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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-23

follow forms.
Mrs. Fishes season thus far has
been maryeiOusly successful. In Bcs-
ton and Chicago her engagements
have been as prosperous as those Ot
/ last season. which were remarkable
In Rochester she crowded a vaudeville
theatre a. first class theatre prices
Mrs. Fiske is using Becky Sharp" as
her principal vehicle, but the cali for
Tess of the D'Urbervilles" is SO gen
, cral. even in places that have seen it,.
that she VIII Use it n several cities on
her tour. in Chicago it fills the last
week OF her months engagement. ana
runs with Becky in popularity Ii
the large Western cities III which Mrs
F'iscke has not been seen ii nan. ,
years both plays Will be used. notably
| in Denver. Salt Lake City ana san
/ Francisco.
/ Mrs. Fiske has scored a notable vie
! tory over what is called the Theatrical
Trust in Denver. She was booked at
a theatre there-the DeuTer-th3L san
! into the hands Of the Trust, after the
/ booking, and an attempt was made -
shut her out of that city. Mrs Fishes
| representative secured a temporary ir-
junction 10 prevent interference with
/ her booking at the Denver, which the
Trust agent declared had been cam
celed, and on argument in tie District
Court of Colorado, Mrs. Fiske was up
held, the injunction against lhs oppo-
siLion being made permaaenf
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-23

plays to good and profitable business,
but the crowd is no longer there
Brooklyn Citizen.
The Salvation Army lassies in Belle
of New York" seem fatcd. MatrimOn-
ial tangles assail every actress who as
sumes the part. Edna May was the
last victim. All of her love affairs
went wrong after parting with Titus
Louis Willis Hepner. Helen Lord,
Grave Spencer. Adele Richie. Alice
Pierce and Helen York afford other eX-
amples.
Daniel Bandman is TO be seen in the
Keith vaudeville theatres Nj. hanU-
man has been deyoting his last decade
to a ranch of one thousand acres il
MontNna. which he owns and upon
which he has been raising HOlstein
cattle and heavy draft horses. He is.
indeed. a dignitary in that section Of
this land, as he is Commissioner Of
Agriculture in Montana. He has a
condensed version of The Merchant of
Venice" comprising the scene OF the
making of the bond in the first act
and the trial scene from the fourth.
and will play Shylock to the Portia
of his wife, whose stage name is Ter
esa Ellsworth. Mr.. Bandman thinks
he Is entitled to consideration at the
very least on the score that he is
practically the only one of them left
meaning that Booth, Barrett Keene
ind the rest OF tbs illustrators at
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-23
THEATRICAL ADJUSTMENTS.

