The Portland daily press., 1880-03-25
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
INDIA ST. CONCERT.

INDIA ST. CONCERT.
Notwithstanding the bitter cold wind last
night, which, DESPITE good fire in the fur
mace, insisted on creeping into the auditorium
through every possible crevice, the India St.
church was three-quarters filed by an inter-
ested audience on the occasion of the concert
given by Miss Nettie A. Milliken. All the Sc
lections were well rendered and several were
encored, including solo by Mr.: w Mather
Porteous, the First Kiss by Miss Milliken,
Rilla by Mrs. Arthur B. Morrison, and the
violin solo by Miss Annie Louise Davis. Mr..
forteous displayed fine baritone voice which
was very well managed. Mr.. Milliken presd-
ed at the piano.
MRS. SCOTT sIDDoNs.
1t is quite long period since Mrs. Siddons
last read in this city, which occasion drew
large and we'll pleased audience to City Hall.
This time she will appear at Music Hall, on
Friday evening, and her programme will be
we'll selected.
The New York Telegram says:
Notwithstanding the severe storm of last
evening, large audience greeted Mrs. Scott
Siddons at the Academy, and a better pleased
company of people never met in this city.
Mrs Siddons was at her best, and for two
hours she swayed the emotions of her hearers
~, wiz w Uno .a'cnleSs power OF ner taeht.
Where everything was SO splendidly done, to
particularize would be folly. Everything was
rendered unexceptionably. Possessed of peer
less beauty, a queenly presence, rich and
well trained voice, this lady embodes the
qualities requisite to dramatic artistic, in the
superlative degree.
The tickets for the reading can be found at
Stockbridge's
HUMPTY DUMPTY.
Cat,
nier's excellent Humpty Dumpty company
will appear at Music Hall, and the tickets will
be ready at the box Office this morning. The
Utica Herald says:
Tony Denier's troupe played to crowded
audience last evening, and gave every specta-
tor in the house all that he had paid to see.
rapidity and was wonderfully funny and en-
PERTAINING: The second act, composed of va
riety performance, gave grand satisfaction,
and the audience would willingly have encored
nearly everything on the programme, but
no opportunity was given them to do So Act
followed act in quick succession, each SEEM
ingiy better than the last. Geo. II. Adams
(Grimaldi) is one of the best clowns that has
ever played the part of Humpty Dumpty, and
he is we'll supported. He is not only an excel
lent pantomimist, convulsing the house by his
comical facial expressions, but he is splendid
acrobat, as his performance on the stills testi-
fled. There were no vulgarities in the piece,
and we can recommend the troupe without the
slightest stretch of conscience.
NOTES.
The dates for Minnie Palmer's Boarding
School are next Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday, at Portland Theatre.
There was great sale of tickets for the new
opera Tickelick, yesterday.
Henry Ward Beecher will lecture at City
Hall the last of April. Subiect-"Amuse-
ments."
Hathaway & Ponds Ideal Uncle Toms
Cabin and the Hyer Sisters will appear at City
Hall the last of April or first of May.
Reeves Opera Troupe and the American
band will appear at City Hall about the mid
die of April and give two operas.
The last subscription concert will be given
March Both, by Ernst Perabo, assisted by
Belle BARTLETT Hattie Adams and Will Stock
bridge.
Pirates of Penzance, April 9TH. If it can be
given but one night great desire is expressed
that the date may be changed to the 9th.