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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-01-14

ment OF Judas"
Verona. Jarbeau headed Koster q Bial's
bill last week.
Edwin Stevens Is to appear in Hearts
are Trumps.'
Lederer's new production Is to be called
The Casino Girl"
/, The Cuckoo is dead. THE Sporting
| Duchess end is also near.
Darius Green is tbs title Of a new
| melodrama by David Higgins.
Blanche Walsh delivers a lecture in the
towns in which she is playing.
In Julia Irving's production Of Romeo
| and Juliet Frederick Hartley is the Ro-
meo.
AT Washington Irving drew $4,000. The
| theatres capacity for the week was $24,
600.
1.-THE Children of the Ghetto Company
headed by Wilton Lackaye, began its new
season at Troy last week.
1.-THE Rose of Persia" now running at
the London Savoy, probably will be shown
at New York in September.
Rida Louise johnson is the author of
Lord Byron in which James Young is
to star. She Will be the leading woman.
Alice j. Shaw and her daughters, the
whistlers, have arrived in london from
South Africa, where they have been on a
professional tour.
Frank Sheppard, of Wood and Sheppard,
musical comedians, died in London, on
December q. He leaves a widow, known
on the stage as Sadie Kirby.
The Greatest Thing in the World in
which Sarah Cowell LIE Moyne and Fred
erick De Belleville. will appear, will be
produced on February 9.
Fay Templeton, Otis Harlan, Joe OFT,
Idalene Cotton, Lew Simmons and Alice
johnson are in the cast of Broadway of
Toxic which will be produced in New
York tomorrow night.
The population of Italy is 100000 less
than the population of France, but Italy
has more theatres than France and twice
as "a as Great Britain, though the pop
ulation of Great Britain is fully 5000, coo
larger than that of Italy.
Adeline Patti will sing and the Duchess
of Marlborough will recite at the Mar
chioness of Lansdowne's benefit for Bril-
fish soldiers widows and orphans to be
given at Covent Garden, London, on Feb
ruary %.
For the curious in such matters in may
be here pointed out thai among London
~pantomimes which will greet the year
1900 are seven on the subject of Dick
Wilmington four on Cinderella" three
on 'Sinbad,Y four on Babes in the
Wood" two on 'Pus in Boots. and one
each on THE Forty Thieves" Robinson
Cruso," Cody Two Shoes and Jack
and the Beanstalk," 1t is seldom tina De-
foes hero IS so scantily treated IN this
connectiom.-London Letter in Dramatic
Mirror.
Papinta closed her engagements in Kan
sas City and Omaha with great success,
and left Omaha for her ranch in Califor-
mia, where she arrived December s. She
IS taking a much needed rest, driving her
trotters around the country, visiting many
of the noted stock ranches and seeing the
breaking of her yearlings, which are en-
tered for all the big stakes in California
for 1900 and 1902. She will open at the Or
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1t hapuened during the rehearsals OF
1.-The Devils Disciple" In the last act
Mr.. Mansfield, as Dick Dudgeon, the
impudent patriot, stands upon the seat
OF a wagon and under the crossbeam
OF the barn door with a short rope
around his neck, all ready for a necktie
party. The supers grasp the tongue OF
the wagon and draw it out from under
the condemned man to leave him bro
k.a necked and executed. but "the po-
etc justice" Of the play arrives at this
timely moment, and the supers are
stopped in tie act.
At one of the early rehearsals Mr..
Mansfield mounted the wagon seat and
stood noosed, ready for poetic justice
which didn't arrive. The green supers
grasptd the wagon tongue and were
tardily stopped before Mr.. Mansfield
str9ngled to death. Did he rave, Did
he sco1dy No. e the wagon drew him
on his heels he reached up and grabbed
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Afraid He'd orer.Ieep Again.

A good story is told of an experience
OF Joe Jefferson. A number of years
ago he played a one night engagement
In a small town and appeared in
his favorite part Of Rip Van Wrinkle.
In the hotel at which he stopped was
an lrishman recently landed who
acted as porter and general assistant.
Judged by the deep and serious interest
which he took in the house. he might
have been clerk, lessee and proprietor
rolled into one.
At 6 o'clock in the morning Mr.. JEFF
ferson was startled by a violent thump-
ing on his door. When he struggled
into consciousness, and realized that he
had left no cali order at the Office,
he was naturally very indignant. But
his sleep was spoiled for hat morning.
