Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-09-20

there was big basket of luncheon pack
ed and given 10 the honest strollers. who
went on their way, glad to have made the
money. happy at having given pleasure 10
somebody else. and still happier because
they had got among people who had appre-
ciated them at their true worth My fare
well was directed even to the red ribbon
on the white cat, to the broad. red-white-
and-blue collar that decorated Zanzibar,
and to the pale blue satin scarf that
brought out the pink and white cheeks Of
Oliveira, the manly beauty. Wherever
they go may they fare well.
II was many hundred miles from 1.-The
Opr'y house" 1t was a beautiful little
theatre. dainty in it's coloring, and with
every furnishing possible that could add
to the comfort OF the looker-on. or the
actor. The curtain had gone up on one
Of the most beautiful scenes imaginable.
II was France-France in the days when
the Huguenots and the Catholics fought
bitterly. II was France in the days when
men battled for their religion, their king
and their sweethearts 1t was France in
the DAYS when men were brave, women
were beautiful, and he was a coward who
would not give mis- life for his country or
his love. II was romance that was be-
ing told or lived. which was it? just be-
fore my eyes. The story Of a noble gen.
tleman, who, fighting under the banner of
Henry of Navarro. met a distressed dam
sci and protected her from the various
villains who. naturally enough. loved her.
and. unnaturally enough. seemed ever
ready to make her suffer. But nothing
seemed
unnatural when the story told is one of
true love. true courage and true faith.
This hero never lost his belief in the lady
Of his heart. No matter how black it
looked for her. no matter how possible
her perfdy might seem.
HE BELIEVED IN HER,
until she told him of her own wickedness
and then. he forgave her. Who was this
young knight? Was it Athos, Porthos or
D'Artagan? l think it was the last. 1t
was the young cavalier. that one who was
so eager to believe and so constant when
he once believed He was under another
name. but call him what you will. he
IS always that most lovable one OF the
three Mousquetaires
The play? II was called IAN Enemy to
the King" and the gallant Huguenot cap
tain. the protector of suffering woman-
hood, the subtle plotter against the throne,
and the leader for Henry of Navarro. was
he who is still known as young Sothern."
I think he will always be called that. He
is one Of the many actors who impress you
with the fact that he Is entering into. in
reality becoming. the character that he is
portraying. and that ne is just as young
and just as believing and just as loving,
as the man by whose name he is called.
whether 1t is De Launy. Sheridan of Chol-
mondeley. You and I. and every other
man and woman who wants the world TO
be happier and better should rejoice at
the applause given TO this play. Such APP
plause means goodbye 70
THE NASTY PROBLEM PLAY,
which hinged only upon one cammand-
ment. It means goodbye 70 the tiresome
analytical play. which was calculated to
interest only the author and the actors
/ and 10 weary the audience. 1t seems as
/ If there ought TO be put out large Amer
/ lean flag. having marked upon II Wei
/ come 20 the Romantic Play" For the
| entrance Of the romantic play means the
| hearing of a good story. means the listen
| ing TO @ clean narrative, and the being in
terested I'm the plot as we'll as in the con-
versatior.
] They were a long way apart. these two
/ performances that I saw. and yet while
/ one was M the top Of the ladder and the
| othe. at the foot. they were only part OF
/ the contrast in the story Of a lifetime.
| Here's TO the good luck of Prof. Martin
/ ELL and his accomplished troupe Here's
good luck 10 young Sothern and the Ro-
mantle Drama, viii you join me in this
wish for each? I am sure YOU will. II
/ the Professor comes your way, pay your
thirty cents for the best seat in the house
and 20 10 see ii. But make II a point 70
go out Of your way to make the acQuaint
/ ance Of an Enemy TO the King" and to
/ give your wen-earned applause to young
/ Sothern. May every year make him
/ younger at heart and may never wrin-
! kle come on his forehead. unless he proves
/ unfaithful to the Romantic Play, Agree
/ with me? OF course you do. In the West
/ and South. and the North and the East,
] you may differ about the coming Presi-
dent. about the silver question. and about
a good many other things but you will
/ agree I'm this applause 10 the good story
and the good actor with Bah.