The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-11

| The week Just past was opened a
. Sweeney & Coombs thester by Harry Cor
en- Clarke, who appeared at three per
| trmances in his new piece, entitle,
| what Did Tcmpkins Do" The play 1
ut up to Mr.. Clarke's standard, and II i
| srly saved from being absolutely tire
lus BY the clever work of the star.
| On Wednesday night Mr.. Boiling Arthur
. Johnson appeared in the first of his serie,
. !. three illustrated entertainments. II,
| rs greeted by a mplimentary .audienc,
I'D made a decided impression. Hi!
| Stories Of the Old South and the New
san Innovation in the lecture field and
| he manneg In which it was illustrated
| ,ided materially to its effectiveness. Nj
Johnson will give his The Paris Exposi-
| tou Of 1900 at Sweeney G. COMBS next
| Friday night and the merits of the enter
tsnnent call for a large audience.
On Thursday night farce comedy, "The
| Star B0srder" was presented to slim busi-
ness. The piece was an unknown guam
tty, but It became quite popular with
those who saw it. feature was the ex-
tenely Clever black face work of Bert
Svcr, which was as good as If not better
than anything of the kind ever seen on a
ossl stage.
Friday night and yesterday afternoon
The Rounders' was presented by a com
E49y headed by Thomas Q. Seabrooke and
Including William Vaudeville, Irene
Peru. Bertha Waltzinger, Jeanette Low
| iry, William TerIiss and Jake Bernard.
we Raslness was very large on both &C.
Iae coming week will be one of the
oalelest Of the season thus far. Tomor-
row afternoon and night Charles B. Han
loid and his company Will appear in "pri-
hN John Allen" the new romantic
comedy drama written by Lee Arthur. and
w d. Vests minstrels will be seen on
aesuay' AS already mentioned. Mr..
'Onlson VIII give the second of his series
lectures on the night OF Friday, the
Nth Instant.
| 'uyThe Paris Fair OF 1s00." the illus
w'ea entertainment in which Mr.. Boiling
Al'aur johnson will appear at Sweeney
stoonbs' theater next Friday night, the
p'oin Is promised treat of the finest
and Mn Johnson made most favor
''e impression on the occasion of his
-a~l appearance here last week and he
IN that his second entertainment
~ ue even more pleasing than the first.
~ Eclures OF the big fair which will bo
s.sl IN connection with the lecture were
lea especially for Mr. Johnson at a
.sseNole outlay of money and time,
'onhson himself having spent some
I.as N Paris last summer in search OF
ssL very pleasing feature OF the
i,ssss,,'slhment viii be the moving pictures
Nj VIII be shown in connection there
one Of the interior scenes used in
ass B. Fanford's production OF "Pri-
U s0nn Allen" are a number of por-
s"' which give atmosphere to the por-
T.' Of life in one of the rural COM
'es OF Louisiana. One picture is |
' General Beauregard and another
y 'euerson Davis. They were ex-
~ u New York by the portrait paint
snOr ponatus Bongiorno, from orig
|on u.cn We're loaned for this purpose
Az 'aiuaole collection. The scenery
I1sss p.a, represents a variety OF
kttr,,. tne life which the dramatist
3rpa,s, sVne Of them quaint and others
txE, beautiful. The first act
.eps. l ~ space in front OF Colonel Nat
tlt (pa very stable. 1t is in this &C;
|ay 81 the negro character in the
.n.r ua~s how he became a demo-
m NJ points to a we'll and relates
biaisr Interference with some Union
n him -ing the war caused them 10
31IRa,,,er the we'll while he received
ID iha ~ IL was while looking down
tia9s Sotom OF that well that he saw
flt!es new light and changed his
Itu AIl.ser are shown the interior Of
Isay n mouse. 1t is a beautiful
(lAsAnsn vtoonlal architecture. with en-
ls,s' an green and gold. The last ,
4s a. "a The interior of the court
MT b,,,.aoo parish. The walls OF the
ne Of ~ are hung with portraits OF
IN. Oao.e distinguished men of the
r. Ararase Washington, Robert Il. ]
sime a.. jackson and Henry Clay. ,
efl,es - 'ention to detail which cnar-
sesetios scenery has been shown In {
" sbich OF the evenly balanced COM
d c,s Mr., Hanford will bring 10
0frow, matinee and night. {
IAn a, ~tr
|ea,ss aovanre r&tice: Nearly half a
n Nr-oFiners, many tons Of bag /
,ss, a ELECTS, horses, stylish parade
Nh, N TACT the biggest equipment i,
ssa ~. plumber of people this
rn 'e@ y my travelling organiza- d
b oD,, v here Wednesday. for one ]
Nias,,. when the William H. West !
ludr,n jubilee WIFI appear In this !,
~ pteea4x from reports that have al !,
stns aeu the company, Mr.. West is
y slien-..e entertainment that all pre-
erparlToss at minstre! production pale !,
hn !, Mr.. West enjoys the dis :.
~, tts uelng the most prolific pre-
trtsto- originator of more big acts, "
khsr " more novel features than =
conss manager In the minstrel world
saitir asserted thaA IN the ar
PA his present comnanv he has J
Q, I'm inax OF ambition. sealed :
tef on competition and planted
~. =. me hill OF Incompatible
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