The Portland daily press., 1885-09-14
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
THE srocKBR1DeE COURSE.

There was a very large advance sale of
seats for the Stockbridge course Saturday
morning. Att a. m. 200 people were in line
to receive their numbers AT o'clock there
was great rush, and all day long the sale
continued Mr.. Stockbridge figures 1900 of
the 1000 seats sold, and about $4,000 receipts
the largest days sale of seats for entertain
ments recorded in Portland. Many seats
were bought by spectators, who will prob
ably get their fingers burned, for which no
one will pity them, since they only prevent
regular customers from getting seats.
THE WONDERFUL EQUINEs AT THE BIJorJ.
No lover of horses can afford to miss see
ing the Equescurriculum at the Bijou Thea
tire. If he has applauded the Equine Para
dox, he will find most novel and unioue ex-
emplifications of animal intelligence in the
entertainment given under Lewis & Bristors
direction. School is itself well worth
double the admission fee asked for the show.
An exchange says: There isn't a dull mo-
ment from the time the horses, mules and
ponies come on the stage till the curtain
falls. The audiences have steadily increas-
ed night after night. All signs point to a
''boom' this farewell week of the Equescur-
riculum's sojourn here. Blind Ruth, who
rings the bell for school, laughs, untangles
knots, churns, cracks a whip and pesuIrfor
all sorts Of surprising feats, is a star. She She
understands 100 words as well as any ''hu-
man." And Denveri 1t is easier to enum-
crate what he can't do than what he does.
Think of mule helping the professor to
take off his overcoat, placing the garment
and hat in their proper places, and not for
getting to remove and properly bestow his
masters overshoes. He is monitor. too. in
the school. Denyer's makeup and nature
are comical, and the midget mule enjoys his
own antics and funny doings quite as much
as any one in the audience. Matte, Minnie
and Eagle reason from cause to effect unmis-
takably, the equine Swiss bell-ringers give a
performance that it would be difficult to ex-
Gel, and all the horses are wonderful in their
display of rare intelligence and skill, per-
forming their marches and carrying out their
business" in the school scene, as we'll as the
military drill, in a way that arouses admira-
ton.
The horses arrived in this city last night
and are stopping with Murray Brothers on
Franklin street They will parade every
day, and the horse cars will run to the corner
of Federal and Pearl streets before and after
the performances. The sale of reserved
seats will begin at the theatre at 10 a. III.
NOTES
The Redmund Barry Company will play
ga Midnight Marriage" Friday night and
Rank K, and Fame Saturday night at Port
land Theatre.
Joseph Jefferson has already made arrange
ments for a season of % weeks in 1867 un-
der the management of c. B. Jefferson
Among the support will be c. w. Couldock
Mrs. John Drew and William Warren. The
repertoire will consist of Rip Van Wrinkle,
Caleb Plummer and The Poor Gentleman
New York Mirror.
The Rag Baby company, which has been
rehearsing in Boston under Mr.. Hoyt's di-
rection during the past fortnight, will begin
tic tOIIr of North md
will play fortnight in New England Its
members are John 7. Craven, who will play
Old Sport, Miss Marion Elmore Venus
Grout, Messrs. Albert Riddle, Tony Will
liams, James HI. Dyer, W. f. Mack and
Henry Pew, Misses Rosa France, E la Mayer,
Marie Reynolds and Pearl Emery. Mr. JOS
P. Reynolds will be the business manager
and Mr.. VIM. Bowers the agent