Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-04-10
F2gTL'G4E GOSSIP.
r-s2tr.caI Happenings in This City
and Vicinity.

and Vicinity.
Eo'h Plny Houses Were Dark Dur
iN- t.Oly Waak "A Long Enga ge-
Ii hi by q PJpu a Priced Com
pay P aysfs" t. Appear
Tn Week Uncle Ton" Com
ing Again o her Matters.
II the local pay houses were
.os'l IuMg hey Week, and as there
-.8 0-ln very little in the amusc-
afAt lire fer ten days. The attractions
Tor the ccminS week VIII no
-.y, b" libe.G ~ r}tronizod. 1hsy
". icest CT such a character as Will
patronage Both theatres are
through the month ii April.
a~. fl eaTelai dates during the early
pl of 4 ". During the summer. tie
Usual crop Of rumors about new thea
hC r.cj5t.5 may be expected.
..aGagor F2inlcr has secured TO oDen
tl2 p~5 Le1itel season. the Wilson
I.s Company which comes for an
sa6omcnt Of Two, solid weeks. The
Company numbers twenty capable ac-
"a. NJ actresses, aIG vaudeville stars.
I.a rp1clre includes fourteen high
class dramas, and there will be a
LaH2a q bill each night, and at the
m7jlC; IS en- Wednesdays and Satur-
'aH" Ween acts of each play, spe-
c'& lies q high class will be intro
duead. making each production a con-
tnuus performance. Manager Wilson
WIN aisc introduce his famous motto
liz pe, The most improved animated
picture machine, projecting very real
W.T. views OF the destruction Of the
N'teeShlp Maine, and CT Havana har-
oof before and after that deplorable
".saS,ej which threatens to plunge
tN0 hall0ns into war The company
aries very elaborate outfit OF cos
llles, and full complement Of spe-
Aai scenery and mocha seal effects.
lhe engagement which opens Monday
1tSht promises to be very successful.
.Cpular admission prices will prevail.
AL. w. Martins mammoth "Uncle
ON Cabin Company" will begin
anu night tuSdStDntllI DIT Inc
JPtla House Friday April Is. 1t is
'Ilout a doubt the strongest organiza-
Ioh OF the kind on the road to-day.
Y Is presented with a cast seldom seen
II popular priced houses, and is staged
y magnificent style with gorgeous
scenery and spectacular effects The
character Of "Uncle Tom is portray
tu ny Alllt. e. Barlow, America best
MioWn and greatest old man negro
-mpersonator. There are many novel
features introduced incidental to the
udlna' among them a thrilling float
Hs ice scene, an eXacting steamboat
,ate between the famous Natchez and
~ T. Lee. cotton fields and plantation
VeneS portraying the habits of the
e0utaern negro. st. Clairs residence
Y moonlight, the most beautiful stage
pt'nre OF plantation ever painted,
SURGEONS tableau and transformation
y fNa IN the golden realms, fifteen
"i0Nl enrapturing tableau representa-
HuNS Numerous specialties are intro
Iu'ed ny strong list OF performers,
IN famous New Orleans quartette in
SoAsS' medleys, etc, the southern trio
AoDlle buck and wing dancers and
'"e great ham dance in which over
E-lVe colored artists appear.
infre VIII be prize cake walk by the
euure company A grand street parade
NH DC given every day, in which three
us''nct brass bands play, including the
L. klnal whangdoodle piccaninni band
'i Mobile, Ala. ~
Margaret Mather died in Charleston
'as' week, as stated in the Register.
're following notice of her career is
"nrn IRON an exchange
Mss Mather's professional maid
name WAS Maggie Finlayson. She
n born in Detroit Mich. and spent
early years in that city. Her peo-
were poor, but the young girl
ed for her lowly origin by devel-
'Hg exceptional evolutionary powers
e.. very early age. At school and
'Atls her friends, she was regarded
prodigy, AMI local entertainments
ne neighborhoOd Of her home were
yer complete unless Maggie Finley
contributed to the program.
Mss Finleyson was still a young
s'I when ] NJ. Hill, the then well
H0oWn theatrical manager, heard OF
'Pf promising talents, and offered to
her his assistance in getting upon
loe stage Hill was the manager of
w. Standard Theatre in New York