The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-30

Of prinaA donn&o, Mlse clark Ii 3ouuEsr
ana pretticr than D'Arviilc, but Il rot
quite - good an actsvse At * naorc than
likely thai Miss Clark viii s9gcln the fscs-
tonians next season. Speaking III shr llnx4
tonshns, hear a runor that iilinn turii-
an1i,h. nov singing iii The sSfiie Eioct,
Will Replace Jessie Bartlett- Laws next keS-
| son.
May Irwin IS doing % we'll at the lilou
IN "lhc Swell Miss r1txwell' shas her en-
~. be popular oomedienne NH DC fol-
lowed ON the 2ist BY 4 revival, With spu-
| ciai cast, OF What Happened 10 Jones'"
Jones VIII probably be ;ollowod by rno
Marquis OF Michigan new facce comedy
IN which one Samuel Bernard, .Dutch''
comedian. win be starre,l
julia Mnrlowc Is IN the last week of her
engagement at tho KnicSsrbockrr. Her
business has been fair to iuidtiiug. Next
Monday w. Fl. Crane comes to this house
IN Eugene Presbrcy's new comedy, Ia Viz
ginia conrtshir,' which Is said to have
made a considerable success on the road
The frisky Girl From Paris Is on view
at waliacks, where the audiences are
large and enthusiastic. The piece Is given
with an entirely different cast from that
sesn ut the Heraid Square last winter. and
IN many respects II is a better one. John
Drew begins an enlargement ut this thea
ter February ~, in the much talked OF
Loneon success. ''one summers Day"
Now that w. a. Brady and Florence
giegfeld. Jr.. have leased the Manhattan
thea,er, Rtco's "Ballet Girl will have 10
move out at an early date. Mr., Brady is 70
produce al that house. On February I, a
-haysccd'' play called Away Down East.
by Lathe Blair. and has engaged that cx-
lent actor George Backus. for an impor-
tent part.
The story that Manager Augustus pitou
had taken a lease OF the Murray Hill the
alter is vigorously denied by that gentle
man, who says the thceier Is no, only badly
located, hut TOO small for his purposes. MIR.
P,tou tells ine that his contact with
Chaunccy Oicott has recently been renewed
Tor another five years, ,1lcoty returns to
the Fourteenth Street thsator next Monday
for a 1--WE weeks engagement, opening IN
sweet lnEiscafrs,N and ms an Indication
Of his popularity II is only necessary to say
that every seat and box has already been
sold .oi his opening night.
cumberland ST. returns to town at the
Grand opera houSc next Monday nght
With this engagement the experiment VIII
be made of playing an attraction more than
ere something never before trird
at this thcator. II successful, Manager Pi-
tou Will next season book several Of the
strongest attractions Cor runs OF two and
three weeks each.
Charles Coghlnn. in 'rhe ROYAL Rox,"
has a fortnight more ut the Garden thea
ter. after which Henry Mltier VIII como
with rev play Coshlan gave 4 praies-
sional matinee TUESDAY. when all the PROM
inent actors and actresses in the city We're
his guests.
"a New Yorker is still ON View at
Hoyt's, where ne is to stay for n couple
OF weeks longer. W. A. Mcconnell, who
has become billiards manager, talks OF
bringing cni n second piece before leaving
the city, 80 as to have a repertoty Tor the
road. After Hiliiard comes on. stsah-
nah d farce which is 10 lie produced by
Charles Frohman.
Edward D. Price, who has been the press
agont ut Proctor's Pleasure Palace ever
sint~ il was opened 10 the public has re-
Joined Edward r.. Rice as the general man
ager of all his enterprises, Mr.. srice Is
gentleman and scholar. As 4 press agent
he resembles the late George Washington,
minus his Ratchet
We have reached the second act OF the
sensational drama in which Edward j. Rat
cliff formerly OF the Lyceutn Theater stock
company is playing he star part l IN
dcrstand thai the district attorney Is now
busily engaged in arranging The third ana
lnst act. The scene Of which viii probably
he laid IN the village of Sing sing, on the
Hudson. When the fall OF the finai cur
tain on this realistic drama Is pmcheu Inc
public will be gra'iiicd. -Nsns' 'Yhe'