The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-09-03
AMUSE ENTS.
poUrNEY CONCERT


1t is to be hoped that none will forget the
fine concert to be given in the Doutney tent
tonight. The celebrated Olympian Quar-
tette,-Messrs. Cornish and Hardy, James
Sampson, William and Frank Slocum,-are
to appear in select programme of chaste
and refined songs, glees, campmeeting re-
trains, Duets and sketches in full costume.
Also the Daily children, Maggie and Lucy, in
lightning dress changes and songs; Chan
dler's full orchestra; Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
N. Doutney and others. There is no risk in
going for full satisfaction and grand good
time is in store for all. 1t is the last concert
to be given and it is reported it will eclipse
all given so far. The temperance meetings
will be resumed tomorrow night.
GREENWOOD GARDEN.
A complete change of bill took place yes
terday afternoon and evening at this popu-
lar resort and consisted of operate, speciality
and vaudeville selections. The opening
piece consisted of Offenbach's charming
operetta entitled 1.-The Alsatians," admira-
bly, presented byAlexander Bell and the win
some ingenue Miss Marie Mule. Mr.. Bells
rich tenor voice, lately heard in Bilee Tay
lor, was heard to advantage in the various
numbers, and the new conner, Miss Mule, is
the possessor of an excellent soprano voice
and a pleasing presence. Albert Lang fol-
lowed in artistic representations of George
Fred Barth, styled 1.-The Elastique
Comique,'' is one OF the finest contortionists
we have ever seen. That funny couple,
Ainslee and Downey, in their black-face
sketch, were repeatedly encored. Mr.. Far
rell and his harmonica solos were one of the
hits of the evening Following other at
fractions the performance concluded with
the langhable farce entitled ''The Cannon
Ball Tosser," in which Ainslee, Lang and
Barth convulsed the audience with their alb
surdities.
The 500 prize watch which is to be given
away Saturday evening, is creating a great
deal of interest. AT present writing there
have been over 1900 guesses deposited and
the scenes about the polls are laughable in
the extreme. The ballot will close Safer
day at o'clock p. M, and the fortunate
guesSer's name will be announced after the
performance.
THE RoBERTs-GARDNER CIRCUS.
The Nick Roberts Gardner circus will
show in this city on the 9th, 18th and Sth of
this month. The Brooklyn Union says:
"The third and last week of the circus on
the Pavilion dot began last evening. The
tent was very well filed, and the perform
ance as usual passed off without the slight
est hitch. The novelties captured the audi
ence in the most complete manner. Mr.:
George ID. Melville, a famous circus rider of
bareback horses in the not long ago, intro
duces himself this week as a clown and as
an equilibrist. In both features he made a
decided hit. A troop of trained dogs, with
Professor Parker, astounded the assem-
blage. f. A. Gardner, the wonderfully agile
leaper, and the daring bareback rider was
and will be on the bill every day this week.
Mile. Marie. Mrs. Lambkin, and especially
Mrs. f. A. Gardner, furnished very attrac-
i've series of acts of horsemanship, and the
jockey performance of Mr.. Shipp also came
in for large share of applause. There are
in the two rings many other features, all OF
hon. tEn1 yhrln fnr frn a
dom equalled in Brooklyn for novelty and
genuine merit
ROLAND REED.
This favorite comedian, who will appear
at Portland Theatre in "Cheek," next Mon
day evening, is thus spoken !of by the Balti-
more Herald: "Roland Reed in Cheek last
night at Albaugh's Holiday Street Theatre
was a positive success. Encores followed
each song. He was twice called before the
curtain, and through the whole performance
applause was frequent and vigorous. The
is rather an admixture of the elements OF
popularity, bits of melodrama, scraps of
force, some taking music, and several very
delightful songs, which Mr.. Reed renders in
most grotesque and Incompatible manner.
We have not space to enter into an ex-
tended analysis of the play, but of its kind it
is an undoubted success. The cast in gen.
eral is good. The entire effect of the play is
most happy one, and the reception LnaI
greeted it last night was an unmistakable
evidence of its popularity
NOTES.
Stockbridge will have the Stetson Com
pany in his course in the new Gilbert and
Sullivan's opera, with the same cast as last
season except that Geraldine Ulmer will
take Mary Beebes part
Mis-. James Brown Potter. the amateur So
ciety reader and actress of New York, says
she has had many offers to go on the stage,
a handsome offer from Mr.. Abbey,
but she has decided not to enter upon pro-
fessiOnal career.
Mr.. Charles Z. Tinney, of st. PauPs, Lon
don, the new bassO and teacher of singing
for the New England Conservatory of Music,
Boston, has arrived on the Cunard steamer
Scythia.
Miss Maude Banks has been greeted with
large audiences in Portsmouth and Dover,
n. III. She is to play one week engagements
in the following circuit: Augusta, Bangor,
Gloucester, Lynn, Chelsea, Lowell and Law
renee.
Mr.. Henry Dixon Jones, graduate of
Harvard in the class of 1884, and for several
years instructor of elocution at the college,
made his debut ON the professional stage at
the Grand Opera House, New York, Tues
day evening, appearing as Mare Antony
with Frederick Warde's company IN Julius
Caesar" He presented the character with
force, and his excellent elocu-
tionary powers enabled him to read the lines
with thorough understanding and with the |
best methods for producing effect on the |
audience. He was several times recalled