The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-01

to her surroundings she placed her foot on
the box aud the boy began his task Before
he had finished there We're nearly n = n
dred people standing about The entrance C
the thoater. But the 'eL1iia'' or Paris was
not in the least distu;orl BY their lc-sente
When the boy had finished she paid bin
literally and walked AVA. as IL moth nG
unusual had happened.
Fanny Davenport never loses sight OF her
self In part "My mind works fast while
am on the stage" she says "and | Try
not to miss a point or a situation. but l
think. ana the character nets. once when
was playing La Tosca. in the scene
where my hair is disheyellcd and the tears
are running out of my eyes (for weep
real tears), missed my gold comb when
| put my hand to my head In an agony Of
grief looked at my feet and there lay
the golden ornament. Look out for my
gold comb | said to Melbourne Mcdowell.
who was nearest me, and then went on with
my weeping. Every time | walked around
the stage | carefully avoided stepping on
my comb. by sympathy felt the woes
Of Floria Tosca, adds Miss Davenport
"and wopt for her but | did not lose
myself so deeply that the real woman was
not quite careful to avoid crushing her
golden comb to atoms
A former primn donna In the metropolis.
who is hesltatiag about accepting a splen-
did offer from a vaudeville manager. dis
cusscd 1t with her music teacher. whose
studio is paironi2od by the best artists Of
the day The singer finally named the
big money offered her, but declared that
she would sooner take much less and stick
to the legitimate. Then the teacher began
To size up the pile named, and finally
blurted out; Excuse my bluntness. my
dear. hut II were in your place I'd say
art be hlankoty blauked The singer will
soon add her name to the list OF good ones
now appearing here at star rates.
Jessie Bartlett Davis is the happy pos
SCISSOR Of slumber robe made up OF about
COO bits Of oddly shaped and oddly colorod
pieces of silk and satin. II Is a most Won
dcrful thing in its way-a scrap book Of
men and women who are known the world
over. for IL consists Of pieces OF gowns and
clothes worn by famous actors and ac-
tresses. II took Miss Davis five years to
make the spread, and the beauty Of its
stitching is on n par with the composite
beauty of the quilt. Sermons there may be
in stones books in the running brooks. but
there's many a moral in the unique article
under which the great contralto OF the
Bostonians nightly slumbers.
At supper party given in honor OF lisa
bella Everson. the talented leading woman
Of Thoroughbred" the conversation
turned on talking shop" Some one de-
clared that an actor or musician was never
happy unless allowed 10 talk shop by the
hour. and then II was pointed out that doc
tors and lawyers were Just as bad" Miss
Everson cllnched the argument by laugh
inrly adding: Yes. philosophers talk
ladies shopping tipplcrs
schoppen. musicians Chopin and actors
shop.
It is an old saying that when one used to
ask in Akron. Ohio. what claim that town
had to distinction, the answer was inyarI-
ably that 1t produced shoesirings and Hen
nv e. Abbey. The history Of that great
whose sudden death WAS such a
shock 10 his friends, is not 20 be sepa-
rated from the later history Of the thoater
in America Ir Abbey introduced IN
this country more famous men aud women
OF the drama and music than did any other
manager. 1t Is rubbish to even hint at
anyone taking his place.
Tim Murphy Will shortly close his list |
,f engagements for"s!r Henry HypnotiIed"