Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-25
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Attractions for Thanksgiving Week at tho
Local Play Houses.
OPERA HOUSE-To-da matinee and
night. ne Players Club. IN Young Mrs.
MIntnrop': Saturday Morrison's Faust
December neyI,'s Auctlon
and matinee. John L. Suaivan's Big f'arce
COMEDY Company.
!. This afternoon and evening the Pay
sers Club will appear in Young Mrs.
Winthrop at the Opera House, and large
and select audiences are assured at each
performance. Several theatre parties
will assist in filling the house to its capac-
ity.
From the many pulpits next Sunday Sa-
tan will receive a body blow and sin will
be condemned in vigorous language, but
none of the moral lessons preached by
the clergy can be more powerful, and pic
ture with more realism the orthodox he'll,
as does Morrison's production Of Faust"
which will be seen here at the Opera
House next Saturday matinee and night.
The pulpit orator can give a description
of the abode Of the damned, as he fancies
it, but the Morrison company presents
the entire internal arrangement of the
lurid dwelling place, with its darts of fire
and electric flashes, while at the same
time there is given an representation of
his Satanic friendship. so wierdly wicked
and horrifying as to cause one to shudder
with fear and adherence. If this be he'll
then want none of it. If this be Satan.
I will steer my human craft to another
port" are no doubt resolutions formed by
many after witnessing this truly marvel
Gus production. A large number of start
ling stage effects are employed which add
strength to the performance.
One of the greatest vaudeville bills ever
offered will be the attraction at the Grand
this afternoon and evening. The organi-
cation is headed by a no less favorite than
John L. sullivan. This company is called
the John L. Sullivan Comedy and Vaude-
vile Company and is certainly one of
the strongest aggressions of vaudeville
celebrities ever brought together in one
organization. The entertainment to be Of
fered will be found most unique. There
will be a lively comedy entitled "A Trip
on the Ocean," introducing the star of the
bill John l.. Sullivan. The comedy viii
be found replete with catchy music and
lows will be seen Emerson and Edmonds,
Begley and Lee, great favorites every
where: Mile. Oceana, a European card
who presents an act which is decidedly
novel; the Fetching Bros, musical artists;
the great Darmody, champion club Jug
gler of the world the Darling Sisters.
vocalists and dancers; Saville and Stu
art comedy sketch artists; the Whites,
IT u D.ol1a tn hot. cato flo hos
ing and bag punching specially.
The Devils Auction has proved to its
proprietor, Charles Fl. Yale, most valu-
able piece of property. This season will
inaugurate the sixteenth year under its
present management. For a number of
years it was known as "The Devils Auc-
tion," then Manager Yale called it the
80 New Devils Auction" and that lasted
a couple of seasons, then it became the
Newer DEVILS Auction; a year or so
more and it was the . Newest Devil
Auction" This year Mr.. Yale has given
ii as a final title The Forever Devils
Auction" for like Tennyson's brook. it
seems destined to run on forever. and will
appear at the Opera House, next Wednes-
day night.
The capacity of the Opera House was
thoroughly tested Tuesday night by oIe
of the largest audiences that ever assem-
bled in a Wheeling theatre. The play
Tess" was deserving of the patronage.
The house will again be filed this after
noon and evening by audiences that prom
Use to be as large, when the Players Club
will present Young Mrs. Winthrop" The
sale of seats is quite large, nearly the en-
tire house being sold for the evening per-
Torrance, while the matinee sale is unus-
ually good fer Wheeling. The indications
now point to one of the largest, most
fashionable and brilliant audiences that
has ever assembled in the theatre. 1t
may be mentioned incidentally that the
stage furnishings placed by Mendel &
Co. will include with the magnificent fur
niture about 81, 300 worth of Turkish rugs,
and a rare conservatory of palms.
O.,1 of coo and QSp ward which