The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-06

Ne.u, tnere Is seldom lack CT ;surers
III m.atr'oal shows. for the a,uacnisI
mink II quite lark to 10 ON The stage AS
hohans or other bclligercnls Seine OF
lneih ave so placed that al addition Il 80
CENTS a night to their income is not un-
aceeptabie, but there are others who are
,Miiiih2 to ray for the privilege ~ CARRYING
banners In order to fl!rt with the ladies |
CT the ballet 1t Is whispered that the |
cariain OF tho supos in n well known Dog |
.uh pa! houSc has been able TO ,s,aka III |
proiNable Investment in real estate With |
lnc offerings OF Harvard students who thNo |
mace debut In his corps. It Is .aid. 3o,,r* |
sa'd ar, oNciil. that Henry living had
uAioid students among his apxilerie-, whom
ne INST came to America. they SAW thlni
country at llttlc cost" MTYSE
Thomas W. Kcene is the owner OF
famous historical place where he lives on
staten Island. n. Y. II is situated at Cass
'ictoh Corners. one Of The mos, beautiful,
spots on the island. The house Is an old.
fashioned structure, and pert of 1t was used
as the headquarters Of American generals.
| during the revolutionary war, for whcn
reason the mansion possesses peculiar in
| '.T,st Many people from New York and
elsewhere nave visited the spot TO see this
celebrated house. which Mr heeha has
MID with MAJ, relics OF hy-gone days
ana mcincntos OF his career ON the stagc,'
RE collection is very interesting, and one
might spend hours with pleasure aud proit
looking Al the various relies and hoaring
| their history.
| The public have no idea OF the number
Of letters which successful women on tho
stage receive from unknown admirers
There Is Il young man In New Yorl, Who
has for three or four years been writing
lengthy letters of alteration to Jessie Bart
| lett DAVIS, and who seems TO feel that II n
| his mission To attract her from the giidy
influence Of the stage to the quiet OF da-
nestle life. Of course she never replied
10 thcse letters but they arrived with invar'
| iabie regularity and .inaliy ncr unknown
correspondent became positive nuisance.
| whenever she went to New York he would
send In his card and beg to see her while
she had 10 resort to much strategy TO avoid
him. ~
W. H. Bachelor declares tina. the great
est trial of popular music is TO avoid re-
sembiancc. II; goes without saying" adds
the clever musical director OF Francis vii
sen, that conscientious composer does
not steal another mans ideas. but at tho
same time unconscious cerebration may b.
Responsible for getting MI honest mustclr.
into trouble. In the course of my duties
occasionally run acros an interesting cS-
ample of musical coincidence that the unln'
itiatcd would possibly call an incdcnta u
plagiarism or Of reminiscent ideas."i'h d
Henry Miller is practically stirred BY \
NJ. Palmer In his production Of Hearts
ease" This Is not the first time that MIR
Miller has been made tho bright plrtiaula
wright made her great pr ductirn Of Am,
Hobsart" he was featured rs her leadiri
man. and Charles Frohman accorded hin
. the same honor in THE Junior Partner
several seasons ago
{ Hermann is great lo7cr OF life III
o country place on Long lsinrd Sound I'd II
: place Of fine parks. One Of the tlneft fon
in hands In America stands in his stab
70 ard accompanies him in n ca OF his tray
els. He owns ono Of the h1ndso nest stear
i, yachts in the New York Yacht club fiee
K he drives. rides horseback and awheel. an
&, grows younger with every year.
q Charles b IIGnford. who Is supportin
g Thomas ", Xeone and directing his tcu
~ appeared Il, the performance given
= Iord's opera house in Baltimore. on Apr
%. 1892. when the 32sth anniversary
u shakcspeares birthday was eel brGtei. ri
G vlays given at that memorable event wc
NJ Romeo and Juliet" in wAiCh Mri iIi'
w. ford appeared as Mc-ou,io, a d "fs y,
ia Like It," IN which he played JlGu,s,