The Portland daily press., 1899-09-23
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
ROBINSON OPERA COMPANY.

sreased IT. popularity during t1e week
and ye tsrday the largest houses Of the
week gre,tsd them. In the AFTERNOON
Mikado amufel q good house, and In the
evening that very PR tty opera, The Bohe-
milan Girl, was finely sung. The princi-
pals were In fac voice and were en- thusi-
astloally received. Tho chorus was strong
err and sang 70 bttt,r advantage tan 1t
did during tire engagement.
The last two performances will take
place t,day This oft ,rnoon, ~ request,
Pinafore will DO sung in. tad o. Said
Pasha and this evening Mascot will be
sung and as It Is u be ladies nigh there
should be packed hotss.
A TEMPERANCE TOWN.
Charles Hoyt knows how 10 keep suc-
cess before the people An evidence of this
Is stu remembered hy tire theatre going
public 1t was in 1923 when his "a Tenn
persnce Town" in which Richards and
Garfield are now starring was enjoying
its n'rrn" Of 20 weeks at the Park thea
tire Eos ton, talt he devised tia plan TO
take entire company, scenery, etc.,
by special train from that city to Con.
cord. N. H., and give performance for
the benefit Of the leg islature 1t was done
and the play and players caused a ssnsa-
tion, for. he 1t known, that while "A
Temperance Town" is comedy brim-
ming wittss sfun :.and full to OVERLOOKING
with laughter, IL teaches q lesson thatsome
Of this advocates of temperance could MOI
fall to appreciate. The fingle,performance,
given as has Teen stated. attracted wide-
spread attention and to this day there can
be heard about the corners of the "Capi-
tai City talk of the memorable event.
Richards ard Canfleld will be seen In
"a Temperance Town at Portland
Theatre next Wednesday and Thursday
and Thursday matinee. Seats on sale
Monday.
MOTHS.
'Moths," the romantic and powerfully
dramatic play which has been chosen As
the schubeIt Stock Company's produc-
tion at the Jefferson Theatre next week
is full Of exciting scenes, while the COM
edy element of the piece Is particularly
strong. The leading members of Mr..
.Shubert'sa1 admirable company all have
parts of great possibilities, and the per-
fornancs In its entirsty is surs TO be
most. attractive one. Manager Shubert
has made extra efforts to produce
"Moths'' in an exceptionally line style.
The play is Is promised will be staged and
mounted adequately and the special
sceneries being prepared by MIR. Brunton
and the special artists at the Jefferson
will tie exceedingly effective. The pay
will be cast to the full strength of the
company.
WHY HE LAUGHED.
A good story is told of George Richards,
who is starring with Eugene Garfield in
Hoyt's "a Temperance Town." As is
welt known he impersorated the charac-
ter of mink JONES'" the town drunkard.
John Carmondy is an old veteran who
lives in Charlestown, N. h, where Rich
-rds is in the habit of spending his sum
Not long ago an entertainment
as given there for some charitable fund
I'd Richards did his eli speciality
; .ew -Blewy" and told funny stories
md eaag comic songs which were greatly
sanjoyed by the audience and especially by
7ae old veteran CArmondy, and every
ZINE after that when he saw Richards he
would lsugh and say nothing. Last sum
ner they met by chance. This time the
"A fellow spoke after his stock laugh
lis is what he said "By Gosh Richards.
you made me laugh last summer. 1
went down to Boston once to SEQ Booth
AMI Barrett. in Hamlet but you are
the funniest fellow / ever saw. :" "a
Temperance Town will ne seen at Port
land Theatre next Wedne sday and Thurs
day with Thursday matinee. Seats on
sale Moniay
THE COLONIAL G IRL.
"a Colonial Girl" is the tile of the
fine play which Daniel Frohman has
chosen to present with Howard Gould,
the brillisnt young actor whose success
with 1.-The Prisoner of Zenda" has been
SO pronounced. AS was also the case with
"The Prisoner of Zenda' Mr.. Gould will
follow K. II. Sothern in IA Colonial
Girl" The latter play is tale of Nav
York In revolutionary times and Ia by
Mrs. Abby Sage Richardson and Miss
Grace L. Furnis. 1t made great sue
cess when produced year ago in New
York by Il. II. Sothern, and also was
pronounced by the Boston critics to be
the best play of its kind yet sssn ON the
stage
The engagmnet Is announced for Mon
day and Tuesday nights next week at the
Jefferson theatre.
UNDERWOOD SPRING.
The Roldenrod was never brighter than
now and wild flowers were never more
plentiful. This Is so because we have
had dry summer. light fall rains and
continued warm weather In the early
autumn. Today there will be numerous
visitors at Underwood for the purpose of
taking rambles along the roadside and
the nighboring fields, In search of flowers
and berries of the various vinss and
bushes. Teachers will go for their own