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vm ltd 1 mai ti i i i i a 3 7 ain Pa A mi fj 4 ftn 4 THEATRICAL ThUi play revolves around EX octortttf ii St yio dlscotirsenand ISwjth ftf proslncss whlehT by 1 Wi him in sit itiA tho sP Thcro were thrco attractions nt tlio opera house during tlio past week tlio last being Shoro Acres a pastoral piny ot unusual merit which wtts presented by tlio nuthor Jameo A Home assisted by a veil bil anced company Wang held tho boards Wednesday night and though an old corala opera favorite waa In such pour handa ui to provo a dlxtinct disappointment la tho audience Thursday night The Girl flora Paris druvv the larxrH addlonco ot tho week and seemed to plraho ljoso present though cnllicly too lacy and hug gcetlvo to deserve commendation nt tho hands of tho press 5 tS sn7iTignJeir 1ily 1 twiTaTtrne tlons have thus far hren announrcd Mort day nlsht Wiedemanns comedians will present farco called Tbot Majors Daughters pluylng nt popular prlcos Tuesday night Anna Held tlio Parisian vuduriflo fuvorllo who delighted Now Yorks ihoaterKwra for so many week Vrtll appcur beforo a Houston audience Though tho season id rapidly drawing to a close there are still 01110 good thlngd In sloro Nat Ooodwltv will he hcru tho latter part Ihu month and tho iriu Comlu Opera company ill nppear for ona week beginning about tho 1st April Wlcdonfanns tomcdlana an attraction playing at popular prices will npu ar at Swocnoy Coombs oioiu houso one ulpht only Monday Miuch jircsentins tho Jouract fnirclal comedy The Majors Daughters llio comedy la a new veialon of Our Strategist a piny wrltteu lor liiughliiG trposcs only The following is lrom the Waco TlmosHerald ot hobruary lt Tho Initial performance ot Yte lcmanns comedians In Tho Majors Danehtcr vas witnessed by a largo nnd well pleased audience at tho Grand last night ficnos of people could uot gain admlsloh nnd Blandlng room as at a premium betoro U19 curtain went up They havo a very clever oggrosallon of plnyqrst their specialties nolutf fairly good and considering thb popular prices It Is well woiiu tu price of odiuhsloii This company carries its own solo orchestra and band The cast Is said to bo irado up of clover people and an additional featuro Is Irofostor WUatrom with Kdl sons latoist luipiovod vlt scopo with uow vlcyvs Miss Anni Held who Is looked fof next 4Tuesday will conio In tho prlvalo car w5ilch was onco tho pronnrly of Uiy 5 tliingtry The attraction sho is to bring to Swevncy Cooinbspi ra house on HTicsauri March JC matinee andnlstit i jlBWPery divided Into threw parts Tho Cat and tho Cherub drama pf Chinese llf Iti1 San Francis 1 byCh rles DaUey Itrnald the that pluy tbroughttpto siich con plnuQU8 rivalry p2 vtlbiThojrir norn learned a plHosophUe no means so 7Chrm fyanR wJilonreHculng thd choruh ironithOiletters olutches ndjxjlijigjjlju rcit6i Rjtfih rrirai6 tuotive of th play by WHInfiliijhUtur TOnrdercr of hl oytoinfithaJlnal sp Miq the mur Is erpr jQPa ch lwBldo ujoifathcr wha 4ltw uwTftojhtm loffd thMVlthout letting Mm hathetknowsthoAtdentllyfot tho toyw Wtt chlW7 AwU4 portuno 0tbest theita uiu4strangle hUn Jwlyto4 hT Ai pollWman pproach Wjipct rsetstUecK4 lnn um timtumi waHw tl WHrwsatlMr rthV two milium tkmif a yfifat wftjm cwiiw iiiii8 IM EliiMiMl MISS A KA lllUll which tho Parisians term chic will sing a number or uongs but the hot will he her coon tong such us Wiynt lwm xlt arh with what tormnd an nuliuatcd chorus ot flty voices Our Weekly ev nlt New York March 9 Not a new pro Auction hna bqon niado known at any ot tbeJuHlcra ho prejeut jyeck Thu only rtpple on tho theatrical waters was tho debut of Winter jDHpg ag mT Monday night tho Kqurtccnth Street theater wboro io was seen lu In Pay tcw York an extravaganza which had 0 succes ful run at tho Casino IaH year Mr Jones lau capable comedian In block company but why 0 hould blossom out as a star Is beyond my undeV tAndlng This atantilh of mcdlocrp aftjora Is Matu kllling tbb theatrical business throughout tho country Without the least rouble 1 could unmo fifty poople who arq touring the country lar without tho sllBhtVst cUlnr uei tAPctln ma that as soon as an otojmakes sOH hlng of succpsc JKJiVH opdi notices bis head Mln io nlareanil bVoiirdtif teatVri ilu trarttwax