The Portland daily press., 1898-07-19
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very conscientious, meritorious..and shaded
characterization of the mother
The audience was a very responsive
one and the bows of the players were
called for at each curtain fall.
10 the attraction of the play was added
most delightful music, for Callahan IS
orchestra were most happy last night in
their selections and won enthusiastic
applause.
RIvERTON PARK.
There is an interest in the performance
OF good vaudeville company which
legitimate dramas or opera or7any other
sort of entertainment does not furnish
for good many people. High class va
riety performers do not take less salary
or see smaller audiences than do other
performers who make business of en-
tertaining us, particularly in the sum-
mer season. This is proved by the con-
slant crowds that attend such places as
Keith's in Boston, during all seasons of
the year. Most of the best performers at
Keith's are high-salaried aggregations,
and one of the best that is on the road at
the present time Is Germans Cosmopoli-
tans, who are entertaining twice day
at Riverton park. Of this company only
good words can be spoken. There are
Deere nda and Breen, who are champion
jugglers of the Indian clubs, and who
acknowledge no superiors in that dire c.
ton. Then Adams and Goss are two of
the best black face specialties on the
road, and the Marshall children are ca pa
BILE of entertaining q company a whole
evening with their music and dancing.
Higgins and Leslie make great team in
their grotesque aerial performances, and
John Goss is the greatest manipulation OF
the bones to be seen in season. Thus
| the whole company is well calculated to
please the people, and the result will be
that the people will go there to be enter
| tanned.
The concerts by the Fadettes are also
attracting the same attention as formerly
during the past weeks, and they are
SURPRISING themselves in the character OF
the music furnished.
1hh MOOlOAL d ESIlV AL.
Mr.. William R. Chapman has arranged
| the dates and programmes for the next
musical festival in this city. The festival
will be held on October 10, II and 10
The programmes for the five concerts are
as follows:
Opening Night-Great Wagner pro.
prammo G erman oneratic selecAiOns
Mime. Johanna Gadski, H. RYAN Will
liams, Gwilym Miles. The great solo con.
tralto and other artists will be announced
later. Closing with the patriotic and
popular programme, introducing the
| flags OF the leading nations of the world.
Second Night--Grand operatic pro
gramme, italian and German numbers
Babel" by Rubinstein. The only APP
pearance together Of thu two great prima
donna sopranos. Madame Gadski ant
Madame Maconda; also Miss Kicker
contralto, Gwilym Miles, baritone, John
NJ. Fulton, tenor. and other solists.
Third Night-Mendelssohn's immorta
oratorio of "Elijah." Madame Gadski
liams and d. Ffrangcon Davies, of Lon
don, England, acknowledged to be the
| greatest impersonator of the role of Eli
jah."
! First Matinee-Symphonic and patriot
i ic programme. With presentation of thu
flags Of the leading nations. repeated by
special request for the children and those
who cannot attend the evening concert.
Second Northumberland operatic salec
tions in English and Italian. Madame
Maconda, Mrs. Palmer, Miss Ricker ant
others, In selections from Martha, "Lu
cia," "Tannhauser, "Rigoletto'' ant
"Sounambula"