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

va We ~ engaged In completing the novel
,Alex Hblic~tion. Not long ago Cranes
low VIII pause {. r0u'Nse "as h.rn
ticn; and at that time the sug-
NJ. = WIS made in these co umns that
adia., acess foo lishting that remark
M ntrihut!on TO literature might be
non,,s 49, successfully 10 fcotishtilg IA
L. w Slang" and the book which gives
rriter .'rmation as to the folk who rent
n,sces. ines 1t may be- however, that
|,S.Ijo1 J'Ruddy' is marked by none OF tho
.ond .les of Cranes OFT er STOKES. Ma
;, nj, gwho has been put to work to hnisa
,rotb aovel was hay been represented
g as n stage b. Buckley play, made by
~, ,ood eph I, c. Clarke, and Intended Tor
ala oSru but I is tn ught that the play
,ou bo was given ial.
49,
-Dast bourne Mcdowell was the unsuc-
n thStul respondent in suit for divorce
~, dered by the woman he msrried after
Il e death OF Fanny Davenport, and, by
o he decree is forbidden to marry again
during the lifetime OF the successful
plaintiff. His lot has been as unhappy
as that of Gi.bert's policemen since the
death of Mss Davenport. Although
blanche Walsh was engaged as his lead
"
his dead wifes Sardou repertoire. he
soon was RELOCATED 10 second place, Miss
Walsh becoming he virtual and approved
star. A few weeks ago, he was acting
in lowpricei theater in Chicago while
Miss wash was a star in 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
to withdraw from the venture bee4use
OF his habits
Gotham contemporary that usually
observes god sense and confluence with
regard to such matters is devoting a
great deal of its generally-valuable space
TO discussion OF the reason WY the
Cincinnati audience TO witness Mr.. SJtn-
errs pert finance OF Hamlet on TIE oc.
caslon Of the recent fire that destroyed
he tieater wherein he was playing
Should have manifested such admirable
cooluess in the lace Of dang r. There is
no denying that the conduct OF The as
semolage on that occasion was as unusual
as IL was admirable. 4 correspondent
OF the journal referred 10 puts forward
the explanation that a memor4bly fatal
fire in a Cincinnati thea .er was marked
by great presence q mind on he par. Of
a little girl, who remained seated until
the excl emen. had subeide1, and then
calmly walked from the heater over the
bodies Of these who had persisted In tho
t,rst rush OF wild fear. Tle pr5viIe. Of
his explanation declares that the incl
dent ever since has rema ped fresh in
the mlrds OF Cincinnati theater goers,
and tn {. N consequence, memory OF 1t
operated to preserve rider an / good on
duct in the more recent disaster. The
fu-nf oh !, he al 10 > ton, f-
submitted poohpoohs 1t AMI insists that
it's own theory is correct-that all audi
ence OF superior In ell!gen7e gathered 10
witness the masterpiece of The Master,
and that brains tod 10 a moment OF
danger. This is delicious rot! without
soeDi-y' 10 dccIy The possible meri OF
Mr. Sotherns Dane we prefer the eX-
PLANTATION that has been submitted to uS-
tina there were so few people In the
theater at the time that panic was
next to Impossible for the reason that
there was ample room for egrezs OF all
present. When 1t is remembered that
Cincinnati WIS the pace and Hamlet"
the play the value Of this theory can
rot be sneered at.
Ben Hur' he great camel used in
Klaw & Changers production OF Ben
Hur," died Of pneumonia in Bos on last
Tuesday. This animal was born in this
country and was the largest and most
magnificent OF his species ever seen in
America. He was valued a $4,000. While
the company was at the Broadway theater
in New York last winter, Ben Hur''
broke his left foreleg going from the
heater to its stable and spent two
months hung in a sling in a veterinary
husnftal His treatment and recovery
from this injury attracted the attention
Of veterinary surgeons. many recommend
ing tia the camel DC killed as IL was
quite unlikely that he would ever walk
naturally again. Klaw e. Erlanger in
sisted that everything be done for Ben
Hur" regardless OF expense and he vas
saved TO 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 in the cast. u IS caiiei
Ben Teal" after the famous stage man
ager VINO directed The production OF the
play Of Ben iur
out In Toledo young person named
Mac" writes heart to heart essays en- The
drama and kindred topics in an unyar-
nished style that makes-a mere man
gasp Mac" is lady and she doesn'i
overlook her privileges. She and Miss
Marguerite sylvia had a boudoir chat 2
night last week. and Mac" tells IL
whole story without tremor. Hear her
.'She- tMsrguerita SYLVIA is young, anr
she has not gliiterei long enough 20 pu'
on many airs or begin 80 remember hng
voi-e, A. least 70 src her thoroughly ep'
ljayfng her dinner at o'clock, when she
had to begin singing at 1850 O'Clock, made