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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-04

The Mexican Commander said -
Have Been slain by Yaqui In.
dams.
BISBEE. Arizona, February ga
dispatch was received last night from
GsIaymas conveying news that Gener-
al Lorenzo Torres. commander of the
Mexican forces in the YaQul war, had
been killed in the Bacatete mountains.
The report has not been confirmed.
AdYfces are also received that bait
tie was fought between the Yaquis and
Mexieaus on January 81. the Mexicans
then being under the command of Gen.
Torres. The fighting occurred on the
Guaymas desert, fifty miles east of
The Yaquis withdrew and were not
pursued The number engaged was
2.00Q on the Mexican and 5000 on the
Yaqui side. Nine Yaquis, thirty-one
Indian women. and twenty-six Indian
children were taken captives by the
Mexicans.
General Torres lost 50 killed, 210
wounded, and SO missing, while the
Yaauis loss is put at 90 killed and
wounded
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SCENES FROM THE DEeENERATEs.'

tafnIy applies at the present time. She
never was a particularly graceful wo-
man on the stage; her gestures, her
walk and her reading were all plain
ly like those of an amateur When,
therefore, it is stated that in every
one of these respects her shortcom-
ings are now more noticeable chan
they were before, it will be understood
how the Jersey Lily has gone back
ward in her effort to be an actress.
Her stage walk, by the way, is the
most remarkable thing ever seen in a
New York theatre, and the other night
at the Garden theatre, during several
of the most important scenes, when
she was required by the business of
the piece to walk practically entirely
across the stage. her transit caused
more laughter than almost any line in
the play.
Mr.. Grundy is not deserving of I'M
qualified censure in THE Degenerates,
for it is fair to assume that he was
held down to a sort of schedule. ?
Where he has had the opportunity to
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-04

Ely, Who Il H. sppSSsinE ii Sc
Parish Priest BECAUSE had an
idea that the character had never
been properly presented on the stage.
There have been many plays in which
priests have figured, but they have all
ways been domipeefing individuals,
who used their calling to accomplish
impossible things. / cannot recall ev-
er having seen priest in stageland
smile. The dramatists have given us
many pictures of the priests power,
but never Of his humanity and his
jollity. ! had begun to despair of ev-
er having the character written as /
desired when Daniel L. Hart sent me
the play / had been so long seeking.
In it he pictures the priest as a man.
Never once does he utilize his calling,
and were 1t not for. the title Of Frs
John Whalen. could be representa-
ton of any creed. There is no creed
in humanity and John WhaIen is hui
man. He appeals to every man and
woman regardless of his or her re-
ligious beliefs, as well as giving the
public an idea of the manner in which
priests conduct themselves with those
they know best Strange to say, the
night after the first production OF the
play | received a letter from "a Jewish
rabbi, and since then have had let
tiers from clergymen of all denomina-
tons, indorsing the play and compli-
menting me on it's purity and natur-
alnesS."
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-04

New York has two new and uniqs1iy
antithetical plays. One is Brother
Of1cers, which is exploited by the
Empire theatre stock company, and the
other is "The Degenerates, which is
serving as the vehicle for Mrs. Lang
try's temperance before the Ameri-
can public at the Garden theatre in
this city Never during the past ten
years has New York witnessed two
simultaneous productions so widely
divergent in point Of merit. in quality
and in propriety. One is pure as
snow, with not one suggestion or one
tnnuendo which the most vulgar mind
could distort into improperly; the
Others very likelihood is improperly.
Without it the play could not be.
Without it the star would not be ac-
cepted for a moment. 1t is the vilest
creation that it has ever been my bad
fortune to see on the stage, and the
worst phase of it all is the patent eff
fort which is made from the first act
to the last to give point to the nasty
illusions by appearing to create the
impression that they are similar to
what the public recognizes as the real
episodes in the career of Mrs. Lang
try. If this view of the matter is
taken by theatre goers, Mrs. Langtry
has no one to blame but herself, and,
while it is net the province of critic
to go into the private life of any one
appealing for public favor, it is decid-
eddy within the scope of criticism to
call attention to any such barefaced
attempt to lend Fictitious value to
play through the personality Of the
player, be it good or bad.
1t is a difficult matter to tell the
story of THE Degenerates' in Ian
guage which will not shock readers of
ordinary decency Mrs Trevelyan is
lady with varied assortment of
pasts Her life has evidently been SO
notified that the playwright does not
even attempt to go into details with
reference to it. He does. however,
show how she is regarded. by her
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-04
Hoyt's Little Joke.

