Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-07-28

to be made after the holidays when
Rich q Harris contemplate presenting
Meilhac and Halevy's comedy as the
Wednesday matinee bill for the re-
mainder OF Miss Lipman's season with
MIR. Mann. He will support Miss Lip
man In "Fron- Frou." in the role of Bril-
gard. These dual stars will open their
season in the new comedy Paul Potter
has written for them, but the date OF
the first performance has not yet been
fixed.
Many startling reports of Wild doings
in Paris as the result of excessive heat
come from that city. The correspond
ent of New York newspaper seems to
be among the effected Several weeks
ago he cabled his paper that klaw a
Erlanger had offered the Italian COM
poser. Pietro Mascagni. $4,000 money
in bank before departure for America,
| for ten weeks tour of his orchestra,
under his direction, in this country.
Feeling that this statement was re-
| Election on their business common
sense. klaw 4 ErlanEer promptly de-
uied the report. Saturday. the 20tn
| inst, heat was again excessive in Paris.
| and the above mentioned correspondent
| had n relapse On the cable news page
| of his paper there appeared the next
| day another dream. This time he said
! Nav q granger We're endeayoring to
| cancel their contract witwh the Italian
| composer because Mascagni had refused
| to let his hair grow long like Pader-
| ewsh TO give him the appearance of
| inspired genius SO necessary to make
| him attractive To women. The last ca
| blegram is only a little more absurd
| than the original report and both are
absolutely false.
| Nixon & Hlmmerman's English pro-
| duetion. THE Messenger Boy pre-
| scented by an American company, with
| James T. Powers In the title role, Will
receive It's premiere In this country in
| New Haven, Thursday, Sept 18th, OPEN
Ing Its New York run at Days Theater
Monday, Sept 10th. Rehearsals Will
begin August 9th, under the direction
/ of Herbert Gresham and Ben Teal.
| Mary Mannering's route In Janice
| Meredith the coming season will in
ciude tour of the Pacific coast begin
| ming the latter part of December She
opens her season in Trenton N. j..
| Sept. 26th, following Waterbury and
81 .Igeport with a run of three weeks
at the Colonial theatre In Boston Sept
30th.
VIII A. Mcconnell has been the sub
ject of many merclless gibe in the
Theatrical Managers Cub over his an
nouneement that he proposed to ele-
vate' the stage the coming season while
supporting Peter f. Daley in Cham
payne Charlie" Nothing ever feazes
Mcconnell, and his only reply WAS to
declare himself more emphatieally. Its
| about time the stage was elevated,
he said, and | am the little white
haired boy who Is going to do 1t. Our
| great artists are pulling the stage
| down. Joseph Jefferson's great hit Is a
| drunen vagaoond, Mansfield succeeds
best with his awful 'Jekyll anu Hyde.
Eddie Sothern makes "A hit In Hamlet,
killing his father and mother every
night. and Leslie Carter draws great
houses as a grass widow without a
lawn mower. Now, this has all got to
end. and it's up to me as the real thing
to stop 1t. Gus Thomas has written
an up-to-date theatrical manager-no
carieature. but the real thing-and rs
this is the silly season, he thinks ! am
the one to throw the gaff into the pup
lie. At the Lambs Club they think
am an agent. At the Managers Club
they know | am an actor and am ex-
pecting to be expelled shortly, as actors
are not eligible to membership. But as
actors have more money than managers
| | shall not mourn. The actor In these
days when the strict business rules OF
the Syndicate dominate, gets his, while
the manager has to pay his oils and do
all his guessing on the ponies.
Hip Song, a Chinaman who has a
| garden trunk farm on Long island, was
one of the heavy winners on Compute
in the $4,000 race at Sheepshead. He
cashed in $4,000, and for most OF 1t got
as high as 20 to 1. Hip played Com
| pute to win and was persistent in his
| belief that the horse could not lose.
There was much rejoicing in Chinatown
| las. Sunday and Hip told how he hap
| pened to pick the winner. saying Find
| five flo leaf clovel, Sousa play San Toy
| music alec samee time. Have bunch on
| Compute likee Mclean man. Flo leaf
cloyel mean goods luck. San Toy mean
good luck; how can losee?"
William Collier, VINO makes his first
| tour under Mr.. Lifts management, Will
open at the Montauk Theatre. Brooklyn.
Labor Day. and travel thence westward
to the coast, presenting "On the Quiet,
that had such phenomenal run at the
Madison Square last season. In Feb
ruary Mr. Collier will return to New
York. when he will produce new play
by Martha Morton. For ION the Quiet"
his supporting comapny will include
Louise Allen, Cranley Douglas, Helena
Collier, John Saville. George Wright,
NJ. l.. Heckert, George w. Parsons,
Myrtle May, Ollve Madison. May Fletch
er, George II. Robinson, Thomas Car