Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-29
ACT IIl.-Ht Nine. Dufrene's p0ris.

BILE feat on Monday last The machine
was put in operation on the line of march
of the Aston Battery, a splendid picture
was taken as the boys marched by, and
this new motion picture was ready for ex-
| hibition in Keiths Theatre, New York, in
less than five hours.
As Marguerite, Emma Eames wears a
black dress in the fourth act which is CO.
pied from a picture in Nuremburg gall
! lery. 1t was made at the Worth estab-
/ iishment in Paris. Nine. Eames was once
a stickler for realistic accuracy in cos
tune, but she changed her views when
confronted with the fact that a truthful
attire as to fashion and period for Char
lotte in Massenet's "Werther," would in
| clue heelless slippers and white cotton
stockings
The Prince of Wealth" the new COM
edy by Max O'Rel which Olga Nethersole
! will present for the last week of her en-
gagement at Wallicks, New York, com
mencing tomorrow night, is in three acts,
which pass in London The comedy is de-
| signed to show that happiness is rather in
the stimulus of ambition than the capture
OF its fruits. A young married couple of
artistic ambitions, anxious for wealth, are
The trolley variety show is the latest.
The other evening Brooklyn Club char
tered the Amphion, big trolley car used
for parties, and with five variety actors
and sixty members on board rode out to
/ Canarsie and other of the suburbs. while
the performers melted to the thirst pro
vided for the buffet. What is known as
a medicine show organ was provided for
Accomplishments, and save when the pi-
anist attempted to play ragtime on the
wheezy affair the performance went along
nicely.
The list of remarkable dramatic sue
cesses is headed by Rip Van Wrinkle
which Mr.. Joseph jefferson played first in
1859. Mr.. jefferson is one of the richest
men on the stage. He is reported to be
worth 100000 at least, and most of this
has been earned for him by rip Van
Wrinkle" Notwithstanding that for many
wears past he has played very short sea-
sons. All told he has given rip Van
| Wrinkle five thousand times, at gross re-
ceipts averaging $1,GO0 a performance thus
aggregadng 10000.
! The management of the Irving Place
Theatre now has an application from one
actor who is able to take 40 parts, almost
/ without help from the prompter. How
| many English and American actors can
! say that? How many spend years of toll
and drudgery in learning the foundation
| of their trade under some manager who
| knows how every line and every piece of
business in the classic plays has been done
! by the best actors, as German actors
/ must? New York Commercial Advertiser
Charles Frol man saw last Mondays pa
rade of the homecoming Aston Battery.
| Mr.. FrOhman wants the Manila heroes to
! take part in the presentation of Her
! AtOnement," which he is preparing to
! make at the Academy of Music, New
! York on February Is. One of the sensa-
! tional features in that play are the scenes
/ depicting the departure and the return of
/ New York troops for the front in 81, and if
it possible he wishes to reproduce on the
stage Yesterdays parade of the Astor Bat
! terry up Fifth avenue.
Ten years ago Josie Gregory was queen
of a dubious court, but still a queen Then
she was the most splendid specimen of
physical womanhood in New York She
had superb health, youth beauty and an
almost perfectly formed figure. While she
was the star at Roster & Balls, New
York, perhaps a thousand men had been
in love with Josie Gregory ready to sac
rifice everything in their possession to
gain her favor, when she was the cork
room queen. But when illness came and
poverty these men fed from her, turning
to newer footlight queen. To those who
knew her in the old days, it is difficult to
realize that 1t was the same Josie Gregory
who died a few days ago in poverty and
wretchedness, after a long illness, sup
ported by charity, neglected by every one
save the women who were her bitter pro-
fessional rivals and enemies.
Gertner, the great "claquer'' of Vienna,
has just died, broken hearted at an error
| he made, and the man who made the oc-
| cupation an art will applaud no more In
continental Europe the 'claque" IS an in
stitution. and upon the result of the claque
! depends, in large measure, the success of
the play, and the chief of the claquer is a
| parsonage of no small Importance That
the calling was remunerative is proven by
the fact that Gertner left a fortune of
$4,000 gained by his work He came to
the theatre night after night in different
characters and costumes, and was never
recognized as a claquer by those around
him. Sometimes he occupied box, some
times a seat in the orchestra or even in
the gallery, but always where he could in
OAOdtS " Ms StsbOA INMATES, ny d cue Oh
signals how and when to applaud without
attracting undue attention He came to
grief in curious fashion He was sitting
! in the stalls at an important first night,
and fell asleep during the play A partic-
ularly tragic passage had been reached
when Gertner suddenly awoke with
start and commenced to applaud vigorous
ly. The audience was convulsed with
laughter and the piece was ruined. while
Gertner was dismissed in disgrace and
died of a broken heart.
THE WOES OF A DRAMATIST.
Sheridan Knowles. the dramatist, was
noted for his absence of mind. AS ne was