The Portland daily press., 1894-04-13

States on April 25d and W i'll .be seen in
this city shortly. Its reputation of be-
ing one of the funniest comedies of the
age has preceded it, and there is no
doubt whatever of the reception
which it will receive in this city. The
fun in it, while of the most ludicrous
and hilarious character, is perfectly inno-
cent and inoffensive from beginning
to end. Every body is sure therefore OF a
delightful evenings entertainments
Friends.
The sale of seats for Friends" will
begin at the box Office of the
Portland Theatre this morning, and
to judge by town talk. the
demand will be very large. Everyone
seems anxious to see this play pronounced
the success of the season in the way OF a
society drama and the worthy successor
of "The Henrietta and 1.-The Senator"
Two brilliant audiences are sure to be
present at the Portland Theatre Friday
and Saturday evenings of next week.
Notes.
Paderewski will return to America the
close of 1894 and begin an engagement
in New York January 2, 1885.
M Mounet-SullY, the French tragedian,
who is entertaining New York, is quite
as serious person in private life AS one
would expect to find him. For several
his eyes, and after the removal of a
cataract from each of them was for
time almost totally blind. His real
name is Jean Sully Mounet, and although
not of a theatrical family, his brother,
Paul Mounet, is member of the COM
pany at the Theatre Francois. Like his
brother, he appeared first at the Odeon,
and went from that theatre to the
Comedie Franchise at the same time
Nine. SECONDLY Weber did.
One of the features of the vaudeville
show at Proctor's, New York, is Marion
Ellis, who models in soap after the man
ner of sculptor. Miss Ellis wears an
artists costume of black and the ira
ditional cap. She displays dizziness
aud confidence in manner which at once
excites the interest of the spectators.
At Tony PASTORS the Burke brothers
make the audiences laugh by their comic
sketch, the "Irish Wild West" In it is
real live mule of remarkable lntelll-
gence. A gunshot Is heard and the mule
is seen apparently dead upon the stage
The animal returns to life, and his
owner sells him, but the purchaser can
not manage him. The purchaser is Bit
ten and Kicked by the mule. There is
a bout with gloves by the Burke broth
ers, the mule looking on and acting
as referee. Finally the animal bows to
the audience, shows his teeth, waves
his ears and disappears in way that
makes verybody laugh.
The Sun speaking of the great extrava-
ganza of Cinderella to be produced in
Non Vnr1r Of hhautc Thaotra
Miss Ellaline Terriss, a daughter of
William Terriss of Henry lrving's COM
pany, is the Cinderella. She is of aver
age height, graceful in her movements,
with rounded features, clear. peachy
complexion, and abundant light auburn
hair Her husband, Mr.. Seymour Hicks,
takes the part of one of the ugly sisters,
sister. Miss Kate Chard is the prince.
The fairy godmother is represented by
Miss Elsie Irving Twelve ponies and
half pack of hounds are now on the
way to this country~in cattle boat.
The pleasant surprise of the matinee
at the Empire Theatre New York,
given by the theatrical school was
Lancaster. 1t was heart affair OF
young girl. who posed for a picture. fell
in love with the painter, mistakenly
believed that her passion was recipro-
Gated, and then kept her own secret
when she learned that it was her aunt
whom he adored. With that convention
al plot Mr.. Lancaster had written as
tender and true play as had been put
on the stage in years. Its simplicity
was admirably artful. it's sentimentality
was held clear of mawkishness, and it's
pathos was SO touching that there was
fearful audience when the curtain fell.
Nor did Mr.. Lancaster;s work suffer in
it's Interpretation by the four people who
composed it's cast They were fit to be
come professional actors at once.