Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-10-20

Manhattan Theatre, New York, last
Tuesday evening in Miranda of the
Balcony" She scored great success,
and her receipts for the opening nirht
were larger than those of Tess of the
D'Ubervilles."
The October dinner of the Forty Club
in Chicago will be given at the We'll
lington on Oct. %, and the list OF club
guests includes William Fl. Crane,
Chauncy Olcott, Robert Drouet and
Henry Jewett.
Peter f. Daley in Champagne Char
lie was roasted by the local press in
Philadelphia, and his engagement of
two weeks at the Walnut Street Thea
ire is proving anything but profitable.
An attempt Is being made to improve
the comedy, and If it is not successful
withdrawal of Champagne Charlie will
follow, and Mr.. Daley and his COM
pany will use another play.
The will of the late James Booth
Roberts was admitted to probate in
Philadelphia on Oct. 10. The old actor
bequeaths to his nephew, DR.. Alfred
Percy Roberts, a jeweled sword, pre-
scented to him by the citizens of Will
mington, Del, a suit of steel armor and
such prints and paintings as the
nephew may desire. The library col
lected by Mr.. Roberts, which contains
many treasures, and his handsome the
atrical wardrobe will be sold, accord
ing to his direction, for the benefit of
his other heirs.
Little George Cadieux, son OF M. A..
Cadieux, and the Dickey in the school
scene of Tom Moore, Andrew Mack 8
play. although but five and half years
old, has been model for artists and is
now playing his first speaking part.
One day last week Master George call
ed upon Cardinal Gibbons in Baltimore
and amused that preiate by going
through mis- part in the play, being re-
warded with a blessing.
Chauncey Olcott opened at McVick-
er's Theatre in Chicago last week be-
fore an immense audience in Garrett
O'Magh. The scene is laid in Ireland
in 1872, and the stage pictures are ac-
curate, as Mr.. Olcotts stage manager,
Luke Martin, was there at the time.
Sadie Martinot's return to the Bos-
ton stage is most emphatically the con-
spicuous dramatic feature of the week
in that city, and the capacity of the
Park Theatre was tested to see her in
Clyde Fitch's The Marriage Game.
Miss Martinez cannot be said to own
Boston, for she has always been IA
vorite ever since the days of the old
stock company at the Museum, and her
visits since that time have continued
her popularity. Her new comedy
shows her cleverness to special advan-
tage, and she was splendidly received.
Her company, too, is unusually strong.
Maude Adams opened her season at
Toledo, O., by presenting for the first
time j. NJ. Barrie's comedy, Quality
Street, play of English life during
Napoleon's time. Miss Adams plays
the role of Phoebe Throssel girl liv-
ing in a small English town and in
love with doctor. who does not re-
turn her affection. He goes to the war
and does not return for many yea; s.
During this time Phoebe has waited for
him. She and her sister become poor,
and when the doctor comes home at
last she wins him by impersonating his
niece and acting with the blitheness
of the Phoebe of old.
At the Garden Theatre in New York
City last week e. H. Sothern confessed
the failure of Richard Lovelace by Of
fering new play, II were King. a
four-act romantic drama by Justin
Huntley Mccarthy. There was present
very large audience, for much had
been said about this new play based
upon the individually picturesque per.
sonality of Francois yillon, the poet
the knave, the vagabond, made most
familiar to modern readers perhaps by
the late Robert Louis Stevenson's tale
"a Lodging for the Night" which has