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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-04

careful of his dress. But he was very
popular with the women he courted-
while his money lasted. He talked of
his escapades as another man would Of
his horses or his yacht, and was hap
piest when people were looking at him.
He is now about forty years old, Of
medium Stature, with blonde hair and
mOustache.
One night he was with a couple of
French dancers in a box at the Imperial
Music Hall. Toward the middle OF the
performance he appeared down stairs
and, shielding himself behind a man he
knew. said: Hide me, old fellow.
They're after me and l want to get
away"
who's after you?" asked the other
man.
why, those two girls in the box up
stairs. / had only $50 when | came n.
There's so left, and l want to escape
with it,"
Just then a pretty and handsome
young woman hove in sight Spying
Weber she seized him by the lapel OF
the coat. "Oh, there you are, eh?' she
said. well, come Up to the box. We
want some more wine"
Weber went, and so did that las, $40.
Weber had a pretty row with Nina
Harrington while she was occupying a
handsomely furnished fiat in West Thir-
ty-third street One afternoon Weber
called on Miss harrington. He found
there another gay young man of the
world. Weber had been drinking lit
tie. There was a quarrel and Weber
went down stairs without taking the
steps into consideration. Weber sad
he had stumbled. The other man said
he had helped him stumble. Miss Far
rington moved out with the furniture,
and Weber had TO bring suit 10 get 1t
back.
When the revival OF "The Black
Crook" took place at the Academy OF
Music, Weber devoted himself TO Egg
lantine. one Of the quadrille dancers.
He tried hard, but could not attract her
attention. One evening while N her
company he said: "Well, it seems you
can never see me, but l can see you all
right"
When the young woman looked up she
saw that Weber had $40 gold piece IN
his eye Ike monocle. Thereafter Eg-
lantines vision was better.
Such was Weber's course. There's a
moral in it, although there were TO
morals in it. Twice last month ne was
arrested. twice passed the night IN
cell because he could not pay his me.
And from the cell to the Insane Pavilion
of Bellevue Hospital.
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rcle always learn both the words ant
music together. ADELINE PATTI.

rcle 7 always learn both the words and
music together. ADELINE PATTI.
To invest such a character as am TO
represent with every shade OF woman
bCod-everE degree of that attribute
,bat nv imagination can conceive is the
task laid out before me. This brings III
to play the eyes, voice, manner, bearing.
everything pertaining 10 the KIND CT
woman perceive her TO be, and getting
at As il were. her inner self. With this
basis n work on. at our first rehearsal 1
am nrepared 10 round off and polish the
angles of my conception, and prepared TO
Mace il iib the picture as a composite
whole. II will be seen, then, that the
lines are the smallest portion OF my
work I do not mink l ever sat down
deliberately to study the lines OF part
In the manner l have described l nave
succeeded in absorbing it. Inat Is me
best way Of expressing 1t. This Is the
Stumbling block in the way of every
Young actor. AS a rule, he pays too
much attention entirely to the lines ana
not enough to the ideas. Too often ~
wants TO "elocute.' as the old country
woman called it. Now, elocution is a
very necessary and charming thing, but
only as a means TO an end.
First of all, elOcutiOn must be natural !:
If the actor has the necessary sense and
feeling, the lines will then be naturally
spoken. What was the secret OF tho
success of our greatest artists? Such,
for instance. as Rachel, Sara Siddcns,
Edmund Kean. McCresdy. Forrest?
Simply that they held the mirror up 10
nature and had the natural genius to
portray and convey human emotions TO
others.
There is one other point 1 wish to
make. II is R necessary one, and IS, tina,
-, oot~~ could s'Udv witch e"uol Zs'l
every line of every scene in which he IS
cJu.e.ulu 4a0 ~ ,aA.ng p3r,-%n3. Is
technically called "underlining others
work" This is CT vital importance.
Equally as much acting-both mental
and Dhysical-is necessary when others
are speaking as When one is actually at
work ones self. This is what makes a
dovetailed and harmonious performance.
I endeayor as much as possible 10 i'm
bue my associates with this idea ana
spirit. and, as the result crowns the
whole, think l can say, in all modesty,
have met with a fair share ofsuccess.
ROSE COGHLAN.
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WHIST AT 4 LADIES' CLUB.