seekavsome HM jlMa ewUjou Bnd dollars pxpeuMve maUng UTaaoijred and tb comwpnpMr 0110 part becomes fullfledged star An Industrious presa agent booms bliu and when ho makes his flint nppoarnnco lu other clllc th public which has paid Us good money expecting to see a lino actor Is dls appointed to seo only a vury ordinary one During Uu season several alleged stats lirpotir In tbesH cities with tho result that the theatergoer becomes disgusted and imna his attention to some other form of amusement Thla 1 claim Is tlio real reason for the low state of theatrical busW ncsa ihttrtishout the country Tho last performances of Tho Heart of Wariland prior to its KnglUh tour are bo Ins Klcii nt ho llarlom opera houso this week With Mrs Uisllo Carter In tho lead Ing rolo On March 31 tho company our gaged to support Mrs Carter In tho London lirncluclloH begins a two weeks lour of New imglaiidj to bo followed Immediately by Its nr Ht rllllln OTlr IT ticu Mr BclascoV drama is tho best Amor can play over produced und I think that It ahonld mnko a success on ho other sldo of the watqr A Nprmandy Wedding has msdo so much of a success 7 at thoHenild Square that It be withdrawn at the end of this week 1 think this atato of afialrsMi largely duo to the Incompetency of Dorothy Morton th prima donna wbose ainginc Srl 1 1 W1 oricnlDg night waa most disappointing In addition 5 thl Doru thy has acquired much embonpoint and a douplo cb as which go fi long way 1 In dispelling tho Illusion qulAd for hw wryn tb per uSUtiTJ AtuMK Xf daughter to tho leading comedian wbo nc tualy looks youuger than she does Onless Miss Mutton Ib ablo to dissolve ber too too solid flesh sho Is out of It During tho past week tho Academy ot Music has nightly been tho scene ot uncommon patriotic enthusiasm Music has nightly been tho scene of uncommon patriotic enthusiasm At thu cud of the third nut of Tho White Heather lloso Cogh lnn lakcB tho heioluo of tho play lu her arms and pionilslug her protection asks the clamoring crowd to withhold Its condemnation ot tho wicked husband und lu the Itingungo of Captain Slgsbce of tho lll fatcd Maine to suspend judgment until tho truth Is known ThlB speech calls fuith a tumult of applause which continues for sexeral iiilnutes When tho applause HitbaldPH tun orchestra playp Tho Star Spangled Hannor and again there Is wild applause Immediately following this comes tho famous lipUouinJilbsjasA scpni lu which dlvcia aro ul work around a sunken wieck Tho audiences associate this scent with tho work of tho divers In Havana harborund onco more there Is a wild scono of enthusiasm This nightly demonstration has id advertised tho piny that It Is doing a1 fc imirkublo business and tho end Is not yot In sight Way Dnwn IJaBt continues Its successful run at tho Manhattan theater and is pioilng to a worthy successor to Thu Old Homestead It appeals tn almost every class of theatergoer by Its realism and pathos Tho pictures of life on an old New llumpshlro tann tntroduco a number ul iliinlnt character tho least ot which Is played nrtlitlcally The fiftieth performance of tho plfco will bo reached March 1 when souvenirs will bo distributed What Happened to Jones Is In Its last fortnight at tho IHJou whero It continues in draw overflowing audiences Tho cist appearing In this production Is a lino one and I think that Mme Cotticlly In tho part of tho slavey carries oit tho honors Sumo of our socalled stars could tnko lessons from this nctiets with profit to themsolvcs and the public I Bt Saturday night Chnuncey Olcott closed a remarkably successful llvo weeks engagement nt Fourteenth Street theater Sweet Innlscirra was ptosented during nil of thnt tltuo nnd hundreds wero turned away nightly After a week In Brooklyn Mr Olcott returns to this city nt tho Orand opera houso for IiIb farewell engagement hero this season It will nUo bo his ilnal nppeaivuico hero In Sweet Iu nlsearrn Tho Telephone Olrl is lu Its fourth month at tho Casino nnd us yet there Is no sign of Its wnulng popularity Iouls Jtann and Clura Ilpmnu and their moro or less undraped femalo ussoslatna con tinue to find favor with tho public which shows Its appreciation of tho performance by a liberal contribution at the box office Tho Casinos travelng company appearing