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The times., 1901-04-28

ton OF comedy and heart interest ele-
ment to make the play. These the authors,
Arthur Shirley and Benjamin Landeck.
are said to have introduced so that the
play appeals with equal VigOr to all tastes.
From Scotland Yard viii be produced
with an equipment of scenery which de-
picts life in London and in the province
villages. There are five acts, and in these
some fourteen scenes
The times., 1901-04-28
The Academy-..Dangers of rnris.n

The Academy-E'Dangers of Paris"
Dangers OF Paris meIodrama which
is at present in its sixth year in England,
viii be produced at the Academy next
week. 1t has not been seen heretofore
in America, owing to the expense Of the
production, which is said to contain nine
elaborate sets of scenery, and the fact
that the authors set a price upon their
work which few managers felt like pay
ing. After some trouble, Mittenthal Bros.
succeeded in purchasing the rights to the
play, and VIII present it with a fun scenic
equipment. and with n cast said to be
strong. and evenly balanced. Not only
are the principal leading parts in compe-
tent hands. but. according to the manage
ment, especial attention has been paid to
the casting Of the small parts. which,
badly played, often mar an otherwise per-
teCt performance.
In these days of stage realism il seems
almost impossible to devise new mechani-
cal and scenic effects. The brains of the
been employed for the last few years
more in the contrivance Of adroit climax
IS than IN the construction OF sensible
stories. A play which is both well con-
structed and fun of startling situations
must inevitably become popular. The
Dangers of Paris" however is said to
embody all these good qualities Sever
al situations never before attempted on
the stage are reputed to occur in the play
one Is the blowing of glass bottles in a
glass factory; another the crossing of a
fafls street on telegraph wires by the
mere Inc leading character is said to be
moueIed along the lines of Victor Hugos
Jean NalJean. in Les Miserables,"
Ibe usual Tuesday. THURSDAY and Sat
nruty maUnees will be given.
The times., 1901-04-28

'I commanded 10i men for nine years. -
said Capt. Charles Eddy, who is direct
ing the Keith spectacular production
THE Pageant Of Nations" at Chase's
New Grand, but ! find greater difficulty
in directing the forty young ladies now
under my charge. Nevertheless. they
have become most proficient, and as YOU
may have observed. their cadence and
precision in all the varied military evolu-
tions they 30 through are equal to that
Of War-tried veterans. The result has
been accomplished only by the most rigid
discipline. indeed, il is of a kind that YOU
would hardly believe the young women
would submit 10, judging from the eXpe-
rience OF stage managers with comic opera
ChOruses.
Il solved the problem in the beginning
by refusing to engage veterans of the
front line of the chorus. and secured
young women Of talent and comeliness,
whose stage experience was 50 limited a
not TO have yet disclosed to them the al
legged charms of cab rides TO the theatre,
diamonds, and frOnt-rOw admirers, which
are the COuCOmitautS of the stage career
of the average New York chorus girl. No.
l won't claim they are poor and honest
but / DO say that they are girls Of high
repute at home and amenable to the regu-
latiOns ! have prescribed. which, as their
own Judgment shows them eVentuate i'm
promoting their best interests Why?
Simply because ii they conduct themselves
properly they can enjoy an engagement
Ol Il WnOlC season duration ana earn 4
salary far larger than IS commanded by
the average young woman who supports
herself in the various lines peculiar TO
her sex.
There are three female chaperOus who
travel with the girls and who are respon-
sible to me for their good conduct off
the stage, while 1 look after them be
hind the footights. In the first place,
while in public, on trains, or in convey
ances, they are not permitted to talk
shop That is rule first promulgated
by Charles Frohman and it is Il good
one. Instead of being known as profess
sional women. they are often mistaken
for female seminary on an outing and
myself as the supposedly learned peda-
gogue in charge. They are all lodged at
one hotel and Immediately upon their re-
turn from the theatre at night they are
sent TO their rooms During the day be
tween performances they are guided
around to various points of interest and
given fun opportunity to see the cities
they visit on the stage they must work
and there is no ogling Of admirers out
front ana no 'Johnnies' in waiting at
The times., 1901-04-28

