The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-14

pho hnt any HtiuBdthl AVt MISE ~toiiicoh
or any expression OF qualification at her
acquittal
According TO Joe Harris. an old time
theatrical man who was In advance OF the
company when the tragedy occurred. the
trouble was all begun by dress. Miss
Morrison insisted on wearing an evening
costume. with an opera hat, In the second
act when she was supposed to be coming
from railroad Station. Mr.. Harris pro-
tested, arguing that such apparel was
hardly consistent. Miss Morrison prom
ised to get tailor-made gown for the
act but never did SO. Finally Mr. Harris
wrote letter to Harry I.eiden. stage man
ager. telling him TO cali Miss Morrison's
attention to the matter very emphatically.
which Leiden did 4 quarrel onsued and
Miss Morrison struck him. She accused
I.eiden OF trying to get her discharged.
She had refused to take an order from
the treasurer 10 purchase the new dress
| needed. Instead she procured revolver
and lay in wait for Leiden. She shot htn
| in Chattanooga one evening, just as he
| was looking through peep hole in the
curtain and commenting on the audience.
! This Is one side Miss Morrison claims
that leiden had repeatedly insuIted her
and that she killed him IN self-defeuse.
On these allegations and a plea OF emo
tionai insanity she was acquitted.
~
Browns in Town which will be the
attraction at the Sweeney & coombs the
alter soon, has for IT'S story theme that
is said TO be entirely new. II Is woven
around eleven characters each one Of
which has distinct reason for being
there Its ingenious construction and wit
~ dialogue, together with the swftness Of
its action, bring many surprises. The mu-
sic and songs Incidental to tae farce are
all claimed to he original. Tho company
includes such people &c Lew II. Newcomt.
Fred G. Hearn, clayton Kennedy Frank
X Hope. Wallace West. John T. Hall,
Edith We'll, Edythe Terry and Florence IT.
wing.
The Baldwin Melville company will be
seen in repertoire on January 10, 20 and
90 two performances daily.
49,
Mansfield will appear in Houston on
Tuesday March 20. in Rostand's "cyTsnc
Dc Bergerac,r one of the hits Of the fperiod
The literary character OF the~,Tiay has ap.
pealed 70 the highest Intelligence, whtl'
the noble unselhshness OF its principal
p character has found in the human hear
, everywhegf a warm and sincere sympathy
or al The reasons which account for thu
, SUCCESS nj the play this last Is The best
.hI rs ~ ifFNl IEbNtnIlnE w see way NHN
= coed which pauders not to the prurien
g taste. Ones faith in the ultimate triumph
h Of the pure and noble is revived when ICY
vt rsno' snceeeds Il is no small thing tina
z out ~ the unhealthy atmosphere OF Pari
j. there has come drama which sounds tn
~ keynote Of unselhsh devotion, and tina
n such story takes a mssterful hold upo
the American people.
~
l. stuart Robson, who in his leisure mo
" ments Is an omniverous reader, has 10
re more than ten years contemplated pla
:" based on the life OF Oliver Goldsmith Sew
IN ersl years ago he suggested the subieC
In 10 Augustus Thomas. Mr.. Thomas was de
an lighted with the idea and he immediattl
OF set to work to fashion the play accordin
be to Mr.. Robsons suggestions. "oliye
e. Goldsmith" will soon be presented in III
of city. Henry E. Dixey appears as Davi
"A Garrick, a part second in Importance I
rs that of Goldsmith. and Florence Rockwe
will be seen as Mary Horneck. celebrate
in poetry and prose as one OF the notab
beauties of Goldsmith's day. Other play
ne ers In the cast are Jeffreys Lewis, Waite
as Hale, Beaumont Smith, Ellen Mortime
H. clifford Leigh and the veteran II. I
Weaver
The play with Mr.. Robson in the nan
part has made an enormous hit In CHI
nd cago. where 1t was first produced la
.ty week.
d. Plays and Players.
wn "Under the Dome" should be under Il
eh ground,
1t requires no less than thirtyfour
. the most experienced stage hands TO 5
10y the first act of Olga Nethorsole's "Sapho
tue Oscar Hammerstein has composed a
vas which has "A hook hy M Tho
ny. old, The title is The Trip Of the Bi
a. lionaires.'
Ks. THE Children OF the Ghetto" was wit
ing drawn after q weeks trial in London
lie The American company that went over h
and returned
,le- II is now reported that the Earl OF Va
any mouth has retired from the stage and "
/, in return TO I-ondol He Intended to appe
lat, IN surprises OF Love.
in Marcus r. Mayer, who managed Adelt
an Patti, Ne!lcen, Bernlardt and Others
,at great theatrical fame, Is again this year
, 1t iecting the tour OF Olga Nethersole.
ram Sol Smith Russell resumed his engag
'ne meut in Chicago week before last. a
was given an ovation. His speedy recoye
MT. Is the cause of much rejoicing among
GRAZ friends
lse Braddon Hurst. who has been playi
nn' leading roles with Roland Reed this sc
10y son, has been engaged by Charles Fro
az man for the part played by the Earl
'use Yarmouth in Make Way for the Ladies
mar Frank Daniels has just finished with
new comic opera, "The Ameer," the larg
first four weeks of any engagement he J
ever played in New York. Receipts
ly, the four weeks We're within 81 OF $4,000
and Nine. Adelaide Hermann the widow
De Hermann the magician, has been Offer
-, an engagement of indefinite length
"nu Paris. She will p.obsbly accept II, a
by will appear in her dances and her one
Ten play. "A Night in Japan
ar Fred Berger, who has been Sol SIN
ion. Russells manager, is preparing to reorg'
''en ize the present company after Mr.. Russ
l'e retires and will put 1t upon the road
says "a Poor Relation. with Frank j. keoI
'uoh in the role OF Noah Vale,
:. lt would seem almost certain that
Twentieth century were going TO eyo
ou'n an entirely new tpye of actor. OF VIII
Goodwin Gillette, Drew. Sothern. era
Dickson and Robson the men of the pr
rect ent on the stage, are but as dim shade
ther cast before"
eing Cyril Scott formerly leading man
III. Augustin Daly'S musical compauy