In Tho Hollo of New York ends Us tour March 21 and sails for Londou on the 30th to open at tho Shaftesbury theater In thnt city April 11 Manager George Urt crer who has Juat returned from tho English metropolis says tho entlro organisa tion with Its stage equipment Intact Is to be sent over I expect to hear within tho next few months that many ot the Casino beauties havo been married to British no blemen Last Sunday nt Tho Utile Church Around the Corner tho funeral sorvlces of Johnny Wild tho best blackfaced come dlnn that ever saw wero held It was In this church that Mr Wild was married nnd all of his nine children wero christened The dead comedian was moitly known lo our theatergoers by reason of bis lone con necAlon with Edward Harrison His Im personations of city colored Kent havo never hcon excelled on our stage He Blncertiy mourned by a 1st go circle of friends The third and final performance this season of the studcitits ot the StanhopeWheat croft Dramatic school will bi given nt Hoyts theater April 23 Augustln Daly lias purchased A Bnr neta newest musical comedy Queen of tho Ballet nnd will produce It nt the Fifth Avenue theater next fall Mmo Clementine de Vere the prima lnnna having finished her concert lour Is rating Jn this city previous lo going to london whero sho la to sing In Italian opera tbs spring Tbe latest girl play Is called The Chorus Olrl Nancy Sykes The Kind of Severity Needed Waxahnchlo RnterprUe If IJ be sayero to keep out of rteraocrallc primaries those who voted the 1 opposition ticket lnlW and still oppo thedemo crai 0 platform It Jmt the kind of fw HOUSTON DATIiT POST S0tf DAY MOTiVlNG MA BOH 13 1898 Leaders of Fine Clothing GOSSIP OF QAY GOTHAM New York March 10 Louis rills bury warden of Blackwclls Island prison after a service of fifty years oa a prison official has resigned to take effect on April 1 The llrst work dono in the WaldorfAs loiia each day Is tho preparation ot breakfast for 1200 employes The last of these nienla Is served usually beforo the eirllost lining guest sleepily orders his eggs aid coffee thinking himself almost a heio to bo breakfasting ot such an hour A certain enterprising woman hore has sent out prospectuses of a school for vivco Tho art ot housekeeping and bjanic ilRlacar jiato Jiaths mlvjid vantages Training for peculiar cases Is to be a feature One interesting Item In the eouac laid down for girls who intend lo ninrry poets nnd painters Is Ono meal a day and ono new gown per annum One life Insuronco company sets 1 good example tn other Institutions ot tho snmo sort when It announcts that my citizens ol tho United Stntcs who are already Insured In this cominny hnvo tho right to enlist for war tcrvlce withuu our charg ing them any extra premium nnd In msp of their death In service the jollclcfi would be paid In full the tamo as they would bad there been no war nnd they had died 0 natural causes Tho corporations are also truly loyal Tho Lenton dovollons aro literally punctuated with fnncy co3lumo of fairs and uudovlllo suppers Tho wariiedoor cgctablo perty nt tho Hewitts a few nights ago scored a bccoihI lilt This tlmo even Chauncoy Deitcw caught the infec tion nnd gilnned ut the eopipany fioni cllt framo combination of a peach and a modern Demosthenes When Mr Depew poses as a lling plctuie theres no telling whero the foolishness will drag the dovotccs A pollto French waiter In ono of tho swell cafes was so prnfuEo with hU thanks when he pocketed the dime that I asked him If times hadnt hanged since tho uptown movemont set In Oul Oul Msleur Zo times vcr dull ovon here Mslcur AVo foci zo gratitude for ze dime now Just zc aamo as wo did tor xe quar tnlrm In 79 good tlmo down nt old Brunswick Bnrd3g Mslcur zo same Oul Tips havo surely been scaled Ho came to aeo the town and cuiloslty led him to enter one cf tho socalled gardens In tho Tenderloin Oh sir what a lovely cano jouvo got exclaimed joung woman who approached him And nicking up the stick sho tapped him light ly on tho shirt front with the handle A diamond dropped out of Its setting und the ulrl temembcrod an engagement aha had olsewlnjie The young mnn now keeps a Arm grip on his stick but lies wearing fourinhand fastened with a fctlik pin worth about 10 cents Brooklyn has something