Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-12-18

ago at the Pavilion, Bay Ridge, a re-
sort near Baltimore, the following cast
appeared in the afterpiece, MRS. Bibs
and Mrs. Bobs:" Wilton Lackay, Tim
Murphy, Annie Lewis, Nellie Rosebud
and Harry Gilfoil; all Of whom have
since become Great.-Reports from all
quarters where Joseph" has been seen
this season indicate that the play in a
sterling success, and that the business
has been something phenomenal.
On the Rialto that say "every time
that Thomas Quinlan Seabrooke signs
check the effect is so bad that he is I'M
able to dance at the evening perform
ance." A surgeon is in constant attend
ance to keep him on his pins.-The
Sheriff received on December 10 an exc
cution for 1886 against Mrs. j. b.
Potter, in favor Of Manager Fl. G.
Miner, on judgment obtained July II,
1890. Mr.. Miner said that Mrs. Potter
borrowed the money from him in 1887,
when be was her manager.-Arrange-
ments have been completed for the
Authors and Actors Carnival, to be
held az Lenox Lyceum during the holt
days. The booth will be arranged like
those at the Actors Fund Fair. The
carnival will open December 10 and
continue till New Years Eve.-"The
Guardsman," an English play, by Cecil
Raleigh and George Simms, will soon
follow Sardou's failure, Americans
Abroad" at the Lyceum Theatre.
The receipts of the first week Of the
engagement Of the American EXtrava-
Grand were the largest ever known at
standard prices in the history OF this
immense theater. The gross receipts
were Sl7,s75, the largest amount OF
money ever taken in by theatrical
company at any price in one week in
the State OF California during the past
ten years, excepting only Patti. On
last Monday the theater was absolutely
sold out, and people were standing four
deep in the aisles. The is an enormous
advance sale for the remainder Of the
engagement, and the succeeding three
weeks will undoubtedly be quite as
large as the first one. "Ali Baba" has
made the greatest financial and artistic
success in the history of theatrical5 on
the Pacific Slope.
pack Pope's st. Louis Theatre, where
Natural Gas" provoked roars Of laugh
ter, with emphatic encores and thun-
ders of applause, during the week.
Donnelly and Girard, Charles Jerome,
Sager Midgley, Arthur Rigby, Amy
Ames, Anna Caldwell and Julia Mackay
made great hits, and Samuel Prosper
Gus Cox bagged more greenbacks this
time than he has ever raked together in
St. Louis during week.
NJ. Swartz's new play, 1.-The Syndi-
cate" had its first performance at the
Philadelphia Girard on Monday. 1t is
story OF backwoods' politics. The
principal character, the Honorable
Slope McFetridge, was filed by Mr.. Hol-
| land, who made a hit.-Dumas' "Demi-
Monde" under the title Of The Crust
Of Society,"" was produced in Boston on
Monday. 1t is a severe satire On the
| immortality OF the aristocrat, and the
subject is handled with boldness
which, though true to life, is somewhat
startling.
Rose Wentworth has fallen heir TO q
| snug little fortune, lett TO her in Eng
| land by maiden aunt, sister OF her
father, Francis J. Willoughby. She
will have to wait, however, until she
| has attained. her twenty-frst birthday
to be able to claim it.-Maud Gilmore,
! the English actress, arrived in this city
/ December 10, to join the Wilson Barrett
/ Co. Mr.. Barrett could not find an
American good enough for his company.
John w. Ransome has been especially
engaged for the "MeCarthy's Mishaps"
\ Company.
Albert Bruning's "The Clemenceau
Case" Company is doing q very large
business in Philadelphia this week. His
is the only authorized version and suits
| will be brought this week against any
other manager in whose house II Is
| played.-Mr. Staurt Robson did rous-
ing business this week in st. Louis with
"Our Bachelors. "-Isable COe has cap
tured Chicago this week wither her ex-
cellent performance Of Niobe,
Mollie Thompson is reported to be
seriously III at Boston, Mass.-Paul
| Nicholson has left 1.-The Isle Of Cham
payne" Co., not being able to follow
! MacGeachy's eccentriciJies.-Mau
/ Harrison will not appear In connection
! with the performance Of the Theatre OF
] Arts and Letters. She remains olsen
gagged, although she has had offers from
several managers.-Rudolph Aronson
has received from Messrs. Choudens
| Fills. Paris, the manuscript libretto and
score of Varney's latest operetta, lie
Brilliant Acnille," now running st the
| Theatre de la Renolssance, with Nine.
Theo in the leading role-A colored OPP
era company has been organized at
/ Philadelphia, Pa. They will produce
1.-THE Pirates of Penzance" at the
Academy Of Music, that city, January
25, and are also studying patience, :"
"Olivette," etc.
Mr.. Stuart Robson continues to do a
business that promises shortly to place
him in the front rank OF wealthy pro-
fessionals. Although q rich mau to-
day. his success from one season to an
other, in finance, is as great as the art
OF his acting. A Denver real estate
man succeeded some years ago In sun
loading" as he thought, several lots on
/ Capitol Hill in that thriving town. The
actor. however, was shrewder than his
pursuer, and the ground purchased then
lit was in lss5-for 81, 500 was recent
~ sold for SIS, 900.
Young Salvini is this week playing in
British Columbia and Manager w. M.
Wilkison wires: Vent Vidi PCT The
Young actor has undoubtedly been very
successful In the far west and his Cali
fornia engagement was more profitable
! than either the star or the manager ex-
pected, even In their dreams. The