The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-26

OF some Of the leading New York at
tractors the past week correspondent
SAYS: The re2ppear rance of Sarah Bern
drama. IEeyi,' which has bern seen In
faris and London, but not in America,
will be the chief theatrical event Of the
week. But there Will be others. Among
them may be mentioned W liam Ii.
Cranes production Of Franklin Fyie's
drama, The Governor OF Kentucky in
which Mr. Crane will portray q serious
and yet humorous sketch OF a typical
Kentucky statesman, and John Drew's
production Of X. c. Cartons version of
The Squire Of Danes. based on Dumas
l. Ami des Femncs.
Hermann the Great. according 70
telegram from him to Theatrical lid
!ngs while in San Francisco otfers1 10
take Henry +. Dixey under his tute.age
and teach him the magic business. with
view 20 Dixey taking Herrnann's
place after his retirement. which will
probably be In about three years. lie
agrees, II Dixey viii submit himself to
bis Instructions and tuition Tor a period
OF three years 70 guarantee him An in
come OF $4,000 year for five wears
following Hermann made the offer, as
he considers there is 10 one today 10
take his rlace. lie believes DiXey. al
though only a nov 90 IN the magic arts
the superior Of al other magicinns now
travelling, and expects 70 make him
second only To himself. Dixey is 10 de-
eide by June ].
Frank Daniels has made such par
soual SUCCESS in Herbert and Smiths
comic opera. "The Wizard ~ the Nile"
'Dat when the London. Paris and Vienna
productions az the Worh are given Of
forts will he made tu have him appear
In the load NJ role. # j; can be done
without interfering with his American en-
gaseinenis. II is settled that ne WI
create the rode ri kihosh in Yieuun.
when the opera - produced In July, and
VIII play It for several weeks.
As Is quite frequently TIE case, a
player who Is not supposed TO make the
biz II The evening did ~ on Monday
January -, O.. the Garden theater, New
! pTk. According 10 the bills, Charles
II. Hopper and "Ch mmie Faddcn,' a
now play from the novel written by Ed
ward Townsend, were the principal at
fractions q the evening, hut the audience
soon made up its mind that Marie Bate
provided all mat was Interesting Miss
Bate. played the role Of rum+oaked
irsh woman Of the Bowery. and she
was just great 10 her way as is Sarah
Beruharli Ia hers, OF James Russell OF
the Russell BrothTs T. his, or Lock
harts elephants il their way.
France has Slapped back at America,
"GigpIette' was one Of the greatest
me.odramatic successes the Gay City
has ever had. and when il was staged
10 this country under the title OF The
City Of Pleasure" 1t was rousted and
hayed sni generally assaulted by press
and public The other DAY The Span
OF Life which presents human beings
in the guise Of a bridge, and which there.
fore made barrels of money In England
and The United States, got hearing al
the MsausPlais Is. Paris. and the nu,
dleuce guyed i from beginning to end
New Yovs liked "Aristocracy" and San
Francisco didn't Hands Across the
Seh' qrospcred in Boston and failed Il
please elsewhere. David Hcnder Z
{ cxtfavaEaB2as got a hearing in Chicago
hut not in Gotham. And SO on. To boob
a route or place play r. not the easies
q ~ in tAe world
/ Fanny Davenport has by no mean,
D. forgotten bier sch ruie for a home for OLD
ana destitute actors. She recently ha.
conference with a real estate firm
which NJ rs h"r q magnificent piece 90
property % Westch'ster county. Mis-
Davenport il willing 90 spend half
ius tac home aud has already TOLD he
architects 10 90 To work on the plans
The home. when completed. viii he
sitting mHaumeut to the memory OF Tn
eminent theatrical family to which
owes It's origin.
There are 10 more managers in III
theatrical busiucN--at least If they are
they are hack numbers. Nowadays "
st.aa -. 4 n
rcctlon OF Frank L. rerlcy: .Ioun Hare
direction of Clarence Fleming; Jane
b'Neil, direction af William r. Con
nor; stuart Robson, direction Of William
Hayden. 1t rs only the man with
diamond globe in his shirt front aud
howiizer sized cigar between his finger
that manages"
Davis and Keoeb, who manage al
something Ike In the Sewers "A lu
sp.tioon," "A White Rat" Mr. Stev
Hrodic, otc,, took 1t upou themselves
week ago TO telegraph to Richard Man.
field using Mr.. Brodie's name rs q Ail
nature, to The effect that the hride
jumper was DESTROYS Of managing IN
star. Mg Mansfield trcntcd the matt.
az huge Joke, but several newspapci
took it seriously, II has not occurred
sir. Mansfield that he should be MAJ
, aged by MIR Erode, and probably II
actor has already forgotten that Nj
BrOde is alive.
Tim Murphy. the well-known COM
Han, has n curious hobby for collectiu
! watch chains. lie began 10 collect Il
: chains fifteen years ago when he was
Paris and shortly aiterward on TOT
around the world he was able to nj,
up specimens of obsolete and new watC
, chains in almost every country. Mo
of the chains are of gold, and If tn,
were al melted they would make
/. figure as large as n small poodle.
+, Maxine Elliott, the beauty of DAILY
= company, probably receives more ofrc
from photographers, who want her
. pose for them, than any six actress
put together. II is not surprising II
y sale of actresses pictures IL a very e
! tensive business and there ia n lot
= money IN it, a woman of Miss Elliott
. exceptional good looks is. of course,
= regular godsend for the photographs
y. who is lucky enough to secure her. VIII,
q she was ia London Miss Elliott sat {