Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-01-20
FOOTLIGHT FLASHES.

Nate Salisbury and wife sailed for Eu-
rope last week.
Marie Van Zindt, the prima donna has
made hit in Lisbon.
Joseph Jefferson has gone to his Louis
lana plantation for his usual winter yaca-
tod.
Mrs. Laugtry has run the shoes of Cush-
man down at the heel so badly that she
limps.
tits rumored that Charles H. HOyt is
writing a tragedy to be called "a Hole in
His Shirt"
Mr.. Bellew is said to consider his YER
sion Of Antony and Cleopatra" better
than Shskespeare's.
Helen Dauvray has not been engaged to
support Joseph Jefferson next seOson. II
she ever returns to the stage it will be as a
star.
Asarule. girls who fill their tights bet
ter than their parts, have better parts than
those who fill their parts better than their
tights.
The American rights of mos Ftmmes"
| r'Our Wives"), a new comedy by Albin
Valabregue, are captured" by Miss AIDE
laide Moore.
There is no doubt about Fanny Rice's
costume as "Nadjy." From her bust to
the dimples of her pretty little toes, she Is
ballet symphony in black.
Col. r. E. J. Miles has retired from the
management of the Grand Opera House in
I -, fuN "a
trolled by Mr.. Harry Rainforth.
Miss Annie Pilxey has Just purchased g
bed in the st. Mary's Hospital, New York,
for the use of poor boys when sick. The
cost was So, 600, and yet this lady is an
actress.
Helen Bancroft, who is playing in "An-
tony and Cleopatra" at Palmer's Theatre
il a handsomer woman than Mrs. Potter,
and very much better actress than the
''ex-sooiety queen.
Mr.. Berry Wallis intentions regarding
the stage are not yet clearly defined. He
certainly has genius-indeed, we hear that
the latest returns give Mr.. Wall forty
eight pairs of trousers.
Gossip has it that Hermann is negotia-
ting with Mr.. A. NJ. Palmer for the lease
of the Madison Svuare Theatre, which has
five wears to run, and that the difference
between them to conclude the bargain is
| SIS, 600.
The FIST days sale for the Booth-Barrett
enhancement In Baltimore amounted to
S6 600. Last week the tragedians played
to crowded houses in Pittsburg, every
seat being sold before the performance
began.
Kitty Cheatham has made the hit in
THE inconstant" at Daly's Theatre. The
Young actress is a native Of Nashville,
Tenn, and has travelled through the
country with all of the Casino companies.
| She promises to become a favorite with
the patrons of Days.
James Brown Potter, the husband of the
sociesy actress is described as stout hand
some Young man, who strolls about the
lobby of the theatre listening to all that is
said about his wife. 1t is presumed he
never hears anything derOgatory. He gets
that from the morning papers.
II is q surprise to Mrs. Langtry's sd-
mirers that she is doing POOR business at
the Fifth Avenue Theatre. 1t is due no
doubt TO the fact that everybody Is wait
ing for her Lady Macbeth. Still her bust
ness is a surprise, for hitherto her name on
a poster has been enough TO fill any theatre
she played In.
Mademoiselle Stella BonichOrs, Of the
Folies. Nouvellts, Bardeaux, was fined one
hundred franc 500 on Christmas Eve, for
biting the tongue of the tenor during the
| Duo des Bqisers, in the second act OF La
Msrlee du Mardi- Grssn when she made the
'slove-scenen little too realistic. The
tenor now sings with foreign accent.
A Young negro boy, only three years old,
has arrived in New York from Texas, and
will shortly be exhibited. He Is bind,
hut possesses a remarkable memory. The
vounpster will answer three thousand
Questions contained in a book, and any
combination of figures or names told him
a. the beginning Of the entertainment Will
be repeated at the finish.
Miss Julia Marlowe has impressed the
Philadelphians that the siege has found
another light to illuminate It's boards, and
that she is great actress, equipped with
rich natural gifts that are rare IN these
DAYS Of histriouic medioority and hne
clothes. Her Juliet, the critics all say,
was rs effective in force, pathos aud feel
ING as that of any actress who he's assumed
the part in recent years
O'Brien aud 0 Eens' clever Dramatic DO
mas of Cincinnati tells good story about
Joe Maek's Wild desire that every piece OF
printing sent out for Robert Downing shall
after the stars name read, under the per
sonsl management of Mr. Joseph Mack. J,
It brings to mind a similar story, which
actually happened a short time sgo. MI