The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-01
JARLEY'S WAX WORK.
Boston Society Enjoy Miss Mary s. Nc.
Cobb's Presentation.

Society took conspicuous part Thurs
day night at Copley Hall in the perform
ance of the entertainment "Mrs. farley s
Wax Works." which was given in aid OF
the Vincent Memorial Hospital says the
Boston Journal. Not only did society
make up the large audience, but it also
composed the participants in thesexoel.
lent company. The affair, comparing ii
with its many predecessors during this
most enterprising season, was a notable
success. The promoters of the enter.
tainment were mem bers CT the Vincent
Club.
The part of loquacious Mrs. farley
was personated competently by Miss
Mary Selden McCobb of of Portland, who
has produced the show successfully In
many Eastern cities. The costumes worn
by the figures were sumptuous in the
historical chamber, admirably grotesque
the miscellaneous chamber and simple
and beautiful in the classical chamber.
The figures comported themselves be.
comingly, notw outstanding the tempta.
tions of frequent applause.
Miss Evelyn Forbes was Queen Isabella
in thu historical chamber, Mr.. FRANKLIN
p. Abbott, King Ferdinand MIR. Sydney
Williams, Christopher Columbus; Miss
Lena Arnlory, Madame Roland; Miss
Susan Goldman. Mary Queen of Scots;
Miss Gertrude Rice, Joan of Arc; Mr..
=. S. Whitwell, Charles the First OF
England; Miss Isabel Perkins, Lady
Jane Gray; Miss Eleanor Gray, Charlotte
Corday: MIR. G. W. Dabney, General
Howe; Mrs. +. s. Whitwell, Madame
Murray; Miss Marion Mason, Duchess of
Devonshire; Mr.. q. r. Dalton, Jr.,
Marquis OF Lorne; Miss Katherine
Crownipshield, Princess Louis.
Miss Martha Dana. in this miscellane.
Gus chamber. was the maid of honor
Miss Whitside, Ophelia; MIR. Beverly
Rantoul, cow bow; Mr.. @. W. Dabney,
President Of the Browning Society
Nj. U. W. Gibson. one OF Tennyson'
Light Brigade; Miss Adeline Bosrd-
man, prima donna: Mr.. Rockingham,
Indian; Miss Pauline Shaw. Puritan
maiden; Miss Madeline jackson, "A Bos.
ton bud; Mr.. Amos Lawrence. coach
man; Miss katherine Fay, smile; MIR.
2. g.. Curtis, o villain.
Mr.. r. N. Winthrop WAS Diogenes In
the classical chamber; Miss Anna Ladd,
Nydia: Miss Gertrude Parker, Minerva;
Miss Mary Sargent, Juno; Miss Mary
g. Williams, Venus: Mr.. G. K. Cum.
mings, Paris; Miss Corina Shattuck,
Oenone; Mr.. e. H. Fay. Ajax; Mr.. Per
ry Haughton, Achilles; MIR. 2. Ingram.
Hector: Mrs. Curtis Guild. Andromache;
Miss Emily Beebe, Andromache's nurse
and baby; Miss Florerce Wheelock, Cor
nelia: Masters Wheelook and Donald,
the Gracchi: Miss Caroline Dabney,
Roman matron.
The porters were Mr.. herbert Jaque,
and Mr.. Holker Abbott. The property
manager was Mr.. J. Grafton Minot.
Mrs. Shepherd Brooks, Mrs. L. s.
Dabney, Mrs. John Z. Gardner. Mrs
Robert c. Hooper, Mrs. John Lowell
Mrs. Chas. 8. Sargent, Mrs. Frencel
Skinner. Mrs. Herbert M. Sears, Mrs
Henry Whitman Mrs. Roger Wolcot
were the partonsses. The committe,
was made up of Miss Amy Lowell, Mis-
Dressed. aers. T. S. Whitwell, Miss Ethe
Forbes and Miss Katherine Fay. Th,
ushers were Miss Constance Amory, Mis-
Eleanor Appleton. Miss Louisa W
Brooks, Miss Ethel Forbes, Miss dig,
| rockingham, Miss Amy Lowell, Mis-
Marion Lawrence, Miss Marion Crafts
Miss Henrietta Sargent and Miss Mario
RE Sculi
| The Herald says: "AIiss McCobbs
| makeup as Mrs. farley was excellent
| Her explanation of the several 'fiegers
was extremely funny, and she kent he
audience thoroughly amused from thu
rise of the curtain to the fall. Miss Nc
Cobb's history up to date was one O
the notable features.