The following conversation was o.er-
heard by waiter at ladies' club. The
man was able to use his knowledge OF
shorthand 10 take notes, having once been
a reporter:
Jane" said Maria. 1T IS your lead
"Why. no" answered Jane. lit IS lda s.
NO" spoke up Ida. lit IS not my lead;
Susan dealt the cards"
why. then # must be my lead SAID
Maria. whats trumps?'
Hearts" shouted three young voices
in unison
wen. there is my lead" said Maria.
PLAYING the duce of clubs.
But you must lead trump card my
dear" cried Jane.
yes. anu lead the biggest trump you
have in your hand" put I'm Ida, James
partner.
well. then. here is the queen Of hearts
said Maria.
30. you mean thing you!" exclaimed
Jane: that takes my king"
But I VIII take the trick for have the
ace" said Iua.
But" remarked Susan, that is the ace
of diamonds"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-04
SARAH BERNHARDT
PATTI sAYs MUSIC HELPs.

In SIuGying a part people of my pro-
fesSsion have a marked advantage over
those who are only dramatic and not
lyric artists. 1 Italian opera We never
speak-we only sing, and the words we
have 20 learn are associated with h
have to learn are ASSOCIATED with the
notes to which we sing The music
helps US 10 remember the words and the
words helps us to remember the music,
lust as the pupils Of the various systems
Of memory training are taught TO re-
member one thing by remembering an
otber thing connected with il in their
mind. Musical memory I possessed
from my childhood In a remarkable de-
gree. and. as I never experienced the
slightest difficulty in tearing the notes
of the most intricate aria after hearing
il oEce or twice so ! could always re-
member, with equal readiness, the words
associated with it. In studying new
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-04

He Might Have Lost His I'm orella But
for Their Kindness and Foreohough1
in Taking Care Of t.
tn man with the yellow goatee meant
TO ride several blocks further, but. catch
ing sht Of a friend on the sidewalk he
hurriedly left the ear. and his umbrella
was left leaning against the front door.
AS many as q dozen passengers took
notice Of his heedlessness. and of the six
or seven without umbrellas every one
decided to secur the estray for himself.
It .9ok cheek 90 walk up TO it, but a red
headed man finally arose, looked around
he car. and hen advanced 10 the front
door and looked ont, ar me same time
erasninr The handle OF ne umbrella.
AS re turned 10 make his way out OF
the car man smiling'y said:
Excuse. me. please. but / shall need
my umbra ia when / ger OF the car
"Is this your umbrella
Look herer' said a third man, as he
half rose up. CTS a mighty queer thing
that I cant 'e- go my umbrella without
some one gobbfuS 0pr
"Ycu don't claim ,his?' queried the
nan who a-1 Dr.
"Cera.rly dr'
"Why. It's ms identical UMBRELLA
gaSDsd The second man,
"Ah there dom walk off with thatr
mn in fourth "I'ra lost aboU, o dozen
umbrellas Oh -1ts line this wear. and am
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80 it Is" said Ida. "Weu .-
four of hearts" =.
I've got the ace OF Rear-
san. Does that take the t-
"Of course it does. ansu
"No, it doesn't" said Ila
card always takes another ,s..,
20. lets stop playing"
YEARLY. It's no fup whc- r-
men TO tell you how TO plsg..
Sunday Herald.
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Seeking LICENSE TO WE'D.
Odd Scenes Witnessed in the County
Building.

Characteristic Traits of Would-Be
Bridegrooms Disclosed to View
Bashful Countrymen. Cynical City
Youths and Coolheaded Business
Men-Romances Sometimes Gull
inmate with Possession Of the
Coveted Paper.
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TONDRY
GREAT BARGAINS
GhildTen's and
Boys Underwear,
Ladies' Underwear,
Gents Underwear.
PRICES UNHEARD OF.

Ladies' 25c Vests l5C.
Ladies' Gloves lOC, l5c, l8c, Zoe.
Corsets 19c. 25C, Soc, 43c.
Silk Umbrellas SOC up.
MEMS Boots 500, SL25, Sl4S'
S165.
Mems Wool Socks i0C, l5C.
Ladies' Wool Hose 10, l5C, lSc.
Children's Wooden Hose l0c.
Bed Comforts 39c. 43C, 65c, SIC.
Blankets. 1914. 39C. 48c, CSC, I9c'
CSC to S2.75. worth double. No
house can match this bargain.
Mems heavy Oyershirts 5sc, 45C,
acc, 65C, 75C.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-04
FOLLY LEADS 70 MADNESS.
The Heir to a Million Confined in the
Insane Pavilion.

