The Portland daily press., 1898-06-11
MUSIC AND DRAMA
THE GEM THEA TER.

Next week Mr.. Douglas and his ex.
cellent company at the Gem will present
the exceedingly funny comedy "Confu-
sion.''
1t will prove great contrast to Diplo-
macy, as it Is one of the most humorous
plays ever written and will undoubtedly
be received by roars of laughter. The
story is exceedingly funny and shows
what confusion can be created in house
hold by baby and a little pug dog.
Confusion was first made famous by
Mr.. Nat Goodwin and run for months
in New York. 1t is replete with anus
ing situations. The story is of a young
couple, Mortimer Mumbleford and his
young wife. She wants pug dog and
her husband objects to pug dog in the
house. The uncle, Christopher Blizzard,
sides with the wife and contrives to get
a pug into the house. Then begins the
confusion. The servants James and
Maria are married and have a baby which
is being cared for in the city. They receive
word OF its illness and Maria starts to
town to bring it back The marriage and
to the household. ssssThere is mixing up
of kilograms and by series of incidents
the pug and the baby become COMPOUNDED
causing no end of complications which
nearly drive the husband wild and threat
ems to break up the entire household. The
situations as the play progresses become
more and more humorous until the au-
nx,1 Al
most humorous scenes in the play ia
where Mortimer overhears his wife and
Blizzard planning ito destroy the little
pug dog. Mortimer thinking they
mean the baby whom he now believes
to belong to Rose, his wife, and Blizzard.
So rapid do the complications follow one
upon another that no end Of confusion is
caused by the mixing up-of the little dog
and the baby.
Another funny scene is the. encounter
between Mortimer and the doctor his
friends have sent for unknown to him.
Mr. Douglas and Miss Rowan play the
husband and young wife and 1t is need
less to say that these artists will extract
all the nirth and fun possible from the
in comedy and plays such parts with
dash that is perfecly delightful. Every
one Of thu company will be happily cast
so the patrons of the Gem will be assured
of delightful performance as perfect in
detail was Mr.. Douglass superb pro-
duction of Diplomacy.
Corr ision will be played every evening
next week and matinees on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday.
Tickets and reserved seats can be Sc
cured at the ticket office of the Casco Bay
Steamboat Co., Custom House wharf.
The oars of the Portland Railroad will
be in waiting at head of Custom House
wharf to convey passengers to the differ
emit points on the line for one fare
A GREAT TREAT FOR PORTLAND
MUSIC LOVERS.
The beautiful Jefferson theatre will be
opened Tuesday evening for short sea-
son OF opera in English by the celebrated
Andrews Opera company which Managers
Fay Brothers & Hosford have engaged
at a large expense, bringing them direct
from their long successful run in Phila-
delphia at tbs GiraTd avenue theatre. The
company carry a double cast of principals
enabling them to present both grand;and
comic opera equally we'll. Their
repertoire contains such operas as
Martha, Faust, Mariana. Ill Troyatore,
Carmen, Fra Diavolo in grand operas and