Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-04-02

| TOOK IT WHILE REHEARsING Ny PIECE
These statements are, some OF them,
true. Parson Davies, who manages Pc
ter. is the quiet party who supplies the
intelligence. He knows how prize
fighter should conduct himself, and he
tells Peter. Then Peter very sensibly
does that way. The long looked for
priZe-fghter whose great intellect
would grace the cabinet has not yet ar
rived.
Peter Jackson, l had been led to be-
lieve, would elevate the stage. People
told me that he resembled Salvini on
the Stage. He do not They belong
TO two Il fferent schools OF acting. Sal
vini is moro en- rapport with the audi
! ence.
have never seen Corbett act, but l
Judge that he will rank with jackson
and Sullivan, whose rankness Is notice
able even from the back seat.
Race prejudice has nothing to do with
nv criticism. When l BEGIN to crltl-
else. l do not let those things interfere;
neither do l care to attack man with
out cause who has chosen the great
field of art as his profession.
I simply wish to say that the pugilist
depends for his success outside the ring
on the man who manages him and how
we'll he obeys his manager. When he
begins to think he is lost.
But the question arises, Has the pu.
| eillst who has succeeded right to star
in a,play?.Of course he has. Anybody has
the right to avail himself OF even acci-
dental notoriety to exhibit himself In
answer to the public demand, and then
the public must decide whether 1t Is
worth dollar or not.
Peter jackson is a good looking man
anatomically. More so thar he is I'M
cletomically, 1 may say. He has long
arms. with rather slender wrists and
small hands and feet. He is well ar
ranged for fighting purposes, but his In
terpretation OF Uncle Tom won't do.
II he would punish Lagree profuseIy.
would agree to rewrite the play so as
to give him a chance. Then II l could
name the man to play Lagree l would
be almost too happy.
We have been playing between Peter
Jackson and the Baroness Blanc for
some weeks at this writing. Atlstically
they differ in only one particular. The
| Baroness has good clothes-or dld nave
prior to Ogden-while Peter has not.
The baroness has already soaked S4O,-
600 into the opening which admiring
friends thought they saw for her. Cali
fornia is not good State to visit with
moor entertainment unless one has re-
turn tickets.
The baroness does not get her title by
descent. She subscribed for it, think,
and got it that way.
Her husbands name was Baron, In
stead of Petite or George. l have a
neighbor in North Carolina named Cen
eraI West. He was named the same
wav. He is is the owner OF the cele-
brated mule Mary.
The Baroness followed US heroically
as far as Ogden, ana there the constab-
ulary at the depot laid violent hands on
the baggage Of her company. 1t was
sad to witness the scene.
1t is bad enough to enter San Fran
cisco and compete with great city full
of talent when one has all the clothes
he can get, but to undertake difficult
role there while ones clothing is in
Ogden is said to be one OF the saddest
things in stage life.
This is especially true when the
clothes constitute the motif OF the
play.
In Salt Lake City we received at the
door So bill, which we have since
learned is not negotiable. Will the man
who paid it in at the window please
make it right should these lines meet
his eye?
Itisa pale green bill for So and seems
10 have been issued by the First
Natural bank OF Salt Lake. In the
hurry and rush ct the door l took it
while rehearsing my piece to myself.
would not ask to have the amount
made good under ordinary circum-
stance, but we are so far from home
and carriage hire is so steep
here in California thatw we feel little
| crippled by the loss.
Spring opens beautifully in this State.
We rode down from the Summit 10 the
night. after long journey through q
| winter season Of unusual severity. and
| when the day dawned we were iu the
! Sacramento valley, with the song Of the
| bobolink and the scent OF violets in the
air. 1t is hard so describe now TWO
worn and frozen men, after weeks OF
uninterrupted storm and frost, blinded
! by the dazzling snow and ice, hailed
with wet eyes and croupy welcome the
| green grass and the spring as they
burst upon us in moment.
Close your eyes at Truckee, dear
reader, and tell the porter to call you
at Sacrament. Go to Sleep where the
snow is TWEEN J six feet deep and wake
ND in the fresa meadows where the cdor
of newly plowed fsl1s can greet your
peeled aud frozen no& then you will
knoH.that-e IN ia agprld there is.