The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-25
MUSIC AND DRaMH
WHITE HEATHER.

There is no doubt that it will be almost
| impossible to secure seats for the remain
ing perforrnances of the White Heather.
| the great SPECTACULAR melo-drama now al
| The Jeffersou. Two great audiences
attended the Thanksgiving matinee and
evening performance and went wild over
the wonderful display of stagecraft, and
enjoyed the fine acting Of the excellent
company. Mr.. Fay, who came down
from Lowell Wednesday night, says that
the rapidity with which the complex
machinery and elaborate scenes are
handled. with the short waits between
cts. is due to the fact that 81 people,
each one having special work to per-
form, take the entire charge of this cart
of the business. OF course all this. to-
Qetiier with the number of people in the
cast, the supers, etc., makes the produc-
ton fearfully expensive.
| OF course among the many great scenes
| in the play none is more wonderful
| than that where Lord Angus and Dick
In their Divers suits, amidst the tangled
rigging OF the yacht under the waters
of the EARTH" with fish of every descrip-
ton darting about them, fight to the
death for the possession CT the log hook
that can prove bylits record tho marriage
Of Lord Angus and Marion Hume. 10
90 behind the scenes and see the number
Of people engaged. the complex machin-
cry and handling of electric lights, would
be great rurprise. But people must
go and see all this wonderful scenery,
enjoy a clean, wholesome play, and sea
admirable acting for themselves. Tickets
should be applied for it now.
IN A PERSIAN GARDEN.
Mrs, Kotzschmar will present at Kotzsch-
mar hall on November 30th next Wednes-
day evening, the great musical success,
the rage in New York, Boston, Newport,
Buffalo. in fact all the great cities and
fashionable and musical resorts. known
as "a Persian Garden. The text is
taken from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khay
gan, translated by Edward Fitzgerald.
and music by Liza lehman. The selec-
tions taken from the poem, a meditation
on life and death by the great Persian
poet Omar are of hawless beauty. and
the music has been wonderfully conceived
by Liza Lehman. 1t will be interpreted
by the great tenor W. Theodore Van
YORK from New York, Harry r.. Merrill,
our own Portland basso; Miss Henrietta
Rice, contralto, and others. The stage
will be veri similitnde of Persian
Garden, with its fountain, rugs, shrub
berry, colorsd lights, etc. Tickets are on
sale at Cressey Jones q Aliens.
PORTLAND THEATRE.
Weeks American Ministries drew two
splendid audiences to Portland theatre
yesterday afternoon and evening, and,
judging by the laughter and applause,
the spectators found the entertainment
capital digester for their Thanksgiving
turkey. The olio was very pleasing and
was well costumed. Miss Weeks made
an excellent interlocutor, and the vari-
Gus features of the olio were warmly APP
plauded The vaudeville features were
strong. Delmo was most sensational
juggler and good performer on the
high wire; Harry Leopold was fine in
his musical act. introducing the "Crazy
Musicians; then there was a neat
wooden shoe dance by Higgins Bros, a
good horizontal bar act by the Sinclairs.
and a funny farce comedy entitled
Lessons in Harmony" Mr.. Weeks,
the manager, has not been east for four
teen years, but now he has found the
way.
A TURKISH BATH.
The popular western attraction the
laughable musical farce, "A Turkish
Bath" will open at Portland Theatre
this evening for two nights and Saturday
matinee. The piece is in three acts, called
a dip, sweat and plunge, and has
made million people laugh throughout
the West. Jack Burke, the famous collegs
athlete and football player. and pretty
Marie Hsath play the star roles, and are
supported by an excellent Companv of