Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-08

week Next Door last half of week,
Oliver Doud Byron. in melodramatic rep
ertoire.
OPERA HOUSE-Monday and Tuesday
nights Walker Whiteside, in The Red
Cockade' and Eugene Aram'
Adull week after the holidays has been
the invariable experience of local theat-
rical managers. While the Opera House
has been dark nearly all week, Manager
Feinler hit upon a novel and very sue
cessful plan to maintain public inter-
est in theatrical advertisement. The
King Dramatic Company, perhaps the
strongest repertoire organization on
the road, was booked for solid week,
hid at the same time the prices were
This combination of high class
PRODUCTIONS and popular prices was ex-
pected to act as a magnet, and 1T did so.
The company justified every advance
promise which had been made, and al
though, as matter of course, there
can be little profit in such productions
at the prices, the theatre was fllled
Ewice day. There was probably es-
tablished a new record of attendance
for twelve consecutive performances
by one company. Manager Feinler's
bookings for the remainder OF the
month of January are all Of high
class, and will be appreciated by pa
irons of the Grand.
The New Years bill at the Opera
House was "What Happened to Jones,
one of the very funniest farce come
dies ever presented upon local stage.
1t was admirably cast, and two large
audiences thoroughly appreciated the
unctious humor of the lines and sltua-
tions. Yesterday AL G. Fields min
strelS entertained matinee and night
audiences with one of the best burnt
cork performances of recent years.
There was fund of funny sayings and
a wealth of pleasing vocal selections,
and the olio and farcical afterpiece
were excellent.
Lovers of music, pantomime and
scenic effects will have treat in the
production of Next Door, which VIII
open at the Grand Opera House on
Monday for an engagement of three
4 nights and Wednesday matinee. This
SPECIES of entertainment, especially
\ the trick property part OF it, has an
abiding hold upon theare-goers OF
high and low degree, and helps to
prove the assertion that we are all
children when the appropriate moment
comes. Next Door" is one of the fun
nieSt works of its class and is thor
oughly enjoyable. The play is GER
tainly inclusive enough in the variety
! of amusement it offers in the course
of an evening, it contains burlesque,
faTce comedy. a musical comedy, a.
d sdA lllfn1 II spectacular production.
Many new novelties will be introduced,
prominent among them being the IA
nous Roger troupe of lady and gentle
men acrobatS, the trick bathing house,
the funny mule, the champion high
kickerS. The brothers Roger are won
\ derfully agile and clever pantomimists.
Archie Is the inventor OF the mechan-
ical effects, which are truly wonderful,
! and he is also the author of the lines
All the brothers are marvellous aero
bats that would do credit to any circus.
1t is not hard to conceive that such
people associated together could keep
things quite lively, and that is just
what they do.
Mr.. Walker Whiteside, who, by the
way is one of Wheeling's favorite ac-
tors, and his excellent company will be
the attraction at the Opera House Mon
nday and Tuesday. Mr.. Whitesides will
eT one of the most notable engage
Dhents of the season. The fact that he
is to produce new play is in itself
enough to stimulate interest in his
brief stay. The past few years have
witnessed the rapid rise of Mr.. White
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