Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-24
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Col Robert G. Ingersoll will lecture
in this city next Tuesday at the Opera
House on why I Am an Agnostic,"
which is conceded on all sides, to be
his greatest anti-orthodox discourse.
1t is also his latest and takes in his
whole life from boyhood to his pres
ent advanced age on this ever-inter-
esting and mystifying subject. 1t is
unequalled in eloquence, wit, satire,
humor and trenchant argument by any
thing he has hitherto prepared and
none should miss hearing him on this
OCCASION for it will be. his only lecture
visit to this city in many months.
Hear him whether you agree with him
or not for he is always interesting
and entertaining
Friends of Robert Downing take
pleasure in declaring that he is man
of the highest character and of kindly
impulses who takes a personal inter-
est in all his employees, advising and
aiding them in many ways. and show
ing them how to save money. He Is
an earnest temperance advocate. has
no personal vices. and knows the taste
of neither liquor nor tobacco. He is
a trained athlete. and keeps himself
in splendid trim by fifteen-mile walks
every morning. When travelling he
makes a track on the stage of the
theatre in which he Is playing.-Bos
Ton Transcript Robert Downing and
his excellent company will produce
"Ingomar" at the Saturday matinee,
and "The New Gladiator at night.
Couer de Leon Company of the I. R.
K of P will be the beneficiary of the
engagement, receiving percentage on
all tickets sold by members only
Chauncey Olcott, the charming sing
er and comedian, will make his first
appearance in this city at the Opera
House next Monday night, March 2Sth,
in a new play written expressly for
him by Augustus Pitou, his manager,
entitled Sweet Inniscarra," on the
banks of the River Lee. The play was
received with much favor during the
successful run of over five months.
/ Mr.. Olcott making a most successful
hit and adding another success to his
already long list His handsome face
commanding figure and splendid voice
please everybody nightly. The play
will receive a fine production here. as
; it will be given with the same cast
and scenery used in New York
Francis Wilson is announced for a
one nights engagement at the Opera
House next Friday in the big success
of last season. Half a King" Half
a King" is not monarch. 1t Is half
of card which is found upon the
nerson of a waif who is adopted by a
Mountebank The girl falls in love
with a young nobleman and after a
! series of adventures, they are happily
mated, the torn card establishing the
maiden's identity as the missing child
j of the duke The librettist Mr. Harry
] B. Smith. has contributed the plot and
I some of the Dialogue for the Wilson
eaue phraseologv which abounds clear
| ly. indicates that the comedian is re-
| snonsible for many Of the verbal com
| hinations uttered bv the Morntebank,
/ Tireschaope Mr. Wilson's role. Mr..
! Fnglanders music fits the piece well
! Some Of the airs are very pretty and
| there is a pleasing swing about the
| marching chnruses and comic ditties
| that successfully appeals to the gener-
| al ear. The mounting is elaborate
| and the ball room scene in the second
POI is sumptuous The costumes in
! this act are very beautiful and the
/ combination is most effective There
! is verv large chorus. the members
I sing we'll and their groupings are adj
/ nirablv executed Everything about
! the nroduction indicates A lavish ex-
| penditure of time and money.