The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-13

ton. Maggie Fielding and Maude Harrison.
| who has not of late been seen much upon
| the local Stage.
After an absence of two or three years
| ModJeska reappeared in this city at the
Fifth Avenue Monday night in Marie
| STUART. me 1'ldience was not large
| one. and ii is quite evident that the popu-
larity of this actress here is thing OF the
past. Her Illness has worked much HARM
and she has entirely lost her old spontan-
iety aud fire With the exception OF Jo-
seph Haworth and John Malone. her sup
| porting company is about as had us ii
can be-
John Drew returns TO town next week al
Wallacks. where he will be seen in "Ono
Summers Day" appearing as Major Dick
| Rudyard, Il middle-aged gent with a
| red hot love affair on his hands. There is
a wicked gypsy woman which viii be acted
by Elsie de Wolf and a comical bad boy.
The scenes will show un island in the
Thames occupied by gypsies and picnic
party.
Henry Miller comes 10 the Garden Tues
day night OF next week In n new four-act
drama entitled The Master an original
play by G. Stuart Ogilvie, an Englshman.
Miller is to play the part of man of
ffty-five, and ii is said that Charles Froh-
man will hereafter work him into character
roles exclusively Two or three of this
actors best successes as leading man OF
the stock company at the Empire theater
were in eccentric comedy parts, and Il is
likely that he will make rapid advances in
this particular line of work.
John Mason and Marion Manola have re-
turned to town after their disastrous
break up in Savannah. Ga. Mason is show
ing badly discoored eye acquired during
The little Iuction consequent upon the
bursting up of the show, and Manola is i'll
In bed at one of our hotels. Mr.. Harry
Askin. their manager, says that dope" Is
the cause OF all their troubles.
"A Virginia Courtship," in which w. II.
Crane is appearing at the knicherboeker.
Is proving 10 be first class financial
success. IT Is said that the receipts are
averaging something like $500 ut every
performance. and this In the face of the
fact that most of the critics Jumped on the
piece with both feet. 80 10 speak. Mr..
Crane tells me that he expects his present
play to run for many weeks. and perhaps
for the remainder of the season.
Monday night Minnie Seligman Cutting,
an actress who has successfully played
leading parts, made her debut in yaude-
vile at Proctors. In Gilbert's one-act play
Comedy and Tragedy" which was orig
inally written for Mary Anderson. Mrs.
Cutting had the assistance of several ex-
cellent actors and actresses, including John
Lester Wallack a grandson of the late
Lester WALLACE. During her engagement
size will also be seen in a thirty minutes
version OF Carmen"
Kid Mccoy, the puglist, who became an
actor something like three weeks ago, re-
tired from the stage last Saturday night. |
Mccoy has been sparring in Duncan Is. |
Harrison's production OF The Pacific |
Mail" Harrison was Of the opinion that |
the fighter would draw large audiences, but !
tic experiment has cost him large sum |
OF money, and ne says that IL VIII be |
long time before he will again undertake |
TO exploit a pugIlistacto
There is a little play house down on |
Irving place called the Irving Place |
theater where German dramas and comic |
operas are being dishsd up to our Teutonic
fellow -citjzens. ! went down there enc
night last week and must say that the en-
tertalnmen. furnished borders on the rot.
ten" The company Is evidently sseo
class. and the stage settings would scarce
" be tolerated by Bowery audience. THIS
week the management is presenting
play called LADY of Catends" and farce
comedy bearing the title OF Ash We'd I
nesday" | don't wonder that the manegnr
Is TO BE- given benefit by his friends. He
probably needs IT,
James Austin Fynus. who has been the
manager OF Keith's Union Square tteaier
for several years. has Resigned 10 become
the general manager OF Proetor's Pleasure
Palace frociof's Twenry-third stree
theater and Proctor'l theaier in Albany.
n. Y Mr.. Fynes is an e7terprising and
Popular gentleman. and much q the sue
cess OF Keith's is due to his ski,lfnl man
agement.
Legs continue TO form an important fca-
ture nd sam r. Jacks theater at Broadway /
and Twenty-nin,h street The DISPLAY Of
anatomy anpears 10 be greatly enjoyed by !.
students OF nature who crowd the theatsr
III every performance. Mr.. Jacks idea OF
female beauty seems 10 run 10 TAT legs,
abnormal hips and bullying bosoms.
nIIilda clark Il on. aud caTille I
n.Aryille Is in Is the proper thing to ray
Of ',The Highwayman" at the Broadway
Both are drawing salary. and as the
theatcr Is crowded to the doors nightly the
seems TO he satisfied.
Nancy Sykes.