The Portland daily press., 1899-05-25
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
WAIVE coMEDY COMPANY.

WAITE COMEDY COMPANY.
There Is no dliminutiou in the crowds
that each day Ole into the Jefferson to
witness the productions by the Waite
comedy company which are interpreted
with q string OF specialties which are q
whole show by themselves. Yesterday
"Mr. Byall of Texas and "The Black
Flag" were the plays land today the offer.
iugs are "Uncle SAM at matinee and
"Chesk." Roland Reeds great piece, for
evening.
In the vaudeville Interruptions this
evening the full ten rounds of the Nc.
Coy -Sh ,rkey fight will be thrown on the
sort en- aud these realistic motion pictures
always prove to he big drawing cards.
Friday afternoon Mr.. Waite will appear
again in 1.-The Man from Cattaraugus,
ami the piecs is we'll worth seeing for his
impersonation is one of the best seen on
spy stage. The demand for seats for
she rest OF the week 10 a lively enc, ana
% secure good ones timely application
,bouId be made at the jefferson box
,tfice.
PORTLA ND THEATRE.
The popular Maynard company appeared
,efore two delighted audiences at FORT
land theatre yesterday. In the afternoon
In Nevada" and in the evening In An
riginal drama entitled Ruth the Out
asst" in which the entire company ap-
reared to good advantage. The vaudeville
Scts which are a strong feature OF this
organization were well received. This af-
srnoon the bright comedy drama 1.-The
Soldiers Return" will be presented and
his evening the laughable farce comedy
untitled 1.-TWO Fools Met" will be re-
peated. This comedy gave much satisfac-
lion when last presented here by the May
nard company.
A STANDA RID ATTRACTION.
No company travelling today has a
more enviable reputation than the we'll
known and popular company bearing the
name of THE Kennedy Players" at
whose head is the popular comedian, Mr..
John j. kennedy, and the beautiful
young artistic, Miss Nellie Kennedy 1t
is an organization which is accepted
throughout the country as standard OF
excellence. This company will appear at
Portland theatre ALL next week, among
thsm being Mr.. E. p. Sullivan who Is
we'll known in this city. Mr.. Sullivan
has lust closed his regular season with
James Herne and has been engaged for
next W eek.
FOREPAUGH AND SELLS BROTH
ERS CIRCDSES.
The Melrosas, who ride an ordinary
safety bicycle on highly elevated
wire at each exhibition of the Adam
Forepaugh Sells Brothers com bined shows
are the first artists to perform feat so
daring and difficult. The act Is thor
oughly sensational in circus sense and
effectually thrills the spectators. The
male member of the duo pulls a safety BIZ
cycle under him, all the while balancing
himself on the wire with the regulation
pole, and then rides quickly over the full
length of the wire. He stops for mo-
ment, and then to further demonstrate
his skill rides forward and backward.
maintaining his equilibrium with won
derful ease. AS finale to the act Miss
Melrosa mounts the tstep of the rear
wheel, and in an erect position Is carried
over the wires length.
10 new York Herald reporter who in
terviewed him Mr.. Melross said: 1.-The
hardest part of the act Is to keep perfect
ly poised. The slightest deviation from
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sufficient to throw me off to the ground,
and that would mean a frightful if not
fatal accident. But never think of ao-
cidents when / go through my act; neith-
or does Miss Melrosa, for we are too busy
for that. Now and then we have a close
shave, every performer has, you know,
AMI that wakes US up bit to keener
sense of danger. But as 1 said before,
we don't think of accidents when per-
forming. don't believe any of the per-
formers do for that matter. Circus life
has Its joys and sorrows, and we have to
share them unoomplaingly. They will
be- seen inithis city on Tuesday, June 9th.
NOTES.
Nine. Ssmbrich, the prima donna.
cabled friend in New York Tuesday,
that she had signed a contract with MIR.
Maurice Grau to sing at the Metropolitan
opera house again next season. Among
other roles she will be hsard as Marquee
rite in Faust" Elsa in "Lohengrin, I"
and Eva in "pie Meistersinger.
Miss Margaret Anna Bird known on the
stage as GLADYS Wallis, and Samuel In
sull, president of the Chicago Edison
company, were married in New York
Monday by the Rev. James Willard
Phrylpntt. Miss Wallis began her pro-
fessional career when she was very young,