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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21
Modjeska Coming.

The present tour of Helena Modjeska
has been the most successful the great
Polish actress has made in many years.
AS already announced she will be seen
at the Opera House on Friday evening.
One thing that has added to public in
terest In ner present season is that it is
the last in which Modjeska will appear
in this country, as she has planned TO
make a tour OF Europe in the spring.
after which she will retire. The affec-
ton in which ModJeska is held by her
large followers readily inspires special
interest in the last opportunities that
will be afforded to see her in her favor
tie roles. There is no other Lady Mac
beth to be compared to hers. No one
has ever equalea -er as Mary Stuart.
Her Camille is the most worthy repre-
sentation of tile character now before
the playgoing public. Her Rosalind
has long been regarded as the most no.
etc representation of this character
ever seen in this country. Manager
Feinler made a Conscientious effort to
discover which of the plays was most
in demand, and the great majority ex-
.EE 49, ET
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21
VICTORY FOR MRS. FISKE
In Denver, in Her Fight Against the
Theatrical Trust.

| The decision in the Denver theatre
| case, briefly chronicled by the Associat-
ed Press last week, covers interesting
details and is in effect a notable VIC
tory for Mrs. Fiske in her fight for the
independent conduct of her business
against what is known as the Theatrical
Trust or Syndicate. AS is we'll known,
this actress for several seasons has Sue
cessfully maintained an independent
stand, declining to submit her business
to syndicate dictation in any respect.
She has played in independent theatres
of the first-class in the few large cities
in which there are such theatres, and in
other cities she has played in popular
price" theatres at first-class rates and
to frst-class patronage. In some isolat-
ed cases she has gone into vaudeville
houses and for the periods of her en-
gagement In such houses has trans
formed them into houses of the first
class.
In making out her itinerary for this
season, it was desirable for Mrs. Fiske
to play in Denver on her way to the
Pacific coast. To that end her manage
ment booked an engagement with F. E.
Carstarphen, a we'll known lawyer OF
Denver, who on his W account under
took the management of Mrs. Fiske for
one week, and rented for her use for
that period the Denver Theater, a popu-
lar price house, the first class theatres
of Denver being under syndicate con-
troll. When it became known that Mrs.
Fiske was booked to appear at the Den
| yer Theater an attempt was made on
| the part of the trust to shut her out of
| that theater and thus out Of Denver.
| To that end the Denver Theater was
forced under the control of the booking
| agency of the syndicate in New York,
and Mr.. Carstarphen was informed in
| effect that Mrs. Fiske would not be per-
| mitted to appear at the Denver.
Mr.. Carstarphen had a legal contract
with the management of the Denver
Theater ~antedating any new contract
that might have been made that would
conflict with this agreement, and he at
| once sued out in the District Court an
injunction to restrain the management
of the Denver Theater from in any way
interfering with Mrs. Fishes appear
ance. The opposition of Mrs. Fiske
filed a demurrer to this injunction and
made a motion to dissolve it. Elaborate
arguments were submitted by counsel
on both sides, and the court has de-
clined to dissolve the injunction, thus
in effect deciding in favor of the legality
of the contract under which Mrs. Fiske
is to appear in Denver.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21
N THE Play HOUSES.
coon BUSINESS IN SPITE OF THE
ATTRACTIONS ON THE STREETS
LAST WEEK.
MR.. FEINLER's INNOVATION
At Both Theatres Will No Doubt
Prove Very Popular-The Coming
Attractions at the Opera House
N the Grand-General Matters OF
Interest Pertaining to the Foot
lights.

1t was a week distinguished by nu-
merous noisy political demonstrations,
but, Notwithstanding the attractions on
the streets, the theatrical amusements
were accorded a very fair patronage.
The most important offering Of the
week was THE Little Minister" a de-
lightful drama which appears destined
to outlive most of the contemporaneous
productions. Manager Feinler will in
troduce an innovation at both the To-
cal theatres during the coming week.
Hereafter patrons may rent oper glasses
at the box office, for the nominal sum
of ten cents for one performance. This
enterprise should prove not only popu-
lar, but profitable.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21
BEVERLEY ~sITGREAvEs.
4 Whecling Girl Who Attains High
Honors Upon the
Stage.
Sarah Bernhart Manifested a Person
al Interest in Her and Secured for
Her a London Engagement-Now
She is Going to South Africa.

