The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-16
A HOME AFFAIR.
THE W. y. 8. $. ENTERTAINMENT
At the Opera IIouss List slrht-A CSu'pIcuou.
suss,,,. Arll,tIeeny aud FlnOeelullJ-Aa
grrnt With Few Prtesdeats ia Tie his.
tory Of Local Amstsat AnussmvptG

The Womsn's Union Benevolent socieiys
suterlainmtnt took place last evening at the
Opera House and was a magnificent success.
As soon as the doors were open tho rush COM.
menced, and Mr.. p. Il, Dobbins in Tho box
office, and Messrs. G. Baird, Jt., and George
wife AZ tho door, had tholr hAnds full,
while The ushers inside were almost
at their WITS ends. Tie log:r part Of
the house filled up rapidly ard
the gallery wSs comfortably full. II was a
very fashionable audience. On The aiage sll
was confusion, but undrr tie direction Of
I Ma i j. Norton. Mrs A. W. Kelly, Mn.
j In Frew, Ms. Jacob BeTgsT, Col. White
aud he otherladies aud gentlemen who have
worked 60 u liuously for the success, OF the
entertainment, order was ilually established.
Opportunity is tuk4u at thlg jlIctpre 10
lyuchk Ot Mrs Frei Sjrton'B work. 10 her
w,s frat asst mel tbs difficult task 6fgetting
up the"MSgic Pen'Ope Ella Then was ad5ed
tn, May pole dance, me management Of
tiity children is potRn easy task. The time Egs
hort but Mrs. Norton vas folly equal to the
woe, and achieved a triumph last
q sning thst WAS good cause for the
! her, She can vej y properly feel pruIId. The
children were the feature OF the ENTERTAIN.
! meat. They were the chief at;res ion that
drew 50 many dollars out for ChGrity's
lsnke, 40 Mrs Kelly also, unlimited
prske Is to he Bttributed, whileall the Others
deserve the tbunks Of Rll Wheeling's citiztns
TITO O,srIa HOusa>0icheatra Furnished the
music, which was excellent. II opened the
entertainment with al overture arListically
rendered
there was n general stir otcxpeotaiion ms
!, tho overture onded, andtke rising Of the
/, curtain was Rnx onsly awaited. When II
did 10 mp, woodland scene wasshowD-iust
such place Qs laiTies might be eXPecled To
lcJpgTga,e ir. A moments pause md then
the isiries, sixteen ofthem, trpped In, sipg-
ling the opening chorus OF X .'AAssas:c PEN
!, Tie argument Of the opnra.tai B " follows:
A chorus Of fairies, while singing the praises
of the Magic Master, are IeqGests by Fancy
Bright aud High Desire 10 cali upon the
ss;er OF the Magic Pen, which they do in
chorus, desiring him to write some new and
desirable story mr the cbidTen. The Aaster
responds by appearing in his elephant car,
with his standard bearers, ETC., 10 de'crniiDe
! what k'ud Of . sorry to write. Not be-
lug Gble 10 dCci,e from tbs argu.
/, sienIs'Ot Ills COunSe!lOrS, Mr.. Fact and Prime
Summon thrfvourst; Mr. Fact introduces
IColpnbns, Washington and J ~ Gf arc;
Fable hrlpgs JACK the Giant Killer, R)binson
J Crusoe and Ci1l ,rells. ThsyAll make their
claims, but still the d8stGr Is puzzled aud
knows not what TO write. He calls Puck and
I commands him bring him from Earth three
children ts decide what kind OF q story the
zen snail write. They appear and blend
their voices in line council. Pack then an
nouGces herald from GnOme's L,nd, who
relates GnoIpe's ability TO decide The matter.
The chorus OF Fairies then summon GnOme
In chorus he Sppears on bis throne at the
rear and gives as bis advice to mirgse the
story with both fact aud fdbc from tniB nd.
vice the matter becomes senlsd, aud forming
lin procession ali march otfthe stage. This
cast was as follows:
Master OF Magin Pen, Dewey Culbertsou {;
Fancy Bright, linda Delaplsin; High
iesire, Sam. Brockuuieri Mr. Fact, Will
Baird Prince Fable, HAtold Norton; Col.
