The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-12-26
eBEN HURg

The Opening Performance occuFs To-
morrow Nieht-Thc Cost Embraces
Names Of Many Local Amateur
Thespeans.
The opening performance Of the spec
tacle "Ben Hur," an adaptation from
General Lew Wallace's great work Of
fiction. win occur at the Opera House
tomorrow night, and there win be an
other evening performance on Wednes-
T day, With matinee on Thursday. The
cast embraces the names Of many local
amateur Thespihns, as follows:
Ben-Hur u. FranShOim
Ben-li0r tyauagef3 .,........C. y. 4ki!ifneyeF
Messiah ...,...,s..............,.J 9. heaIne
Messala (younger). i. Brtce
Baltha1eF ,....a.s...,...........I. 3. Wilson
!delchior. .................W. y: -; C9IoWeil
Casper ..t.s....sssss.s.ssssss.sA4. a. betBeti
KING Aeroa ...........s.'.:..,.,...! 2. Dgh0ls
First Guard ........,......NY. g. Donaldson
Second Guard ,.......,..... Frnnk Caldwell
Two Roman Soldiers. ..................
a. A. Taylor and, Il. c. O'Neti
Joseph ....,.......,.... Randolph Stalnaker
Rabbi amuel.................R, =. Sweeney
Arrtu9 ....,......'.s,s,'....''..:. y: Fllcls
Shelk lldeTtul. w. II. Casse!l
Mul!uch ~ y. Wy
sanballot .,,,'...'''....''s';.; la5QH lIlle
Thord Observation-Disclosures. y. II. Norton
ThoTd'B Companion. ...::...;..B. 2. Noise
Esther ...............,...Ml MISS Eva =. wilson
Observation-Disclosures. Mrs. p. G. Meyers
Mother OF Benz Hur. Miss Gu6Sle Wright
Amrah ....,....... Miss Florence Atkinson
TiiZah ......,.... Miss Alice McClbe
Mary ,.................M Mrs. II. y. Whitaker
Children Of Ben-Hur.....
Miss Ethel Bailey, Miss Gene Water
house, MISS Flora Stifel
Sylvides, Queen OF the BUTTERFLIES. 80,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Miss Edna Miller
Zenetta. Queen OF the Arablans. ;...;;;;
MISS Gertrude Harris
Titaiia ts0iot. .,......,......M Miss Trina KRAFT
Reader Of the chariot Race. .......%.
.............,........Mls Miss Lima Henni3
Pianist. ......,.....,..,.....hf MIS-: Alex. jl1s s
Orchestra ,.............,......,.Ope House
Maids mapcrons: Mrs. PlatoH Zane
and Mrs. Gibson lamb; Miss June Brad;
ley, Miss Blanche Brown, MISS Nell
Brown, Miss Stella Commerf0rd, Miss
Laura DAlzell, Miss Virginia Moitlt, Miss
GeneVieVe Ewing, Miss Ethel Ewing, Miss
Nell Humphrey, Miss Charlotte Johnson.
Miss Rebecca Morgan. Miss Edith Noise,
Miss Annie Reymann, Miss Alice CALDWELL,
Miss Frances Wheat Miss Emma EWING.
Priestess OF Apollo GhaperonS: MIS-
Frank Hearne and Mrs. Hullihen QuarrieF.
Leader: Miss Sara BTockunier. Mrs, Allen
Wheat Miss Alice Brady, Miss Louise
Lamb, Miss Eleanor Brice Miss Edith
Carr, MISS Frances LIST miss GdHrtnH 44isLI
Miss Bertha Mccoy.
Egyptian Fandang0-C haperons: Mrs
w, a. Isett and Miss Gene 8. Friend. Ma.
nite Grubb, Frances Wheat, Ella Chew,
Sue Caldwell. Grace Hoge.
Nymphs Of Daphne Chaperons: Mrs ].
s. Gibbs and Mrs. j. j. Holloway. jutin
Kirk, Nellie Prayer, Edna Ewing, Nell
Gttchrtst.
Arabian Girls Frollc- Chnperons: Mrs
G. B. Caldwell and Mrs. g. A. Aschman.
Sarah Kirk, Gertrude Dillon, Bessie Eng
lIsh. Hester Brady, Margaret Glass Eliz-
abeth Steenrod.
Butterflies Chaperons: Mrs. l. g. Dillon
and Mrs. Jennie Hendershot. MADELINE
Bloch, Margaret Brady, Eleanor Mcclure,
Miller, Monte WIckham, Bessie Meder,
Amy Mcder Evelyn Retzer, Isabel Cald-
we'll xie Swift.
sprltes -Chaperons: Mrs B. w.
Peterson and Mrs j. D. Culbertson
Martha Lee Robinson, Florence Garrison,
Sara Garrison.