Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-17


and Our H. Wexe COM
plted ii ~ gre1k pecunSnxy r{
side from Ifyinx ana T&xryS:
from England during ne II
cades have not returned home
much Of our money. Charles W'y
last tour Of the United States
marked by any great success; both
efs visits We're failures in pecuniS
Lse; John Hare did not make more IN
ough money on his second visit 10
ay him for what he lost on his dix
he Ken6als We're prosperous until
'obstreperous Madge so far forget hers
az publicly to chide us for not becon1i
convinced that she was the ideal OF PIN
eros Pauley Tanqueray: Wilson Barr<<
after couple OF attempts. was snab1&
TO draw enough money into the box
make living pleasant while he was amon
us. The Gaietv Girl" .'The shop Girl
AN Artists Model and I'm Town, 4
presented by she Edwardes companfe3
We're failures of decided proportions: Mr.
Bernard Beere. although high In. fav0
with Londoners. was unable to intereSX
or entertain those who saw her in tn
metropolis: William Terriss and Jessi
Miliward had cause to regret their reas11
ness in allowing Augustin DAILY 10 brtn5
them here for a tour i'm Roger N
Haunte." Although George Alexandoj|
has been an actor-manager for eigh&
years. he has not ventured to visit us In
that capacity. Charles Warner. an excel
lent actor in melodrama, never has beer
among us professionally. Tho manaS&<|
dos not live who has expressed wiHinx3
ness TO import Arthur Roberts. althousl
iheS English regard him as a Hopper
Wilson. Dan DAILY and Louis Mann IL
composite-F ]. Donaghey. In Philadels
phia Item
Here is Sir Henry Irving, az the end AZ
his financial tether. Here is SHIN Reeves
pleading poverty. Here Is John l.. Tool&
falling into ohscurity, Here is Jean a.
Reszke tumhled of his pedestal. We d0
not hiss actors who dfsappoint US; we for
get them They crumble into the roth
ingness OF dry rot, and fall into Oblivion
when seemingly most assured OF fame*
Who was once 50 eminent in applause -
Fannie Davenportg In her time MarY
Frances Scott-Siadons was famous Ro~
salind. a celebrated beauty the cynosur1
OF every eye. The matinee came when
the public Knocked It's former favorite. AZ
of matinee maids Where is DR.. Mulligan
QIarrigon) now? Who whistles the rNv~
ishing arias of Dave Braham who one
outshone Sousa in popularity? Where T.
Mrs yeamans? Where Is Georgia Cray~
van? At one time we could not live witn~
out her At the Actors Fair she was &C
claimed the most popular player In Amer
ica, and on that argument invested with
a diamond necklace. No newspaper was
up-to-date unless II contained an opinion
from her on everything, from culture td
crime. Where is Georgia nowg In a Har-
lem fiat for q twelve-month back, thu
world forgetting by tho world forgot
Dixey, too. In the heyday OF Adonis Mar
BILE a pubic reception was given In hi
horror at the Metropolitan Opera House
and 5000 enthusiastic citizens paid money
to gaze upon our buesquer In his habit1
as he lived Sic transit, az the ancicnt1
said: and the saving syll holds cook q
all the fine creatures who have lived
through a generation Francis Wilson. ID
Wolf Hopper. Ada Rehan, John Drew,
Richard Mansfield and Lillian RusSell
alone last. Even Edwin Booth could moi
draw an audience in our town befor hd
died, and Joseph Jefferson's infrequeni
appearances happen In the cheapef
houses. Clara Norris, Ada Dyas. Kate
C,laxton. Sadie Martinez Marie Jansen,
Grace Henderson. Marie Wainwright Otie
skinner Louis James. Rose Eoghlan. j.
II Stoddard. once names TO swear hyj
hnow forgotten or in vaudevilie.-H Hillary
Well ~ New York Press.