Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-12-25
Christmas, the day of days: the
greatest holiday and the most sub
lime holy day.
NELLIE MEIJBA.
THEATRICAL ADJUSTMENTS.
Julia Arthur has the grip.

James H. Wallick is to revive Inc
Cattle King"
Kate Claxton is to manage a Brook
Ign theatre.
Beerbohm Tree is to play the title
role in Monte Cristo."
"Cyrano de Bergerac" is being acted
in Italy by a French company.
Aubrey Boucicault is TO appear IN
vaudeville in "A Scrap of Paper.
Robert Downing's new comedy, The
Butterfly and the Grub is to pioneer
in January.
Du Souchet's "A Misfit Marriage
and Russ Whytals 'Vagabondia" are
to be shelved.
E. E. Rice is to produce Little Red
Riding Hood" a burlesque that has
been successful in England.
Eugene Cowles sprained an ankle so
badly on the stage at Baltimore that
he could not act again for ten days.
During her engagement at Wallack's
Theatre, New York, next month, Miss
Olgo Nethersole will produce among
other new plays, comedy by NJ. Paul
Blouet Max ORelD entitled The
Price of wealth.
Lillian Russell will appear at the
New York Casino on January as
La Belle Helene, with William Philip,
John E. Henshawe. Thomas Q. Sea
brooke and Edna Wallace Hopper in
the cast.
Actresses are not often hired by
measure, but Anthony Hope desired
that the heroine in Rupert OF Hent-
Eau" should be very tall and slender.
Jobyna Rowland, nearly six feet In
hej ~ht has been engaged.
Stuart Robson is to enact a foreign
diplomat at Washington in Two
Rogues and a Romance" by Theodore
Burt Sayre. n. C. Goodwin has new
comedy called "The Cowboy and the
Lady" the authorship of which is not
given The play which David Belasco
| has written for Mrs. Carter to appear
! in next year has been named The
Queens Drawing Room"
John de Reszke, Victor Maurel and
Nine. Lii Lehman arrived in New
York last week. Jean de Reszke Will
make his appearance on Monday even
| ing in Romeo ct Juliette." According
| to present plans, Nine. Susanna Adams
! will make her debut as Juliette. The
| cast will include NM. Edouard de
| ReSzke, Plancon, Albers and Mines
| Della and Bauermeister.
Catherine Campbell was arrested al
| a ST. Louis hotel on charge of steal
| ing small articles from the house. The
manager of a resident theatrical com
pany, in which she was the leading act
ress, writes TO say that she was de-
| ranged by the mental strain of study
| ing and rehearsing a role every week
while at the same time playing anoth-
| er. She had been sent to sanitarium
! Victory Bateman, who broke down
mentally at the same kind of over
| work, is said TO be nearly well.
| Sarah A. Baker, aged 81, the Oldest
| actress in America, is to go to the For
rest Home in Philadelphia. This re
treat, founded by Edwin Forrest, ac
| commodities only few persons, anC
| when death makes vacancy there are
many candidates. The trustees make
| careful selection, taking into account
worthiness of character, length of ser
| vice on the stage and probable con
| geniality with the other inmates. Mrs
| Baker acted sixty-two years, and for I
| long time with Thomas Keene, who
died recently.
Some who see "Vagabondia," by
Russ Whytal. are surprised by the fac
that it's episode OF the duel is precisely
like the one in "Heartsease," by jos
eph |. G. Clarke and Charles Klein.
was original with Watts Phillips, o
whose drama. "Camilla's Husband,
the Whytal piece Is a slightly altered
| version. That it was put into Hearts
ease" is said to be due to Henry Miller
the actor, who deemed the last &C
weak, and therefore took what h.
wanted from the old and almost for
gotten play. So the authors are no
able TO plead not guilty OF the plag
iarism.
| The playbill OF the Castle Square
Boston, contains this: Your none,
refunded il you are not satisfied, ant
you call for it at the box office" An
other thing in the programme at thi
theatre indicates that the manage
ment's faith in human nature has beef
shaken a little bit For a while un
brellas were lent to people caugh
there by storm and a simple promise Il
return them was exacted. Umbrella
may be obtained at the checkroom,
the offer now runs, by depositing 5
for their safe return in good orde
, within fourteen days"
James Fl. Herman, manager of tn
Auditorium, Baltimore, will be re
membered gratefully by the patient
of the Maryland general hospital, a
he has arranged rare treat for then
during Christmas week. His theatr
will be connected with the hospital b,
telephone. and a receiver will b
placed convenient to each patient. !
large transmitter will be placed on tn
stage, and all the songs. jokes an,
Quips of the performers will be carrie,
over the wire TO the patients. William
Fl. Wilson, superintendent Of tele
phone company, is assisting Mr.. Ker