The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-19
WIZ .!!.PLAYl LAYERS,

on the American staye In n dross ,.,
, Society changes its favorite,s with ma,
/ verse hckleness, but the feminine worl,
continues TO pay tribute to Mantel
uhrough al the changing fads with
peculiar degree of devotion. From n
accounts he is still the idol of the re
r mahtically inclined ladies of fashion
VINO ike dash of adventure to var
ne moho'ony of their routine life an,
thcSe tender missives which toll al
hearts secrets and furtive longings mr.,
said to md their way to his breakfast
,aoie WIN as much regularity as whom
ne hrst dawned on the dramatic horizon
In his Incompatible support of Fanny
davenport in Fedora" Mantcll has
mad his ups and downs, like most actors
VINO have the fortune or misfortune Ia
oe non zed by society, but judge him as
we will, he has been true TO his nrn.
iession, and If maturing age has done
anything for him, il has made him mora
earnest and devoted to his professional
iaDofs, while at the same time il has left
MIN all the manly charms that have nj.
ways distinguished his appearance in
the romantic drama
Tho Bostonians propose n rad;c,, do.
p2rture in their productions next season.
Negotiations have been entered into be-
tween Massenet, composer of "Esclar-
monde and La Navarraisc," and Mas.
cagni;. composer of "Cavallrria Rusti-
cana for new operas on the lines of
true opera comique This will be the
hrst time the Bostonians have ever
Ioueht foreign composers. w. ii. Mac.
donald will sail for Europe on the New
York early in June to conclude arrange.
ments. The manuscripts of two other
! hght operas are already in Mr. Mac.
Dorald's possession. and music lovers
are promised some surprises in the near
| future.
Edythe, Chapman, Mantel's leading
lady, Is the living image of the "diyina"
Sarah Bernhardt. Sarah. who likes nj.
ways to be original, would be mortified
beyond expression were she TO know
that she had q double. woman whose
hair. eyes, nose and chin look like hers.
and whose facial expressions are at
tunes so similar as to be startling. Every
one who sees Miss Chapman and who
u familiar with Bernhardts face notes
the Likeness at once.
An Eastern impresario said to re-
porter the other day: Prom the DAYS of
Caroline Richings down to the Aron-
sons the uncertain sea of comic opera
Is strewn with wrecks. Take John Duff.
49, Pipbhttu bTISllHliN IN his
country mt the New York Standard the
alter He coined money, but failure
after failure followed the 'Pinafore sue
cess, and his son had no better luck.
The Aronsons made S250.OOO out of
'Erminie,' but blew it in on other pro-
auctions. Goldmark and Conrcld real
ized fortunes from the Won Suppe. Mil
locker, Strauss and LecoQue operas, for
which they were the agents in this coun-
try. Goldmark knew when to quit, but
Conreid stuck it out and went broke.
rom Seabrooke had the public with him
when The Isle of Champagne was in
demand, hut the tide finally turned
against him. De Wolf Hopper made
money off and on. but with all his hard
work don't think he has enough money
TO buy many of Carlislc's gold bonds.
Francis Wilson has made n fortune,
but his latest production, 'rhc Chief
tain, is a dead one, they tell me. John
McCaull made mint of money out of
his big production at the Casino but
what WAS his finish? Broke, like the
rest
And as Maggie Cline says, what's
the causo of iti Large companies, cos
tunes and scenery. The profits are
eaten up by salaries and the railroad
company, and when one production is
failure it cost more money than ten sue
cesses can pay for. It's a. tough game"
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roIo of Rosar1 ~ il, "Sou,;nr, ~ VIVA ;,
mo ro,,iss;Ilo Con,;er. Jonrnoi has Ms |
n woman of whom Louisville will long |
be proud. She already touches great |
moss. Fame, wider perhaps than she |
has ever dreamed of. lin, within her |
CRASH. When the curtain fell on the |
fomous sex-against-sex scene Of the play |
she had fairly triumphel. Her mastery |
of emotion and tle fine portrayal of |
every shade of, feeling. makes the belief