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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-01

lpianists who does not believe in ex-
cessive practice. He says that over
1 practicing makes ones mind grow
stupid and confused and naturally ones
fingers follow the brain"
Ella Proctor Otis may star next sea-
son.
This is the latest from the divine
Sarah: Il am afraid l shall be going
to America next year for the last time.
| have arranged for long tour and
/ am binding myself not to be absent
from Paris more than three months IN
the year, and this stipulation in my
contract probably will prevent me from
crossing the Atlantic after 1899. Moth
ing will ever induce me 10 court sue
cess at the expense of my artistic prln-
ciples. Everywhere-in Paris, New
York and London-there is difficulty
in getting the public to appreciate the
best WORK, to prefer it TO pure, unadul-
terated melodrama. In my leisure mo-
ments l am making steady, though
slow, progress with my memoirs.
An interesting performance VIII be
given in London early in the new year
by the Acts and Crafts society. which
proposes to revive the ancient enter
tainment of the masCue. Mr.. Walter
Crane and Mr.. Selwyn Savage have
written the book, which will be called
Beauty Awakened" and will have full
charge of the scenery and dances. Sew
eral thousand dollars will be expended
upon the preparations, and the affair
is to be patronized by all the lights Of
the fashionable world.
An English dramatic critic writes
about play bills: An old playgoer calls
my attention TO laxity in theatre
management that has often puzzled me
and has never been explained. Why
are not play bills dated?' Dated play
bills make history. Undated play bills
lead to lunacy. After forty years SER
vice in the supposed interests OF the
drama, l suppose | have a goodly coll
lection of play bills, all preserved in
guard books, in connection with every
theatre in London. Not tenth OF these
play bills are dated. | cannot, there
fore, go to the play bills for history,
but must rumage about my books, and
the books on stage history between
1850 and 1898 are rare indeed for pur-
poses of reference. Where is our
Genest? We wanted to make K. Il.
Blanchard our modern Genest, and ar
ranged to appoint him the stage his
torian and happy for the rest of his
life. But the scheme broke down.
Blanchard died. and the story OF the
stage from Macready to Irving has yet
to be written and indexed."
The revival of The Three Mus
keteers" is assuming the proportions
of a craze. Charles Coghlan contem-
plates appearing as D'Artagnan in his
own version of Dumas romance.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-01

Here he remained for four long years,
and here he underwent the bitterest
hardships of an actors life. But it was
in Manchester that he ate his memoir
able Christmas dinner with Joe Rob-
ms. and if his period of probation in
the provinces was more protracted
than usual his reward came in the
varied experiences he met with and the
many friends he made. 1t was in the
provinces, too, that he gradually won
position of respect for his studious-
ness, his assiduity and his scrupulous
conscientiousness. 1t was in Manches-
ter that he made his first attempt in
Hamlet and scored an unqualified sue
cess, paving the way for his later and
more illustrious Lyceum appearance in
the same part.
Leaving Manchester, Henry Irving
wandered from place to place through
the provinces, and after a year as a
strolling player an offer came to him
in Liverpool from Boucicault to take a
leading part in his new play, Hunted
Down." The engagement was to open
in Manches er, with the stipulation
that if it Proved a success Irving
should appe.tr in the new play in the
metropolis.
The play made hit at once. Irv-
ing's cast was for the part of Rawdon
Scudamore, a genteel man-about-town
villain, and to this character he i'm
parted dramatic force and power and
showed a faculty for that wonderful
facial expression of his that greatly
impressed Boucicault and eventually
won for him an opening at the ST.
James Theatre in London. Here he
came under the management of Miss
Herbert, delightful woman and ac-
complished artist, who after a career
of mingled disappointment and success
has long since retired from the foot
lights, broken down in health and for
tune.
After a Partisan tour with Sothern
in 1866 the aspiring young actor went
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-01
Resolution. OF Re.nect.

