Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-11


Il. GOSSIP.
Y GRAND OPERA HOUSE-First half of
week, How Hopper Was Side Tracked;
last half of week, Darkest America" and
black MINISTRIES consolidated.
CARROLL CLUB AUTHORITARIAN
DAY, aftephe9n' and evening, the Ober
.AnloergSd Passion Play"
Manager Fidelius Riester yesterday
announced the list of attractions so far
booked at the Opera House for this
season. The season will be opened
September 18th with Rice's THE Girl
From Paris" Then following will be:
Willie Collier in The Man from Mexico;
Cameron Concert Co., My Friend from
India, Digby Bell, Scalch Operate Con-
cert Co.. The Dawn of Freedom, A
Sure Cure. "a Misfit Marriage, Creston
Clarke, The Prisoner of Zenda, Richard
& Pringle's Georgia Ministries, An
drews Opera Co.. A Hired Girl, Edw.
\ Girard in Natural Gas, Chas. B. Hand
Ford, The Sunshine of Paradise Alley,
James ONeill, Shore Acres, WHAT
+ 8 Happened ito Jones, AL. G. Fields
White Ministries, Clay Clement, Boston
Lyric Opera Co. Zone week., Hoyt's A
Milk White Flag, The Hearts of Mary
land, Miss Francis of Yale, w. II.
Crane, Lewis Morrison and Hoyts a
stranger in New York. Manager
Reister is in correspondence with man
ayers OF other fine attractions, which
will fill in the open dates. The list of
productions will be one of the best
ever offered patrons of the theatre.
|, This may be an opportune time to
+ direct attention of patrons of the play
houses to the theatre hat law enacted
by the last State Legislature. Women
should comply with its provisions with
rout requiring attaches Of the house to
4 insist upon obedience to the law.
y Every consideration of courtesy to
f7others in the theatre should alone be
i sufficient to impel the ladies to re-
move their headgear.
! The Huntley-Jackson Company,
:. which closed a weeks engagement at
the Grand last night, gave very falr
4 productions of popular scenic melo-
Il dramas The audiences on Wednesday
!. and Thursday night packed the theatre
to the doors.
Is "How Hopper was Sidetracked," julie
Walters new sensational comedy
drama, is from the prolific pen of John
"A. Fraser author of under the Dome"
~AGone in Greater New York" The
Train Wreckers," and many other pop
ular successes. Mr.. Walters has found
| in this new play an excellent vehicle
, for exhibiting his quaint comedy meth
II DDS, and succeeds in keeping his aud
fences in yells of laughter from the
time he arrives on the scene, nearly
frozen. up in the Klondlke, until he nm
( ally brings the villain to justice away
{ Down east. The piece is d<cided nov
city, both in subject and in treatment.
The -scenery. is pretty aud appropriate
Aassan(e of love. avar-
Yice, Ia fgue and revenge are sklllfuily
sswoven into a plot which holds the IN
{ terest until the final fall or the cur
S,tain Miss Louise Llewellyn has
charming part as the sweetheart OF a
syoung naval officer who is lighting tor
J flag and country, and has made dls-
iaAtinct hit The supporting company is
! far above the average. Attraction at
F-the Grand the first half of this week,
with Wednesday matinee
y
the Ober-Ammergau Company to re-
main until Monday and give two more
presentations of their marvellous NOV
ing picture Passion Play" in the Car
frou Club Auditorium Monday at 2 and
s'S D. m. 1t will be the Clubs benefit
sday. and it is expected the beautiful
t,Auditorium will be crowded by the
fsClub's many friends as this soul STIR
81, bor do i'm,
Expression upon all beholders during the
I past week The Club wishes it under
Istood that this presentation has no
l1onnectiOn whatever with any other set
| of pictures now showing in the city.
/ The two performances Monday will
f,positively be the last presentations in
| the Carroll Club Of this sublime drama.
Miss Lillian Solomon, the beautiful
T daughter of Lillian Russell the well
| known actress, of New Jersey, arrived
! in the city yesterday and will be the
| guest OF Miss Jessie Braham Mercer
'till the 25th of this month, when she
will be accompanied home by MisssAIer-
! Ger, who will join the Lillian Russell
Opera Company.
The name, John w. Vogel, is sym
! onymous with success. For more Than
twelve seasons Mr.. Vogel has Leen
identified with the management Of
Primrose & Vests and the Al. g.
| Field Minstrels. Under Mr.. Nogel's
able direction the owners of both shows
have acquired fortunes. Mir. Vogel
fathered the idea of Darkest America,
/ with which he has made an artistic ana
/ financial success. This season he has
consolidated Darkest America with his
Afro-American MastOdon Min5trels,
I giving in one entertainment the ex
] elusive features from both shows. lis
! a massive organization, embracing
! many novelties new to the amusement
world, and will be seen at the Grand
! the last half of this week. The band
and orchestra are in keeping with the
balance of the entertainment. and the
grand free open air concert given at
S'noon and at 7:15 p. m, will give the
skeDtical an idea of the merits of Mr..
VOgel'S endeaVOrS