The Portland daily press., 1893-02-09
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
The Heinrich Concert.

The Heinrich Concert
Last evening Mr.. William Heinrich,
the blind tenor, gave Schubert's Fair
Maid of the Mill'' at Kotzschmar hall,
under the auspices. of the Ladies' Circle
of the Second Parish church. ssThe
Maid of the Mill'' is series of songs de-
scriptive of the greatest of all passions,
human love, and there is probably no
composer SO gifted in ability to write
upon this subject as Franz Schubert.
The exceeding beauty Of his melodies
and, yet more, of his harmonies reveal
him as master Of the very soul of art
In every mood of passion and OF feeling
he is at home. His songs sway us as the
wind. does the willow. In Mr.. Heinrich
Schubert has capital Interpreter. His
voice is sweet, and full of tender pathos.
1t is of good compass and he uses it
most understandingly. The delightful
pastoral character of the descriptive
poem was treated as few singers can.
One of the especial charms of Mr. Helm
rich's singing was the delightful clear
ness of his enunciation..
Mr.. Heinrich was much assisted by the
agreeable accomplishments of Miss Cobb.
and the descriptive readings of Mr.
Howard Ticknor. There was a very APP
preciative audience present and Mr.
Heinrich was warmly appfauded. s
That Smith Gal
Miss Ullie Akerstrom closed her en-
gagement at Portland theatre last night
in ssThat Smith CALI Miss Akerstrom
in the role Of a country maiden who
married man above her in style and POI
sition, presented new evidence
of her title to favorite. 1 There
was nothing surprisingly startling in
what she did, but it was always enjoy
able-particularly her dancing, which
was heartily encored. The rest of the
company gave very creditable account
of itself, notably Edward A. McHugh in
his character of an Irish waiting wom-
an. John E. Brennan as rustic youth,
Geo. R. Boaler as the dude and I.
Charles Reynolds as the tramp.
In the afternoon miss Rora'' was pre-
sented at the matinee.
DEVILS Auction.
The 9sDevil's Auction has been seen
in Portland several times and has always
drawn good audiences. It is a very at
tractive spectacle and has always been
presented with good scenery, stage eff
fects and large company of competent
people. The piece has been reconstruct
ed with new scenery and is promised
here the 18th and 10Th insts. with good
company.
= Hoss and Hoss.
The sale of seats for the Elks' benefit
will come off tomorrow morning at the
theatre box Office at o'clock. Only six
tickets will be sold to- each person. Will
lie Collier as Judge Hoss is a show him
self. To mention SO many people, all
worthy of individual mention, would be
impossible, but all are so well and fav-
orably known that their mere names are
''send off, The company, aside from
Mr.. Collier, is composed of Mark Sulli-
van, Arthur E. Moulton, Ignacio Marti-
netti, James R. Gentry, Daniel Baker,
M. C. HeckeIt, J. W. Myers, ]. R. Muir
chic, David Andrada, Daniel I. BRASIL,
C. j. Clark, Miss Louise Allen, Miss
Adele Harrington, Miss May Jordon'
Miss Marie Celeste, Miss Helena Collier
and Miss Helen Reimer. Miss Collier is
one of the members of the cast it would
be impossible to overlook. The Bowery
ball is without exception the funniest
things on the stage.
Powell.
Tonight, Powell the magician, Mile.
Vera and Hilton, the grotesque, will ap
pear at Portland theatre. The New York
World says:
Mr.. Powell is not one of the common
genus of jugglers who creates momen-
tary amazement merely, but he may
justly be ranked as the worthy successor
of such masters of his art as Houdin,
Heller, Bosco or Robin. His Illusions
are OF such surprising character and
so neatly executed, that they invariably
carry the minds of his audience with
him, so inexplicable do they seem. Per
sonally he is most pleasing in manner
and proposing in appearance.
Notes.
A quartette composed of Will Stock
bridge, Harry Merrill, Misses Florence
E. Knight and Lillian 81. Small will give
concert at Sturtevant hail. Hebron
Academy, Tuesday evening, February