The Portland daily press., 1891-10-06
MUSIC AND DR. a MA.
JOSEPHINE CAMERON.

ooohfh1NE CAMERON.
Last evening Miss Josephine Cameron.
VINO created such pleasing impression at
Portland theatre last season, repeated her
success at the same house. Miss Cameron
as Stephanie in Forget Me-Not" dis
plays great skill as an emotional ar
tress. She gives vivid portray
al Of the heartless adventures. Her
delineation Of fallen womsn's cruelty to
others and her utter detestation of all things
tending toward morality is a fine piece of
passionate acting. Miss Cameron under
stands all the passions of the human heart
well and artistlcally presents them. She is
at her best in the third act when she carries
on war Of words with Sir Horace Welby.
She tries with all her skill and with all the
vehemence of the degraded nature OF Steph-
anie to conquer, and when forced to yield
and know that she must fly from Rome, she
continues on like dying tigress fighting to
the end. Miss Cameron is tall. stately. of
shapely form and fine presence, and is good
artist. Louis Clifford could hardly be ex-
celled In his character of Sir Horace Welby.
Tonight Miss Cameron will appear In
Camille, and should draw large audience.
NIGHTS FRoLIc.
Tonight Miss Helen Barry, the celebrated
English actress. with her fine company.
beautiful scenery and rich costumes. will
open the Stockbridge popular course at City
Hall. Miss Barry's powers of attraction
have been fully set forth In these columns.
OF her company 1t may be said that Mr.. j.
FL. Gilmour, the leading man, was educated
at the St. Laurence College, Montreal. and
Is handsome man. He made his first ap-
pearance with the beautiful Adelaide Neil
son, and was member of the late Lester
Wallack's stock company in New York. he
created the principal parts In Theodore"
"Mr. Barnes of New York, my Jack" and
Master and Man." and his performance of
the Earl Of Dorincourt In Little Lord
Fauntleroy" was commended throughout the
land.
Miss Mary Shaw, born In Boston, began
her stage career at the Boston Museum. She
was the leading female support in the COM
panies of Fanny Davenport, Modjeska. and
later of Julia Marlowe. She created the
leading character in "Serge Famine" at
Days and played Miss Rehan's parts on the
road. Apart from the great variety of
Shakesperean characters assumed with Nine
Modjeska. Miss Shaw won startling sue
cess as Barbette in 'The Chouans."
Mr.. Owen Westford has obtained a repu-
tation with the Vokes family. Clara Morris,
Cora Tanner and Mr.. Augustin DAILY; and
has written plays as we'll as he has acted in
them. Mr.. BERT" Andrews was an anna
teur actor of distinction In New York and
Brooklyn society. Mr.. Alfred Fisher has
supported Barry Sullivan, Charles Dillon,
the Kendals, Miss Wallis and Miss Bateman
In England; and in America he was Mr.. N.
G. Goodwin's stage manager and has created
a number of humorous parts.
Mr.. Neil Mcleod, beginning as Miss Bar
rvs private secretary, has done excellent
service In her repertory; and Miss Ellen j.
Prom, leaving her home in Norway, and the
convent Of st. Joseph in Paris, came to
America through tii5 fundamentally of her
cousin Bjornsterne Bjornston. the great Nor
wegian novelist and was one of the actress
es who attracted SO much attention recently
at Boston in Mr.. Herne's much discussed
and Ibenistic drama, Margaret Fleming"
ssNIoBE."
The story of 'Niobe" which will be pro-
No~Sa az VIZ 4 VI tiaht srOntAO tunOAkOW ou0
Thursday evenings runs thus: The marble
into which the weeping Niobe has been
turned by the gods has come by chance into
the keeping Of New York life insurance
president. An electric wire fastened about
the statue gives to 1t life. The life insur-
ance man, fearing his wife's jealousy, passes
the reviviied statue off as an expected gov
erness. and the results are of such charac-
ter as to keep an intelligent audience laugh
ing almost without cessation for over TWO
hours. The embarrassments. the funny
complications, the curious a1d absurd incl
dents, the laugh-provoking accidents, the
amusing contretemps, the novel situations.
the ridiculous mistakes and the bright dia-
logue which, blended and mixed with skill,
make up the piece. defy anything like ade-
quate description. 1t is with the results pro-
duced that that the spectator has to do, and
In this instance the results are eminently
satisfactory. The fun flows freely. and with
ever increasing volume and speed. to the
very end, and the audience Is borne swiftly
along the pleasant stream with constantly
increasing pleasure and delight. 1t is a
wholesome piece. It is clean and bright.
The company presenting 1t comes here with
the highest encomiums of Boston, Philadel
phia and New York.