The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-11-03
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
A CURE For THE BLUES.

Appealed.
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
CURE FOR THE BLUES.
At the Portland Theatre last night there
appeared for the first time farce comedy
entitled, "a Cure for the Blues" A well
filed house greeted the old favorite. II. M.
Pitt and his admirable company.
The action Of the play is quick, while the
situations are laughable In the extreme. The
theme is a bright one. the entire play. hing
ing on the good-heartedness of DR.. Savage,
(Mr. Il. M. Pitt who, in his audable endeavor
to help his friend. Mr.. Waverly (Mr. c. F.
Bates to regain his wife's miss Amy Will
SON. affections, gets himself entangled in the
jealousy Of Mrs. Savage miss Christine
Seiiz)
The acting. of Miss Seitz was of high
dramatic order and in her scene with Pinch.
beck (Mr. Carl Scranton) she rose above the
ordinary. Miss Eva Turner, whose inter-
pretotion of the serving maid was excellent,
and captured the audience with her exquisite
violin solo.
This evening the comedy will be preceded
by a curtain raiser entitled. "The Cape
Mall"
AUSTRIAN JUVENILE BAND.
The Austrian Juvenile Band which will APP
pear in the Stockbridge course November
14th, numbers about 40 boys, all first class
instrumentalists. All are soloists and each
an artist The ages of the boys range
from II to IS. They have been making the
tour of Europe with immense success, play
ing last in Stockholm. The lads have all
hann ahncan bn
tria, Hungary and Bohemia Anton Dyorak.
speaking Of these boys, says that In Austria
Hungary AID Bohemia, every child must
study music The law enactiDg this is old.
Says be, ut was once repealed, but isInow In |
force again. Herein, consider, lies one |
great secret of our natural talent for music. |
Our national tunes and chorals came, as it |
were, from the very heart of the people. |
Each village has its band of eight OF ten /
musicians-I belonged to ours as soon as /
could fiddle little. 1t IL supported by the |
dancers who pay nothing to go In, but In the /
middle of their polka or waltz, couple is
stopped by one Of the musicians and not al
lowed to continue until they have paid as
many kreutqers as they can afford. When all
is over the band divide their earnings, and
to my father"
Mr.. Lambert Steiner, formerly of the Stadt |
Theatre, Hamburg, has had the boys In |
training for the past five years, and the |
effects he introduces electrify the audience.
PLAY OF GREAT MERIT.
So much has been said and written about
the society comedy drama "The Merchant"
which comes to the Portland Theatre Mon. |
day and Tuesday evenings of next week that |
no little interest is manifested In social and |
theatrical circles and the indications are |
that the theatre will be filled both evenings /
with audiences Composed of the very best |
element of our theatre goers. The play is /
OF high grade of the theatre art and will be |
presented bya company of skilled artists.
the same now gaining such favor at the |
fremont Theatre, Boston. 1t is so seldom
that genuine, worthy and meritorious per- |
Torrance is given here by original companies, |
that the appearance here Of this competent |
organization will be an event of more than
ordinary interest. The play possesses ele-
ments to please all and has the rare combina-
ton OF fun and sentiment jolity and pathos
In the telling OF story of today.
MRS. EMMA EAArEs-sToRY.
The bride Mrs. Julian Story miss Eames. |
tuo cluBblJ lUUktu very lOF6ly III gray Il
spangled tulls, with purple chrysanthemums
at the dinner given by Mrs. Walden Pell in |
Paris last week to celebrate the hostess's 8lst |
birthday. Mr.. Julian Story will sail for |
New York next Saturday. with his wife, to /
accompany her whilst on her operate tour /
through the states. They are now at their
comfortable little house, No. Place des
Etats Unis. charming part of Paris, near
the Arc de Triomphe. The report that Mr.
Story Is going 10 America solely for the
operate interests of his wife, or that he in
tends to abandon his profession, is absurd. /
He is hard working artist who has made
his way entirely on his own merits, and he /
certainly does not expect to give up his |
artistic labors now that he is married
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH CONCERT
A very delightful concert took place at the |
First Baptist church last evening. This was
the programme:
Qudi Icllc.
Mrs. Haskell, Miss Morrison, Mr.. Hall and
Mr.. Harmon.
Violin oolo.s..,..... ....,......... Miss Goodwin
1enor Mr. Hall
Duet. ..........Mrs. Haskell and Miss Morrison L
klOlln SOLO, Miss Goodwin
Mrs. Haskell. Miss Morrison. Mr. Hall and