The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-01

IN teei his SON succeeded 70 the manage.
mem. The present Wallaek,S tneater' l9irt
Nh ~ .,.i'tn GtI ~. 'SNo,',iaI' g ,ri, 600
,,J N,.,ii, ~, ,,, dcu,"iigbed tbis .,,n,.
mn. ana Inc Thirtlcth street. hcnso * the
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s,." t'nit pn"',ry tb",icr hnt n ia
az ,, s,r,e TriiIin,,' 'N'''''' '"' 40
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IA inc second of the three thestcrs bearing
M, name. The last of the trio was scarce
4, five Years old whcu Il came under the
management of Henry r.. Abbey The Aual
performances of the Wauack stock were
given h "a brief sprlug seasou at DAYS.
when .4rhc Romance Of Poor Young Man"
was tho chief play. Lester wallatRs for
tune lad dwipdlcd In trying TO stem the
tide of competition and on May p, 1883, a
great testimonial performance was giyel
hia "a. the Metropolitan opera house.
"iIamlct" was the play, and this was q
case where the phrase star cast NOW al
most 4 term of dcrision, really meant VIVA
the words Implied, The Hamlet WAS ~
win Booth; the ghost Lawrence Bnirett
the Wing, Frank Mayo; Iolouins, Jnlh w
beet. Iaertcs, l3ben FRmpton. Hor9do,
john \. Lane; first grtyedlEgcr Joseph
jefferson. second graNea'gEeI W. ; = ri4g
~, FRANK Mordaunt; Ophcln MudlcskN;
gnocn. Gertrude kellogg; player queen
Mg NaTack. who had been afflicted with
fhcunutlsm and had been forced 80 quit the
boa i. died nj stamford, Conn. ON Sep
tonlerG within Sly months aiiGr in is don,
held 10y his fellows and the public SiN
years after the Wnllacb heueht one was
| Given iu tho same place 90 Henry p, Abbey,
| y,its had ,uccrpdpd him rs the manager OF
| Wa!ltE's thcutcr.
3 =
4,.. ,.,.,,,.,,,,,,. ,,f,,s, moods made him
Another manager "l"SS n''U, ~
| tle snljert OF "a heh'Ht "l 'uV NIH"P"'' '''
| opera house is Edward H. Rice VINO mas
| .,,,,,,., onor thc scc4aw of fortune 10 n
| swung "l''" Wv 4t.
! greater extent, probably thah any "lnV'
n''" y''n'' ~ W. .',,,ra,,a1 o. tbonter III, VAS
| tn""Su re "vN'i ''"' 49,, lot,od
| owned productions Nh'th N"Ne '''"e"
money for month after month.
! hlcc ls % nalAe' "''i 1t" 81
| but his hrsi atuhitlon was 10 ue'olue an "'
| tor. lie went out to Chicago with letter
| W ,,.,,,,,ar +hprn and
o' lh' rou ur'"" I" 80 .ost r,r Tho
| succeeded IN getting hin''tm cHs' +b ho' mr.,
leading Pari ia li nthn9 IN thc order OF an.
! lpnl rSuA n' in' yt" far a ig Franclsco
| rlin walks on the stage first when the
curtain rises But ne dld not fem i,i,1t ~, IVY
| actor i"n$. wv ba ns '' pubbllshcr Of Inc
! Xot,oW9I Chranicle OF Boston, devoted to
! thcarcM and lportlug an,airS; nh9 i run'
! thH PASSED t., Ian, IL" posi- "''"
| III. nay living in Cambridge AT this time
and became acquainted win d. ,y ,HyGIJ'
| Goodwin lu,h ~ nlS ny '3Gond,,iU r0nld
A. lHce p n, r.n nti,,s And pardon The
H ,nnifv ,o'II MIKE n piano taiL" They
! went one ni5jnr 10 ~ CooJ,lim mac ibog
| anu ~ Wv" ,,p n bpttcr bnricsduc than
! W." y,U'tp ~ ~ mn ,yltncsspd Ihey sol TO
| wv ''", ana thn restit was "Evangclinc. "
! WHIh i,iu w.t." ,Ied nincefopol ON the pApy
! ln' Ih,nR T,cbicb Nam vornr men were
! .ua Nv, No nouarer VIOLA touch IL
! mei4nGta' - Fotber and SON. OF NH.
! nGtl inV ',,,reod h. Give IN a trial II
| HptsSa %,ySo,Wid pny the salary of william II.
! 49, ,,.bo ,yas To MAY lie Blanc, The
| NiHuVi ""' VOC ''
! NIL ,tocc was brought out In July, 1874.
,, ne l,ieCc 49, III and 50 much money
| ,bot Ricc r6signed from his steamship POI