Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-03-04
DRAMATIC NEWS.

4AAsAN VI III y r. " -
The National Opera Company dish,lded
It Richmond, Va last Saturday. Man
agar Lolae SAYS thai the deficit ct sixteen
weeks Ia SluJ 900, OF which SO 900 Ia q
loss TO his friends and So, Olg due T. cm-
hers OF the company, except the orchestra.
Tie also says that OperI on q grand scale
"lnuOt be made self sustaining in this
country.
Mr.. Spencer G.. 2. Stokes, a well known
circus manager, died in New York ON Tues
LAY last. He was as well known IN Europe
Ua in this country. Mr.. Stokes was the
father OF Miss Katie Stokes, who Is now
Mrs. John StetSon, the wife Ct the million
a.ra theatrical manager.
M.,cas Mayer, the hardest blowing the.
h%'Trrij advance agent in the world, Is going
to South America. People don't wish any
harm TO the cattle which these South
American vessels carry in large numbers.
bnt Il Gny harm did happen to the ship
which bore Mr.. Marcus away. we might
bow deyoCtly to the behes.s OF a Divine
Providence, whose ways ere inscrutable
aad sometimes mighty consolItory.
Mr.. Joseph Brooks will control Mr.
Frederick Wards tours for three years.
commencing with The season OF l~~--S9
The Ju:oa Square Theatre fire DESTROYED
all the eCeuegy OF A Possible Case
whro. had lust been completed and taken
into the theatre.
Mr.. J.. Scott Hartley has Just finished q
u1arhss bust OF Miss Ada Reban.
Mr.. Henry Z. Dixey and "Adonis" after
appearing in Washington to very large au-
dieuces have again turned towards the
Wet, opening to % full house at Cleveland
last Monday.
John j. McNally's Upside Down" has
been well received at the y. Y. Windsor
Theatre.
The destruction OF the Union Square
/ Theatre viii Ia 10 way interfere with the
American tour OF Miss Helen Barry, which
Will be managed by Mr. j.. ". Hill.
The Meech Bros. Buffalo manager.
vii probably manage the New York
and&lj Theatre next season.
People who feel that they cannot he
miserable enough AZ home may iud fur
rhey gloom b. witEe2siDg3 performance
. aE "D.s IN EroGle.'
The "Uolah" w.l: he produced at the
N-w ToIE Cl-iuo before next fan, but
MIR. Arunson iutrGjs to bring on; "a ne
opera in which Sadie Martinez vii. create
I 'fa :rrly role, as -.au as "ErE'aiu' gel
q, tic r1gged edge. Meanwhile NJ.
Frauyis Wilson EIyeJH wr0.n, and insists
/ .la. 'Uoluu' shall be brought out in
Match, ~ agreed,
Tae e5ac of Little Josef HoimlnU end
| Manager Ahhey-who IL now called the
/ child a. ugk''-remains in s'Gil qlo, and
will probably so remain, rs the little pro-
| Dizzy Is indeed q very sick child. Josef
I UafmaDn will not be heard again in pub.
.lc, at least not for some time.
GA Valentine Day, the greatest of living
| dramatic critics, NJ. FruuCisguo Sarcey, /
saw The Bells of Hl-lymerc' at the Lon
don AdcIphi Theatre, and gave the follow
ing lacCu,C verdict. Les GecOrs s0nt bIsn
~reus5is. L. mise-eu-sceue est soiguee, les
mschinistgs travailleut bien: mais le
dramo est uuc charperte en- six quartz,
ueut:' CONTESTANT que d = vieillcs t%ceils>,
usegs iusqu' - Ia cOris.' Mr.. Slrcey Il
rather severe.
Mr.. MQurice Barrymore Is ''ae liberty
in Nr~ York. aud Will remain until La
To.ca" Is produced. He claims that Mr..
VietoTien SlrGou has taken a scene bodily
from Nr. Ba-r,more's "Naicsda,' and II
50 the watter VII go into court lnstaatcr.
"Natr-al Gas" has made very great
hi. at Col SiuD's Park Tucl. in BROOK
Iyn. ag1 Manager John II. Russell hGs in
/ il ore Of the creates. hits Of the present
season.
Tile Cor,air" at the BJou Ope.a House
las about tour weeks to run, when tie
"Ps:rl Of Paa.n," Is Charles Alfred
/ Byrus, will take it's place. The announce
meat uli.l withdrawal has packed the the
a,re nightly. The Pearl of Prkm' will
hes wonderful production in it's way; and
90 show how correctly Manager + L.
/ Rice proposes 10 stage it, a ~weli-knOwn
Chinese manager has been imported. He
does not speak English, but sports q visit
in. ..ll with The following words:
Lung JACK,
Manager for
CwN NuuNg CUrS.
Chinese Theatre
The new t1rer-act comedy, "Dscore,"
by NJ Henri Meilhac, which has been pur-
chased by Mr.. A. II. Palmer, is, perhaps,
tine best aud funniest play produced III
Paris since the fall of the Empire. So
think the Gr3s Crif4aCs Of the glT city,
aui the general purlr seem to lean that
way.
MISC Julia Narlowe viii appear At Mr.
.rrNn S,et>pr's Globe Theatre in Boston
,or a week hegjnujdg APyIi 23d. SO FIR
.aa .gs been recognized as the most prom
r.iag GebUtanta that ever appeared, aud
che endorsement Of the Boston press and
r..ltal public will place the young la'y
aluo.. n the top Of her profession. The
COED people of modern AtheCs Will see
N.-s Mly,Oae Grst as the Greek maiden,
Hutt@5T.
Miss Harriet Z Coffin, whose .uA,ua-
ton rr Eyrje Below has given her q Ercst
deal OF uniorirty, has been declared sane
~ aF.assy Jury.
Mr.. Wittsm J.. Lskeus, who is Maggie
,}Irrh.ri's manager, ia loved by a yolug
ErorElvu lady. who is hunting him wilma
yrrc p-ct.v nick-l-9Iated pistol. she was
Grtd Sla he morning aft she found him
n the New Ycrk Peoples Iheatsr, tor ne
i,c intoxicated, and held IN 500 bail FOR
carving concealed weapons. Mr.. LrEenS
IA very nervous over the affair, and IL ye:
Iaokirg over his manly shoulders for lily
white ta0ering hand with Il great big plS-
60, in it.
rs Willie o- Flora WHO now iSot fault.
Nat which IS so one who has borne l"S ~.
p. rciI,s fol. mgsaer and she the fair mashed
e- ..s Size advanced him some g-sg~a '"al ne
IAN .-n r.,-st. him or DOGS as from hcr riru
h-IwI,a-e COMES the smoke e ''e ~.'''