Burlesque managers frankly admit they
do not know what the future holds for
them and that for the present they are
cropping blindly, vainly deavoring to find
something new that will bring back the
business they enjoyed few years ago.
Many managers who have visited Wash
ington during the past season claim the
only salvation for their style of perform
ance lies in stock companies being in
stalled in many of the theatres that have
been devoted to the travelling burlesque
organizations.
The association of managers which was
formed some months ago and organized
as the Empire Circuit. believed they would
be able TO put q check upon The blight
that has struck burlesque business, but
SO TAR they have not apparently succeeded
in improving the state of affairs II NAV
be that another season will see the condf-
tion somewhat brighter. but it is very
evident TO the average attendant of bur
lesque that the period of prosperity is
practically over for the ma iority of the
travelling combinations.
While Manager Wegefarth Of the Bijou
Theatre has not made any definite an
nouncement Of his plans for next year. it
is understood that he cOntemDldtes inau-
gurating a stock company at his house
not the ordinary stock burlesque com
pany, but an aggregation that will COM
more pretentiOuS ones. The scope of
the plan is quite comprehensive and it
Is intended to give Washingtonians
company that will follow the lines of
Weber & Fields in New York, although
perhaps not quite so elaborate
Mr.. Wegefarth will have his new house
in Baltimore ready by next season and
with company in each theatre IL wOuld
be an easy matter to send the Washing
ton company over to Baltimore for
week while the other organization was
entertaining the patrons of the Bijou. He
has been figuring very seriously on such
a scheme and believes it can be made a
great success
one thing is certain: The local theatres
will not be surfeited with travelling bur
lesoue another year as they have for the
past two seasons.
The times., 1901-04-28

Efie Darling, Henrietta Newman, and
Violet kimball. "Rosedale" will be the
first production under the stage direction
of William SEYMOUR There will be matt
nees Wednesday and Saturday, as usual.
The times., 1901-04-28

Apropos of Manager Wegefarth and his
plans, The Devils Daughter" which will
occupy the Court Street Theatre. Buffalo
during the Exposition, will be showed to
Washingtonians in few weeks prepara-
tory to being sent to Buffalo. The COM
pany is said to be one Of the largest ever
organized for the presentation of bur
lesQue, and if the press agent is to be be-
lieVed there will be over one hundred
names on the salary list. A number of
prominent comedians will be al the head
of the company, while two prima dOnnas
have been secured for the engagement
The Devils Daughter win be brought
to this city for q Saturday night opening
at the Biiou and will remain during the
following week, after which it will be i'm
mediately sent to the exposition for the
summer
The times., 1901-04-28

Manager r Daniel Frawley, the we'll
known Washington player, whose stock
company is one of the landmarks of San
Francisco, has been in New York during
the past week selecting players for his
company and securing options of plays
for his use during the coming engagement
of the FraWley company in Frisco this
summer Among the actors he VIII pre-
sent is Mr.. 4. J. Morgan, who VIII appear
as Sydney Carton in The Only Way.
Several other capable actors were added
to the Frawley roster during the week.
The name of Strakosch has been fa-
miliar to all lovers Of grand opera for
many seasons, as it has been long iden-
titled with the higher sphere of music
and is invariably guarantee of good
productions Last week was no exception
TO the rule in the entertainments offered
by the Strakosch Opera Company AT the
Grand. The numbers proved 10 be thor
Oughiy enjoyable in every sense and in
cluded scenes from ''TrOVatOre, and the
quartette from 'Rigoletto." set of Sc
lectiOns difficult to improve upon from
popular point of view. The act is but
another of those the dignity of which has
served 10 convert the old term variety
into that of vaudeville and has elevated
the continuous stage to the plane of the
average regular theatre.
The StrakOSch company, which consists
of a perfectly balanced quartette, is head
ed by Madame Harriet Avery -StrakOsch.
who is by no means a stranger To Wash
ingtOu. having appeared here a little more
than year ago as the prima donna of
the Strakosch Opera Company. which
gave season of grand opera at the La
fayette Theatre. She is a BaltimOrean
by birth. and was a pupil of Dr. Kim
ball of this city. She received all her
training in the United States and has
never even sung abroad and so may be
considered strictly and exclusively an
American possession. Madame StrdkOsch
chatted interestingly one afternoon last
week to a Times interviewer anent her
vaudeville tour.
time" she said. AT least it looks so
lust now. The experiences Of opera com
panies recently demonstrate 70 my mind
the fact that the public is tired of grand
opera 1t wants something new. The old
works have been heard so often now that
the people are satated and II is next
to impossible TO get an audience TO sit
through a performance believe that if
the managers would consent ia let opera
rest for few years, and so inculCaJe q
desire for it. then its revival would un-
doubtedly prove glorious success. We
were here about q year ago at the La
fayette Opera House, and had some @f
the best people to be secured outside the.
Metropolitan. The performances We're ex-
cellent. hut the people failed 20 respond
and we were forced 60 abandon the sea
son. That is why | am ii vaudeville. 1t
is much easier and the four numbers We
people want now
II think we Americans are a nervous
race, and are not content with one thing
for very long, and | look upon the sue
proof Of the native desire for a panO-
ramic existence. Then vaudeville is a
st. When | think of all the work and
worry attached TO season of opera 1
The times., 1901-04-28

