Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-02

costing $780, in which she rides every
afternoon to and from the theatre.
When her father suggested a silk adj
vertising banner over the pony, little
Irene demurred. Il see bills all over
the cities, she said, land don't want
to look like circus show"
She is a winsome little miss, devoted
to her art, and the pet OF every mem
Der Of her company. A year ago dur
ing the performance of 1.-TWO Orphans"
at the Grand, she met with an acct
dent which resulted in sprained
ankle, and the incident was recalled
during the production Of the same play
yesterday. Her company went from
Wheeling to Johnstown, and Irene was
unable to appear. She was placed at
a window, where she saw the people
entering the theatre, and when the
members of the company departed, she
wept and refused to be comforted. Her
physician advised that she be taken to
the theatre in a chair, remarking that
she would die of broken heart unless
this was done. She was unable to
stand on her foot for five weeks, but
at each performance she sang from a
chair, and she sang with more feeling
tnan ever De1Ore,
Irene was one Of the four soloists at
the social session OF the Grand Lodge
OF Elks last summer. Last week in
Marietta a social session was given by
Marietta Lodge, complimentary to the
Myers company, and little Irene sang
The Blue and the Gray" A shower of
silver followed, but her father stopped
it. Irene was elected as mascot of the
lodge, and a committee was appointed
| to purchase a suitable badge for her.
| The committee will come up from Mari
| eta and present it TO little Irene during
| the coming week. Philadelphia Lodge
| of Elks paid her the same compliment,
and she is immensely proud of the dis
! tinction, although she bears her honors
with remarkable modesty.
| don't like Fauntleroy," she said to
Register man just before she entered
her pony trap yesterday afternoon. 1T
Is a nice part, but there is no action in
it. | like boy parts, such as Club the
newsboy. But | am particularly fond
of emotional roles. | like Louise in
the Two Orphans and similar parts
where can see the effect my acting has
an the audience
Irene Myers plays important parts
in about twelve productions, stellar
roles in some of them, and members OF
the company cay she has not missed a
line or "cue" this season. THE Cor
ner Grocery" will be presented for the
first time during the coming week. Al
the second rehearsal Irene was the only
member of the company who was per-
feet in her part, and those who are
familiar with the play know what an
important part the bad boy" Is. In
Little Lord Fauntleroy" alone she has
memorized eighty typewriter pages
1t is doubtful IL any child Of her years
on the stage could duplicate her per-
formances behind the footilghts.
Manager Feinler's offerings at the
Opera House during the past week were
very good The Vaudeville company
did not meet with the patronage which
it merited. 1t is the strongest and
cleanest vaudeville company which has
ever appeared in Wheeling. There is
not one act which might not serve as
a feature of an ordinary vaudeville COM
pany.
The repertoire of the Irene Myer:
Comedy Company for the coming week
is as follows: Monday matinee Maid
of the Mill" night, The Stowaway;
Tuesday matinee, Ten Nights in Bal
Room, night. Under Two Flags
Wednesday matinee, THE Stowaway.
night, Corner Grocery" Thursday
u>tinee, ''Beggar and Prince" night
Maid Of the MIL" Friday matinee
Little Lord Fauntleroy." night, "Thf
Ensign" Saturday matinee. Corner
Grocery" night, The White Rat"
AL g. Field, who never gives any.
thing but the best in the minstrel line
has a feature this year which eclipses
anything he has given the theatrica
public in the way OF European novel
ties. He comes to the Opera House
next Wednesday night Mr.. Field ha:
gone even further than Europe this
time and far away Africa (Moroccol
has sent tribe OF genuine Mamelukes
to entertain US with their marvellous
feats Of acrobatic tumbling, balancing
juggling and conjurfng. Nothing ap
preaching their performance in agility
J and strength has ever been seen on ths
American minstrel or vaudeville stage
The stringent laws OF their country haa