The Portland daily press., 1898-11-10
music AND pRAMA.
RuBENsrEIN QUARTET CONCERT.


impression on the memory that they arr
not readily etfaeed. Such an occasion
was the concert recital given by th'
Rubenstein Quartet at Kotzschmar hal
yesterday afternoon. Everything aoou'
the affair was auspicous; the mlio
weather, the veiled skies that gave tht
effect of twilight, especially as the stage
was more in shadow than III hgh1' tne
close attention of the large and musical
audience whose silence was broken only
by applause, all these tended to the en-
oyment of the listeners
The Rubenstein String Quartet is COM
posed of Mr.. Frank Callahan, first violin
Mr.. e. j. Flanagan, second vloiln; Mr.
Frank Given, viola, all OF this city, and
Mr., Carl Osterberg of New York. Yes
terday was their first public appearance.
The Quartet is to be congratulated. The
work done was something far beyond
what was expected. There WAS the evi.
dence of careful study and drill, and
nowhere were these more preceptibie than
in the opus IS of Beethoven, and the
Mozart fugne. The latter showed the
careful attention to technique on the part
of the players. In the Beethoven quartet
there was good tone, intelligent phrasing
and excellent shading. In places there
was little stridency, and few rough
edges were shown, but taken as whole,
the rendering was highly creditable It
must be borne in mind that the mpers
of many of the string quartets OF nlgn
repute have played together for years SO
that they have become one almost in
thought and action. The Won Weper
rondo was played with much grace and
sprightliness and the love song, by
Jonas, with great expression. The
Volgt cradle song was much enjoyed as
as the Schubert military march that
closed the concert.
Mr.. Osterberg, the cellist, received an
enthusiastic encore after Batta's "Songe
d. Enfant." He obtains most glorious
tune out of his instrument and he plays
with great feeling. The air itself is lovely
anu it received admirable treatment. For
encore he played delicious little moroccan
in the same vein.
Louise Callahan O'Neil is one Of the
few platform reciters worthy of the name.
She is one of those about whom testl-
monials do not lie. The conseryatories
ara turning out hundreds of elocutionlsts
yearly, but very few Louise O'Neils. she
has beautiful, well rounded voice ana
she knows how to use it. Every word is
as distinct as the tinkle OF a silver bell.
She has the real dramatic feeling, SO rare
In half of the actresses or today, as was
evidenced in her powerful rendering OF
1.-The Sorrow of Rohab.' She appreciates
the humorous also. as in the case of her
excellent recital of Eugene Fields's
"Little boy who sees things at night
given as an encore to "Mrs. Murphy's
recipe for making cake. Miss O'Neil
has fine stage presence and her reception
was most iatiering.
The stage was prettily decorated with
flowers and palms by Harmon and hand
somely furnished by j. X. Libby. Mr..
Callahan played the piano accompaniment
for Mr.. Osterberg's solo most satisfao-
torily.
40o 4o4U 1OOlO6& UliA bO S4fSil Ao0e
Wednesday when Mr.. Herbert johnson,
the late favorite tenor of the Ruggles
street quartette, will be the soloist.
in OLD KENTUCKY. ,
Probably the mosts substantial success
of this generation in a dramatic way Is
Manager Jacob Lifts fine production of
c. L. Dazey's popular play, SIN Old Ken
lucky" which comes TO the Jefferson
Theatre Friday evening and Saturday af
ternoon and evening. 1t is now in the
sixth year of its existence and apparentl y
ss strong In popular favor as ever. Mr..
Lift has with excellent judgment kept
the company up to high pitch of excel
lence. The original company will appear
here. Its series of truthful pictures of
Southern life have caught the fancy of
pIaygoers wherever the play has been pre-
sented. 1t is a melodramatic spectacle
of great splendor, and a complete new
outfit of scenery has been gotten up for
this tour. The four leading scenic artists
insNsw York-Young, Marston, Emens
and Voegtlin-were engaged for several
months preparing the scenery. A great
feature is made of the race, and it is a
real race SO far as it is possible to have
one on the stage-the horses making a
wild dash across the stage and under the
wire in full view of the audience. A /
view Of the famous Lexington race track
is shown, with the grand stand filled with
spectators, the bookmakers
crying the odds and melting the people to
invest, the band stand occupied by the
brass band of young darkeys,
the judges occupying their elaborate box,
and the multitude of hangeTs-on always
TO be fo und at a race track.
BON. TON BURLESQUERS. 1
The airy, fairy, tinsel-liks form of
amusem ant, burlesque and vaudeville,
which is SO popular with the majority of