Locked Up at the Hour Of HIS d.
vorced Wife's Appearance on the
Stage-While She is Gaily Sing
ing He Sees a Fleeting Panorama
of His Reckless Life-Laughs at
Weird Brain Pictures-His Wild
Career Caused the Failure OF the
Big Piano Company-The End Is
as Irene Perry, His Second Wife
Prophesied.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-04
SHOES.

Bows and Misses bargain Shoes
Soc. 43C. SOC. CSC, sc.
Bio sale on Ladies fine Shoes,
Halt Price.
Mems heavy working Shoes $l.OO,
worth S1.5C.
Mems Dress Shoes $l18, Sl.35,
SL38.
Ladies warm Shoes and Slippers
al bargain prices.
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BERNHARDT NEVER HAS ANY
TROUBLE.

LkAl0 Nsl4lL
Il havealways acquired the lines of
the various parts l have assumed with
so little trouble that have never adopt
ed any particular method of studying
them. Learning the lines of part 5
one of the last things | think of N con-
nection with it. I first of al try to
make myself thoroughly en- rapport with
the character I am 10 assume. In order
te 90 that l must be thoroughly famil-
lar with every situation with which the
is placed, and with the personality Of
all other character with whom she comes
in contact and that necessitaues an in
innate nowledge of the entire play. l
think that too many actors and actress
es deem the requirement Of their lines
and stage business the only study that
is required of them. They merely COM
mitmit their lines 10 memory without
ever thinking for q moment Of their re-
latiOn TO the play as whole. l have
even known Of their personating small
parts without having the remOtest idea
of any portion of the play save the short
scene or two in which they participated.
and have heard them audibly wonder
what it was all about Under such cir
cumstanecs It is impossible for any one
to intelligently perform even a very
small part. When | have thoroughly
graspe6 the nature of my role: when /
have fully entered into its inner con-
sciOusness; when l have thoroughly
mastered even the minutest details Of
its every siuatiOn, and when I have g.
naEy made up my mind how woman OF
such a temperament as l conceive my
character to possess would conduct her
self in al the phases of the play, then
l begin to study the lines. Yet by the
time I am ready to DO 50 I am already
familiar with most of them, for the
close scrutiny and mental analysis 7
have made Of Il srole have necessitated
the reading of the lines over and over
again. and thus without any special ef-
fort to learn. they have already become
firmly fixed in my memory.
SARAH BERNHARDT.
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SCHOOL SUPPLIES

Tablets 1c. &c. &c, &c, &c.
States &c. Sc. &c. lOc, l2c.
Ink &c. 6 Pens for lC. Pencils SC
dozen.
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A ROAD TO MADNESS.

Weber has been dancing attendance
on prima donnas, leading ladies' and SOU
brettes ever since he put on long trous-
ers. Since 1883 his escapades have fol-
lowed fast His father left 100000
from which I1e son drew an income Of
about s1t a year. His father knew
him. But his induigent mother would
always sign a check for him.
Largely through his inattention TO bus
mess the Weber Piano Company failed
Then al. " Weber began to feel ne lack
of money that pinched and pinched I'M
III he landed in jail the other day for the
want Of S. bill.
Weber's first wife was Miss Cloves,
daughter of ]. w Cloves. She d.
voreed him. He married Irene Perry,
then a member OF the McCaull opera
Company. in 1885. The marriage was
celebrated in the Continental Hotel.
Philadelphia. and Weber's mother and
sister were present When she brought
suit FOR divorce she named as correspond
ent Chrissie Carlisle. Testimony in the
suit was being taken in August, 1896.
Miss Carlisle, then in the chorus OF
THE Lady Slayey" company, had to be
arrested on Justice Beekman's order.
Then she appeared before the referee.
Weber is not handsome, nor IS ID
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-04
GREAT ACTRESSES
Tell How They Study Their Parts.
Copyright. 1880

