The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-19
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
RIvERroN PARK.

Although tine weather was fatntr cool
yesterday afternoon and evening for out
door entertainments there were good
sized audiences at Riverton park. The
Royal Hungarian orchestra, under the
skillful direction of Mr.. Matus, gave de-
lightful concerts yesterday and won sew
eral encores. The New York Vaudeville
Stars furnish the vaudeville portion Of
the entertainment and the programme
represents list of names OF high repute.
The show opens with the rendering of a
medley Of military airs upon the piano
by MIR. A. :. Josseyln, and his brilliancy
of style and execution arouses admira-
ton and applause. The Knox brothers
follow, and offer a first class musical
/ act. John Price, singing comedian,
offers a budget of comic songs, new ones
/ by the way, and the Carloris, Mr.. and
| Mrs, presented remarkable exhibition
of balancing thai was well received.
Coakley and Huested, caught the fancy
of yesterdays audiences. Their sketch
consists mostly OF singing and dancing,
+ but in these lines both excel, Mr.. Coakley
/ being the best dancer that has been seen
at Riverton In long time. Miss
Heausted Is charming little soubrette
and to hear her sing "Pliney," and
hear her song in which she introduces
small dog in doll carriage, Is worth n
/ trip to the park. il. V. Fitzgerald pre-
sents a unique act that is quite astonish-
+ ing in many ways.
/ 1t is a short comedy that Is supposed to
! introduce six persons Mr.. Fitzgerald
4 4
the characters, requiring % changes of
! costumes The act won much applause
/ yesterday and contains much merit in
addition to its novelty. The Parques
performed number Of new and daring
/ feats on bicycle in graceful and skill
+ full manner, closing as good an entertain
ment as has ever been offered at the
popular park. Performances Will be Civ
en- every afternoon and evening.
NANCY & co.
Full of snap dash and go that moves
/ in lively tempo with breeze that
/ bustles through a rush of cris-cross sit
uations and clever entanglements-such
is the atmosphere of Nancy & Co., which
ushered in the second week of the new
! Gem season. 81
The entanglsments are ingenious
enough to suggest French origin. The
! broad humor and lightness of its charac-
/ tiers are Teutonic, Americanized as it is
/ by Augustin DAILY, 1t is simply polite
and agreeable little comedy of today,
moving briskly through some mirthful
scenes which sends home its auditor in a
/ highly pleased state. The players told
the story of Nancy & Co. with splendid
facility and apparent naturalness which
/ was given in yesterday SIP RESS.
Miss Teresa was most charming figure
1 in the performance. She invested the
character of Nancy Brasher with dash
which was thoroughly admirable in its
mixture OF sweetness and womanly cour-
age Willis Granger was seen to better
advantage in a typical John Drew part
and invested ii with light comedy
touch that revealed "a clever handling.
| Upon the shoulders of Laurence Eddin-
ger, however, fell the lively movement of
the farce and to his uLctious rtrayal
of Ebenezer Griilig is due the life of the
performance. George Osborne again de-
monstrated his mastery of repose last
night, while Richard Burnette, A. ID.
Richardson, George Osbourne, Jr., and
William DE Vail added strength by
their clever acting. Miss Mary Asquith,
Eugene, Belle Gaffney and Birdie De
Vaille played their respective parts with
! splendid ease.
| McCULLUM' ) THEATRE.
With full appreciation of the many
t fine productions that has been seen at
/ McCullum's theatre during past seasons,
/ it is safe to say that the one offered last
night and to be continued every after
noon and evening this week is the most
artistic and elaborate in every respect
that has ever been seen there. The play
/ is Henry Guy Cartons brilliant comedy
IA Gilded Fool. written especially for,
and originally produced by Nat &. Good
1 win. Too much praise cannot be given
/ Manager McCullum for the general excel
/ lenoe of this production. Four sets of
new scenery Were built and painted
especially for this play and Artist Brook
er has fairly eclipsed all his other achieve
ments The elegance of the appointments
excited the warmest admiration. The
! costumes were beautiful III inc tAtteiic'
/ the gowns worn by May Hosmer, Gen
I evieve Reynolds and Augusta True be
ing of the most exquisite pattern and de-
sign Every member of the company dis
tinguished themselves, each contribut-
ing 20 perfect and harmonious perfor
/ nance that won several enthusiastic cur
tain calls after every act. Thomas Rsy
| nolds in the role of Chauncey Short
especially distinguished himself and
! May Hosmer shared the honors of the
evening by hei brilliant work Mr.
Armstrong proved what a very fine actor
he IS and ali the Others demonstrated the
truth of the statement THAI this is Mama
ger McCullum's greatest company. A
detailed review will be given in tomor-
row mornings paper, space forbidding
10 i'm this one. Only those who do not
see "A Gilded Fool' this week Will make
I a Tuistuk a Reserved seats for any Dpr-