Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-05-08

The warm weather, has killed the
theatrical business for this season. IL
takes a big attraction TO draw full
house in one night stands after the
weather gets hot.
Little Lord Fauntleroy drew fairly
well. The show is good one OF the
kind.
Manager .Genther will make more
money renting his house to the Indian
Medicine Men than using it to play
show at this time OF the year.
James O'Neil will present his favorite
piece Monte Cristo at the Opera House
on Tuesday evening. O'Neil has a
worldwide reputation in this play and
he will no doubt please all who hear
him.
The season at Elysian theatre closed
last night. Business has only been fair
this season.
Messrs. Schwartz, 0ng Il Kuckoo, the
proprietors of the Opera House at Mar
tins Ferry will play a better class OF at
traction next season than ever before.
The shows this year were better than
last. Martins Ferry is good Saturday
night town and the managers over there
try TO have an attraction on that night.
Burke's circus did q dig business. A
good many dimes make nice pile.
Burke got the pile.
The Elysian theatre will reopen on
September 18th with Merritt and Stan
ley's Minstrels, followed by the Limited
Mail, Oliver Bryon, Fabio Romins and
several other attractions are already
booked at that house for the coming
season.
Managers OF companies will be a little
on the lookout this fall. Presidential
year is considered as poor tor the show
business. Some of the companies will
not go out until November.
Nellie McHenry's play, "a Night at
the Circus" is announced on the bill
boards as "the greatest on earth, with
one ring under one canvas. Since she
has commenced to take riding lessons
from Uncle Dan Rice she makes a most
creditabe appearance as she dashes into
the ring. She follows Lillian Russell at
the Bijou.
1t is stated that John L. Sullivan has
developed into quite an actor, and Pitts
burg will have a chance to judge OF his
merit early in May, in "Honest Hearts
and Willing Hands" As fighter John
LIS qualities are not to be disputed, but
as an actor there is a chance for an ar
gument.
The impression prevailing among peo-
pie that all actors are spendthrifts is err
roneous when you look at the number
who are well situated in life, who own
real estate, who support many institu-
tions, and who contribute to all worthy
affairs. In the first place the salary of
the average actor is very much over
rated. The hundred dollar-a-week man
don't get but fifty, so in the public's
mind he is charged with spending fifty
more than he gets. The fifty he really
gets goes TO pay for the two idle months
he is at leisure as well as the ten months
he works. In the aggregate his salary
is less than forty, and If he is married
man has family to support at home and
pays his own way travelling, the nifty
dollars won't have a chance to get
greasy in his pockets. So the so-called
hundred -dollar-a-week actor is not a
spendthrift.
1t is noticeable and incontrovertible
fact that music alone OF all the fine arts
has not even at the present time devel-
oped in a proportionate ratio with the
other fine arts, sciences and literature
in this country. The reason for this Is
probably because our civilization is OF
comparatively recent date, and also be-
cause the American race is largely
Anglo-Saxon in type, and il is remark
able fact that the Anglo-Saxon race has
never yet produced great musical
mind.
The new stars who have been born
during the past season are few. Those
who have faded out were fairly good
actors, but their position was not OF
enough Importance To warrant their
name being on three sheet. The new
stars who have succeeded well enough
10 be booked next season are Fanny
Rice, Charles Dickson, Ole Olson and
Sadie Seaman.
1t IS rather a curious fact that both
the stars OF "HosS and Hoss" were call
boys few years ago; that's TO say, they
held the lowest place on the staff Of the
theatre. Collier, Reeds partner, was a,
Daly's theatre, and IL was his clever imi-
tioA OF his manager that first got him
talked about. He made jump from $40
TO S25 week, and then, before two
more years had passed, was leader In
1.-THE City Directory" at a salary OF
SIPS week, 1t is said.
Since the recent death OF James Nc.
Cullough, son OF John Mccullough, the
great actor, the only surviving descend.
ant OF the tragedian is James daughter
Letitia. James was forty years old
when he died. and the disease which
carried him of was heart disease-an
affection from which his father also SUI.
fered. To- Letitia, who is very beau
tiful fiiteen-year-o girl, descends an
estate Of about $50, 900 under her grand
mothers will and the deed OF trust oil
her grandfather. Had the latter re
Trained from the designations which
eventually caused his death, he would
have died worth fully million.
Mr.. Adam Forepau9h Jr., has severed
his connection with the Forepaugh
show, and will not be connected with any
other circus this year, but will rest the
first time since his boyhoOd.
William b. Hincks and Bejamin Fish
executors of the estate OF p. L. Barnum,
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