The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-24

Flag" for instance--but to me It \ fully
~ funny az either. You may have noticed
that run 10 frIvolity IN my theatrical
TASTES, that IN my eyes the mfssion OF the
| thoater IL to ainsisc. II I AMI guilty, and
acknowledge II. can call the box office
receipts ct the Atlanta thester! - Wit
nesses that, 20 far ~ Hoyt and his works
| Of art are concerned. there are others. To
all there others commend - Stranger In
| New York." with Harry Conor, Sadie Mar
| ttnct. those clever Angeles girls, Harry
0iifoll and all its other flnmakers. It's
hot.
At tho Casino they are whipping The
Belle Of New York" into shape. There was
too much Of Il at frst. but the wedding
out process is improving It. Dan DAILY 10
AZ usual the best thing in the show. George
Ledcrer has made the usual elaborate pro-
duction and selected his girls with an
eye equal To- Ed Rice's but the book is not
a. good as The Lady slayey,' and some
OF the others for which Mcclellan was re-
sponsible. BY tho way how Town Topics
Is missing Mcclellan these days. II seems
to have dropped out almost entirely.
THE Circus Girl hangs ON At Days
and does good business. We hear moth
ing Of Ada Rehan these days, which shows
that even Augustin DAILY would rather rake
In shekels than stArve In the promotion OF
high art. Another OF George Edv
production, In Town" 10 further up
broadway, and although American mana
gers agree that It Is Lad and the critics
gave It good deal Of frost. It keeps
right on drawing people. Tho reason for
this Ia that you are given sight OF some
OF the prettiest girls London has to show
aufnv fNra m ~ which ha
eyes and are entertained. though there Is
really nothing worth remembering In IL all
except Marie Studholme and the girl who
plays the small part CT the call boy. Louis
Bradiield, the comedian. can be funny,
which ought to be mentioned, because he
Ia The only English comedian who can.
There is no question OF the hit which
Maude Adams has mnde ns star. You have
doubtless road Barrie's story, THE Little
Minister and will recall the dramatic
possibilities Of Lady Babbie Barrie has
written the play and 1t is more than an
adaptation of his story, for he has put in
new matter. Still the story Ia no; lost
una IL Is given a new charm by its clever
Interpretation by that cleverest OF girls,
Maude Adams. | have many tlines Won
dered why she has not been starred before
Instead OF being used TO pull John Drew
through 10 success. but now that she has
taken the step perhaps the delay has Teen
all for the best. OF one thing he assured
here Is one of the future great women OF
tho American stage.
Willard, the English actor, and Manffeld
who would like to be onean Enallshman.
net an actor, for he's already that are
among the special attrlctIcns OF the week
and the American is far and away the het-
ter. Willard Is polished actor 1t Ia true.
but he is nothing more; Mansfield s more.
A comparison under present surroundings
is hardly fair. however, as Willard Is CTR
rylng along one Henry Arthur Jones
psychological studies. while Mansfield h8s
a brillinnt comedy by that prince OF cynics,
George Bernard Shaw. His "Arm and tho
Man was over the heads OF the people
but in THE Devils Disciple" he has shown
he can write for the people as well ms OF
thom, II Is The best thing Mansfield las
had In years, and he needed 1t.
The really unique thing OF the season
Is the Chinese play brought on here from
'Frisio and sprung upon an transporting
public at the Manhattan. "The First
Born is sufficiently Interesting to attract
people to the theater for some time to
come. though 1t is nothing more than a
rather lugubrious melodruma with
Chinese settiLg. There Is the odor OF opium
and there are Chinese particlpants-China-
town Chinese as studied out by Frisco
Americans Ito give tie special color to the
play. end 1t Is all unique enough to make
" go with New Workers. who have never
summed 1t about their own city. Ham
mersteir put on Chinese play earlier at
inc Olympia. but NJ didn't 20.
At the music balls Vesta Tllley. the
English girl who knows how to act the
masculine on the etnge as It should be
done is taking the shine off the boom of
the Merode' Merode is getting the greater
part OF the advertising. but she is only
pretty without being anything more than
that Veata is clever and though we may
! ay to see beauty In other walks OF stage
ilre, we want oleverness In the music
halls.
After 1t all. I'm still pledged to "a
Stranger In New York"
a Man in Front