The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-28

zed mites. staged by Managers Klaw d
| ErlaDger q couple OF years ago, continue
their stage antics oyar Western territory.
f, TO the delight of thousands and the gain Vi
their rcalizers. The hilarious Casino bur
| iesques. I'm Gay New York; and 1.-THE Lazy
| Slavey," another duo OF successes now uh,
der the direction OF this firm, are credi.eu
with bullying attendance everywhere. INT
Strange Adventures of Jack and the oeah-
| stalk" the latest novelty projected by NAV
Erlanger. after a three months stay IN
| New York and an Overwhelmingly indorseu
visit to Philadelphia, continues to crowd
| the Boston Museum with every perform
| ance. Two weeks have been added TO thelr
| announced stay in the Hub, and furtner
extensions are under negotiation
| David Bspham Of tho Metropolitan Opera
| House company. was ut one time In the
| innermost circle OF Philadelphia's excius-
i've society. That was before no went
abroad. In his Philadelphia days he was
a member Of little coterie OF amateur ac-
tors and actresses whose performances were
always extremely fashionable affairs. Ihey
were held In a very small theater known
as the Amateur Drawing Room, on seven
teenth street. near Chestnut. IL mas lolE
since been altered into a hay ana ieeu
store. or Mr.. Bispham's contemporaries III
that little group OF amateurs he is the ohiy
one that took to the stage professionally.
Tho New York Mercury the other day.
after conservative succession of praisefll
words of Lillian Burkhart and a new sketch
she is presenting. wonders why this ex-
cellent actress prefers to ventiate her art
in the vaudevllles rather than in one of the
available stock companies Of the CITY, aud
assumes her answer to be the same as
that Of the army of other high priced legit-
innate players who now find the variety
field Mecca" Robert billiard and Law
renee Hanley. who have made vaudeville
debuts at rival houses in New York. are
the newest acquisitions to the vaudevllies.
Negotiations are in progress for the pre-
sentation In London simultaneously with
their advent in New York OF the summer
reviews annually staged by Manager Geo
w. Lederer at the Casino Round the
Town, Miss Metropolis and Young Knicker
booker are among a hundred titles now
hanging over the new burlesque by Hugh
Morton and Gustave Kerker which Man
agcr Lederer will stage at the Casino In
New York early In May. With THE Lady
Slavey." I'm Gay New York; and AN |
American Beauty" this trio won the rare
distinction or three great successive sue |
oesses.
The Bohemian String Quartette will sail |
very shortly for this country. 1t is the
finest organization of the kind in Europe
Henry Wolfsohn has booked them very ex-
tcnsively during March, April and May.
Rafael Joseffy will be heard with the quar-
tette on the occasion of their second con-
cert in New York on March ..
Clever Jessie Bartlett Davis suggests
knock turnes as a sort OF music most like
ly to please a postman. For dressmaker
she recommends polonaises, for wits i'm
promptus for dog fancier bark arolles,
for lunatlcs mad -rigals for soldiers can
ons, for fishermen catch, while lades.i
Miss Davis, are sure to prefer
bins.
James A. Hearn the actor. lectured in
congregational pulpit in Kansas CITY He
told his audience that the most sublime
play he had ever seen was THE Passion,
in which James O'Neill impersonated
Christ That was the piece which Mr.
)'Nclll produced in San Francisco, but
which was prohibited in New York
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