The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-07

tue CIVtS Oh tAl0 tue1UIC0I Ge31Q6 t6e
beginning of . scries Of disasters ON the
road When you find distinguished look
ing actors travelling on well-worn uppers
and faded looking. but still pretty. sou
brettcs on the avenue during matinee
hours. or In the cafes at s o'clock. II
means some one Is looking for ANY old
engagement. 1t has been said that q
model newspaper can be printed from the
waste basket My theatrical friend tells
me he can pick UP magnificent company
on tho street"
Most Of the fun In "a Parior Match
camc from the hatred Of one Captaiu Kidd
for his neighbor and his opposition to the
marriage OF his daughter to the son Of
the enemy--nct In Evans and Hoey, for
their work Is almost q side issue In view
Of Its originality. Early in the first act
the captain and his neghbor were having
4 tin over the back fence and repartce
came and went with startling rapidity. At
last II reached a climax,
III you are not taclsass," roared the OPP
position in an ungovcrnable rage. "you are
not far from one"
NO replied the captain. coolly. II am
right next door to one"
Friends separated the two, and in that
same act, In spite Of a threat that II his
daughter met the young man again he
would take her as far away from him as
heaven is from Chicago" the two met on
tho same fence and began to swap grew
ances. Tho sole idea In the youths head
was that IL he dlsobeyed his parent he
would be dlsinherited and thrown on the
world
What should we do them" asked his
sweetheart In Borrowing tones.
~ suppose could work" was the reply.
and then in a rapture OF despairing love
But. darling, you would not have me do
that"
you may talk as much as you please
about matinee favorites," observed Henry
Miller not long ago, but I have never seen
the equal OF Harry Montague He was well
worth his large salary as an attraction for
Wallacks theater. There is 30 exaggera-
ton about the stories of the great number
OF letters he used TO receive from utter
strangers. How intense was the adulation
was indicated by the extensive sale OF his
photographs. In one play he wore his hair
In a fiat curl at each side of hts forehead.
From that came the fashion among women
of wearing a row OF just such curls. Two
months before his death he was willing to
take advantage OF this special popularity.
He arranged for a benefit performance at
Booths theater and week beforehand
a ivertised that tickets could he bought at
his private residence. The idea proved il
hit. The seats In the theater were all sold
before the night Of the performance. and
| Mon .ague cleared about $1,000"
The following little biographical sketch
of Madame Nordca Will prove interesting
to her many admirers here: She was horn
in Maine of good New England stock. She
WAS educated abroad; returned aud made
| er first appearance In concert in poston In
| 1876. She longed for opera. however, and
went TO Italy again and was fitted for the
stage by Signor Giovanni who gave her
the name OF Nordca. She made n success
ful debut in "TrRyata," at the little
theater at Brescia, near Milan. In 1850 sho
went to ST. Petersburg. where she sang in
| Italian opera with Sescbi and other we'll
known singers, but their engagement was
abruptly terminated by the assassination
Of the ear. which put an end TO all fes-
tiyitos, In July following shc made her
| operate debut in Paris in Faust" being
received with great favor. She was study
ing with Gounod and had made IA three
year engagement to sing in opera. when