Sir Arthur Sullivan amassed $780,
600.
The Star and Garter" is to be
shelved.
Under the Gaslight" is to be reviy-
ed next season.
Tim Murphy is to produce play by
Paul Wilstach.
London Alhambra ballets are to be
put on at the New York Theatre.
Frohman is to bring Alice in Won
derland" to America after it's London
run.
There is not the faintest hope that
Roland Reed will return to the stage
at least this season.
"One Plus One" Mr.. Royle is now
making drama Of it ana will call it
The Triumph of Love"
Dan l'aly ana Iooy CIaude VIII be
seen in The Gay Grisette." The gri-
settes Of Paris in this piece are rep
resented as working girls, who love
Jolly time, but whose morals are not
of necessity open to question.
Papinta and Loie Fuller are to dance
in New York on December 81. The for
mer recently concluded ten consecu-
tive weeks in the metropolis. and man
ayers declare that she will be ac-
knowledged superior to Fuller.
Katherine Bloodgood is perhaps the
most popular vocalist in vaudeville.
Tomorrow she will begin her third
consecutive week at Keith's, Philadel-
phia, an engag cement longer than that
earned by any other vocalist at that
house
Two or three years ago May Irwin
could draw big houses-no matter
what she did. The wheel of fortune
has gone round. She is no longer at
tracing the crowds. OF course, she
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-23
GOOD REASON FOR TT.
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The remarkable success ana
popularity OF the new Catarrh
cure, Stuart's Catarrh Tablets, is;
eatarrh, but because catarrh SUI
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what they are taking into their
systems; no secret is made Of
what they contain. They are COM
posed of Hydrastin, blood root,
guaiacol and red gum, are pleas
ant to the taste and being diSsolv-
ed in the mouth they take imme-
diate effect upon the mucous lin
ing Of the throat, nasal passages
and the whole respiratory tract.
The cures that Stuart's Catarrh
Tablets have accomplished in old
chronic cases are little short OF
remarkable, and the advantage OF
knowing just what you are taking
into your system is of paramount
Importance when it is remember
ed that the cocaine or morphine
habit has been frequently con-
tracted as the result of using Sc
cret catarrh remedies, as SO many
of them are well known to contain
these injurious drugs.
Stuart'S Catarrh Tablets meet
with the approval and cordial sup
port of physicians because, their
antisepti character renders them
perfectly safe for the general pub
lie to use and their composition
makes them a common sense cure
for all forms of catarrhal trouble.
With nearly all advertised ca
tarrh cures, it is matter of guess
work as to what you are taking
into the stomach, as the propri-
tors, while making all sorts OF
claims as to what their medicines
will do, are ver= careful to keep it
= close secret as to what they real
ly contain.
This is one reason why Stuart'S
Catarrh Tablets have been SO
widely recomme ended because they
are not only pleasant and convent
ent to take but the patient also
knows he is not putting into his
stomach anything of an injurious
character.
These tablet are sold by drug
gists everywhere in the United
States and Canada at so cents for
complete treatment. and probably
there rs no better remedy ever de-
vi,ed FOR the permanent cure of
catarrh. whether located in the
head, throat, bronchial tubes or in
the stomach.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-23

Lulu CHASER, so far as | am aware,
~ to the time that she became star
Mad never had but single profess
sional engagement, and that was in the
uompany Of Francis Wilson. She was
Az any rate a valued member of Mr..
Wilson's organization for a number
of years, though I must confess that
during that time | never greatly ad-
mired the young ladys work. Viewed
IN the light of recent events, 1t is prob
able that this somewhat unfavorable
opinion of Miss Chaser was largely due
to the fact that she was not given the
] op portunity by Mr.. Wilson to demon
ghrate what she was really capable of
doing. 1t is we'll known that Mr.. Will
son does not lie awake nights trying
to devise plans whereby the members
of his company shall be enabled to
make greater hits than himself In
deed. there are unkind persons who
are rude enough to aver that Mr.. Will
sons fondness for the center of the
stage, as well as for the fat lines
of the onera, amounts almost to mon
omania, and now that / have seen
Lulu CHASER as a star, unhampered by
the restrictions of a superior, | am in
ciined to think there is something in
the allegations of Wilson's limelight
monopolizing tendencies.
Lulu Chaser has surprised every one
BY her work in Sweet Anne Page at
the Manhattan theatre. Barring
habit of going outside her character for
the sake Of getting little cheap APP
plause from the professional portion of
the audience. Miss Glaser's work in the
title role leaves nothing to be desired.
She has the verve and go which are
ordinarily absent in American comic
opera ingenues. Besides, while she
will never eclipse Sembrich, she s;ngs
exceedingly we'll. Not word uttered
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-23
LULU CHASER IN
.sSWEET ANNA PAGE. +"
1.-THE SpRiGHTLy
ROrfANCG
or BALZAC."
7E= St AGE