81 he arose and soon after appeared
before the clerk.
See here" he demanded of that in
dividual, why was called at this un-
earthly hour"
Il don't know, sir" answered the
clerk. 'Tll ask Mike"
The Irishman was summoned. Said
the clerk:
Mike, there was no call for Mr.. JEFF
ferson. Why did you disturb him?'
| Taking the clerk by the lapel of the
coat, the Hibernian led him to one side
and said in a mysterious whisper:
He were SNORING like a horse, sor.
anu Old heerd the b'ys saying as how
he were once afhter shaping for twin
ty years, so Oh ses to mesilf, ses Oh,
'Moike, it's a-coming on to him ag'in.
and it's yer july to git the cryther out
o. yer hauso instantly"
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netnke. It Il q mere $4.000,00. Harwfcke
will receive this tri1e II during a period
which is stated he shall refrain from all
suspicious OF fast living Tooke naturally
Is anxious to keep his women directors in
ignorance of his real purpose. Harwfcke
meanwhile has fallen desperately in love
with a lady named Beatrice, a dancer,
whom he has made secretary of the bank.
He is unaware of the particular clause in
the will which acts as a sort OF silent CEN
sor OF his conduct. Beatrice discovers that
the Lambs are after Harwicke's money,
and warns her friend, but he is deaf to any
suggestion rejecting upon Tookes homes
ty. She then learns that IS
about to get the money from the estate
and will at once hand it over to Tooke 10
be used in some mythical railroad scheme.
In order to prevent this she induces Har-
wicke to join her and some ballet girls in
a dance, which is once more distinctly
Barnetlike! OF course, the guardian APP
pears just at this juncture, and the fat is
in the fire. The bank of necessity goes to
smash. Later on all meet in Porto Rico
and 1T is learned tina Beatrice is the girl to
whom the little sum of ss,000,00 0 is to re-
vert in case Harwicke should fail to live
~ ~ AN tAo VI NAt
by the. last will and testament. What then
could possibly follow is Barnet skit 9TH
er than the marriage of Harwicke and Be-
atrice? And that is what does happen, Of
course, and the play ends.
Mr.. Nat c.. Goodwin and Miss Maxine
Elliott are drawing large audiences at the
Knickerbocker theatre in Clyde Fftch's
pay, THE Cowboy and the Lady" which
has been seen in various cities of this
country as well as in London, England. 1t
is generally thought that, while the play is
sufficiently satisfactory for temporary
uses, it would not serve the c~o-stars suff-
GENTLY well for a run in this city without
the aid of some other vehicle. For that
reason it is semioficially announced that
H. v. EsmondFs comedy, When l Was
Twenty-one," for which, by the way, Har-
ry Woodruff has. been specially engaged,
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pheum, in San Francisco. for four weeks,
commencing January IA, with Los Angeles
to follow. for three weeks.
Daniel SuIly seems to have scored the
greatest success of his career in his new
play, The Parish Priest" by Daniel L..
Hart. 1t is a decided novelty, according
10 the newspaper reports from the various
cities where it has beenp 6fodheedn Old
methods a~e thrown aside in the plays
construction, and, despite the title, the re-
llg1ous element does not creep in. There
is comedy in abundance, and Father VIVA
len is a character in which humor and pa
thos are delightfully."- intermingled, and
gives Mr.. sully opportunities for display
of his versatility. 1t is an American play,
pictur!ng life in the beautiful Wyoming
Valley.
The Hebrew actors of the Peoples, Tha-
liza and Windsor Theatre, New York, re-
Gently organized a union, and thereupon
entered into a strike against the Hebrew
managers. They issued a statement last
week explaining the reasons for their ac-
ton. They claimed that the Hebrew ac-
tors had been reduced to the level Of the
toilers in the clothing trade" and though
belonging to a high profession they were
AOAN0AAIC A1ldl lAtEN
were not so much respected as the average
East Side tailor 1t appears that the ac-
tors in the Hebrew theatres do not receive
stipulated s~aiaries-they get a pro rata
share of the receipts. Evidently this ar
rangement is not satisfactory.
This power of the press i. not easily ex-
aggerated. Paragraphs all over tn coun-
try for a solid year assured feversh at
tentiOn to Mal1de Adams Tuliat Apx-
item about the intentions of Mr.. Frohman
is eagerly quoted everywhere. If he pro-
duced the worst play ever seen, it would
not receive the abuse heaped upon Mr..
