The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-19
MUSIC AND DRAMa
zEPHRA.

This afternoon and evening the last two
performances of this great spectacle Will
be given and those DESTROYS who fall 70
avail themselves of the opportunity VIII
regret lit. Such beautiful scenery, such
a wealth of songs and beautiful DRESSES
rich costumes and dramatic recioai Is
rarely seen in Portland theatre
Last night there was another spienuiu
<sadlsnce and they encored again aha
again the leading features and calico eii0
curtain.
The voting contest stands as ioiio~s'
Msaaey, %; Male Chorus, 20; Hoyai
Guards 4s5. Tennis, 2l9, Graces, 81
Narah. 1s: Merry Go Round, 90; La VI
/ traYa "a. New Women, II; Biackpirds'
~. B,owniss, So; News Boys, SO zephrn'
,,s. nso,us. 4: Cushie Snow, 8; Juno,
rs; Neira, 2.
ROBERT B.. MANTELl.
"a Secret Warrant by WA. Tremayne
xill be presented at the Jefferson theatre
merit Monday evening by Robert Manteli
and his excellent company. The play is
q romance of France in 1890 and full OF
intrigue. plot and counterplot. The star
: role is Louis de Beaumont, Captain o.
K,pp's Guards, who excites the jealousy
{ of the Court favorite and is doomed TO
the Bastiile. he is courageous ASA HOB
! handsome as an Apollo, and with "a love
story that thrills the romantic female
heart
In such plays, Robert Mantel is him
salt. He has voice, physique, manly
! carriage, and dresses his characters 70
I nerfection. His love lines fascinate ana
his heroic action holds his audience In
awe. -
ON Tuesday Mr. Mantell will present
/ ..Monhsrsn. Reserved seats now on sale
lat the box office.
THE WHITE HEATHER.
Many big attractions have been present
ed in our city, but, In very many ways
the biggest of all of them is to come ior
Ia four nights engagement commencing
+ wednesday, Nov. %. 1t is 1.-THE nnlUe
Heather" Charles Frohman's sSopoo
Eurcducsion of Cecil Raleigh's and Henry
Hamslton's drama of modern life, Wnicn
ran all of last season at the mammoth
Academy of Music. New York Guy ana
ss.bas .,ust CLOSED successful engagement
3 at the Boston Theatre. The cast proper
numbers over fifty, the balance OF tne
two hundred being made up by speciaiy
saiscsed auxiliaries The story OF Ihe
White Heather is declared to be Wen
written, and it is human and intense
tsneugh to satisfy the most exactipg. ~
has a framework Of the most stupendcus
examples of stagecraft ever used at one
time in a theatre. The stage pictures are
MANY. hut about ten of them stand outhas
sexsmples of the most daring management
Ths curtain rises on scene OF rare
beauty that will draw people TO tnelr
:. seats early SO that it may not be nllsssd.
Tt is a view of the Scottish Highlands,
with that famous Scottish mist just ris-
ing to disclose shepherd and his flock OF
: real sheep. 1t will prove a good beginn-
ing for the feast of the evening. Fasslng
a few good scenes the audience " Ill next
be astonished by great stage plc5ure q
A manic on the London Sioux Exchange,
.. and no sooner has this thrilling episode
Shad its effect than Battersea Park, London
will he shown to the audience, With al
the characters of the play either riding
their chainless wheels or partaklng o.
breakfast. Later comes Boulter's LOCI
; on the River Thames, with its Launches
and rowboats and crowds OF holiday
makers. Then there are 1.-THE waters un'
: der the EARTH eliminating in thrill
ing battle between deep-sea divers, WIFE
real fish swimming about in presence o.
the au dience; and almost Immediately
thereafter the stage is filed with hun
dreds of dancers in all sorts of brilliant
costumes. the whole being most realistic
production of the famous costume bal
given by the Duchess of Devonshire lusl
prior to the Queens Jubilee. The seR'
sale ind fcates success on the same I'M
meuse scale as the production. Thanks
giving day and Saturday matinees VIII pt
given. Seats on sale Monday morning
at 10 O'clock.
e PORTLAND THEATRE. A
The performance of today will close thu
weeks engagement of Jessie Harcour1
and her repertoire company at the Port,
land theatre and two good bills are off
cred.
Fair Play and the Birth of Freedom
were yesterdays productions and they
vera enjoyed by good sized audiences
who were quite lavish with their marks
of satisfaction. !,
A special school chfidren's matinee VII
Ia given this afternoon when tins come
,fdy Fair Play will be repeated and tonight
abe popular comedy drama, Tine Hand
s-rf Eososs vx-fli ha prasented