Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-05-31
F0OTuGhT FLASHES.
Note ron Actorc-at the Closing Da. % of the
Season,

was vel, received il San Francisco last 7reek
Mr.. John T. Ward; at one lime popular
comedian, has been admittediso the Forrest
Home.
1t is deIsd that Mrssrs: Ma, Goodwin end
Tony Harf are considering partnership or
next season.
Miss Kate Forsyth las been engaged 70
support Sal7ini next season. Size will play
all leading female rolesi
Mrs. Alice Ddnning- Iiagard will not re-
turn to America next season, as she is en-
gagged at the London Eaymsrket.
Salvini opess his next American tour in
New York October &c, in "Coriolanus,"
which he has never played in this country.
Mines. Brohsn and Jouassin have resign
ed from the Coincide FRANCHISE, and NJ.
Barre is contemplating similar step.
Mrs. Langtry.ha bought an original play
by Mr.. W. G. Wills, and Mr. Sydney Grun-
dy adaptation Of Sardou' "Maison Neuve.'
Mr.. John Gilbert Mr.. Joseph Proctor and
Mrs. D. P. Bowers will occupy their Gotta
ges at Manchesterby-the-Sea the coming
summer.
Miss Sara Jewett has received an offer
frc IN Mr.. BARLEY Campbell to play the lead
ing parts in all CT his plays in New York
Ut NJ season
The Big Bonanza has been revived OF
,h. Boston Museum, where Daily company
has Just played the most auceesstul engage.
mt VI in years.
he two children Of May Fielding (by
Ri, bsrd c. Cornell, her lale husbandD will!
ne umong the largest heirs to the estate OF
Peer C.. Cornell, O. Brooklyn, who died last
week
Nf. A. n. Barney has secured the Ameri
can rights of Mad ezda" from Mr.. Maur-
ice barrymore. 1t possible that Miss Rose
Coghlsn may stay in this p!ng next season
Mr.. MacKaye said at the professional
matinee at the Lyceum Theatre in New
York last Wednesday that he looked to the
press for fame, to the public for fortune and
10 the profession for encouragement He
thanked everybody, was glad 10 see them
in bis theatre.
Miss Ely Coghlan has been playing Lur.
line in the "Naiad Queen" in Baltimore. for
week. The length Of her skirts and cor
responding modesty Of demeanor, not to say
apparent bashfulness on the stage, caused
remark, and on Wednesday Miss Windsor
filled her part Miss Coghlan has sued for
a week salary.
1t woald be starnge il Frank Msyos play,
"Nordeck,' which las failed, eyerywhore else,
should prove q success in New York, where
it was FIRST seen and heartily app!auded last
Mon iay night. For the part OF Wanda Mr..
May has discovered an astFess who is very
yoaGg, very beautiful AMI very promising
Miss Kathryn hidder.
Mr.. Boucicaqlt will sal for Australia on
.sne 9th, appearing at the Theatre Royal,
Melbourne, OF July | |, and, after brief
engagement at Sydney, will return at once
10 the United States IN time for the Winter
season. The indehtigable worker is, OF
course, engaged on new play. two Of them
in fact, which he hopes TO produce in New
York, Boston and Philadelphia next Novem'
Der. 81! one Of !hem is not as good as Lon
con Assurance and Old Heads and Young
Hearts, the veterans hand will have lost its
cunning he Gays.
NJ. J. NJ. Hill will produce at the Colum-
bia Theatre in Chicago, on June &c. new
PLAY BY Messrs f. A. Barron and Morgan
Dates, entitled "a Moral Crime. IL 1t
proves the success he expects, he will put it
| on al the Union Square in New York, Sep
! :ember 8, to run until Miss Margaret Math-
er's engagement begins. The scene OF the
play is laid in France during the reign OF
Louis XIV, and this permits OF lavish DIS
play in stage effects and costumes. Mr..
Hill has engaged Mr.. Joseph Hayworth,
Miss Msrie Prescott Mr.. Frank I.osee, Miss
! St'ira Dolaro, Mr. II. A. Weaver, Mr.. Ed
ward Southern and Miss Carrie Jamesaa for
the CAT.
TIE actors vacations have begun a fort
night earlier than usual this year. Laura
Den and Fanny Davenport have gone to
San Francisco Edmund Collier 10 Bath,
Mrs. John Drew and Mrs Barrymore to
London, Nine. Ristori TO Berlin, j. X En-
met to Albany, George S. knight and wife
10 Saratoga, ". I. Florence and wife TO the
Thousand Islands, Grau to Paris, N. B.
Curtis 10 Yosemite, Estelle Clayton to Lon
don, J. K. Ryley aud Madeline Lucette Ia
Larchmont, John Sehoefel and Agnes
Booth to Manchester .by.the-Sea Carrie Tur
ner and Fred Corbett TO Galveston, Osmond
and Edmund Terle to the Provinces, Sad
Martinez to Bath, Long Island; Mines. Thee
Le!ort and Nordall 10 Havre, Emma Neysds
and c. ". Tayleur 10 Ednburg.
Mr.. Martin W. Henly says: Ia 1897
was travelling through thus state, putting al
old play, called The Broken Sword, on The
stage, With Marietta Rayel as leading lady
In Tie second act on old man stands in tht
centre OF the stage telling the story OF III
murder OF the dumb boy. John Sanford
nv comedian, sits on low stoo! a. the lett
interrupting the old man. The old MAJ
makes frequent reference to hickory tree
Every time he says hickory the comedian
gets off his stool and says: No, chestnut;
tell YOU Chestnut, till the cid man is Ell
hausted. After the Performance 10 hoche'
ter P. Connolly dead now, was in one
the dressing-rooms with others Of the com
pany. and he startedto get of funny story
EVERYBODY interrupte with shouts OF 'Che'
NUT 1t chung to the company all the sea
son, and, OF course, was soon caught oY IN
profession. That's the only true origin Q
it."
An English writer. Ernest Warren, havin!
made a 6ve-act English play for Nine: Nod
ieska out of Jules Clare;ie's novel, Prnc
Zillab" wrote to the French author oiern!
TO make sone arrangement az to author
rights, and remarking q. the same q ne tas
the English copyright lag Authorized hlo
TO dramatize N. Clsreties novel Witooa
asking the authors permission and slthoa
paving him anything. To this N; Ciareu
replied that be refused to autho. .n. :
adaptation which be did not k9o.i ina.
protested against the pretended ise" ns.
which Mr.. Warren invoked. ana men a: :,
"a 81 do no, think that French writei
| 60 avail themselves Of the legal right
, vbioS YOU speak. They have the sentus'
ibat above strict legality there is quss;ao
J of intellectual property and Of moral ~, "a
|; | Ub;ch dominates sil other laws" M Car
/ ,;s vbo Is certainly the most amisbls an
. courteous Of French novelista. dramaas
| and iournalists-for he exceis IN Al .nfs