Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-15
IN THE THEATRES.
1.-THE World Against Her" Last Night.
Coming Attractions at Both Houses.

"Ehe World Against Her. LasU NiBht'
Coming Attractions at Both Houses.
Agnes Wallace Villa, supported by
very large and excellent company,
opened o three nights engagement at
at the Grand Opera House last night.
An audience which completely filled
the theatre applauded the many strong
scenes introduced, and laughed at the
numerous comedy scenes, which are
run in in sufficient number to give the
play an interesting plot. The play
deals with English country and Lon
don life, and the story is very pathetic,
of young wife wrongly accused of in
fidelity by a jealous husband. Miss
Villa is excellent as "Madge Carleton,
and has lost none of her old-time fire
and cleverness. Miss Lucie X. Villa
is a beautiful young lady with fault
less complexion. a matinee will be
given tomorrow afternoon.
Victor Herbert and Gilmore's great
band are coming to Wheeling on We'd
nesday for two grand concerts, and we
may make up our minds to enjoy some
thing extraordinarily good. There can
be no doubt about it. There is every
evidence that the new GilmOre's under
Victor Herbert outclasses the old Gill
more's many times over. What every
body and all the critics say must be so.
Tit old Gilmore's played at the st.
Louis Exposition ten successive years,
and after Gilmore died there. other
bands played, but this season the new
Gilmores, led by Herbert, played at
the Exposition a month or more, and
the papers said, Nothing like it was
ever heard here before" Before the
engagement closed the public were sim
ply wild over the music. There will
be a popular matinee in the afternoon
and grand concert in the evening. All
the soloists, including Victor Herbert,
viOloncello, and Miss Marie Donavin, a
famous prima donna, who made a great
reputation abroad.
The attraction at the Grand Opera
House for three nights, beginning
Thursday, December 18th. with a mat
inee on Saturday, will be Reilly and
Woods big vaudeville company. These
two popular managers have for several
years headed the strongest vaudeville
organization on the road. Each year
they add some new European novelty
to the company, and for the present
season have secured as a special fea-
ture the Olifans. direct from the Paris
and London music halls, Will present
the strongest novelty act now before
the public Another strong feature is
the Chinese emperor. Robetta and
Doreto, who introduce their clever spe-
cialty entitled The Effects Of Opium.
in which they do some acrobatic work
of high order.
The novelty Of q steamship turning
completely over in mid-ocean and the
passengers still remaining right-side
up. is certainly q very laughable con-
ceit. The Byrne brothers who appear
at the Opera House next Saturday. De-
cember 18th, matinee and night, in
Eight Bells" are doubtless aware Of
this feature as a fun-maker, when they
embodied it in their curious spectacu-
lar production OF that name. The
Byrnes have also retained all the best
features of the old skit, which was
funny. These include the ship scene,
the boarding school action. and the
comical horse and the stage coach
horse-play.