The Portland daily press., 1898-06-13
MoCullum's theatre at Cape Cottage

"The Dawn of Freedom will be pre-
sented this week at each matinee and
evening performance. 1t is deserving of
prosperous run, and if Saturdays re-
ception be fair index, 1t will get it, for
the play and players were accorded most
enthusiastic reception, not to forget to
mention the rounds of applause which
were given when the patriotic sentiments
of the auditors were touched by lines of
the dialogue which suggested the lively
topic of the day-the Spanish war.
There is very large advance sale for
this evning's performance at McCullum' S
theatre, Cape Cottage. "The Dawn of
Freedom" will be presented al this week
and as the street railway have now got all
their track in good order, having had
nearly a hundred men at work since Sat-
urday night large audiences are expected
to be the rule Matinees will commence
Tuesday and continue daily during the
season except Mondays. No matinee
will be given today, the first performance
for the week will be tonight
Persons holding reserved seat coupons
for Saturday S performance can exchange
them for any matinee or evening this
week except Saturday, if presented for
exchange at Steinert Sons music store,
ST. Congress street before 6 p. m. Tues
day Persons holding return trip tickets
on the electric cars for Saturday can ex-
change them for round trip tickets with
admission to theater If presented for ex-
change at the place of advance sale prior
to the same hour Tuesday. "The Dawn
of Freedom" is doubtedly the most
elaborate production ever presented at any
summer amusement resort in this vicin-
ity.
A FAMOUS WOMEN'S ORCHESTRA
AT RIvERTON.
In 1883 Miss Marion Ogden of Boston
had an inspiration. She saw about her
organizations of men into orchestras who
were making money and securing fame.
Miss Ogden could not see why women
should not enter that field. They are
equally good musicians, their taste In
music is superior to that of men and Miss
Ogden believed that they could compete
W 18th their brothers in the same field.
Being progressive woman she proceeded
to carry her new idea into execution and
The Fadettes were organized and 1ncor-
porated under the laws of Massachusetts,.
But Miss Ogden was doomed to disap-
pointment. She could organize capital
idea. could execute it, but she did not
icfto
leader. The Fadettes, whose name signi-
f1es "Will-o' they isp," did not make
great Roadway in the musical world until
two years later when Mrs. Caroline B.
Nichols became associated with it and
assumed the leadership. From that
moment the success of the movement was
assured. Mrs. Nichols is born leader.
Besides she is born musician and born
business manager, if business manager
ever was born as such. When she joined
the Fadettes its members were struggling
to keep half dozen people together
regardless OF anything else. 1t was but
a short time before the organization be-
gan to improve until it's excellence as a
musical organization was acknowledged
by the severest critics in Boston and New
York. From that time to this the organ
ization has never ceased to strengthen.
Often marriage has taken away valued
member, but her place has been filed and
several who have tried the matrimonial
experiment. have drifted back into the
business again. Success is SO sweet and
the pleasures of membership in unique
and growing organization have proved
too strong for those who have tried to
leave it, The Fadettes would have done
very we'll as strsng orchestra but the
ambition of Mrs. Nichols was to be eqnal
to the best, and sho numbers among her
artists ladies who can play the flute, the
clarinet, the cornet, the French horn, the
sliding trombone and snare drum as
we'll as the violins, the violas, the
violoncellos and the contrabasso. The
success of the orchestra is attested by the
fact that for six consecutive seasons they
greatest fashionable watering place hotels
In New York, only leaving because
greater Inducements were held out to
them to 90 TO Washington last summer.
1t was at Washington that Manager New
man of the Portland Railroad company
heard them and ne leu no tlIne eIapse IN
engaging them for Kiverton for this
summer. The ladies have arrived and
are pleasantly located at Morrill's for
the summer. They will ba in daily at
tendance at Riverton during the entire
season commencing today. Free open
air concerts will be given before and after
the performance in the rustic theatre.
This performance, by the way, will be
furnished during this week by
Germans Vaudeville Stars, an organiza-
ton containing some of the "head-liners'
on the modern variety stage. The Fadettes
will also play in the cafe while Manager
Smith and his assistants look after tue
inner man. Riverton will be more popu-
lar than ever this summer.
THE GEM THEATRE.
This week Mr.. Douglas will present
Confusion, a comedy in which Nat Good
win made one of his heartiest successes,
and which shows.the many complications
which may be caused by baby and
pug dog The cast will be as follows:
| Mortimer Mumbleford,
Mr.. Byron Douglas
Christopher Blizzard, Mr.. Scott Cooper
DR.. Bartholomew Jones,