The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-12
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| OF her criticisms. the kindness OF the
writer being in evidence in all OF them
| Among the people of the theater and
the newspapers in New York the death
OF Jessie Woods is sincerely mourned.
| ~
The Mildred and Rouclere company clos
ed at Galveston last Wednesday on account
OF continued bad business. The organiza-
ton was not bad OF its Kind but 1t was
| entirely unknown in this section and was
not advertised as we'll as 1t might have
been. The members of the company, in
GLIDING George Wilson. have gone East.
~
An advance notice says: "The Stow
away which will appear in this city very
soon, has several very picturesque scenic
features, but none more creditable than
the Yacht scene in the fourth act. 1t
Is genuine yacht, complete in every
appointment, with real masts, ropes, sails.
spsrs. hatchways brasses and a deck upon
which the actors walk and talk in full
view OF the audience. II floats strangely
enough seemingly surrounded by rocks
which loom up picturesquely IN the DIS
lance but the effect Is fine, and the real
ism added TO the action By placing 1t so
appropriately is worth all the money
IL.
dramatic interest take place upon this
yacht, Ii has a snug cabin and is as COM
Portable piece OF stage furniture as was
ever turned out. In THE Stowaway'
this season is stronger company than
ever before.
Various reasons may he suggested for
the prevalent interest in plays based on
novels. One is that they may so often
be better than some Of those that do not
need the mcdlupl of story for their ma
Equalization. Another is possibly that
they are good In themselves, and still
third can be traced to the fact that con-
sclously or unconsciously, every thought
ful reader Of work of fiction Is apt tn
give form and substance in their minds
10 the characters that wander throughNhe
novelist's pages Thus very natural
spirit of curiosity prompts us when OPP
portunity offers to see how nearly the
dramatis, has drawn our own conceptions
OF the personages of the story in hts
scenes. and what is OF more interest still
how nearly our idea is realized or de-
parted from by the study, Judgment and
trained methods of the actor
~
While Comic Opera Comedian Frank
Daniels is uudeniably an interested party
and hardly speaks az an unbiased OBJ
server of what is healthiest and best for
amusement seekers, he argues in entire
| hormany with the views OF a vast body of
| theater- goers when he says. Some actors
| insist that the higher art Is that which
| makes people cry. ] claim that the bet
ter art Is that which makes people laugh.
and thereby forget the cares and troubles
and tears. which are theirs without seek
Inc half Ha,4 t.rhut hie ia
s good. honest laughter and plenty of
Those who claim that IN this country we
are governed TOO much may possibly
fortify their case by some happenings in
Chicago under law prohibiting the use
Of the American flag for advertising pur-
poses. Part OF the programme at the
alter there introduced young woman
dressed in the coors OF the National
standard. The city had been billed with
posters so representing her When the
recent strict enforcement of the dag law
tegan the managers heard of 1t and hur-
riei to consult their attorney. He adj
vised them that the posters showing the
young woman attlred In the Stars and
Stripes might come within the provisions
Of the law Accordingly they sent out men,
, which they covered the star-spangled
, waist as shown on the billboards. And
the banner that was never struck with
} impunity by any nation was pasted by a
lot of bill -stickers
~
| Mrs, Flske. in spite OF prejudiced adj
verse criticism from the New York press,
Is still drawing large and influential audi
encos in that city. Becky Sharp" Is
proving a yeritable gold mine. This pro-
loiged engagement OF Mrs Fiske but
serves to make more ardent the Wish OF
her admirers In other cities to sec her
in drama that has served to give her
in New York that supreme distinction ac-
corded to her elsewhere seasons ago
~
Just as able counsel sometimes sur
prises the man hos defending with tho
n consciousness OF many superior qualities
of character he never suspected himself
OF possessing, so must the press agent on
occasion astonish his employer with the
! npmeration of the latter's remarkable
talents and successes.
Sidney Grundy's dramatization OF Du-
mas LA Tulipe Noire" tTho Black TIL.
l.p). successfully presented lately in Lon,
DON has q theme in which the love OF q
beautiful girl battles with and hnally tri.
} umpbs over young Hollander's love fol
, flowers II is only when in prison that thc
tulip-grower finds IN the jailers daughter
something better than HE beloved tulips
Strangely enough, his buds bloom undel
the care of his fair jailer. Tho triumph
Genes when William OF Orange libernte!
the youth, Joins him to his sweetheart
and awards him a prize for the discover.
of the black tulip
Comedian Tim Murphy has friend on
West who was once buried alive He tell
, Mr. Murphy that when he began to recove
consciousness he knew he was not dead
/ because his feet were cold and he wa
J hungry, and that he knew II ne we're Il
heaven he would not be hungry, and II h
were in purgatory his feet would not b
cold.
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Miss Sarah Truax, who is 10 star mex
season In emotional and society dramas
Is promising actress She is a yigorJu
. worker. With sypathetic voice and mag
netic presence She IL credited with hav
: ing performed ffty-two parts In one sea
! son. She is native OF Chicago, and /
. indebted to its influences for the rudimenl
OF her art. Her frat prominent engage
q ment was with Otis Skinner in his prodnc