The Portland daily press., 1900-03-07
MUSIC AND DRAMA.

Last night % the Jefferson theatre, an
other Of the numerous good things, that
the new management have marked their
beginning with, was presented 10 thor
oughly spprecistivs audience. II MsssTs
Cshn and Grant continue to fulfil the
great expectation that was created when
their names became identified with the
Jeffsrson theatre the original propfietors
Of the enterprise will achieve the ohjsot
aimed ct, viz: to give the city bsauti-
full thsatre and provide Portland with
nrst class dramatic amusement. Last
nights performance served 10 renew old
scqusintancss with that prince of
con- edisns Joseph Holland and TO intro
duce charming sweet womanly young
woman In part that fitted her like .
glove. Ethel Barrymore was easily the
star Of the company, though this must
not be taken disparagingly Of the others.
There IL a charm and refreshing some
thing about her that La remindfuI Of her
gifted mother In that she has methods or
mannerisms all her own, and net dis
pleading ones at that. 1kers ives only
one Georg;e Drew Barry more and there
win be only one Ethel Barrymore. 5w,I
curtain calls at the end of act second At
tested the enthusiasm Of the audience and
spoke volumes for pisy and Its enact
ment that contains 30 little Of she
"plesss applaud" element.
This little play Of Captain Marshall's
In intended as satire upon the English
colonial system, although, to Americans,
who are not yet deeply versed In colonial
matters, IL may not seem to be very
keen satire There is an island somewhere
In the Indian ocean, and upon that islsnd
q govern ment house, where lives His Ex-
eellsncy, the Governor, bis private score
tary-a most singular Iersop, and other
attaches. Various persons, including
member OF parliament, his pretty young
daughter, his elderly and austere sister,
and rssourcsful and daring young
woman named Stella de GeS, come to
visit the Governor. The latter, although
a distant relative Of the Governor, 10 not
exactly welcome, but she DOESN'T mind
that; they have met before, In Paris, to
his present regret and her advantage, shs
is out In the oriental regions with con-
cert company con tour" and she invites
herself, despite his protestations, to make
a visit Of three or four days to Govern
ment House.
The old story Of the yellow dust Of the
aloe bloom is now made use Of to create
an epidemic OF sentiment. Wholesale and
miscellan cons love making at oncs en-
sues, for the tender passion ssizes upon
every one touched with the aloe dust. In
the matrimonial spportionment, 50 to
speak, that Is evolved from the fomewhat
amusing series of incidents Of the play,
Stella dc Gsx gets the elderly member Of
Parliament, while tbs governor and his
secretary, who have both made bid for
her, are obliged to stand by and see tn
pretty daughter Of the NJ p,
carried of by Captain Carew Of the gov
ernor's staff There Is something about
an uprising Of the nativef-which really
didn't ooour-in the action of the play,
but 1t does not seem TO be of particular
interest or Importance.
A most pleasing feature Of the eve
ning's entertainment was the musical
programme offered by Prof. CallahaA's
orchestra, consisting Of entirely new Sc
lsctions from the old masters, thoroughly
appropriate to the atmosphere Of the play.
ESPECIALLY was wagLer's" LohenRrin" de-
lshtfully rendered.
BENETT AND MOULTON.
The opinion Of the patrons of the Port
land thsatre that tbs Bennett and Moul-
ton company is one of the besi organiza-
tions on the read was confirmed BY its
performance when large and
enthusiastic audience witnessed the
second evenings performance Of "a
Country GIRL Nothing but praise can
be said of Justin Adams, ID. J. Cor
tell, Ii. Fist,her Aayvee and Lawrence
Brooke. The ladies Of the company show
themselves to be artists Of the fist wafer,
especially Miss Clara Turner. Or the
specially people who are with the COM
pany, Madame Flower, the bronzs Aelba,
Is singer In a GLASS by herself, and the
other specislties are In keeping with the
line company. For the a,ternoon "Three
I'm perial Guardsmen' will be presented,
and this evening Gan the Comforts Of
Home"
FREDERICK TIE GREAT
Tonight at the jefferson, Frederick the
Great" will w presented. Voltairs 10
one Of the most uni que and extraordinary
personages in the history, yet, strange to
chronioal. he has escaped drametization
until now, when he is introduced In
Lewis Morrison's new spectacular pro-
duo:ion "Frsdsriok the Great" In fact
the play would not be oomplste without
him. so closely allied has he been with
that austsre monarch. Voltaire is pre-
sented, not as the old. soothing atheist
as pictured by many, but as the scholar
~. saroastio Wit
THE GIRL FROM MAXIM'S.
An attraction that will attract oonsid-
cradle interest will be that of Charles
FrohmAn's latest farce comedy success
"Ths Girl from Maxim's," which will