The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25

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Very pretty playhouse on Twenty fourth
| street (now called the Madison Square
theater), and there more than duplicated
IT'S former success, which was unf0rtu-
| nately interrupted by engagements made
some Tins previous. II managed, how
ever, 10 run out It's two hundreth con-
secutive performance.
~
II the start which was made yesterday IL
any Indication of what the week Will be,
says the Kansas City Times, there will be
not only one. but many contented women
at the Grand during the week. Given one
OF the wittlest plays from the pen OF the
always entertaining Charles II. Hoyt and
company OF people, all OF whom are
good, and many OF whom are eppecial.y
| fitted for their parts, there In no appare I
reason why the production should Eos be
successful one. In the main, the faces
| winch are seen 10 "a Contented Woman"
This season are the Same as tho OF last
year, although the performance as a whole
| ~ q stronger one. Those who were best In
last years company have been retained.
| ~hiie all the changes are decidedly for the
better.
! The Times pays many compliments TO
the cast of "a Contented Woman" belle
Archer, Henrietta leo Fannie Rouse, Bon
| ne Iotte Arthur Buchanan, O. p Nor
! rison and Arthur Gregory being especially
| commended
| <AA =
There is an old story but 1t is a good
one: X. A. Barnet, the author OF may
| successful musical coined es and eXtraya-
ganzas, was leaving Boston, his hon. no.
7 ions ago, for New DIRK. He mad Just set
tied himself in the buffet car fol- a ,u.et
smoke and lhad opened his newsnaner T.,
read when a commercial lrayele,. a a.,
aAouisitive kind entered. rae drumr,@,,,
took a seat near HIN a.Ad ul1de several n =
Temps 10 Attract mis- Al. ts.p. ion. pIroi,v
unable TO stand the silence. Inc dr,,,nm,.r
! si, ,a.e.ils wess!
lo,lsad -, ~. au..eS nis yeo'vwS as no
| Piled thougntflsly
Yes"
| New York;.
| Yes"
| "Pleasure?'
Yes"
| Great place, New York, Ever been
| there before?"
Yes
II am going home this trip. New York.
| you know"
| Others In the car had by This time h,.
come interested in the situl ION. owing
.1f hn Al I'M.
mer and the amused annoyance of Mr.. Bar
net. The convcrsatic,1 was neaI1nr tho
end although thu arurnmer ala not lro,.
FINALLY he asked:
Excuse me, put might ! ask what you
oyin,a M. n.sn,,,1,,'1l. -
his inauisitor steadily in tSe face Mr. Rur.
net replied with much deliberations
I haNniIap
t,as,se have niant, as r,nna,. 80. seon',
ford It, and last. because IL like the MIN q
| I intend to buy IT.
That ended the seance.
| -
,,,n,
! az ""'pn' i'lsh SERVANT giri one uay
asked leave to attend the wake" of "a
favorite cousin The desired permlssi N
WIS prnnted and Norab yr,co >,h,
choly teaat ,dad ~, har 49,, '' 80 -''i"'
faw wae,ss i,tar sha ,,mnonnni, III w.,
nhy rho, ahe NM, inn,,a IL, " ~. A.. "u'
,nn,th .Ara ~, ,ssaD,i.s. sn' miVh'h
uorl, ar 49,. , 49, ~e.i, Will so,iI
,.,,. 49,, $50, t'pt@i esNsu "a
s,,,h t"," ~ s.,p', .o, ~''u sorry TO lose
Norah i...,.,s,, ' ~, oh, no, SIT, ga a
NO., o''.' 'm'uAty put m gong 10 De M r
,,atho .m i.y u''s w., ~ W. isn 1t
iather su"uei,' MORAN ASKED MI Mur-
pmy l's ~, suuulnt 10 me SIR, said Norah'
the wake. sir, and he marked me whilst he
was mourning"
Rose Noghian makes her entrance In the
hrst scene oil the thtrd act OF THE White
Heather on tandam bicycle, but" says
she, though | come in on bicycle, | do
not ride nj all Mrs Ion, Wool who NAV,
tho 81 =, r,,,. , 49, VS." pay
WIG i''e VI A""v '""e' IN Lonuoh' uSeu 10
/ coma on In that act on n tricycle. SO Mr..
/ Frohman said that /, too. should have .,
/ lricycle eais ,yo,,,a do a., .,,,h ,ht,,'
Mrs Wood ~ constda ,s, 'o AN, 1n.H .u,us,
| Than am and dc NAV ~ irinvc Io'I h,,.
MI, ynI Than NI' Ero.u,," satI ,,a ~.
ride bcvc,a M w.li for ns n,,,r, my ~,
seem a. I'm of hlen,Sl,s aonY 80, !, ' t,'
wheel is all ye!y well to 90 somewhere
eco q, nxsrc a'i' h 'p' aTSus oH. 'naS II is
| And so in The play / get on The tandem
/ with tiger, and he pedals it in. All Tat
| have TO do Is to ait tip straight until
we reach the center Of the stage. whsra
they catch me and keep me- from IA ling
Hfsif t,,,, 10.