NCOpHIlsNL. lotb.l
"How and when do you study your
parts in plays?" was the question sub
mittei TO a number Of prominent ac-
tresses, and their interesting answers
will be found below
Lillian RUSSELL'S METHOD.
For studying the lines of a part,
night and morning are the time. OPP
posed as many people are TO keeping
late hours" and to turning night into
day" it is undoubtedly a fact that the
still hours of the night seem better
adopted to some kinds Of intellectual IA
Dor than hours Of the four and twenty
that make up the day. Late at night
We are entirely secure from interrupt
ion. The labors CT the day are finish
ed and its cares and worries are laid
aside. With the realization that sucn
is the case, the mind enjoys sense Of
free6Cm and elasticity that makes It's
receptive powers peculiarly active, and
enables it to grasp and hold lines Of
poetry or prose-or. indeed, any other
impression-with singular quickness
and tenacity. There is a peculiar still
ness and repose in the very atmosphere
of night tha- is peculiarly conclusive to
steady. determined mental effort At
that time when all the earth seems
wrapped in slumber, forgetting the
world and by the world forgot" we can
concentrate our thoughts with remark
able power upon any subject 10 which
We desire to giys our attention.
In the morning when We first awake
from slumber our mental conditions are
much the same. II is a fact we,l-knOwn
TO all trainers of animals that their
charges learn more readily III the cary
morning than at any other time, and l
believe the same 10 be equally true Of the
human family. II l give even few
minutes study to the lines Of part just
befcregoing to bed am surprised TO flnd
how readily I can recall them on first
Weakening up in the morning. For all
these reasons 1 regard late night and
early morning hours as the best IL
which TO acquire The lines OF a part.
LILLIAN RUSSELL.
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Come to our big Monday
Sale. Bargains IN every
department.
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MAKING \ VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN
s1ecIll b. ~ Register

cI0C'II q tUt I.VaIrIVI
Grafton. W. Va. October S.-A sys-
temadc campaign from school house to
school house has been organized by he
Democratic County Executive Commit
tee Toy this county. and 1t IS believed
f-Cn the poll OF the county recently
taken that this county can be carried.
How IS this for Taylor, which save Day
tNn Cos majority?
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-04
MRS. LANGTRY THINKS LINES IN
IMPORTANT

With regard to studying parts, think
that most people attach too much i'm
portance to the study of the lines of a
part. It is not what is said but what
is done in a play that is of the most
importance. Strong situations and Wig
orous action appeal to the mos, ignor-
ant and uncultured auditor, while elab-
orats'.y polished speeches and flashes of
wit receive recognition from The intel
lecual spectators. l think that many
actors and actresses, in a conscious de-
sire to speak the lines Of their part YER
balm. neglect other phases Of it which
would tend more directly 10 develop its
Individuality much more thoroughly.
Therefore in studying the lines of a par.
/ do not try to remember every little a
and the in exactly the right places. I
absorb the general sense of the lines
and often multiply or curJail thsm
when I think they could be improved
by one process or the other This, Of
course, does not apply to Shakespeare
or any other blank verse. There one
must commit the lines to memory YER
batim, ct literatim, and speak them
in The same way.
EMILE CHARLOTTE LANGTRY.
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INCREASE Y0U3 lpao
II sFEOULA iION ~
GRAIN. PROVISIONS AND star.

Continuous quotations from
New YORK. received direct oy .r..
sLAGLE 4 CO, Brokers, 49,.
Telephone 20.
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ELEANORA DUSE HURNS MID
NIGHT OIL.

parts can be studied better at night
than at any other time, fact that is
recognized by all actors and actresses,
the great majority OF whom do nearly
all their studying at night. An actor
or actress informed me at the termina-
ton Of to-night's performance that an
unexpected emergency will compel him
or her to replace some one else and
play the longest and most difficult part
in the piece tomorrow night will not
retire as soon as possible in order to be
up bright and early 10 study in tbs
morning. bu- on the contrary will not
90 TO bed until the lines have been fully
mastered, even Tito acquire them thor
ouehly necessitates sitting up all nigha
and far into the following day. This
was the course | always pursued dur
ing the earlier portion Of my dramatic
career. when, as humble member of
stock company, some one else's IN
disposition enabled me to play a greater
part, and / have always found that I
can do my best studying at night.
FL ,FANORA Disc
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sAvEDTT FOR HIM.

He Might Have LOS His Umbrella But
for Their Kindness and Foreohough1
fin Taking Care Of t..
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After a little while an old man, gray.
weazaned and dry, approaches with de-
liberate step 20 the window. He p~o-
rounds questions with slow voice and
answers interrogatories placidly Age, "a
years" name. John Dane name of in
tended wife Mary Ellis" What romance
is hidden behind this calm exterior? l.
ii the often told story Of an early love af-
fair q drifting apart, marriage on both
sides and then a crossing Of the lines Of
fate again and a reviyal of old memories
and youthful association There is not
anywhere in the gamut of human emotion
a chord so subtle as the minor one Of old
lovers Joined az last as the sun is going
down on their lives. There must be n
ereat Joy I'm the final tightening handclasp
and the taking up of the remainder of
their life journey together.
The last person TO appear before the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10
Nellie mcfIenry.

