The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-25
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
PORTLAND THEATRE.

PORTLAND THEATRE.
A repertoire entirely now to a Portland
audience will be in vogue when Alma
Chester opens her weeks engagement as
the Portland theatre today. when
she and her talented company will pre-
cent a line OF plays never before seen here
at popular prices and among them ere
some late New York successes. They
coms well endorsed to our oity.
The Bangor Wing, Tuesday, Dec. IL,
fays: 49,.
| two weeks engagement at the Opern
| house on Monday evening. The play
presented was Dangers Of Greas City"
ing Room Only" sign being hung out
early In the evening. Tbe play Is mel
odrama and took with the big audience.
immensely. The company 10 a strong
one, all the parts showing careful atten-
tion from their portrayers, and thu spec
ialties between ths acts were excellent.
"Miss Chester as the heroine, Ruth
| Fielding, was extremely good, and had
the sym patty Of the audience from the
| start. Her aotiog WAS AT times powerful,
and showed much study"
In presenting AT Fort Bliss, for
Christmas matinee, q war drama of stir
irng interest," win bs seen, and at night
the great sensational drama OF dan ger
of Great City," Will be the bill present
ed. SEATS are now on sale for the entire
weak.
AHOT OLD TIME.
"a Hot Old Time" which is now In
the third year Of its great success Will be
the attraction at the Jefferson thsatre
this aftsrsoon and evening and
Tuesday evening. Farce comedies are
usually era 10 In their oarser. but 1t Is
a remarkabls fact that "A Hot Old
Time" has regularly ana steadily gained
popular strength DIS its career has ad-
vanced. There Is reason for this. In the
first place It Is a thoroughly clean play,
entirely devoid Of that reprehepsibie sug-
gestion that too often mars the latter day
farce. 1t has found Its strongest PATRON
age among the gentler sex, and it Is an
opsn theatrical secret that where women
are attracted to the theatre men are Ger
tain to follow. But aside from merely
being decent, "A Hot Old Time" Is fun
ny, and funny all through. Laughter
begins within i've minutes after the be-
ginning of tie first act and has very HI
tie respite until tie final curtain has fall
len. Ihe adventures Of Larry Mooney,
| the truckman. mistaken for member OF
parliament, TEEN with active and enec-
| i've humor, and the situations growing
out Of the mistaken identity have an ele-
msnt of originality that is refreshing.
Christmas present Will be presented
to each child who attends the Jefferson
Christmas afternoon.
THE CUCKOO.
Next thursday night a comedy farce
novelty will be brought forward ut the
jefferson. The title Is the Cuckoo" 1t
is Charles Frohman production and is
universally reported to be gay and
| hilarious bird. Adapted BY Charles
Brookiieid ftom the French Of Me'lhao'
| "Dsrore,'' the new Cuckoo" made Its
way from Paris to the Avenue theatre,
| London, where IL created such stir
that the end Of last spring saw IL on this
| side of the ocean and upon the stage OF
| Waliack's theatre, New York, where 1t
continued TO large houtes on the close OF
| the season. Since then 1t has met with
similar success in Boston, philadelphia
ana o.her large cities. Yhe English YER
sion Of the play 10 not called The Cue
koo" after the bird Of that one, bus after
newspaper that ng ures conspiouously In
| the plot Briefly, the latter concerns the
misdsods OF Mr. and MFs, Psnfold, who
are so decidedly Ill fnatohed-he IL
commonplace and she lie quito beauty
that each tnds SOMEONE eise more CON.
paniorabls. One day Mrs. Pentoid takes
an outing at Midenseonrne'on; the
/
Farrant), who Incidentally Distinguished
himself BY rssouing u man from drown
ing, ana also by recapturing lion that
| has escaped from travelling circns.
Unfortunately Mrs. Penfold Is recoz-
pized by some one. who draws the very
natural conclusion that Farrant Is Mr..
Penfold. 1te "Cuokoo'' published an
account Of the supposed tenfold's brav-
cry and then hstins offered ss a. prize for
s spsa a sss sss '''6' TO 0''''" IL
PADEREwsKL
The fourth American tour of Ignsce
Jan Padsrsrsr, began TUESDAY sftei.
noon, December 1stt n Carnegie hall,
The boiiding was ot6wdsd, IT, Receipts
being over 5000. vsop thslt cellars.
from their palaces and from their dae
came the worshippsrs. some in velvet.
some in ready made clothes, ana thsse
last were the better critic. Piano players
Of the prehistoric past emerged from
their caves and WHISPERED Of Rubenstein,
even of Thalberg. At ten minutes Of
three the celebrated Pole came upon the
platform and the questions Of his ap
peAranos was then and there settled.
BE 10 NOT much hoshier than whep be
left us In the spring OF 1880 and his hair
y ths familiar color and isngth.-Auheal
Psdkrswski's eply recital hare y 81 City
absInsrt's Aasio atese. Halt fare Up Gu
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