The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-08

has crs. ss.s 20 !. every way the best tina
nus eyer appeared here In light opera.
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The Omaha World Iieraia saws:
Hoyt's "A Contcnted Woman. 4. pre
scented at Boyd's theatcr, ranks with N,
many other inimitable and successful ,.rco
emanating from the authors foc,Ie ~,
As IS known in this particular ,ns,arca
Hoyt satirises tho iidiculed and mai,ens,
new woman" Nrne Of the mjrth nro
vcking complications that might arise /,
| lteaIng THIS much discussed subject ar,
overlooked. The cast is a most sdenuai,
one and the catchy songs and railick,n,
ensembles that characterize Hoyt,s pro
| auctions prevail. -sss. - = = =
Miss Ina Brooks, a prominent member :
erosion clarke's ccrnpany. IS Paris
Texas, girl. and Is well known here. sh,
nas peen on the stage but comparativel,
denccs of considerable talent in her choser
profession. Se& .
, ! gMelter r. Perkins. who is playing ii
MY Friend from India" has uncarthed !
new dead head issue. In a Western trolley
car the other day he resigned his seat n
i iaaor OF pretty girl, and the same even
ing TINS note came to the theater:
Dear Mr. Perkins: You gave mo; vo,t
seat IN the trolley car today. Would yo,,
klhaiy give me two seats for your play to-
n.Eht?" 80 -
One OF the principal chara ,fers II, Secret
Service is Wlfred varney, IL years old,
who, when his father ani brothers are or,
the field Of battle. and many of his young
friends have been gloriously killed or
wounded in the war with the North, feels
ashamed of staying at home in Richmond
with his mother Finally he can not stand
1t any longer. He obtains suit of gray
and writes letter to his father at the
front, asking for permission to join him.
Then. with his sweetheart Caroline, he
discusses the situation. This has been COM
mented on by critics who have seen the
play as one OF the prettiest scenes. though
Its principal intention is for comedy re-
lief. The sweetheart is played by Miss
Hope Ross. and Walter Thomas appears as
Wilfred. The first draft of Wilfred's let
ter to his father reads thus:
General Ransome Varney, Commanding
Division Army of Northern Virginia.
Dear Papa: l want you to let me come
right now. II you don't I'll come anyhow,
that's all. The Is call is out; the IL comes
next and I'm not going to wait for 1t.
Do you think I'm a id coward? Tom
Kittredge has gone! He was killed yes
terday at Cold Harbor. Billy Fisher has
gone. So has cousin Steve. and he amt
is He lied about his age; but don't
want to do that unless you make me! An
swer this right now, or not at all.
After much discussion, Wilfred and Car
oline decide that It is better to send the
message by wire to save time. but as tele-
graphing costs 81 word in Confederate
money and money is scare, they attempt to
cut it down so as to express the appeal In
fewer words. After all the telegram is not
sent. An orderly from the front brings a
command from General Varney for his son
to join him. Mrs. Varney herself buckles
her wounded sons belt aud saber upon his
younger brother and bravely bids him God
speed. The people who saw Secret Ser
this scene is one OF the prettiest in the
play.
Byron Douglas, who played Mr.. Gillette's
part in Secret Service" while that actor
author was making his hit in London, has,
as was announced in last Sundays Post,
tNen taken from ION ana Or to resume
the part of Captain Thorne. Mr.. Delmore
Delmore used to play dialect villains with
Lotta
Some one has discovered that full one
third OF May Irwin's audiences at the
Bijou in New York are as stout as she is.
This proves the contention of the homeop-
athic physicians that like cures Hike.
~
The dramatization of Marie Corelli's
novel, 1.-THE Sorrows of Satan" placed ON
view last week in New York, is described
by one critic as lurid and ludicrous, aud
the other expert opinions are just as forci-
Bile, but not quite so concise.
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Three plays now on view i'll New York
present their principal female characters
in the CURSE OF the opposite sex. In "Phoso"
he heroine makes her entrance as a boy;
N 1.-The Little Host" Della Fox spends
most of her time in boys clothes, and
tombstone Bennett as the principal char
,cter of "a Female Drummer" is just as
nannish as she can make herself seem.
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A great many detrimental things may be |
said about William A. Brady. He |
$ theatrical manager with whom art is
the last consideration, but when it |
ONES to saving one of his numerous pro-
uct:ons he is probably one OF the most
aluable of factors. Mr.. Brady was the in
entor OF James j. Corbett as theatrical
tar AMI it is to him that the majority
4 those who have seen 'Trilby' are in
ebted for sight at Du Mauriers bare
ooted heroine. Nowadays Mr. Brady is as
ociaaed with Florina Zieghe.d, Jr., in the
of the theater in, New York.
phere ''The Turtle" is enjoying what
GEMS at this ditarce 10 be unmarried
rosperity and he has but recently dis
irguishti himself by playing at extremely |
hort notlce one of the important parts In
hat play.
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Hoyt and Mckee are already at work
repairing for their spring production. II
} of 4opsse new play by Mr.. Hoyt and
n it he viii, essay comedy of the style OF
"A Texas Steer" ard "A Midnight Bell,
"A Dog In the Manger" is the title Of the
T.. vnIl