The Portland daily press., 1894-09-07
GRAND REPUBLICAN RALLY
CITY HALL,
Saturday Eve'g, Sept. S.
Speeches by
HON. THOMAS B. REED,
AND -
HON. HENRY B. CLEAvES.
CARROLL ". MORRILL,, ESQ.,, will preside.
Chambers Band Will Fur
niSh Music.
Under the auspices of the
Lincoln Club.
CARROLL W. MORRILL,, esq, will preside.
Chambers Band Will If ur-
niSh Music.
Under the auspices of the
Lincoln Club.
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
The Two Sisters.

Tonight and Saturday Denman Thomp-
sons attractive drama of "The Two
Sisters" will be seen at Portland Theatre.
The piece is one which will never really
grow old any more than did "The Old
Homestead" for it portrays life just as
faithfully, and the same homely senti-
ment and genuine pathos abound in it.
The wit that enlivens it is more brill
liant, seemingly, and none of the jokes
are stale. 1t is like seeing new face
that has improved in appearance since
you last saw it and which excites as
fresh interest as ever.
My Partner.
"My Partner" in which that sterling
actor, MIR. Louis Aldrich, appears at
Portland Theatre next Monday and Tues
day, is uBdou btedly the most powerful
drama illustrative of life in California
that has yet been produced. Its story is
simple and it presents powerful situa-
tions. The language for the most part
is plac ed in the hands Of rough men,
but often runs into rugged eioquence
that makes its way felt to the heart
most guarded by eonventionality. The
author has made strong and pathetic use
of an element which most dramatists
ignore altogether, namely, the friendship
existing between two men. He has con-
nected this feeling with the infuriate
passion of love, and through the pro-
foundly serious and absorbing interest
which arises from this interblending of
the passions he has woven II strand of
humor which is never vulgar or offen
sire. What is principally admirable in
the structure of the play is its compact
ness, the apparent ease with which
powerful situations are evolved out of
simple material and it's genuine humor.
Mr.. Aldrich, who has been starring in
the play since its first production at the
Union Square theatre, New York, 1879
appears in his original role Of Joe Saun-
ders, and will Unsupported by an excel
lent company.
Callender's MinstreIs.
Calendars Minstrels make their
twenty third annual tour this season,
under the management of Mr.. Charles
Mendurs Gate manager for Mrs. Langtry)
They appeared 100 nights at her Majes-
ty's Theatre, London, England. Seats
are on sale at Stock BRIDGES.
The Danger Signal.
The..craze for realism in stage effects
is said to be the result of the first pro-
duction of The Danger Signal' at the
Lyceum Theatre in New York some
!
wrinkles in theatrical mechanism were
first seen. and although the play has had
many imitators since then, it has never
been excelled as realistic production.
1t will be presented at the Portland
Theatre next Wednesday and Thursday
evenings for the first time in this city.
Mitcheli's Star Course.
Of course there are seats in City hall, as
in every audience room, that are moi
desirable than others, especially In comic
operas where you want to catch all the
bright sayings and the words of the topical
songs. Therefore the wise ones, who are
''onto'' this fact, will be on hand at
o'clock at Stockbridges Saturday morning,
SO as to get a number that will enable them
to secure an early choice of seats for
Mitchelrs Star course.
The first entertainment, "Tobasco," has
captured the large cities where 1T has been
lften. mr.. Mitchell saw the performancesin
boston the other evening and he says.
there's no end of fun in it.' Then there
will be Haworth in Hamlet" tombstone
Bennett, more familiarly known as Jack
Bennett in the "Amazons," and Frohman's
great Empire theatre company in Sowing
the Wind"
Notes.
Lew Dockstader, at the head of the
best minstrel organization that ever
bore bis name, comes to the Portland
Theatre Saturday evening, the Goth.
Jersey Crawford Peaches, $1.0S per