Zangwil's powerful drama. If he produc-
ed Griffith Davenport, the critics would
shake themselves into alertness for its
good points, whereas for Mr.. Herne they
+, express the sufferings caused by what
they deemed its dizziness. Now. the New
York papers are seen by perhaps 100000
people, including the newspaper men all
over the country. A syndicate attraction
is put into New York just as soon as ii
has been tried on the dog It then be-
comes known through the land. A nom
syndicate production, like Arizona may
a to wait a year or mae before it can
get into New York at all, and until 1t does
il loses the immense help OF the New York
press. Your man in Troy. with q salary
of So a week Is the type of the theatre
cores through the country. II he has three
shows to choose from during a certain
week, he spends his dollar on the one he
has heard Of. He would have heard Of
The Christian even had It never been in
New York. but "Arizona. Grffhth Dav-
! enport' and The Royal Box would Be
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First the medicine fha,
holds fhe record for fkd
largest nussshcr OF ahs0~
lutte Cures Of female Ms
is Lydia e. PiSkhasssS
Vegetable Compound.
~ASrs. Pinkhasas
can show by her. letter
flies In Lynn that . nail
lion W0ss1en have been
restored Ia health by her
sssediCine and advice
Third All letters 10 Mrs.
Pfnkhans are received
{ snea, read and am
SwsrGd by women only
This facff Is certified 70 by
the mayor and pOSfsssas-
ter of Lynn and others Of
Mrs PinkhanasS own city
Write for. free book com
fainingf these certificates
Every aiiing woman IL
invited TO write 60 MrSs
Pfnkhans and get hes. aGs-
vice free Of charge.
Lydia E. Pinkham xed. Co, Lynn, MasA
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OIL NEWS.

Special to the Register.
ST. MARY'S, w. Va, January l3.-
The week has not been characterized
by any startling Developments. The
Register was the first paper to an
nounce that an Injun well had been
struck in the town near the court
house. This well is making now about
80 barrels natural. A shot will be In
troduced Wednesday. This should in
crease its capacity, as the sand is very
hard. 1t has stimulated operations In
the neighborhood wonderfully, and
while the roads are so indescribably
bad, the average ell man will content
himself with pegging away in and near
the town.
Grey & Co. will drill two deep wells
on the island, and will also make a
test on the Knob" northeast of town.
This is known is Coles Knob. The
well will be watched with interest.
Asa Michael has secured some small
lots Of S. Barkwill and is starting two
wells. He has also leased the Gallaher
farm, and will drill down the old gasses
which was abandoned in the salt sand.
An important well to be completed
this week was the Old Colony's No. l
Jarvis, between the French creek and
Henry Camp run developments. 1t is
good for 20 barrels a day and shows
c~onclusively that a connecting link ex-
lists. The Octo Oil Company has COM
pleted it's No. 2 J. e. Reynolds, and has
a 40 barrel producer. They are due at
their Sol Drills No. 10 to-day. They
are drilling at their Nos. 2 and 3 Sol
Pithtle and No. l Isaac Pithtle.
RICHTER & McCraley have completed
their No. 3 Joe Williamson and have
a 200 barrel we'll from the shallow
sand. This well is located in the new
Sugar creek field, and Is an indicator
for other ~lessees. The United States
have gone on ahead one mile east, and
have begun a rig. We are unable 10
ascertain the name Of the farm upon
which it is located.
In the Shawnee field very little is
doing. The severe weather and awful
roads have caused a suspension. The
farm lines in this field are fairly well
protected, and no great amount OF hust-
ling will be noticeable in this field I'M
til the roads are a deal better.
Greenlee & Co. have completed a well
on the Bonar farm, Tyler county, at
Meadville, and have an elegant pro-
Queer from the Injun sand.
The Wild Cat Oil Company is still
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q delightful piece of satire, so thoroughly
sugar coated as to afford unlimited
amusement while its wit barbed shafts are
flying about in every direction.
The story of MY Lady's Lord reads al
most like the argument of a comic OPP
era libretto. The Archduke of Vasungia
has a charming but violent tempered
daughter, the Lady Doura. This damsel,
on a visit to London, has been seen and
admired by a poor barrister, Jack Martin,
who was so infatuated that he has fol-
lowed her all the way to the mythical
land of Vasungia. There she meets him,
and there, to escape a marriage with the
hated ruler of a neighboring country, she
takes advantage of a certain marriage
making holy day peculiar 10 the country
and WEEDS Jack, whom she then tells to go
abou. his business. The young English
mar HRs no idea of doing anything so fool
tsh and at once declares himself The
Lady Doura resentS the authority of her
new made husband and endeavors first to
tidicule and then to browbeat him into
leaving her, but without avail. When the
former lover, Goska, learns that Doura is
already a wife, he sygears 10 carry her off
by force. In this plan he IS aided by a
Jealous woman with a penchant for fall
ing in love with every man she meets.
