The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-08

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S Gi impressiyeness, revealing the Mount Of
OINVt, Where great multitude gather 10
treat the NaZarene and where the Savior
iorns the marcale OF cleansing the
lepers. Christ's personality is never repre
scented IN the flesh, but His presence Is
m ,iiS,i Ca BY ray Of marvellous brllliancy
rom oIon rs Is rSsnGcteo ~ SHAFT Of pure white
10 present the marvellous spectacle, no
less than $50 people are required. In the
charlot race eight horses are used, while
gencies.
The advance sale of seats opens rhurpdav
morning, February -, at 8 O'Clock Man
oger Rowles announces that all out-of-town
orders' II accompanied by cash or money
orger' VIII be filled before the regular box
Once sale opens
G1RLHooD OF GEORGIA cAyvAN.
OF Georgia Cayvan, for many years the
Heading lady Of the Lyceum theater and A
great f0yorite In the days when the higher
class emotional drama was the vogue.
down-Easter said at the University club
last night:
Its a great pity that she has to end her
days Ia dis way-her mind gone and her
bodily health SO seriously impaired. | sup
pose she must remain there in that Flush
ing samtalium and see the tnlug out
now many weeks, how many years nobody
can tell IN cases OF this sort The benefit
Tor her this week will be q great financial
success, ] know. Aud how badly she needs
the money And how richly she deserves
I'll UnQuestionably, she had figured out n
few years ago that her modest Iurtune-the
truit OF her stage career-was quite enough
Tor her She had always been thrifty. but
generous too And but for her lll-fortune
in this matter Of health there was stili a
long stretch Of activity before her oppar-
emily.
Il remember her as a child. She can't
be more than 43 or "A years old, Judging
by my own age. Her mother kept o htte
snop on Candy Row in Bath, one OF che
Oldest of the Maine cities; her father was
a saw nlcr, aud the family lived over aud
in tho rear Of the shop. The mother sod
pies, cakes, candy and cigars, soft drinks
ana, 1t ust1 10 be whispered, hard STUFF on
the quiet, There was an older sister An
ME, with wavy, dark auburn hair, a rather
sad face that suggested Beatrice De Cenci
she was q schoOlmate of mine. ! recall
the very first time ! ever saw Georgia 1t
was hot day In July or August back In
1861 the Nineteenth Maine regiment was
encamped out In 'Standishs aeld' waiting
to be mustered Into the United States serv-
lce-a thousand or so raw recruits" all Of
whom had been paid good bountes and
were drawing their pay regularly in Bath.
Those were dush times IN the old town
and Miss ayen-no0ody said Mrs down
around Candy Row, and the name on the
sign was spelled 'Caven, / think-was do
ms land-OHice business. a drunken sol
der who had struck somebody In a street
brawl was being chased by a crowd Of
civilians and comrades ana took refuge In
the little shop. Miss Caveu slammed the
door 10 the mob's faces-and then crowd
of five hundred or more was soon gathered
in the tT~s-JOrAood. The police were try
ing to ulsperss the crowd and to protect
the hiding soldier from violence, and there
was much shouting and bowling and gen
eral excitement.
II was driving through Water street in
phaetOn, with another boy, and we stopped
10 see the fun. He got out and was soon
lost in the crowd. AS sat close to the
city scales / saw Annie Cayyau rush out
Of a rear door of the shop with child
in her arms, and run through SaUdust al
ley and over toward Elm street. / turned
the phaeton around aud followed, oyertak-
ing her near the town clock church l
spoke to her and told her there was nothing
TO be frightened about. Then l took them
both into the phaeton with me ana drove
to the park, where left them playing Ia
the shade back of the band stand.
THE small sister was Georgia, child
then not more than OF years old, as
she seemed to me--dark, with a remark 'ii
clear, white skin and handsome eyes. But
!, q boy of only 10 or Ii, never Imagined
that ! was gazing at and admlFlng a tdturc
star of the American stage--in fact, l
didn't know what that sort of star was,
and had never been inside q theater In my
ufel
Two days later Annie told me at Sab
bath school that her mother had asked uef
TO thank me for getting the children away
from the melee. When got back on Candy
Row the crowd had fed, the fuss was all
over, and hundred or two Eldlers were
marching up over Center street hill keeping
time to the air of an improvised, song the
refrain of which was'
Lord bless the free Wen let Miss caven
And hurrah for that happy land of Ca
mani! New York Commercial
MAURICE GRAU RBTIRES.
The news which dwarfed all other In gem
eral interest along the Rialto this last
week was the announcement by Maurice
Grau that at the end Of this season he will
retire from the management of grand opera
at the Metropolitan opera house AS a
music caterer TO high society and 10 those
who genuinely love opera, Mr.. Grau has
been one OF the most conspicuous nguTes
In New York for many years, ana, though
MANY faults have been found IN his pro
auctions OF the works OF classic composer s,
the fact remains that be presented ~ THIS
ciry the greatest singers Of the world ana
I'm a wider range OF operas than could De
found under any other direction. Mr.. Grau
retirps because Of ~ health, Six weeks aso
he suffered slight stroke OF apopleAy
While now again az bis desk, his nervous
system has not recovered from tae sAocA
and his medical advisers have told hin tlaI
only a year of absolute rest can save MS
life ~ =, g., .