The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-31

The past week was a very active one
at the local playhouse. which was open
every night except last night Business
was good all during the week.
The Christmas day attraction was Bart
ly Campbell's white Slave." which was
presented at matinee and night perform
ances By company which was by no
means as strong as 1t might have been.
Tuesday night De Lange and Edwards
"The Little Host" was the bill. with
Corinne in the name part. The late Mrs
Kimballs protege Is extensively featured
but the Successes in tho piece are really
"Pob" Graham. Louis De LANCE, John
Rafael and Ruth White. A good sized
audience enjoyed the production.
The comedy hit of the season was seen
on Wednesday and Thursday nights and
Thursday matinee. IN the shape of Mis-
takes VIII Happen" the cleanest. bright
est, funniest and best creation Of its kind
ever seen In the South. In the company.
which is exceptionally strong and wen
balanced. especially good work Is done
by Charles Dickson who is featured, and
ny Miss Elsie Esmond. one of the dam
test and most charming little ingenues
in the business. Tue other members of
the cast. all of whom are wonderfully
clever, are a. II. Stuart. Miss Lansing
Rowan Miss Adah Eckert, Miss Lathe
Hyde Joseph W. Standish. Ben Deane and
Dean Raymond. Comparisons may be
odorous and frequently odious, but one
can not help wishing that certain over
rated stars who play annual engagements
throughout the South to packed houses at
advanced prices, would cease dealing In
theatrical gold bricks and provide them
selves with merttorious pieces Of prop
erty like Mistakes WIN Happen" to-
gether with capable people to appear
therein.
The week was closed by Gorton's min
strels who played at popular prices on
Friday matinee and night.
Two standard attractions OF widely dit
fereni character Will he seen during the
coming week-Harry Corson Clarke in
BroadGursts What Happened to Jones'
tomorrow afternoon and night, and
Blanche Walsh and Melbourne Mcdowell
in Cleopatra" Wednesday night and
Thursday matinee and La Tosca" Thurs
day night. Both will be thoroughly en-
toyed. II is now generally conceded that
Miss Walsh is one of the very strongest
emotional actresses on the stage and hei
powerful and artistic work in the Sardor
plays has placed her in the front ranks
OF the profession.
The other attraction of the week Is
"Casey's Troubles" which viii be seen
Tuesday night.
Harry Corson Clarke has led busy
life for a man only s5 years old True,
he began young. for no made his first
public appearance mt the tender age Of
is months, when he was carried across
the Ice MS a property baby In Uncle
Toms Cabin" but between that first APP
pearance and the bogus Bishop of Bal
larat," he has sandyiched In "A remark
able string of character parts,
Mr.. Clarke Is n legitimate child OF the
drama, coming from actors upon both
sides OF the house. His grandfather was
Corson W. Clarke, for years stage man
ager of Barnum's Museum in New York.
Both father and mother are members of
the profession, Mrs. Adele CLARKE hav-
ing supported Booth, Barrett. Charlotte
Cushman, f. l.. Davenport, Macready and
others of the old school and acted for
A. NJ. Palmer and Charles Frohman OF
the new. She Is now with Lewis Nor
rison.
The second debut made by Harry Cor
son Clarke was nearly twenty years after
the frst. He did not discover his line of
work. however. until he undertook the &C
centric comedy character OF the stage
IhoudScI III WAN Aclie' Ills WAS Hin
first pronounced success. Nearly all OF
his work since has been confined TO ec-
centric comedy. Attracted by his ability
In this line, Jarbeau engaged him for her
Western tour. He played in her sup
port for twenty-one weeks, and it was
while In San Francisco that he again he
come prominent through a remarkable inn
isation OF Dixey as Henry Irving. The
irving episode suggested to the young
actor the possibilities OF scientific makeup
within his grasp II resulted In an earn
est study of character old men, which