lumaus, K. List; Joanot Arc, Ka;l5 White (;
Washington, sam Harper; Jscs, tho Giant
Killer, Harry on; Cinderella, Lydia Reed;
Eoblnson Ctusos, George Fisher Guoms
Man, Peggy Norton; Herald, jim Alexander
Puck, Hal. Sps!deii Doihs, Sue Caldwell /;
Dot, GGrHe Fisher; Dick, Joe Speidc Page,
Percy Hsrdsni Standard Bearer, Charlie
! lJlGtld I1teplbAl hIANVtt sIuI6hW 4i VsEs
| The chorus was composed OF the following
little Misses: Bessie Atkinson, Fora Pollock,
Cora Walters Annie DskaIb, Hattie EN-
sheimer Blanche Haase, jmrha RobFCcht,
Flora RodenIack, Emnia- Vogtl, Jessie Ber.
yer. Adah Fltman, Nanrie FisIer, Bessie
Hopkins. Matie Caldwell, Mary smythe,
Jen4ain Griffith.
Tue siUgiug Of these little youngsters aud
ltheirquaint sayinsswere alldslivtred In such
a ueuper rs tO win tue beAttiest applause
Tie audience wGs immensely Pleased md %
Testified frequently dnring the rendition OF
the optre TIA. All tho leading characters
were well sustained. The COS upllpg
was very pretty ana In several instances
rich aud elegant, IL seemed as though every
mother had endeavored 10 nuke GeE child
IoutshlneaIl this Others and The result was
that Lhe slARa presented u very bright and
haudsGme appearance. A full discriphon Of
1.-The performance would be an illpossibllity-
liz was One 0, those that have toseeh 10 be sp.
lprscinted. ItiaStea half 40 hour and Us the
i curtain went dom, thera was a regular OYa-
| ton accorded tie little ones,
Miss Jennie Ed wards next appSarOd as
l"WiG0T Eodott.m She dressed and acted the
part of that parrnlous old female TO perfec.
Lionanl heraui'enc was conyuised half the
time that she was on the stsgr, as she rcciled
her Joys aud troub!e4
Wml0 Miss Edwards was 80 ably entertain
| Ing those in the front Of the house, M C1qnt
allie scene was being prepared bail OF the
scenes Tie tableGu-"Ihe 2CulPtor's
| Sudio"-was one that won the adm ration
Of oyery one. Miss laura Harden rs loves
Messengei;' Miss Jessie List As Vanity"
Miss Fannle CAldweilius "Judiih;" Mss Ala
simpson and Lille Vance aud FOddie Baird
in q grOup 81 yled he"WidOw's CrhiSt;" Mlss
| CIuru Eisher Is "IOns'N "Mamma's Drcssh
Eiiessio Hubbard; '0lt III the Rain" Ethel
Bailey and Charlie Satletleld-lhsss we're
the names OF tile different gtOupj aud those
that composed thBnl. They we're drapsd in
4 white aud mounted on pedes'Rls IN graceful
attitude splendid InlltRtiOns oil tho originals,
4 which were closely copied after 10 the
minulest detail II was 4 lovely scene-one
that held the audience AZ though spell bound
for a second, aud then the house shook with
applause. 1t was given twice, but still tho
huuSs continued 10 be denI0tstIauve.
The Afth number on the programme, was
a recitation By Mr. Charles ~ or, entitled
"The Tramp lie dressed 10 rspresOnt the
character, aud his make up was excellent;
50 thoroughly did he disguise himself that
but very few Of his friohds recognized bin.
His recitation was admirably gwen several
tmes-hAYs professionals recited the selec'
ton on tho same stage, but all who were
present last evening will beooud the state
nIeut that never was 1t given better than by
Mr.. o.. The dISmatip force that he thre@
into 1t was fine, TIE audience was sinOeJs
\ in its applause and 10 deserved tho recall
before the CurminthAt was accorded him.
And now camo the "GreenGwuy Drill" To
tue spirited music Of the Bocclccio March,
eight liLLle misses and the same number OF
| lads marched on TIC stage, drssMu In cos.
TUNES fashioned after thoge made so popnlar
and familiar hY thu Illustrations Of Kate
Greenawuy. Tho ladies' IN the house went
into rapsIieJ over this feature. The children
matched Ike Neleraft; 1t igm9tyslou7, how
Misses Alice Kelly, Clara Fisher, Genie PEN
dlelou aud Laura Harden, ever managed to
traiu them 10 thoroughly. Tie ohildrcn Gu.
ljlyed tho march, Gs much ns tho spectators,
| indging frotn the pieAsea t1preAslon ON Their