Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-12-15
LAlEBYE' ULTINHTUA.
Ha ConfdeS to Leslie Whiteacra that he
BSick and Tired Of His Matinee Girl.

isSick and Tired of His Matinee Girl.
THE WAY OF THE LEADING NAN
Is HARD. NOT TO SAY ROCKY
CHARACTER PARIS FAR MORE
FFFECTIVE-TFFE AGES or IR-
WING AND TERRY REVEALED BY
AN DDIsPUTABLE AUTHORITY.
OLGA NETHERSOLE SETS TIE
CBTUCS BY TIE EARS-AN ACT
REsS WHO MADE ABE HU1EMEL
WEEP-8IANSFIELD AS RODIAN.
YvEETTE GUILBERFE ARRIVES.
GOSSIP CT THE RIALTO- AN IN
FATUATION FOR A GOWN.
(Fr0m our Regular CorrespondenD
New York. Dec. II. 1895.
sNo thanks" said Wilton Lackaye,
as-5e removed she las trace Of the
makeup Of Svengah from his features
af The Garden the other night. Il
have haa NV fll OF leading parts, and /
don't want any more OF them. From
+hss time OF. I'm a character actor pure
and simple. Talk about the way Of the
tranwessor being nard! Why, it's
three-pIy turf compared to the route OF
-be leading man. For Two or three
wears. perhaps. the maunees nan tns
the .ealiug man as the sweetest th-hs
alive That would be all very nice ana
charming if the matinee girl Went 20
the theatre every day. unfortunately
however. she only gets mere once
week. At the evening performances
NOR mig brothers. her BOY cousins ana
nor svseet hearts attend by the score,
.,6 thanks 10 the enthusiastic raVlngS
rf tho matinee g,r3, every one q Inese
49,, ,c.,uires q sincere hatred for the
7e,5iDo man They roast him in the
lobby. They abuse him at the cIuD-
nav degrees the idea became general
rms ths 1pqdipr man doesn't amount 20
uoDcb any way. and before one IS talriy
aware me matinee girl has cut her eye
fee.h and Is allowed to GO~lO the even
inc Derformlnce. and then Oy aAeeI
forca of the masculine influence tnat Is
brought unon her, IS made 10 IorsWeer
tbe leading man whom she mad aoOred
,7-f-h enthusiasm O year since. And the
NON leading man. meanwhile. has been
Obliged to f0rswear late suppers ana
Diner Iuxuries solely to keep his figure
iD +hs- state Of grace which VIII call
forth the plaudits OF his urltlfile5 SIT
No. N Du- TOO fine q point on IT, the
matinee girl is a cOufounded lJlie NUS
qnce. have had my fll or 'her' ana
am perfectly willing 10 play tne grown
I'D and middle-agcd audiences TOT the
rs4r OF my life. i say all this because
T'n Getting fat myself? Now, that's
moan insinuatiOn. old man. There are
no sour grapes in these opinions OF
mine I'm speaking rig1t out 10 meet
fur and from @ purely unpreJ l0-ceu
rJiDr OF view. Since I've found chat i-
is easier TO reach tine heart OF the pub
lie through one elaborate character
Dart Ike this. thau through all the
leading roles that we're ever written.
II decide t0 star next season, / snail
absolutely refuse 10 be- my own leading
man. Bv that / mean that i snail
play @ character part and nire SoOu
and Younger actors 90 do the loFe-mah-
ing and me ler0ics.
NETHERSOLE SETS THE CRITICS
by THE EARS.
Some, Of che New York critics are in
Q maudary. They don't know exactly
nov -9 treat Miss Olga NethersOle. The
wonderful Improvement in her work
since last year has been generally ac-
know edged. but as a rule the men
Who caviled az her when she appeared
here last season are lOathe to acknOW-
ledge that she is really a great actress,
in spite of the fact Nat On her opening
gieht at the Empire she fairly carried
her audience of its feet
Now. the first might audience at the
FmDire is about as hard-scOrned and
drv-evei n gathering as could be found
fn New York City; and yet there was
old Joe Howard smiling audt0ly, and
I.awver Abe Hummel. with genuine,
net divorce court tears, running down has
cheeks. Now, when woman not yet
26.ye3rs old. can touch her audience 20
that extent. it begins TO look as II
there really was something in her art
doesn't ft2 This week Miss Neither
sole is Dl8vinC Camille and at every
performance Pie theatre has been jam
med CO. ne door.
, AN elaborate production Of Romeo
and juliet" IS under preparation. 1
saw some OF the scenery the other
morning.. and it promises 20 be remark
ably fne Miss Netheysole herself is
mCst cu lusias-iC about &C..
ooh" sae exclaimed, "f you only
know he difference between last year
and this Ar. DAILY wouldn't allow me
a scrap of the scenery for Romeo and
Juliet" and the costumes Of the super
nnmerarics. were simply so many bun
dies of RAGS Why. do YOU know thar
O., one theatre where I played. we had
actually to write the word "Capule,,, on
che door Of JuliCt's tomb with a piece OF
chalk. This year. with the Nessrs.
Trchman. every thing has been plain
sailing. Last year I was Olga Neither
sole costumer. stage manageress. gen
cal directories and actress, this year
ann simply Olgl Nethers0le, actress.
And It's such relel,'
lrR LILLIAN RUSSELL III
fs going to- forsake the stage for rarity.
1Fs has sfrned a contract with Manager
Proctor of Proct0r's Pleasure Palace,
and uU make his debut there on New
Years Eve Proctor is making o great
fuss over this engagement but really
when one remembers that such clever
people as VIII Carleton. Lilly PosLRich-
ana Golden and Marion ManOla have
already Joined the variety ranks. the
peruc.ni engagement seems very small
here pcrug'ni's deafness has stood in
DTS way for The last few years. He is
totally unable TO tell when he is on the
Key or Of it. and If any one ventures TO
ten him that ne is singing out Of turn,