The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-17

10 be engaged In completing the novel
II lublic.tion Not long ago Cranes
Tie Red Badge II Courage" was men
Toned as having been secured for dra-
maiizat-n; and at that time the sug
( estion WIS made in these co umns that
he process foo lighting that remark
able contribution TO literature might be
aprEed successfully 10 fcoti shting IA
bles in Slang" and the book which gives
IS information as to the folk who rent
telephones It may be however, that
The O'Ruddy' IS marked by none Of tho
quai ties OF Cranes OFT er etolies Ma
son, who has been put TO work to hnish
tho novel was o hav' been represented
tn stage b. Buckley play. made by
Joseph l. C. Clarke. and Intended tor
fheru bu' is tn ught that the play
never was given a ial.
49,
Melbourne Mcdowell was the unsuc.
cessfu respondent in a suit for divorce
entered by the woman he m FRIED after
the death OF Fanny Davenport, and by
he decree. is forbidden to marry again
during the lifetime Of the successful
plaintiff His lot has been as unhsppy
as that Of Gi,bsrts policemen since the
death of Miss Davenport. Although
Blanche Walsh was engaged as his lead
ing woman when he essayed TO star In
his dead wife's Slrdou reoertoire he
soon was relegated TO second place, Miss
Walsh becoming NJ virtual and approved
star A Few weeks ago. he was acting
in lowpricei theater in Chicago while
Miss wash was a star in a fashionable
house in the same city. Early in the
present season, he was co-star with an
unknown but ambitious actress in Sar-
dou's "Theoiora;" but he was compelled
10 withdraw from the venture bee4use
OF his habits.
Gotham contemporary that usually
observes god sense and confluence VITA
regard 10 such matters is devoting a
great deal of its generally valuable space
10 a discussion OF the reason way the
Cincinnati audience to witness Mr.. Soth>
eras peri rmance OF Hamlet on TIE oc.
casion Of the recent hre that destroyed
he theater wherein ne was playing
should have manifested such admirable
GOODNESS in the lace Of dang r. There is
no denying that the conduct OF the as
sc m0lage on that occasion was as unusual
as it was admirable. 4 correspondent
OF the journal referred 10 puts forward
the explanation that memoTAbly fatal
fire in a Cincinnati thea er was marked
by great presence CT mind on he par; Of
a little girl who remained seated until
the excl ement had subside1, aud then
calmly walked from the heater over the
bodies Of those who had persisted In tho
trst rush Of wild fear. Tle proyiieg Of
his explanation declares that the Incl
dent ever since hae remained fresh In
the minds OF Cincinnati theater-goers
and tht in consequence, memory OF II
operated to preserve rider AMI good on
duct in the more recent disaster. The
newspaper TO which this explanation is
subm tied poohpoohs 1t AMI insists that
its own theory is correct--that All audi
ence OF superior In ell!genre gathered 10
witness the masterpiece OF The Master
and that brains tod in a moment OF
danger. This is delicious rot. without
sec1i-y' to dccry the possible meri OF
Mr. Sotherns Dane, we prefer the ex-
PLANTATION that has been submitted to us--
thai there were so few people in the
theater al the time hat a panic was
next to impossible, for the reason that
there was ample room for egress OF all
present When It Is remembered that
Cincinnati WIS the pace and "Hamlet"
the play the value Of this theory can
rot be sneered at.
"Ben-Hur," the great camel used in
Klaw & changers production OF Ben
Hur," died Of pneumonia in Bos on las,
Tuesday This animal was born In this
country and was the largest and most
magnificent of his species ever seen in
America. lie was valued a $1,000 While
the company was at the Broadway theater
in New York last winter. Ben Hur"
broke his LET. foreleg going from the
heater 10 its stable and spent two
months hung in a sling in a veterinary
hospital His treatment and recovery
from this injury attracted the attention
Of veterinary surgeons, many recommend
ing tina he camel be killed as 1t was
quite unlikely that ne would ever walk
naturally again. Klaw & Erlanger IN
sisted that everything be done for Ben
Hur" regardless OF expense and he vas
saved 10 return to the Stage this season.
Another camel has been carried as an I'M
ders.udy and II has taken the late Ben
Hur's" place 10 the cast Il Is callei
Ben Teal" after the famous stage man
ager wno directed the production OF the
play of Ben-iur.
Out in Toledo young person named
Mac" writes heart to heart essays on the
drama and kindred topics in an unyar-
nished style that makes mere man
gasp. Mac" is lady. and she doesn't
overlook her privileges. She and Miss
Marguerite sylvia had boudoir chat o ?
night last week. and Mac tells IL
whole story without a tremor. Hear her
"shes fMarguerits SYLVIA Is Young. anc
she has NOT gliiterei long enough to put
On many airs or begin 70 remember her
voice: o. least o see her thoroughly err
inyine her dinner al O'Clock. when she
had to begin singing at 1880 o'clock. made