The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-05-30
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
The County Fair.

The County Fair" engagement at the
Portland Theatre Monday and Tuesday
evenings of next week is sure to be a
very welcome one to our play lovers,
and the advance sale, which opens at the
box office this morning will certainly
open in a very brisk manner. This
favorite comedy will be presented in the
same manner that has marked it's pre-
vious performances in this city, which
means that it will be complete in every
detail. Miss Marie Bates will again
seen as Aunt Abbie" while Miss Edith
Pollock. a strong favorite here, makes
her first appearance in the role of
"Taggs."
Notes.
One of the principal features in the
torohlight procession of the New York
German Sanger fest will be an immense
foat representing an apotheosis of song
and music. In gorgeously-constructe
temple on the float will appear Apollo
playing on a Tyre, which will be illumi-
mated by electricity. On the grand stair
case leading to the temple Lohengrin
will be seen in great pIAk shell drawn
by swans. AT tie foot of the stairs will
be huge candelabra of electric lights.
On one side of the temple the goddess of
liberty-representing the UnitedStates of
America-will rest, and on the other
side Germania, representing Germany,
the Fatherlapd, will be seen. On the
right of the stairs the different charac-
tiers, such as the Tyrolean with a guitar.
the plantation negro with his banjo, the
Spaniard and Italian with their mando-
Inns, &C., will be seated. At the foot of
the.sIairs there will be characters from
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"Tannhauser,n "Queen of Sheba,n and
Die Wakulre" The front of the float
will represent church music, with large
organ and two angels on either side.
Joseph Haydn will illustrate the intro
duction of pianos by playing some sacred
float will be embellished by electric
flowers, such as tulips, roses, lilies, Or
chids, chrysauthemums. and fruit trees
in bloom. 1t will be drawn by six horses,
beautifully equipped and led by the
"Trumpeters of Sackingen." preceded by
a number of pages on horseback, bearing
banners on which will be engraved the
story of the lyric warriors.
Marcus Meyer, who managed Adelina
Patti on her last farewell tour, says
that despite the hard times and mot
withstanding the contrary impression,
ne has made some money. His biggest
business was done in Chicago, when a
yielded S10,0s0. Atlanta, strange to say,
came next. with 5000 in the house.
Meyer says that he has cablegram from
Mapleson which advises him that he is
going to bring over an italian opera
troupe in opposition to Abbey & Grau
next season.
Mr.. Herne closed his NewYork engage
ment at Days Theatre with Shore
Acres" Saturday evening, after $50 con-
secutive performances. This delightful
New England idyl has had, all told, 435
performances. Next season Mr.. Herne
will produce it in various American
cities, and the following season he will
go abroad, returning home via Califor-
mia, finishing up the year there.
Mile. Yvette Guilbert commenced on
Wednesday last ten nights engage
ment at the Empire Theatre, London. II
lis understood that she receives a salary
of $500 per night. Mile. Guilbert has
scored the greatest of successes; the auda-
cious inuendo of her songs and her facial
expressions are greeted nightly with
storms of applause. She received on
Thursday from New York an offer OF
$1,000 per week for an American engage
ment, but she is undecided whether to
accept or not.
Sara Bernhardt is giving Sunday mat.
inees of " Phedre" in Paris and Sarcey,
the eminent critic, is giving "con-
ference" on Racine previous to each per.
Torrance
And now comes the startling announce.
ment through the columns of the Clip
per, Wife and Wife" new melodrams
to be produced next season will contain
an effect SO absolutely novel and shock
lngly sensational that its nature will moi
be revealed until it has been patented
1t will require a great deal to shock u.
in these days of the lbsenesque, says
Stageland.
The New York Sun says: Nearly al
the artistic value of the Living Pictures
now Oh exhibition in this city, has
been lost by the action of the director in
sending his Hungarian models to Chi
cago. These women are regular artists
models, brough over from Europe, ant
they are accustomed to pose for painters
They are young, slim, have neve
borne children, and the lines of thei
figures are pure and graceful. They
have led lives of abstinence in eating
and drinking, which is part of the re-
euirements of artists models in Europe,
and their faces are clean cut and desti
tute of fat. In the place of these slim
and graceful figures. the Management,
have put on chorus women, who bavt
apparently been chosen because of thu
girth of their calves and their enormous
chest and hip measurements. But low
ers of the beautiful will find the pict
ures we'll worth SEEING"