Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-05
ADJUSTMENTS.
"THE FENCING MASTER. "


Regarding the coming production of
The Fencing Master" at the Opera
House Tuesday evening, an engage
ment of especial social interest is ex-
pected 1t will be the occasion of Miss
Katherine Germaine's first portrayal in
Wheeling of Francesca, the strong
prima donna role which affords such
rare opportunities for an artistic TO
show her talents and made Marie
Tempest famous. 1t was not as though
Miss Germaine were unknown here,
but the natural probability of the re-
turn of a popular favOrite in a new
and more difficult role to essay. The
story of the opera is very interesting,
and it will be produced by competent
company.
DIR. SYNTAX."
In that jO.liest. merriest and most
melodic OF all comic operas, entitled
Or. SyntaX," which that well known
fun maker, DeWolf Hopper, will pre-
sent in this city for the first time at
the Opera House on Thursday evening,
February 9Th, the comedian portrays
the character of an up-to-date and
sport inclined professor. The scenes
in this. the latest and greatest of Mr.
Hopper's light comic opera successes,
are not located amid the ancient pal
aces of the Orient, or in the jungles
of the tropics, but in a charming rural
village in New England, noted for its
delightful situations and picturesque
surroundings. The jovial CDR. SyntaX"
considers it a proud privilege as well
as a boundon duty to make everybody
happy. and luckily for his porteges, his
opportunities to carry out these benev-
client plans are many, for the young
lady pupils Of Minerva Academy-in
/ which he is an instructOr-are all in
love with the young men Of neigh
boring college. and the preceptresS OF
the seminary, an elderly spinstress
named Zenobia Tropics, very naturally
disproves of moonlight strolls and the
customary flirtations usually INDUCED
in by boarding school misses.
HI HENRY'S MINSTRELS.
OF Hi Henry's peerless minstrel ag-
gregation, which comes to the Opera
House Saturday night. the Evening
Telegram says: Hi Henrys minstrel
company appeared al the Grand Opera
House last night, after an absence Of
several years from this city. It is a
sterling organiza ton Of its kind, and
Hi Henry himself is but one of its
MANY attractions. All the usual min
strel performances were INDUCED in,
and the songs of all sorts were literally
applauded, as were the efforts OF the
orchestra. These included the early
part of the evenings entertainment,
and then came the specialties Of Ar
thur Deming. Frank z. McNish, Mas
ter Joseph Williams, the boy soprano;
the Crawford brothers, and the unique
Mexican Ballad Club. Several beauti-
full stage pictures were presented, and
the stage was always strikingly set"
GRIMES CELLAR DOOR,
At the Grand Opera House for three
nights and Saturday matinee, COM
mencing Thursday, February 9th,
James b. Macl1ie, the accomplished
comedian. will present his new, bright,
musical comedy entitled Grimes Gel
lar Door" which is said TO be one con-
tinuous laugh from beginning TO end.
Mr.. Mackie invites you, one and all, 10
come and take a smile with him on
that occasion. You cannot refrain
from it. if you are there, for who could
gaze on this open, happy countenance
and resist from bursting forth in peals
NJ merriment? Mr.. Mackie, as BILLY
Grimes" is clever comedian OF many
accomplishments Don't forget that he
will be at the Grand Opera House TO
smile with you next Thursday even