Nellie McHenry's company will ap-
pear at Harper's theatre Sunday
evening in 1.-The Bicycle Girl" The
theatrical purists have had it that il
farce comedy was not already dead,
it was dying, but when one sees the
immense audiences that the better of
these farces draw to the theatres
where they are presented, one can
not come to any other conclusion
than that it seems TODAY to be Just
as popular an entertainment to the
masses who seek amusements
through the medium of the theatre,
as it ever was. 1.-The Bicycle Girl
a cyclo-farce comedy in which Jolly
Nellie McHenry, favorite SOU
brette. is the chief enlivening figure,
Is no more exception to the rule
There is great deal of catchy mu sic.
excellent songs and color and life in
this particular farce much more so
than there is in many others of its
kind. In the first place the company
presenting it has been generally
credited with being one of excep-
tional capacity for entertaining and
fun-making.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10
Advertised List No. ..

List OF letters uncaled for st the postofice at
Rock Island. H., Jan. 10, 1926:
Allen, William Patterson Oscar
Chase. Jennie Nilsson. Ernest
Davis. VI lillian J Richards Harry
Delneld, St3d RI, Charles 2
hennelly- waite St Clair, Marguerite
Laserger. George Stevens, :. Z
Lewis, Kennedy Surplus Lucy
FOREIGN.
West EW
MISCELLANEOUS.
Michel, ia
To insure prompt delivery, letters should be
addressed to street and lumber
JOHN " POTTER. Postmaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10

The Diamond 10 company appears
to be going into the boat building
business. 1t is said that the steamer
Sidney will be rebuilt this winter.
The boat is now lying at Dubuque
and work Will be begun on her ust
as soon as possible. A new hull will
be added and she will be placed in
first class condition. The cost will
be about $1,000. The new boat be-
ing built to take the place of the
Gem City will cost about $4,000
The weather has been favorable for
the prosecution of the work and
very satisfactory progress has been
made. This will give the Diamond
10 company three comparatively new
boats-the St. Paul, the new boat,
which has not been named. and the
Sidney, as well as the Pittsburg,
which is also good boat and in fine
condition. having been rebuilt last
season. River men say if fair
stage of water is to be had next sea-
son river business will be pushed as
1t never has been before.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10
BRIEF MENTION.

Twin-City club dance at Roche's
hall every Saturday nights cents.
A meeting of the missionary guild
Of ST. Paul will be held at Trinity
church tonight.
MIR. and Mrs. Hyman Lewis. $40
Twenty-sixth street. have welcomed
q new daughter-their first born.
For a healthy table drink use Carse
& Ohlweiler's Black Hawk springs
mineral water. Telephone No. 1914.
W. j. Kerr, Charles Spencer and
". II. HYDE have returned from Chi
cago. where they attended the bicycle
tournament.
Tenderloins. spare ribs, pork loins,
sausage meat. pigs feet and leaf lard
at j. S. Gilmore's pork house, Six
teenth street and First avenue.
The Colum bia restaurant at 3O41
Moline avenue has been reopcned bv
kohn & Hansman, who will serve the
best kinds of meals and lunch to the
public day or night.
f. C. Murphy, for the past several
months local representative Of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance COM
pany. has resigned to embark in the
retail shoe business at Oxford, Iowa.
Those who saw Italy and Rome
last night most heartily voiced their
expression of admiration. and those
who have visited the old world say
the scenes are masterpieces of re.
production.-Danville (Ill.) News.
The illustrated lectures delivered
in the First Congregational church
of Galesburg. H., by Mrs. Kate
Crary were IA decided success. The
pictures were good. the lights well
managed and the lectures instruc-
tive. The audience improved from
night to night. j. NJ. Sturtevant,
ID. ID.
Bishop William Stevens Perry's
lectures at Christ church. Moline,
yesterday afternoon and last evening
were highly entertaining and in
structive. The topic was The Pas
sion Play" the production of which
the bishop has seen, and the lecture
was accompanied by stereopticon
illustrations under the direction of
DIR. Radenhausen.
X. NJ. Kendrick, of the Keokuk
Gate City. came over to Rock Island
to look around on his homeward.
bound journey from the Iowa con-
vention of City Editors at Cedar
Rapids, and favored The ARGUS
among others with a fraternal call
evidently, too, as means of present
ing certificate of good behavior
That he succeeded in his mission i,
would now be superiluous to state.