Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-11-05

animation at West Point. He was ap-
pointed a cadet by Congressman Jeffer-
son M. Levy on the recommendation OF
Mr.. Croker and other Tammanyites.
His mother is greatly disappointed over
his rejection.
There have been numerous inquiries
as to the reason why Sir Henry Irving
plays only 20 weeks in America this
winter. Under Sir Henry's contract
with the London Lyeeum theatre peo-
pie he must play in that house for at
least four months every year They
agreed to let him out of his October
time this season if he would open in
their house Easter Monday He plays
in New York for three weeks
The Bernhardt-Coquelin tour will be-
gin November %, 1900, in New York,
where the company will remain five
weeks. Among Coquelin's new plays
are lie Grand Judge" by Emile Mo
reau, in which he will impersonate the
infamous Jeffries; Jean Bart" by
Haraucourt, a disqualification of Lies
Miserables,' in which he will act Jean
Vatican; "Falstaff," by Paul Delair,
and Vacquerie's ''Tragaldabas.
Last week the Dramatic Mirror
published the routes Of STA amusement
enterprises. OF these, APT were dra-
matte companies, 80 operate compan-
les, So variety companies, 16 minstrel
companies, 5 circuses and 29 miscellan-
eous organizations. OF course, there
are more than STA companies of all
kinds travelling, but no such number as
is now found in it has ever before been
included in the Oates Ahead" depart
ment of The Mirror, or in an~like de-
partment of any dramatic journal ever
published. Last week, also, The Mir
rors record of amusementse was made
up of reports from 65S cities and towns
in 46 States and Territories of this
country and the Dominion of Canada.
Mrs. William Loring Spencer, widow
of General George E. Spencer, United
States Senator from Alabama, and
cousin of Vice President Hobart, has
announced her intention of going on
the vaudeville stage. Mrs. Spencer
twenty odd years ago, was popular
actress in Augustin Days cortoany,
but since 1877, when she married Gen
erai Spencer, she has not been on the
stage. Her father, Albert A. Uunez,
was descended from a noble Castilian
family, and her uncle, from whom she
received her masculine Christian
name, was General William King Lor-
ing, of the Khedive's army. She has
written several books, among which
are Calamity Jane ga Plucky One"
and Salt Lake Mint"
Hugh Conway was an auctioneer,
and he wrote Called Back" There
fore, the fact that Michael Morton pur-
sues the same delusive calling does not
necessarily check any good opinions we
We may entertain about the play. "a
Rich Mans Son." to be produced at
Wallacks. Neither vocation nor avo-
cation has anything to do with dra-
matte genesis. Margaret Merington
was a school teacher, yet she enriched
Finds a Way" Henry Arthur Jones
was a drummer" in the boot and shoe
line, yet he evolved from Oxford ties
and patent feathers those worthy
pieces, THE Middleman" and Michael
and His Lost Angel" William Shake
speare was hostler, and he did toler-
ably well on the stage-Hilliary Bell in
New York Press.
ssWhy is it, Sir Henry" asked re-
porter, chat Germany produces so
many more plays of Shakespeare, and
SO much more often, than England or
American" THE reason is" Irving
replied. "that the state helps in the
production 1t has been found that no
English or American company can ad-
eouately present series OF Shakes
peares plays without loss. The time
viii probably come when the munich
pal bodies in our cities will help to
support the drama. But, as In the case
of the unpreparedness in the Trans
wall, we Angio-Saxons are rather
backward, eh?v The English actor
has up his sleeve play called Char
les TX" set II the Bartholomew days.