Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-08-27

tempts to soothe the animal were made,
but Intellectually, as each time an al
tempt was made to 60 on with the per-
Torrance the lion snapped and snarleo,
/ and eventually became so fierce tnat
the performance had to be stopped. IL
was only by the aid Of men armed with
iron rods that the lion was kept at one
end of the cage while the trainer with
drew.
Queen Victoria has presented Sir
Augustus Harris with tastefully de-
signed inkstand Of solid silver, bearing
the following engraved inscription
Presented to Sir Augustus Harris oy
Victoria, r. l., Windsor Castle, Satur-
day, July 10, 1929" This souvenir OF
the recent performances before her
Majesty was accompanied by the follow
Ink letter from Sir Henry Ponsonoy:-
Dear Sir Augustus Harris-In thank
ing you for all the trouble you took to
amuse the Queen at Windsor, | am
commanded by Her Majesty TO send you
this inkstand in remembrance OF the
French play and Italian opera per-
formed at the Castle under your super
attendance last week. Yours sincerely,
(Signed) HENRY PoNsoNBY."
At the Britannia Theatre, London,
drama in five acts entitled "Fettered
Lives" was recently produced. In the
first act Mark Meredith and game
kee per, Joe Hazleton, are rivals for the
And Of May Ingles. Joe is successful
and in quarrel between the men Mark
shoots at and wounds Joe, and is arrest
ed. The second act is on the hulk
Shark. Dick Denam is doing" fifteen
years for robbery and manslaughter. A
corpUlent warder lashes them savagely
add starvation diet and torture
have TO be endured. Dick
Denam arranges plan OF escape,
which includes blowing up the Warders
and the hulk together. This is success
fully carried out. In the third act Mark
is on shore, flying from his pursuers.
He reaches q gamekeeper's lodge, ten
anted by Joe Hazeton, who has mar
ried May in the eight years interval
and has child, Ivy. May assists Mark
to file of his chains, and on the return
OF her hutbaud puts Mark In bedroom
where Ivy is asleep. Joe's suspicious
are aroused by finding the letters, and,
taking up gun, he DISHES into the
apartment. Mark snatches up Ivy, Joe
fires and wounds him In the arm,
and the convict disappears through the
window bearing off the child. The
fourth act Is in garrett, whore Mark
is visited by Dick Denam, who has COM
mItted robbery, and asks his pal" to
share the proceeds. Mark refuses; but
Denam having left his spoils on the Ia
BILE, the police entering suspect Mark
who is also wanted" as an escaped
convict. Denam returns, and clears
Mark OF the crime by confessing his
own guilt. The police try to arrest me
pair, but are prevented by Denam VINO
loses his life in aiding his friepi's es-
cape. In the last act, May VINO mas
gone to London to seek her child, re-
turns unsuccessful TO hf nome ana
there meets Mark, and bHngs back Ivy,
and dies, worn out by Es prlYatlons.
The Sleepwalker" mas been revived
at the Strand, Loadon, with success.
1t is very laughsJle. The story starts
ia a London CT occupied by Jack
Pointer. a wef-to-do young gentleman
who has yr neighbors overhead his
uncIe- MAJOR Blister, Of the militia, and
family. consisting Of twin sons-John
and Jsnes-and one daughter, Sophia,
Jacks affianced wife. BY his fathers
viii II Jack Pointer should marry any
bit Sophia without the consent of his
uncle and aunt, he is TO be dis
inherited, and Sophia is to lose
an annuity Of $4,000. The three male
Blisters, who in financial sense bleed
Jack Pointer, look upon his union with
Sophia settled, but, unfortunately, the
young people have bestowed their affec-
tionS 10 way contrary 10 that expect
ed. They mutually agree TO love where
they like and not where directed. Jack
falls in love with a charming young
widow, Mrs. Harkaway, while Sophia
bestows her affections upon Jacks coll
leRe chum, a clever young artist, Here
ward. Jack has arranged q secret meet
Ing at his rooms with the lovely widow
but the Major and "them twins" who
have grown to mans estate, are prepar-
ed to make themselves nuisances.
While Jack awaits the coming Of the
widow, the precious trio put in an APP
pearance. Jack, to put them on
the wrong track, has already pre-
tended to be a sleep-walker. To
keep up the deception he is COM
PEELED to resort to all manner Of practical
Jokes Of the somnambulistic order, while
the Major and his twins, who are quite
Jacks equals in artfulness, appropriate
a good deal Of his personal belongings,
and are prepared at any moment to
swear that he gave them while In his
condition what really they
have stolen. Jacks widow, IL appears,
has promised her hand to a meek and
mild curaTe, who, at Brighton, has res
cued her from drowning. Indeed, he
has gone through the ceremony Of mar
rage with him, leaving him at the altar,
however, when his first wife, supposed
TO be dead, has turned up very much
alive. One Of the funniest things in the
piece is the fact that the meek and mild
curate is another college chum of Jacks
and that he is the very man selected to
peaform the marriage ceremony be-
tween Jack and Mrs. HsrkaWay.
Experience Teaches.
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