Here is Hoyt story which Billy De-
we're OF The Black Sheep company, takes
great pleasure in telling
* aWhen The Black Sheep was first pro-
6ieed. fiye years ago. it was brought GU:
at the Boston theatre. II had run for
i've weeks and It was big success before
Hoyt ever saw It. One night the word
leaked back of the scenes that Hoyt was
out in front watching the play. That put
Us all ON our nlettle. and we played our
hardest TO please him Before the cur
tain fell Hoyt sent word back for all the
members sof the company to wait after the
show was over. as he wished to see us.
We expected. of course a fine compliment
for our acting After the curtain fell he
came back. We We're all gathered on the
stage. Hoyt, who is wonderfully droll
man. struck ain attitude and began, in
great seriousness:
Ladies and gentlemen. 1 wish to thank
you for your good performance Your
work was excellent 1t was good. In fact
IT was too good. I am proud of you, /
am glad that when you know / am In the
house you worked SO hard 10 please me.
In fact, you worked toe hard. Your work
lacks that air of carele ssness that makes
1t so with the audience. In this connec-
ton you remind me of that beautiful
flower. the chrysanthemum. The home Of
this delightful flower is in Japan. and
there they prize It most when 1t is in It's
first bloom. Then its ooler Is a beautiful
pink. Later it turns to grayish blue,
and in that period II Is less priced. At
last It turns yellow, and in that stage it
is wholly neglected. Now, I don't mean 10
tell You folks that you are yellow. but
you are fast approaching that grayish
blue tint. Good night
Life to Hoyt is huge joke"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-04
STAGE GOSSIP
or GOTHAM.

In'the play Mrs. Trevelyan' is getting
try is in real life. Mrs. Trevelyan has
q daughter just budding into woman
hood; so has Mrs. L4angtry. Mrs. Ire
velyan owned race horses which won
important races; so does Mrs. Lang
try. People have talked disparagingiy
OF Mrs. Trevelyan; they have also at
times spoken in not unduly compli-
mentary terms of Mrs. Langtry. There
is the play and there are the facts. In
addition to these, however, the effort
has been assiduously made to create
the impression that THE Degenerates"
is story OF the Jersey Lily's life, with
just sufficient drifting from the truth
to permit the dramatist to make an in
teresting play; something, by the way,
which he has not succeeded in doing
If Mrs. Langtry's tour should be sue
cessful, as some persons assert, it will
be reflection on the sense of decency
and the common sence as we'll of the
American theatre going public.
With reference to Mrs. Langtry's act
ing it may be said that she has retro
graded woefully. When she was here
several years ago, she was not by any
means a good actress; in fact, some
irreverent persons declared in the YER
nacular of the day that she was 1.-THE
limit" That, however, was libel, for,
while Mrs. Langtry had at the time
much to learn Of the art Of acting, she
gave evidence of the possession of
qualities which would enable her in
time acceptably to fill any role not
making great demands upon her emo
toinal powers. 1t was the expectation
when she came over this time that
she would be found to have developed
in an artistic sense, especially since
we had been led to believe by tne
Iaudatory London notices that such a
eonsummation had already been Mt
tanned. But we were doomed to disap-
pointment, for no matter whether or
not, the word limit fifty described
Mrs. Langtry few years ago, it GER
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-04
"UNcLE NAT" ia ashore ACRES"

The present is the eighth consecutive
season for this remarkable comedy
drama, and it's ninth and tenth sea-
sons are now being booked. Mr..
Herne's profits have been enormous
and will reach fully a million dollars
before the public tire of seeing it.
Such plays as Shore Acres" and THE
Old Homestead" have made many con-
verts for the theatre as a place of
amusement, and an eminent clergy
man said: IF the theatre would al
ways give as such clean and whole
some plays the wholesale denunciation
of the stage by the pulpit could not
long survive" Arrangements have
been made to produce "Shore Acres
at the Opera House next Tuesday.
February 9Th, with afternoon and
night performances.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-04
Charged with stealing Letters.

