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

70 plVuule ehNu plHS III hic ttPNlAVAI III
an almost perfect manner delighting the
eve by the use OF scenery and settings en-
tirely new and fresh to local patrons cf
the theater, because none of the regular
theater furnishings arc necessary. with
the possible exception Of some small prop
critics.
Mr.. Clarkes supporting company re-
mains practically the same. but has been
augmented to the number Of twenty-five
Miss Adelaide Prince is still the leading
support.
Mr.. Irving 70 Pinover, who recently left
the New York journal by which paper
he had been employed as dramatic editor
for some time previous and accepted a
position as business manager of Weber &
Fields Music hall in New York, has re-
signed the new place as result, it IS
said, OF misunderstanding with the man
asement as to the policy TO be pursued by
the house
The courts have held that Miss Rose
Melville has not good grounds for her
suit against Dunno Ryley to prevent !
them from using the character Of Sis Hop |
ltins in by the sad Sea Waves" in which |
Matthews and Bulger were seen here not
long ago. Miss Melville Who as is we'll /
known, originated the part and who at
tanned her greatest prominence while
PLAYING with Matthews and BulgerI will
~ Is said now commence an action against
hem in the United States cQphfts. having
failed to win the suit agains}t their man
ayers. Bessie Challenges. II PLAYING the
part IN the sad seRfWaves' this season
with considerable success
~
Considerable interest has heen mani
tested aplopg the admirers OF lbsen by
tho fact that his newest play, which hears
tfe outre tito of when We Dead Awake"
8 contains on its initial page the inscrption
s "A dramatic eplogue IN three acts In
an interview concerning the matter IbHen
, is quoted SIS saying that the words do not
indicate that the play In question will be
j his last, but that they were written be-
. cause the new work wac in the nature Of
. an epilogue to line OF plays of which "A
!. Dolls House" was the frst. His plans
i for the future, he says, are Indefinite
: ~
N The Cincinnati Enquirer says that one
\ very important event of the past year has
70 escaped comment thus far 1t Is. Lii
i, lian Russell remained a widow"
OF The friends aud admirers OF Roland
Reed are awaiting with no little anxiety
vs. come news of definite character regard
he Ing the condition OF the well known
Of comedian. Most of the information which
e has SO far been received has been OF 8
very unsatisfactory character. one da,
:, Mr. Reed has been reported dead aud tbs
y next it has been announced that he wa
wen on the road to complete recovery
= He has been confined to st. Luke's hos
y pital In New York for some three weeks
~ during which but few adVices concernin
~, his condition have been given out II
ti has several warm friends IN Houston an
~ some OF these have sent letters aud teie
-, grams OF inquiry without eliciting an
'us reply. The opinion commonly held /
"a New York, however, seems TO be thai
'"o even it tho physicians should succeed |
40 relieving the actor OF the intestinal can
Ger which II seems, has been slowly eat
ing his life away for some time past,
he would still be impossible for him to agai
-bo take up his work and pursue 1t with th
81, same vigor as before.
'Sn The character of the plays which NJ
red Reed has presented during his sewers
"a appearances In the South have been fro
aid queutly criticised and there are many VIII
oh think he is anything hut true artis
asst but It can not be denied that he has a
OF ways elected almost unlimited apnlaus
10, from his auditors and that the houses al
OF always packed when he appears. Are
In ALL the box office is the best criterion
or. 49,
no. The muchly discussed Jersey Lily
mn otherwise known as Mrs. Langtry, an
My whose real name is now Mrs Hugo I
the Battle, arrived in New York last week an
ass will sho<y1y appear in her new play /
nu' sydney Gruudy, entitled The Deger
lep crates" which has made an enormous al
sm- tistic and financial success in Londo
Md v,huo A a. saia 10 have hsen writts
hs- around incidents in the life of Mrs, !
IN Battle the famous actress herself sa
she that there is really no foundation for su,
hat statements
'ver Mrs. Dc Bnthe's husband is an officer
hes a regiment which Is now ON duty in Sou
i'm Africa.
ter. ~
Jay Reports come from London 70 the efs
,ser that De Wolf Hopper like all the 9th
/ IS players In the British metropolis. is bel
osh. affected by the war and that the hous
or he is drawing arc not nearly so large
e is they once were. To the fact that q
tCaptan" has been put aside and TT
ece, Charlatan" substituted. is also ascrit
the some OF the falling off in business.
"a. ~
After a stay in this country until Ju
tho the Primrose and Dockstadcr mlnstr
rke, will be sent intact TO London. and AZ
uary an indefinite run there, are to tour
, he world. returning TO America late the 4
"a lowing season
have
hem Julia Morrison, the actress who 81
0 be and killed Harry Leiden. stage manager
mas the Plaster Of Paris" company in CHI
,iyas tanooga some weeks ago has been acou
de- ted after somewhat sensational tri
that aud has announced that she will dew,
ap- the remainder Of her life 10 lecturi
!. !. against the evils Of the stage Her pu
uurs lishsd remarks concerning the pitfalls
'tsge the paths o. women who try for fame a
him fortune behind tue tootlishts has elicit