Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-06-04

the American theatre, which was open
ed with "The Prodigal Daughter" has
been very nearly crowded to the doors
at every performance.
Rose Weodmere, the daughter OF the
proprietor OF Woodmere Hall is loved by
Julian Bedford, while Captain Harry
Vernon thinks there is no girl in Great
Britain half so sweet as Violet, her
cousin. The girls entertain practically
similar opinions about their lovers, and
everything ought to go well and would
20 well in real life. But the things
which happen in real life have no place
In the sensational or perhaps l should
say the steeplechase ~melodrama. So Of
course things don't run smoothly; hence
THE Prodigal's Daughter" the horses,
the steeplechase and what in the dis
lance looks remarkably like avery snug
little additional fortune for Mr.. T.
Henry French.
The evident aim Of "The Prodigal
| Daughter" is to introduce q steeple-
chase. but as the race itself would make
a very short play, and besides, being
the episode de resistance, would natu-
rally be held until well on toward the
| close, it became necessary to have
these lovers, etc. There is very little
connection between them and the horse
race.
Well, Vernon asks Lord Woodmere
for the hand OF his niece, Violer. The
| old man thinks he wishes to wed his
daughter and refuses to permit the
marriage, II he had understood, may
- L. -Au1A baua nnnonnfad and tGTha
| Prodigal Daughter" would have been
nothing but a place curtain
raiser, without even the horses.
1t has been Bediords intention to tell
Lord Woodmere that he wished to
make Rose his wife, but Vernon's Ill
fortune does not tend to inspire him
with hope. He adopts q simpler plan
and induces Rose to elope with him.
| Julian has unfortunately requested
Vernon to to accompany Rose to Lon
don, and this circumstance convinces
| Woodmere that Vernon had wanted
Rose all the time, and that he had at
last eloped with her. Woodmere no
longer loves Vernon. In fact be hates
him with a deep, dull, yellow ocher
hate. Other events confirm him In this
sentiment.
There Is q villain named Maurice
Despwater. OF course he has some
one in his power. All well regulated
villains have at least q victim who
doesn't want to do wrong, but does 1t
without much trouble just the same.
Bedford is the man who is In Deep
waters clutches, and the latter who is
In love with Rose, makes Bedford the
ice cold proposition to leave her TO him
and endeavor to win her cousin. Bed
ford promises.
What a magnificent villain Bedford
would have made.
Again Woodmere sees Rose and YER
non together in Paris, and then he is
dead sure Of what be was sure OF twice
before. The love interest from this
point on is held In solution, as 1t were,
and the horse interest takes the center
of the stage.
Woodmere discovers that II his horse
doesn't win the grand national steeple-
chase he will have less money left than
George Gould. So he determines to
win it. But Deepwater doesn't want
him TO, and he finds that he has
another man, Wood nere's jockey, In
his power, or in his debt, which is
much the same. The villain also
has another tool named Roper, whose
horse is entered In the steeplechase.
Deepwater fails TO bribe the jockey, but
he causes his arrest At the rlght-or the
Wrong-mOment.
Then the hero, Harry Vernon, shows
up In great shape. He is a gentleman
Jockey. He rides Woodmere's horse
and wins the race. Rose forgives
: Julian-more fool she-and everything
ends happily for almost everybody.