is one of the few men on the Ameri-
can stage who would not have made
this role offensive In his hands 1t
was excessively amusing, and appear
ed almost possible. Abeles possesses
the rare ability to play farcial role
so seriously as to make you laugh at
it one moment and sypathize with it
the next
The Sprightly Romance of Marsac
was originally play, then a novel,
and once more a play. The sole au-
thor of all but this last effort was
Molly Elliot Seawell, who, when the
piece was accepted for production on
the strength of the popularity of the
book, called to her assistance Mr..
William Young, the gentleman who
wrote such plays for Lawrence Bar
rett and made the dramatic version Of
Ben Hur," which has enjoyed almost
unprecedented success. The collabor-
ateurs have done their work well, for
there is scarcely a draggy moment in
"Marsac," and the repartee is particu-
larly bright and snappy The charac-
tiers, toO are well drawn, and the i'm
possible things tney are made to do
appear to come SO spontaneously that
one is almost deluded into accap ing
them as quite natural.
The story of The Sprightly Ro-
nance of Marsac" is not particularly
elaborate Marsac and Fontaine the
former a suppressed literary genius,
and the latter a suppressed artistic
marvel, are companions in trouble.
They have rooms with Nine Fleury
and are naturally in arrears for sever
al months rent as funny men always
are in the plays-and sometimes out
side of them. An afternoon paper has
published a glowing account of the
good fortune of Fontaine, the artist,
who. by the death OF a wealthy uncle
in America. has Inherited millions
The landlady has seen tAc story, and,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-23

Shakespeare have passed to the great
unknown. He recalls affectionately
the night when Edwin forrest opened
theatre in Philadelphia. when Band
man was his principal support and al
| ternated with him.
j. K. Stoddart will terminate his
|stage career at the end OF next sea-
son. His last work will be seen in
Beside the Bonnie Brian Bush" He
is probably the Oldest actor upon the
American stage. Joseph Jefferson has
frequently been put forward for hon
Ors in this connection, but Mr. Stod-
dart, who is seventy three, is a few
months older than the impersonator
of RIP Van Wrinkle" Stoddart, in
| fact, has been on the stage seventy
years At the present writing he is
/ well to do and much more fond Of
his back yard and his chickens and
dog than Of the glories Of the foot
lights.
Coquelin began life humbly His
father kept a restaurant, and Con
Slant served the customers. His
mimetic talents attracted the atten-
ton OF a gentleman from Paris, who
advised the boy to become an actor.
HIS rather stren0usly objected. Fin
ally the young man was permitted to
try his fortune on the stage. He was
lucky enough to be appointed pupil
in the COnseryatCire. There he met
Sarah Bernhard. also a pupil, and The
two most distinguished players in
France struck up a friendship during
their college days that has lasted I'M
broken for over forty years. Coquelln
has never made half so mucn money
as Bernhard earned, but be never
spent a quarter 50 much.-Hillary
Bell, in n. Y. Press.
= eat" says BernLardt. everything
and | never eXercisc-neyer. | exc
cute none of those things you cell cal
isthenics; l rest. The thing that ez-
hauats ne is to be ennuyee. How it
ages onc." is not the fashion in
which YOU wear your rings your
/ own" she is asked. Yes, yes; my
invention Madame Bernhard holds
aloft her emeralded thumb. = IN
dc!stand the wearing Of the thumb
ring. 1t suited my hand, and I placed
it there. But I did not say 70 Othcr
women, Go and do likewise. Women
should dress to suit themselves Each
one to her own individual style. They
should follow no leader. | invented
the rpousquetaiTe glove. ! wore it.
What an absurdity followed. Stout
and short arms rushed inl0 it. tnG
how thin I was! SO t1in that the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-23
rs TT AN EPIDEMIC7
Vital Statistics show an Alarming
Increase in an Already Prevailing
DiSease-Are Any Exemptg

Increase in an Already Prevailing
Disea-se-Are Any Exempts
| At no time in the history of disease
has there been such an alarming in
crease in the number of cases of any
! particular malady as in that of kid
i ney and bladder troubles now preying
upon the people of this country.
To-day We see q relative. a friend
on an acquaintance apparently wen,
and in few days we may be grieved
to learn OF their serious illness or sud
den death, caused by that fatal type
Of kidney trouble-Bright's Disease.
Kidney trouble often becomes ad-
vancai into acute stages before the
afflicted is aware of its presence: that
is why We read of so many sudden
deaths of prominent business and pro
fessional men, physicians, and others.
They have neglected to stop the leak
in time.
While scientists are puzzling their
brains 10 find out the cause, each in
dividual can, by a little precaution,
avoid the chances of contracting
dreaded and dangerous kidney trouble,
or eradicate it completely from their
system if already afflicted. Many pre-
cious lives might have been, and many
more can yet be saved, by paying at
tention to the kidneys
Write to-day to Dr. Kilmer & Co,
Binghamton. n. Y, for a free sample
bottle of Swamp-Root. the celebrated
specific which is having such a great
demand and remarkable success in the
cure of the most distressing kidney
and bladder troubles. With the SAM
/ pie bottle of Swamp-Root will also De
sent free a pamphlet and treatise of
valuable information.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-23

