The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-14

Euny anu 4lS SITUATIONS anlueSu luo oe'NtA
ence. The different teams do good acts
and are likely to draw large houses.
BILLY BARRY.
Billy Barry appeared atssThe Jefferson
last night in ''The Rising Generation,
play with which he has delighted Port
land audiences many times. All know
how Martin McShane rises from the
! humble position of an ordinary aqueduot
employe to that of successful contrao-
tor and state senator. Throughout the
play, Barry is remarkably funny. BE
doesn't exapgerate a bit and no matter
now many times he is seen in the charac-
ter it possesses a perennial freshness
There are lots of new points made in the
play to correspond with the times, some
OF which were caught on it, and the 9th
ers were not, by the audience.
Lydia Barry, daughter of the star, as
Elsie Connolly, is bright and pleasing and
sings several songs to the delight Of her
listeners. Eva Vincent as Joanna, fat.
fair and forty, is exceedingly jolly, and
she added much to the enjoyment of the
xAOoup dS DiS llIG Ao any Si'O
made was thu singing by Master Willie
Weston as Ferdinand Van Tyke. Weston
possesses a soprano voice of great purity
and sings with much expression. OF
course. Mr.. James H. Manning as Prof.
O'Hara is capital second to Mr.. Barry,
and worthy successor to the lamented
Fay. The other parts were we'll taken.
The children were remarkably bright
and acted with skill far beyond their
years Barry's great poker game was
loudly applauded as usual, and "the
present for the baby took immensely.
Among the attractive musical numbers
were willie McAvoy,' 'sHe brought
gold," 1.-The Custom in Ireland "On
the banks of the Wabash. - .'Not Long
Ago." and the song and dance by. Messrs.
Davis, McFadden and Phillips, Misses
Paige, Oracle and Eta Connors.
Billy Barry appears at the Jefferson
again tonight,
PORTLAND THEATRE.
The Miles Ideal Stock company gave
its opening performance for the week at
the Portland theatre before very enthu-
siastic audience which tested the capaci-
ty of the house even to standing room.
The play pnt on the boards was Michael
Strogoff, an adaptation of Jules Verne S
novel which with its thrilling scenes and
strong situations kept the attentive inter
est of the auditors from start to finish. 1t
was presented with powerful cast of IS
persons and effectively mounted with
striking scenic effects.
| The sword fight in the second act, the
battle scene in the third and the hand to
| hand combat just before the final curtain
are worthy of special mention.
The action was good and we'll balanced
throughout. John E. Miles was in the
title role, and his Interpretation was SO
thoroughly appreciated that he was
obliged to respond to several curtain
calls. Mr.. Tucker and Mr.. Jones as the
newspaper correspondents, were we'll to
the fore and injected q comedy element
| which evoked continued laughter. Mr..
Butler was we'll fitted to the part of the
traitor and the other male characters
were cleyerly impersonated.
The female cast was acceptably filed,
notably SO, the aterizations given by
Emma Lathrop, Perle Essengton, Jennie
Swift and Eva Williams.
The speoialties were among the best
seen on the stage for many day. Baby
| Vavene was cunning and her dancing
most fetching. Eva Williams, Jack
| Tucker and Fred Jones in the ''Three
Little Girls act, scored great success
and the burlesque acting of Miss Williams
and Mr.. Parker brought down the house
"The Blacksmith's Daughter" is the
matinee bill with Unknown for to.
| nights performance.
ST. CLAIRE SISTERS co. AT CITY
HALL.
There was an aggregation of vaudeville
stars at the City Hall last night and the
programme included singing and dane
ing with good sprinkling of the comedy
element.
The St. Claire sisters added another to
their long list of successes, and The
Healeys, John and Nellie, who have ap-
peared at times past at the Portland
theatre, seem to have lost none of their
popularity.
Hanley and Leslie made hit in their
dancing act Miss Leslie being especially
effective in her imitation Of the ''Little
Kid" The Keegans, John and Lulu,
met with great favor in their society
sketch entitled Nonsense. The Branni-
gans, the 'all nations fayoritss. y in their
dancing and singing acts, did clever
work, and Lou Wells, musical act won