Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-10-25

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The failure Of Miss Eastlake's tour
seems partly due to the fact thai the
venture was not sufficiently backed
with funds, but even il 1t had been, 1t
would undoubtedly have been looser,
as both Mr.. Willard and Mr.. Bsrrett's
tours are sure to be. 1t Eis dououul..h
any English company, Henry lrVlng's
excepted, can again swing around The
American theatrical circuit and sail
away with any great amount OF eagles.
Neither Mr.. Wyndham nor Mr.. wilson
Barrett could land they are both amer
lean favorites) If they come over, as
they have threatened to do, with their
imported companies. Independe4e &C
tors are as welcome as the flowers IN
spring, and il they can act, may count
on most royal welcome, but ths full
Gedged English organizations tha'come
over 10 show what ensemble really
means, are not liked to any great ex-
tent, first, because they have not nown
anything new, and secondly because
| their advent conflicts with our labor
laws. The poor company with the
| Kendalls have with them this eason
will do much to kill the Fashionable geese
that have laid so many gOde eggs,
Matched into sovereigns on th' other
side OF the Atlantic, to remain thre for
evermore.
There is great dissatisfaction Imong
the members of Miss Eastlake' COM
pany, and the cause for collapse Phil
adelphia on October 10 appearsto be
shrouded In mystery. Some meners OF
the company are stranded in a 0regn
land, among strangers, and are lthout
money. Most Of the players wre en-
gagged for a season Of eight monts, and
the company was booked for a cnpete
American tour. Miss Eastlake, Or lead
ing man, Mr.. Balfour; her STAG man
ager, Mr.. Rachelle, and baggage man,
arrived here from England on eptem-
Der 21. She also brought with or the
scenery and costumes for "CiO" and
yorkshire Lass" RehearSalS sgan at
once. The company opened at te Wal
nut Street Theatre, Philadelph, to a
packed house on October 3. ~ weeks
engagement was successful, b when
the curtain was rung down, on Sunday
night, the company was thrown to con-
sternation by the announcing that
the box receipts for the week I'd been
attached.
Miss Eastlake summoned the 'mpany
next day, and she annousced TAT the
tonr would he abandoned, but lat she
would hold herself personallyreSpon-
sible for all salaries which woulbe paid
, as soon "a she could cable 10 ,ngland
and receive reply.
The players had been to thexpense
of getting costumes; they ha lOst
couple of weeks in rehearsal9nd one
weeks salary was due. Many hl arawn
on this to pay current expense curing
rehearsal.
The next day Miss Eastlakevent to
New York and remained until Follow
: ing Thursday. When she rerned to
Philadelphia she was not at hoeto her
players. Mr.. Balfour wrote Their for
money, and she replied that she'd none.
He wrote again, and said that Is hotel
bill was pressing and he INST have
money. Miss Eastlake replieOhat she
would pay Balfour the value $3.50
due him on his one weeks sary, and
give him SEC ticket from Philadelphia
to London for full release fro further
liability, and he accepted.
Edward Rochelle, her stage .anager,
is stranded, and has not been ale to get
any money. He gave up God en-
gagement in England to com, "out to
America" One OF the male lembers
of the company has pawned esrything
of value he has to pay current Spenses.
One woman was turned on OF her
boarding house few days agolnd was
found on the street begging fly cents
to pay for nights lodging.
The following interesting stcy is told
of Edwin w. Hoff: When Ewin w.
Ho1f, the young American taor, who
has recently made a big hit s Robin
Hood, was boy, he worked in store in
Baltimore at 81 a week. He 1as then
also singing In church choir ad had a
good alto voice. One day he III down
| the hatch from the third sOry and
struck keg of nails, whic partly
broke his fall, for he junped up
quickly, and his employer, no had
seen him fall past his Office widow on
the second floor, rushed out, linking
to find the youngster dead, butRas con-
siderably aStonished to find tls young
man running up stairs with all his
might. The boss called him il and ad
ministered to him his first rink of
whisky, after which Edwin walked
couple of miles to collect III. He
went home nothing the wors for his
fall, but at night astoniShed tie entire
church choir by singing his pat with
tenor voice that fairly paralyzsd them.