by Miss Chaser is missed by the rea-
sonaoly attentive auritod, and, wlthal,
she is as prey as pi1Ii shoes. If she
were given a good opera, she would he
certain to jump into national popular
IT. long before the end OF her first
i season.
~. 1t is stating the case in the mildest
possible manner to say that sweet
Anne rage is not good comic opera.
The Iibretto might have been written
by schoolboys, Or it may have been
slapped together in a day Or two for
use at a gambol of the Lambs, but it IS
impossible to regard it as the well con-
sidered effort of two men who have ar
rived at the age of discretion. True
I there are a good many laughs in
! Sweet Anne Page" but they are all
n produced by references to matters con-
Injected with the stage. and they all
aome from those in the audience who
axe allied with the theatrical profess
siAp. As these people are invariably
admitted free, the fact that one is al
fordfNg them amusement is of little
import. especially on salary day. The
lay au&itor-the fellow who pays his
money 70 see the show-does not I'M
derstandN most OF these illusions and
secretly Kesents the Interpolation Of
matter which is unintelligible save to
a select few, In other words. no
comic opera\ that I know of has ever
succeeded when it was weighted down
by shop talk which made the actors
laugh and which was put into the work
simply for the purpose of pleasing any
manager to whom the piece might be
submitted.
The cast of Sweet Anne Page" was
generally competent, and Alexander
Clark as Kafoozalum was exceptional
Nv good This actor is bound to be a
shining light some day when he hap
pens to strike exactly the right role
Anne Page. ........:........:....L Lulu Chaser
e Dame Martha Page. Josie Intropidi
Tom styles. a yeomau. Arthur Donaldson
A6Fam Yeomen Ihom R5n E Mhif Gnr2d
Justice Sir Fuddlestone Portisigh.'..
:; Gilbert CLAYTON
= CleNAaf Court....,........R Randolph Curry
Landlorg II aThe Kings Arms m = W"'e
Clutch crinlsoG6eak a prisoner IN :" i'''p' e''"
n.s..............%, $3.50. Harry Wiegand
mrier ole Norman
Tpstaff. ............... l. D Schlenk
NSOuilIi. NjSDofAe Clemson
"The Splight1y Romance\of Marsac. '
comedy in three acts by Molly Elliot
1 Seawell and William Young which is
= the current attraction at the Repub. C
The2ter in this city is one of the
brightest little things offered New
orkers for some time. It is by no
rs a great work. and II doesn't
to be. but it is lively. or. as S
icates. sprightly. Maclyn Ar
featured in this production.
pression created In the prin-
this always excellent far
Stinctly favorable. Ed
to whom is assigned
Hful part Of Fontaine,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-23

