San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-01-26
AUSTIN LETTER.


fit showed often in Austin the
populace would soon go wildly mad,
If it affected them each time as it did
on Tuesday. All Monday night the
sleet and snow fell hard and fast and
when morning dawned full three
inches covered the ground.
First of all, the electric cars, gen.
orally the first things to "get move
Oh them" in the mornings stayed at
home and remained by the fire all
day. Then about ten O'Clock two
boys were seen on Congress Avenue
with small sled which they would
attach to passing wagons. This
seemed too much for the populace;
why should these boys have all the
fun. The suggestion was a good one.
Presently wheelless buggy on
skids, slid down the broad white
avenue. The suggestion offered was
immediately contagious: in half an
hour the town was full of gay sleigh
ers and soon at every other crossing
in town great crowds OF men and
boys-old and young, were gathered
to snow ball them. And they were
no respecters of persons. They
spared no less the Austin beauty
than the Austin brave, her escort;
and eacn cutter that passed ran q
very gauntlet. But how the people
enjoyed il? Rich and poor, old and
young, wise and unwise. This wild
nilarity was almost nuisance, but
nobody cared, and the police would
not have stopped it if they could have
done 80.
Regardless OF the bad weather and
the fearful condition of the streets
social circles have been gay enous n
Of late, though It has been rather
hard on the boys having to pay so
many hack bills. But they know
there is no way out of it and go look
solemn and fork over the cash. 1t is
really distressing the way this hack
nuisance has taken hold in Austin.
Four girls out of five expect man to
carry them out in hack, and then
wonder perhaps why there are so few
men in society, One young lady a
favorite and belle, made an effort to
set the good example OF walking, but
she succeeded in converting only a
few; however, she now finds herself
more popular than ever.
The week at the theatre has been
quite interesting though there were
only three attractions on the list.
On Monday, the night of the heavy
sleet, 1.-The Burglar" an interesting
melodrama, was played TO an audi.
ence numbering some 200 or more,
and though q strong play and put on
by an excellent troupe, was sadly
marred by the sickness of the gentle
man who took the part of "Mr. AL
len,u the father of the play. AS the
only way out of the difficulty the
manager, q cool aud composed little
man with q shocking ignorance o.
the part, was forced to read the par
from book, and as he
frequently lost the place, and
more over as he took par
in several tragic scenes, this made tn,
production rather awkward, though
the other artists did their best aRC
succeeded in interesting the audience
though the gallery reared at every
break "Mr. Allen" made, but b,
didn't care straw.
Maggie Mitchell played 'The Little
Maverick" TO splendid house or
Tuesday. Many in the audience wer,
there merely to see how che looked IL
comparison to what she did twenty o
thirty years ago, and they will all tel
you they could see little or no differ
ence in her. She is an artist, anC
Austin people will be glad to see he
again.
James O'Neill played his "Mont
Christon to q packed house on Fri
day. He has never failed To draw to
gether aud charm an enlightened
audience on his every visit to Austin
His support was good and he himEel
was better than ever.
Plumbers are in their glory nov
and are the most extensively sough
after class in the city. A remarkabl