The Portland daily press., 1899-11-14
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
CoRsE pAYToN COMEDY co.

The Corse Payton Comedy company be-
gan Its annual engagement In this oily
yesterday afternoon By the presentation
of that strong play from the pen Of Bron-
son Howard, entitled "Aristocrsoy."
Before the rising Of the curtain were
Juggling spe,isIties by Eidover and
Nornis, and coon act by Charles ID.
Farrell.
The story of the play Is well known,
thsre Is the rich American girl whose
bsni is sought by designing foreign
gentlemen, with an eye, OF course. to tne
almighty dollar. the logical results en-
suing.
In tae cast Is Miss Rita Reed, favor
its In cur midst and she was ably sec.
onded In the female cast by Marie Mas
more, Of charming stage presence,
Corss Payton on his appearance, was
royally welcomed, and In his inimitable
way first sang 81 Left My Happy Home,"
and on an encore responded with a IA
miliar air of Dan Pixley's from "Gayest
Manhattan" He made, as usual, a most
decided hit. Others who deserve men
tiou are Mr.. Teller, George Holly, Mr..
Rush, Virginia Richmond, Caroline
Cl,re Every one here knows Charles Bar
ringer, and they warmly welcomed him.
The Reyford Sisters. by their dancing
turn In various costumes, higt kicking,
hornpipe act, etc., should not be over
looked. They are a feature of this enter
tainment. Daniel J. Sullivan was good
In his illustrated songs ard coming to
the evening performance which was "A
Midnight Folly" the most noticeable
feature in addition to the general obser-
vations already made. was the comedy
work of Mr.. Payton In the second act.
1t caught the crowd and he was we'll
met In his work by Miss Reed.
This afternoon 'iThe Galley Slave" and
tonight that popular play ''Jim the PEN
man."
THE DAZzLER.
There was an evening Of genuine fun
at the Portland theatre last night Mt
the initial performance OF 1.-The Dag
zler." There Is little or no plot to the
play, but 1t serves as the rope on which
are hung some very catchy specialties
There Is bevy of prettily cossumed
girls who danes ana sing In manner
that catches the crowd-and yet not OBJ
trusively. There is fun about the whole
entertainment and also wholesoIneness.
There is an attempt at character sketches.
but the strongest features are apparent
in the snap and dash of the ensembles,
and what might be called the variety
turns. The ohoruses were good. and
the laughsble entertainers, Rich p.
Griffin and May Griffin made decided
hits. Corrine Sunderland and Bessie
Fooda In their agile dancing acts, de-
serve the warmess praise There were
farceurss In the persons OF Charles and
Minnie Burroughs and the celebrated
Luoiers, Rose and Fred, in instrum entail
selection. scured big success Besides
ali this was a potpourri of coon songs,
and heading all was the work OF the
"Famous Golden Gate Quartette." They
were quick change artists, first the darkey, f,
then the Jew and at the end veritable
buck and wing daucers
These are but few OF many OF the speci-
al,sts which this aggregation Of enter
tainsrs offer to the Portland putlic.
The performance win bs repeated this
afternoon and tonight and the closing
entertainments will be given tomorrow.
THE SLEEPING CITY.
Thrilling situations in rapid succes.
sion accumu ulate In "The Sleeping City, v
which win be seen at the Portland thea
tire the last three nights of this week, un'
til a climax is reached In daring escape
from Sing Sing. The performance re
quires the employment of a large cast ape
Manager "A. u Scammon. under who's
personal direction the production Is made
has provided one which meets all require
menta Pleasing specialties are intro
duoed during the four acts, and from
first to last there 10 interest and amuse
ment enough to entertain the most exact
ing. Seats on sale this morning.
THE ELROY STOCK COMPANY
The event Of the season at popula
prices will be the appearance at Portland
theatre next week Of the famous kiro.
Stock company with the same splsndis
cast that made this company SO populzl
last season. The plays presented BY tn
Elroy company are the best ever offeres
at popular prices and each play is pro
uuced oopplsts in every detail with al
splendid scenery and effects. Seats OF
sale Thursday morning and as there viii
be q large sals all desiring good seat
should secure them early.