wishing once moro to try the matri-
mOnial experiment and net being
ayer5e TO being saddled with the re-
sp0nsibility of a fortune, she matches
plan whereby she may become Mrs.
Fontaine. She accordingly offers to
accept FOntaines note at 80 days for
the amount of the Indebtedness. Fon-
tame signs the paper. which is really
a promise to marry the widow. and
Marsacs name is appended as witness.
Naturally, this paper later causes
trouble.
Meanwhile. after Fontaine has sue
ceeded in pclsuading himself that the
tale OF his good luck is perhaps true
after al and that he is a millionaire.
Marsac COnfldes to him that he is the
author of the story in the newspaper.
Marsac enjoins silence: FO0tainc pro-
tests unayaiIingly They are inter
rupted by the arrival of messengers
from tradesmen, all seeking the 0ppOr-
tunity to again serve the man whom
but a short time before they had been
dunning. Good luck seems to pour in
upOn the pair and the only thing which
money can give that they do not have
is the money itself. This causes sew
eral amusing little episodes concern
ing the giving Of tips to walters and
other servants with their last francs.
N2rsac and Fontaine meet a stran-
ger when the clouds again begin to
lower, He is from the United States
and agrees to help them. They re-
gard him as a sharper, but accept his
aid. All goes we'll for time, with
the stranger Incorporating as Uncle
Maurice, the, gentleman by whose
death in America FOntaine is supposed
to have become a. millionaire 1t is
needless to add that this is the real
Uncle Maurice. who conceals his iden-
tity up to the last moment, and that he
is enormously wealthy. The play
wrights have very craftily made it
possible for the auditor to sympathize
with Marsac by causing him 10 repu-
diate the man from America when he
imagines that the latter is bent upon
swindling Dupont, his friend and
father Of the fancee of Fontaine.
This does not read so we'll as il PLAYS
for the very manifest reason that the
little bits which cannot be told with
in the scope of a brief "critique' are
the very things which combine to
make the success of a play like The
Sprightly Romance Of Marsac" The
cast, excellent with only a couple of
exceptions, was as follows:
Marsac. .....................M aciyn Arbuc<le
Fonta:ne an artist.............E. s. Abeles
Mons. Duval. wealthy brewer. 80.
......................Wi William J. Ferguson
''Uncle Maudice'' Fontaine. Horace Lewis
Becasse. restaurateur. Henry Bergman
Landafs. tailor. 1900. Charles Charters
Mons. Pompignol, notary. Claude Brooke
Josepn ......................N William Lander
Delphine ....................N Margaret RULER
Claire. Sajdol MilfNen
Nine. Fleurv 0bll:ott PaTN
Nine schmid-..........! ura ciemenS
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-23
ITALIANS IN FEAR.
Consul Appeals for Aid to Prevent
Threatened Race War.

Threatened Race War.
DENVER. December 22-Mr Joseph
Cuneo, Italian CONSUL made an appeal 10
Governor Thomas for protection of his
countrymen involved in Il threatened race
war at Florence. Ibis request was that
pressure be brought on the Fremont coun-
" authorities to exercise all precautions
at their command to prevent an outbreak
and if necessary to call out the militia.
The consul also wired the Italian ambas-
sador at Washington to appeal to Pres-
dent Mckinley for federal aid, should
the State authorities be unable to cope
with the situation
The threatened trouble is the result of
the importation of number of Italians
to work in smelter for the treatment
of gold ore. The mill and smoltermen's
union have objected, but no serious ac-
ton has been taken. though threats are
said TO have been made. Edward Seed,
an crlploye of the smelter was killed
yesterday apparently by accident by one
of the Italians. This incident has increas-
ed the bitter feeling and a race war has
been predicted.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-23
ALL AMERICAN CITIZENS.

SAN FRANCISCO, December e.
Eighty Chinese of the crew of the
transport Hancock, have been dis
charged by the government and will
be returned to China on the steamer
Coptic The Hancock now has a crew
Of white men, all OF them American
citizens.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-23

On New Years day the Ladies Aux
iliary, Knights of St John will rem
der the thrilling military drama the
Confederate Spy" at the Carroll Club
auditorium. A matinee will be given
in the afternoon. The drama is in
tensely interesting, with vein OF wit
running through it, and is put on in
five acts. Indications point to a large
attendance at both performances.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-23

Christmas will be celebrated at the
Opera House this year by the appear
ance Of the two most popular players,
Creston Clarke and Miss Adelaide
Prince. who will be seen in two per-
formances. matinee and night. The
special holiday matinee offering will be
Robertson famous comedy, David
Garrick," in which Mr.. Clarke is seen to
special advantage as Garrick, the lead
ing actor Of his day. Jerome X Je-
romes one act play Barbara" will be
given as a curtain raiser" a novelty
that promises to be most acceptable
On Christmas night, Mr. Clarke will
present splendid scenic production Of
his own romantic play, The Last Of
His Race, which will be recalled as
one Of the very best plays Of its kind
ever seen in this city A warm well
come and crowded houses seem assured
for Mr.. Clarke.