Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-03-19

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New YORK, March 1s.-The only new
play in town this week is fragment"
as it is termed, entitled THE Man
About Town" 1t is from the pen OF
Stanislaus STANCE, and was produced at
the Harlem Opera House on Monday as
a curtain raiser for "Incog." The one
act relates q pathetic incident in the life
of man supposed 10 be dead TO all inner
feeling; this incident being the sacrifice
of his love for a pure young woman, in
order to save her brother from disgrace.
The brother has been encountered
at the gaming table by the
man about town, who, taking a
fancy TO the youngster, endeavors In
vain TO warn him of his danger. He
finally asks him to call at his cham
bers, and there occurs the discovery
that the young man is the brother OF
the girl he loves; the visit OF the young
girls father, who demands the abandon
ment by the man about town, OF his
pursuit of his daughter; the acQuiesence
by the man about town, in consider
alton of a check for S10,0 99 to cancel
certain alleged obligations; and turning
over of this $4,000 to the young
brother TO meet his losses at the gaming
table and thus save his honor and the
love of father and sister. The
play made very pleasing impression.
| During the week Mr.. Thomas w. Keene
has been drawing very large audiences
to the Union Square. His nightly
change OF bill has caused his friends TO
rally around him in force aud it is
verv long time since the Union Square
has resounded with so much genuine
applause. On Tuesday he presented
| Louis N" and on Wednesday "Othel-
| To-" in both Of which he is much liked
in New York. Mr.. Keene's present en-
gagement is the most successful he has
! yet played in the metropolis.
Among the latest of the promlnet act
ors to reply to Elbridge T. Gerry's vio-
lent assault upon the women OF the
stage is John Drew, who points to his
distinguished mother, who began her
professional career about nine years OF
/ age. lie nous LudL CuIuItu dLC OCLNCi
| off on the stage than In any other occu-
patton that is open to them.-"The
! Stowaway" is one of shose successful
plays that seem to improve their hold
on the public mind from year to year.
1t is this quality of wearing well" that
makes the play like the "The Stowa-
way" worth money.
The Player" in which the young
| tragedian, Mr.. Lawrence Hanley will
make starring tour, beginning at Nor
| folk, April 3, is taken from the same
old German play from which Dumas
took sullivan" end T. w. Robertson,
| David Garrick." 1t has been modern
lzed for Mr.. Hanley by Blanche Mars
den, daughter of the late Frederick
Marden, who has drawn largely from
the original, but also from both Of the
celebrated adaptors.
Miss Geneva Ingersoll, niece Of Col.
! Ingersoll, has been engaged by Manager
| Frank Meader to support Lawrence
Hanley on his Southern tour.--By the
death of his father In Windsor, Canada,
| last week, Mckee Rankin will inherit
property that will leave him independ
emit for the rest of his life. The estate
includes vast forest lands and a great
deal of unimproved property and is val
! ned at half million dollars.
A step forward has just been taken
by the women of the stage by the incor-
poration OF the Professional Woman's
| League. The objects are: ITO bring
together women engaged in dramatic,
operate, and literary pursuits with q
view Of rendering them helpful to each
! other; to minister to the pecuniary
needs Of the members, and aid in pro-
curing them outfits and other things
necessary in order to obtain employ
ment. Riginal Plantagenet De
Koven is laid up with the gout.-Dan
! Harkins is the latest addition TO the
| Theatre of Arts and Letters.
The "Trip to Chinatown" road COM
pany has sign on which is painted
"breathing room only" and Frank
Morse has to put it out every night
.'The New South" will be continued
next season under the management OF
William A. Brady.-The judgment
for $500 recovered by five chorus girls
10 THE Isle Of Champagne" Company,
for breach of contract, against T. Q.
Seabrooke, has been affirmed on his ap-
peal by the General Term OF the Court
of Common Pleas.
Since the burning of the Opera
Comique at Paris, In 1887, IL has been
the effort Of nearly all French theatrical
managers TO adopt speedy means OF
! lowering the iron curtain in an instant,
and electricity has been found to sup
| ply the demands of both the managers
and public for shutting of instantly any
! fire occurring on or about the stage
from the audience. The first theatre in
Europe known so far TO use the electric
iron curtain is the Coincide Francois at
Paris. The curtain is hung by four
steel wire ropes which run over pulleys,
the ropes then meeting at and going
over a wooden drum. This is driven
from the pulley by an electric motor.
1.-THE Ensign" carries the most COM
plete scenic equipment Of any preten-
tious production that ever toured these
United States. Two sixty-ioot baggage
cars are required TO transport its para
! phernalia. All OF its important stage
settings are carried in two sizes; one for
the big stages Of the larger cities, and
the other for smaller stages. The En
sign" will likely reap a greater profit
this season than other travelling COM
bination. Maggie Mitchell will make
tour Of the country next season.
John T. Sheridan is doing phenomenal
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