The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-30

| irtto tho great art Of acting mrAt htse
been. and Into what Gif'1DsiE M aant v al
OF evapurat3ng litslensss their desire to act
must have dwindlcd. because u Is imposs'-
bls 10 behold such Er@nd dIglinSnnl y, z, OF
the classic drama Us the Jain7s- Sidicr-
| Wafde combination gave witio'h feeling a
| deepsr reverence for the art us we'll as I'M
| bibtpg a STRONGER love for the theatcr as q
ter pie cf everything broadening and en-
1 nobllnEi
soul that the majestic measures Of
Shakespeare and the brilliant wit q
| Sheridan are rot to be compared with
/ irf<rior and more trivial entertainments:
and TO such the revival OF fhe old TRACE
dtes and comedies meant little. But I
| was Reminded again and again OF the
combination which the association OF Mr..
James. Miss Kiddsr end Mr.. Warde 81
| much resernbled not alone because u
| its gifted personality but also BY reason
Of the tono and character OF the plays
| presented. aid that is the renowned alli-
| arce of James w. Wallask. Lucile West
| ern and II. l.. Davenport To me It was
history repeating itself. 1t was feast
1 OF reason! II bore me back-yes, ard II
| carried me forward. and wondered "
! such magnificent spsstecles. such superh
| firtssse. such discipline sirch training. and
such unuuosttonable gifts. may not re-
| vive and Ickindlo anew love for those
tnsperishable Ance which have been craven.
upon the generations and CARVED mon the
eternal tablets OF TIE human soul"
Let no one so far mistake the ladies OF
the stage as TO assume that they are going
to allow their male competitors to carry
off oil OF the glory to be CLEANED from our
recent brush with Spain. Here are two In
stances which indicate that the ladies' are
! still able TO take care OF themselves in
Kalamazoo two weeks ago Belle Archer
was playing in "a Contentud Woman
(, while General Shaftcr occupied a box 10
| witness the performance. Upon her. first
entrance the leader OF the orchestra hanled
| her big bunch OF American Beauty roses,
which she Immediately presented to the
! rotnnf general with nice little impromptu
speech. Alice Nielsen was the next to
seize her OPP rtunites. and her flowers
aud her speech were directed to General
| Fit1hugh Lee. II is out OF the question to
! suppose that Miss Archer or Miss Nelson
| know beforehand OF the coming OF the mill
| tary gentlemen. or that they would receive
| flowers which might be uaed In that man
ner. or course not.
/ ~
Gladys Wallis seems to have abandoned
herr ecentlye oppressed intention to- devote
the balance OF her life TO musical comedy
for she VS. announced to plar q part in the
new play written bv Eugene w. Presber,
/, for w. II. Crane called Worth a Million I,
1t was In Mr.. Cranes company that thle
4 little woman first attracted attention So.
4, afler q round of ALMOST every kind OF net
Ing which the stage oan afford one of heI
lack OF stature. she Is back where she be.
gan. but It Is hoped the experience bn.
been valuable.
A The successor ofSoot Ingls In Julia
Arthur's company is w, S. Hart. tai
young man with n sepulchrnlly deep voice
who sprung into prominence when pinyin.
leading paris With Nine. hhea. 1t will b.
remembered that she once produced pla
IN which Ole OF the characters was William
Shakespeare, and Mr.. Hart who was
named after the immortal bard of Avon
was so Impressed with his own Hkenes
to the original that pictures OF bin in taa
make-up are still extant although the pla,
was shelved several years Ggo.
~
Tim Murphy Is winning fame end expect
} tc win fortune with 1.-The Carpet Dagger,
|. his new play by opie Read ind Frank PIX
l | ley. He Is credited with having made
strong success AZ the earpct-bag governo
4 of Mississippi One Western critic SAYS Mr.
Murphy Is one OF the very best actors o.
Q the American stage.
II. A. Du souchet made a reputation 10
: himself In My Friend from India whle
: wds his first effort and which he imme
diately followed up with Tho Man frol
o MeNico.' Mesars Smyuh and Rice, VIII
d also rave the public MY Friend from In
Z dia," have been associated az a firm c
y theatrical managers but two years. an
: they now have four ORGANIZATIONS on til
IS road.
: TNhe daily newspapers paid very little al
:, tertAon to the death OF Edward ]. Henle.
q which occurred two weeks ago. and yet u
u Influence was apparent in the presentatio
10 OF utmost every heavy (villainous) ro
], which has been enacted In an importai
!, play during tho past thrse seasons. Il
sr originated the part OF Tom Driscoll \
ID "Pudd nhead Wilson and hts successo,
i. followed closely In the lines he had mi
ss ailown. He played Eadaino In Margaret Nix
" theirs productioi OF "Cymbelinen with
ID like result and M rehearsed the part
Thorpe In The Heart OF Maryland unit
Sc his voice failed Calm. Henley wac not
Il handsome man, hut ne had what for wal
b. Of better term 10 called magnetism and 4
could crlfow villain with an Intensity
nd ferocious that none could determine whe
the fine between Stimulation and real
should be drawn He wss the husband
M hci<'h iSVrah~ans now tuo pfilnA uuuua
~ the Bostonians.
nd ~
=. In the flrst burlesQue Of "Cyrano de Be
as gerac." to be given In New York. the tit
I'd role becomes Sir Andy lde Bootjack, Roxal
nr Is made over into Roxiana Reehan Al
-. Christian il irreverently dubbed Chrlstis
W Endeavor. They have also dragged In NJ
DAILY under the name OF Augusrin Doole
This WAS done at Roster y Biai's ana the
rs are at beast three moro out and out bu
" aesQues to come. to say nothing OF Il
~ quality and nature OF those vagrant produ
gu tions OF versions VI tho Roscand niaste
O. piece which threaten to peryade the eati
~ country.
It seems that Robert Hilliard has a spin
that can not stand renroof and a pri,
~ wThistn takes no reckoning m prosperity. !
was nicely placed as the hero OF "sportiI
~ lite" and tho play was running full Il
'sy with success at a New York theater yun
= one night last week. when Ii came time
es. 50 TO the tfseater and prepare for his PAL
ew he was In the company OF two OF his friend
an Officers In tho navy. What was more ma
ural than 10 invite the naval gentleun,
OF back Of Tie scenes TO ssse the nelodransa,
OF Wh0olB no round? fiN folows-l this ,,ntu,