The Portland daily press., 1898-01-29

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country in the wake of the elusive fox,
who has listened to the incompatible
melody of the hounds giving tongue and
has enjoyed the sense of victory couse-
quent upon being in at the death, or
who, the excitement of the chase over,
and Cupid in the ascendant, has known
the pleasure of jogging quietly nome
through the beautiful country lanes by
sweetheart's side, can fall to ENJOY the
emotions caused by the hunting scene in
the first act of the great scenic play Hu-
manity," which comes to the Portland
Theatre, Wednesday and Thursday next,
with a special matinee on THURSDAY
Seats will go on sale today.
HEARTSEASE.
'tHeartsease, which will be seen at The
Jefferson Monday and Tuesday, deals
with the fortunes of Eric Temple,
Young musical composer, who is In love
with the Hon. Miss Neville, the daughter
of a wealthy nobleman. He has written
an opera, with which he hopes TO win
fame and fortune, and through them the
sanction of his sweetheart's father to
their marriage. Through the machina-
tions of Sir Godfrey Pomfret, who is also
in love with the young woman, he IS
robbed OF his opera and is placed IN
false position in the estimation OF his
sweetheart and her family. His opera s
subsequently, produced successfully under
| a different title, his rival posing as the
composer. The song "Heartsease" In the
opera leads to the detection of the theft
and fraud that has been committed. With
the aid of his sweetheart, who is now
thoroughly convinced of hsr lovers hon
esty, the rightful composer triumphs.
The action of the play takes place in Lon
don, toward the end Of the 18th Century.
period that admits of much elegance,
richness and picturesqueness in the mat
ter of costumes and appointments. All
the scenery and stage furnishings will be
new this season, the production in its
entirety being identical with that at the
Garden Theatre, New York, where it en-
joyed run of over 100 nights last season.
The sale of seats opened yesterday.
SIDE TRACKED.
The A. @ Soammon Company, which
will be seen at the Portland Theatre on
Monday evening, Jan. 31st, in that SEN
sational production, "Side Tracked, - is
one of the best musical comedy compa
MES on the road. Every individual mem
Der is an artist in his particular line.
The play has no hair-lifting plot-in fact
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clean and bright; and as presented by
this very clever company, is thoroughly
enjoyable entertainment. The music is
just as tuneful as it can be, and the come
dy refreshingly original and free from
buffoonery. E. FL. O'Connor. as the
Tramp, Daisy Chaplin as the Soubrette,
and Billy Bowers as the Dutch Comedian
are all way above the average, and i'm
mense favorites wherever seen.
THE STAR COURSE.
The Fisk Jubilee Singers will be the
next attraction in the Star Course. The
Boston Traveller says:
| THE story of the Jubilee Singer"
reads almost like romance. That these
emancipated slaves should have gone
l
of the crowned heads of Europe, and re-
turned with one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars with which to build an edu-
cational institution for the elevation OF
their race, seems little short of marvel.
| The volume is written in very enter
tanning manner, and the pathetic story
which it gnfolds will interest every lover
of humanity. 1t is the record of an era
| in the history of a race, an incident in
| the greatest social revolution the world
has ever known.
ULLIE AKERSTROM.
| Miss Akerstrom will give but two more
performances at Portland Theatre at the
matinee and evening performance today,
and those who have not seen this deserV-
ing actress and graceful dancer should
avail themselves of these last opportuni-
ties. Yesterday, Notwithstanding the
cold weather, there were good audiences
and the applause was hearty. AT the
matinee, "The Streets of New York; was
presented, and in the evening 1.-The
Egyptian Dancer" At the matinee to-
day Cinderella will be on the bill, ana
in the evening "a Wait of London"
BLACK AND TAN MINSTRELS.
A feature of the coming local produc-
ton that has not been sufficiently adVer-
tised, perhaps, will be the presence OF ten
clear boy soprano voices among the
chorus. Two of these will also appear as
soloists. The advance tickets for the
show are in the hands of club members.
The sale of seats opens Wednesday, Febru-
airy 2 at 9 a. M. Everybody and his sist er
are going and it behooves those who are
particular about positions to move early.
| NOTES.
The two songs "Under the Guy
Lights" and "The Firemen," will be
repeated at the Portland theatre tonight
| by request