NEW YORK. February 3.--Joseph
Reilly, who says his home is in Lin
coin. ILL.,, and that he is a boiler max
er by trade, was arraigned in police
court here to-day charged with rob-
bling letter boxes in the downtown
district. When arrested Reilly had in
his possession a large number of let
tiers, one of which, addressed to Kid
der, Peabody &c Co., of Boston, con-
tanned 81 certificates of stock of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail-
road Company. Other letters found
on the prisoner contained similar
papers. 1t is alleged that between
5000 and 5000 letters we're stolen by
Reilly.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-04

do it he has injected some bright
snappy dialogue, but it is 20 buried
under the mass of flth which pre-
cedes and succeeds it that It strikes
one as almost out OF place, and its
effect is entirely lost.
At the Empire theatre the current
attraction is Brothers Officers" a COM
edy in three acts by Captain Leo Tre-
vor. The story of this play is as pure
as that of The Degenerates" is inn
pure. John Kinds, who has won the
Victoria cross, has recently been pro-
NOTED from the ranks and given a
commission in the British ermy. One
of his achievements was the saving of
the life of Lieutenant Pleydell when
the latter gentleman was in imminent
danger of being made meal of by
a wounded tiger. Kinds is whole
soufed, gallant fellow who is rather
nervous at the prospect of meeting the
titled officers of the First lLancers, to
which regiment he has been assigned;
in fact, he does make several very bad
breaks, but finally his friend Pleydell
comes to the rescue, and his coaching
serves to carry Kinds through the
pitfalls of barracks society without
stumble.
At the opening of the play the Bar
oness Royden and Lieutenant Pleydell
are evidently very much in love with
each other They have been raised to-
gether, and but for the fact that the
young man has discovered that it was
from the income of Lady Royden that
he was educated he would undoubtedly
have proposed to her. He has, how
ever, become deeply involved in gam
bling debts to Robert Hutton, an os-
tensible Australian millionaire. Kinds
does not suspect the condition of af-
fairs between Pleydell and Lady Roy
den and falls in love with the lady
himself. At first he appears TO realize
that the social barrier separating them
is too great to be bridged, but after
ward, and despite an overheard con-
versation in which his original views
are borne out, he determines to test
the young woman. Meanwhile Kinds
has learned that Hutton is the ey-as-
sistant of Kinds father, who was
disreputable bookmaker, and, know
ing that the indictment found against
Hutton when he decamped with the
wife and money of Kinds father to
Australia is still in effect, Kinds has a
hold upon the card sharper which
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-04

enables him TO rescue his friends from
his clutches. Ere this Pleydell has
confessed everything to Lady Royden.
She is naturally Mortified and does not
hesitate to tell him SO. The young
lieutenant is in despair, but when he
begs the privilege of having Lady Roy
den give him her hand in a farewell
clasp she consents, and then adds,
'sAnd my heart goes with it"
In the ordinary comedy of manners
it is a simple matter to tell who will
marry the GIRL" but this denouement
Is genuine surprise, and, while it was
unconventional, there was no straining
after effect. Kinds leaves every one
happy. and as the final curtain de-
scends he is moving from the room
to the hushed strains of THE Absent
Minded Beggar."
Mr. Faversham as Lieutenant Kinds
was capital. At each new production
by the Empire company. it has been
said with truth, Mr.. Fayersham is bet
ter than he has been before. This Is
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Can eat
any kind
of food
since she left off coffee
and uses
Postum Food
Coffee.

Coffee caused dull headaches and
dizziness, with steady indigestion, until
discovered the reason Of the trouble
and this was proven by leaving on cof-
fee and taking Postum Food Coffee
The dizziness, headache and indigestion
have entirely disappeared.
Ny mother. Mrs. Burlingame, Ken
ilworth. O.. was great sufferer from
stomach trouble and indigestion for
many years. She had to live on a very
restricted diet, until during the past
winter she gave up coffee and began
using Postum Food Coffee every day
Il is now three months since she made
the change. and she is so much inn
proved she can eat nearly any kind OF
food. IL Il evidence 70 us that the cot
fee caused the trouble and that the Pos
tum Food Coffee helped to build hen
back into health and strength" Mrs
J. u. Gould, w. Harrington. o.
3rd or Sth pages
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-04

