The Portland daily press., 1891-10-10
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
TOM SAWYER.

The attraction at Portland theatre last
evening was comedy of the Pecss Dao
Boy order, in which specially features
formed an important part. The pio. SHOWS
how Tom, wild, harum-scarum iau' aoes
good turn to a poor unfortunate called Lush
Stubbs. who is accused Of numbering doc
tor bv the name of Adams. while the real
murderer is Stump Hawkins. There are
several funny complications and opportuni-
ty all the way through for mir th making.
The cast included Thomas A. Ballantyne.
Charles E. Fisher. Mrs. Harry w. Mitchell
and Miss Leila Trimbe
"a NILE MINUTE"
Nym Crinkle in the New York World saws
of "a Mile Minute" which will be- nro. !.
duced at Portland theatre next Monday.
Tuesday and Wednesday:
The play has robust plot. a yerv mascu-
line villain, a detective and a heroine who
can sing aud dance. 1t has one scene renra.
oentihg tue argyle rooms In London. into
Wnicn are injected a number of excellent
speclalties, OF which Mr.. Dale, the baDioist.
quartet. the liveliest. But the Sensation 90
the drama Is reserved for the fourth ACT. in
wnich the hero and detective are in nnrsnit
OF the villain, who has just taken a train
when compels the pursuers to hire special
Sg SSng,nhe. me- Inis engine, occupying with its ten
DER tne whole breadth OF the stage and rem
resented at full speed. made a striking pic
ture with Its spouting fire aud blowing
steam: AS the pursuit leads up dramaticai
ly to this piece Of realism, 1t is legitimate
ana enectlve In drama of this kind. The
audience received 1t with unmistakable de-
light, and 1t may be accepted as one of the
latest stage sensations.
EAST LYNNE.
This afternoon and evening Miss jose
phine Cameron and Mr.. Louis Clifford and
company, will appear in "East Lynne" at
Portland theatre. Miss Cameron's Forget
Me-Not" and Camille" will be remembered
by all who attended the theatre last lMonday
and Tuesday evenings, and those who en-
]oyed those performances will wish to 90 tc-
day.
STOCKBRIDGE COURSES,
The Stockbridge Regular course will open
next wednesday evening, when Nine. Nor
dlca, Sig Galassi, Miss Gertrude Edmands,
Mr Julian Jordan and Mr.. Alvin Schroeder
(who has come from Germany to take Mr..
Hekking's place as violoncellist of the Bos-
ton Symphony Orchestral will appear.
ORGAN RECITAL.
AuO thuu OiBhu I6Cltdl VIII Dc given a.
Congress Square church this afternoon, com.
mencing at 30 o'clock. This will be .he
programmes:
Selection Daughter OF the Regiment. ...
d. 80. i. ..DoniZett
ss5ayerniaIn saayy Century stradea
oonB-ll brlganllnO -. ..Hackensollner
Miss Kicker.
lntr0duction-Fau GQunod
Ssensks 7 oiksanger. ..........-s..,,.........
Song Estranged. llan
0ffertolre "a Major) )................ ...B .Batiste
Swedish Wedding March-No. 2.... .Sochermann
AT the fourth recital next Saturday, Miss
L. Belle Goldthwait, soprano of Peoples
Church Quartette, Boston, will be the solo,
ist.
NOTES.
Rentz-Santley is a famous name In the
field OF burlesque. The companies which
have used It have always been among the
The Rentz Sautleys will be at Portland thea
tire next Thursday and Friday evenings, and
the performances they will give may be con-
fdently expected to be up to the usual stand
ard.
''All the Comforts of Home" next Satur-
day at Portland theatre.
z. j. DAILY, who has been sharing the hon.
ors with James t. Powers in "a Straight
TIP" will go starring on his own account
next season or the season following.
Vercps "Falstaff" Is reported to contain
parts for i've prime donne-three sopranos.
q meZzo-sOprano and a contralto-aud three
tenors. besides Maurel in the title role. Yer
q Is not expected to have 1t finished before
1892. A small chorus will be one of the fea-
lures OF "Falstaf," and 1t will be used only
once throughout the work.