The Portland daily press., 1881-10-10
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
COLES CIRCUS.

COLES CIRCUS.
Coles Australian circus, which received
such glowing notices from the press of some of
the cities in Canada and the west, was await
| ed with interest by the usual crowd of those
who delight in "horse opera" above any other
kind of entertainment. Many people thought
the advance notices altogether too glowing,
and that the show would prove paper affair."
They were pleasantly disappointed for the
| troupe gave very attractive performance.
The parade in the morning was brief, but
| enabled the street audience to judge of the
| quality of the horses and animals. The hors-
es were all we'll formed, well groomed, smart
and bright; the elephants, camels, ponies, lions,
all active wide awake. One of the king
of beasts" beat against the side of the cage as
If trying to escape, and occasionally gave a
roar which caused the citizens horses to prick
up their ears and prance about in a lively man
ner. The dresses of the performers, who rode
in the procession, were brilliant and clean, and
theonly drawback to the effect of the pageant
was the horse-cars and teams that continually
got in the way.
In the afternoon and evening two splendid
audiences assembled in the large tent at the
foot of High street. One of the best features
of the entertainment was the variety business.
The acrobatic acts were all that were claimed
for them; Messrs. Dunbar, Livingston Broth
ers and Richardson's feats, showing they were
not only daring but graceful as well. The
trained stations were of course the attraction
par e1ceLlence, and they far surpassed those OF
Barnum's circus in obedience and cunning.
The tumbling acts, and the see-saw ponies
were good, and the circus riding fair; the lat
ter was the weakest part of the entertainments.
Nine. Adelaide D'Atalie and Miss Linda ,Jeal,
the latter will be remembered as exhibiting in
Portland several years ago, gave specimens of
bareback riding, and the latter rode five hors-
es at once, la Nine. Dockrill, and leaped
through hoops of fire on horseback. The per-
forming elephants and lions pleased the audi
ence exceedingly, and the aerial bicycle act
was well done.
The menagerie was not large but, as we have
said, the animals were all good The ele-
plants had peculiar swinging motion (which
they acquired on their sea voyage while trying
to accustom themselves to the roll of the ship
The order during the entertainment was ex-
cellent.
NOTES.
Speaking of late Kellogg concert, an ex-
change says: "diss Kellogg sang in her own
and a song by Tosti entitled "Good Bye" add
ing "The Old Folks at Home" and an En-
glish ballad as encore pieces. Miss Pease
whose voice has improved wonderfully within
the past year or two Signor Brignoli, who
commands seemingly all the sweetness and
power of voice he ever possessed, and Signor
Tagliapietra, who always sings effectively were
all treated with great consideration; and so
were Mr. Adamowski and Mr.. Liebling, both
of whom played with great nicely and brillan-
cy. We have never heard Mr.. Adamowski
play better" The company will appear at
City Hall, Oct. GOTH
AIdrich & Parsloe in 'sMy Partner Oct. IA.
Mahns Troupe will give Donna Jaanita''
at the Portland Theatre Oct Is.