Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-16

faced Romans, led to the order The
singers struggled violently, but had
eventually to surrender.
Probably no actor has ever had
more painful task to accomplish than
that which has just fallen to the lot
of Fritz Williams. His father, Fred
Williams, for many years stage man
ager of the Lyceum Theatre, died few
days ago, and the funeral took place on
Friday. Last night. nevertheless, Mr..
Williams lived up to his obligations
to his manager and fenced smiles tor
his comedy role In The Husbands OF
Leontine" at the Madison Square The
atre. AS the young man was devotedly
attached to his parent 1t was obvious
that his continuance at rehearsal and
participation in the first night must
have been nerve-racking to an extraor-
binary degree.-New York Telegram.
"A Message From Mars is one OF the
best things l ever saw. There are IN
il some wonderful effects of snow, ana
several marvellous transformation
scenes. But you will see it all In
years time, for Mr. Hawtrey is to bring
it over to this side during the season OF
1902. Mr.. Hawtrey, by the way, en-
ploys in playing his role in "A Message
From Mars the peculiar new habit OF
speech that is the rage in London. II
is fashion of dropping gs and otner-
wise changing the sound OF words that
has spread abroad In England in the
last FIVE or six years. Probably the
fad will soon be brought TO this SIDE
by American actors now visiting Lon
don. English actors who come to this
country invariably go home with the
most pronounced American accents
]. E. Dodson in Dramatic Mirror
A story from Munich raises the deli
cate question: May an actor kiss an
actress? The quaint laws OF Germany
and Austria, says London correspond
ent, set it down that he cannot Inc
code prescribes In effect that before
man can consider himself an actor he
| must know how to click his lips at
distance from the fair ones face With
out ever touching her mouth. In the
present case 1t would seem that the ac-
tor and the actress only had one bit OF
love between them, and that was en-
tirely on his side. The result was that,
in spite OF repeated protestations on
the part of the actress, and friendly
and fatherly admonition on the part OF
the manager, directly the young actor
who played the lover saw his oppor-
tunity and he persisted in unconditlon-
ally giving her kiss. She claims
damages.
Time was when John Drew was the
noblest Roman-in an artistic as we'll as
nasal sense-of them all. That was the
avfr
Days. Being put forth as star, Mr.
Drew Immediately took a place In the en-
tertainment world that was rtvalled in art
only by Jefferson and in fashionable favor
only by Sothern. At that time Hackett
was unknown. Faversham was playing
secondary roles in the Empire company
and Henry Miller was a rolling stone
that had gathered no moss. Even Otis
skinner, who supported Drew at Days.
is now a star of magnitude, writing MS
own play and acting it with general ap-
plause. May Irwin, who played servants
at Days, has long been prosperous at
the head of her own company, and Willie
Collier, the DAILY call boy who summoned
Mr. Drew from his dressing room to the
stage, Is also a star. When our come
dian looks back to the old days II is ap-
parent to him that almost all his former
comrades are more or less favorably sit
uated than he. James Lewis. Charles
Fisher, Charles lie Clercq and Virginia
Dreher are in heaven. Edith Kingdom Is
a muHimiIionairess. Otis Skinner. his
own author and manager, can snap his
fingers at fate, and May Irwin is a klon-
dixie in petticoats. Ill luck has visited
only the leading people at Days, for Ada
Rehan has known all the depths and shad-
ows of outrageous fortune since the death
of her manager. Deprived of Maud Ad-
ans and Isabel Irving, his two leading
| women whom he gave to the drama and
who are now prosperous without him and
compelled to take play intended for the
lovely Hackett. the confusion Of our COM
edian seems a pathetic ending OF hopes
once high.-Hilary Bell in New York
Press.