Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15

garements al Tuxedo and at private
houses in town. Now the higher soci
ETY. may view this sort OF thing without
smuggling it into country cluo house:
or private residences.
| To cut straight into the crust OF iact
| higher society has instituted q music
hall of its own, with stage and hooF
tables. where food and drink may ot
| served. Men who bear the names oil
the old Knickerbockers, and some
Others who have developed in the latter
wears. may not be imagined az Roster
and Blals with their wives and sisters
The new Vaudeville Club opened thi:
week In specially prepared quarters In
the old Metropolitan Opera House, en-
ables them with their wives ard sister:
TO have, on their own stage, CarmenclIS
or anybody else whom they may choose
The variety stage performance begins
about the time the theatres are closed
and continues 10 / a. m, and you may
EAT, drink or smoke In any part oil
the house" IS the rule. Admission IL
oRly obtained by card OF membership,
and as guarantee OF good faith each
member is required to register the
names CT the ladies' whom ne intro
duces.
Reginal de Koven, the composer, Is
the president OF the club. The enter
tainment on the stage is provided oy
Mr.. Tesll, with Mr.. de Koven as stage
director. The membership OF the yau-
deyille is drawn almost entirely from
the social clubs, and some OF the best
! known names on It's list are: j. j. As
tor. II. LIE Grsnde Cannon, 5. Van.
Rennussaler Cruger, A. j. Drexel, j. r.
Drexel, the Rev. Jared 3. Flag, Robert
Hoe. Augustus st. Gaudens and W. II.
Vanderbilt. Most OF these men with
many others and more ladies', were
present the first,night. The vaudeville
programme was the test OF the evening.
The stage curtains we're drawn aside
and Mile. Violette skipped out and made
her bow. She wore short skirts and
looked surprised. Several verses OF a
rolicking French song, KICK OF ner
| heels and her turn was over.
She was recalled and the ladies' looked
| at her through their glasses. The men
drank beer, Mile Violet SANG again and
then the Judges, three shapely gym
nasts in white tights, came On and
tossed each other around recSlessly.
BY this time the audience had entered
into the spirit of the entertainment.
The ladies did not find that the enter
tanners from the music hall were as
! shocking as they may have imagined.
In tact they seemed to be Immensely
cleased with the whole show. The
Young men of the ''Gay-dog" class who
did not bring ladies stood around the
sides OF the hall. and came to the con-
clusion that the show was great. The
success of the experiment is demon
stration OF the bohemian element In the
various social strata.
That the experience is new to the
higher society ladies' was evidenced the
second night the new club was occu-
pied,
The men and women Of the dramatic
profession who appear at the Vaude-
Vile Club are unable to do their best
work because Of the chilly reception
given their efforts. The society women
cannot understand the favorites OF the
! vaudeville stage. During j. w.
Kely's moLologus on the opening
night he heard q styiishly-
dressed woman say: ooh, isn't he
awfully silly3 Kelly ceased his CONVEX
satlon for an instant and then said:
Ladies aud gentlemen: This is the
I frst time I've been in the Four Hun
dred, and / don't understand you. |
don't think you understand me. SO |
/ will make an explanation. Every little
while during my lecture l Will give You
/ q joke, and when l DO repeat joke /
will hold up my right hand. Then you
I all laugh. The funnier the joke the
| higher my hand will 20 mp. Then you
must laugh louder After this little
| act the psople knew when 10 laugh, and
/ Kelly's act went little better.
The new productions Of the week
have been at the Broadway aud Garden
/ theatres. Lillian Russell at the latter
maintained IL she did not enhance her
reputation In Gilbert and Celller's new
oDoPetta, THE Mounte0aDks." 1t Is
a connected and well rounded plot and
a constant variety OF situations, plenty
( OF excuse for brilliant dressing and for
some changes of costume, while the
/ stage is set with two charming scenes,
! Lhe ono Of the last act being particular
( II plcturesQue-an old monastery, whose
clolsters arc bathed in the moonlight
/ that Shimmers also upon the river IN
! the distance. Louis Harrison shares
| honors with Russell.
The "New South" at the Broadway
! has been severely thrashed by the whips
/ or the critics for certain declared in
constituencies. II Is, however, a care
+ full and laudable effort by Clay NJ. Green
and Joseph r. Grismer, TO illustrate Oh
the stage some phase Of the Southern
/ life OF to-day and the audiences have
decided that they have done well. The
/ typical characters behaved reasonably,
I their words were such as they would be
/ likely to speak and their deeds
were probable under The circumstances.
Whether quiet or turbulent they were
acted by entirely human emotions.
There was an atmosphere OF Southern
home life and a clear delineatlon OF
Southern men and women. a convict
was impefsonated by Mr.. Grsmer, and
q negro villain by James A. Hefne.
These two capable actors we're moder-
ste as to noise and action, thus saving
the play from the blood and thunder
vhsch they might have given to IL. a
generally competent cast and good
scenery aided ia the representation.