Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-10-06

raised Cain with the age Of an actress
the other day. The actress in question,
Hattie Sheldon, is a remarkably pretty
woman whom, although she has been
playing heavy parts, would never, by
even the most uncharitably disposed,
be taken FOR more than 30.
As an actress, she has been fairly
well known for years: but in private life
her fame and popularity has increased
OF late from the fact that she is the
aunt oi Walter Jones, the "l492
comedian. AT least. she said she was
his aunt Walter called her Aunue, and
their devotion 10 each other went TAR
TO show that they were certainly near
relations. This suffer Walter Jones
has been seen more frequently with Lii
liam Russell than any one else. and the
report that this clever yOuugster was
20 become Mr.. Lillian Russell No. 4,
has been started so often that both the
boy and the actress have grown tired Of
denying il. However, TO cut the story
short. Lillian sent one of her pictures
20 Miss Sheldon. with q nice little in
scriptiOn written across the face of it,.
Miss sheldon. forgetting all about the
inscription. placed the photo on her
mantel shelf Her friends did the rest.
The inscription read. To Walter S
mother with best love from Nellie.
LOST DIAMONDS PASSE.'
Lost diamonds are to be q drug on
the sOubrette market this year Tan
bark is 90 replace them as an advertlS-
ing medium. Tt rej0ices in the two
virtues of being q little cheaper and
much more unique. First the SOU
hrette falls En-, and then q doctors Ger
titcaJe is dragged iu rs an accessory.
The tan bark is reserved for the de-
nOuement ON the second day, when
the sOubrette is billed TO die at any
moment. Years ago it, was q favOrite
trick o. chorus girls to faint on the
stage solely for The pleasure OF being
sent home iu @ cab at the manager s
expense. But nowadays. when so
many ladies of the chorus have their
private stables. this speciality has nat
Uraliy lost It's vogue. But the tan bark
idea appeals TO an classes of actresses.
The tan bark. of course, is spread all
over the street. and a man stationed
on the pavement says "Sh! Sh"
whenever anything in the shape OF q
pedestrian or cable car passes by. No
less than seven actresses are doing the
tan bark speciality just now, and their
maiadies range an the way from q
tight shoe to q tOOthache. So far only
one Of these tan bark experiments has
gone askew. The actress who had in
vested i'm the tan bark happened 10
live next door TO a boarding house
where COrinne and her heavyweight
mamma, Airs Jennie Kimbau were
stopping Mrs. Kimbau happened to
be learning to ride a bicycle just then,
and as this tan bark extended over the
greater part Of The block. she wisely de-
cided that that particular portion of
the street would make q splendid elder
down arena for her preliminary evO-
buttons. The news soon spread
throughout the nighbOrhOOd that CO.
rinne's mother had tackled a bike, 80
and by the end Of the morning Mrs.
Kimban had the satisfaction OF limp>
ing indoors with the major portion of
her neighbOr's tan bark on her back
Mrs. Eimball now rides beautifully,
and the s0ubrette is reported TO be do
ing as well as can be expected under
the circumstances.
LESLIE WHITACRE.