The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-05

fun scenic effects and careful stage set
tlngs. The engagement is for two nights.
commencing Wednesday, December s. with
matinee Thursday.
| Friday and Saturday December 10 ana
| II, matinee Saturday. the great contest
between Corbett and F.tzsinlnons will
be seen at Sweeney A. Coonbs' opera
house in the Armlstaad picture machine,
the original. This Is Dan stuert's great
attraction. A Gainesville exchange says:
The people of Gainesville had expected
much OF the verascope They were SUR
prsed infatuated. held spellbound. So
perfect Is the reproduction OF the great
! fight that the spectators forgot that they
We're witnessing the work of the most
wonderful mechanical invention OF the
age and saw only Fitzssnmons and Cor
bett. ami as either landed good blow or
gained a vantage point he was checrch
by his adnErers as heartily as Were this
real flesh and blood men on the stage IN
active combat. Frcrn the first TO the last
round there was not a. movement made
by other the princtpsts. ATTENDANTS or
corded The blood ca Flfxsimmons' facs
Is dtscernfble. a. Is his expression when.
ne IS brcr,ght to his knees by Corbett.
! counts his nine seconds and, getting up,
| wind way as to surprise that willy fighter.
! Corbett's agility - presented IN a manner
| to show that even the best writer's have
never been aide TO fully describe IL. A
| large crowd was present at the opera
house last night to wttress the great flstic
encounter. Quite number OF lakes were
| in attends nee, ard while they were as n
terested IS the anen, they found nothing
but what the most gefteel could whitney,.
For FIVE or six years Jes sic Bartlett
Davis bag been the most important and
popular member ossths Bostoniails. and
during that time she has received sioa.c
than a score OF offers from managers who
heteve that she woaill lie u strong slrcaess
| as star. Up 10 date Mss Davis has nat
entertained any Of these offers. several of
which were exceedingly tempting, but now
she has decided 70 STAR nut as s,ilr on
her cwr account next season She VIII
have no trouble in securing suitable
operas. crd 1t Is pretty generally under
stood that her supporting company Will
/, be an excellent enc.
JULIA Arthur has many fcrcible and H.
terestlne ideas upon the drama. In a re-
| cont interview she said; "J'he nearest
thing DO art is nature; the nearest thing
to ratdre in art. the nearest thing to act-
ing Is thc living OF Efe. the nearest thing
t. IIfe Is the art Of acting life. think
that there 81 no difference between the
dramatic art of England and America
Art ~ art the world over, and the drama
and tbs execution of rs artists alo the
sumo % the aggregate wherever .ile Eng
lish language Is sroken.
The great gun scene In ''1'he Cherry
Piciers" is said TO be an actual sketch
made by an IRISH soldier OF the Eleventh
Hussars at tho fort OF candahar. Mr.. Ar
thur met the soldier shortly after the dis
charge of the latter from the army. and.
seeing the sketch, bought " from him.
The fort was an old enc. and, although II
-. -Ia.K
engines OF war, 1t was more than sufn-
cent protection against the rifles ana
sinali arms OF the Afgilans
my Friend from India" has become an
exceedrg;y popular comedy IN all the
large cities where II has been given by the
Smytt, & Rice Comedy company. Reports
Of extreme Jold3iy and good humor have
spread rapidly, and great crowds OF peo-
pie have dhronged 10 wtrsss the pyrforrn-
amer. anxious 10 make its acquaintance.
Rarely has a play made 20 decisive and
elrllnuc a hit.
Fanny Rice Is touring the Large New
England cittes and is paying to the ca
pacity OF the theaters in which She APP
pears Her new yerssc1 OF "At the French
s,sli'' has made an exceedingly strong sue
cess with theafergoers, ard her new
Jolly Surpslse.'' which VIII coon be re-
v.vsd TO alternate with The former pay
nrosia ses 20 cutdo all previous productions
made by Miss Rice.
Kathryn Kidder In Mime. Sans Gsne''
Is appearing Ia eities wfsere she has never
before besn econ. and ia every ons Of
shem she Is esav.ng an ufscoTrnoniy strong
impression. Many critics describe her as
a second Mary Anderspn.' Mss kidd1r
Is certaiily a fine actress, and ia Ssrbcsls
comedy chs y doing scnse OF the best work
OF aer career.