The regular weekly cable letter from
London to the Associated Press con-
tains an announcement that Beverley
Si~tgreaves, the American actress, who
was a private entertainer in that city
for some time, and achieved great sue
cess in The Prince of Peace" at Drury
Lane, will start this week for South
Africa, to fill a long engagement at the
Cape.
Miss ~Sitgreaves is an Island girl. and
has many friends here who are glad to
note the success she is achieving. She
has been Following the footlights for a
number of years, and has been with
some of the most prominent stars upon
the American stage. A recent issue OF
an eastern dramatic publication stated
that she was in France, and that Sa-
ran Bernhart had taken a personal in
terest in her, and secured for her a on
don engagement. This was doubtless
the engagement at the famous Drury
Lane theatre.
The S~itgreaves family was well
known in Wheeling. Mrs. S~itgreaves
was a pianist and a soprano singer of
considerable ability. She was fire.
quently heard in public. Another
daughter, Miss Mamie, also went on
the stage, but failed to achieve the de-
gree of success attained by her more
talented sister.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21

gloriously won have preceded the com-
ing of his mighty warriors to the Opera
House, where on tomorrow evening
they will do battle with a large ana
very fashionable audience. The Four
tenth Street Theater, New York, was
not large enough to contain the people
eager for combat with Hoyt's cannon
aders, and for two hundred and fifty
six consecutive performances there was
neither an empty seat or a chair Occu-
pied by the holder Of a free ticket in
the house. At the conclusion of the
New York run the production was
taken to the Grand Opera House,
Brooklyn, and then to the Gayety Thea
ter, both houses being too small to ac-
commodate those on pleasure bent. The
Brooklyn presentation WAS terminated
because OF previous road bookings, the
Wheeling engagement being one of the
few night stands arranged Tor between
New York and Louisville, with st.
Louis, Chicago, Denver and other large
cities to follow. "A Hole in the
Ground" is a splendid vehicle for battle
by testers, every soldier being equip
'pcu Will oil iAoll uulCnC VI lhC lAPAh
fire pattern, emitting in quick success
sion vast volumes of contagious mirth,
music and melody. There is fun in
every shell, laughter in every ball,
every barrel being loaded to the muzzle
with visible ,Hoytian creations which
hit your funny-bone target at will. An
insignificant railroad junction in YER
mont is the battle ground. the first
engagement being waged outside the
picturesque station. Chas. Cowles as
the stranger" a typical New England
character type, is, as are also a number
Of tourists, commercial travellers and
other w~ayfaring individuals, detained
at the junction because OF their con-
Meeting trains being delayed by a wash
out Ga hole in the %ground). Besides
Mr.. Cowles, we find such soldiers as
Frank Young, i~mpersonating the ever
abusive station agent; Barry Maxwell
appears as the poorly clad and emaciat-
ed base ball umpire; charming Nettie
DeCoursey, she of comic opera fame,
dispenses coffee, crullers, audacious
smiles and wicked winks from her
perch behind the lunch counter; Bessie
Devote will be seen as the telegraph
operator, while the Transatlantic
Quartette and Young and Devote,
greatest Of all soft shoe dancers, have
been engaged as exclusive features.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21
THEATRICAL ADJUSTMENTS.

Calve is in Egypt.
Loie Fuller is in London.
Nethersole may do Hamlet"
Virginia Earle has an automobile.
Langtry is using THE Degenerates"
in London.
Henry Miller may appear in Rich
ard Savage"
J. NJ. Barrie's new play will be act
ed in April next.
Anna Held may,appear in the comic
opera Nine. Sans-Gene."
Mrs. James Brown Potter will ap-
pear in Australia next season.
Minstrel Dave Foy died in the Phila-
delphia Almshouse last week.
Fay Templeton looks lovely in her
new fgure.-New York Telegraph.
Blanche Walsh will shelve Mar
celle'' and do More Than Queen"
Shore Acres" Herne and Augustus
Thomas are addressing Bryan mass
meetings.
Alice E. Ives and Jerome H. Eddy's
new pastoral play is called "The Coun-
try Judge"
Louise Moore, who has appeared IN
seventy comic operas, is writing a COM
ic opera.
Rudyard Kipling, Finley Peter Dunno
and E. W. Townsend have dramatized
Mr.. Doley."
Wagenhals & Kemper are industrious
young managers who used to be pretty
bad actors, the former with Daniel
Frohman, the latter with Augustin
Daily. They fell together and hit upon
the plan of combining as business men
and letting others do the playing. and
they have made a pot of money in con-
sequence. Nine. Modjeska, Odette Ty-
Ter, r. D. MacLean, Louis James, Kath-
ryn Kidder and Henry Miller are stars
under engagements to this firm.
Charles Hopper, of Gimme Fad
den" fame, will star in the piece. Mol
lie Donohue, L OF the girls of Archer
DAD is candidate for Congress, is in
love with Molly. Molly's father is in
the power OF the villain who could hold
a mortgage on his corner grocery store
or house, which he would foreclose I'M
less the young woman married him. In
~cidentally, the "soggarth'-the kindly
and altogether popular Irish priest
other characters, easily accessible. are
used with the three principals.
In substance, Mr.. Frohman saws tina.
ne anu his oioeucI SHaiitS nave spent
thousands OF dollars on American dra-
matists within the last few years. "onlv
to find that they can't write good
plays" and that I'VE have : 0 60 abroad
for our play material" While it is
true that the Frohmans prefer foreign
to native plays. it is not true that they
are obliged to depend upon Europe for
supplies. It is safe. however, to say
they have lost less money with homs
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21