Martin mas refused to make love to her.
dnd therefore she would fam get even
with him" Martin, of course, overhears
the plot and proceeds at midnight to Dou-
ra's chamber to save her from the villain.
She laughs at his fears and warnings and
declines his offer of assistance. Finally
she orders him to leave. He goes, but
warns her that he will be close at hand in
case she should need him
Goska arrives, and when Doura learns
his purpose she proceeds to ring the bell.
but the wire has been cut by the jealous
woman already mentioned. Doura is fore
ed to call for help, and Martin arrives
upon the scene, where, in a duel between
himself and Goska. the latter is severely
wounded. Martin is sentenced to be sho
the next morning at dawn in the presence
OF the Cardinal Guzelli, a queer sort of
creature. who is forever running errands
for others. and. as a melancholy result,
missing his meals.
Dnura meanwhile has come to her senses
AID at the Same time has arrived at a re-
aI.zaiion of the fact that the suave young
Tsnx.ishman is aGamart wilrn his rights
as a husband arc involved. She concludes
alro. Incidentally. that she has at last met
ri.e ore man in all the world who is aai.
70 rule her. end 50. as women usually do
ase sprrcad sfs Internationally. BAR nov
&EHrXrH
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n STAGE
IN GOTHAM.

she finds that her husbands life Is forfeit
to the law. She devises a plan to permit
him to escape. The law prescribes that
the execution must take place in the pre-
sence of the cardinal, and she and a friend
at once find the prelate asleep and proceed
to lock him I'M the plate closet, where he
continues to slumber until after the hour
set for the execution has passed. Then
Martin and Lady Doura start away. and
the play ends.
Doesn't all that read Ike a crazy and
hopelessly jumbled potpourrI Of farce,
comedy drama, m~elodrama, comic opera,
extravaganza and burlesque? Well, 1t
it ought to, anyway, for that is precisely
what MY Lady's Lord is in a Pick
wickian sense, of course. 1t is a satire
unon these different forms of entertain
ment, but instead of presenting US with a
lot of senseless caricatures the author, Mr..
Esmond, has sensibly and boldly determin-
ed to give us instead a play made up en-
tirely of the old friends whom we have
been seeing on the stage for the last 30
years. True, he has trans planted some of
the pillars of melodrama into farce, and he
has also taken liberties with many others
whose age would seem to have entitled
them to more respectful treatment. but
they are all there, and all are easily rec
ognized.
In short, Mr.. Esmond evidently deter
mined to take a fling at the methods of the
modern playwright, himself included, and
to expose to the vulgar gaze the conven-
tional methods followed by contemporary
dramatists. He has done his work mag
nifcently, and it is to be hoped that my
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AT the close of Mr.. Richard Mansield's
run in New York City he will make a hur-
ried tour over the south, where he has
not been seen in several years. After a
week in Brooklyn and a week in Newark.
the celebrated players itinerary calls for
fourteen appearances in Philadelphia, sew
en- in Baltimore, seven in Washington. two
in the state Of Virginia, in Norfolk and
Richmond; n in the state of Georgia. at
Atlanta; three in the state of Alabama,
seven in the city of New Orleans. six in
the state of Texas, one in Arkansas, two
in Tennessee, three in Kentucky, seven in
tie city of Cincinnati, one in the state of
Indiana, three in the city of Detroit. three
in the city of Buffalo n one appearance
each in Ithaca, Troy and Albany. Mr..
Mansfield is most careful Of his health and
physical resources. He finds matinees too
taxing. and he prefers the loss involved in
cutting them to loss OF energy and men,
ace to his health. After leaving New York
he viii give only five matinees during the
balance of the season.
ARTHUR CRISPIN.
New York. January u
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Mansfield is to do Henry v"
Seabrooke has ~rejoined The FOUNDERS"
Lisie Leigh is in the cast of Mile. Fiji
Fanny Rice is to appear in Rosina
Vokes' plays.
