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


tie '.wacht Am RhYin." About his incl
| dental music Mr.. Skinner is some hing OF
a crank. and during the week be had fiad
4 several passages at arms With the leader
! OF the orchestra. here were many NUT
tcrines on the part Of the musician. who
| had been overheard vowing venseance.
4 Saturday night came and as he picked up
| his baton for the last act, diabolical
| CLEAN shot from his eyes. Something was
/ evidently In the wind. All went we'll how
Fever. and he never was late at a cue nor
/ did anything but attend strictly to bust
ness. The last scene OF the play was on.
| The Prince and Princess were reunited, and
! the Princess cousin had entered to say
| that the Kingdom had been saved. Far
away In the distance could be heard the
sound Of martial music. Very. very softly
| did IL steal upon the ears Of the auditors:
| then suddenly all was silent. The little
man In the chair gave couple of quick
| beats and then there burst upon the aston
| shed Skinner and his company the strains
Of triumphant march, but not the watch
| on the Rhine" The German army marched
| TO victory with fits band playing the Mar
! seilaise.' IL was the vengeance OF the
| leader.
Ejdy's Theatrical Squib: A play OF ro-
| nance, Of love. OF poetry, OF music, OF
| sweetness and light. with no dark patches
and no tragedies; a dramatic tale of life in
Ireland, but with no politics, no hints OF
rebellion in IT,; story OF well sustained in-
terest to the close-refreshing, pleasing and
picturesQue--such is Augustus Pitou's
drama, Sweet Inniscarra,'' In which
Chauncey Olcott, the popular singing Irish
comedian, is now starring with phenosne
nal success.
Sol Smith Russell occupies unique po-
sition among players. He has line in
which he has neither competitors nor imi-
tators, His style is SO distinctly his own,
as to make i'm an exceedingly interesting
figure on the current stage There is no
apparent effort on the comedians part to
touch the hearts OF his audience. There Is
no striving after effect But in many of
his scenes tears come to the eyes OF the
audience almost before the smile has left
their lips.
Bthelwyn Hoyt, a daughter OF Eugene
+. Hoyt OF New York City will make her
debut on the stage January II at Hoyts
theater in New York. appearing in THE
Cup OF Betrothal," which will then be
acted by the students OF the Stanhope-
Wheatcroft Dramatic school. Miss Hoyt is
direct descendant of Roger Sherman one
Of the signers OF the Declaration OF indie
pendence. She is described as handsome
and talented.
1t is said that Mrs. Minnie Maddern
Fiske's tour OF the large cities is a sort OF
n trilmphal march Owing TO her unwil-
ingness to be swallowed up by the theatre
cal trust, she has been obliged in several
instances 10 play The second grade houses.
Advanced prices have prevailed. of course
and the audiences, both as 10 quality aud |
number have been wonderfully fine.
Everywhere her depletion of the sufferings |
and final revolt of Tess" is pronounced a !
revelation of genius. Mrs. Fiske's acting |
looks simple to most people, and so it is |
the simplicity of a perfected art.
Many years ago when was young and
handsome" says Nancy Sykes, Rose
Eytinge was the leading actress of the
stock company of the Union square theater.
where her greatest success was made as
Rose Michel in the play of that name. This
week at the Murray Hin theater, the same
actress, just little stouter. but as mag |
netlc and powerful as ever, is playing her
old part, and what's more, she is playing
it we'll The recent addition of Miss Ey- |
tinee and Il. j. Henley has greatly
strengthened the stock company Of this
theatcr."