Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-04-12
AlIUsEMEN IS.

THE STORY OF ARCADIA khEA Ne" fh"i'
The story of Arcadia, to be given at the
Onern House, Tuesday evening deals chiefly
With the complications which grow out OF a
vopno man with the wife OF baron VINO ID
!IJsr than herself The wifes sister Is IN
love with the young man, and is beloved oy
him in return. The Jealous husband sus-
rects the worst, and his suspicious at last
ind justification when the supposed lover
- Gonnd in the house; but he excuses his
nresence there, which was really for the pur'
nose ne saving the wife's honor by confess
Ing that he came to rob. The truth Is at
last discovered, and all ends happily. ms
norton OF the story is told IN terse' crisp
and animated dialogue, and the WORK OF
translation generally has been done IN
a creditable and effective manner: out
The version losses much OF force ana
interest by the reduction OF the mis-
cbietmaking country people, who, IN the
ORIGINAL form the chief motive in the action
and elimination Of the story, to secondary
nosition. Hitherto the part OF the wrongly
suspected baroness has been considered the
more important Of the two principal women
of the play. Ii certainly affords stronger
OPPORTUNITIES for acting than does the other
In the more emotional scenes OF the char
acter Mile Rhea is seen and heard to the
hest advantage. Her acting Is always earn
est and thoughtful even II somewhat deho,
crate, and her presence is so attractive ana
her bearing so graceful and refined that she
never fails to win attention and excite inter
est when she is on the stage. She has great
" improved in her pronunciation OF English,
which she now speaks with tiuency and
Clearness.
The play is superbly mounted, and the
costumes are very fine. Tickets at Ba!u'
mer's
THE AMY GORDON COMPANY.
This organization sung comic opera to
but moderate sized audiences yesterday
afternoon and last night, at the matinee
Fatinitza being on the BILL while Mascot
was given at the last performance Both
operas went off better than Girotia'Giroila,
Friday evening, but still neither rendition
was anything like satisfactory, and were
discreditable to the company, which is
really capable of good work. Miss Gordon
herself is an artist Of undoubted
ability, and many members Of her sup
port are very good, but the troupe as
whole appears to lack proper discipline, as
incidents occurring while en- route from
Columbus and during their stay here prove.
They have been rather unfortunate, too,
playing to poor business Of late, and having
considerable financial trouble at two or
three points At Indianapolis Manager
Mckay found himself unable TO meet his
obligations, but the company proceeded to
Columbus, where they hoped to retrieve their
fortunes, the hotel keepers Of the Indiana
town having bill of sale on the company
property. The story is thus told by Col
umbus paper of Thursday morning:
Yesterday David Nicholson, Jr, Of the
Brunswick Hotel, Indianapolis, came to
Columbus for the purpose OF leyying on the
property, though he said it was not sutti
Gent to cover the Indebtedness. In the
meantime several Columbus creditors were
wondering wheF their money was to come
from. Bill Hunter, of the Panhandle played
! good scheme, and while the others were
hunting the manager he levied on the
money in the BOX office. Constable Robin
sou sat through the opera with a writ IN
favor of the United States Hotel in his
pocket. AS soon as the curtain went down
he went behind the scenes to levy and
found remarkable state Of affairs. All
The property of the company was on
the persons Of the different mem
bers. The manager, Mr.. Mckay,
was very wrothy at the minion OF the
law, and Miss Gordon wished to be
Informed whether the constable wanted her
body to sell to the undertaken. Chorus
girls and soloists wore handsome stage cos
tunes along with their other garments and
nothing could be found upon which to levy
The scene was lively one, and there was
much disgust on the part Of the creditors
and rage on the part Of the company.
We wish Mr. Mckay and the company
generally better luck in the future.
The Chapline Street Rink is still in front