The Portland daily press., 1882-04-11
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA,
PATIENCE.

PATIENCE.
There will be large audience in attendance
at the Fast Day performances Of patience"
to be given at City Hall by the Boston Eng fish
Opera Company. Mr.. Stockbridge has had an
excellent demand for seats. The ladies who
will take prominent parts are Mile Reignard,
Misses Maggie Duggan, Fannie Corey, Anne
ora Lorne, and May Duryea, and the gentlemen
Molten, Robert Evans, Geo. Gilbert and Nick
Dunn There is promised full chorus and or
chestra. Mr.. Geo. P. Towle will conduct
THE MAsooTTE.
There was quite rush yesterday for seats
for the "Mascotte" TO be given at Portland
Theatre, Fast Day, for the benefit of Miss Lei
la Farrell. The opera it is said, has been very
carefully rehearsed by the ladies and gentle
men who will take.part; Miss Robinson has pre-
pared some nobby costumes: good chorus is
provided, and as for the orchestra it is enough
to say that Grimmer's will furnish the music
audWalter Goold conduct.
GENEvIEvE WARD.
Next Friday and Saturday evenings Miss
Geneyieve Ward-who won so many admir-
ers on the occasion of her former visit to this
city, when at the old Portland Theatre, she
gave her artistic impersonation of "Jane
Shore'-will present her drama of "Forget
Me-Not" in which, as Stephanie de Mohri-
vart. she has made great success both in Lon
don and tbs principal cities of the United
States. The play is said to possess an inter
esting plot, which develops steadily and clearly
its characters are few in number, land yet afford
sufficient variety its dialogue is reported brill
liant, crisp, incisive, full of biting repartee,
and often very impressive; 1t has a primary
and a secondary moral neither OF which are
fred at the audience, but steal into their minds
unconsciously, as morals should; and above all
it prese nts, as its crowning merit, a succession
of novel; ingenious and striking situations, I'M
surpassed for effectiveness. A meiodrama OF
the best type, it is neither tame MFR exaggerat-
ed Miss Ward is one of the few great actress
IS now on the stage one whose art is SO perfect
that it comedies art. She should re-
ceive from our leading citizens such a patron
age as they would have accorded to Miss Cush-
man.
Mr. Curtis tolegrapbs from Boston that Brig
noli's grand concert will be given April 2Otn,
and sale of seats April 18th.
Temporary Home for Women and Chill
dren.
This organization has been legally incorpor-
porated under the general law of the state.
The first meeting was held yesterday afternoon.
The purposes of this corporation and institution
arctic provide shelter food clothing and employ
ment for the women and children of tine State
of Maine who may be found on the streets, in
bad homes, in stations or public institutions or
discharged from imprisonment, or are reduced
to dependence upon public charity and who
are not elsewhere provided with benefcent
home influence.
The following officers were elected:
President-Mrs. Bon Bradbury.
Vice President-Mrs. L. D. NJ. Sweat.
Treasurer-Mss Maria T. Hersey.
Secretary-Miss Ellen NJ. Cram.
The board of managers includes Miss Octa-
via Beckett, Mrs. Henry Coolidge, Mrs. Ellen
Carpenter, Mrs. Frank Clark, Mrs. VIM. G..
Davis, Mrs. j. W. Dewitt, DR.. Sarah w. De-
vol, Mrs Chss Goddard, Mrs. Clarence Hale,
Mrs. Humphreys, Mrs. Alexander Longfellow,
Miss Celia Patten, Mrs. Hosea L Robinson,
Mrs. Thos. Shaw, Mrs. L. m N. Stevens and
Others
The advisory board includes Ex-Gov. Israel
Washburn, Gen. Francis Fessenden, George F..
Emery. Esq, Sidney W. Thaxter, Esq, Theo-
dore s. Woodbury., Esq, Hon. James w.
Bradbury, Augusta, and others.