The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1881-03-31
AMUSEMENT NOTES.


Miss Katherine rogers, an English actress of
great ability and versatility, supported by the en-
tire baldwin company, will make her first appear
ance N Portland this Thursday evening in the
Thrilling emotional play of ''Miss Sarah Mutton"
when dramatic season will be inaugurated al
New Market Theater which for careful attention
to deti and true artistic merit has probably
never iefore been equaled i'm this city In thr
past, VIXEN prominent stars have visited Us, they
have Wualy been so poorly supported ~
greatly mar the general effect Of their perform
ances ut from perSor"l knowledge Of a number
~ 80 f..'lIer- a weIl as cine reputation ~ the
>Hid~l. inea-.f FOR rHe eEecleu. maure. iu
which GERS piece IS produces tF t- company r
aIe con ieIt fhaf not only w.'L the rfuI ri'
tHaltties Hc we'll sustained. hut chat
lDf} $50. uH The -uoor0fnFtcs viii f0i hr tp-
Grated he SAN FIaurf-eo CI.1ufcr. iu are
Weil not & ol Niss Rottrs at the close ~ t.l n
agemtt iu lnat r'tf- says: +le laH ~
e-res- IIbigl inJelii -eur. not lariirt ,eI-
F.ut nt whilst careful t1 oroid an eNtreH1. dis
play oi ibeemotfausI, effective in Che more level
styles %. citing 2vd competent iu tae ln-.IIr '--
ton of cL acters which appeal CO. reason ~lIher
.lan 20 ir i0u. ln .in- lii-s Rogers Hcv1 aX-
cites, hH- lNav- .e.-c The names f tln
.asie- ana -e.t comprising t.e support
t-ulNer -t .t.irH, which cont .-
ali the late ion..0 N.v Iar, and san Fran-
cisco success e ara Is luI.. extensive t- ar ln
our advertisl. e'uuu
Arn.~ E wl r'as NHss nsland
Tae .2nosa eonrr5 wl pear at
9l. tuu. r.. .. rs, and
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.e sons. fsu rk pre-
.'r r iom Rip Van
Winkle anu ia. Lts.'
Mr.. +. w. Stechhae manager Of the New Mar
ket Theater, has leased Reefs Opera House at
Salem during the State Fair The fair will omen
on the 10Th Of June.
1t is related that poor S6thern almost rebelled
at the idea of dying with nothing, but buffoonery
associated with his name, and hat some wears
ago he made an honest but wretched failure To be
tragic in "Othello."
The escaped lunatic whom the detectives have
been after so long was captured i'm Cincinnati last
week, but was permitted to finish mis- musical
criticism for Cincinnati paper before being
brought back. Fhitddclphio Ne,cs
On the night Of the 23d instant, the opera house
/ at Nice, France, was the scene Of most terrible
disaster. Gas had escaped from old pipes and
collected at the back Of the stage, and it was
/ lighted in some manner. An explosion followed,
and the theater was burned The audience was
\ panic stricken, and the passage-ways We're soon
/ blocked The weaker were tramped under foot,
and hundreds Of persons were burned, silty-nina
\ to DEATH Several members OF the opera Company
also perished.
The time has gone by, says .he London Court
Journal, for actors TO be sDeered at as "roges and
vagabOnds.n Quite n numberOf young geniemen
/ of good family, many of them members ofthe two
universities, now make the stage their PRECISION.
Their talents probably are not Of the very highest
order but they are as rule, OF very good appear
/ ance deDort themselves as gentlemen dess well,
/ and utter their lines without showing sstage
fright - and very little more is required nova
days of the youthful heroes of modern comedy.