The Portland daily press., 1899-01-05

RENETIT ccxNcERT TO MIR. osrER
BERG.


The grand testimonial at the Jeffersol
theatre to aight. rendered to Carl Oster
berg. tho 'celiIst Of the jefferson theatf
orchest ., by his friends, contains In 1t
progr .nme the largest and finest list o
taller 4 to be found in Portland. Ono o
the features at the benefit tonight viii b
aree consolidated bands playing tn
Stars and Stripes OF one time. under tn
direction of one of Portland's best mu
steal leaders. 1t Is n common thing 4
hear So or 80 musicians playing at ont
time, but to hear so Is treat rarely
afforded here. and IT Is the first tim,
Portland hands have ever attempted Q
consolidated concert In public. The rro
gremme for tonight contains such well
known talent as The jefferson Theatre
orchestra, Chambers band, American
Cadet band, Metropolitan Mandolin and
Guitar club. Hatch, Skillins and Nc
Cornell. Mrs. r. A. Horean, Miss Lizzie
NJ. Brown, Mr.. John p. welch, DIR. Har
~ Nj. Nickerson, Joseph Douglass, Fred
p. Harlow, Fred Robinson, Ed. g. Blan.
ohard.
|. Tickets % and so cents, and can be now
secured at the box office.
GAYEST MANHATTAN.
Commencing tonight and continuing
Friday and Saturday evening and Satur-
day matinee the attraction at the Port
land theatre will be Roster and Bial's
road production OF their greatest New
York success "Gayess Manhattan. "
The merits of this excellent play are well
known 10 local amusement lovers on 40
count of the emphatic popular success II
achieved In this city last season when IL
was presented at the Portland theatre for
two performances to crowded houses.
Gayest Manhattan is a merry melange
of farce comedy. comic opera and bur
lesque ind has been entirely rewritten
and brought up-to date. New music and
new dialogue mako IL more attract Va
this season than ever before, while the
| company numbering AZ people, Is said to
be the best that has ever appeared in the
piece. The scenic embe llishment is I'm
| usually elaborate, while new costumes
and brilliant calcium effects prove rare
delight TO the eye. The action OF the
piece is particularly brisk and the whole
performance is most refined and refresh
ing. The specialties introduced are of the
highest order Of merit, embracing sew
eral of the best features ever introduced
Mt Roster and Balls New York music
hall. The advance sale for this engage.
ment is the largest Of the season and
crowded houses are assured for the entire
engagement Popular prices prevail.
BECAUSE SHE LOVED HIM so.
Fresh from brilliantly successful run
Of six weeks at the historic Boston Mu-
scum, William Gillette's latest source of
merriment because She Loved Him
So" will be presented Mt The Jefferson
for oLs night only. Monday. January 9
with the same superb cast. scenery and
equipment. Originally booked for only
two weeks In Boston, the emphatic sue
cess of this play caused its extension
again and again, until the run named
was completed. Not only that. but MI.
Charles Frohman. under whose manage
ment il WAS produced, postponed its pre-
sentation in New York In order that its
prosperity in Boston might not be inter-
rupted. Never was the Boston newspaper
press so unanimous us over the merry
story of GiIlette's and its presentation
by Mr.. Frohnan's company. The Tran
script called IL "The Little Minister of
farce" the Globe said it was ''joyousIy
effervesoent," the Herald averred that
il was overwhelmingly funny; the Post
believed 1t to be "a positive delight,
and the staid old Advertiser admitted
that it was not only bright and
charming" but ''faultiess The
Transcript said that this company was
"a real ooncourse of stars:'' J. 4. bod
son, Edwin Arden, Arnold DAILY, William
b. Smith, fully Marshall, W j. Constan-
tine. Charles Eldridge, Roy Fairohild,
Ida Conquest. Kate Meek, Leonora Bra-
ham, (of Charles Frohmsn's Duke of
York theatre, Londonl. Maggie Fielding.
Margaret Mayo, Edythe Skerre,t and
Francis Comstock. The play was fash
ionable fad in Boston, while at the same
time. appealing to all classes of theatre
goers. There is no doubt that its Boston
success will be duplicated here. Seats on
sale tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock
PITMAN COMEDY COMPANY.
The heaviest and most expensive dra-
matte production ever attempted by any
repertoire company is the production of
Charles (. Bianey's great American
comedy drama. 1.-THE Electrician. The
play was originally produced at the Bow
doin Square theatre in Boston, and the
same scenery and mechanical effects that
were then used can be seen upon the stage
of the jeff srson next week. The Pltman
engagement is for five nights, commence
ing Tuesday, when La Belle Maria will
be presented. The prices will DO popular
ones. The sale of seats will open Satur-
day morning at the box office.
NOTES.
MIR. Robert Mckee, manager of Harry
Rogers's musical comedy, "A Terrible
1iuna that Ia Tn ha rreSantad NJ poxt