The Portland daily press., 1897-11-17
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
THE JEFFERSON.

peated to fair audience, and Mr.. Mason
and Mrs Manola- Mason were as effective
as ever as Fritz Kobus and Suzel, and al
most ri the songs were encored.
Next SFonday and Tuesday evenings
the favorite Glue Jeans" will be the at.
traction at the ao'lse. On THANKSGIVING
1.-THE Tarrytown Widow will De seen.
and on Saturday after Thanksgiving the
famous Italian Banda Rosa that has been
cleo N.'Sing New York. and Boston, will
be nearu.
The many friends of Mr.. A. J. Fay will
learn W regret of the loss by fire of his
beautiful residence in Lowell yesterday
morning early. Mr., Fay left for home Oh
the noon train.
Mr.. bogrett who has been the treasur-
Ell of The Jefferson since it's opening, mas
been transferred to the Lowell house.
WIZARD OF THE NILE. !
From the moment that the curtain
rises on the first act of 1.-The wizard OF
the Nile" the auditor is lifted out OF him
eeIf and away from his every day vexa-
lions and transported back about thre
thousand years, and set down in Egypt,
where he is introduced to Cleopatra while
she was yet kittenish and young and in
nocent. This in itself is enough to win
the favor of any audience of the present
time But in addition to this a vagabond
magician is introduced, whose ups and
downs of fortune are so numerous and
SO comical, and they are moreover 20 in
geniously connected with the king and
his spouse, with the royal weather proph-
et the royal must C teacher, and the mis-
chievous apprentice to the magician that
one never wanders in attention from the
story that is being enacted. And the mu-
sic is such delightful sauce to the tooth
some dish! If Mr.. Herbert should never
write another opera his fame would be Sc
cure by virtue of this capital work. He
has by his songs, duets, quin tettes, Choir
uses and ensembles, given the greatest
piquancy to the scenes in the land of OBJ
isks and sphinxes, and surrounded the
t1incipal characters and the dancing
girls, amazons. pages, ETC., with color
In melody that may not be excelled.
"The Wizard of the Nile'' will be seen
at The jefferson Saturday, Nov. Goth,
matinee and evening.
STAR COURSE.
The third evening in the Portland Star
Course will be tonight at City Hall,
when the Apollo Male Quartette will ap-
pear. To those who have heard the Apol'
10 Quartette sing it is sufficient praise to
say that they are coming. To those who
have never heard them true description
of their singing would be deemed an eX-
aggeration. The members of the quar-
tette are all born singers, and their free
and easy appearance on the platform wins
the admiration of all who hear them.
The voices blend together perfectly, and
for sweetness of tone and beauty Of ex-
preston their singing is unsurpassed.
THE GAIETY.
The week at the Gaiety has opened sat-
isfactorily and large crowds are in attend
ance at the night performances. The
singing, dancing and funny situations
in the opening and closing burlesques
are SOOi, Uub tIo sGrOuS6eb CdIOS are III
the olio parts. Notably so Senator Frank
Bell; his stump speech is
bright and witty, and on this
account all the more favorably received.
Miss Corben gives a melange of songs
and "ABad No Good proves to be an
entertaining travesty sketch by Collins
Ray. The Helstons caught the crowd
last night in acrobatic feats, graceful
dancing and funny dialogue. Rench and
Kennedy are as grotesque as ever, and
Neary was good clever imitator Tony
Drake and Grace Hughes are pretty and
clever in their dancing specialties. The
show is running smoothly and bound to
draw well during the entire week.
THE DEACON'S DAUGHTER
Lillian Kennedy is well known here in
her role of the Deacon's daughter in the
play of that name, and therefore she re-
quires no extended notice from us. The
play will be repeated here at Portland
Theatre next Friday and Saturday, and
the tickets are now en- sale at the box
Office. 1t is said that much new and in
teresting matter has been introduced the
present season, and that the play is we'll
up to date.