The following resolutions OF resnect
were adopted by Wheeling Lodge 10.
z, Shield OF Honor:
Whereas, Our Heavenly Father ha3
seen fit to remove from among US ourI
worthy brother, VIM. L. Helstern. wei
realize that in his death our lodge has
lost another link from the chain. thu
serves to bind us more closely "A
gether as brothers; but the loss sus
tanned by us is not to be compared
the one suffered by the wife and fami
OF our deceased brother, TO whom
was a kind and devoted husband an
father.
Resolved That we tender to the Il
lily and friends of our deceased bro
our very tenderest sympathy IN
their sad bereavement. comm4n
them to the care of the Omni1 :
Ruler who doeth all things well.
Resolved, That copy of these \
buttons be presented to tho family 90
our deceased brother, compose a part
of our minutes, and be published In
the daily paper.
AUG. G.. REMKE.
GEO. c. BISHOFF.
VIM. G. KETTLER,
Committee,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-01
AS NAPOLEON

But this was not brought about with
out an effort. Such an artist as Halves
Craven was called in to do the scene
painting. Alma-Tadema and Sir Fred
erick Leighton were consulted on
points of artistic stage setting" and
consistency of costume. In the mat
ter of incidental music Hamilton
Clarke acted as the Lyceum's composer
for many years, and occasional musical
embellishments were contributed by
Sir Arthur Sullivan, Edward German,
Mackenzie and Stanford
The result is that, while both Mr.
Beerbohm Tree and Mr.. Forbes Rob-
ertson have been industriously follow
ing in Sir Henry's footsteps, neither of
them has yet become his rival, and this
simply because neither of them is of
the lrvlngeSque dramatic stature. Even
should one of these two brilliant ac-
tors eventually step into the retired
veterans shoes to Irving will still be
due the credit Of having built up in
the English speaking world respect
for the theatre and of having given to
the profession of the actor a dignity
which it had never before possessed.
Nowadays it is but natural to asso-
ciate the name of Sir Henry Irving
with the long list of brilliant creations
shown for years past on the stage of
the Lyceum. There was, however, a
period in his career of which one sell
dom hears, period coverings 20
years of grim, hard, grinding but in
domitable work. 1t was in 1856 that
John Henry Brodriff, under the stage
name of Henry Irving" made his first
appearance on the boards of the
Lyceum Theatre at Sunderland The
boy actor, for he was then but Is. took
a minor part in the stock company Of
that theatAe. The next season he APP
peared in Edinburgh, where he played
for two years and a half. From there
he was lured down to London by the
offer of an engagement from Augustus
Harris, the elder
When he arrived at the metropolis
he found his engagement was one to
speak line or two in mediocre play
called "I-y Hail." Disappointed ard
sick at heart he secured his release and
courageously determined to forsAke
London until the day when he should
be able to return with a title to aire-
spectacle and honored place He Went
back to Scotland, and after a season in
Glasgow secured an engagement I at
that fine old theatre, the Manchester
Royal
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-01
A DOUBLE FUNERAL.
Joseph Caldwell and His Murdered Wife to
be Buried To-day,

Joseph Caldwell and His Murdered Wife to
be Buried To-day,
The funeral of Joseph Caldwell and
his wife. whom he murdered last
Thursday, will take place this after
noon at 2 O'Clock. The interment will
be at the Cameron cemetery.
The facts of the murder, as near as
can be learned from the late reports,
are that Mr.. Caldwell started with his
wife to the stable at their home, 70
prepare a place for their COW. On
&he way Caldwell, who has been of I'M
sound mind for some time, picked up
an AK and crushed his wife's skull.
The murderer then made his way 10
the B. & o. road about a mile and a
half east of Cameron, threw himself
in front OF a freight train and was
killed.
He, however, told several people that
he murdered his wife, and her body was
found Immediately after he was killed
on the railroad. Both bodies will be
buried in one grave, and very likely
the funerals will be attended by a very
large crowd this morning.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-01
IRVING AND SOME OF HIS FAMOUS CHARACTERS.

