Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-11-24

| Church curing his administration, as the
pastor in charge, Rev. DR.. Bartlett and ne
have been friends from boyhood. This wili
make the third President that has occupied
9 pew in this edi6ce. The other two were
Mr.. Buchanan and Mr.. Lincoln. The for
mer would often grosn aloud during the lat
ter part of his turbulent administration, so
harassed and troubled was be over the
storm brewing in the political horizon. Mr.:
Lincoln was not q regular attendant, and
his wife came still less frequently; he was
ALWAYS very restless during the services and
seemed constantly occupied with thoughts
far away from the peaceful themes OF the
preacher.
Mr.. T. Y. Niles, u prominent citizen OF
the district, and q great friend Of Mr.. Hen
bricks, will entertain that gentleman during
the Inauguration, and is already preparing
to give him a reception worthy the position
he occupies and the party he represents.
1t is not expected that Washington socie'
" will be very gay before the Inauguration,
as outgoing officials will save all they can
for the rainy day now an inevitable certain
ty, and old residents, who are with hardly
an exception, democrats, will restrain them
selves in the line of gayety until those they
most wish to honor are IN power.
When one reads of the fright of Ignorant
and superstitious negroes, whose weaknesses
have been played upon by unprincipaled ora
tors and workers for partisan ends, they are
not so much surprised to notice as a result
that the poor creatures have actually be-
come imbued from long telling, with the
idea that they are to return to slavery be-
cause the Democrats nave come into power.
Time, of course, will show them that no
waYering of party lines can affect them, but
for an allegedly intelligent, educated man,
10 deliberately make the assertion which is
accredited and correctly too, to a gentle
man from Massachusetts,, is almost incom-
prehensible. The incidents was related to
me by an intimate friend Of the person with
whom he took counsel. Calling for him at
bis club, he asked him to take q drive, that
he had something ni Importance to talk
, over and wished to ask his advice, hardly
they started until he entered ucop the sub
Jet. lido you not think it better" he
asked, "for me to dispose Of my
house here, where | spend the winter, and
return to my place in Massachusetts,, do you
candidly think it possible for me to get
along with the rough class of people from
the South and West, that will come tlocking
in now that the democrats will be in power?'
The conversation that followed is needless
to record, suffice Ii to say that the gentle.
man has concluded to retain his house, aud
will before long laugh as heartily at himself
as he is now laughed at.
Washington has of late been enriched by
the addition of a superb opera house, built
by the Washington Light Infantry" and
opened to the public for the first time on the
tenth of the month by the Abbott Opera
Company. The auditorium is capable
Of seating two thousand people, and
is finished in the most improved
and luxurious style. This week Madame
Janisch holds the boards, coming directly
from Philadelphia. where she made her
American debut. Janisch is q great favor.
lite in Vienna, where she plays at the Impe-
periaf Court Theatre. Her name aud title
in private life is Countess d Arce. Of all
the foreign actresses now playing in Eng-
fish in this country her accent is the most
perfect, no matter how mnch nervous eN-
ClttUent SIZE may LAOOI uHuSl III u III"
which she portrays-every word is so dis
timely ~enunciated as to be Ineligible even
to deaf ears. Thus giving her the advan-
tage over some other foreign actresses, who
sputter an almost unacceptable lingo at
moments when one most wishes to under
stand them. In ~7ivacity she resembles Bern
hardt strongly, and in sudden transitions
and original effects, fully equals that lady,
though she fails to possess the powerful per
scnal magnetism which makes Sarah the
only and unapproachable: In personal aP
pearance Madame Janisch is not unAmeri'
can. She is of medium height, finely de-
veloped figure, and regular features her
eyes are very handsome and of a dark
brown. while her mouth, which is simply
bewitching, d~iscloses taultless teeth when
she smiles, her hair is bronze brown, and she
wears it parted slightly to one side, waved
across the forehead and loosely coiled at the
back.
Her t~oilettes, many and elaborate, prove
her to be an artistic in color as we'll as &C
ton. So an altogether charming person
cannot help 10 win, and that very soon, s
warm place in the affections OF the people
she has come to visit. WV. ARMSTRONG.