The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-14


hower.' which went an AT the Lyreu,n
Monday night The characters are guain,
s ana the STORY story a pretty one OF colonial
casts OF exceptional strength. Oistsde OF
,nese TWO new plays. several standard
ana her s, are s,ll cunning May Irwin
s ~ I'm ner r, smile md 'Coured Into Court"
reer. while my Friend From India il
now certain to remain the rest of the sea
tanned.
Ihe woman who keeps house on Mon
day ana irons on Tuesday sweeps on Fri
Day, bakes on some other DAY. and bum
dies up the baby and goes visiting the
rest OF the time. has less monotony in her
HE than the average actress says
Fanny Davenport. AN actress DAYS are
all alike In the first place each is only
q traction of a day. fer she generally
,proa i asls when people are taking their
lunch one hour OF the day she must
devote TO bathing and dressing, another
hour to exercise of some kind for en-
honEolht is her bette noir. You can't ray
lc@ulns roles " you weigh two hundred
ahu your waist line creeps up unuer your
arlnpits There are walking, pesurte an
nc, STUPID pulleys and iuinb bells-half
a dozen other things, equally tircsomo-
n a remedy. but 1T is only eternal vigil
lance That makes any Of them effective.
ana going without every blessed thing to
her mail to look after-thc some stiple-
shne aspirants for histr.onic fame who
desire TO recito before her. or to have
her secure a position for them equally as
good ~ her own from managers as Oh
durate ana devoted to their own friends
as political chicfs; the autograph iien1.
the phoi oeraph collector, who knows he
could purchase her picture, hut would
prize it so much more highly II she gave
II to him the advertisers of nostrums
lotions soaps and hair bleach. ana ef-
fnSiOnG t,-h
seem TO have nothing to do hut opeu
correspondence with every noted individ-
uan In fact, II Is always same daisies.
The Cherry Sisters are in love and their
fond affections are centered on the same
object. a small boy named Howard Frank
In. who lives out In Cedar Rapids Iowa
He has remarkable voice, and the trio
are gonr tc give the lady II musical edu-
cation. one day AZ the dog show In New
York Adde went all over the place trying
10 find zone of them big pug dogs but
on beng shown a number of specimens of
the ordinary ilar.em fiat variety, declared
that she wanted "a bigger one. with NOR
the masLffs, and here the search was con-
Guided.
Just what we was looking for" Choir
used the trio, and a giant brute was pur-
chased and started on Its way TO Cedar
Rapids, labeled FOR Howard Franklin"
AS an extra precauton, Addic Cherry
tackled card on the box in which the
dog was Grated. reading: PLEASE handle
with care"
There Is always a feeling of curiosity or
the part of tho general public regarding
the private life of theatrical stars. Com
ed.ars are usually regarded as blithesome
individuals constantly poling fun end
bubbling ever with wit. while tragedians
are generally regarded as gloomy, mo-
rose studious. and are pictured As per
sonificatiors of the h,guhrious. Were the
private lives of these two extremes OF
the stage more generally known II would
cause considerable wondern'ont on the
Fart of the unsophisticated public. who
pay their shekels to be either amused or
ed, fed The majority OF the famous com
ofian' or tie stage are OF a gloomy, bill
ious temperament, and fecl that they have
not having played Hemle, and other
nlrthful characters of a like description.
The tragcdians. on the other hand, are
Lsually OF the opposite order, being in
private life the soul of genialtity.
Charles A. Blgelow, the comedian OF
"The Girl from Paris" believes that the
topical song has a mission in this world.
1.-The fads and the ultra-fa shions of both
men and women he asserts ARE always
fair game for the comic singer. Songs
on io,,o oi " Ms s,,.h
fellows best girl. The old mans boot. the
mother-!u- law. the scolding VIE, etc. IL
, has been found that the comic song OK
crts an influence in political contests and
in bringing about social reforms. The
comic vocalist of the specially theater
| may claim with the journalist and The
| statesman tho ability 10 mold public
| oplnion His shifts of meodlous ridiciilc
| do much to reform fragrant abuses and
cause 1he general .puole 10 laugh TO scorh
/ a. fsl.I. ~ Huy
DaVia higgins the author OF Al ilneE
k'dse, the current success 81. .nc 'Aiiie'.
lean 'hcaper' N Ne" ioiH, anu y" M",sn
burr mcintosh M''a Mrs, "onee i,''A,
are cong 'he ms "oi", a,'.,o"sH
u, nenr n r on utn i n r He has writ
len and produced IN New York six plays.
| 1--WE of which made money. These were
| BURR Oaks" "The Plunger." KID
| naped.'' "The Vendetta" and The Turn
| Of Inc Tide" Our Rich Cousin was
The Unsuccessful effort. ana was produced
| at tho Fourteenth Street theator ten or
| eleven vcars aeo. Az in the case of AT
| pinev Il dge." this venture was made al
| ,''ft'