The English newspapers are giving
great deal of space to an American vaude
vile artistic who is evidently having
things very much her own way with the
Britishers. She is Bessie BOnehill. whom
local vaudeville patrons viii remember
having seen at the Academy of Music
during the Hashim regime. and who cap
tiVated every body by her pleasing act
Miss Bonehill is English by birth, but has
become a resident of the United States,
and her adopted country is justly proud
of her success abroad.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28
MaFriad To-iay.

AT high noon o.day at the homo
of the bride, South Side, Mr.. Gill
bert Miller Hernsbarger will be
united in marriage to Mics Sarah
Long, daughter of Mr and Mrs
james w. Long The couple will
be attended by Miss Fannie Long,
a sister of the bride, and gentle
man from Washington. Immedi-
ately after the ceremony the happy
young couple will leave on an ex.
tended wedding trip. and upon
their return will take up their resi-
denoe at New Market, Virginia.
The bride is one of Mason county's
most popular aud cultured young
ladies, and all who know her here
in Point Pleasant will join in with
the Register in Wishing her much
happiness.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28
Baden.

Correspondence, goth.
w. Ell. Sommer went to Pittsburg
Saturday, with some stock.
Rev. Conoly preached to large
congregation at Baden, Sunday.
Miss Blanche Brannon was Yis-
itor to this place this morning.
Mrs. Fannie Kintzle is visiting
her sister at Wildwood, this week,
Born, to j. q. Kintzle and wife,
a ten pound boy, Thursday.
Born, to w. Sayre and wife, g
daughter, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Graham
were the guests of T. d. burst
Sunday.
Miss Lutte was the guest of Miss
Sommer Sunday. GOOD GIRL.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28
wnmen Not EIInIble.

Denver, Aug. 22,-The general coun
Gil of the American Bar association
has decided that women are not elig
ible for membership in the association
under the present constitution. This
question was decided in the case OF
Mrs. Jane b. OFT OF Dyersville, Ia
who had applied for membership. The
council was almost evenly Divided on
the question. 1t was finally decided
to let the matter go oyei year and
then take up the question of appoint.
ing committees to draft an amend
ment to TIE constitution which will
make women eligible.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28
Great Snakesl

Romney Times.
When Frank Messiok went to
his saw mill last Tuesday morning
on Mill Run, he in company with
Henry Haffer, Jr, saw three large
rattle snakes lying close to the
spring nearby, and after some
fighting killed them. The largest
one was three inches in diameter,
and the three combined in length
were 10 feet and four inches.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28
Grand Annual Maolinao Island and De-
ffoit Excursion.

