The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-26
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"The violin has always been ~.
struments to me- a very pretty soc;,,. "eVus Of al 1. y
opinion and besides, | have a ebr,, su cenhda +
whose lie the violin played quite a proaa ! ue rorar. {
the violinist-but that's anticipstins "'snt part a. 4
sweetheafts at a summer resort in Virsis, 0nun ha b
d su"ii"ei iesol'' put she limited herself s. % nag 2
'nem We veg nuen IN earnest. One ~. y. sa
~ vas 80 = 'ourse' the rich one wa. w al
elderly and stout, and the poor one !, = lneina ( h.
ing and played the violin exquisitelv s NJ sod <
a weakness for the violin, as | have 'uun assu +
playing that the poor young man :, was BY Bis II
Chummie how much he loved her. III e. =. courage 10 +
on the violin. and after she knew ali ~ played ito f
u the surprise was all taken away (wbat i. ana The E
NO girl knows-really knows-a man Il " laughing
he tells it to herr, it was easy enopsh /" 'Oye with ID +
Wen, there was a love song Of Heine's 49, : y INTO va
music that the viohnist Che wasn't = ,"0ay had (
played well enough to have been one) us.d 'sonal ta
me tnd' sne oeclared TO me was sweet enor.s = 9th
close her eyes and fall right over II II to make +
.hougn' Q ! 'ne flch one withheld her. Well nm 0ay
one mustered up his courage and started !; Ve Gay The
yeranda, just at dusk, when nobody !, i. ~ propose o.
opportunity. Chummie was Just abou, ), pa
heard some music that stopped her. barel. Issq' When I
the poor young man, in his room on the :, ~ IN
ing that Heine love song. SO she refused (. 1our pad
married the poor one, who isn't a Door = 'a one
had an uncle in New York who died and l.t ~ ! more q I
50 Chummie' who always was a lucky qrl a. m" . iona
ing young man for a husband. the foy,rn, u, soodh
playing ad libitum. Now, isn't that a pre,tv @l us ua
true, too" ""ys And
Sometimes the stage fights are real o,e.
often observed an actor of many years exns,a...
when they're real they're strenuous and no mist.t, : 1
body has heard OF the fight between Edwin For,s. =
supers, who, before the audience, seized. him !. aa
To give him a real dr,bh;n, ;r.4..I eHeNi
play called for, in revenge for his harsh 1arra,s 7
tameness at rehearsal, and who got what for !, ~ /
the powerful actor in return. The story 7 b.,a
however, relates to the "Corsican Brothers" an 4. !
who are middle-aged or over will recall the terr;s, I
that play, how the Corsican brother and the yft,r III
they break their swords, and then bind the biaa.. =. =.
arms and set to 1t again in a desperate struggle th,, t.]
resolves itself into a combat half dagger FIGHT h.1f I'LL
Well, on the occasion ] refer to, in a COMPANY that wa,
popular as long as it lasted a good many wears aco ~.
a real fight. The Corsican brother and the villain had NJ
falling out about some trihe or other, but thew uer, !.
as two bulls in one field. They hadn't had time IL on,
before the play began, and in the duel scene thew had /.
When it came to the fight with the broken swords th,u !
an ugly CLEAN in the eyes of each, and they went IA, n
other in true Corsican fashion. You can't give a IA
wound with a stage sword, but a very nasty lab that le.
blue and yellow and green marks can be inflicted. MA
weapon be dexterously used. When these fellow, \
through they must have both of them been tanood n
Sioux Indians. They jabbed and stabbed and jabbed viii
fury that was terrific. The house went wild and cEr,
them to the echo. They'd have kept the fight up till mous
if the stage manager hadn't threateningly signaed to ts 4
lain that the time had come for him to be killed. The ii
ence stamped and clapped and yelled for an encore. Eva
body felt that it was the finest fight that had ever been n
on the stage. The critics commented on it to this eRa
the papers. Nobody outside of the company. except. the ID
gist who sold the contestants the liniment they required VIA
it was all over, knew that the fight had been a real one
There was an officer of high rank, a brigadier general
fact-it won't do to give his name-who had a remataa
photograph taken during the Spanish war in Havana
though he doesn't know it. He had an aversion to having
photograph taken, although he is a handsome man. Nrs
theless a certain newspaper correspondent, who wanted
phiz for his paper, proceeded to kodak him in the form 4
manner following. The sonora who kept the confsctoHz
shop not far from the American quarters, was a very pa
woman, but, although the newspaper correspondent had
ticed that, he had never thought of the handsome hnena
brigadicr and the pretty Spanish sonora, who was as sSa
her wares, at one and the same time, until after he mao a.
the photograph. This is how he took the photograph
slipped around behind the b~rigadiers tent, and passing
kodak underneath it, snapped it quickly in the directonN Wy
he thought the ~brigadier was. without seeing nms'N
without being seen. Then he ran away as quickly as ne@
and proceeded at his leisure to develop his plate.
excellent picture of the ~brigadier that came OUT o' az
alack it represented the gallant soldier in the a' q -,
the pretty sonora who kept the confectionery s'oie, ss
come to the brigadier to get permission to peddle y
the soldiers. Not even the orderly knew now iS'"u9
permission was granted, for, although the orderly wa y
picture, he was at the tent door and his oack q '1'r-