back to London to the rambling, angu-
lar old Queens Theatre, where he first
met Miss Ellen Terry, a name that was
to be linked with his own for many
years to come.
lrving's successes since that day are
now very generally known. 1t is pleas
ant to remember that Charles Dickens
watched his first Queens Theatre per-
Torrance, and, turning gravely TO Tom
Taylor, exclaimed:
If that young man does not some
day come out as a great actor, am no
judge of art"
ARTHUR J. STRINGER.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-01

attempted at popular pricks. The COM
pany is headed by Kirk, Brown. one Of
the most popular actors in repertoire,
while Miss Margaret Dibbin. the lead
ing lady, is said to be particularly
gifted and beautiful.
What Happened to Jones' will be
the New Years attraction at the Opera
House Monday matinee and evening
The story is as follows: Ebenezer Good
ly, staid professor of anatomy, who is
expecting visit from his brother, the
Bishop of Ballarat, is persuaded to at
tend a boxing contest by his prospec-
tive son-in-law. Then the fun begins.
While there, the police raid the place,
bet Goodly and his young friend es-
cape, arriving home in a greatly per-
turbed condition. They have been pur-
sued, not by the police as they sup
posed, but by Jones, a drummer for
hymn books and playing cards, who
was also at the fight, and who has laid
himself open to the serious charge of
assaulting an officer Jones, to escape,
follows Goodly and Richard into their
home and demands protection as the
price of his silence respecting the es-
capade of the professor. He has the
assurance and ready wit of drummer
and before the other characters know
what to do. he has donned the garb
of the visiting bishop and meets the
police in this disguise. He also meets
the family, and it becomes necessary
to keep up the deception notwithstand-
ing the arrival of the real bishop. The
complications that ensue may scarcely
be imagined, for Mr.. Broadhurst has
the faculty of leading the audience to
expect one amusing situation and then
surprises them with something even
more amusing.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-01
W. VA. POSTAL AFFAIRS

Special to the Register.
Washington, ID. O., December 81
New postofiiees have been established
in West Virginia at Collinsville, Fag
cite county, George p. Daniels, POI
master, and at Shafter, Pendleton co az
ty, John Wesley Raines, postmifs Ia.
Star mail service has been establlshea
from Julia to Falling Spring, ttwlce q
week, West Union To Alvey px times q
week, and from Alma toyShirley sir.
times week. The namel of the uQssA
Office at Hulings Tucker county.
been changed to Hambleton.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-01
Copyright. 1857

ID view of Sir Henry Irving's con-
nplated retirement from the stage,
hmatic critics are once more discuss
8 the old question relative to his
innate standing as an actor. VIII
lin time rank among such historic
he's as Kean, Booth, Kemble and Ma
Ady, or will he be remembered as
ingenious stage carpenter and a
ver manipulation of electric lights?
Strange to say, opinion seems to be
bid always has been strongly divided
to whether the creator OF Matthias
d Beckett is really a great ACTOR OF
ereN a master of stage mechanism.
No one, of course, kaS ever dared to
ispute his genius as theatrical man
7ger and producer of successful and
nished plays, but with many persons
i is actual standing as an actor is still
n open question. His more enthusiast
he admirers claim that histrionic gifts
Ii such a high order as Sir Henry's
Ike all great art, do not appeal to the
billy commonplace and unlmaginative
|ldience, but that to the intelligent
ztic there can be no question as to the
cellence of his acting.
The follwers of the opposing camp
|laim that Sir Henry's reading of his
lines has throughout been marred by
of the most offensive sort
bnd that he has persistently ignored
Ill generally accepted theatrical con-
Fentions.
However this may be, criticism has
7 .er been able to bring about a change
attitude in the great Irving himself
fter thirty-nine years of uninterrupt-
theatrical work this scholar-actor
BIS remained true to his own ideals
bid has carried out patiently and
boriously his own plans. The result
las been unique.
Ernn the time of his first annea rance
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-01

