The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-05-15
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
Portland Theatre.

Portland Theatre.
Last evening, Professor Carpenter COM
menced weeks engagement at Port
land Theatre, and for two hours some
six young men and two women were
continually under his influence. Pro-
lessor Carpenter is certainly one Of the
most skillful mesmerists on the stage at
the present time. He is hypnotizer
whose influence is remarkably strong.
Among the feats he performed last night
was to cause the party on the stage to
believe that he was dashing water over
them from an empty tumbler; that they
were devoid of feeling. and conseq uently
one lad drew his knife and would have
injured himself severely if the professor
had not stopped him just in time; that
fieas were crawling on their legs, and as
result they went hunting for them
while the audience shouted; that mice
were running across the stage, and I'M
mediately the women mounted the
chairs and the men tried to kill the mice.
These are but few of the events that
kept the audience in the best of humor,
Be sure and go tonight and see them,
The Torbett Concert Company.
There was not SO large an audience at
Kotzschmar hall last evening as the
excellence of the concert given by the
Torbett Concert Company deserved.
Miss Ollie Torbett has been heard in
Portland before, and is a violinist of
skill and taste. The I.utteman Sextette
was an attraction in one of Stock BRIDGES
entertainments six years ago, and Mr..
Victor Moquist is an excellent pianist.
Miss Torbett last evening played a
Scene de Ballet" of De Beriot's with
an excellent display of technique, and
as an encore, Way Down on the Suwanee
River" with great delicacy and express
sion. She was presented a beautiful
bouquet. Her stage presence is very
pleasing, and she is most conscientious
and satisfactory artist Mr.. Moquist is
pianist of marked ability. 1t was un-
fortunate that he was compelled to an
nounce that owing to the condition of
the piano he should have to omit the
Chopin waltz in A fat. He gave
another selection thatswasssvery familiar,
but whose name we canuot recall, in
it's place, brilliantly and with feeling.
He was especially pleasing in his en-
core, waltz of De Pachman's. The
Lutheran Sextette sang admirably.
shading their music most skillfully,
and were encored. Mr.. Froholm
was encored and sang "Sing,
Smile, Slumber. This was the pro-
gramme:
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THE Lutteman Sextette.
Z Piano Solo-Grand Polonaise in E, Listz
Mr.. Isidore Moquist.
Sextettes-(a) Annie Laurie" with
bass solo, arr. by Dudley Buck
(b) "Polska," Hebhe
The Lutheran sextette. ''
ViolinSolo-aS de Ballet" DeBerior
Miss Ollie Torbett.
Sextette-" Billy's Courtshipn Kuntze
The Lutheran Sextette.
Piano Solo-Grand Valse, A fat, Chopin
Mr.. 1sidore Moauist.
Tenor Solo with Violin Obligato)-
Serenade, Schubert
Miss Ollie Torbett and Mr.. G. Frobolm.
sextettes,-(a) Loves Old song,n
ART. by Shattuck
w ARD, W, LO6llner
The Lutheran Sextette.
Violin Solo Mazourka de Concerto.
Musin
Miss Ollie rorbett.
sextettes-(a) Kerry Dance" Arr.
m by Shattuck
(b) "FolKsong," with tenor solo.
Edgren
tette.
Chandler's Band Concert.
Monday evening next, Chambers Band
assisted by several Of our best tenor,
baritone and bass sololsts and a male
chorus of 80 select voices, will give a
concert and ball at City Hall, which
will eclipse anything of the kind ever
attempted in Portland by any organiza-
ton. All the solos and choruses. which
are of pleasing nature, will be accom-
panied by the full band of IS pieces By
the request of several members of the
GA. R., the band will play the "War
Memories, or Day in Camp in 1862. /"
In this selection the effects are beauti-
full. On the stage is seated the full
band, which is supposed to be the gen.
erals headuarters in the camp. At sun
rise, the drummer's call is given. The
morning gun is fired. The ffers and
drummers at the headquarters sound the
assembly This call is repeate by two
other camps. The assembly by the bu
glers at headquarters follows, and is
taken up by the buglers in other camps
in succession. from the last of which