Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-09-23
,.v The Great American Stalks
holder for Prize fighters
Defes the Law.
accountable Faress Carried On
usder the Guise Of Sacred
Performances.
Her Musical Hand shak-
irg---A Japanese Dandy in
Fashionable Society.

aMhl WV SN0hNo w hAShN oAN N@y
vi,hm 10 feet Of the police headquSr'
| ten, snd defies the law. He has beer
doing it for twenty years or more. HI
& q muscular, broad. shouldered, big
banded, E~nglishman, capable of whip
Ping the police force Of the metrcpoli
fit was oppOsed.him one at . time; bu
Why the combined thousands SHOULD
let him conquer them Is a question
will not undertake to answer. He i:
Harry Hill, Of whom and his place you
nf course, have heard. He is the great
American stakeholder for prize-fghters,
and it does not matter to him, so scorn.
ml IS he Of all officials, that the law
proyides for the Imprisonment of every
body who has anything to do with ring
pu.i!i>m. The Slade and Mitchell
sf.lr brings hIm into present notOriety.
The two bIuisers went far westward
for gruurd 70 fight on that they suppOs-
81 themselves safe from civilization, but
bruG that they were mistaken. Right
here in New York, however, Harry Hill
st, o. suiy as the
Holder OF the Stakes
srd nc~S OF the proposed fight, without
the ,.-ayCsi show VI fearing arrest. Cur
nom, I'D huow whether he took any Z
ranl.,;> against legal evidence being
n~rrrLr,d against him. went to his con-
CIT sg.o0u and dance house to find out.
There Was nothing Of the kind. He
p~,rsuualIy received the kilograms from
he Principals and hackers; he spoke
pphIr'v Of himselfa as the promoter and
director OF the night, and he declared
.brfare hundreds of witnesses that he
would order the ring To be pitched
within y hundred miles Of New Orleans.
Here was evidence quite sufficient to
sud him the P~enitenGiary, and police
detectives within hearing, but nothing
has been or will be done about it. An
other man in this week under arrest in
e0Esevueuce ola somewhat similar con-
nec,lon with prize fights, but Harry
Hill i not TO be annoyed in that way.
Italian residents desired to give =
dramatic entertainment for a charity
on the evening when / visited HIPS,
hl IL was sunday, and the police
Nl4.Q LApL AAAON LuC ElCakGE ~ OC ODGu-
al. IieTe was DC such hindranee at
the HauslOn street resort. It is true,
however. that here the performance
vas called sacred, and that a placsrd on
the ticket office said that no intoxicat-
iDg drinks were on sale. This was the
only sign of total abstinence to be seen
0. The PREMISES. The beverages ranged
from WHISKY to beer, as usual, and
there VAS not the slightest effort Ito
the traffic.
Men aud NOmen HOb~Nobbed.
1nd drank, a. on weekday nights, and
ard tie only q ference was in the
On,.s~lou Of dancing on both the stage
and the main floor. The singing of
COM and continental songs was in
with cJmp-meeting hymns,
hy the houses entire force o.
nae y,,a.,,ts. There were ten in a
row, .u,Udug a one-legged song.and-
lnIu. the lOng-beareded master
OF the economies, an Irish comedian, q
Dutch one, and a pair Of clOg-daucerS.
The four others were an amateur quar-
whom I judged to be debutants on
this stage.
Icame to that conclusion by reason Of
the attention which the f~requenters
item. 1t is fashionable at Harry
Hill tote neutrality-suspicious. as to
Uha, l. done behind the fOotlights. The
oeaa and bellies on that low level do
not permit themselves to rise to en-
thuslasm except when the show con
sisS Of boxing or some other form Of
physical IrnweSS. During ordinary
aud dancing, even the careless
Ress with whIrh they handle their ci-
gals and glasses is brisk animation COM
pared with their treatment OF the per-
former. But these four fresh artists
were Lot to be- seen without emotion,
aavtver, little one might be stirred
with their voices. Billy Wilson's famous
regiment Of New York rOughS anu
thieves might have been searched in
vsiu 'O-
Four Heads OF Equal UgIiRess,
iuc ears of one reached easily to the
toy ui E.s Uranium, q car crossed the
OF another, a third had a won
t1r.s mouths and all were so marvellous
y evil ufOf viSage as to be fascinating.
When their features were eOntOrtively
moved in singing the sight was start
ling, The abnormal apathy was for
the time being disturbed.
20, amt they pretty" was the shrill
eOmmtunt ola girl who leaned over
the gallery rail, a. she took q cigarette
ncr lips and sent a ring OF smoke
The sacred character Ofthe concert
did not prevent a roar of laughter. Ine
bar WAS temporarily deserted, and q
game OfpOOl, IN which some girls were
in an adjoining room, Was
so general was the desire to
See the phenomenal quartet. II Is Gus
to have exhortatiOns by real or
pretended revivalists on Sunday even
Ing, at Harry Hill's; but on this oecas-
lon an advertised engagement had fall
IN through, and the religious element
confined to the hymns. These
very well sung, indeed, ana
sOuLd was devotional enough; but the
Of the choir, and its tendency 70
and gesticulste in = secularly
manner made the view any
hing but churchlike. And when they
walked of the stage with the loeH-Step
tOlNlcLS the sympdtAcSiV ohN 1
Gus spectators were not moved to piouS
thoughts.
In the view Of polite amusements d
,easOn is now open. There was a time
when people strenuous for social dis
would go To only n or two
heaters, but the fashion has changed
nee then, and now q dozen houses
hare about equally the patronage OF
yealth, culture and
The swaIION-Tail Sort of Thing.
The liking for light musical pieces aud
their adequate production by various
managers have brought about the
A better-lOoking audience
than that which gathered Monday
night at Aimee's temperance IN opera
bOutfe is seldom seen anywhere. IL
made up OF fools in music, for 1t
Ieceived the prima donna'S almost
yOiceless singing in chilling silence,
broken by a little Kissing, while de-
lighted by her undeteriOrated vivaeity
and naughtineSs. The piece was LA
Princess des Canaries," composed as 3
matter Of course Of the doings Of jealous
HL