The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-28

There must be friends of Clement who can hardly refrain. They must have warned him against putting Sam IioTs- ton on the stage unless e had scheme of fiction to utilize Houstons never explained separation from his wife. We see her at reception III Nashville when. he was governor or Tennessee. when she tells him she loves another man. and he heart brok- cnly resigns his offic and goes away to live among Indians. The second act Is eight years later, on the BraZos Tn Texas, where he founds a republic and leads an army to drive Santa Apna's Mexicans from Texan soil. But we neither see nor hear of Mrs. Houston. In the third act he is president of the Republic of Texas. and so busy with affairs of government that he gives It. tie attention to young woman who is fond of him Twenty-one years have elapsed when we see him next. The Texas convention passes a resolu- tion of secession. which he refuses to sign He is decosed from the governor : ship for his adherence to the union. hut gives his sword tc his son. who enters the Confederate army. The young woman whom we saw has been his wife between acts long enough to become a midJie-aae nIafron. and we haven't had glimpse of the court ship The drama has dignity that is rather grim. ana no sentiment that Is rn,nantir The last we see ot Hous- ton. he has wrapped himself in the lone-star flag of Texas. the stars ana stripes Of the United states. and al" Indian blanket seemingly about to leave hIx second wife to live agnir with tho SavaG"s.
 Viola Allen has married the wealtns turfman, Peter nury'ea. and says she will. at the end of this season retire from the stage to his Kentucky home wner" F" nr"ods the horses for sport on the race courses. She brings ou: this week the final drama "f her ca ro"r IS an actress In it she plays a blanrlcss wife whose husband lays d wager that she can't he led astray by q man who. to make 1t falsely seem that h" wins sneaka into her chamber at night. unCovcrs the sleeping woman. and Sees mark upon her to use as "videnc" to support his claim to the stakes. Yet tho Tenderloiners didn't z" [" .oP that, hut gave their first night H;tcnti"u 10 Sam Bernard in q new flr"e. For Miss All lon wa. playing Imoaen in Shlhosno rrc'S "Cymboiine." and get ting the admiration of v.ry differ n.
  H hiUdSolA' woman Couch"d or t ljimi' lcrlor 10 spy upon and gen uiu"lS cag"r crowd to peer at through -lI>~o5
 There is no T ed to rcpca what hd> been written many times, that "tEm hrrliu'" is d iiScursivc, disol derly anu nnjuspir'd eX 'mpl" of Shhke5pear2 Sliil. il is Shakespeare. and ton yea hav passed slncr it was produced with Margaret Mathcr as one lmnSei al I Helena AIodjcskA as another. Miss .\lI"u equals the finer one in seaSi- hilitN and th" coarser ono in sfnsL- cusn'-S. IT %h" really do go off tn" StaS. to stay. the last memory of her will h." aS-orittcd with as satisl ylns ih IuluGrn as over was. and a more taSrrfuily gorgeous mounting of 'Cyh'- helllt. than an equal amou!. or none, was ever put into,
 Th new funny ,aow Is given by sam Bernard and others. and is labeled The Ri a Mir iIoggcnhcimer. after Ill cl ala"trr which Bernard developed m Tho Girl from Rays" That was I London made musical comedy in which Hattie Williams got into renown as a