The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-30
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
The Texas Steer.

One of the most lsughable comedies
ever offered the fun loving amusement
public is that of Hoyt's A Texas Steer
which comes to the Portland theatre
Thursday evening for two night en-
gagement. This masterpiece from the
facile pen of America greatest farce
writer. has been seen in all the large
cities of the country and is visited over
and over again by amusement goers who
laugh until their sides ache at the satire
for satire it is all the way through. and
deals with life in Washington In a way
that is both amusing and Instructive, in
Producing rich cattle king who is
forced into congress by his wife and
daughter and meets with tn usual ex-
prience OF new made congr essman that
encounters the lobbyist, the trickster
and fashionable society in their most
pronounced forms, but becomes more So
phisticated as the months pass by. The
laughter in "a Texas Steer" is continu-
Gus and that is what Hoyt writes his
plays for, although the plot is more am
bilious, 1t is less fnr ce though as full
of bright and witty passages as anything
the gifted writer has sent on the road.
Hoyt writes no play with moral, he is
satisfied with impaling human nature on
pin and holding it up for the rest Of
humanity to admire or SCOT at and his
pictures are SO life like that every one
recalls some type of each pronounced
character.
Riverton Park.
The Alabama Troubadours is one of
the best attractions that has been seen at
Riyerton since this beautiful summer
resort was first opened to the public.
The troupe has enlarged Its repertoire
since it's first engagement and now give
an evening of mirth and music, danos
and song, that is the equal of that given
by any vaudeville house in the country.
There have been fine audiences present
the precedi ng evenings of the week and
the applause and laughter has been con-
tinuous. In the afternoons the seats in
she rustic theatre have been all too few
to accommodate those who wished 10
see and hear the company. MIR. Turner
Is especially dry and witty In his speech
es and Jokes. The other evening he
raised storm of laughter when he said
at his barber shop they had two prices
for shave; ten cents for Republicans
and twenty for Democrats. On be.
ing asked why that was no replied why
the Democrats faces were so long in
Maine this year that it was worth the
higher price to shave them. Will How.
ards buck and wing dancing is great;
he is the owner of fifty medals won by
him. Then there is the Alabama quar-.
tett. Reed, Howard, Poole and Briggs
the big four song and dance, Howard,
Brandon, Misses Walker and Sprague,
and the other performers are all excel
lent. The great cake walk elicits shouts
of laughter.
News visited the park.
We wish to again impress upon our
readers the beau hes of the visit to the
Park, the sail up the Presumpscot and
the views from the Casino balcony, these
lovely autumn days when the foliage II
SO resplondent with gorgeous tints.
This is the last week of the regular
amusement season at the Park. Here
after there will be occasional band con.
certs at the band stand
The railroad is doing an excellent
business in trolly parties ard the Bran.
hall is in great demand.
Notes.
New Bedford's new theatre, which in
three months time has taken the place
of the dilapidated opera house, wat
opened Monday night by Georgia Cayvar
III her new play MARY Peunin gton,
sold In advance, md the throng Of spec.
ia ors were loud in praise of the new
theatre.