Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-10-27

/ by one, and reveal a picture OF the
| gates of Paradise, with Mephisto APP
pealng to the archangel surrounded Dy
his host. The choral and vocal work,
which partakes of the nature OF an ora
torio with high lyric soprano voicing
the recitative as Satan listens in mock
cry adds solemnity and beauty to
prologue that delights the eye by the
rapidly changing cloud and light effects
while the ear is charmed by the music
al numbers. All this in connection
with Lewis Morrison's magnificent in
depreciation of Mephisto will doubtless
prove strong magnet at the Opera
House on Friday, November l.
Brother Officers" the play which
ran all last season at the Empire The
atre, New York, and which is to be pre-
scented by Howard Gould and a splen-
did company, under the direction of w.
NJ. Wilkinson, with the entire original
New York production, next Tuesday,
October 20, at the Opera House, is de-
scribed as human tale with all the
interesting qualities requisite in sue
cessful and popular play It's story
like Caste" has military flavor, deals
with social contrasts, and might also
take Robertsons True Hearts are
More Than Coronets," for its motto.
Howard Gould plays the part of Lieut..
John Kinds, manly, good hearted
young fellow, who has been promoted
from the ranks and finds himself sud
denly set down in the midst of the
First Lancers and its guests. He has
sprung from the gutter and for gallant
conduct has been gaZetted mo the
First Lancers, every officer of the Reg
iment being a swell of the swells. The
young Lieutenant has reached the goal
of his ambition only to find that he Is
dreadfully out of place, and that while
he has the feelings of gentleman, he
has neither the speech nor the manners
of one. He is rough diamond that
sorely needs polishing. He begs one of
his brother officers, Lieut.. Pleydell,
whose life he has saved, and who feels
eternally graceful to him, to show him
how to be a gentleman" The COM
partnership of this sterling, whole
souled fellow has made men of more
than one of his comrades, and they
nearly all give him a hand, and pro-
mise to lick him into shape" socially.
Being one of the Lancers. the doors of
certain fashionable houses are open to
him, and the good, dear fellow falls
hopelessly in love with Baroness Roy
den Miss Suzanne Santje) whom
Pleydell himself hopes to marry. Va
rious threads are woven into the story
and Kinds is eventually called upon
he believes-to make great sacrifice
for the woman he loves.
The comedy element in The Village
Pos, master" the big New York sue
cess. which will be given at the Opera
House, on Friday, November Is, is
said to be exceedingly strong, the
characters all being bodily drawn and
with just enough exaggeration in those
intended to carry the humor of the sto-
ry to make them especially appealing.
The period selected-1852-af OPP
portunities for picturesqueness in
dress, and the quaint costuming of that
day are exceptionally becoming to the
young ladies' of the cast, who exhibit
rare beauty as well as decided talent
and give truth and force to the charac-
ters interpreted. The same big produc-
ton will be seen here as given during
the run of OPT nights in New York, and
125 nights in Chicago. as the company
carries all the special scenery and pro-
perties required. An excellent compa-
ny will be seen here, including many of
the original cast.