The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-11-25

performance alone is said to be worth the
price of admission. A clever company of
speciality artists, such as dancers must
cal team, sketch artists and monologue
artists have been secured to assist. There
will be matinees en- Wednesday, Thursday,
Thanksgiving day. and Saturday. Best
of order and attentive attaches Bring
the children.
Chic Cissy Fitzgerald Next Tuesday.
Miss Cissy fitzgerald, who appears
Tuesday at City Hall, in "The Found
| ling" came on the New York theatrical
public like a blizzard in 1888, completely
submerging all former favorites and
| making the eldest theatrical inhabitant
wonder and declare as it never had be-
fore. With matchless sweep of limb,
and to the time of some of the prettiest
music we have heard for long time
she danced and glided herself into the
every heart of the New York public. re-
calling the days of Taglioni. This remark
able English girl about whom SO much
has been written, and who seems to be
he particular light of one of the greatest
successes New York has ever known, was
born i'll Kent, one of the suburbs of Lon
don, England, and came from an old Eng
tlish family in no manner ever connected
with theatricals. From her earliest days
Miss Fitzgerald was always fond of mu-
sic, and in her fourth year was known
throughout the locality in which she was
born for her pretty childish dancing of
the sailors hornpipe and other fancy
this sort of thing that her parents became
utterly dismayed and sought to change
the channel of her thoughts and inclina-
tions. The crisis came at party at her
family home, when she donned trousers
in order to show her admiring friends
how she could take off London dude !;
whereupon she was despatched to con-
vent where she remained until her thir-
teenth year. Miss Fitzgerald on leaving
the convent, found nothing in society as
an outletssfor her exhuberant spirits, and
it very soon dawned upon all that her
natural vocation was the stage At one
time she became bethrothed to lord, and
against the entreaties of all her friends
the engagement was broken, and about
four years ago she made her first appear
ance in the burlesque of "Ruy Bias, >
making an instantaneous hit. She has
never been without an engagement from
that day. and the principal managers of
England and the continent have always
held strong Inducements to secure Miss
Fitzgerald for the principal burlesque.
Miss Fitzgerald made tour of the world
with ''The Gaity Grip Company. Last
season she completely captured New
York during the run of 'sThe Hound
stately blond, with classic cast of fea-
lures and large blown eyes. Her beauty
is most ounced, and this, supple
mented with her delightful dancing, gives
her large value in performances in which
she has thus far been identified. Seats
should be secured early this morning.
Notes.
The Cecilian quartette have completed
successful two months concert tour
through the South. They will fill engage
ments in New York state for the next
month.
Mary Howe has obtained an engage
ment as leading soprano for the Berlin
royal opera house. Mr.. LAWN, the lady's
husband, has also been engaged by Count
Hechberg, The royal intendant
The Watson Sisters Burlesque COM
pany gave the third and last entertain
ment at Portland theatre Saturday eve
ming. Both then and at the matinee there
were crowded audiences Their business
has been immense.
There will be on Tuesday battalion of
the dramatic profession in town. There
will be 35 in the Waite comedy company,
there are % in the Watson Burlesque
company that rests here until Thursday,
about Is in the Founding company, and
a dozen or so in the Park company
Ed D. Fisk, representing thu Waite
Comedy company is here.