on Thursday, september 9TH, the Ohio Cen
trail Lines VIII run their Popular Annual
Mackinac Excursion via the O.. & ID. HaNlga-
ton Co.'S Steamer nclty OF Alpena.n Fare
for the round trip viii be 800 from. Charles
ton, 5000 from Point Pheasant, GallIpoiis,
Pomeroy, AitddlePort and Athens, So 90 from
atelS low rates from all other stations to
MnckInac Island and rate to Detroit will be
50 90 less,
A SPECIAL. Train will run to connect with
Steamer Getty of AIpenan leaving Toledo,
Ohio Central Dock, at 4 90 p. M, Sept. 9th.
RETURN LIMIT. Tickets viii be good leaV-
ing MaclSlnac until Wednesday,, September
18th, and Detroit September 18th.
SToP.OVEF. Mncktnac tickets will he
good Tor stop over at Detroit ON return trip
only, within limit, and must be used leaving
Detroit not later than September 10th. Rag
gage Will be checked through.
Further and detail Information can be oh
tanned by calling ON or 0ddrt sSing any a gent
OF the Ohio Central Lines.
w, A. PETERS,
Pass. Agent, Columbus, q.
Il, f.. HEINER,
Pass. Agt X. & NJ. Ry.,
Charleston, w. VA.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28
Big Order.

The Mountain State Brick and
Tile Works of Point Pleasant. re.
oeived an order yesterday for
100000 building brick, and accept
ed it. This company is getting a
national reputation for making the
best building brick in the whole
country, and if orders keep on
orowding in on the company they
will have to greatly increase their
capacity for brick.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28
sohleY count OF lnaulrY.

Washington, Aug. 22.-Acting Sec
rotary Hackett sent a messenger tc
Admiral Schley's counsel, requesting
their appearance at the navy depart
ment In his message Mr.. Hackett
stated he desired to see the lawyers
on important matters. Admiral
Admiral Schley's counsel have framed
a reply to Mr.. Hacketts communica.
ton, expressing the departments un
Willingness to further question Ad
mIral Hon sons qualifications as q
member of the board of inquiry.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28
Icire Near Cheshire.

The two story frame residence OF
James A. Swisher, just below
Cheshire, was entirely destroyed
by fire at 8 O'Clock Mondty along
with psrt of the conten's.
The residence WAS valued at 81,
500. Mr.. Swisher carried $1,000
insurance on his home and $500
on his household effects Gallipo-
lie JournAI
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28
a Good Idea.
WheeIIne Register.

Wheeling Register.
According to Nj ~gantown
telegram the Executive mmittee
of ito State b AS .irtion is
moving for law to IN fish the
Justice of the Feace The idea is
to establish county judge in each
county to sit at regular intervals
in various parts of the county in
which he presidee.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28
Japan and Manchuria.

Toxic, Aug. 22.-The national press
is still dwelling upon the failure OF
the counsel of the powers to bring the
Manchurian question to definite set.
Element. and strongly insists that all
the peace negotiation will prove a
sham until such settlement is made.
Russia is recognized as the only gain
.er in the whole course of the Chinese
trouble, and that she has carried all
points in the peace arrangements is
universally conceded
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28
Dead.

Mrs. Charles Smith, of Hender-
son, died at 8 O'Clock a. m, Tues
day, August Goth, 1901, of typhoid
pneumonia. She leaves husband
and three children, and many
friends, who mourn her death.
Her funeral will take place today;
interment in Henderson cemetery.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28

Mr.. L. N.-Bess, of Huntington,
yesterday bought from Mr.. Harvey
Mourning, his six acre melon
patch located on the Judge Eng
lish farm, just above the Fair
Grounds. He will ship the melons
to Huntington.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28

Judge Raybrn is busy man in
his court just now. Every day is
trial day with him. He is fair
and impartial Magistrate, and that
is why SO many suits are brought
in his court.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28
EeI over a PreeioIee.

San Bernardino. Cal. Aug 22.-Mel-
Vile Nevin. %. a resident of Missouri.
while hunting in Lyttle Creek canon,
is miles northwest of this city. fell
from preclpice over the Bonita Falls
and broke his neck
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28

The,goodlratns we are now hav-
ing all over the country, will helE
the crops.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28

Miss Mary Hogg very pleasantly
entertained few of her young
friends yesterday afternoon at her
home in the extension. Delight,
full refreshments were served and
highly enjoyed by all present.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28

Every morning scores of our
country friends invade the ,oity
with everything under the sun for
for sale and they sell it, too, not
" thetanding the high prices asked
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28
VeaseI CansIzea.

