Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-09-23
VANDERBILT AND IRVING.
The Americas Crosus' Patronage 81
Music, Art and the DFa0a.

The Americas Crorsus' Patronage 81
Music. Ars and The Drama.
Se,g York Letter 10 Philadelphia Reoord.
am puzzled to know how the inter.
viewers are going to get at MI. Henry
Irving. II MI. Irving IL going TO De
the guest OF Mr.. w. II. Vanderbilt
certainly no muddy booted reporter
could have the temerity to brave Mn.
Varderbilt's drawing. rooms. Mr. Irv-
ing is an excellent advertiser. There Is
handly a better one on the stage. But
I think that he never did . better piece
of advertising for himself than when he
accepted Mr.. Vanderbilt's invitation.
An actor who can be the guest OF tne
weslthiest man In America is an actor
that everybody will want to See: 10
most people here he will not be Henry
Irving, the great English actor, u ne
will be the English actor who stopped
at the Vanderbilts. / wonder d VIII
be the topics of his conversation Win
the famous millionaire-certainly mol
the drama in its widest sense, for 1
don't think Mr.. Vanderbilt Is very
deeply read In literature Of the stage;
but, then, MI. Irving is q man OF In
finite tact, and he will talk well on
any subject, 30 that Mr.. Vanderbilt will
find him the most agreeable man to
talk with that has eyer been inside his
house. He will discuss stocks and
bonds and fast horses with rs much en-.
thusiasm as though stocks and bonds
and fast horses were the only things
that he cared for In this life.
Another thing l would like to know
Is Miss Ellen Terry going TO stay at the
Vapderbilts also? Miss Ellen Terry Is
not Mrs. Irving, for two excellent rea-
sons One because there Is another Mrs.
Irving in the field, and, second, because
there Is a Mr.. Ellen Terry somewhere.
In fact, l believe there are two MIR.
Ellen Terrys. Under these clrcum.
| stances the distinguished actress can
hardly be q guest Of Ms. Vanderbilt,
though ! believe there is no social law
TO prevent Mr.. Irving being on the
| most intimate footing with the ladies oil
the family. There Is no man in Eng.
land more popular among ladies than
| Mr.. Irving. AS | already intimated, he
| can adapt himself to any circumstances.
When a guest of the wealthy and pious
baroness Burdett. Bouts aboard her
| Yacht he read morning and evening
PRAYERS. There Is no emergency, In
| TACT, for which Mr.. Irving Is not ready.
| He is going to be a great success over
| here. Whether he would be successful
| for two reasons / am not sure, but for
| one he is certainly going TO he the rage.
Mr.. William III. Vanderbilt, although
| not possessed Of any special fondness
| for music, art, or the drama, aspires to
be a patron to all three. Ofhis picture.
| buying we have read enough in the
| papers to know that he does not stint
himself in that regard. His patronage
| Of the drama Is shown by his Invitation
to Mr.. Irving. Through Nine. Chris
| tine Nilsson he shows what he thinks
| Of music. / suppose that o Thomas
| symphony concert would bore Mr.,
| Vanderbilt beyond expression; but fol
a simple song, particularly an old-time
| negro melody, he has q great deal of ap.
| probation. Nine. Nilsson, however,
| las as much tact as Mr.. Irving. She
was at the Vanderbilts while she was
/ here last year with Mr.. Abbey, and
sang a number of her free and easy
songs to the railroad king and q few OF
| his friends. Ite was so delighted that,
bringing his fist down on II OF his
fragile inlaid tables with q force that al.
most broke It's legs, he exclaimed: "iou
shall open that new opera house, no
matter what II COSTS" and ~ that was
| just exactly what Nine. Nilsson want
| ed, she won the day and Mr.. Wander.
bilt at the same time by her little song,
Had she sung an aria from n Of
Wagner's operas, instead Of "Way
| Down Upon the Suwanee River" she
would probably not have been invited
to open the opera house. This show.
what a song can accomplish,