Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-28

yer King.
II is we'll known that Grimaldi, the
great English clown. was subject to
periodical fits of melancholia. On one
of these occasions he consulted ply
stefan and after. describing symptoms
and rejecting half dozen receipts DIS
useless. because already tried without
effect. was told as a last resource 10
go and see Grimaldi. Alas" replied
the clown, who was unknown to the
physician, Il am Grimaldi.' The man
ager of "Gayest Manhattan" who tells
this anecdote supplements it with
bet that the production he will present
at the Opera House next Monday night
will cure any one of melanchOlia, at
least temporarily, during the perform
ance of the burlesque, no matter how
obstinate or of how long standing.
Accepting the auspices under which
"Gayest Manhattan" was originally
produced and the period of its success
full run, as standard of its merits,
he is not without reason in his boast.
The play was first enacted at
Roster &, Balls Theatre last season,
and so instantaneous was its success
that it was kept as the leading at
traction of the place until the hot spell
of early summer forced the well-known
managers to close their doors. During
the entire summer it was played at
the Casino. Midland Beach, a summer
resort. near New York City. and with
only sufficient time to give the per-
Torrance a two weeks resting spell 1t
is started on the road for tour of
the United States.
THE Missouri Girl company closed
a fairly successful half weeks engage
Feinler has booked three strong attrac-
tions, each for half week, before the
theatre is closed for the summer. The
Grand will be dark, however, during
the next few days.
There was an amusing incident dur
ing the production of Saved, or A
Wife's Peril" at the Opera House yes
terday afternoon. The stage manager
had been informed that when Augustus
imprinted kiss upon the lips of Mrs.
Meryweather, it was his cue to ring
the curtain down on the third act. 1t
happens that Augustus goes through
the osculatory performance twice, and
the curtain dropped on the wrong kiss.
The stage manager was watching the
performance, but his thoughts were
somewhere else-upon the suffering
reconcentradoes in far-off Cuba, per-
haps. Mr.. Kranz, who played the part
of Augustus, tipped up the chin of the
widow, Miss Parker, and when it
reached an angle of about As degrees,
he placed upon her lips one of those
lingering. bewildering, Olga Nethersole
kisses 1t was enough to awaken any
man from a revere. and it brought
the stage manager back from the land
of dreams He suddenly remembered
his cue, and the curtain descended
while Rafael was in the middle of a
speech When the curtain went up
again, the members of the company
who were upon the stage could not
conceal their merriment and the con-
tagion spread to the audience When
the curtain descended on kiss No 2
there was much applause. as the stage
managers error was understood.
The Van Osten Company had two
more very large audiences at the Opera
mouse yesterday, anu dl Weie uellSHI-
ed with the productions of Saved, or
A Wifes Peril" at the matinee, and
"Dorcas" at night. The latter is Miss
Inez Mecusker's musical comedy, and
proved to be one of the most pleasing
performances of the week. At to-day S
matinee the company will appear in
"Galatea,' which should attract large
audience of the fair sex in particular.
Tonight one of the strongest dramas
ever written, THE Silver King" will
be presentation the first time in many
years in this city.