Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-23

to Miss Irwin, and, with many apollo
gies for taking the liberty, introduced
herself. After getting permission TO
do so she took Miss Irwin over to her
marty and made her one OF them.
II am more than charmed TO meet
YOU, Miss Irwin said General Wilson.
eve seen you SO often and hearo
about you still more. Why, DO yoe
know, Miss Irwin, they have souvenirs
eff YOU even in Porto Rico, whence l
have just GOMEZ"
why, how's that?" said Miss Irwin.
"Well," said the general, IF you
knew how popular your songs are win
the army boys it would be worth more
than all the applause you get al the
theatre. Many's the time in our forced
marches. after the bands have run out
their reperte-y Of national songs, they
cpncl,1de with selections from your
songs. They have even become popu-
lar down there with the natives. When
I left. it was by no means an uncoih-
mon sight to see squads OF these copper
colored boys celebrating the turn oi
affairs to the tune Of The New Bully
and There's a Hot Time in the Old
Town Tonight You see, Miss lrWln'
the world is pretty small, after all.
Frederic de Belleville has many good
anecdotes about the first production OF
.eF'rou F'rou" in London. After the
first performance Benjamin Webster,
who adapted the play for England,
gave a dinner~to the company, and
Charles Fechter, who was then IN Lon
don, was a guest. Toward the end OF
the dessert, Fechter said TO Webster:
= .Ill lay you a wager that I'll dis
guise myself so completely that nobody
here shall DE able TO recognize me-not
even you.
On which he slipped out of the room.
Five minutes later coffee was served.
The waiter who poured 1t out--a big
fellow. with black whiskers, heavy eye
brows and the brcnzed complexion OF
a utherner-fiurried no doubt by the
Quality of the assembled guests, com
mitted clumsiaess or ciunsiness, I'D
setting liquor glass here and a cup
there and finished by sending a grea,
splash of scalding coffee on Webster
shirt front. a sJoIm of epithets wac
raised.
Ass! Imbecile. Biockhead, Can't
YOU mind what y0l are about? The
unfortunate waiter excused himself as
well as he could with a strong Mar
seillaise" accent. The incident was
soon forgotten and conversation re-
sumed. But, after few minutes. as
if not knowing what he was doing, the
offender took up a Jump OF sugar be-
tween his finger and thumb and coolly
oigned it into De BeIleville's coffee.
Webster. as host, sprang 10 his feet,
enraged, seized the insolent waiter by
the collar and pushed him TO the door.
But with a turn Of his hand the other
whipped off his wig and whiskers and
cried: sold again, Benny boy. You've
lost your wager. Champaign all
around."
Miss Beaudet has peculiar weakness
for going down stairs backward. Ne
earthly consideration could persuade
her that wild and devastating ruin
wouldn't overwhelm the theater in
which she is acting If she once descend
ed her dressing room stairs in the Or
binary way. and so, TO the delight OF
stage hands and the calcium man, she
makes grand and crablike descent
four times every night. It's dangerous
ard it isn't graceful, but no one can
deny that Miss Baudetss superstition is
original