The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-19

play by bernard Shaw called Arms aud
mo Man y was 10 empty seats DIT
pack cd the hous. As tie audience filed
out af,or tho show. there werG many
who could not repress shivsr Of fear on
recalling Mr. Hyde's tMansfeld) abrup,
entrance when Agnes Carew tMrs, Mans
held) was playing and singing for her
father. who sat by. The fire. A great
many ladies still shudlcr when they think
~ that quivering Swallowed hand which
worked so convulsvioly an the sheet of
music on the stand. Mr. ManSteid's act
ing IN The Scarlet Letter Is the per-
sonincation Of realism. His handles are
famous and everybody has seen him
lieau Brummel.
Miss Rose Coghlan opened in new
play. MADAME" by her brother Charles.
at Palmers theater. X has been trans
ferred to Days on account OF the en-
der in sardou's Madame Sandstone"
"Sans-Gene" deals with several incidents
in tho life Of Napoleon.
Tho religious drama appears to be
coming into vogue. ono called The
Sin OF Saint Hulda." 10y Stuart Crilore,
achieved success at the Shafteshury the
alter. London. Tho Empire Stock company
brough. out church piece which ivoved
a a,s;nal failure. The play. Michael
and lila Lost Angel" was Spontaneously
produced In New York and London; both
play Was by Henry Arthur Jones author
OF Tho Masqneraders'
bohemia" Clyde Fitch's new r.ay. Is
now being performed by the Empire Stock
company. at the Empire theater and APP
pears to have made success. The play
is taken from tho French OF Henri Muir
ger and tells OF the adventures Of a jolly
lot OF young people. The scene Is laid in
tho Quarter Latin, Paris
A new mclodrama was produced on the
Bowery at Peoples theator and no doubt
yod may get chance to see IT, "A Lions
Heart Is u romantic drama In n pro-
ioguo and four acts. by the time tho
curtain Is raised for tho second act, you
have discovered an amazing fact--the her-
oinr has become her own daughter. The
prologue shows dressing tent OF n circus
While tho hero. a lion tanner is doing
his act In the main tent. the villain runs
on with the wife of the doughty Ricardo
when Ricardo returns he discovers that
his wife has flown with the villain His
child is also taken from him. The hero
swears "A most diabolical cath and imme-
diately starts out 90 ind the villain, that
he may XIII him. sixteen years have
elapsed between tho prologue ana the
first act; the daughter has become IA
woman and IS married. the poor mother
having died In the meantime. | take 1t
for granted that she died because we
see no more OF her. Mrs. Haswin takes
the part OF the mother in the prologue
and daughter in the rest OF the play; A
| number OF the audience IL could tell by
tho questions that people We're asking
around mel did not know where they were
al Tho mother and daughter affair by
| Mrs. iaswin did II all Ricardo lMr,
Carl Haswim nearly murders the villain
in the second act and is sent to the
French penal settlement at New Gale,
| of murder and theft, Is also sent there.
! The play commences in France. jumps 10
| England. then back 10 France aud finally
| erds happily in New Caledonia. or course
the play IL filled with the usual knife
| du.la comedy lovers hero and heroine
| VILLAINS. etc. and so on. All melodramas
| end happily. The hero or heroine, though
| are accused OF some crime before the
final curtain is rung down. While The
| knife duel was In progress "A young lady
who sat alongside OF me turned around
| SO she couldn't see the stage. 80. can't
| see them scrap, lest look al her" tpoint-
| ing 10 her companionl. did so and 10
| my amusement saw that she also feared
| for the valiant hero, or was II that the
actors might iniure themseives7 Trcrs