The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-02

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.The Cherry pickers.' IAN american Cit
fxen.'' .The Princess and the BUTTERFLY,
.sThe Hignwayman.' Cumberland ti,
'The White Heather "a Ward OF
France" "a Stranger In New York, one
Round OF Pleasure" and THE Swell Miss
Fitzwell.''
| A new musical comedy called THE T.le-
phone Girl" was made known at the Cos
| inc Monday night OF this week. The new
piece is the work OF Hugh Morton &c. M
| s. McLellan) aud Gustave Kerkorl IT Is
| in two acts The first one shows The IN
lterlor or the department OF the TELEPHONE
service known as Central. and the SOC
| ond the apartment OF music hall singer.
| The story tells OF telephone girl who
| loves young man about town. Before MS
acquaintance with the hello girl the
Young gentleman has been an admirnr OF
| the music hall warbler. y message wnich
| the stage queen sends TO her former lover
over the telephone is heard by Central,
who Is the young mans fance. "a COM
| municaticn engaging maiu LOT me stsee
wonder comes to Central" at The same
time She meets the situation by securing
the position of maid for herself. shortly
before the young man appears on tne scehe
the parents of the actress, VINO mas ppcn
writing them that she is earning o isspect-7
able living as housemaid, arrive at the
home of the footlight faSoTite. belt on a
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life she makes change of gowns wlth the
mad, and here the fun starts III s.sst aid
furious continuing until the eni. Inc
new piece is handsomely staged IN ! clsT.
crly acted by Clara Lipman as the phone
girl, Louis Mann as the wire Inspector ana
Charles Dickson MS an aged aansrer VI
everything wearing petticoats. The others
IN the cast are Henry Bergman, Edward
S. Abeles, G.. F'rancioli, Eleanor F.itcn.
Sarah Mcvfckers and Anita and MilheenS
Wilson. A novelty OF the piece is that the
chorus is composed entirely of women.
At the Garden theater the same night
Nancy Hanks" passed under the wire, a
winner by several lengths. The pacsmakers
we're Marie Jansen and Frank Taanenhi'
Jr. The piece is farce comedy ana as
funmaker fills its mission
One OF the most suggestive exposures OF
female anatomy that it has ever been my
lot to see is exploited in THE Ballet Gtri
at the Manhattan theater. In about the
middle of the second act which shows the
stage OF the Folies theater in Paris, set
for a Moorish ballet, six young women,
clad in black, sombre, silk street dresses,
with violet hats and gloves (they are sup
posed to be widows) advance TO the foot
lights in demure fash ana sing Il pa
thetic song, at the end of which the or
chestra strikes up lively music, and what
appears to be bare leg shoots suddelly out
from the skirt of each widow" The skirts
are slashed on one side from the waist TO
the floor and the legs of the young women
are encased in flesh colored tights. The
exposure is startling. to say the least. An
other sensational exhibit in the same !
piece is made by the soubrette. l'he young |
woman wears stylish gray walking eos
tune with high collar, hat. gloves. etc..
but only narrow strips of cloth rea"n from |
the collar to below her bust and her naked |
chest and bosom are on view between the
narrow places. 1t must be seen tn be ap- |
preoated. Notwithstanding these eNhibf-
lions of nudity. ] think THE Ballet GiTl''
will not have long CIR profitable life.
Julia Marlowe's press agent S trying to
work up the sympathetic dodge FOR his star.
First Julia is taken slightly i'll in CinGin- /
natl and of course this is telegraphed TO
all the papers. Secondly, VIC are told that |
because Augustin DAILY announces Ada
Rehan as 'RosaIind' for the same night
On which Miss Marlowe is to open ut the |
in the same part, that Mr.
Daily is trying to queer the yours sia,'s
FIRST appearance here this season. IT isn't
at all likely that Mr.. DAILY arranged his
repertoire with any such idea In view.
Julia Marlowe is not rival Of Ada Tehan's
and never can be- Up. S.--.lulia AIaIiowe
opens at the Knickerbocker January 30
The recent interview with Clenclt Scott,
The veteran English critic, in which he
tells of the immortality OF the stage. has
been a godsend to some of our actors and
actresses, who are writing to and are oeirg
interviewed by the papers. When such
women AS Lillian Russell. Della Fox. Sa
die Martinez and Margaret Mather resent
Mr. SCOTS attack on the stage, he GER
tainly ought to feel Crushed"
Nancy Sykes.