Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-30

AND FEINtER FOR THE COMING
SIX DAYS-SToRIES OF THE
STAGE-GENERAL NOTES OF IN
TEREsT PERTAINING TO THE
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.
OPERA HoUsE-Monday night. I'm
der Sealed Orders" Wednesday night,
GRAND OPERA HOUSEAFirst half of
week, Darkest Russia" last half Of
week, Remember the Maine
To lovers of the drama in its highest
form, the Creston Clarke engagement
at the Opera House was an important
event. Mr.. Clarke, and his excellent
supporting company, headed by the
beautiful and talented Adelaide Prince,
gave three performances to cultured
audiences, and added many to their
already large number of admirers in
this city. The repertoire embraced
1.-THE Marble Heart" "Ruy Bias and
"The Last of His Race" Mr.. Clarke
gives evidence of good business judg-
ment in producing romantic dramas,
rather than Shakespearean plays, in
asmuch as the public taste-and the
wise manager always caters to the pub
lie taste-shows a lamentable lack of
appreciation of the classic drama. Each
production was so complete and salts
factory in an artistic sense. that it
would be difficult to select the play in
which the abilities Of Mr.. Clarke and
Miss Prince were displayed most con-
spicuOusly.
Little Irene Myers was the stellar
attraction in the repertoire company
fnh Id ta
Grand, and she was unQueStionably
the magnet which drew the money to
the box Office. This was evidenced in
no uncertain way by the attendance
Friday and Saturday nights, where she
essayed the role of "Editha" in 1.-THE
Burglar" She is in many respects the
most gifted child actress ever seen in
Wheeling. Children are ordinarily
mere automatons, but Irene Myers ap-
pears to have a proper conception of
her roles, and she takes Genuine pride
and pleasure in her work She is a
very attractive little miss. and the
very embodiment Of ease end grace.
She possesses a remarkably clear and
strong voice. and her rendition of
"coon songs" is genuine treat.
We promised not to say anything
about it, but if present plans do not
miscarry, there will be an attraction
extraordinary upon the Grand Opera
House stage the latter part of Novem-
Der.
Will Myers is Pennsylvania Dutch
man, and a jovial good fellow. His
high tenor limitations of the Dutch
dialect are inimitable, and although
some of his stories would not be quite
the proper thing for repetition on the
stage, he might do much worse than
try a collection of them in a vaudeville
turn.
A few years ago Myers was with
James A. Reilly, of Broom Maker"
fame, and his "reminiscences of his
career with that big-hearted Celt are
very amusing He describes Reilly as
the "prince of touchers." Reilly had
absolutely no business capacity, and
was always broke, but when it came
to making a borrow, he was simply the
best in the business" If he was as sue
cessful in making money as in borrow
ing it, he would be a veritable Napo-
leon of finance Myers says that he
frequently paid hotel bills for the COM
pany, then borrowed it all back from
the landlord. Myers himself felt rather
sore on one occasion, over an unpaid
debt of $3.50 due from Reilly, but Reilly
met him one day, talked it all over,
and when the Broom Maker left he
had a crisp SO note from Myers In
his jeans.
John Phillip Sousa, the march king,
has many successes to his credit, but
up to the present writing he has done
nothing which has met with the un-
bounded favor accorded to his tuneful
numbers in the everwelcome comic
opera eel CAPTAIN" One can hardly
grow weary of listening to the dashing
swinging measures with which the
opera abounds, the elimination of
which is reached at the climax OF the