Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-11-28

- va against ThsaF's-Ios
rOTF CaruPals-Moro SPsn!
NOHs Ian fer Cha.chss-No
H. r CHRISTIANS
4, YOU know, the two theatres
wheeling as much annually
N. churches combined?' spoke
NJ P.ssr as,aigbtat the Fourth
v..aol.s, Church, The people
..r,aa aggregate Of $4,000 for
au,
rYs-s discourses on popular
,,s Notwithstanding the
.c -rs. prevailed, and the near
1.-the uucb-taIked Of comet,
.-. Ve, vel. filled, nearly every
.g.ei, and the stacks Of
u the yts-ibuie reminded
r.v equipped retail umbrella
, -oD.c considered last
... around which was woven
and dynamic dictiOn was
,-s. The speaker started out
-.--- l.t the theatre is an inStitu-
--. v.-l age. It has come down
f-.- +. .1ra Christ. 10 lives be-
rrs, something which touches a
n ..ra...uc i1 our makeup, and
E. a measure 90 the longing
...-.re.t i wish 10 speak a
In 0- human nature. Il
ra-..- beyond imagination
-... chat are jmfathomable. I
,-.r.f.l tlst o man can take
, nature. close the Holy Book,
v simple study Of mans posi-
demonstrate cOaclusiyeiy the
.-.set heaven and hell. Humanity
--..- l1-ce. and the question 1
u,ss sou IS this: Can humanity
IL theatre be associated together
Ia eoi of humanity? Is the
n As al Institution a thing to
.tafuuor.a. end? III tits, let US
a--ha theatre, hands up. If not
refuse OBJ patr0EiZe 10.
theatre more than any other pop
mrsaueurs has received general
.~.st8u by an great thinkers.
speaks OF the play as dangerous 20
morals, @ place where virtue loses
-f. l1l Yet Plato only saw plays in
u men alone were the actors. He
.rv..la-sed the modern deoauchery
s-rss where women also assume
I. and with an the elaborate and
rEelgl scenery. Aristotle be-
ri the existence of the theatre, and
10 remarked that comedy sub
cral lewjuesS; Livy passed
.rt.at caused the demOlishing OF
O.. the greatest theatres then in
OF erection; Seneca observed
nothing is So Injurious 90 good
ls ls theatres; Sir John TOmpkins
,te playhouse is the hot0ed Of
and Augus.In save vent 20 the eX-
o1 that 10 was "a cage OF debauch-
-l wickeduess; Sir Matthew Hale
Aii.s0n both spoke unreSerVedly
-s. the theatre. From FIRST % last
.re has been an evil thing.
-s say the theatre can be re-
d. no, 10 cannot. IL has beer
i Think 70 was Booth or Forrest
} -rE 100000 trying to re.C-m the
beer. tl, without success. But with
.rstc.r be- said about theatres, I'll
BIZ admit that some OF the finest
-t., tact ever em3nated from the
rot man are embodied IN the legiti-
DRAMA Everybody has read
ssg.--e. u not, they ought to.
b there is Soph0cIes, Shiller
Johnson. 40 one can speak
-a7 O.. their marvellous genius.
even .1--faso works it is the assoc
rs THAT often attend the preSenta-
'--- render them obnoxious to
1ls Irs .deGl theatre never has
b. lo- rare- cam Dee.
a.r.s .gcls t0 be condemned for
rIs.,la,. one of which is the cost.
ZEN expensive luxury. Why, In one
T. b. Nashville, Tenn, the SUN Of
BOO was paid out 20 see Booth and
-a,- avn perfectly willing to de-
ls question with any one on the
+ natter OF cost alone.
a-l.c, think OF the unrest and per-
-orl.-.0u of au audience looking
---7 d. these narrowing plays. In
ourselves looking 40 Hamlet for a
1-' Everyone who has read the
bw, what marvellous
p VI thought runs through
-1- Ee, / woiIdn't go 10
o. 1 would give S. 10 20 and hear
1nc.te certain passages, however.
eS GOO much of crime. Of deadly
.scc and 1oadsbed throughout the
p % c.lduce to the uplifting OF
--l.ty. Dr. BIGer then gave
Jew words au admirable synopsis of
. -g, reeurg the actions and move
-s ot-aa several characters, and
sane ".tl the play of Macbeth,
-cr- ure'ty thorough knOwl-
1 o. the works of the great bard.
ave thar al. acted out before the
l.s- has,. most decreasing effect
"a mans mora. nature. We think
8 Mexican aides and those Spanish
- "l1 cl OBJ see the bun fights al
f,l-g-as, out what are we? VIII
az P.r,.s, il going 20 see men slain
.t,-a.-y.
ll4 story is told Of an actor who
-''i ,ae audience so In the thrOes Of
+, ---say -lat the ladies began
..-s eli over JLe hall, and cries Of
- Stop soon rent the air. The
=. --9- cane Co ,he front Of the
-- and said that was the greatest
---o1, that could be paid him. IL
'-'-t-,sl shat his acting was real
". -2- realism is what is aimed at
.-e stage. is &c not strange that
30 % yhe theatre 10 see
mental suffering for the
Of .-2 The people Of
.1...s don't often see Hamlet
--'---s'- Dr. @ first class company.
IN heard Of TO being played here