The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-08
LIVING PICTURES. ="
The Entertainment at the Opera
House Last Night.
IT FAR EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS
Even ofthc Most sanguino and Scored
the Hit of the season-It Will he
Repeated This Eycning-The House
Was Crowded Throughout-Evory
Representation Was Put on Finely.

ThoIIiving Worlds Fair pictures Civ
en- at the Opera House last evening for
the benefit OF st. Matthews P. L church
proved to be brilliant event, ecIipsing
by lar anything that has taken place
this season. The audience was one o.
the largest that has been in the house
in years, and it is safe to say that it car
red Off the palm for brilliancy. What
ever OF social Wheeling that was not to
be seen in the audience, was behind the
scenes taking part in the production OF
the pictures.
From tho picture "a Summer Night
in Venice" to the closing one, "a Dream
OF Fair Women" the evenings enter.
tainment was eminently satisfactory to
the audience Not one OF the pictures
failed to receive generous applause, and
the encores were invariably responded
to. The pleasure OF the evening was
added to greatly by the solos OF Mrs.
Flora Williams, Mossrs. Will B. Day
and Charles Zutauf. The Opera House
orchestra scored distinct hit by the
descriptive fantasia, IAN Afternoon in
| the Midway Ptaisance. An innovation
was the serving OF refreshments during
the progress OF the entertainment.
The opening event on the programme
was the descriptive fantasia, AN After
noon on the Midway Plasiance," by tn c
orchestra. Probably of the entire au-
dience not more than bakers dozen
have failed to go through the scenes
depicted in the masterpiece of George
Lueders, consequently the piece was
enthusiastically received. 1t includes
the following scenes and events that
we're n part Of the Glories OF the de-
funct Midway:
Going to the fair by the Illinois Cen
trial, the Chinese temple and theatre,
in Old Vienna, the Persian dancers, the
German village and the two bands, tn G
Irish village, the streets OF Cairo, Turk
| ish dancers, procession, at Hageu-
bcck's, finale.
The limitations OF the heather and
barbarous music heard daily on the
most cosmopolitan thoroughfare the
world has seen, were really marvellous,
and the roaring OF lions and other wild
animals at Hagenbeck's were also worry
realistic.
The first Of the living pictures was ga
Summer Night in Venice" shown at
the fair by the artist S. NJ. Fisher. The
production was under the direction OF
Mrs. A. II. Patterson, who also super
vtsed the production OF several others,
and to say that she made success, puts
it very weakly, indeed. Lighting, back
grounds and accessories were perfect,
and the ladies and gentlemen selected
to play 'star engagements" for the
piece entered into it with the true
artistic spirit. Those who participated
were Misses Bessie Lamb. Mary Nc
Mechen, jamie Good, Ella Wright, Flora
Wilson, Fannie Jordan, Lou Rinehart,
Bessie Good, Mrs. Fleischman, and
Messrs. Julian Hearne, Robert d. simp-
son, Charles Lamb, Nelson Vance and
DR.. r. II. Cummns.
The setting and general artistic excel
lence OF the second picture on the pro-
gramme, 1.-THE Surprise" were nniver-
sally admired and commented on by the
audience. Mrs. William A. Gsett had
the picture in charge, aud the persona.
tons were by Miss Louise Norton and
Mr.. Will II. Cassell Though this pro.
duction was very lifelike, it was also an
exact counterpart OF the picture that
adorned a wall in the art gallery at the
fair.
The reproduction OF Kaulbach's
"Once Upon Time" under the chaper-
onage OF Mrs. J. D. Cutbertson made
one OF the largest sized hits oil the even
ing. The story teller, as impersonated
by Mr.. Albert Whitaker was very fine,
and the children supposed to DO listen
ing to story, were ArtistiCally posed.
All concerned in this production de-
serve great credit for the conscientious
reproduction. 1t was one OF those pic
lures that arouse old time memories III
; every breast.
Great things had been promised for
the next picture, Breaking Home
Ties" which was under the direction OF
Mrs. W. b. McMechen, and it need only
be said that no one was disappointed,
but on the contrary it was the universal
verdict that the picture was faithfully
reproduced. The young man, leaving
home for the first time, was spiritedly
represented by Mr.. George W. At kin
son, If. The others who held up their
ends creditably were Mrs. Al Glass,
Misses Katie Hazlett, Bessie Barclay,
Mae Belle Howell, and Messrs. Charles
W. List and Walter Bloomfield.
Oneof the most gorgeous productions
OF the evening was the Daughter oil
the Rajah." This was the second rep
resentation under the direction OF Mrs
A. II. Patterson, and che successfully
held no tho standard that she estab'
lshed in the frat picture of the even
ing. Mrs. Fleischmann played the role
Of the daughter of the raiah, and the
audience by generous applause testified
that the part was well played.
UIrichts "Itatian Idyt was the next
production and it was one OF the pretti-
est Of the pictures shown during the
evening. Mrs. Sophia Carr had 1t III
charge and was ably supported by Misses
May Wood, Margaret Johnson, Sadie
Mead and Virginia Hoge. Tho stage
setting was especially fine.
The neXt event was tho Judgment Of
Paris" representing q scene connected
with the masterpiece OF Homer. Miss
jamie Good had charge OF the produc.
ton, and it was universally conceded
that she had shown decided ability in
her production OF this picture. Those
who played roles we're Misses Manic
Grub, Lydia Good, Ella Howell and
Mr.. j. n. Vance, jr.
"Tho Pickwick Club" through the
book OF that name by Dickens, has be.
como almost household phrase, and
the production OF the picture under the
direction of Mira. I. ]. Hearne and Mrs
n w potorson ,v,s esnnrinifv fine Mr.