Prtnlrose ~ DOci<stader's MinstreIs.
There have been many pretty first
part minstrel scenes, but never in the
history OF the stage has there been any
lung that equals that presented this
season by Primrose & Dockstader's min
strels, which appear at the Opera
House on Tuesday night. 1t is a mar
vel OF picturesque beauty. The great
company are aCtired in orange suits,
while the scenic accessories are far and
away beyond anything ever seen be-
fore. The picture is one that awakens
applause the moment che eyes of the
audience are fixed upon it. There Is no
tinsel about it, out everything is rich.
graceful and elegantly Messrs. Prim-
rose and Dockstader have spared no ex-
pense in supplying the prettiest scenic
accessories that could DE secured. This
fact is significantly demonstrated in the
new act introduced by Mr.. Primrose,
entitled Sunny, Sunny South" This
requires three magnificent scenes and
they are works of the highest art. Mr..
D~ockstader's impersonations of McKin-
ley, bryan, Hanna, Roosevelt and other
political leaders require a scene that is
maryelously unique and realistic. 1t
represents a railway station with a
standing train. the last car being a gor-
geous Pullman coach, from the rear
end OF which Dockstader makes his adj
dresses, all filled with timely hits that
keep the house in a continuous roar of
laughter. The Choir Boys Dream"
is another charming effect.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21
Uncle Toms b

Al. w. Martins big scenic and spec
tacular production of Uncle Toms Cab
in will be seen at the Grand Opera
house Monday, Tuesday and wednesday
and Wednesday matinee. The compa-
ny travel in their W special train OF
cars; carry $4,000 worth Of scenery,
besides horses, burros, donkeys, ten
man-eating bloodhouds, and in order to
present a perfect rendering, a company
of artists of the highest reputation has
been selected. with the greatest care
for their particular fitness for the per-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21

with Held by the Enemy" Men and
Women, The Girl I Left BShind Me,
Secret Service" and Othe1 profitable
American plays. Fortunesfhav been
made during the past ffsesh or twenty
years By american plays 5nd they are
being made to-day. in spite Of the hos
tile Frohmal infhzsuee agd the Eepress-
ing trust conditions. Nnjch have cor-
bined TO check <he hea5thy grow1ko OF
the native drama and have rez ed
It's field largely q ~ and ers
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21
lsham's

John w. Isham's Octoroons, which
company has been hattered by MANY
imitators, will be the attraction at the
Grand commencing Thursday night.
This entertainment is entirely different
to all similar ones, being original in
conception and replete with new ideas.
intelligently carried out with superior
artists and scenic effects. The com
pany is a large one. consisting OF thirty
comedians. high class singers, dancers
and musicians, Smart & Williams.
comedians, Hampton & johnson, Billy
English, the Brltons. Billy Miller and
others. The opening skit. "7-l1-77." is
a rag-time sketch. replete with good
songs. catchy music and comical situa-
tons, etc. The programme concludes
with Thirty Minutes of Opera. 1t is
said that Mr.. Isham's chorus is note
worthy for its training, harmony, sweet
ness and volumn. The scenery and CO.'S
tunes will form an important portion
of the entertainment.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21

by reason Of his connection with the
Mallorys and the Madison Square Thea
ter, which was then devoted to pre-
senting American plays. After he be-
gan his operations at the Lyceum for
several seasons be ~prospered with plays
by Belasco and De Mile, and when he
launched e. H. Sothern as a star It was
in plays Of home manufacture. Charles
Frohman rescued himself from obscur-
ity and failure with Bronson Howard's
Shenandoah" and be followed that up
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21

products than with imported products
and that they have had relatively fewer
failures among the former than the lat
ter. They believe it safer to pro-
duee English and French plays that
have been tested on the other side than
TO make selections from the original
material AVA able here 1t is easier.
certainly, ard the system requires less
taste. skill, Judgment and courage-in
short, less brains. Yet Daniel Froh-
secured his footing as a manager
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21

not directly connected with either. :
Here are twenty-five successful
pieces of various kinds and OF Ameri-
can authorship that happen 70 eone 20
mind. but the list for the period that
tbev represent could readily be quad
runIed. AS for the immediate present,
fhe hills offered BIZ the theatres Of this
cisv al not lend weight to Mfr. Froh-
mans complaint that managers must
looE abroad for plays.-Harriscn Grey
Flske. In Dramatic Mirror.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21
Hoyt,s Army of Fun.