from Jim Wey
playing IN Chic
been packed and th1
termined 10 keep s't6&[.
Tom was affectionateiy
themselves for a glorious sun
- Chicago's SWEETEST hotel.
But Tom slipped away after tho frs
toast was drunk and went down into
the dangerous slums of Chicago. He
Haused before a ramsaciSle row cir
buildings and entered one OF its doors
after making out the number OF 1t In
chalk upon its panel. Up three flights,
and he knocked. Receiving no answer
to mis- knock. he opened tho door. All
dark. He struck match, found
lamp and lighted it. On the bed was
a human wreck in the form of an old,
old man. Tom gently shook him.
Again he shook him. The old man
slowly opened his eyes and looked az
Tom. Tom told him to cheer up; that
he had come to help him, as the head
bartender of the - hotel had told
him that he would find the most de-
serving case in Chicago here Then
Tom told him why he had made 1t a
rule to always help some one on New.
Years eve and wound up with:
AS Jim Weymouth helped me, so !
shall help"
The old man sat bolt upright in bed.
then fell back. and with his last breath
whispered to himself:
Jim Weymouth, you made no miss
take when you banked on Tom MarlinG
did you, jim.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-01

GRAND OPERA HOUSlSolid week,
commencing with special New Years mat
inee Monday, King Dramatic Company,
in repertoire at popular prices.
OPERA HOUSE-Monday matinee and
night, What Happened to JONES' Sat
urday matinee and night, Al. q. Field 5
White Ministries.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-01


& was an atrocious actor, and in
life the charge was flung at him
his performances were panoramic
r than dramatic. 1t was repeated
Id that he was lacking in dynamic
. and that nature had not endowed
with sufficient vocal resources to
i'm for heroic and tragic parts. Yet
has attained position to which no
Ter actor of the century has risen.
fhen he was knighted by Queen Vic
IA in 1895, at the instance of Lord
tebery, the peculiar and unprece-
tlted distinction conferred upon an
tor called forth the most widely ex-
essed satisfaction from his country
en-. And long before this the Ly-
bum Theatre had become the centre
n the theatrical world, and the art
cas- of the autocrat of that now ia
0tfs london play house had long
nee been seized on and adopted by
Eal actors. The University of Oxford
hd appointed him to the Rede lee
reship of that great institution of
arning, and he stepped into an acade-
c niche previously occupied by Rus
In. Arnold, Huxley and Max Muller.
hmbridge bestowed upon him her
ost honored degree. His five Ameri-
n visits were tours of triumph. His
hakespearean performances were lis
ned to by scholars, that his interpre-
ton might throw new light on some
therto obscure line or clear away
me long standing textual ambiguity.
e Lyceum audience had always been
hr-i1li nj f1
of the English capital. If this
Is not constitute theatrical success,
Sir Henry Irving has not been a
cessful actor.
ut no matter what may be ones
ZION of Irving's purely histrionic
lily it will be universally felt that
retirement from theatrical work
be the greatest loss that can be-
the English stage. This is true not
because the veteran actor can look
<. and look back with justifiabl
r.. to his twenty-seven years of I'M
en- prestige; it is rather because no
lin the annals of the stage has
Ight more enterprise, more origi-
Nv and more imagination to the pre-
tation of standard dramatic works.
Ia was the first actor and manager
give to his performances what
ght be called an atmosphere"
ere is no world more conservative
In the theatrical, and there is no one
its more than does the actor any
rbing of the dust on his pet tradi-
1t had long been held that a
of the primitive simplicity of the
bethan theatric age was alone
Give to the purity of the drama
rt. Anything tending toward
-ateness or finish was at first
d at as upholstery" Irving
to his own ideas on this point
yer. and he showed the proof of
pudding to be in the eating.
ncere devotion to his art has been
KEYNOTE of Irving's whole career.
er part and every play he has put
the stage has been done as we'll as
knew how to do it. If it was moth
none than holding up a banner or
Roman shield, Irving held it up with
The cAre and study and solicitude
It night be given to the most i'm
tant hing in the play. The result
lat performances, quite beyond
arti| bic and aesthetic Importance
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-01
PATENTS GRANTED.

