Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-06-26

manage his lecture tours. The lecture
tours never got outside the nimbus Of
the actors blistering brain, and the
Major, who knew less about Mansfield
than about Max O'Rell, wasted several
pads OF engraved paper in correspond
ence pertaining to Marshall P. Wild
er's supposed conferee.-N. Y. Mail
and express.
The story OF Chattanooga" produc-
ed in Chicago last night, is founded on
the incidents which occurred while
Hooker and Bragg were maneuvering
for positions before the great battle OF
Lookout Mountain. The principal in
cident is taken from history. 1t Is that
of union officer getting important
messages to Gen. Hooker on the eve OF
battle. 1t is actually noted in history
that union officer did succeed IN get
ting an entire trainload Of soldiers
through the confederate lines in ample
time for the battle. The love interest
Of the play is conferred in young
Southern girl for whose hand two cous-
ms. also of southern birth, are rivals.
Why is it that we have never had a
drama revolving around newspaper
office? The law, railroads, the navy,
mining, dynamite, bridges, medicine,
blacksmiths- fact every thing save
the newspaper profession has had a
drama written around it. A generation
ago the people were not familiar with
the process of making newspaper.
To-day they are, and the possibilities
OF the profession should appeal to the
PLAYWRIGHT There has never been a
drama written around the newspaper.
The doing of one day in metropolitan
newspaper office would make drama
that would be of enhancing interest to
the world at large. When will some
observing playwright seize the golden
opportunity and give us a drama of the
press that will not be caricature
Omaha World-Herald.
The leading part in Ragged Rob
in is an incurable wanderer, who, Wis
iting a Dorsetshire village, seduces a
farm girl and takes to the road again.
Twenty-Five years elapse. The girl
has become the wife of a good man
many years her senior, and her son.
the offspring Of Robin, is unaware OF
his parentage. He seeks in marriage
the daughter Of wealthy farmer, but
the latter in order to stop the match,
exposes the paternity OF the youth.
The old husband has fit when the
truth is told to him, and then Robin
comes by and learns what is going on.
By threats of fairy punishment ana
gypsy SHELLS he forces the farmer to
give his consent, and then the incor-
rigbile stroller is off again ON his ira
vels. Beerbohm Tree will play Rag
ged Robin, Mrs. Tree will be the farm
girl, and Lewis Waller the son.
Maude Adams played in New York
throughout tie past season in 1.-The
Little Minister" Three hundred per-
formances of Barrie's work were given.
Says Hillary Bell: "Mr. Frohman hap
PLY found in Maude Adams a pupil
as docile and industrious as Augustin
DAILY found in Ada Rehan. Instead OF
selecting plays solely to exploit John
Drew he produced those that provided
roles particularly suitable to Maude
Adams. This was a dangerous but
daring and ultimately prosperous sys-
TEN. By his long connection with Da-
ly's Mr.. Drew had formed an audience
which stood by him, even in his disas-
ter of 1.-THE Bauble Shop" Mean
while that audience was educated into
a lively appreciation Of the new &C
tress whose talents were well Illus
tarted in the comedies which afforded
scanty chances for the skill of Drew.
Mr.. Frohman was juggling with three
balls-Adams, Drew and the public
and by heroic effort he kept them all
up. He risked Drew, and on tour that
actor has never recovered from the ex-
pertinent, but he made Adams"