The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-04
Thc week In Gothnm.


The Week In Gotham.
Chauncel olcott's annual engagements at
the Fourteenth Street theater are always OF
interest to the patrons OF that house. The
popular comedian Is again at the old
stand, where he is appearing as DICK kon-
yane in Manager Pitou's picturesque irish
drama. "a Romance OF Athlone, to over
flowing and enthusiastic audiences Tnls
season Mr.. olcott appears u be in excel
lent voice, and all OF his songs are en-
cored over and again. The demand tor
seats Is said to be the largest ever known
for an olcoit engagement and places are
taken for a fortnight in advance. Nj. On
colts stay is limited to five weeks, and u
is not likely that a change OF bill VIII be
made during that time, He VIII be foi-
lowed ON March 5 by Tim Murphy VINO
wishes it distinctly understood thaL he !
not an Irish comedian. Mr. Murphy win
be seen for the first time here in Tn
Carpetbagger, a play in which he has
been successfully starring for two years
An unknown correspondent informs me
that there Is a runor atoat thar Harry
st. Maurs adaptation from the FRENCH
entitled 1.-THE Countess shiffon,' has been
burglBrized from one Of the leading frencn
dramatlsts. St. Maur VIII not say a WORD
beyond the assertion that the play is one
OF serious Interest, dealing with arlsto
cratic goclal life in Paris. Whether these
rumors have any foundation in fact Is hard
TO verify, but certain well known man
ager says the rights TO the play are owned
by him and he will seek the aid of the
courts to protect himself. On the other
hand w, A. Brady, under whose manage
ment The Countess shinon'' will be pro-
duced, tells me that he purchased the play
in good faith aud will present it at the
Fifth Avenue theater on February 6, AS an
nounced. Meanwhile the rumor floats.
Toby Claude, the chic little sounrette
whose childish voice llsps wicked Frenchy
language at the Casino, has turned out to
be a valuable addition to Manager Leder-
ers forces. she Is mite OF thing, with
a well-rounded figure and manner that
appeals strongly to the young gents in the
front rows Toby Is playing the part ~
The B-ie of New York" originally acted
by Phyllis Rankin aud playing 1t well
There is a rumor that she has already de-
veloped an elephantine head If this is so
Manager Lederer is Just the one 10 applj
a lotion that will quickly reduce the SWELL
ing
The King OF Rogues.' recently seen a,
the Star theater is about the meanes,
low down man that ever breathed. In
stead OF running his victims through
stone crusher or sawmill he touches
them behind the ear with little nickel
plated tube, and they mt once fall dead
The beautiful heroine manages to escap,
the tube, but she 3has rough time OF II
nevertheless. She tels thevlllain chat she
will live to walk ever his dead body, am
he in turn imparts the cheerful informa
ton that he VIII burn the flesh from o
Der bones Not vet, shouts the hero
Curtain! ,. 1880.
This week "Man's Enemy another
thriller" is on view at the Star 1t is u
hurrah show from start to finish and l.
one Of the most Impossible dramas ever
inflicted on patient public in this latest
coneoction Theodore Babcock, q good actor
rs the hero
The continued attractions are; "trom
Broadway to Toxic at the New York.
"Chrs and the Wonderful Lamp" at III,
Victorlas Ben Hur" at the Broadway:
brother Officers nj the Emnire n q
Goodwin and Maxine Elliott at the KnlcE-
erhooker Sherlock Holmes" at the Gar.
rick; Naughty Anthony" at the Herald
Square. The Maneuvers of Zane" at
Daly's"Way Down East" at the Academy;
May Irwin a the Bijou "Three Little
Lambs ut the Fifth Avenue; Anna Held
at the Manhattan; THE Surprises o.
Love" at the Lyceum; Maude Adams az
the Criterion; Wheels Within Wheels
at the Madison Square; Mrs. Langtry at
tho Garden, and The Belle of New York
at the Casino. Next week we are prom
Used 'Coralie 6 Co., Drossmakers" at the
Madison Square; The Ambassadors at
Daly's;"The Countess Shiffon" at the Fifth
Avenue, and n c. Goodwin in when We
Were Twenty-one at the Knickerbocker
Work on the Republic. Oscar Hammer