The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19
THEATRICAL.


occupy the boards practically for the en-
tire week. Monday. Tuesday ana Wodnes-
day, with matinee each day, the Manhattan
Stock comnany will be seen; Thursday.
for the night only. Kiaw 4 Efiangei's I'm
Gay New York will be presented and the
Baldwin Melville company will likely fur
nish the Christmas attraction. The Man
haitian company, a. popular prices. has
been drawing we'll here and elsewhere and
with fine repertoire aud fair company
are giving the public more than their
moneys worth. The company opened its
engagement Friday night asst. rho rast
week favored Houston theatgr eoers with
but two attractions. the Manhattan COM
nany following Creston Clarke aui AIDE
laide Prince, who presented t. highly
pleased audience Thursday esening the
romantic DRAMA, The Last Of His Race."
Next Thursday night December g, one
night only. at the opera house. Kaw "
Erlanger viii present In Gay New York,
The third annual review from the New
York Casino. The piece is aesc,iDcd as IL
oature, buresquo and speciality api II has
achieved notable success during it's tour.
While I'm Gay New York is ostens1ly "A
review following in his sense me ben
cral trend OF its precursors. The Pstsing
show and The Merry Wo1i,' it Is yet
something more. The Ingenious in roCuc-
tlcn by the author OF pair of GENITAL tttr-
aciors, Johnny Brown aud ais bride Sa'ly,
both of HuCkleberry Ccn,er, Maine, around
whom 'rfe' participants IN the VaTinus ltr-
lcsques, traVesties and carlcatufes ar, mude
TO teyclre, gives 20 the ltc.e enough OF
incident and story to uaintain 2Onse c'ulyo
interests. In the deyelopm Mt OF r'c story
Johnny Brown and his bride nre transj, cied
into the mad whirl OF New YORK. IRE
particular mad whirl" into when these
innocent rurals are thrown brings them
into contact with compl tie assortment
OF designing characters and rs Johuhy
brown is known to have 4 thousand Cot
lars In hard cash. the direction o. the
designs is naturally towards 'ahnnys
pockets, bunco steerers. gold brick II AMP
ulators, bankrupt theatrical managers, say
chorus girls and others uso their W les TO
entice the coveted cash fro.l Jnhnl Us
pockets incidentally he $ introduced INTO
4 hewildering compcXity Of soones ana
situations, and occasion Is made Tor
trip TO Coney Island, IN which al the
characters participate Such lavish dis
play of scenic and costume adornmuLt so
varied an assortment Of ,nter,a'nlnS SEC
ialtios so general n use Of ne~ and ut
ufactiNe material ana 30 'h1tVlNh "a W
ing OF all that Is olu, worn anu ~ go
covered, has seldom cNaNctc'i@'', y Is
claimed. any similar produc ION. 1ho pre-
seutution of I'm Gay New YORK. ieqt tes
the services Of seventy persons including
a ballet of trained danseussa IN mrtoflal
and illustrated dances.
Another great New OK success u '"-
nounced to appear here soon when MISS
rrancis nj Yale Inv Michael Morton. will
49,, eo. ,,o r;rs, ,imo Tho con-
be seen mere lot tne ''iS' ''N''
uany is identical with the one seen IN New
York during its successful run in the nc
tronolis and has been accorded the most
-,,-4 .,a,r,,t ,yary,ybere rho
oohsiuelato Ue"'n''"t
farce draws IT'S run irom tnF lao' VI 'ne
heading lady" Of a Yale theatrical cIub
eiu, ,nisf,kon IN downright eargestncss
20, ~ re,i wonan and the CONSEQUENT COM
nI'eettoTs qno idea a gooa one IN itself,
-. trcatcd win freedom that produces mLch
t,,, M story tells of 4 youug ana over
lnn1 eiri hctrothed 10 n Yale student Her
n,.n-bn,ine dragon OF a soyerness dlscov-
ars In rs Io9sn nj college hs chum Frank
S,4.,mor otherwise miss Frances" dressed
IA Ia
ta,n ~ rouravity which natlsiy bredts
s"ere is recognized hy the goyern,ss as
the young woman she had seen. and all be
hsvng him to be IeNiy a slfl 'a4Sq"et@h
lhs i. d ,l,'iii, ~" , m,', seo,rr nm, m
iote tomr for diverse purposes. while his
innriatea chums break IN through inc
window. as ne Is hha"aN y. '"Y ,.h h~,' ~,
prei'slUr 1,,N ',,,1ied ~ thl nys.rf ous
tales I'M finally the mystery is cleared
ur and the loving hearts united, me
leading part IS played by Mr.. fuenne q.
rardot, who won fame az the original
"Charloy's Aunt" He Is very funny. NJ
misses 10 point Of the legitimate mirih
to be extracted from the eituhiioHS, aud u"
keeps his audience in continual uproar
while Ne il upor the stage.
Others in the cast are OF Sroat artis'io
e1ccllcnce. embracing Miss Lavinia shan
non. so ong with Charles Frohmau's COM
ranies Miss Monte Donico, daughter ot
Senator Monte Donico Of Tennessee; Mss
Gertrude Homan. cf Little Lord Fauatle