Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-26
Copyright. 1921


Tavern" which is the attraction at
Wallack's theater in New York. The
painter has evidently done himself
proud, for it is one of the most beauti-
full ever held ON New York stage.
Handsome as it is, however, it becomes
a trifie monotonous before the curtain
falls at the end of the third act.
In its original form "At the White
Horse Tavern" written by Messrs.
Blumenthal and Kadelburg, was call
ed I'm Weissen Roessl," and it is
easy to see that it might be an excel
lent humorous piece of stage literature
were only one thoroughly familiar with
the customs of the heterogeneous
crowds which frequent the Alpine sum-
mer resorts. Here, however, much of
the original fun is lost in the Amer
icanization, for while the characters
indulge in all manner of native slang
a good deal of the comedy is evolved
by means of the almost unpronounce-
able German names on the tavern's
bill of fare.
The story is almost diaphanous, and
1t would be difficult to intelligently put
it into print. Briefly, it deals with
the adventures of a head waiter at the
White Horse Tavern in the Alps. This
waiter is in love with the landlady.
who is in love with a guest, who is in
love with the daughter of lamp fan
ufacturer, whose father desires her to
marry the son of the man who has
beaten him in a lawsuit involving the
validity of a patent. This young men
In turn is in love with the daughter
of an old professor, who turns out to be
an old time friend of the unsuccessful
litigant. This n n, Giessecke by
nome, induces Frederick Siedler, the
lawyer of his erStwhile enemy, to at
tempt to persuade his daughter Ottilie
to marry Arthur Sutro. Siedler prom
Uses on condition that the old man will
give him opportunities for carrying on
his lovemaking by proxy.
Of course he makes love for himself
instead Of for Sutro, and much fun is
evolved by the CONSERVATION of Gle
secke when he learns that Sutro is to
be married to the professors daughter
and that his own daughter is to be-
come Mrs. Siedler.
Out of all this tangle harmony is
brought toward the close, but it will
readily be seen that it would be a phys
ical impossibility to make consecu-
lively interesting play out of such a
story, except, as has been said, where
one was soL .Niliar with the local sur
rGHndlDG6 lions as to extract en-
ioS FROM he many pretty little
charHU touches which are now lost
upon an American audience. AS a re-
suit, the play, as it is given at Wal
lacks, impresseS one as being a series
of very pretty episodes, which are suf-
ficiently indispensable to the plot to
make them seem parts of it. The after
effect, however, is not at all satisfac-
tory, and it does not seem possible that
"At the White Horse Tavern" can be
made great success.
The interpreting cast is made up of
excellent players, most of whom ap-
pear to be wasted in the episode roles
assigned to them. The chief honor or
the performance are carried Off by
Amelia Bingham as the hostess of the
tavern and Arthur Sutro, the bald
u6du6u DuI yOulnAuA poAtCh ~ SAAO
hand of the professors daughter. The
cast is as follows:
William Giesecke. ........ Harry Norwood
Charlotte. ........................E Eva Vincent
Ottilie. .......................M Miriam NeSplti
Fresierick Siedler. .......... Josepn HQHaHu
Arthur SutrO. Leo Ditl ICiiSto-ll
Walter Hinzelmann.... ;Fellx MOTE, MOTIFS
Clara. Ruth Berkiey
Josepha Amelia Bingham
7 oidI - Dore Davidson
Elizabeth Mayhew
DR. Bernback Douglass Wood
Old Lady Schmidt. ...............Ed a Aberle
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Sadie Lauer
Old Cracker. .LdNlu NItllC NJ,
A Mountain Tourist. Charles Marshall
Traveller No. 2......... lanes p NGlr
kathi. sNeille $3.50
Franz lIo ~
Piccolo. ......................-. Louis Atploh
Lena Singleton
Mali. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Eleanor Rllsoe
Martin 'ix;S{nr, NInhv
1.-The Great Ruby" by Cecil Ra-
leigh and Henry Hamilton, originally
produced at the Drury Lane Theater,
London, is the current attraction at
Days Theater in New York. It is in
terpreted by the following cast Oh un-
usual excellence:
Lady Garnett Mss Ada Rehan
Countess Mirtza Charkoff. Blanche Bates
Mrs. Elsmere. ......... MRS. ". n. G.lpeLII
Miss Brenda Elsmere: .....:;. May Carglil
The Hon. Moya Denz1. Mabel RoeDuck
! ne ihoii Beatrice Morgan
Louisa Jupp. Paula Edwards
Miss Flossie de Grosvenor. Louise Draper
Miss Mile Paget. Virginia NeVarro
Jane Slater. Anna CaVerly
Parsons. .::...............-9:..;L Lucy splnney
Mirtza's Maid............ katherine Clinton
Housemaid. ......Laura Han
Mr.. Charles Richman
Viscount Monteghal. ........ Wllfred clarke
Aid. Sir John Garnett. ht.;;;.;.; c;..s,, -,
Lord George Hartopp. George Greppo
Captain Give Dalrymple ...............
White Whittlesey
Sir Simon Beauclerc. James Young
James Brett, detective. Sidney Herbert
Morris Longman. William HaZeItlne
Andrews. WITT Jennings
Trent. .NleInent hophlHs
Cornish. W llam owen
Bentley. Paul McAlllaster
IanS-.... ...'..........'' GSoI Se i1ONd
Innkeeper. ....................Wll William strong
Jack Dennis luton huSsell
Couch. .........................Ha Harold Lewis
Inspector of Police. Louis Belloc
Physician ......................::::.- Douglas
A melodrama in Augustin Days
temple of high art on Broadway, cor
ner of Thirtieth street, is enough of
episodes of what has come to be known
as the realistic" sort the fact is ad-
ditionally startling.