe was quartered at Jim Jordan's Palace Hotel, and after a rest and refreshments proceeded to the Town Hall expecting to play to S.R.O. A large audience was present, but during the scene where Eliza escapes across the ice some hoodlums commenced hurling cabbages and decayed vegetables on the stage, and Fido, the faithful bloodhound, barely escaped with his life. To make matters worse, Manager Jake Stern skipped with the gate receipts and mine host Jordan was compelled to seize the baggage of the company. At the hour of our going to press Mr. and Mrs. Montague and company were walking to New York along the line of the Jersey Central."- Rahway Times.