The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-20
SOME THEATRICAL GOSSIP.
Stars end Novelties Will Be With
Us Presently.
rHB ATTRACTIONS FOR THE WEEK
Many New Faces In Old Roles ana many
Familiar Faces in Now Roles VIII
lie Seen Hero This Season.

The past weeks attractions ut the opera
house were not OF superior character
by any means. but, happily, they were
limited I'm number as well as quality. This
week, from all accounts, we are proinlSrq
something on higher plane-Frearrick
Bryton In Forgiven Tuesday night, and
pixie Land" next Friday evening. While
the attractions are CO. Ing slowly to US
ut this time. In New York and other large
cities In tho East they are crowding eaeN
other on the stage. L. Is said that the
scramble to secure nights for themselves
the past week, for new plays. has been
worrying many of the managers In the DIE
metropolis. In one or two instances the
trouble was settled by dipping q coin ana
calling ',heads or tails" NV aud hr az
these metropolitan attractions. good ana
bad VIII be taking the ROAD and grahu-
ally make their way Southwark 'Ihf East
ern cities nowadays, thanks to ent-rurs.
ing mnnareulen, have no ms opoly of
the. seasons stars or novelties. IehAs
theatcr patrons get about hs many H'Il-
tor'icus entertainments and see about a.
much In the season as the New 1o'feF,
and We don't GET any disprop0f ilohai'
share either " the trash OF the stage
"provincal', taste l. abou; az etu,ead ~, u
Dallas as that in The East, noi"i NJ TAM
ing metropolitan pretansions as me ba.il-
stormers ana him protsas,s n lest ran ,go
ally understood. the nrir-s are lover iAan
IN New York In word. Texas Is right
n the swim, Electrically as well as DINER
wise.
II critics IN other cities are TO be be-
Ileved the engagement OF Frederic Bry,on
at the opera house next Tuesday, matinee
and night may be looked forward to as
one OF the GENTS OF the season as iF"
plays that have been produced in recent
years nave given -!se 70 40 much favorable
-. - A., mich Atr
cF-t4iAI hdoiasihe"s hS ''A' '' "''''" va
Frederic Brytoa has created shch pro-
found sensation wherever he has pre-
serted II There is a purity "a Tho con
coftipn Of he play which Wins the hearts
OF and NE altuAt.1us arrived at with nat
unl smpl ',y. TX IS ns4 l..lu,'E ~ ~
80 ,-e Sorr}lil a., af,,il s',rb pfst,Ir-
osque surroundings as rlre,y fail TO m
pres the eye ana DTS "I eoilsiy on 4
,,ie.no-. 9i,ib rltnoN ,.nt .ffr4 tht ,,ao-
uons OF the tironE A. Jack Diamond
Mt Etryio" appeaIs 70 me sympa .rs or
ai4 lHrfe IS genuine dl-irss IN IS
df'Ihk Nh.ch AZ once paiii9hcS A'l lnR4h it'
oi ~" Ft,tn room Hna tle sprNRlo,
#eHDv'H I"hry iep manu- tii hinu W J1.N
iii,.tule''t L.lvut ', ~ tIHu"I'H. ii
MI. - -
~ E"'i'Ne XII. rhV. at4u ny -" Ii "a
800 va. NtDir ~ no nttNl' "it'
'.'H W. r. ini!l'h'rs OF nus 'Hhrice
1rrD,i,' '''i"' N'He'''H ~ t"' same
ne "r,,,.,o r,,.n NIT . -. ,..,,..
'N'7 '''"-' MN i mere 'li"S
next the New orleans Ficavunc says:
The old s. Charles theater was hacked
,o ,ho ooni,,- Lao, ,t.-ht IT, 49,. -
vac e'''"H ''S' "'s"'' IN we cr"" ue'
ana IiiShins audience there was no cyl
sho,,,s ,,nl,., I,,' a., ,,..,.,,,,,
auec Indicated Thar therc were no mnl
failures trying 10 cry "hravo!' The at
4' la WIa - sssS, NY Go'heuy arSin.
but The act which lnftoiurr4 NslnIvr,
and Heath IN their old wash lady an.
servant soldier sketch. aui the -huiiHrii
OF tho arrest OF miserable spy ia th'
cAHp ami Tho WISH uf tho TWO sW,eu
hearts and the powerful Old maid 10 th'
Quarters o. the Union officers Just lac.
fore battle ~ Vaylelrc't play o
Nv on Back makes Tie play seem TX
an old friend. II does not matter Fo
those VINO like war plays this win do a
well as any. Colonel BhsCom In IN" hrs
"tt wears thc gray amt looks each mel
colonel whom no reads that thcro l. Il
lao b Ifs. ff.nrt I.. 10