Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-06-21

l.ot ri,ht. Some Of the guests assisted
Bin. 90 his coat. hat and cane, while one
.tmirer regarded it an honor TO buckle
tle tragedian's 0yerShOes.
At the close of tails season the C'ncih-
natl dramatic festival occurred ana MI
McCulcagh weut TO Europe, visiting
B.nre. ..E.rs. Carlsbad, Stuttgart ana
Berlin Tho si-iiaut eye Of his irlenu
ana advisor was not upon him, how
ever. aud when he returned Capt. Con-
-.r strongly advised MIN 10 abandon
his proposed tlur.
10 ul> $40 the country seat oil JOhh
Carson. O. warm personal friend, thal
t.e f4s eLcru2ch.nE maledy assumed
pronounced form. HAVING been called
to breakfast tbc family was startled al
-.c governors" appearance IN his bat
.e robe and Dsjamas The kind-heart-
ed hostess Quieted him as only a true
woman can. Capt. Conner was wired
for and hy o little ruse succeeded III
getting his friend 20 William Florence 5
cottage az % ueighboring seaside resort.
Was Mccullough a great actor? To
r- he was as fine an emoOdimentOG Nlr-
e-niu> as we VII see in this country In
This character. He showed both repose
and splendid expression and won therein
most DISTINGUISHED success and the
admiration and love of every audience
before which be appeared. Not even
our ideal Edwin Booth could boast more
friends before the f00tlightS' glare than
CID tl.s modest Irish boy, who in ii
stepped from tle vessel OF foreign
steamer. and made q home among US,
and who En- few years en-
t.1red himself % almost every one
with whom he came in contact. lie
,.a, no genius. and that was fortunate
Tor him. too, perhaps. Tact Is better.
Geuiu, without tact, without the power
to seize opportunity, Will often be
pushed 90 the wall. Genius is hard TO
understand, thinks perhaps too deeply
is TOO intensely earnest. Tact Is Supe-
lior I'D business; IL makes money and
toes much toward happiness on this So
called peaceful sphere. John McCul-
8uru was "a great man, as far as l can
fua-e. aud o. great actor. doubt II
lLat greatest OF an tragedianS Of the
robust school, Tom3So S4iyini. could
have czccuel hm iu "NirginiuS, and
this one performance was enough 10
l.av, name. VINO will not revere the
memory oi Mccullough who have seen
hfm play the Roman father? HE was
man. take lim Tor all in all. Do not
expect t0 .0ok upon his like again.
onr thirl season began in Milwaukee.
Ne s.w a cloud ou The horizon during
..e l.lcar,a s 40 McNCker'S Theater IN
CHICAGO. but the members of the COM
naly were faithful to their chief,
"N.ryiu.us' was the opening bill, and
SD long had we played together that II
would have required remarkably
acute person 10 detect when the gov
eruo. halted ina his speech, No mis-
unp occurred during the three weeks
we were out until the fatal last week in
Chicago. although while in Milwaukee
.n Incident occurred that troubled me
exc. ad.nriy. The governor" was in
vl.ed ou, so the soldiers home by Gen.
Sharpe, ala I was included iu the insl-
c.t..u. THE soldiers We're all assembled
u the La. To hear Mccullough. We
gave bis iayorite, the quarrel scene be-
tween 3rllgs and CGsSiGS from Julius
-n>lr.' ln civilian dress me was not
DPS, Isa many other good actors.
p Has NOT Qui,, clear IN MS speech,
i Mo aIl LOc cover ourselves with
cory. de r.ci,ed The Stowaway'
S., p'c fashion, and as the
soldiers wanted something more he in
.r.f -.nvfl deliver s'ShaUuS