Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-02
ADJUSTMENTS.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE, The Missouri


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Friday evening, February 3rd. The
management CT this well-known COM
pany have very carefully selected the
people who are to enact the play
each one having been chosen for his
or her especial fitness for the part
This, coupled with the excellent stage
direction of the organization, insures
very successful performance. The
high standard of The Players will be
carried out in every detail-this means
art.
Seats went on sale at Houses yes
terday morning, and as the subScrib-
erS' seats will first be checked off, a
rush for those remaining may be look
ed for
The Grand Opera House was crowd
ed to the doors last night to greet
Sadie Raymond, and her clever COM
pany in THE Missouri Girl" and the
performance was one of the most en-
tertaining that has been put On at the
Grand for many moons. The audi
ence was kept in continuous roar of
laughter almost from the time the cur
+ tain went up until the fourth and last
act, when the villain. Phil Sweatnam
"a. r. Ether meets with an untimely
death. The play is full of ludicrous
Situations in which Daisy (Sadie
Raymond and ''Zeke," (Fred Ray
mond) are the fun-making factors.
Fred Raymond is undoubtedly come
dian of the first water, and his person
ification of '.Zeke" was as clever a
piece of acting as sen on the local
boards for long time. Sadie Ray
mond as Daisy" the Missouri Girl, -"
was excellent and created much
amusement. The best scene in the
production is that in which Daisy and
Zeke" visit Chicago, and their antics
in "sassiety" During the perform
ance Miss Raymond sang some catchy
coon songs and Miss OMalley render
ed Rocked in the Cradle of the
Deep" in an excellent manner. All in
all, the company is about as evenly
balanced as any company that has
visited Wheeling of late.
DR.. Frank Howe, the dramatic critic
of the Washington Star, and one of
the most conservative and reliable in
this country, lately had some very
fiattering things to say of Sousa's new
opera, "The Charlatan," which De
Wolf Hopper will present at the Opera
House Saturday, February 4th. Dr.
Howe says that the performance last
night pleased the audience was evid-
enced from the continuous laughter
and applause" there is no reason
whey 1.-THE Charlatan' should not
prove as big a money-maker as ''El
Captain" Much of the music is better
than the first of Sousa's successes, and
the interpreting company is even SUI
perior. The book is full of bright and
witty lines, the lyrics are exceedingly
pleasing, the topical song delightful
ly droll, and the ensemble work is
great. The opera is splendidly cos
tuned and mounted"
He also says that the chorus is I'M
usually large and the voices we'll bal
anced. 1t is given considerable work
to do and it does it we'll 1t showed
to excellent advantage in the Russian
national hymn, and in the really fine
march with which the second act
closed. Mr.. Hopper made one of the
best speeches in his life after the sec
ond act. and his little talk after the
frog song was highly diverting."
':The Late Mr.. Early" a three-act
farcial comedy by James M. Martin,
who is also responsible for Nine.
Jaunscheck's greatest success, THE
Harvest Moon" and many other we'll
known and popular plays, has been Sc
cured as the attraction at the Opera
House next Wednesday. Nhis is
fortunate booking, as both the COM
edy and the company interpreting it
are said to have made the greatest
kind of an impression everywhere the
piece has been played. Another rea-
son for considering the engagement
of this company worthy of special no
tice is that the organization is to be
seen in but very few of the one-night
stands this season. its time having
been almost entirely booked in New
York, Chicago, Boston and the other
large cities of the country. This is
strong evidence of the strength of the
organization. This latest effort of Mr..
Martin S is said to abound in ludicrous
situations, bright specialties, and in
addition to this the costuming and
scenic surroundings Of the piece are
said to be extremely good.
Tt takes a general to devise and plan
a battle for successful campaign, and
so it is with stage entertainments.
MdIu6NS anu BulS6T can D0 1lh6Q6u TO
a pair of successful generals, so far
as it applies to the amusement public.
They not only conceive, plan and de-
wise their entertainments, but come
pretty near being the exclusive auth
Ors, as the ideas and suggestions fur
nished are almost entirely their own.
When one contemDlates such a task
as putting together new and novel
performance in these days. when al
most every idea has been written to
death, it will be allowed by all that
nothing short of a successful general
in stage offerings could accomplish
such results. How we'll these real
funny boys have succeeded. the fun
loving public will shortly be able to
determine when their rag time opera
by the Sad Sea Waves" with its
immense company, picturesque seen
cry, novel electric light eects and with
all the resources of the comic opera
stage, including an ever gay dashing
chorus, will be seen when presented at
the Opera House on Tuesday, Febru-
airy 7th.
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