The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-16
music AND DEAmR
rEso ON THE n,URBERv1LLEs.

xyo,,d nrasant on the stage the story of
s.Tess of the D'Urbervilles" the reading
nublic. that had been fascinated by Mr..
Hardv's tale, was anxious to1witness the
MAY. great majority of those who had
been enthralled by the novel no doubt had
no d eper feeling than curiosity as to
how the "Tess, the" Angel Clare the
ssAIec D'Urberyille, tie MARIAN and
the other characters would he embodied
in the theatre A finer-fibreu minority,
whom the story had strongly moved. were
fearful lest the stage version should do
violence to their ideals, conceived from
the marvellous descriptions of the author.
Yet all alike had curiosity to see. and to
all alike the stage story was as fascinating
as the original, because, beyond the con-
fessedly marvellous achievement of Mrs
Flske in impersonating the heroine ana
the remarkably sympathetic assistance of
her company in presenting pictures of the
other, characters, the. public saw the ac-
tual doing of things that had been but
described in the book, and for the first
stime realized the power of the incidents
fn which the figures took part The sale
of seats will open Friday at 8 O'Clock.
The performances will be given at the
jefferson, Monday and Tuesday next
WILLIAMS. CLARY CONCERTS.
March 7th and 9th are the dates set for
the Williams Clary concerts to be given
at City hall Mr.. Williams achieved a
great success at the Musical festival last
do
Mary Louise Clary in the New York
World says:
s"Not since Annie Louise Cary last sang
here has finer contralto voice been bard
in News York. She will certainly have
brilliant artistic future before her. Miss
Clary's voice is full, rich and mellow;
sympathetic, powerful and of great COM
pass, and she evidently possesses the tenn
perament and musical appreciation which
mark the true artist.
RENTZ-SANTLY
The Rentz- Sanity Burlesque Company
renewed its success of Monday evening at
she Portland theatre last night. All the
features were emphasized Fin the second
performance last evening. The great au-
Hence laughed and .enoored and came
.way greatly pleased. Remember only
me more performance will be given and
;hat will come off tonight.
PUSS WAS SAVED.
DR.. John.C.s. Bowker who is giving a
ine course of lectures In this city was
graduated from the Maine Medical school
ut Brunswick and shortly after he went a
long sea voyage in a sailing ship. AS his
diploma was the apple Iof his eye be de-
termined to carry the sheepskin with
him. Off the island of Terceira, one of
the Azores, a fearful. storm threatened to
send all hands to Davy Jones's locker and
the ship was abandoned, the crew and
one other passenger besides DR.. Bowker,
takinestossmallsboa as. theirEonlys vigilance
and a mighty slim enc at that. Happily
they succeeded in making land stAngora.
The moment the shore was reached, the
young doctor discovered that in the haste
Of departure he had forgotten his diploma
which had most probably, by that time;
gone down with the ship. His state OF
mind was far from happy. The next
morning a wildeyed, pale and anxious
youth might have been seen patrolling
the shore. The ship was still afioat some
three miles distant, rolling frightfuily on
the seas which were running very high.
DR.. Bowker decided to save his sheepskin
il he lost his own skin in trying and de-
spite the protestations of his comrades he
started off in a small boat manned by
Portuguese sailors wlom he was obliged
to bride heavily to brave the dangers OF
the stormy deep. Luck favored him. the
ships rope ladder was dangling still over
the side. 1t was brief work to mount it
and fastening to his cabin he recovered
the orize and started to return to the little
boat which was bobbing like cork on
Abe angry waters when he was saluted by
an old friend who cried 'tMew, new" 1t
was the sship's cat, hungry. thin and
alarmed. Woefully enough he was obliged
to leave her, but the next day the sea was
sufficiently calm to allow return when
Madame Felina was RECALLED with all the
delioacies the town afforded. The diploma
was kept very near the doctor after that.
travelled many thousand miles subsequent
ly and now reposes in, q safesdepositssvau
not far from..the gilded. dome of EBoston's
State house.
MY FRIEND FROM INDIA.
Fl. A. Du Souchet's "My Friend From
india has gone far to supply the popu-
lar demand for something fresh and novel
in the theatrical line. "My Friend From
India is not only a new play, but one
founded on novel basis. Theosophy
onens a wide and fertile field for satire,
and introducing an unluckysbarber hid
den within yellow bed-spread. into a
wealthy pork-packer's family as mem
Der of the ancient and learned "Order Of