The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-11-27
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
pApEREwsKI.

tie on sale ut steinerts, Dec. 10th. Half
fares will be accorded on sll the railroad
to all holding Padere ski Tirksta OF
a recent performance OF Padsrewski In
the British metropolis, the London Mall
had this to say:
"Ihs main feature Of last nights con-
cert was tae superb playing byi Paderew-
skl Of the solo. part In Beethoven
"Emperor'' Concerto. There ara 80
many great pianists an these days; 10
the pianist By the Overlooking measure Of
his mannerism. Paderswski stands
alone His face an impassivs mask-that
Is always the nrst impression which he
givss one. But IL 10 very subtle mask.
and bsueath 10 is keen watchfulness,
. keen Appreciation; never, thanks be TO
the gods, a trace Of snecsation."
THE AMERICAN GIRL
CONNIE noing Wednesday matinee. Nov.
30, for two days and with . special
Thanksgiving matinee. the atsrse-
ton at Portland Theatre will be
A. 10. Scammon's newest produo-
ton, 1.-THE American Girl" 1t Is nesd-
less to 90 into detail as to plot, etc.. but
SUN ce 1t to say. IL Is from the pen OF H.
Grattan Donne.ly. author OF Natural Gas,
Darkest Russia. mad many others which
have not made the enviAbls reputation
that his lstest creation The American
Girl, has. The cast IL an exoellent one.
composed Of representative actors and
actresses OF repute, headed by the YER
satile and we'll known comedian, Mr..
Geo. n. Hall. Included In the cast may
be mentio ,ed the dainty little soutrette.
Miss frankie St John, who by the way
halls from Portland. Mr.. Hall and Miss
st. John Introduce number OF clover,
IN to date spsoialties which are intsr-
woven in such way rs not TO mar q
most excellent plot. The story IL plainly
told and the interest Of. the audience
never hAgs FROM tbs rise Of the curtain
until the finish. The special Thanksgiv-
Ing matinee Is featured and Will enable
all lovers of ste 60 children to see ano
hear those two remarkably clever child
rem, Prince Roy and the Little Lady.
A BIG MINSTREL SHOW.
One Of the best minstrel organizations
on the road will be ssen at the Portland
Theatre tonight and Tuesday and Tues
day matinee when Culhane, Chace g.
wsston's Ninstrels will make their first
appearance in this city. There sre many
novelties with this company among them
being the 50. Felix Sistsss, Q great black
face trio and the DeElmar trio who are
Portland boys. Following is an extract
from an exchange.
Culhane. Chace e. Wsston's Minstrels
gave the best minstrel performance Of the
year at the Lyceum last night to . crowd
I'd housa Tbs singing contingent OF this
company 10 way ahead of the usual run
Of minstrel companies, tbs work OF the
applause. The first part Is bright and
liv.ly. WIN ID. ChAos keeping the audi
snoe In roars o. laughter. The otto 10
made up Of bright and sparkling novel.
ties, Bran 1srrill In . musical act
meeting with great approved. The Do
s,o s,a ns. on sS
The well-known three ST Felix Sisters
In Llsck face sin Ring and dancing act
were . great feature. The magnificent
costuminR Of the act. the sweet singing
ana the graceful dancing have mover been
excslled in our city. The music by the
Challenge Orchestra was highly appre-
ciAted and the performance was voted
high class by all prese1t.-Chicaso
Inser-Ooean.
ON LAND AND SEA.
1t Just shows to what depth a man can
sink. Captain Massey, one of the char.c-
tiers In "On Land and Sea-" which will
be given in this city In the near future.
10 brute by nature and by choice. He
binds An innocent little girl to gigantic
threshsr and then starts the machine.
She would b. ground to pieces II 1t we're
not for the watohfulness Of q faithful
servant. 1t makes a person have better
aith In humanity In general to hear the
audience that saw the first performances
Of the piece at the Third Avenue Theatre
recently hiss and howl at this despicable
villain. A stronger drawing OF oharso-
ter has never teen done by any dramatist
son Land and Sea" has other charac-
tsrs and scenes which are equally as
entertaining as the one mentioned. The
ship-wrsck scsne IL triumph Of realism.
There 10 also fund Of comedy. jams
J. Flanagan a. wan Les.n Chi ne,
man; T. very funny. .. The pi,cs is well
will be perfor med In this city at Portland
Theatre, next Friday and Saturday.
THE AMERICAN BIOGRAPH.
The American Biosrsph In a pleasing
programme OF new motion pictures will
be presented under the auspices OF The
Holy Name Society at st. Dominic's
hall for three nights, tonight, Tuesday
and Wednesday, Nov. 81, 2s and 20.
Many new pictures will be presented.
including some OF the finest moving views
ever taken for the biograph, also some
very amusing comic pictures There will
be other features that will make this
very enjoyable entertainment, and there
should be large houses to encourage this
very popular socie ty.
WAY DOWN EAST.
An event Of dramatic Importance may
be chronicled In the coming Of SWAY
Down East" to the Jefferson begin
ming this esening. This Is the same
great play that for seven months crowd
cd the Manhattan theatre. New York, and
is now taxing the capacity Of theatres
wherever 1t Is seen, In fact. In few weeks
it will return to the Academy Of Music,
New York. where 1t is expected to remain
for an entire year. This play is by