The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-21
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~, COSMOPOLITAN public. bu, Ia -, very
80 ~, cement OF the thea,ergoing nnbic
OF thaa,st Sn az educator. The great mass
| AL, II,,V1.eisoeVs pdtronize the thoare,,s an
49, on account of the amusement ,o n.
| u'iNeu. me typo OF French s,r,,, ,.ttn
H., mh.iol the country has been deIlgcd for
| ny EhSt ive seasons is rapidly nsssin,,
ilHo rlutontan darkness Meloirnsna ~
| a. WI Known IS to "A certain extent in
effer ssrh b, ana yellow. although strenuous
l"le tho interest In this one tsr,s nor,,isr
tJrm OF dramatic literature. FarSe-eom.
tnat is, really Sparkling and un-to
n ca,.,ot e,.c1yinledy VIII always command
| ~ ~ * V'th louowing, but the major portion
| ", ~ n e nlghly srotesque, inan mate dr,vci
wu'v' mas so long inrne the name ri
a a'' w, has pascal away. And MOI
fsu' IS on the snonrnGrs' bench. Comic
opera mas been stet.ly Increasing Iva ,,nn-
ui@rty until 1t is today the most popplar
i do'Ih Oh stage amusement. for 1t conta as
| 1919 nus Whlch appeal to all classes and
| cCndJ1ons of theatergoers There 10 r,,,
sic 10 deiight the auditory nerves. spec.
IVular embellishments TO delight tho eve
ana comedy TO excite the risib I.t!es."
iSy the way, 1t is interesting to compare
'he male ana female operate stars says a
| theatrical writer. Francis Wilson and
Mdrle Jansen started out equal favor.tes.
ana when she lef; HIN we wondered what
poor Francis would do for another SOU
hr~te. But he found a gem In Httle Lulu
/ 'hser' and II there are any regrets they
| must he on MISS Jansen's part Likewise
| beHd FoX was distinctly tho loser when
ynr ,arted wlth HOMER. for IN little Edna
| Wallace Hopper hg De Wolf has
| prghtly little partner, both In real ana
stage ffe. Camille D'Arville. Fanny Rice
and Pauline Han are other faded favor
| ties who have found temporary refuge in
| vaudeville. Then there Is tho Nostur q.
| comic opera, Henry Clay Barnabee, who
| has w.ths'tcod the loss Of q dozen prilna
| donnas. and will probably survive the
| threatened dcScrtion of Jessie Bartlett
Davis All this seems 10 show that mao
s,ars can stand the operate pdce better
Than women, and tho exception that
proves the rule is Tom Seabrookc. lie
has gone back to comedy. elong with
Digby Bell AMI Henry Il. D!Ney, hut Elvia
Crox, whom he introduced 10 the come
in tie far West.
A dramatic critic, noting tho combine
tion Of stage stars as representcc bv lii
Han Russell, Della Fox and Jefferson
D'Ango!is, obviously rcmarlis. Probably
the nSnagers know what they are doing.
1t is Eumorei that Frank Murray has
built two portable dressing rooms to he
set up on tho stage Of different theuters
visited, in order that the three stars may
have equal accommodations AS the
dressing room is tn" INIT lrcufa cause
OF quarrcis between stars. this would
seem u wise move. However, 1t remains
to he seen how, many other matters of
difference may be developed during the
New y ork engagement. Ii the three stars
dwell together in amity for forty-two per-
iormances il will he safe 10 take them
on the road next fan. Bat the consum-
nation seems almost too good to come
true. Actors are fairly childish in their
petty jealoNsies, and II Is almost l'tcpian
ia dream of three stars dividing the hon
Of- unl.tlliIV Tor length limo.