Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-01-04
SOCK AND BUSKIN.
NEW PLAYS At THE THEATRES OF NEW
YORK CITY.
Milton Mobiles Does Well at HIS Old Home
Prominent American Actors in LondOn-0utSids
Of the Metropolis FOOllight Flashes
aud theatrical Gossip.

bination theatres this week the changes
have not developed any newness. j. X.
Emmett, reviving "Uncle Joe" at the
Grand Opera House, has won high favor.
The child in his company this year is
Alice Spencer, pretty and intelligent
little girl. Gunter's drama, "Mr. Barnes.
of New York, at the Columbus, in Har-
lem, has evoked hearty plaudits. Emily
Rigl remains in the cast as the CorSican
girl, but there is new hero in James
+. Neill, who makes manly and dro.l
Mr.. Barnes.
Milton Mobiles, former newspaper
reporter, who has become rich as an
actor and manager, has brought to
own pen. Brooklyn is Mobiles home.
There is always a warm welcome await
ing him across the bridge, and since he
has put aside "The Phoenix" the lurid
vehicle of his first triumphs, there has
been curiosity TO view his fresher play.
IL has been acted since Monday night
at the Brooklyn Academy. Its title,
From Sire to Son" or In the Shadow
OF the Shasta" fOretold its character.
The hero is Il reformed gambler, whose
effort to lead a moral life is deSpSed
by his late partner. a murder supplies
the main plot. and the story deals with
the redeemed gamblers chase and cap
ture of the assassin. To effect this, the
scene shifts from the Pacific to the
Adriatic and again to the Rhine, with
an easy plauSibility noted only in melo-
drama. But the action is stirring at all
times. and the language is simple and
strong. Mr.. Mobiles, who is vigorous
and not inartistic actor of heroic roles,
impersonates the honest man in his
usual forceful style. The supporting
company is generally competent, and
the play is otherwise helped by careful
and at times picturesque scenery.
Broadway, besides getting fresh plays
at Palmer'S in Judah, and at Niblo's
in Babes in the Wood" has a partly
new programme at Herrmann'S and a
revival of a Gilbert and Sullivan opera
at the Broadway. BLACK Art" as in
troduced by Hermann, proves to be not
merely a revival of last seasons exhibit
ton, but an almost altogether new one.
1t consists of pantomime by white-clad
actors in front of black curtain, with
the lights and draperieS so cOntrived
that their entrances and exits seem
very mysterious. Another feature of
the current Hermann show is Rosita, a
prettier Spanish dancer than Carmen
eta or Otero, but less original and more
conventional in her Spanish dances.
Duff's Opera Company have given most
l., M of ssInlgn baN "A
the Broadway. Lilly Post has been cast
for Phyllis but her notice was brief,
and she preferred not to assume the role
on two days study. Miss Post is con-
scientious and painstaking singer, and
although she might have undertaken
the part. her discretion in declining it
was commendable. Lenore Snyder, who
was familiar with the music. sang the
role. and sang it well. The opera was
followed with interest, and was prettily
staged.
Sophie Eyre and Lizzie st. Qulnten
have gone on the variety stage in Lon
don. Miss Eyre is nightly reciting a
pathetic poem at the Empire, and Miss
ST. Ouinten is at the Tivoli Singingwith
the other serio-comic or ballad inter
prefers. Miss Eyre once was leading
actress at Wallack's. Miss st. Quinten
formerly played important comedy roles
AT Dalv's, which is doubtless her excuse
for announcing on the programme of
the Tivoli that she has been winning
great triumphs with Augustin Days
company in America" Miss Eyre was
once strong in heavy characters, and
was conSpicuouSly successful in this
country: but fate has been steadily I'M
kind to her since her marriage here
with its quickly ensuing divorce. She
is still voluptuously beautiful woman,
with languid eyes and fine form. Her
departure from Wallack'S was the result
of a quarrel with the management as to
her exact status in the company. She
was displaced, and Anne Robe, with
whom Miss Eyre had been disputing
the leadership, was retained.
There have been few new things in
the theatres outside of New York since
Christmas. Boston had a night OF
double novelty at the staid old Museum
last Monday. "The Solicitor" a fare
ical play by an English writer, j. H..
Darnlev. was acted for the first time in
America, and with it an Introductory
comedietta called "Betty's Finish, by
that suddenly prolific young dramatist,
w. Clyde Fitch. The Solicitor was a
London success of last spring. At the
Museum it was found to contain bright
dialogues and plenty of ludicrOus in
cidents. "Betty's Finish" is not so
clever as Fitch's earlier one-act plays.
Miriam O'Leary, the Museums SOU
brette, played Miriam. a character
originally designed for Rosina Vokes.
At Yonkers on Christmas eve comedy
with Swedish hero, lyon Yonson,
was acted for the first time. Its star is
young Swedish-American, Gus Heege,
who name is oddly pronounced "He-he.
He had been travelling in apiece called
"Ole Olson" Heege is now supported
bv frst-claSS company, with Lena
Mervlle as leading member,