The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-01-14
1lTH7.!9. PLAYERS

OF the English speaking st,ro
former partner Lawrence Barro,, a.s
ooth belieVers IN the signs and nor,rn,s
~ Ia i'nuenee theiI more Ignorant con-
ireres Both carried charms sunnoeed g,
be endowed with wonderfiil nrona,, ',,eu W
yet the Illusion was DESTROYED hy ~ ~ a.su
den death Of the one ana ,bc e,,,,, ~
troubles OF the other culminntin,, j., ~
retirement as an invalid and snbsegucn1
sad death supsepucht
Henry irving's mannerisms are likewise
a part Of superstitious mAloup 10 ca,,
never be induced to look lhrough ,h,, 49,
mole of curtain to size IN an audienre
a taVorite occupation with many 81 tbe
followers of the business Neither win ~
permit any member Of his company 10 do
~ stoutiy maintaining that such a pro-
VEINS WIZ result IN doing a bad business
at that particular theater.
De Wolf Hopper has a lions tooth ,or ;,
watch charm that possesses a more than
intrinsic value to him Ii controls nj,
destiny now more than ever. for having
mislaid 1t one night 1t so happened tbni
| there was a small audience scveral ma
breaks in the performance and a number
OF thrilling incidents occurred which AT
other times would have passed unnoticed
but at that moment We're definitely asso
ciated with the loss of the charm. Hay
ing recovered 1t the following day Hopper
now swears that he viii never more part
with It, as IT alone makes or unmakes his
fame and fortune,
Richard Mansfield. besides being one OF
! the most eccentric actors OF the present
is also one of the most superstitious. He
Follows the traditions of the stage closely
and every characteristic of good or bad
luck Is observed or avoided Some years
ago Mansfield secured room - at a hotel
Now. if there is anything in stagecraft
that Is supposed to operate as a hoodoo
OF gigantic proportions, 1t Is that sup
posedly unlucly number. In this case
likewise, the incident of concidcnt cir
cumstance entered strongly, for II will
be remembered that Mansfield proved IA
failure In Boston and vowed he would
never play there again. Yet he associated
the 10 hoodoo with his failure and the
consequence is that the Interpreter OF
Beau Brummell' as his living apartments
In special car, free from the iconoclastic
Whims of the hotel clerk.
TRAGEDIAN KEENE'S SIGNET RING.
Thomas W. Keene, the tragedan. pins
his faith to a signet ring which he pur-
chased in an antiquarian store in st. Louis
decade ago. He uses 1t as the cardinals
ring in "Richelieu" but invariably wears
1t when off the stage, An deliberately
carved Knights Tcmplar sword added to
the complement or Keene's lucky tails
mans. although, like Mansfield, he follows
'loSelN lle average SUPERSTITION o. the
mimic board.
Frederick Warde, at one time the lead
ing man for John Mccullough. and sub
selueutly star of some magnitude. fairly
invited the disaster which he incurred IN
his starring tours and outraged all the
proprieties OF the stage by pstcntatiouslv
wearing an opal. Not satisfied to have such
a so-caled uulucky stone In a ring. he
procured a scarfpin with an opal setting
and from that time forth his intimates
shook their heads and prophesied that the
youthful actor would come to grief But
Warda persisted, declaring he would prove
the possession of each jewel to be lucky
Thcater goers know how many vicissitudes
he has experienced while actors viii tell
you he brought 1t on himself by his de-
votion to the unucky stone.
The Salviuls. father and SON are like
the majority Of their raee-hilcnound he
ueSars in certain causes contributing IN
luck or the reverse. The elder will not
perform IN a house where any member of
the orchestra possesses red hair. although
why he has such a fancy no one has ever
ascertained. The younger Salvini has no