Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-04-18
new arrangement made for her use next

a new arrangement made for her use next
winter.
| Nine. Albani, as the Queens favorite
prima donna, has been engaged to sing
God Save the Queen" at the jubilee com
memoration concert.
a Roumanian theatre has already pro-
! duced the play called The War in Crete
/ and the result was a riot in the house
| that brought about the prohibition of the
play
Nine. Melba will sing for the first time
at a concert in London early in June,
and she will follow up this reappearance
by a tour through the English provin-
ces.
After twenty years-!t was in 1871 that
/ she appeared frs; in English-spent on
the American stage. Helena Modjeska
seems to be Frustrated by an illness that
Will. in all probability. prevent her acting
again in public.
On the opening night Of "The Wedding
Day" a section Of Della Foxs panties
dropped and settled about her shapely
/ calf. The incident made a sensation and
/ the New York critics devoted much space
( to the matter. 1t appears that it is part
! &C the business Of the Paris production of
the work.
The music from one end to the other
of The Goddess of Reason" is as full Of
melody as if Strauss was in the vigor
! of his days. instead Of having passed his
! 72d birthday. There was only one shad-
| ow on the brightness of the first nights
| success-Strauss was prevented by i'll
ness from attending the performance.
The birthday of Shakespeare will be
! celebrated as usual in England on the
| 23d instant. and it is stated the seldom~
acted play Of Henry W. will be perform
ed in the memorial theatre at Stratford-
! on-Avon. Interest is added to the COM
ing anniversary by the recent suggestion
| of Sir Walter Beasant, that on the date
Of Shakespeare's birth and death there
! should be an annual celebration by the
! entire Anglo-SaXCa race.
OF all - words Of cable or pen. the
| saddest are these Mrs. Langtry has had
/ her face enameled. This news. which has
| Just come from Paris. ought to make
| strong men as well as women weep. That
the woman who. up to a few short years
ago. had disdained makeup" of every
kind. should have descended to this Par
isian indignity is sad beyond words.-To-
ledo Bee.
Frau Geistinger. a German actress viii
shortly appear in q New York theatre.
| Prominent German Americans went down
the bav TO meet her and an address of
welcome was made by former Excise COM
missioner hamburger. In the evening
fraud Geistineer was sarenaded. and
there was Il torch light procession too
in her honor.
The HOMER Opera Sompany played
Grand Ranids one night last week. and
Miss Baldwin in the short space Allotted
10 q one-,icht stand, managed 10 so im>
press one of the jeunesse doree of the
Michigan village particularly noted for
its remarkable brands Of furniture that
he offered his heart. hand and fortune and
was accepted. and the twain We're mar
RED in the short space Of p hours.
If the De Reszkes are firm in their de-
termination not 20 come over here next
year. New Workers may have an opPortu-
ritv of hearing Alvarez. the famous
French teno-. He is said 10 be extremely
iea,ous Of Jean de Reszke and, although
| tenpting offers have been made. he has
refused TO appear in this country while
loan was here. Colonel Mapleson, it is
believed is after Alvarez for tour Of this
country.
According TO descent, rank and title, the
| most aristocratic member OF any theatFi-