Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23

There il DO doubt that amateur actlh9
a, nine cases out OF ten ID an evidence
of iucipisnt insanity. IL man THINKS
he can ride a horse, and he gets on the
boss+. is thrown to the ground and nan
allied. he at once arrives 1T the conciu'
SION. without any Interior argument,
that he can't ride that horse n uan
who attempts to walk ON the watei
sinks. He Is usually aware OF the iact.
But il q man, woman or cliilu s'aI.S oh
u soulless career ~ an amateur ac'oi' u'
power n heaven or on eartn can c'h.
vince l i'm or her that he or she caonpt
act. The rage for the sport goes Oh
with uns bated fury. 1t has reacheu 80
high development here that recently
The Kemble Society gave performance
of "Othello" at tue Academy OF MUSIC
on Which they expended IS, UOO for seen
ery, properties and professional teac l.
err. They started u subscription Tor tue
.xpen. es Of the per ormance, expe;tihS
,bai 81 900 would put them through; oa'
s6ttO Was subscnbed almost before Tue
8, cI.ty was aware it. SO they had new
;, ia of scenery painted throughout, AMI
costumes made which excited the envy
of profess iOual managers. Alter tlr
Il CW was. over | met q stockoioHtT'
whom | knew very well, and Who
d aged the part Of Lorenzo. aSKeu
IA M how the thing went "it.
"Gloriou-ly, gloriOusly," he said, ruo
bipg his bands bris6ly and Smiling
with great satisfaction.
ut was q success, was it,
"Success was no name for 1t. Joe
Al.
Fifth Avenue Theatre, told me gu the
dt ad quiet that, with tho exception oi
the characters OF OthellO,, lago. Des'
Cemona and Cassie, he had never seen
ANYTHING so fine in his life, except q
NJ rformance in '6l in Dublin"
An example OF how amateur tneatrl'
cs is lift men into social prominence Is
furnished by Robert Dale HUI. lie
Low spends his summers at NeWporl,
and is quite the so everywhere. No
amateur performance is considered per-
feet without him. On the stage he has
the ease of a Bowery clothing dummy
and the grace of manikin. he has
always been fond Of acting, and once
epioI ed brilliant theatrical career as
Isl Cond walking gentleman" In Days
Theatre. He was then known as Bob
Hill. His acting consisted In walking
in from the wings clad in a square-cut
and woOoeny frOGkcOat, recently lroue0
bleeches, gorgeous patent leather boots
waxtd mustache and we'll plastered
hair. He went down into Wall street
and made money. He is at bottom a
genial, good hearted and generous TEL
low, and well liked among his friends
He plays cricket with some swell young
Englishmen, and has acquired the man-
ners of 81 actor off the stage. He seems
to he peri elualIy on parade. Every
nigi he is rehearsing somewhere, and
he prC badly appears IN twenty plays
during the season. lie is the best known
of our amateur actors in New York.
PERHAPS the most remarkable amateur
actress LereaboutS is Tiny lngersOll, or,
to be more proper, Miss Justine lnger-
soil. She is tho daughter of eX-GOver
nor lug, rsOii Of Connecticut. Sac Is q
capiIal actress and one Of the most
lCpu ar IF the unmarried actresses OF
sUCntv. Sic has been on the stage all
her lie, and the result is she is more ex.
pert than the average ofactOr amateurs.
She gIlshes somewhat, but otherwise Is
seldom ri fau t. She is small and Viva
c.ous. Like most amateurs, Miss lnger-
soil worships professional actresses; ont
unlike most amateurs, she knows them
all. When any of the professional
actresses visit New Haven they stop at
Miss IDgersol's house. 1t has always
been her ambition to go on the stage
professionally, and probably in the end
She will 90 so. although it is against the
wishes of her family.