Brest, Aug. pa vessel carryipg
passengers between Pleubian and
pleucrant capsized at Treuger. Is
persons being drowned. including Il .
family of Anatole Lebraz. novelist
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28
NIay be Justined.

MOrgantown Dominion.
1t may be that all claims of the
street trust are justified. by facts,
but we have our doubts. Accord
ing to the trust claims, the strike
was born lettering and will soon
fall down. Well, let us wait and
see if it does.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28
The oOitY of Alpenan

WIN leave Toledo (Ohio Central DoclS) Mt
100 u, M, Thursday September 9th, on mr.
rival OF Special Train from along the Ohio
Central Lines with the MuclSinac excursion.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28

Rheumatism being oonse-
quenoe of indigestion, there ought
to he something in the starvation
cure which aims to give the over
loaded stomach a chance to rest
and tone up. The starvation cure
has the merit, also, of oheapness.
1t Just makes little darkey's
eyes bulge out when he looks at
the wagon loads of fine melons
coming to town every day, and not
n nickel to get one. But he never
gets left; if he can't buy n melon,
he begs it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28

Good, hard dollars cannot be
earned by dreaming about them.
Only hard work, oeaseless think
ing, and better advertising earn
them.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28

You will remember that Napo.
leon the Great declared that his
tory was only a series oflies agreed
upon. Wonder what Admiral
Sohley thinks of it2
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28
GA - 10 n "a
BOars tho The Kind You Hae Always Bought
Signature ss z12NIzal

Ten dollars invested monthly in
advertising in one puper, at the end
of twelve months, will bring you a
larger increment upon your prinoi-
pal than would one hundred and
twenty dollars spent one month in
twelve papers.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28

The b. 81 .. is going to make
many improvements. Just what
these are and where they are is
hard to tell but the fact that the
railroad people are talking good
deal, is good evidence that we may
expect somethir g to be done, here
abouts.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28

Mr.. e b. Jones shipped a car
load of fine melons to Columbus,
yesterday. 1t is said that he has
the finest water melon patch in
the county on his Eight mile farm
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28
A FLOATING Palace

Is the Steamer "City OF AIpena," the finest
Passenger steamer of the u. & @. Navigation
Co.'S Fleet. This steamer Will carry the big
Ohio Central Lines excursion To MnckinRC
and Detroit, Thursday, sept. 5th.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28

De possum's sweet, de hoecake's good,
But, Lawd a-massy, chillun,
Dere's nothin in it all de way
Wild juicy water million.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28

Now it is said whiskey and bran
dy will not kill germs and bacteria.
This will come as a rude shook TO
many thirsty souls.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28

There has been for several days
an awful stenoh permeating every
quarter of the town. What is it?
Where does it como from2 The
Board of Health should investigate.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28

Confisoation has always been a
favorite English weapon. The
only thing surprising about Kitch-
ener's introduction of it in South
Africa was that he did not do so
earlier.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28

The Morning News, of Parkers'
burg, is now numbered among the
Daily Registers exchanges 1t is
beyond all odds, the best paper
published in Parkersburg, not con-
sidering it's politics. The Register
values it as an exchange very
highly.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28
Labor Day.

Monday, September 10th, 1901,
is Labor Day in West Virginia. 1t
is a legal holiday, and s.,ould be
observed by all working people.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28

1t is funny thing that most
every time either mans wife
care enough for other men
to suit him or she cares too much.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28

There are some pretty bad smell
ing pig pens in town. That such
things can exist in a decent town,
is unaccountable.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28
ThursdaY, september an

Don't forget Its the date of the big eN-
cursIon to Mackinnc Island Via Ohio Central
Lines and the ID. * g. NaNigation Co.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-28

If the telephone poles take up
much more of the sidewalks, how
will the push.oarts be enabled to
use them2