The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-04

| "''' ,"VIrO Sastie In the dis.
lance. had an equally enthusiastie n,Tee,
IN inc third act an illustration az thc ~
sruc,ion OF the Maine through spanish
| results. VAN sp'ehuld
The story closes by the destruct,on 4,
uerve,a,s fleet' and the occupation Of San.
tiago by American soldiers
| ~
Jonn stapleton. author uf the merry
Hoyts thcater success, "a Bach,ior,s la,
c2troon.' waich comes TO IN Seara t,use
soon, mas apAeved notable triumnh. IN
asmuch az he has written a farce tha, has
psen accepted everywhere by the n,ess ana
puDilc and yet II funny without slang mr.
vuleailty;. MI. stapeton has unitel a keen
Iuppreciation OF wit With some original
Ideas d stage craft, and evolved n ns,v
that Is unexcelled for interest ANA ia,,gn,
yer. a cast whlca is said to be cool viii
present the farce here.
49,
Fun and froiic. cleverly intcrspersed win
sparkling music and lively dances inter-.
inpted by the original irish comedians
Murray ami Mack and theli, merry csm.
pany' INCLUDING Eric Pollock. Len Delniore,
Waters, Mao Trumbull. Fannie Trumhuil,
klttle Beck. Refine GSie, Mona Carrlnrsor'
blsnche Creaga, kftty Hawthorn Com
stance Windom. Mary SMITH, Alice Smith.
Jeane Riley, Queenle Troenfc and a host
OF OF re, SO 10 make up "Finnigans Ball.
tne farce comedy success watch Will BE-
presented here soon.
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! The Meridian CMiss) Herald ~ !. ~.
cent Issue says; Punch Robestsoa's a.
oeiient cc,iiarany played to a full house
again last night. AS usual the Dixie T.
made a decided hit and wgre enoered aaAn
| and again. Punch Robertson ana M,ss
Iairle lltuis shared Tie honors IN the gem
7 Ala ,s, appisausel me titavy villain also
! aiu mis- part to perfection. During the per.
| romance Punch Robertson paid his 70.
spscts TO the ticket scalptrs. He explalneil
lnat neither he nor Marks Rothenberg a
va, piopi4etcrs OF the Grand opem bouss
were responsible; uaat certain parties
@ ml -vV or ule choice SCENTS at 50 cents
eaei ana disposed of them at so cents.
making $40 on the transaction. His snc.
cess in life was due to his honestly and
fuhch psbeftson assured his audience thar 4
ne WOULD never engage In Nightmare nt,,c
uces, MI Robertson announced that he
wou.u slaoiy pay uae spcculstors $40 today
Y tney would refrain from cornei.ing Inc
market" 80 az az
Edna Wallace Hopper will no longer ,lis.
port herself in the neat fitting garments on
the naval cadet In Yankee Doodle DANDY -
Last week in Philadelphia there was n
oiash OF some kind botweos the vivacious
soubrette and certain Mr. Walter Jones, |
VINO Is satd to esteem himself highly. ami
.ne result was that Mrs. Hopper resigned
by telegraph. The next morning Mr.. tones |
apoicglzed, but ii was too late AZ Inc man |
aSer mad accepted the resignation and had |
engaged Louise Beaudet to piay the mart |
llhis Miss Beaudet should certainly IL, aple |
10 40, as, since her experience as leading |
iady IN Hamlet and other similar plays |
IN Daniel Bandmann's repertoire, she mas |
travelled all over tbs world s.n3ing some |
what risky songs ia the variety halls |
There Is no shadow OF doubt on Miss beau
dets versatility, aud. although her connec- |
ton with Bandinann proves that she ia
more thHn Z, aye, moro than 81, she still |
preserves youthful appcarance--on the
stage.
William Gillette was to have presented
his new Play, Because She Loved Him So"
at the Garidck theater. New York, Monday
evening, replacing Annie Russell In Cath
crime" but Catherine" is SO successful |
that AIN EFFORT was made TO have Mr. Gill |
lette deter the metropolitan appearance OF
his play. with the result that ha wired as
follows; Perfectly delighted that | can [
contribute a iettie 10 AnAia Russell's sue
cess by getting 0ut.of the wAy.' Mr.. Gil
letto does not intend TO appear In Because
She Loved Him So but Is now touring the
West In Secret Service" aud may be seen
here in this great play before the season Is
much further advanced. 4
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Here Is Richard Mansfield story some
what at variance with the usual cynical
and pessimistic anecdotes about this actor.
Maud Hosford lie authority for il. She was
engaged several ytars ago To play jose
phine in the play called Napoleon" waich
Mansfield worked over for such a long time.
only TO give II n very few presentations.
Rehearsals of this play were as numerous
as its reylsions, and one day they hal be-
gun at ., and o'clock still found them in
state of nervous collapse. Ill is needless
to state that Mansfield was OF the latter
number. The scene, which had never pro-
crossed to his entire satisfaction had for its
climax Napoleon throwing over the royal
chair and exclalming: "There Is your
throue | am the empire" The members
of the company stood around IN their var-
GUS attitudes awaiting ire clatieisin when
had invariably followed this scene. but
Mansfield seemed 10 have some sense OF the
intensity OF the situation and gave his eli
max speech thus: "There Is your kitchen
chair / am the cook" Rehearsal was then
dismissed, but everybody felt better
~
w. s. Hart who Is leading man In julia
Arthur's company this season. is consider
ably taller than his predecessor. Edwin Ar
den, and thereby hangs tale, The hnal
rehearsal of "A Lady of Quality was bslng
held In preparation for the opening OF the
season on the following night. and, as ~
customary in such cases. the rehsarsai WAS |
exactly what the performances would be,
scenery, costumes and all details beins
carefully observed. In "a Lady of Quailly'
Sir John oXon is killed BY cloiinda wipa q
blow from her whip handle anu a5 re-
ception impends CIorinda eonacais the poay
o. tho gentleman BY pushing 2 SOFA avss ~
The sofa, long enough for Edwin Araeh, :
Was about seven inches short at eaeh. ehl
for Hart, and the llmo between thsas re-
hearsal and the performances was spena ~
frantic search for longer spla o, Sae
means OF lengthen.ng the one on hand. lne
latter scheme was adopted. but the PSF
~, ,..,,,.,.., utaa endanpered when one or Inc 4