Special to the Register.
Washington, d. c.. Decembeh ST.
A patent has been granted to Thomas
A. Maulsby, of Fairmont, w. Va, on q
reverse feed for typewriters.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-01

The Christmas attractions at both
theatres had Standing room only"
but after Monday the week was ex-
ceedingly dull. 1.-THE Wheel of For
tune" is fair play presented by a
mediocre cast, and the patronage after
Monday was poor. This company's
elaborate scenery was recently destroy
ed in theatre fire'in New York State,
and the stage settings were very cred
liable under the circumstances. Shore
Acres" was the usual finished artistic
production at the two Christmas per-
formances at the Opera House. Uncle
Toms Cabin" held the boards at that
theatre yesterday. It was Stetson's
company with two Marks, two Top
sizes, two Eliza's, two Uncle Toms and
two little Evas going to two Heav-
ems. 1t is a peculiar fact that when
the public tired of this production,
managers thought to bring back it's
popularity by giving more of it
doubling the doses, as it were. The
original story has been somewhat dis
torted, but it still pleases the children
and there were two fair sized audiences
at the Opera House yesterday
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-01

Q. A. Herrick sells the Capital City
Dairy Co.'S Purity Butter, the, best But
ter made. Price, 15c per pound. 1924
Market street Stalls in both markets.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-01
WORLD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
Excellent New Years Attractions at
the Local Theatres.

KING DRAMATIC COMPANY AT THE
GRAND, AND 'sW7HAT HAPPENED
To JONES' AT THE OPERA HOUSE
THE PAST WEEK WAS VERY
DULL-STORIES OF THE STAGE.
GENERAL GOSSIP ABOUT THBAT-
RICAL ADJUSTMENTS
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-01
NEw YnAR.s knHnARsA1.

Following IS thsprxy ramme for the re-
hearsal and entertar~sut TO be given
by Meisters band and Sseeling Turn
verein in Turner Hall this e~Sping:
March ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS r., Taylor
Medley Overture-A Cluster OF Peacaas<n
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Beycfa
Waltz-Remembrance OF N3Dles...s....s
Overture, Queen Of Autumn. Carl Riggs
SeNtette-From Lucla............ Donizett
American Patrol ..........,.F. w Meacnam
......... -...................E Boyer
Fantasia on Aud Lang Syne. c. w. Daily
by Request.
At a Georgia Camp Meeting. Kerry Mills
Solo Club Swinging. ...thas Seidel
Medley Overture-New York by Elec-
trio IIght.s...... ......... L. - DeA1tr
Musical Joke-Tho Jolly Musicians.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. G. Muscat
March-Trans- Mississippi Expedition
................ .....s...........lsa Ruke
There win be dancing after ~ o'clock
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-01

The Faust family of acrobats, booked
LOT a season of forty weeks with AL G.
F1eld, arrived in New York last We'd
nesday, and will shortly be in this city
Tor the opening of the season. The
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-01

A reduction Of Is per cent. on ali
Suits, Trousers and oyercoats at 1919
Market street.
w. ID. JONES. The Tailor.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-27
RAIN BADLY NEEDED.
DRY WEATHER HAS CAUSED
RAPID EVAPORATION OF
MOISTURE.

The weekly crop bulletin of Section Di-
rector Glass, issued yesterday, says:
reports from all parts of the state
are unanimous relative to the exceed
ingly war weather n unusual dryness,
or lack of humidity in the atmosphere,
which caused very rapid evaporation Of
moisture from the ground, especially
when the wind was blowing, and the re-
suits are. the drying up of ranges. caus-
ing the grass to cure too early ;vprema-
ture ripening of grain, as reported from
ALA and Yellowstone countless: in
s%omeplaces. farmers thinking tfHre vas
sufficient moisture in the ground did not
begin to irrigate until it was too late.
their crops began to head when, from 5
to 10 inches high. thereby reducing the
chances of a fair yield.
The storm of the 21st seemed to have
visited many localities throughout the
state. the most damage is reported from
Custer county, from hail which accom-
panied the storm" "