once more the fact III the case Of Eieu-
tenant Kinds, and it is simply evidence
Of the rapidity with which this young
actor is rising in an artistic sense. Mr..
Edwin Stevens, newcomer in the
Empire company, could not we'll have
been improved upon as Robert Hutton.
and the rest of the cast was satisfact-
ory.
Miss Margaret Anglin, who has also
recently Joined the Empire company,
while giving performance that was
really good in most respects. again
demonstrates that she is not possessed
{ OF the power necessary in a play in
which any but the very highest emo
.tions are touched. upon. Her. marvel
Gus impersonation of Roxane in
Richard Mansfield's production aef ICY
rano de Bergerac" led every one to
suppose that another histrionic wonder
had been brought to light, but the
pleasant things then said Of Miss Ang-
lin by practically all the critics of this
city have woefully failed of fulfill
.ment.
ARTHUR CRISPIN.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-04

Charles ii Blaneg ana Charles A. Tay-
lor. authors Of f1e play. dweIt with the
dramatic race for Anne time, and ten
an interesting and thrilling story Of life
In San FranciEco's famous Chinatown.
The opium ring was the most pictur-
esque grouping OF dramatic characters
ever known in American history. A
mysterious circle. bound by cath in {
ring Of defiance, for twenty years q
reign of terror to the custom houses of
the Pacific coast. Seenically the pro-
ductiGn is claimed to be one of stupen-
dously marvellous grandeur, presenting
a Kaleidoscope view of Oriental mag
nificenee.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-04

York IN the week OF February Is will
be represented at the benefit perfor-
nance for Edward E. Rice
Jefferson DeAngelis' daughter re-
Gently appeared in play at Frisco.
Marion Manola's daughter, Adelaide
Mould, was recently married in New
York
There is some ground for believing
that Olga Nethersole may not be able
to appear at all during her projected
engagement at New York. She is a
sicker woman than is generally known.
The new Savoy opera, according to
the London critics, is worthy to rank
with the best of Sir Arthur Sullivan's
work. Nor is his librettist, Captain
Basil Hood forgotten, for his lines
are highly praised. and one critic says
thai eve= - S. Gilbert need not take
shame to himself had mis- name been
signed to the book of 1.-THE Rose of
Persia
What do you consider the most i'm
portant qualification for success on the
sStage?"
Il should select three replied JOS
eph Jefferson-"s ensibility. magma
/ ton and industry. SensibiIity. that
/ you may be alive to your surroundings:
I Imagination. that you may weave them
into graceful and interesting COM
bination, and industry, that you may
/ lose none of the precious moments
that are given US here for the deveI-
opment of that faculty.
I Sousa began life at $50 month. and
now his income averages SAC, 600 per
annum.
Geniuses have been known to throw
kettiedrums at stupid prima donna.
! like Handel: to smash all the crockery
4 in the house. like Beethoven; to i'm
I agine himself the character he is act
+ ing and chase his rival all over the
! stage, bent upon killing him, like the
| elder Booth; and TO call his audience
a pack of hogs. like Rubenstein. But
! these persons were real geniuses and
| the world has condoned their extrava-
/ CANT conduct But Mr.. Mansfield is
| not genius. It may be concluded
he has talent, but talent is far from
being genius Chicago Tribune
Why did | select priest as a
sharactes 6Qz . Elay2' said Daniel Sui
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-04
SNOW IN ENGLAND.

