Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-29
LOChu& EVANS

noon that a GAZETTE representative,
through the courtesy OF her acting manager,
Arthur c. Aston, had the pleasure of 4
brief chat with that queen of emotional
actresses, Maude Granger. Il see that you
told all about my early career last week, :"
said the fair artistic, 'but of all the trips,
the one took last season was the longest,
both in time and distance, / have ever
made. Our season opened in Washington,
d. c., April IS, 1890. and closed in Brook
Ign, n. Y, May 2, 1891. In that time we
travelled 19, g04 miles by rail and ASP miles
by water. The route taken was northward
from Washington to Duluth, thence west
over the Northern Pacific railroad to Port
land, Seattle and Tacoma. a trip to
Victoria B. c., which, by the way, is
one of the nest beautiful cities l
ever visited, followed. From Victoria we
came south through Washington, Oregon,
and Il thorough tour of the state of Cali
fornia, which included a three weeks en-
gagemeBt in San Francisco, then was
made. The southern route was taken rs
far as FL Paso, then northeast to Kansas
City and from that city Texas was made
the objective point. You are aware Of the
brilliant success we had in your glorious
state and you can't really imagine what an
agreeable surprise the large cities of Texas
We're to me. | had imagined, like all peo-
pie from the North, that Texas was the
rendezvous of robbers and bandits, that
the appreciation of art would be but slight,
IN fact, | imagined hundred different
things, so you can't blame me for
being surprised at the advance
ment the state must must have made i'll
a few years-that is if old traditions count
for anything. Well, from Texas we went
north via New Orleans, Norfolk, Richmond,
Columbus. Philadelphia. and closed as I
SAID before in Brooklyn, May 2, 1891.
Inherited was my chief play during the
trip. but L occasionally played Camille
and the Creole
Our present season, which opened in
New York, September Z, has been even
more successful than was our last. We
came south via Columbus and Memphis,
coming into Texas by the way of New
Orleans. Our business through Texas this
year has been Il great improvement on last
seasons, and thought we did admirably
then. Houston, Galveston, San Antonio,
Austin, Waco and Dallas all turned
out handsome audiences, and my
play, Inherited seems to remain
the most popular play in my repertoire. 1
am also playing 'Gabriele'-a dramatiza-
ton from the French-this year, but as
many of the managers are requesting Ca
mile have put that favorite play into
rehearsal and will produce it shortly. go
to San Francisco and the coast again, re-
tuI Aing East over the Northern Pacific
Il know that you will excuse me from
saying more just now" said Miss Granger,
"fOr the severe tension upon all my nerves
consequent upon playing the part of Helen,
in Inherited renders the getting of sleep
after my matinee an absolute necessity, and
you know | have to play again tonight so
with cordial hand-shake and a graceful
bow, this brilliant actress and woman left
the scribe to secure a little rest.
1.-THE FAT MEMS CLUB
Friday night, for one night only, J. G..
Stewards funny farce comedy and musical
melange, s'The Fat Mems Club" will be
presented at the opera house with the pop
ular ''Fatty'' Stewart in the title role.
The Atlanta Constitution of Noyen Der 4
says: Excelsior would be a good motto for
"The Fat Mems Club" for it has improved
above itself every time it has been given
here, and may now be dubbed the best
farce comedy on the road. The audience at
the Academy of Music last night was not
large one, though if merit determines the size
of house, there should not have been a
vacant seat. OF course, in the comedy
itself there is not much plot-there never
is in q farce comedy-but there is as much
as one usually meets in such play, where
one goes simply to be amused. To be as
sured is to laugh, and to laugh to ones
hearts content is not hard matter with
j. G Stewart and his company. The COM
pany, or, to be more correct, part of it,
has been i.ere before, and there
has been no end of fun. Last
night showed that the fat man of the
club has tried to Guido himself, and has
succeeded beyond his utmost expectation.
Norfolk has one recognized Laughter, and
his sweet (?) notes were drowned out in
the general howl last night. OF course, in
a farce comedy, the people make the show.
J. c. Stewart heads the list in this and in
:Sore weighs than one heads the
list. In the fun-making he is
closely followed by Robert Garnella
(Barnaby Peters.) The Garnellas, aero
bats, have never been excelled at the
academy. Miss Georgia Lingard gave an
act with the skipping rope, which in itself
was a feature well worth seeing, and Miss
Lille Allyne, her companion, received
much applause. There was not dull feat
ure in the whole performance, and the
praise could be unstiuted il space allowed.
y matinee at 2 this afternoon closes the en-
gapement and should he seen