The Portland daily press., 1894-10-17
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
The Engineer.

1hc AAskblhCOis
Bertram & Wizards great realistic play,
The Engineer, will be the attraction at
Portland Theatre Friday and Saturday
evenings. The Morning Sun, Norwich, N.
w. has the following to say of the play;
The Opera house opened for the season
last night and no better attraction could
have been secured than Bertram & Willard S
great realistic play THE Engineer which
was enjoyed by large audience. Eugene
Bertram as the Engineer and Bassett Will
lard as Jack Martin lead in the cast. Char
lotte Nary as Hazel was little sun
beam. Fannie Ogden was exceptionally
clever as Nellie. And the Aunt Martha OF
Mary Davis. who will be remembered Tor
her clever impersonation of Sniggins In
MIXED Picket was one of the decided
hits of the performance, as was also W. j..
Hurley as Squire Mumford, W. D. Stone as
Ike futile, John Fenton as Ned ella bank,
Harry Mcdonald as Dolph, a colored gen.
tlensan up to date-and he was-W. H.Lewis
as Jack Chandler with his three cheers and
a tiger, and W. J. Chantlin as Hans Sprinkle
bonn leader OF the Plumbervllle Cornet band,
all contributed their share and several
clever spec ialties were introduced. Alto
gether The Engineer is an attraction we
hope to see again and often.'
The New South.
1t seems unnecessary for us to more than
call ttention to the fact that on Monday
next the New South will play return
engagement at Portland Theatre, andsseats
will be oil sale today. There hasn't been
seen on Portland stage more attractive
play or better acting than is given by Miss
Mn G,;sr oxx1 ,lo,,.
did company Fashionable audiences greet
ed their former performances, ana alIMent
away from the theatre delighted Don't let
any engagement Keep you from the theatre
Monday night.
Ryan's Concert.
The concert to be given at Congress Hall
tonight-otherwise known as Gospel Mis-
sion Hall lin aid of Mr.. William J. Ryan,
the well known blind musician. should fill
the house. Mr.. Ryan is hard working
young man. suffering from terrible in
trinity, aiS these annual concerts help
materially in his support. He will be assist
ed by the Maynard blind concert artists
and Mr.. Fred Given, solo yiolinist. Tick
cts for sale at Halves and Stockbridge's
music stores and of Mr.. Ryan.
Notes,
Marion Manola- Mason is herself once
more Jack talks of her Improvement;
she enjoys a matinee with all her former
enthusiasm. she is not going over to New
York, Jack says.
Mrs. langtry and her company will sail
day, Oct. II. The actress viii be accom-
manager B. IN N! Soflnan. and Mrs. NORMAN
and sevengenflemen and four women of
the While h ia sSUnnort her The
other members will pc engaged in this
coS saosiiat,uonns i ARD nen5inp for lease of
the I'D Bsjou Theatre. Hosion toa synd
cate organized rs a vaudeville CLUB on the
plan of the New York oIganization. Slows
MIL be run , fer the 100 On The ,subseption
and the first floor will be fitted up for a res
taurant of high class.
The sounding board of the new Cas-
tie Square Theatre, Boston, which is an
graced with the heroic figures of twelve
dancing girls. They were pain ted in
sections on canavs in New York.
Miss Albina de Mer-Mrs. M. B. Curtis
has collection of amethysts, sapphires
and pigeonyblood ru bies that are conced-
ed by connoisseurs to be the finest private
collection III the United States, and are
not excelled, if equlled, by any private
collection III theaworld. Among the col
lection is the celebrated Muscowitz ruby,
for which Tiffany has standing offer
of S15, 900.
The souvenir issued to commemorate
the 35Oth performance,of, s1492n IN New
York, at the Garden Theatre, on June
4, is clock made IN exact imitation of
the timepieces used In, the time of Co
lumbus. 1t is a hanging clock, with
wooden works, aud Ethe friction is over
come bSaa weight which isswound up by
pulling NJ cord,l as ino the Swiss cuckoo
clocks sfFheretisa but one hand, and the.
time from hour to hour must be reooned
according 10 the distance the hand has
covered between the numerals.
Colonel Robert g.. Ingersou has pre-
pared new lecture entitled" The Bible. !"
This is the first new .anti-orthodox lee
ture that the Colonel has written in
some years, and it Of course, contains
his latest thought. He will do more
lecturing this season than heretofore.
His plans include visits to the principal
cities in New England in December,
Portland's date being the 9th.
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