The Portland daily press., 1894-11-19
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
Paul Jones.

successful. weeks engagement at Port
land Theatre, Saturday night, with
Planquette's great London and New
York success paul Jones'" to an audi
ence limited only by the capacity of the
house, and an audience too, that enjoyed
every minute of the two and quarter
hours required for the performance. IL
was laughter, applause and encore IN
rapid succession throughout the opera.
Paul Jones" was the greatest success OF
the season. 1t is tuneful, it is CROWDED
with good.things, and Mr.. Grau has cos
tuned it, as he has all the operas in the
company's repertoire, very handsomely.
Miss Edith Mason as Yvonne, sang
very sweetly, and was encored for her ex-
cellent rendering of the aria Love.
/ Dreamed of Thee The several parts
of Bouillabaisse, Paul Jones, .Chapinette,
Bicaquet, Rufno, and Petit Pierre, were
respectively taken in capital shape by
Stanley, Felch, Fanny Myers, Bessie
Fairbairn, Sylvan Langlois, Thomas
Persse and Clarence G. Harvey. Mr..
Langlois's Bicaquet and Miss Fairbanks
Chapinette were too exceedingly well
presented characterizations. They raised
the roles to an Importance that was I'M
expected. Miss Fairbanks wooden shoe
dance was heartily encored, and Lang
loIs's answer when asked, what he
found to interest him in the paper. that
the Portlands had beaten the Bangors s
to 0, brought down the house. Felch
was exceedingly funny throughout the
opera. But it is unnecessary to 90 into
further particulars. Every body went
home thoroughly pleased.
In the afternoon, "Tar and Tartar"
drew great house. Felch got off this
good hit among the many neat gags. He,
as the Sultan, is supposed to have taken
a sleeping potion and slept rs years,
awaking as young as when he went to
sleep. The attendants, in white boards
stand near him when his, slumber is ov-
er. WELL" he says, whats been 60
ing on while I've been asleep. Has the
Woman's Literary Union got woman
on the school committee YETI" The au-
dience shrieked with laughter. Mr..
Grau's company will besgladly welcomed
back to Portland. They came here
strangers, and they go away with
warm place in the hearts of Portland |
rheatre-goers.
Mora and her company will be the at
traction at the Portland Theatre for the
entire ensuing week, performances be-
ing given every evening and Saturday
afternoon. Among the people associated
with Mora are Fred Williams, an exceed
ingly clever comedian, Miss Jeanette
Howell, Miss Etha Rossland, Gus HON.
er, W. S. Perry, J.F. Shay, H. Lee, and
J. M. Donavan. Mora is a Portland girl
by birth, an actress OF repute, and she
has strong repertoire. dads Girl"
will be given tonight.
The new opera, Hawaii" by Messrs. |
Emerson and Mitchell, will be produced |
by the Athletic Club at City Hall, De-
cember Is, IA and s. Following is the
cast of characters:
Adam Molecule, Prime Minister of
Hawaii, MIR. Elliott G. Mitchell |
The Rev. Samuel Stimulates mission
airy, MIR. Harry Rounds |
Ruiz Ouiji, ambassador from the
Fiji Islands, Mr.. Carroll nj. Warren |
Lord Gooseberry, ambassador from
Great Britain, Mr.. George G. Orr |
Herr Won Caprice, am bassador from
Germany. MIR. Herbert S. Hannaford |
Fly Lung Bang. am bassador from
China, Mr.. William S. Wood |
Captain Fanklin Parke, U.S.S. Bos-
ton, Mr. Fred E. Bickford |
Ahwho, servant Mr.. Charles Barrows
u. II
Mr.. John T. WEIGH |
Aloah. adopted daughter of the
Queen, Mr. Charles Barrows
Hawaiian natives, citizens of Honolulu, |
Queens body guard, train bearers,
United States marines and sailors
Hula dancers, imperial ballet and |
court attendants, by members of the |
club.
The opera is in two acts, the first be- |
ing in the throne room of the capitol at |
Honolulu, and the second in the garden |
of the Iolani palace. There will be bal |
let dancing by nine young men, with |
MIR. James Dickson as premier, and will |
include the Hula dancing, the national
dance of Hawaii, Spanish dance, the
barcarolle and march of the sailors, orig |
iDal Jig dancing, and dance OF the train |
bearers.
Sousa's Band
1t is better to be born lucky than rich, |
because luck brings riches, and riches |
may take to themselves wings and fly |
away. Three years ago John Philip |
Sousa was the hard working leader of |
tae is. Marine Band at the beggarly |
sIary of ST., 500 per year. He was at
this time offered $4,000 per year by Mr..
B. Blaekly, private citizen if he would |
resign from the Government service and
organize band of his own, with his
pick of the best musicians the world
afforded. and with a liberal share in the
profits besides. He did so. His playing
of his own compositions throughout the
country has created such a demand for
his marches and other music that his
income from his royalties, his salary and
the profits of his band, is upwards of