The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-23
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one OF the best lion stories ever bes,as ','sSst
SAID, was told me by an old circus mar =, snlsr,
from INC business The hero OF the story N.Y. ' stsd
hnsIishman, who had been brought IN i; Wilcox +,
used 10 DC w'th Wombwells menagcrie He aa d.
Bellevue garden at Manchester and soo, 80 sot io.,
over the lions tigers, etc Well one cI, ue head ~
Wilcox went TO party and left his bel,e Eve Mn,
imals and close up. When Wilcox and NJ .'ea Tie a
from the party and had gone to bed tbev b got lon
ing at the door OF their house. Looking on, Sisa
they saw that 1t was the lioness who had g, vac vuts
may readily believe Wilcox frightened ~ ON "
nau Just oeen purchased from Africa She wa. :. @s
at all If she once got ont in the town Ms a0t isna
million people lived, there would he No 1 " more IL,
she'd do. Wilcox had happy thought, u Il. 'e daaa
ms house through the back door around 70 H. oa n
and got her four cubs Then he boldly CO." JUGS ce
walk When the lioness started to spring he 81; ooEn III
cubs ears The cub cried out and the ion. Os q al
once She came up to the keeper who bed L v'eae al
her Hello Queenie he said in the mos, a. Jag CAB 81
tone in the world, and gave her the cub t,,LaVsPos
backward he slowly led the lioness to her cao Sas
cub every now and then to encourage her y, ss et
When he got TO the cage he flung in cub and a al
eaped after Then he swung the cage door -, "' uz
bolt All the while from the window of his bos. ~,
was watching him nearly tainting with terror Thr
Wilcox $500 for his bravery and confirmed his ~
for life sn y
There is dress reform society in Berlin -,
tleman who has Just returned from Eurone o,l
to 1t is dress reform society for men PIT ,'F
Widner is the leader, and they have started 60 aai
The new dress is modified form OF the Gsr. !
| uniform. The jacket in tight at the ya;s
very short, nearly short as bull fighters r,
braid on it in rows, either silver or gold braid ~
ders made very sloping The material is "a H. =
colored cloth, to give scope for indiyidnst
give portrait painters a relief from the presen, [
Either short breechcs to he worn or tpbte,,,
trousers with buttons down the leg The ba 4; = n
very wde-brimmed In such rig a man looks No, IN
mcmbo, OF a comic opera chorus in costume II.
has written to artistic rasernities all over Europe m 4
ther suggestions Doubtless when these suggestions =
IN they viii be able to astonsh the world with an i
picturesque seups, Whether they will be able TO Undue
OF the world to array themselves in their way /,
other question:
81 remember Charles b. Hauford who PLAYED win
own company here in houston this week in Tanning
Shrew very we'll said a gentleman connected Mn NJ
theatrical business. II knew him over dozen wears
when he with the celebrated Booth-Barrett couB
He the big good-natured fellow he is now I'll
whole of Julius Caesar had to be left out b.zv
Hauford who played Marc Antony couldn't be tr4
Finally they discovered him under the stage where Sc
lain down between the acts take little rest and MI
inadvertently fallen asleep. But that wasn't the r,sr
Barrett fired him 1t because he played Marc Aua
too we'll Cassus was Barrets favorte part Hanfra Il
Mare Antony used get all the applause except that Wild
Edwin Booth always received whenever he trod the ka
Barrett could stand Booth being superior to him. but as
he drew the line. remember it was predicted when
company left New York that before they got San F
csco and started home the trip Barrett would
Hanford The prophecy came true"