Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-27

ont Away Effects the Attendance
1T the Play Houses Strong At
waction Booked for the Coming
Week-The Offerings Of the Past
SIX Days-General Notes About
Plays and Players.
OPERA HOUSE Monday night. Broth
- ..rrue, in IS Bells: Tuesday night.
S$3TaAND ) o PER HoGsEFirst half of
uesk The cyclone; last half of week
g.e Fitzsimmons' Speciality Company.
The Lenten season opened last week.
and its presence was Immediately man
tested by a falling off in receipts at
,be box Offices. The observance of
rent is usually more general, how
sya- during the first and last weeks.
Tss has been the experience of man
ayers 1t also happens that local man
9gers can always secure strong attrac-
lions during Lent, and those who will
continue to patroniZe the theatres will
be given the opportunity to witness
many very strong productions during
tho next few weeks
4 repertoire company at the Grand
was the only dramatic offering of the
waok but there were two excellent
Lectures at the Opera House. Man
ager Wilson's popular priced company
contains many good and bad features,
and many clever and poor actors. This
latter fact is due to recent changes
made for the purpose of enforcing dis
fuine in the company. With a bet
-r leading man, the company would
Ne one of the best ever appearing here
at popular prices.
An amusing incident occurred at the
debit last Sunday night. when the
wilson Theatre Company came in, the
b3geage man was informed that the
nr-perty man could be distinguished
bv White hat. His duties required
Hm to secure the checks for the bag
gage from the property man. He ap-
r,oached number of the company, a
i9rge pompous fellow, wearing d
white hat tapped him on the shoulder,
and asked Are you the property
man. A melodramatic 5cowl mount
ed the face of the leading man, as he
stretched himself out to his full height,
garpd down at the transfer man, and
asked in a voice which had so often
brought sympathetic Kisses from the
gallery: "D-n it, do look the part?''
Manager Wilson has established a
rule that member of his company
cannot serve John Barlecorn and E. c..
Wilson. hence two changes in the past
few days.
One of the most pretentious dramat-
c efforts by local talent was the pro-
duetion of Or Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde
Tuesday night, by the Carroll Dramatic
Club, assisted by Mr.. James P Nor
gan. The difficult dual role was sus-
tanned in an admirable manner by Mr..
lanes P. Morgan, who has a bright
future before him if he decides to fol-
low the stage as profession. He was
we'll supported by members of the
Club. who displayed dramatic ability
of high order.
The engagement of "Lanky Bob"
Fitzsimmons at the Grand this week,
will probably prove the most success
full of the winter.
Hoyt's most successful farcial pro-
duction, "a Black Sheep" will be pro-
duced at the Opera House Tuesday
night. A ripping stream of melo-
drama runs through the piece, broken
only by the sharp tone of witty lines,
and from beginning to end it forms
most captivating symphony Of sner
rment and music. The principal is
Hot Stuff, the black Sheep" most
amusing type. In all of Mr.. Hoyt's
plays there is a creation of this sort;
a travesty Of some peculiar individ
Uality. but in the present instance it
is a character perhaps more familiar
10 the multitude and satirized with
keener shafts of wit, without sliding
too deeply into the regions of the gro
csQue. Upon none of his former pro-
ductiOns has Mr.. Hoyt exercised such
care and judgment in selecting a cast.
He picked out from everywhere, any,
where, the men and women most ca
pablo Of playing the characters he has
chosen to portray
The novelty of a steamship turning
completely over III mid-ocean and the
passengers still remaining right-side
up, is certainly a very laughable con-
teit The Byrne Brothers. who appear
at the Opera House next Monday, Feb
Iuary 28th, in rs Bells are doubtless
aware of this feature as a fun maker
when they embodied it in their curious
Spectacular production of that name.
he Byfnes have also retained all the
best features of the old skit which
was funny. These include the ship
scene. the boarding school zcene, and
the comical horse and the stage coach
aorse-play. AS everybody knows, the
brothers are great acrobats, and as
supple aseels. There is a good variety
OF songs and dances in the new YER
sion with pretty music and prettier
girls There is the ghost of a love
story running through the maze of
JHmbling sequences, also, which is
very laughable. The supporting COM
paay is generally agile and talented.
Lincoln ]. Carriers scenic melo-
drama, The Tornado" was given its
lrSt production on any stage on Sun
lay Of last week, at Havlin's theatre,
-hleago. His first great success, The
faSt Mail" was produced there three
Years ago, and by all accounts the new
pay promises to be even more popu-
.af The scenic effects alone would