rather unique in tho way of clubs an organization which has no annual dues no assessments nnd not even cub room It Is called Jhu Jolly Hundred nnd was organized nearly twenty jeara ago by 100 young wen For several years each member paid 5 By balls and benefits tho amount in tho treasury waa brought up to 1100000 which was put lu a aalugs bank to draw Interest After that the members yald no more dues but the Interest on tho clubs capita Blvea them two festivities a year perhaps a line dinner lu the winter and a moonlight trip In the summer or some thing of that aort Each wan must at tend three affairs or forfeit S50 and when a member dies his hclra recelvo a 1000 gratuity from the clubs funds So far but one member has died and It seems as If the club narao should be changed to The Ninety and Nine A company of energetic women of society intend to make an Interesting ex ferlment next Friday They propose make the Innocent tea table the njeana pt aw Price 5jDQ mens stylish Spring Suits at These special Suit thnt wc open the season with will prove Interesting We do not know of anything we can recommend so stroiipvly The cut finish and cloth are simply wonderful for real goodness If ever you saw a Suit of quality here it is the marvel of the clothing manufacturing world These Suits come in all the very latest spring styles Trousers and Vest cut in the latest shapes These wonderful Suits will he on sale tomorrow Hats for Spring By long odds the largest selection of Hats that can he found anywhere Every possible creation is here every Hat an honest one New stiff and soft Hats in every shape and color known to the world of fashion i in fact anything you may wish prices from fl 4t TO 0 Thi nnle of Houston have learned to trust ABSOLUTELY this store to BELIEVE its statements to DEPEND upon its goods ISSUES and we shaM nu ysM UmMmB feeling of EXTREME TRUST no matter at what cost Special to INDORSE its made in the newest tthf Gentlemens fine allwool Cassimerc and Cheviot Suits shades in and checked lined with extra fine durable linings cut in newest fas ures plaids patterns for the tall and short the slim and stout No other house can show them for less than Childrens Attire Hothers next time youre looking for Boys Clothes please note the styles and variety the little folk and found here We have made a study of the wants of we are surewea please you We study one thing TO PLEASE YOU and study it so thoroughly that ft to do so is practically impossible Our fashions are the latest We range our prices from 1 0 TO Oil 3071 I Main St A hi Beatrice Sturgcs has made a collection of verses selected from several ofithiisej lean and English poets Derrick Co on beauty In women These ire loan1 tho more Interesting lines LONOFlJUOW MlNNBHAIIA With him dwelt his darkeyed daughter Wayward as the Minnehaha Willi her moods of shade and sunshine Kycs that smiled and frowned alternate Feet as rapid as tho river Trespes flowing like the water And at musical as laughter SPBNSER MEDITATION FOlt HIS MISTRESS warT uTglrJgf iJ Yet one rude wiud or ruffling shower Will force you hence ami In an hour RALPH WALDO UMKHSON KVA fair and stately maid whoso eyes Were kindled In tho upper skies At tho same torch that lighted mine Tor so 1 must Interpret still Thy sweet dominion oer my will A sympathy divine ARNOLDON HER BLUSHING Now tho red wins upon her cheek Now white with crimson lo sfts In detpernto strugglo so to speak A way of ropes pabl PAYNMAnciULRrrn She was child or gpntlcst air Ot deep dark eyes nnd golden hair Aud ah I Ioed her unaware Marguerite JAMES WHITCOMIt t7LiVJUTlTH Oh her eyes are amber fine Dark and deep ai wells of wine Whllo her smile It like tho noon Splendor of a day In June ALFRED TKNNYSOfc3MAUD Queen rose of the rosebud garden of girls Come hither tho daureis are done In gloss of satin and shimmer ot pearls Queen Illy and roc In one Shtno out little head sunning over with curl To the flowers and bo their sun TUNNYSON EIVVINb Blnlno tho fair Elaine the lovable Llalne tho Illy maid of Astolat between the fashionable society and the stnge The schemo calls for a dramatic tea to follow a series ot short plays In tho ballroom of tho Astor caravaiurv Whtn society and the stage meet aroutid tho festive board the oolong will