San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-10-25
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Nine. De Stael WAS ugly, so was
George Elliot; Lady Montague was
"untidy and slovenly with a face
hideously Scared by smallpox" and
Margaret Fuller the reverse OF pretty,
and Ssrah-well-
"A Trip to Chinatown" celebrated
its 35th consecutive performance at
HOyt's Madison Square Theatre last
week and 400 people were unable to
get admittahce. On Nov. 9th the sue
cessful play will have been in New
York an entire year and the event
| will be deliberately com menOrated by
Messrs Hoyt & Thomas.
Hoyt's "A Texas Steer" on ga Trip
TO Chinatown" fell in "a Hole in the
Ground" IA Brass Monkey rang
"a Midnight Bell" which brought
"a Tin Soldier" who lit "a Parlor
Match" only to find "a Rag Baby"
| playing with IA Bunch of Keys" be-
| longing to the town hall Of "a Tenn
perauce Town"
! Charles Frohmsn's company pro-
duced on Monday at the Columbia
| theatre, Bost ton, "The Sportsman" q
comedy from the French by Willism
| Lestocq. the author of Jane" The
pEcsoDI NtTblOu Is lOChgou Ill EbS i1hu,
and, like Jane" the action takes
place in one day. The story is light,
| bright and breezy The plot is one of
cross purposes and misunderstand-
| ings, aud the play made q great olg
| hit
Frank Maeder will not accompany
| LARRY the Lord" to the Lone Star
| State. He is at present foot and fancy
h,rk ha 10 a n IN q
remain so long.
Thomas w. Keene Will begin his
engagement at Chicago next week
with an elaborate production on
| Orchard III. "-"Alabsma" has not
hit the good people OF Chicago favor
ably. The second week of Its produc-
ton was far from being success.
| Miss Isabella C0e has been very
| warmly received in Frisco. where her
performance of Niobe has been highly
praised as among the best acting ever
seen on the COAST.
The George w. Floyd Sunday con-
certs at the Broadway Theatre are
proving very successful and will be
continued. For next week Mr.. Floyd
has engaged SOusa's New Marine
Band and Mr.. G. 5. Straits, SignOr
Gallassi, Mr.. Arthur Smith and Miss
Marcella Lindh will sing. Macs tro
John Phillip SOusa has selected "a
very interesting programme and will
lead his celebrated band in person.
j Biancifiori, the male ballet dancer,
made his appearance in "All Baba"
at the Chicago opera house on Tues
day and made pretty big success.
By the way, this is the twenty~first
week of "Ali Bahia" and the 3. r. O.
sign is still out every night.
X. Emmett is swinging around
the same circuit he played over last
season, and is having his usual luck
"a fall house at every theatre every
night he appears as Fritz" Mr.. EN-
NETT is undou btedly the best payi ing
star, as he is the best German. dialect
comedian now on the stage today.
During Thanksgiving week ne re-
turns to New York to a weeks en-
gagement at the Harlem Colum bus
, theatre, where he is sure of O rousing
: welcome.
8 Hoyts GA Temperance Town" is
, meeting with al overwhelming sue
cess on the road. In the latter part
OF NOvem Dor it begins run in Boston
which promises to be as long as Mr..
HOyt's "Trip to Chinatown" in New
York -Wemyss Henderson has gone
-, TO Chicago -Willett seaman, the cele-
hrated baritone, has returned from
London wnere he was very successful.
: He, Will probably be seen in comic
g opera later in the season.
4 Marion Percy, an actress of the
+ Lolita type, is to star in new play
n called "a College Widow" 1t treats
q OF university life in America; two
n scenes being at Yale. Miss Percy's
! tour is under the management o.
n Curtis J. Mar, a New York newspaper
"a mau, and Sedley Brown.
IF Before leaving England this sum.
n mer. Mr.. Willard secured for prOduc-
d non in the United States q play by
)r Lord TennysOn, one OF the last mes
sages sent by the poet before the COM
mencement of the illness which ter
minated so sadly, being an expires
4 zion of pleasure at the fact that Mr.
le Willard was to appear in play of his
'r Thomas s. Hall, known theatrical
10 " as Mr.. Dare, got divorce on Tues
= day from Ada Dare. Cause: Ma!
&c FigmaD. in connection with the old
"a old stOry.-RObert Mantell is said t
" have dropped 100000 during his ST
u weeks at the Twenth'third Stree
Theatre with" Face in the Moonlight.
20 Proctor, "he pays the bills"
q, Nellie McHenry seems to be in
20 "swm" of great prosperity this sea
~ son. Her new play, "a Night a
M the Circus" is a veritsble gold min
10 and everybody is glad to see NelIi
and John successful.
Albert Bruning has been engage
nv Randall q Dickson for Pierre !
he the "Clemenceau Case 1.-THE Wild,