Two Inches of the Beautiful In Lon.
don-Drffts Reach 20 the Hedge
Tops. s8E
LONDON, February. 3.-This me-
tropolis awoke this morning to find
the streets two inches deep in snow.
which was soon converted into mud
and slush. Snow and bitter cold, bliz-
Yard like weather are reported from
many points in the provinces. In Bed
ford shire the people are suffering
from the worst snow storm experience
ed in years, lasting until noon and
covering the ground more than a foot
deep. The roads are impossible and
the drifts reach TO the hedge tops. The
railroad lines are practically blocked.
1t showed throughout the night in
North Hertfordsihre and in South Bed
fordshire the snow Is still falling
thickly. The telegraph wires are down
in many places.
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nelghbors, and he also makes a quasi
defense by means OF a casual intima-
ton that it Is foolish to believe all
. one hears of woman's character
The half hearted scheme of making
phe woman appear less bad than she
TcaEy rs to those wlis.se sensibilities
would De shocked by approaching her
at her full worth, or, rather her lack
OF worth, is as transparent as the play
itself is uninteresting. Although Mrs.
1revelyan does at times act in a man
ner TO justify the theory that she is
merely unconventional and perhaps a
tribe eccentric, the artifce deceives no
one. The play is intended to be filthy.
and every effort and every scene bris-
ties With some bald scheme on the
part OF either playwright OF star to
impress that fact upon our minds. In
reality their trouble is unnecessary,
for even q child would realize that
"The Degenerates" is really about the
most rancid offering that the New
York stage has ever seen.
1t has been often said and doubtless
with some truth, that a statement of
WIS ooit 10 Oil oudt 10 hSSCsSdiy W al
ract large audiences to theater, but
generally known as stage vulgarity
those persons who delight in what is
generally known as stage vulgarity
and who go to see Mrs. Langtry in
The Degenerates" will be disap-
pointed, for there is not enough pun
gency in the piece to make it interest
ing TO such persons, and it is the
scheme, the groundwork, the corner
stone OF the play, and not the lines
themselves, which f1pply the element
OF pruriency with ch THE Degen-
DDlate9 eD0uuQe.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-04
Shore Acres.

The continued success of "Shore
Acres" is favorably commented upon
on all sides, and is an object lesson to
theatrical managers generally. lit is
hard to realize that SO great a play
should have. gone begging and had
positively been refused by some IT the
most astute managers in this country.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-04
A Fnmous Actress' Grave.

A little mid excitement has been caused
in London by the revelation through a
letter in one of the newspapers of the
neglected condition of the tomb of Mrs.
1nchbald in an obscure part of Kensington
ehurchyard. She wrote number OF IA
nous plays and was an actress of distinc-
ton.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-04
WeekIy Bank statememnt.

NEW YORK, February 3-The
weekly bank statement shows the fol-
lowing changes:
Surplus reserves, increase, 81 ,593,-
300; loans. increase, 81, 249. 800; specie,
increase, 5000, 500; legal tenders, in
crease, s43S.500; deposits. increase,
SIS. 391 200; circulation, increase. s23,
500.
The banks now hold s30,s71, PTS in
excess Of legal requirements.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-04

Clara Lipman has just finished dramat-
ization of the popular novel. Lady Bar
barity." 1t will in all probability be In
cluded in Mr.. Mann's and Miss Lipman's
repertory next year.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-04
Rernhardt Mnst PAY.

PARTS, February 3.-'Sarah Bern
hardt was to-day condemned to pay
an indemnity of 5000 francs to the
dramatist Kisemackers, whose play
"Marthe," she accepted, it is alleged,
and began to rehearse in November,
1898, but failed to produce.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-04
King Of the Opium Ring.

The Chinese-American play, King Of
the Opium Ring" which will be the at
traction at the Opera House Thursday.
Friday and Saturday and Saturday mat
inee. comes with the stamp OF approval
OF New York press and public, before
whom 1t was presented for an engage
ment Of six weeks. testing the capacity
OF the immense auditorium OF the Acad-
envy OF Music at each performances.
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LOCAL ADJUSTMENTS.

GRAND OPERA HoUsE-FIrst half of
week. ''Shanty Town: last half of week,
Over the Fence.' .
OPERA HOUSE-Tuesday matinee and
night, Shore Acres" Thursday, Friday
and Saturday matinee. King Of the Opium
Ring"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-04

Coming down to solid facts ''Shanty
Town" is musical farce comedy for
laughing purposes only. with we'll
conceived and original plot that is
told in an interesting manner, and
which is not lost sight of after the
first act, as in the case with the ma
jority of farcial plays. The play was
written for the sole purpose of driving
dull care away, and taking the atten-
ton of the business man from the Of
fee for brief time, and put him on
good terms with himself. 1t also af-
fords him the opportunity of looking
on the brighter side Of life. That busy
little torment, Cupid has much to do
with the story, and when he is not
shooting his darts. the business meth
DDS OF the speculative dealer in subur-
ban lots on the instaIlment plan is on
band. The interruptions" or inter
polations in the way of songs and
dances occur naturally. Mr.. Harry S.
Healey, the manager of this superb at
traction, has provided a carload OF
special scenery and new effects for the
production which will be seen at the
Grand the first half Of this week.