The Portland daily press., 1899-05-20
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
WAITE COMEDY COMPANY.

MAlIb OoMh1A VIM ~ ~
The Waite Comedy Company is still in
prosperity at the Jefferson and is doing
q big business. 1t would sesm that this
company could remain here with profit
for several weeks. BE this as 1t may,
they are going to try 1t another week for
. certainty, with: new repertoireJ:as
we'll as Q change of specialt,es, and on
Monday evening, Mr.. Waite will him-
self appears In one of his best roles. He
will be a big drawing card.
The plays of yesterday were up to the
standard aud kept the nerves of the audi
enoe we'll strung up from start to finish
There Is a good bill today. Housekeeper
for matinee. and Young America for
evening Offering.
Among the new speciality artists who
will be seen next week are the celebrated
Fransioli Sisters from Webber and
Fields's, and the Watsons. colored
sketch team and cake walkers.
MAYNARD'S BIG COMPANY.
The theatre.goers will sit and wonder
how a roper toire organization Ike une
Maynard company can afford 10 oafry
80 many people and so many hish sal
aried vaudeville acts and play to the low
prices that prevail during their engage
ment at the Portland theatre next week.
The vaudeville acts introduced by the
marvellous Bartelli troupe OF French aero
bats; John Il. Turton, baritone; Avian,
the comedy juggler; Potter children, In
songs and dances; Cadieaux, king OF the
rlackwire performers, and Clara Book
with, the society favorite, and the great
est acauatic artistic known to the world,
are each and every one doubly worth the
price of admission. This wonderful act
has never been seen outside OF the larger
cities before, and probably never will be
seen again. The manner in which Clara
Beckwith performs her difficult feats of
eating. writing, sewing and sleeping is
said to be the most refined and graceful
act ever seen. The huge crystal tank
which Miss Beckwith uses for her novel
act, was made in London at an enor-
moas expense and weighs 1400 pounds and
holds $500 gallons of water. These big
CITY vaudeville features will be intro
duced at every performance next week.
Change of play mig htly. also of special
ties Matinees daily commencing. Tues
lay. Tickets now on sale.
SOUSA'S BAND.
The personnel of Sousa's band is quite
as remarkable for its youth as for any :
thing. glance at the band as it takes
its place on the stage is sufficient to in
stantly discover the fact that EVERY menu
Der retains a tenure on youthful years,
and the feature is pleasing. Nearly every
soloist of Sousa's band is much young ger
in years than the general public would
suppose, and Sousa himself has barely
turned 40. For the present tour the big
band is out in full force, and is in prime
condition, probably more perfectly bal
anced than ever before. The soloists are
Miss Maud Reese Davies, soprano; Miss
Dorothy Hoyle, violinist. and Mr.. Arthur
Pryor, trombone. The concert will &C.
cur on May 23d, matinee and evening at
City hall. Half fare on railroads to all
holding Sousa tickets. Seats at Stock.
bridge piano rooms, over Owen, Moore
s. Co.'s
NOTES.
Bangor people are agitating q move
ment to have the initial performances of
the Maine Musical festival of '99 given
at Portland instead Of Bangor. They
claim that hitherto Portland, with the
final performances, has reaped the bene
ft OF the orchestral ensemble developed
In other cities. Prof. Chapman has not
yet intimatei what he will do; but ss
Portland gives very satisfactory sup
port to the festival the arrangement will
probably not be changed.