Edna May is to star in an opera entitled
AN American Beauty
Tim Murphy is to show New York the
Carpet Bagger',s on March s.
New York has three Hebrew theatres.
Russ Whytals = 70 produce the .1Sacra-
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Yarmouth.s stage Name.

Probably the Earl Of Yarmouth, who
is now a full blown professional on the
American stage, had better a S for
his selection of a stage name, without
which no actor would seem to be COM
plete, than is the case with most play
ers. In speaking of the land of the
stars and stripes he said recently: "A
title has no place in this country and
is a nuisance IN business, and so | have
taken the stage name of Eric Hope.
The origin of the name is this: was
in Cannes last season with a party OF
English people and was in a small play
of which the Warehouses of LOrna, the
Princess Louise, was the patroness. AS
a souvenir of the occasion she gave me
this scarfpin. You see, it is an opal,
the stone of my birth month, October.
The opal, you know. is the symbol OF
hope. There you have the name Hope.
and here is where | got the name
Eric. He drew from his pocket a
small silver box, which he opened and
disclosed a branch for white heather.
This" he said, has its associations.
1t is the erica, or white heather. and
is the symbol of good luck. From it !
took the name Eric, and so you have
my stage name, Eric Hope Now, ]
am superstitious to a degree, and | be-
lieve in the good omens suggested by
my names"
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and very novel in the of its
presentation. 1t is an episode in the
life of a distinguished English actor,
called in the drama, James Clarence.
It's scenes range through diplomatic
halls, taverns, theatrical dressing
rooms, and the stage of the Drury Lane
tiers embrace all classes from the
Prince of Wales to i~nn-keepers and
constables. Its serious interest is the
real life of a man whose profession is
the mimicry of life for the enjoyment
of others, and its end is to show the
effect upon a naturally noble nature of
the sham favors of a selfish %coquette
and the true affection of an innocent
girl, loyal girl. Mr.. Coghlan has been
awarded universal praise for his SPLEEN
did performance of Clarence" and his
excellent work of adaptation of the ell
der Dumas antiquated play of "Kean'
but the general tone of newness which
makes it in all its aspects a modern
play, meeting all the requirements of
the stage. To. Mr.. Coghlan and the
play and the changing Of times, the
barrier between the foot-lights and the
public have been swept aside.
--
A farce comedy fairly bubbling over
with life and action and containing
many pretty melodies is promised the
patrons of the Grand Opera House for
the half week commencing next Thurs
day night, when the Blondell & Fen
messy Comedy Company, presenting the
'KatZenjammer Kids" will be the Of
fering. Every reader of the New York
Sunday Journal will recall with many
a smile the funny illustrations relative
to the pranks of the meddlesome Kat
zenjammer Kids" played on their Ma
and Pa" and with those famous fun
makers, Edward and Libbie Blondell,
in the roles of the Kids" laughter
should reign supreme during the en-
gagement. The balance of the COM
pany is made up of artists we'll known
to the laughter loving public and in
cludes Clifford Gordon, German and
West, Day and Vestal, Nudge and Nor
ton, Mile. Bertini, Mamie Morgan,
Flossie Hull, May Smith, Fannie Kir-
by, Will Delano and a score of others.
The Players Club will give their
performance OF A s ito-
nance" at the Opera House Thurs
day evening, February 1st. The follow
ing is the cast:
David Holmes Literary critic and editor
of the Review. MFR. James P. Morgan
Gerald Holmes CHS brother-a man Of
the world) ..........Mr. William l.. Brice
Martin Beggs David's secretary)........
Harold Reynolds jsociety reporter on
the Review. Mr.. George Kyle
Archibald Savage GA literary man)......
Mr. Joseph OBrien
Mr.. Mulberry CA book mani ..........-.
Mr.. William Milligan
Miss Clementina (David's ister)........
Miss Hattie Reed
Harriet Lester "a society GRID .........
Miss Sue Caldwell
Helen lie Grand CDavid's widowed sister,
.................. Miss Henrietta Rinehart
Sylvia Summers (David's ward) ........
Miss Grace NJ. Hoge
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the rope over his head to prevent stran-
Cling. when he exclaimed:
Who has bribed you to hang me?
What have they paid you? double 1t!
I don't care how much they have Offer
ed YOU, / double it,"
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playing > dangerous game to 60 b such
towns before q New York run had made
the idea Of them familiar. They would be
deserted for the familiar names.-Norman
Hapgood, in International Monthly.