The Portland daily press., 1897-04-20
MUSIC AND DRAMA
The Bowdoin Concert.

at Kotzsohmar hall next Saturday even
ing promises the boys one of the best
audiences of the Season. The pretty lit
tie theatre is just suited to such enter
tainmenss. and with the catchy songs Of
the college men, the equally enjoyable
mandolin numbers and the solos, the
concert should be most pleasant affair.
Tickets are on sale at Cressey, Jones &
Aliens.
The Elks Benefit.
The Benevolent and Protective order
of Elks made no mistake when they en-
gagged those two we'll known comedians
Girard and Dounelly with their excellent
company to produce My Friend from
India for two evenings at Portland
theatre, last evening and again tonight.
The story involved is Of Erastus Under
holt, retired merchant. who after futllely
endeavoring for several yearssto get his
faulty into the upper crust OF metropeIl-
tan society, is, he believes, furn ished
coed opportunity by his son, Charles
The latter is gay, convivial young man.
One night while on lark he makes the
acquaintance of a stranger, a barber
named A, Keene Shaver. In the morn
ing he is unable to tell where he picked
up the stranger. or what his name is.
10 ascertain the latter search is made
through the mans clothes while he ia
asleep Nothing is found but book on
theosophy. The barber, awakening an d
finding his garments missing. wraps
himself in q yellow silk bedspread and
begins to search for them. He makes
his appearance before the young man
Just as the latter's father enters and
calls him to account for his youthful
wildness. As way out of his embar-
RAISING position the yonng man intro.
duces the stranger to khis father as an
old friend from India, who is learned in
theosophy and is a distinguished MEM
Der of The Order of the Yellow Robe. The
old gentleman Immediately ssizes upon
the idea that by judicious advertising In
the society columns of the papers a
genuine theosophist from IndiR Is guest
at his home he will doubtless be able to
land his family among the 40o in New
York society.
dance last evening although the house
was not crowded. The Order of Elks has
many friends, however, who were doubt
less supporters of tie entertainment even
If they we're unable to be present. Mesars
DonDelly and tiirard play the piece on
rather broad lines; they make it more of
burlesque in parts than comedy. They
treat it very much like Hoyt play. Both
of them created lots of amusement. The
audience was evidently delighted with
the play for they applauded vigorously
and called the curtain at the close of
each act. One of the best things in the
play is where Mrs. Beekman St.eekar
stands before cheval glass, from which
the mirror has been taken, and in the
place OF which stands Girard similarly
makes, every pose, is faithfully dupicat.
ed by him, and it was really one of the
best things of the evening. Miss Maud
Granger was effective in Mrs. Streeker.
The other characters were well taken.
= The play will be repeated tonight and
her will probably be a crowded house.
The souvenir programmes were very
handsome.
The Ensign.
The success of 1.-THE Ensign has been
greater han that Of any recent Ameri-
can play, and it has teen won on it's
merits, its novelty, it's excellence, its
superb stage settings, Its str0ng charac-
ter drawings, its patriotic fervor and the
unusual strength of the company. The
New York press was u unanimous in it's
praise, but only fell in line with the
views expressed elsewhere. The World
summed it up as thoroughly human
play" and the Times referred to it as
Zone of the most popular plays pres ented
recently in New York +" "The EnsiRn''
will be seen at Portland theatre, Satur-
day evening, April "a.
A Temperance Town.
The attraction at Portland theatre
for Thursday and Friday nights, will be
Iloyt's fam Gus play "a Temperance
Town. 1t should prove doubly attfac-
tive fram the fact that it will be present
ed by the entire original cast, headed by
those funny comedians George Richards
and Eugene Garfield who will he sean in
t cir original characters Of Mink and
bingo Jones, while arthur Gregory a
most versatile and accomplished actor,
who achieved a pronounced success in
the rlay, Wien it vas origiualy pro.
dueen, will appear in the characters OF
Uncle ice The Oldest man in town, and
judge Doa. Richard Dillon, ii. f.
Maggie, 4. 4. Lyons, Herman Sheldon,
Madison Corey, and the Misses Marie
Uart Gertrude Perry, Laura Ayres,
Sallie Stem BIER and Julia GilIoy " i'll
hl7o appear in their original roles The
scenery and properties which are all new
and are Identical with that u7ed 10 the
orr einnl prndticri' n will lie brought te
this city; and % highly satisfactory per.
formaEee Of this the most successful Of
the Hoyt plays can lie confidently ez
pectei.
The Calve Concert.
Tbere is no doubt jud zing By the de
tnand for seats yesterday ut the opening
sal OF tickets to the Caiva CONCERT that