There is not a particle of doubt but
what Playwright Chas. Hoyt's aim at
the bulls-eye of popular favor went
straight to the mark when he opened
fire with his great comedy gun,A"A
Hole in the Ground" for the echoing
praises of the magnificent battles so
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21

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81 was advised by h frien 10 take Lydia
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/ had no faith in 1t, but dected to try 1t. After
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SARAH SwoDER, l03 WestSt, La Porte, Ind.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21

Toms Cabin Company that will visit
here this season. This is the same
company that was SO favorably receiv-
ed in New York city last winter when
it was seen by enormous crowds.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21

s~onifcation of the various characters of
the drama, making this by far the best
company ever organized, or now travel
ing, and the only first class Uncle
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21

Large Autographs of Hon. william
Jennings Aryan and Hon. AdIaf
Ewing Stevenson for sale at the Reg
lister Office. Price 10 cents each.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21
OverWrought Nerves.

AS soon as a woman's nerves become excited by some
feminine disorder, she loses control of her speech.
She has no patience with anybody or anything.
The ones she loves the best are the ones to whom she
talks the meanest.
Trides light as air drive her almost frantic.
She is worse than crazy, because she knows what she
is doing and can't help it.
She doesn't have hysteria and doesn't have fainting
spells.
She is nervous, horribly nervous.
Does she get sympathy Oh, yes, she gets sympathy
for awhile, but she acts so outrageously that everybody
keeps out of her way as much as possible. After a while
they begin to think she's malicious and could do better if
she tried real hard.
She has turned her best friends against her.
This woman is sick with about the most discouraging
sickness women can have, and there is a person who
understands her case better than any one else in the
world. That person is Mrs. Rinkham. The nervousness
comes from some arrangement of the feminine organs,
and is constantly fed and made worse by the constantly
developing disease. Female diseases never get better of
themselves. They must have proper treatment. Ordinary
physicians do not know how to grapple with these dis
eases Of women. Out Of the hundreds of thousands of
women Mrs. Pinkham has cured, not one in five hundred
tried her advice or her medicine until they had exhausted
the skill of their own physician, sometimes of several
physicians. .
Mrs. Pinkham's address is Lynn, Mass. Her advice is
prompt and free to all suffering women.
You may not know that your nervousness comes from
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Read carefully the letters from women Mrs. Pinkham
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After thirty years of success in curing women's ills,
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Heartfelt Stories from Cured Women.

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/ SGn0n REWARD SS$S==s~%$
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"DEAE Mrs. PrKHAM-I am very gratefy 70 You for your kindness
and the interest you have taken in me, and troy believe your medicines
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DeIUIo VahIuB your FeBetaUIo OUmPUuIF \
was a misery to myself and eyTy
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l was so tired and weak, could not sleephights,
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29

family than the sprigging needle can be
made to yield. So, when they reach six
teen years of age, they, like their broth
ers, have a little red bundle tied up for
them. with which In their hand they step
out from the house whose roof has pro
tected them every night of their lives pre-
vious-they step out from this home on a
May morning, followed by their poor
mothers, God be with you, and God
and Mary watch over your lin Gaelic
and travel on foot long and lone miles of
moor and mountain to attend the hiring
market is Strabane or in Derry. or in Don
egal village. and to engage with the in
evitab,e Scotch-Irish mistress of the La
gan, of Tyrone, or of Pettigo, or else
where.
The girls range themselves in rows in
the hiring market and stand there the
day long, whilst the big farmers and
wives pass along the lines and view each
girl at every angle to Judge if she is
strong enough for the heavy work their
hired girl must do, and they question her
as to her ability to make tubs for cattle,
to lift and carry weighty tubs and pots,
to cook for the family, and TO feed the
pigs and-most important of all-what
wages she expects a half year. According
to her size and strength, she may ask
anything from SIG to $25. Her intending
employer ridicules the idea of "a light,
we bit of a Guilty like you" asking so