Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-08-18
NATIONALHOME.
ENTERTAINMENTS.
Already a Fine Booking for
the Coming Season.
Some Of the Best Companies on the
Road Will Be Seen
Improvements at the Opera Housc-Soid
Comfort for the Veterans

| "a nome opera house VIII open, Sep
tembcr /, with the presentation of
In Atlantic City" an attraction under
the management of the Wills Combi-
nation Company, managers Of Katie
Rooney, who, it will be remembered
has appeared here on previous occa-
siOns, the last time in The Girl From
Ireland. The usual time for opening
for several years past has been during
the first or second week in Septem-
ber with the exception Of last year.
when, owing 10 the extensive repairs
and alterations being made on the
house the first entertainment was not
| given until about the middle Of Octo-
Der, between which time ana the first
Of May A plays We're given. an averag..
or seven per month
Through the courtesy of Surgeon FL
well. recorder Of the Post Fund council
~ administration, under whose man
agemcnt the theatre is run, the Jour
| nal iS able to give its readers a list OF
the bookings mad" thus far; ana an
effort will be made To keep the list
complete throughout the seasons. max
ing additions from time To time as
attractions are engaged. They are as
follows:
Sept !. wills Combination Co.:
( sart cuIber..s Atirs,r.is. So. !.
Sunshine II Paradise Alley" sept %.
z ia Temperance. Town" Sept a5
| other Peoples Money" Sept. ~.
7 G"rt"n's Minstrels. oct g. Mile Fin"
f. trt. 7, "Fahip Eumaui.' Oct. lI. The
. t,IiI Eye oot r. What Happened
Z" Jones ''' 'L } "r i''"l woo"
Y hi""N NOW '' Ih' span "i l-ll't
y
< Soy II. 'Alladin.s = Wonderful Lamp
! tThis dat" may b" changed ~ tho lptn
Y "r lliHi. Dec ~. l- and la- Th" Rob
/ ,"s"h ''p"ra &c. three evenings ana
! '''', MN
.'''ir' -'' i ii'1 IN" lllI'. Jal'
j IT,, \ 'ornrT bT"crrE. Jan 30. Robert
I MaujCll. Feb 3D. Fields Mlustrcls.
/ Tho outlook for th. srasnn Il
! brirbt.r -han r bas b.., ~ s,r,a
4 wears Many GOOD things .r.. ,or,,f,c,
/ this WAY and We have thus far man
aged to steer pretty clear of the poor
ones. nf course 1.-THE proof q the pud
/ Ain II TIM eatn;' some IF the attrac-
! lions booked may not come up pres
art ,xu-rtationS. nut what some nf
/ them will be may be pretty safely pre-
! dicted III few tcrse comments. pf
/ th- opening one we've said enough f,
/ when W. mention Katie Rooney in F..
connection Herewith.
/ Culhan,'s MinstrcIs il a small show !
( but withal likely to be a good one /
| The Sunshine 81 Paradise Alley" has I.
/ made a name for itself in New York ,
| during the past few seasons. OF I
| "Temperanrr Town" il II believed that |
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dation. "Fabio Romani" is another Of 4
! the good ones. though not quite So high .
priced az some Of the others. The \
| Evil Eve is Charles II. Yale's latest n
spec1acular. and il comes high.
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inElv funny. The Real Widow
Brown" was here at Christmas time
last year. ana those who remember her
Will remember how she made them
laugh The Span of Life" is another
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