Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-28
WORLD Of ADJUSTMENTS.
Gossip and Events Of Interest tt
Patrons Of the Play Houses.

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Theatres for Thanksgiving Week.
The Bills for the Next Six Days.
About the Local Play Houses.
General Notes of Interest Per-
tanning to the Footlights.
OPERA HOUsE-Wednesday night,
coghlan h IN The Royal ssla Bos ohafies T.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE-Four nights,
beginning Thursday, Edison's famous pro-
Ject0scope.
Thanksgiving week were perhaps,
taken collectively, the best of the sea-
son, and they were accorded a patron
age consummate with their merit. The
most notable engagement of the sea-
son was that of Mrs. Fiske, who was
formerly Minnie Maddern, at the
Opera House Tuesday evening, when
she gave a very finished and artistic
production of her admirable comedy,
Tess of the D'Urbervilles." The fact
that Wheeling lovers of the play will
patronize the genuinely good produc-
lions was in evidence Tuesday even
ing, when the theatre was filled at a
very material advance in prices. The
Players Club held the boards on
Thanksgiving. Young Mrs. Win
throp' was their most pretentious eff
fort, and it was the verdict of both
audiences that the cast admirably full
filled all the requirements of a rather
difficult production. Wheeling is to be
congratulated upon the talent dis
played in this production. A roaring
farce-comedy, "McSorley's Twins" was
the attraction for the first half of the
week at the Grand, and it was one of
the laughing hits of the season. The
audiences were large, and all were
more than pleased. John L. Sullivan's
company held the boards for the last
half of the week. Sullivan proved a
good drawing card, but it is doubtful
If the company would play to profitable
business without him, as the company
is mediocre.
In this column Last Sunday mention
was made of the foolish escapade of a
number of young girls who formed
an acquaintance with an actor after a
matinee performance. No particular
theatre, nor time, was mentioned, yet
one young lady found that the "shoe
pinched" her, and wrote letter to the
dramatic editor, in which she COM
planned that lit was not as bad as you
said" 1t is unfortunately true that
many foolish persons of both sexes,
and they are not all of tender age, are
attracted by the glare of the footlights,
like gnats to a tallow candle, and as
in this instance, very often commit
indiscretions which would be very
shocking to their ideas of propriety If
the other parties in their adventures
did not happen to be actors or
actresses.
Manager Charles A. Feinler offers a
novel attraction to patrons Of the
Grand Opera House for four nights and
Saturday matinee, beginning Wednes-
day. Edison's Projectoscope is said to
be a wonderful invention, throwing an
mated pictures upon the canvas in a
very realistic manner The views to
be shown each evening are some fifty
in number, including Mckinleys in
auguration parade; the q. A. K. parade
in Buffalo, Niagara Falls; fire rescue
scene; Buffalo horse market; Leigh
Sisters in Trilby and umbrella dance;
two rounds of the famous Corbett-
Fitzsimmons fight at Carson City, etc.
In connection with the projectoscope,
two famous vccalists will give illus
trated songs. The attraction will GER
tainly prove very interesting, and
should have crowded houses.
Mr.. Charles Coghlan will produce
his new play, 1.-THE Royal Box. at the
Opera House next Saturday night, De-
cember 4th. The company which will
support Mr. Charles Coghlan in his
new romantic comedy drama is the
strongest dramatic organization in this
country to-day, comprising artists OF
known superlative talent and of wide
repute Besides Mr.. Coghlan, who is
generally accepted as the greatest
Notwithstanding actor in the world in
high-class comedy roles, there are such
we'll known people as Mrs. Louise
Thorndyke Boucicault Miss Grace Fill
kins, Miss Lulu Klein, Miss Gertrude
Coghlan, a daughter of the actor
author. who will make her debut in
this production, and others.
At the Mercantile Club on Wednes-
day. December Sth, Will be given by
the Ladies' Hebrew Benevolent Society
an entertainment by a very brilliant
Young lady of Cincinnati: she is prln-
cipal of the school of Expression
in that city. Miss Mannheimer is
graceful in manner, has charming
personality. and a voice remarkably
sweet and we'll modulated. Her selec-
lions range from grave to gay. and
she comes to us with the highest
econiums from many cities where she
has appeared. This entertainment is
to be given for charity, and should IN
itself be a guarantee for large pa
tronage.
The bicycle craze is aptly burlesqued
and pantomimely illustrated in this
years production of Chas. H. Yale's
Forever DEVILS Auction" and Mana
ger Yale is to be congratulated upon
the immediate hit of his successor tC
his Trolley Car pantomime which has
created no end of laughs the past two
or three seasons. The main point in
the success of THE Bicycle Craze is
that it is timely, while the subject it.
self is treated in such an absurd man
ner as to prove more than funny to the
most blase theatre-goer. 1t deals with
the rather startling and realistic eXper'
fences of that genus homo known from
foi To Ca1ifor,io the "jOhO'