Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-02

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SHOWING BY
LING-.HOGANS
y FRIEND FROM
G-GENERAL Cos
SG TO FoOTLIGHT
-saturday, my Friend
IA HoUsE-First half Of
~ and Mcneil Musical Novelty
ALLEY
4 Both theatres were dark during She
1rs1 nalf OF the week. On Thursday
night Willie Collier had big audi
ence laughing convulsively for two
hours and half, at the Opera House
"The Man from Mexico" is a very clev-
er farce-comedy. Collier takes I'D its
capabilities as a fun-maker where the
playwright leaves off, and he makes the
most of them. He is a droll comedian,
and irresistibly funny. His support
was good. Washburn's MINISTRIES gave
three performances at the. Grand, to
good-sizcd audiences. There is much
on the programme which is very pleas
ing; the remainder falls below medioc-
rity. II Manager Washburn would
put the expense of half dozen third
Taters into one good man, he would
make a vast improvement in his COM
pany.
Musical Wheeling" is a name of
which local devetees of art have been
won't to boast during the past two
years. The fact(?) has been heralded
far and wide that Wheeling has taken
rapid forward strides, in musical cul-
ture and artistic appreciation. Musical
Wheeling was put to a test last Fri
day, when the Cameron Concert Com
. pany appeared at the Opera House.
1t would be uncharitable, if not I'M,
just, to charge that Musical Wheel
ing had never heard of Cameron. Mus
zeal Wheeling subscribes for publica
tons devoted to the art,sand in indulg
ing this literary musical taste, must
5 have read something of Cameron. When
the curtain went up Friday night,
there were about forty paid admissions
represented in the audience. This was
Musical Wheeling's warm welcome to
Cameron and her company, Musical
Wheeling's tribute to genuine art. II
the audience had been dismissed, and
money returned at the box Office, Mus
ical Wheeling would have been taught
a more salutary lesson. Outsiders will
understand hereafter, that after the
Ball" still escapes from the puckered
lips Of the sidewalk rrchin, and rag
time" econ melodies will be greeted in
Wheeling with tumultuous applause,
while classic gems fall fiat. The av-
erage Wheelingite will agree with the
late Bill Nye, that "the beauty Of cas-
sic music is that it is better than 1t
sounds" Is Musical Wheeling a
myth?
The performance of the Smythe Rice
Comedy Company in My Friend from
India" has always been received in al
manner that has been most gratifying
to all concerned wherever it has been
witnessed The comedy is exceedingly
bright, Interesting and novel and so
lively in action that there is never
moment in which to wonder at its sue
H6ess or dissect the motive Of its char
lers. The mirror scene in the second
\is o matsl of ingenuity and as
y.e5fse Mack e<.+l--.H iSss-7fr -
ly to be described by the use
lackneyed expressions as Tex
sly funny or intensely
although both terms seem
and fail to fully character
verness of the conception and
IS Of the actors interested.
ok. who plays the theosOph-
around whom the action
ith almost breathless speed,
commended for the consist
which the character is sus-
he earnestness which makes
comedy enjoyable. MY
B M India will be given at the
Touse next Saturday evening.
Sth.
ng the coming week the patrons
saager Feinler's popular theatre
|have an opportunity of seeing in
a life what "I93gan's Alley was in
Its palmy days, also Mickey Dugan, the
(mischievous yellow Kid, ard all the
characters that were made famous in
the series OF 'Hogan's Alley sketches.
To those who know the history Of
'IIogan's Alley it is useless to dwell
on THE subject, but to those who do not
it would be we'll to state that it is a
farce comedy pure and simple, yet pos
sessing enough pAct to make a con-
tiluous interesting story. 1T is typical
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