The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-11-21

night, Will oh shows that the author hes
made o CLOSE study Of character.
There 10 a great deal Of rslishabls fun
In way Down East" ~ well as the ssri-
Gus interest atssndant upon the psthstfe
story Of the heroine.
The company engaged hy Manager wil-
liam A. Brndy for sway Down East Do
spoken OF a. bsing one Of the strongest
travelling on the road this season.
Up-To-DATE MINsTRELs.
HI Henry's 50 minstrel stars will APP
rear ,t the Jefferson ON Friday and Sat-
urday, November 70 and 20 with special
bargain maiines on Saturday. They
make special emrhssis OF the nswness
and novelty Of their programme and the
special merit Of their features. No old
thrsadbare jokes nothing Objectionable.
but everything bright and clean. They
bring strong endorsements Of the prsss
of New York city, Boston ana Phtind ell
phia, and are big favor tss In the e.st.
Seats are to be had at box office on We'd
nesday at . .. m.
THE GAY DEBUTANTE
"The Gay Debutante." the new en-
travagsuzs which has bean produced by
Mi. s. L. King, will return to Nsv York
shortly for prolonged run In one OF the
Broad way HOUSES, just which ons has
not yet been decided as three Of the lsrs-
est theatres IRE sndeavoring to secure IL
This fact alone IL more than volume
of ordinary praise, and It n mot likely
that there are many music and fun low
ers In this communfts that will not grasp
the opportunity to see % ut the Jefferson
theatre on Wednesday and Thursday,
November ed an 23d.
CULHANE, CHASE & wlNSToN'S
MINSTREL5,
With thirty live performers who will appea
ut Portland theatre tor two nights only,
next Monday and Tuesday. embrace the
ls~ting artists In the minstrel profession.
VIM. II. Chaoe leads tbs fun. People ak
poet him to be funny and he Invariably
comes up TO the requirement. One Of the
right and particular novelties this sea-
son are the three ST. Felix sisters In q re-
fined and magnificently dressed black
face act.
THE FOOD FAIR.
The food fair which Is to open here
next week, November - to December 2.
at CITY hali. IL we'll kBown to everybody.
G. Flagg, the general manager Of the fair,
IL one of the enterprising managers who
has made the food fais In different cities
big success. He Is we'll known, having
been connected with the food fair in Bos-
ton, which made sueh tremendous sue
| cess thar the people could not get IN at
ter s O'Clock. They had the same SUCCESS
whsn they appeared In Salem and Taun-
ton, ard had to turn GROW ds away night
ly for the wsek when they were there.
Nina. Flower, who scored suoh sue
oess In Boston. is well known throughout
the New kngland states, where she has
appeared bsfors large and enthusiastic
audiences.
Miss Laura Comssoclx, the ragtime
prima donna, win sing the latest coon
songs, of which she IL the composer.
TIE Prentice Trio, talented team of
ao, obatic danoers and singers win also
appear each afternoon and evening.
the Evangelins Austin's ladies' orches-
ira and constellation Of solo stars and
other bigh-nlass entertainers and artists.
Thousands Of delicious samplss will bs
distributed TO the public every artsrnoon
and eseninR. and the management will
present zoo handsome Dewey souvenir
spoons to the first 500 ladies purchasing
I'D mission tickets every afternoon during
| the week.
The doors open at p. m. daily and the
Entertainment IL continuous.
PIPPA PASSES.
The third entertainment in the Dssrlns
Lecture course. win be given Thursday
evening, Nov. aarj. in this Woodferls
Cong chursh. Miss Agnes
Mabel Safer will present for the frst
time her rendering of Erowning's ieauti-
full poem, "Pippa Passes. The story
of tn 8 poetic drama will be Rad In Mas
Safiord's pleasing manner, and the songs
of Pippa, the little silk winder Of Asolo,
will bs sung by Miss Clemennne Vnrney
OF Portland. To Browning devotses
this announcement will be sufficient to
ensure large and appr,ciative audience.
and Miss Saffori's many admirers Of
I such will not be slow to avail themselves
of such an unusual opportunity. Miss
| Stafford has been particularly fortunate
in securing the musical scars of the
songs of Pippa as sung by the Browning