Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-02-05

1t is told that Colonel Cressap In cold
blood killed the family OF Logan" so
that there ran not In the veins OF any
living creature one drop the of blood of
Logan. Later historians say that Logan
had no family, dying bachelor and en-
tirely up d stump as regards his family
tree, being utterly destitute OF parents
as far back as the eye could reach; also
that a school teacher near Cohasset
wrote all Of Logan's speeches for him.
But since that time we have learned
that the best dramatic work is the best
representation OF human action and hui
man life. Human life Is not all poison
and murder, and "Save mel Save mel
for am but poor sewing girl" (pro-
nounced sueing GRID, but there are
times when people eat well, sleep well
and have fun In preference to running
around with 4-foot sword sticking out
between their shoulder blades.
presume that In the days Of Thespis,
when his first tragedy was produced,
there was nothing to laugh at except
his poor Greek pronunciation and the
dignifed way his dead men had 10 walk
of the stage without assistance.
No doubt Thespis did the kerosene oil
circuit with his first tragedy. The
dressing rooms were a. bad as they are
now. It's pretty hard TO say, but very
likely I'm smaller towns, after you left
Attica, the star had three cornered
room with the record OF Alvin Joslyn's
company IN pencil on the wall and 8
rude hthograph Of Alvin with a dried
| auid OF tobacco on his 2-pOund diamond.
Dressing rooms In those days also had a
view Of colored gambling hell on the
alley. and Thespis entered by means Of
the trunk chute.
Dressing then was less difficult, no
| doubt, and the star wore his street cos
tune and had no valet. II the roads
were bad he turned up the edges OF his
drauery till time 70 ring up, and then
turning It down and powdering his legs
where the briars had cruelty scratched
/ them he sailed In,
After he was over with his work
| friends came back TO shake hands with
/ him aud hear him tell meeklY OF his sue
/ cess. and how they hired field near
Icarla and then turned people away.
PisastrAtus was q contemporary Of
/ Tbespis and admired him very much.
They collaborated on play called How
Greece Was Tried" II ran week in
! Attica and then went on the road.
Thespis furnished the blood and Plsas-
tratus the teams. The support was
poor and immoral. Pisastratus took
tickets al the door and drove the team
/ da7tiUes.
When the cleaning came Thespls,
! who sat on the front seat, would say,
STRATUS. do you reckon we are far
enough away from the last town to try
II here?"
Thespis played mostly By main
strength and often carried mis- audience
with him when the house was light.
ConfidentiallT, he said that in one
character where ne dellcately killed bis
adversary by means Of poison ne played
over the heads Of bis audience. At that
time the tragedi1n had 70 kill a nan 50
that no autopsy was necessary, or the
audience went home grumbling.
Thespis played exclusively q one part
play. aside from the chorus which be
introduced at reception given to
Dionysius he held the center oil
the stage and gave dialogue with him
self till be got tired, and then the
chorus came 10 and sang THE Suwanee
River or Dundee" The cboruses 10
those days were not attractive.
Horace said that Thespis was . bad
actor and not worth the ssit he ate on