be noured by eeveral popular acliesses Un der the soothing Influence of the liquids tho trocha onco ko clearly drawn will bo wipe out and past pangs will bo for eotteu It Is said that the theatrical man agers are kicking about tho cool wav which their suployfs arc requested to perform at these things free of chargo But societys word seems to bo law and cUtedgcd charity Is a persistent beggar A prominent actor who frequently nppcara In benefit performances was asked by ona of a group which was discussing the beno tlt nuisance how ho could afford to volun teer ko often Because ha replied I civand and get J100 In advance for each volunteer performance Tho cnsulnij sllenco most was eloquent HOUSTUMAX8 AT IKICHMOM They emJinl 7l Secret Work rjlLlnnUm uc sr Ulehmond Texas March 11 Tho cham clon Knights of Iythlsa tewn of Texas touio over from Houston last night and cajo tho local lodge jome vuluable hlnta regaling tbe work In tho amplified forms team conslated cf I Hclbet Louis Swop a Bucklov Morln eIlowI John nhJljJ5 It Grain I Camp Fourmr Htiu eyCl nb 8 AH ey Itugera jcy Everts Osgne Charles Jennett Louis HaM I urZT lnltlllnB lnc wnaitetM inv ru UeBrfiw ted until about 1 morning after luicb which a light accompanied by unnronrlnte SMeches consumed a cons derabfe Tri 0t ne few remainlnK houra before traui whirl The ul8M8 of PythlV odgo re comprises In Its i dberehl of he leading and prominent many wu Hh7ho maP nSnt rWIVC marc thB 9Uton eam and la rc oy tohecv til ni ck salnat any tean In Icxjs J2LPrfte fry aDd a eellng heyond lnc ltlen ih lnh rythianlsm br kln dowtt the allied dividta SS te nivn was co ipo eng lng TENNYSON MARGARET sweet pale Margaret rare palo Margaret What lit your eyes with tearful pom Like moonlight on a falling bow BUSKIN HELEN OF TROY A daughter of the gods divinely tall And most divinely fair Her loveliness with shame and wul Froze my swift speech she tarsltf THce Wnrisj Tho starlike sorrowR of Imniortu Spoko slowly in her place 3 OWEN MEREDITH LUCILE Shes pretty At sho some tea least no was As Eoft nnd as hallow as autumnTOi Neither black nor yet brows butttiit air which tho vj Takes nt evo In September aietBPy gers lotio jj Through a vineyard from bestMM setting sun TCOURT DT MRP BROWNING Her hair wan tawny with goldcM purple dnrk Her cheeks palo opal burnt MHMJ rcstlcfcs npark Never was lady of Milan nobler I race iJ Never waslady of Italy fairerta face ALGERNON CIIArTeS JWWW iseult JWWWiiJ Iscult moro fair than foam or iiJ Her glnd past loToao Razo wns And her face lovely past desire Ljf i Past thought and speech her ro wcre ks And golden sunrise was a moro ROBERT BURNS She was a winsome She is a handsomo weo tnl Sho Is bonnlc wee thins a This sweet woo wife ol xnine run KonsAicuv hbabT 1 For Tho Post Tim VinrtiTis cold tho fire inJ cSu Wher onco It shone so an wjf 7 to Fnther and mother havo gone Anil 1 nm hero alone tonlsm Elstcrs nnd brothers aro tat tcattind like thi autumn Bui to thrt old home wo My sad joung mart still clcu JLi 1 hat sheltered ur ehltdnetd Tor romi hava geno to strafE KS A No mere woil meet benrnih slKlteVcdTurchWnw ffil Aud borne beyond this vale of No moro well gather r0i i lh 3 daiM For rpw tis cheerless JUNo roore well hear their ujfrry Sr7 As In tboso happy daya flf Thoe lovely forms so dear to Are gone forever from my so JJ Thnso fairest fad I love Iirlrhtcn othor homes tunlgat 1 Brother rant know whrn tjlTij Nor speak kind rd of tli For broken Is tbe household 9H Through all tho ccmlnS MV Oft 1 stand on the eld l5tos lAnd vwilcb tho telling sut hna And think bow bright tho old pa Ere tbe sorrows pf Ht3 UfW But must leave thq oilI homM LS To rosin In distant lands ffiW bright M1 Ji I must leava tho once To mercllcia stranger banfl No imitlcr Where our footsteps trt CT Mtmoty will bindus ehtff A For onco our hearth shone 4 Though silent now and tmjAL An KntrntrlsIuK nrwJ There few men more Jul are and enterprising than 3l socnrp who spares no pains to ur everything tn their line cuetomerfl They now ya I agency for Dr Klnga SJ Consumption Cough ana i tho wonderful remedy rf a such a furor all over the It l0 many startling cures Atthroa Bronchitis Hoi fl affections of the Tbro Cn7 Call at above dmnf bottle free or regular and 1100 Guarantor to 4JJ.