The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-22
MUSIC AND DRAMA%
uEv1L,s AUCTION.

g., e,orv niece Chas Fl. Ya1e's Forever
"Devil,s Auction" will open IT'S engage
Of the Jefferson. 1t Is customary
lit, this nopuIar spectacle each year to
;,,,oot snoh vast amount of new matter
into this performance as to render 1t COM
tentatively new to the eye and ear. This
resr the management claim to have ex-
ceeded by far any previous production Of
ss,Vhe DEVILS Auction in the introduce
tiou of newly created features, scenes
costumes, ballots, speoialties and ensemble
which go towards making great per-
formance of spectacle. John r. Wilkins,
Manager Yale's special artist, has. with q
large corps of assistants, devoted the en-
tire summer creating and originating
new scenic effects and. has SO changeo ana
elaborated his former ideas that the new
scenic effects may be aptly termed Inc
Devils Auction from new point OIL
view. Prominent among artist W ilkins's
latest efforts are "The Cavern OF 'tlgahVlc
Heads 'tThe Magic Vaults OF beneoic-
tine:' 'sThe Garden OF. the Blue dragon
sThe Golden Palace of Flowers; ana
tha new transformation entitled Inc
FLIGHT of Time;'' which is one OF tne
most magnificent illusions OF falry iaho
ever conceived by this famous palnoer.
Aurelfo Cioooia, the celebrated mature de
bslIet of Manager Yale's attractions has
created an entire repertoire Oh now
terpsiohorean evolutions among whlcn Is
the Ballet-of Eocentriquesain the nrst.ao1
the Feast of the Mandarins in the secoho
sot. and a brand new version OF the
famous Bouleyarde Ballet for the third
act. led by three handsome principal
dancers in Amalia Maveroffer, Adele
Anora and Fraulein Wassermar.
THE HEART OF MARYLAND.
The masterpiece of effective dramatic
authorship. David Belasco's 1.-The heart
81 Maryland will be presented at The
Jefferson. Friday nd.-Saturday january
% and 90, with a special matinee Satur-
dav. The psay-goers of this city to whom
David Belagco's name and plays have
been long familiar, will have an oppor-
tunity of witnessing in 1.-The Heare OF
MARYLAND drama in which the inoef-
est il as continuous as the characters en-
Gagged in its narration are typically in
dividualized. The cast will include Mrs.
Leslie Carter, and all the members OF MI
Relasco's company who presented it dur
ing the past season in Boston, Chicago.
Philadelphia, New York, and San Fran
cisco, among whom are Frank Mordaunt,
James E. Wilson, Theodore Roberts.
Malcolm Williams, Grant Stewart, Her.
bert Miflward, Helen Tracy, Angela Nc
Cauu and Virginia Tracy, also many 9TH
er favorites well known to our theatre
goers- Be on hand next Wednesday
when the sale opens and procure seats.
A large sale is anticipated.
KATE CLAYTON.
The engagement of Kate Claxton, the
noted actress who comes to The Jetfer-
son on next Wednesday and Thursday
evenings, promises to be q brilliant one.
In the play 'fThe Two Orphans" which
she gives Sthat night, we see that form
of drama that never falls into disuse. We
tire of the romantic drama that is false
to life namby .pamby. The elemental
and the crude can no longer engage the
serious attention of the theatre going
public. But TO Ine truly, roLnaAoio, oAAo
genius of Shakespeare was devoted and
in suoh plays as "The Two Orphans,
we have the finest skill of the greatest
playwright that France has produced. A
good company will be seen here with MISS
Claxton together with the scenes and
costumes. The sale of seats will COM
nence on Monday at regular prices.
CONCERT AT CONGRESS SQURAE
CHURCH.
LAST year the Treble ClefHclub was
termed by Miss 8. Marcia Craft and gave
a delightful concert at Congress square
church. This year the club was reorga-
pized and Miss Craft asked Mr.. o. Ste
yarb Taylor, her former teacher in Cali
fornia to continue the work she had be-
gun. He very kindly consented to do this
and what the. club has accomplished
while under his baton will be heard at
the concert to be given next Wednesday
evening at Congress Square church. All
those who enjoy good music should not
fail TO attend the concert. Beside the
club Mrs. f. A. Morgan and Mr.. Taylor
will be heard in solos and duett. and