The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-24

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s .,,ons at Sweeney & coombs
O., week we're but two in mum
~, we're disappointments' Inc
s- that can be said about
"rxo Merry Tramps' is tha'
,ayed, and played hard n,, on. on M ona
ICON and night. The piece ana
'ss y. osss art it were very bad.
M, attraction was Hotel Iopsy
s's ss,sh was presented by one Of
!. Ryley's organizations, headed
n. roy, on Thursday night, There
:ssjutely nothing in the proauc'ion
5 NJ advanced prices charged
n, which, by the way was reea
i he management of the orsani-
~ not by Manager Bergman as
~ 10 think Foy's work was not
,,,,rv and, while the production
"a some very good features, II
=, J, means what it should have been
4. circumstances. The hit oil the
made by BERTHE Fowler, a female
kwist ,ro
saerIngs for Christmas week are
white Slave" tomorrow afternoon
NM, corinne in THE Little Host
N night and Charles Dickson IN
Ills Will Happen" on "Wednesday
Thursday nights and Thursday matt
!, .hsater- goer In the land has
M seen or heard OF The White
j. II first saw light in the carry
i glance at the original play Dill
!. 10 show the exceptional merit oil
~ and the completeness of the pro-
/, from an artistic standpoint
n, csyvan spoke the lines of Lisa
h. srst time. Emmie Wilmot looked
rtei poor Daphne to the life. Others
Mrs E. c, Germon, one of the old
NM Of Lester Wallack' famous New
company Marie Bates. Gustave
N ". j. scenlon. NJ. c. DAILY, Frank
- Daniel Ration, Scott Davis,
4 Edwards, Jay Hunt and Charles
IA. About two thirds of that grour
lie gifted author, BARLEY Campbell
MS dramatist, poet, humorist. man,
and producer, have passed beyone
ysl that SO completely conceals th'
a-the future. And yet through al
Jears during which THE White
~ been continuously acted, not onl!
~ United States, but throughout th'
(th empire, one OF the original cast
YES Webster-has remained, through
nent as much as from any other
Ne, 10 impersonate the quaint charac
y. created by Campbell in one of hi
Hest moods and acted so naturally b,
zar that the author elaborated tn
d elem, SO charmed was he with tn
q work. Mr.. Webster has played Il
Lower Million" How Women
Ny Partner" "The Galley Slave
Ky Geraldine" all written by MI
1k!l prior to Tho White Slave" H
gown old since he first made up
ne part that has become second ma
% him, aud when the old play i
v retired from the road, which it Wi
ine end OF this season, Mr.. Webste
YEA for new character TO which I
bis Efforts, or retire to the Sc
"a Of his farm. which is situated o
MV Jersey coast. not far from New
I mai Performance of the play wi
gwen at Sweeney &c Coombs' oper;
Monday, December %, Christina
lats and night.
silnis. In the merry creation OF Edg;
ana Louis De LANCE entitled "Tt
hosi' Della Fox's old piece, Is ii
s''a announced for the opera houl
y evening, December IS, under Il
WE Of Manager Junius Howe. C,
well known throughout the enti
~ ana Particularly so in this Sc
Smine sprightly, bright little w
y snmlstakable talent. She has h;
~ fortune to score a continue
acces since her first appearan,
y. wage. but these successes ha
s IN field unlike the one
- Is now seen. and the charact
y her In THE Little Host"
hxe anything previously al
~ ner', The atmosphere by viii
ssts surrounded partakes mere
INA OK comedy. whereas previous
5s,s a roles more Or less in the Ii
.sanza- The company which n
a - organized to support Corin
TX % In every way a most capal
s.scing as it does some of 1
4. artists in the theatrical profe
suulng R. E. Graham, John
" w. De Lange. Arthur yilla
= y tenevieve Reynolds, EN-
fssI \ otPers. Clarence Rogerson
ms.. eirector Of the organizatit
n mr., nus able leadership the in
nrss S..c supplied by w. e. Fran
N'e Interpretation.
~
vance notice says.f ~
s VIII Happen" which con
g, 4 COMBS opera house W,
= thursday. December 81 and
~ ssSursdsy. is one Of the 4
- ~ nave been successful FIR
ni;ysp en'ng In every city that Il
haaS 10. This comedy is now
A,,,, season and 1t is a genuine s.
~ Il ae.e. When the author star
MA pay, he decided that the pl
IN nay, nave something novel in
III cai comedy. The theat
kgxseSsssr the country know how y
~ a Tor they have laughed
~ ~ every Important city in
II .m the Atiantie to the Pac
"a, I've pox office statements, VIII
t,sr. the true Thermometer. o
Adntisss have been uniformly lai
81, ma OF the play are screamlp
a. the same time they I;
III, perhaps, the greatest move
Z me fact that Mistakes
IS 1sIy tells q good, story, q raj
~ 1,.n,efafe days Of farce writ
"ii Happen" is, under the