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Show woman either, who goes to see it feel more than satisfied that lie or sho has had the lull worth of his or her money. Not ono of the recently produced and successful American comedies can ho mentioned as having jumped go suddenly sudden-ly and forcibly into such high favor as the ".Steer." l)ae lielascb is paragraphed as be-ng be-ng worth over $;SU,i;0'i, the result of royalties on his various play. ll ls safe to wager that by the time Mr?. Leslie Carter gets through with l'ay" tho extent of his bank account will hardly be worth paragraphing- Tim Juch Opera Company terminate their season ill Chicago May 'Si, after which Miss Juch goes to London and appears in June at the Convent Harden theater. It will be her first appearance appear-ance in tho New Habylon. Flora nMi (Mrs. Charles II. Hoyt). if all reports are to be believed, has made the hit of her life as Uossey in Hovfs "A Texas Steer." This charm-ing'littlo charm-ing'littlo lady in the character spoken of. which her husband, the author, wrote especially for her, and in which she is irresistible, comes with the original origi-nal company to the California. Henry (iuv Carleton, author of "Tho , Lion's Mouth," is a graduate of Santa Clara College at San .Ioe and was formerly for-merly on the stall of the San Francisco Chronicle. Nat (ioodwin has found a sure fortune for-tune in Leander Richardson's play, The Nominee," which is now running to enormous business in New York. "The Little Tycoon" is witty and bright. Its great success has been deservedly de-servedly won. This charming opera is in its sixth year. yet. its success everywhere every-where is unabated. And now the latest patented 'Hamlet" 'Ham-let" has a tank scene; w herein Ophelia drowns herself. This is nil very well, so far as it goes; but since progress is progressing at this rate, why not Jiavo I lam. come out for a moonlight picnic in his steam launch just in time to res- cue the fair Ophelia. The play is still woefully incomplete in places, according ac-cording to some peoples ideas. Of course, this improvement of the tank trives them hope; but evolution is slow, so slow. They do say that in tho process pro-cess of evolution man descended from the monk; but of this we have no positive posi-tive proof. IT IS C00D. Hoyt Arlll Another Surce" With "A Tvx Mti-nr." It in o coniiiKiu a thing to write "sue-cii.si" "sue-cii.si" opposite the title ol any new piece of Ht.-iifi: work by Mr. Charles II. Hoyt that the mniienee which crowded the liijoii last nitfht went to that playhouse with the comparative certainty of an enjoyable evening before them. They wore not disappointed. In 'A Texas Steer" Mr. Hoyt has not only acliioved soicii'HS with his usual promptness, but lias shown the public that lie is capable of work superior to the lino of skits which brought him fame and fcrttiuc. W hile he retains the distinctiveness of title which lias constituted his trade mark all along as in "A Tin Soldier," "A ISr.iss Mouk.;y," "A Parlor Match," "A Midnight Hell," "A Hole in the drouna, etc. no lias aimed mucn higher than heretofore, and hit his mark without diminishing in any degree his power as a mirth-maker. This author indicated his new ambition ambi-tion in "A Midnight Hell," and "A Texas Steer" is a good step in advance of that. The new piece is, of course, a larce-comody, and affords a promise of many delightful productions in the same vein. Absolute fun is the keynote to Mr. lloyi's abilities, and this is broadly shown by the fact that the only tedious three minutes in the new comedy are the result of an attempt at pathos, convoyed in a long speech. The same ellect might lie acliicedby make-up or a few epigrammatic sentences. sen-tences. In brief, the story of "A Texas Steer" is that ol a Texan cattle king, rough and blunt of character, w ho is elected to congress bv tho black and white voters of his district without his consent. con-sent. He is accompanied to Washington Washing-ton by an amfiitious and lovely but hoy -denish young daughter, aud is preceded by a handsome captain of the regular army, who is engaged to the latter. The new congressman is swindled right and left by lobbyists and adventurers, adven-turers, but his common sense comes to his relief, and ho quickly falls into line with the customs of U'ashington life arid federal legislation. His wife aud daughter, lindiug the gallant captain rather ashamed of their Texan greenness, green-ness, take umbrage and dismiss him; thereupon setting to work to establish themselves in society through culture and an airing of the fact, that their husband hus-band and father has a bank account of some $ii,0(H).OOi). They are highly successful, suc-cessful, and the dismissed lover is brought back to the daughter's sido by a series of happy circumstances. One of the most uproarously funny situations ever produced by Mr. Hoyt is furnished by the unexpected appearance, appear-ance, at tha little private diuner, of three constituents of the cattle king from Texas, who have come to investigate investi-gate his alleged crooked attitude toward certain railroad legislation. Their drunken and noisy conduct scandalizes the other guests, and the scene terminates termi-nates with a great fusilade from their revolvers as a tribute to the orator of the occasion. The part of the old but hearty cattle king and congressman is played by Tim Alurohv, well known in Mr.' lion's companies, and he has succeeded in presenting a well-delined character study, where the temptation to exaggeration exag-geration is great. In Maverick liran-der liran-der he has his best opportunity to prove his ability as a character actor. Miss Flora Walsh makes a charming and sprightly daughter, and much of the enjoyment of the evening is due to her. The remainder of the company are very capable, and there were absent last night all the hitches customary to a lirst night. "A Texas Steer" may be summed tid as a prolonged laugh, and it is in for a j prolonged run. iMaybury Fleming in j Mnil and Express. Nov. li. 1do. "Texas Meer" goes Friday and Saturday Sat-urday nights and Saturday matinee at the theater. Wuiuterlaml. The attractions at Wonderland are growing prolific despite opposition, and the crowds continue to grow larger and larger each day. Next week, or rather on Saturday, the usual day for changing the bills, Ella Ewing. tho much talked of tall girl from Missouri will tie on exhibition. Ladies souvenior day on Friday, and childrens' day Saturday. Sat-urday. Inttrestlnc New ot Plays and Players, Mark Twain's satire, "A Yankee t the Court of King Arthur." is being dramatized for Sol Smith Kns-iell and he is to play it next season. There seems to be some wonderful charm clinging to "A Texas Steer." that spreads broadcast, touches popular popu-lar fancy and wakes the man, or r |