The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-23
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
wAITE coMEDY COMPANY.

hacked house greeted the Waite com.
edy company at the Jefferson on the
opepine night Of their second weeks
engagement IL was Mr.. Waite's first
appearance and he presented his own
comedy, "The Man from Cattaraugas,"
in which he was cast as Uncle Reuben.
His quaint representation of the good
hearted old farmer, the type OF which
lives In flesh and blood in the rural dis.
tricts of every state. won for him the
warmest words Of praise. and his recep-
tion was cordial in the extreme. His
support was excellent throughout and
the company scored one Of its most signal
successes.
Two new specialties were introduced
last night and both were top-notchers
and worth the headlines in any vaude-
VILE attraction. The Wilsons-Alf and
May-did coon act which brought down
seen on Portland stage. Theirs was
no initiative act. They were natural,
spontaneous and this was the beauty oil
1t. The Fransiole Sisters came here with
q national reputation and. no one was
disappointed In them.ss Their neatEcos-
TUNES, nimbie antics on their legs,isongs'
character sketches and acrobatic turns
were; out .of the gordinary and charmed
BY their oddly; =, Tsss -
strong bill is offered for today. AT
matinee, Casey's Troubles, and ton1gnt,
"The Sultan's Daughter" AS an extra
attraction for the evening performance
the entire ten rounds OF the Sharkey-
Mccoy fight will be realistically thrown
upon the screen.
THE PORTLAND THEATRE.
The Edwin Maynard company opened
at the Portland theatre last evening De-
fore good sized audience which thor
oughly enjoyed the splendid show provid-
ed by this really clever company. The
World Between Them," an adaptation
from the novel of "Camilla's Husband"
was presented in painstaking and care
full manner. Miss Sara Macdonald as
Lady Camilla" was exceedingly clever.
Edwin Maynard as a vagabond artist and
Sandfield Macdonald as Mr.. Philip Hall
stone also received goodly share OF the
honors The remainder of the company
were all cast in suitable parts. The
vaudeville features of the Maynard COM
pany are exceptionally good and intro
duoe several entirely new up-to-date fea-
lures, different from those usually carried
by repertoire companies. Cadiene on
the bounding wire contributed one of the
cleverest acts of its kind ever seen In
Portland; he is feature in himself.
Alvan, the juggler, was certainly among
old friends and was very funny. The
marvellous Bartelli troupe of acrobats
appeared in comedy acrobatic turn
which was pleasing and was we'll re-
ceived. John E. Tarton in his baritone
solo was heard to splendid advantage and
received curtain call. The Potter chill
dren and Novelty Trio also appeared in
pleasing acts. In short 1t was one of the
best entertainments seen at the Portland
theatre in a long time. 1.-The World
Between Them" will be repeated this at.
ternoon and tonight the sensational
Drama Nevada" will be produced. This
company is one of the best that has been
seen here at popular prices and large
houses should be the rule all this week.
PORTLAND FESTIVAL CHORUS.
Miss Ethel Hyde, Miss Henrietta Rice
and Messrs. Barnard, Pierce. Merrill and
Nickerson, in solos duets and quartette
selections will assist the Portland Festi-
val Chorus in its first annual concert to
be given at Y. NJ. G. A. hall Wednesday
of this week. The capacity of the hall is
limited. The tickets at the popular price
of 80 cents. are selling rapidly at Cressey,
Jones d Aliens. This promises to be the
most enjoyable concert of the season
and will tttingly close the seasons work