The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-15
A BRILLIANT SUCCESS

Was tls "Drram OF Fair Women Rnisr-
taInmsM Under Auspices of The uu-
inane Society last Sight.
The artistic success Of last nights fine
scenic performance, "A Dream OF Fair
Women" Is placed 10 thy credit of Mr..
Frank uPIeaag and he ana the HUI
name Society, have occasion to feel proud
OF the outcome OF their unlted earnest
efforts.
The entertainment arranged consisted
Of two parts, the first being bits bf
opera, sung by some Of the besl talent
tn The city, accompanied hy Professor
Hermann Schockey ct the piano, and the
Opera House orchestra. Mrs. Martha h.
Whitaker, one Of Wheeilng's favorite
singers, gave the Recitattvc and Cara
tina from "Semlranlde'' with fine dnish,
When Mrs, Whi,aker's name appears on
the programme the audience 10 never dis
appointed. Mr. Charles 2uiauf another
prime fayorlte In Musical Wheeling,
sang with tenderest feeling, THE Heart
Bowed Down." from the Bohemian
Girl, and added by last nights perform
ance, 10 his well won laurels.
One Of the most brilliant successes of
the evening, was The prison scene, from
| I'll Travatore" Mrs, Frank lie Mdyhe
Hupp, as "Ieanore," was tas,efully and
appropriately gowned, and made a sweet
and striking picture before the grim
prison walls, Her singing was an artis-
tic success, portraylng the part with
much feeling, and reached its best In the
duet, where Mr.. WIN Clemans lent most
effective aid, His singing proved his
right to high place among tenors OF
Wheeling, The scene was received With
enthusiastic applause,
The second part of the programme
| proved one Of the finest picture enter
tainments ever given in the city and no
word painting can do justice to the stage,
from the time the curtain rolled UP, and
displayed Cleopatra on the throne, with
her elk attendants plcturesquely reclin-
ing among the palms awaiting her or
ders, until its drop at the fast, en- Il
tableaux, the artistic grouping Of which
could not have been eXcelle1. The cos
tuning, designed throughout by Mr.. Up
degralf, was good, especially noteworthy
being those of Margaret Roper" (Miss
Jennie Spooner), Jeptha's daughter Miss
Elsie Gundling) and all Of the costuming
In the Messenger scene" from Shake
speare's Anthony and Cleopatra"
Miss Jennie Reich fulfilled her not
very easy duty OF reader very accepta-
bly, and the entrance of each character
was comprehended from her distinct
emnciation and well defined phrasing
of the leading event of the life of the
approaching heroine. Helen of Troy
ttIRIt,rantub (AItau
Maude Spooner), "Vestal Virgins"
zetf, Deuiuh Booth, Gawfe Frazier and
Mrs. A. A, Wheat and Mrs. Il. G. My
ers), "Rosamond Clifford" (Mrs. o. Rus.
sell Wood, Margaret Roper" (Mlss
Jennie Spouner), Joan OF Arc" {Miss
Grace Reich and Eleanor of CASTLE"
Miss Eva Egerter), all were represent
tatlons credtablc to the young ladies
undertaking them and 20 the trainer,
while cleopatra" queen Of Egypt, as
portrayed by Miss Henrietta Rinehart,
was exceedingly well done. The abb
| sencc of rant and stagiRess was par
tIcularly agreeable, and her intcrpreta,
ton of the character was almost perfect,
| Miss Rinehart was cleopatra" as we
would rather know her, and the diEnl-
| fled performance elected the highest
praise.
Next TO this gem of portraiture came
"Jeptha's Daughter" az given by Miss
Elsie Gundllng and "Elenor OF Aqua
tame" (Mrs. Lewis Stecnrod) We're eX-
ceptionally pleasing, while "CharmIon"
tMlss Carrie Baer), Teas" miss Lide
Brannen) and particularly Rita" tMiss
Evelyn Iepson) were artistic in word,
action and dress. Other attendants,
Misses Emshelmer. Noise and Caldwell.
as we'll as the fan bearers, acted well
their parts aiding TO the completeness
OF ono Of the finest performances ever
nut on the stage by amateurs, and it Is
10 be regretted that the beauty was at
times married by the use of the calcium
lights, and n yet greater regret Is that
lie opera House was not crowded to the
doors The performers, Mr.. UpdeGraff'
and above all the Humane Society, de-
served that complimentary encourage
menL