The Portland daily press., 1892-12-13
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
The White Squadron.

old DAYS when mackerel fishing was in
it's glory. In those days when a storm
threatened the entire feet, sometimes
numbering several hundred sail, sought
this harbor, and at night, after their ar
rival, if there was performance at
Deering hall-now Portland theatre
the crews filled the galleries and virtual
ly took possession of the house. They
freely commented on the actors, cracked
their jokes at the expense of the rest Of
the audience, yelled, howled and cat
called whenever they liked. Such was
the case on a small scale last evening.
The house was packed up stairs and
down. The gallery held very bolster
GUS and uneasy crowd, and during the
first act of the play it was almost impos-
sible to keep the run of the action of the
piece. Later, as the exciting situations
developed, the hoodlums became inter-
ested and forgot to annoy other people.
But it would be a good idea for the man
agement to develop some scheme that
will prevent repetition of last nights
noise. 49, sss-
The ssWhite Squadron" should appeal
to every patriotic heart The United
States is 'sthe bossn among all the ma
tions assembled in the waters of Rio.
Mr.. Robert billiard, who represents
Lieut.. Com. Staunton Of the Chicago, is
a.splendid representative of the navy in
~
personal attraction, and an earnest, eff
fective actor. He was seen to especial
advantage in the scene at the close Of the
first act and called before the curtain.
But it remained for his acting in the
third act, in the grand and imposing
meeting Of the officers of the combined
navies, and the Brazilian general, where
he exposes Gen. de Romacio and frees
Santos, the slave, to excite the patriot
ism Of the audience to the utmost, and the
curtain was called and each of the lead
ing actors had to appear. Perhaps the
construction of some of the scenes rather
raised smile on the face of the old thea
TRIGGERS, but patriotic sentiments made
up for any incongruities.
The various characters of Gen. Roma
clio, Col. Romacio, Capt. Silviera, Santos,
the slave and the reporter, were all well
taken by Messrs. VIM. Harcourt, King
Hedley, Earnest Hastings, Robert Carr
and Graham Henderson. Miss Kate
Pearson was very pretty and amusing as
Hope Staunton and the rest of the cast
was satisfactory.
The uniforms exhibited were gorgeous,
and the animals were well trained. The
audience was evidently well pleased. The
piece will be repeated tonight The
programmes gave out early in the even
ing last night.
The Haydn Concert.
The third concert of the Haydn Assoc
citation for this year was given at kotz-
SEMINAR hall last evening before a large
and appreciative audience, and in ac-
cordance with the programme which
the PRESS published yesterday morning.
The concert was remarkably fine
throughout, and we regret not to be able
to make a full report of all the parts.
Each soloist was especially worthy of
mention.
The Haydn Quartette have a great
reputation, and their rendering of the
ssLost Chord" was up to their best fame.
Miss G. A. Knight and Miss Jordan sang
splendidly, the latter rendering Schu-
bert's "Du Bist die ruh.' The Hymn
of Praise opened with the chorus, "All
men, all things that have life" and was
we'll rendered. The solo parts were
taken by Mrs. Fellows, Miss Bibber and
MI. H. W. Barnard, Jr. AS the work
progressed the interest increased and the
audience showed their appreciation by
frequent applause. Mrs. Fellows and
Mrs. Bibber's duet was very fine. Mr..
Barnard was never in better voice AMI
his 'sWatchman will the night soon pass
took the audience by storm. Even Mr..
Kotzschmar dropped his baton and joined
in the applause Mr.. Murray played in
his usual good taste, and his accompaui-
ment to Mr.. Barnard's solo was worthy
of special mention. The association is
to be congratulated on the success OF
their concert, and Mr.. Kotzschmar on
the wonderful control he has over the
chorus.
Fourth Stockbridge.
Mr.. Ragan,. who gave such delightful
illustrated lecture on ALASKA in the
Popular course, Saturday evening, will
again be seen tomorrow evening at City
hall, when he will present his scholarly
lecture on Shakespeare and the Avon''
superbly illustrated. There is no one in
Portland of scholarly and dramatic taste
butwhat will desire to see the scenes
that have been made eventful by the life
Of the great poet and dramatist, and
hear Mr.. Regan's description of them,
There are still good seats at Stock
bridges.
Dockstaders DIinstrels.
There is only one Lew Dockstader, AND
it may be put down as very certain that