Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-04-19
ABOUT THEATERS.
THE EVENTS IN THE METROPOLIS THE PAST
WEEK.
Some Of the Successful Plays-Minnie Palmer
Makes a Failure in "a Hils a Minute"
Murphy Makes hit in the Blacksmith
Scene-Gensral Notes and Cos
sip About Actors.

New YORK, April 1s.-It is not an
eventful week for new things at the
combination theatres. This is the pc
riod when the test OF novelties is made
hesitatingly, il at all, and when accepted
old attractions seem to better suit the
surfeted playgoer. There has been a
warm greeting to Joseph Murphy at the
Fourteenth Street, for instance, because
that familiar and still potent Irish come
dian doesn't come into town more than
once in a season, and so he doesn't wear
out his welcome He has revived
Kerry Cow" which he has been play
ing these fourteen years, and his imper-
sonation of Danny O'Hara is as
manly and as vigorous as ever.
Belle Melville continues to support
him, and is charming and sympathetic
Nora. The cast otherwise is better than
is usually seen in travelling companies.
The scenery and general accessories,
not forgetting the horse-shoeing cpl
sode, are very effective. Lydia Thomp-
son, another star Of reminiscent inter
est, has made return to the city with
The Dazzler," which she has placed on
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boisterously cordial. Joseph OFT OF
Miss Thompson's company, is a con-
spicuous sharer in the laughing honors
Of this absurd but briskly performed
ola podrida Of song and dance. The
company is not materially changed since
its engagement at the Park some weeks
ago.
AT the Peoples THE Bottom of the
Sea-" Brady spectacle that has some
excellent features to Offset its conven-
tional melodramatic weaknesses, has en-
joyed respectable degree Of success.
1t is not new in the Bowery. The
Windsors star is Minnie Palmer, whose
temperance in "a Mile Minute" has
called out fair-sized audiences since
Monday night. This week is the end
of Miss Palmer's tour, but the play is
not to be discarded next season, for it
will 60 out again with another soubrette
In Miss Palmer's place. Miss Palmer
is not entirely satisfied with her specu-
lation in melodrama, as she has several
times declared OF late; nor are her man
ayers content with their experiment
with Miss Miss Palmer so it is probably
better that they should part. The most
praiseworthy performance in any east
side theatre this week is undoubtedly
that OF Master and Man" at III. R.
Jacobs Theatre. Large audiences
have applauded Dominick Murray's
strong piece Of character acting as
Harry Logan, in this stirring piece. A
more forceful, intelligent and sympa-
thetic portrayal is not often seen on ia
cobs' stage. The company have been
here before, and there is not any change
in their makeup. They give a very COM
mendable presentation of drama that
exactly suits the upper Third avenue
theatre goers. j. X. Emmet's transfer
from the Bowery to the Harlem Column
as been made with success, judged
by the audiences which have thus far
applauded "Uncle joe" At the Hobo
ken Theatre of I'll. +. Jacobs the play
for half the week has been "A Fair
Rebel" Commencing tonight Ullie
Akerstrom will appear in all the odd at
tractiveness of her original methods as
comedienne. Miss AkerStrom is a good
entertainer.
William II. Gillette is trying to en-
Joy life in an exceedingly quiet and
secluded little place called TyrOn City,
in North Carolina. He stopped there
while on his way North from Florida to
attend the performance of "Mr. Wilkin-
sons Widows" His i'll health pre-
vented him from making the entire
journey, and he was compelled to call a
halt at the isolated town in the Pine
Tree State. Gillette's surroundings are
evidently of the most meagre descrip-
ton, judging from letter written by
the playwright to his manager, Charles
Frohman. He says his apartment is
bedroom, parlor, billiard room and sit
ting room all in one, and he pleads very
earnestly with his NapoleOnic manager
to send some brilliantly cOlored litho-
graphs and picturesque Stands" to
cover the walls of his room and lend to
them something of an artistic air.