Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-01-19
IN INGENIIE N HOT WATER.
Leslie Whitacre Tells How Ada Re-
han Insists on Playing Young
Parts With Disastrous
Results.
From Our SPECIAL Correspondent

CFrOm Our SPECIAL C0rresp0nd
New York. January 15.-IAere really
is something p.t.ful in the way Angus
tin Daily persists n forcing Ada Rehan
into juvenile roles. Less than a week
ago. in The Transi. Of Leo Mss
R5hln was roasted by nearly every
newspaper in New York for assuming
Pie part CT a girl Of sweet sixteen. Ana
yet, here in The Two Escutche1ns."
the new play at Days Mss Relan
d0ns her juvenile blonde wig once more,
and appears again as a sweet, slitt.sh
young thing. whose eye teeth are still
uncut The combination of that blonde
wig and Mss Rehan's buXCm figure is
almost tragic. She plays these g-rlish
parts with all the grace and abandon
e. old. but the face and the figure have
developed too much. Great artist as she
undoubtedly IS, the public refuses to ac-
cept her in these parts any more. i,
really IS an insult to her genius to ask
her to play such a part, particularly
when. IN the opposite role, she IS
brought face to face with one OF the
most beautiful women that have ever
graced a New York stage. ! speak
of MaXimi Elliott. The town is full
Of stage beauties just now, but I have
yet to see one of the British bellies that
can equal this American girl in truly
regal magn.fcence OF charms. | am
sure tina. Max!mi must spend her en-
tire salary upon her wardrobe. In
1.-TWO Escutcheons" she wears two street
gowns and an evening dress that are
simply stunning. Besides these
MARVELS OF MILLINERY.
Miss Rehan's clothes looked positively
slouchy. Doesn't It look strange that
during the short ten weeks she spends
IN New York. the actress Who has given
the world the greatest Katherine. and
whose Rosalind and Viola have aroused
the enthusiasm of two continents, should
be obliged to fritter her time away
playing hoyden roles in light fr.tter:ng
German farces?
Apart from Miss Rehan's share in it
I think that Two Escutcheons' viii
be go-througl. The real hits Of the
performance are made by James Lewis
and Edwin Stevens, as a Chicago pork
packer and 4 German baron.
ACTORS ON SKATES.
Skates are a luxury IN which actors
sometimes indulge. Of course there are
skates and skates. But It is really
worth going to see an actor on ice,
just for the mere novelty of the thing
I saw 500 Of them on the Zee at one
time last week. Manager Falk. OF the
new Lexington Avenue Skating Rink
gave a professional matinee. and really
! don't believed | have laughed so much
n a whole year.
Jennie Yeamans was there, looking
plumper and rounder than ever. and
by George, how Jennie can skate! Hen
~ Miller, the Empires leading man
forgot his dignity long enough to make
several circuits Of the rink in graceful
fashion, and snugly tucked away N
one corner of the balcony I noticed
Herbert Kelley and Fife shannon
looking as happy and Unconditional as
a couple CT clans Fay TempletOn was
there skating along like a heavyweight.
Trojan n the hopes of LOSING half a
pound of we!flt, and Teresa Vaughan
and Walter Jones, and al the Other
celebrities from Excelsior. Jr." Jones
proved conclus.yely tha. rs les a-7
quite as n.mble when they have blades
attached to them as when they are N
their natural state. All the English
companies were cut in full force. and