The Portland daily press., 1900-05-07
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
LONDON aAIErY GIRLS.

The London Gsisty Girls come to the
Portland theatre for three days commen-
cling tonight, with matinee on
Tuesday and Wednesday. This company
has been playing the large cities Of the
country THE season and 10 said to b. QUE
Of the best burlesQue companies on the
road. Included in the ooterie Of this
olsvsr COMPANY are suoh people A. Ed.
B. White late sparring partner Of John
l.. Sullivan, and Miss Rolla White,
champion lady bag pusohsr Of the
world. Miss White won In 3 interna-
tional bag punching contest held at
20 points and the nat,ensl contest At
Philadelphia, March 8. 1897. BY II poipts.
There isa long list Of spsoialties that
follow In rapid succession and with the
burlssqus and ohoruses introduced they
90 to make up perfoI mAnos extraordi-
nary.
FRANCIS WILSON IN ERMINIE.
The coming Of "Erminie," which 10
announced for the jefferson theatre on
next Tuesday evening BY the rsdoubtabls
Francis Wilson, prince of comedians, and
his sxosllsnt company. brings to mind
the fact that his greatest success was
made In this opera, und sniably one Of the
clsversst compositions OF its class pro-
duoed during the present generation. 1t
u only short time ago that Mr.. Wilson
completed . score Of one thousand per-
formances Of the role Of Cadeaux In
"krminis," and while his engagement
the fact that, from arst to last he ap-
pearsd so often In this musioal version Of
"Robert Macaire" 10 sufficient evidences
Of his remarkable success a. . comedian.
When . character does not iutersss the
tteAtre-gosr, the play proves to b unin-
tsresting to the general public, long runs
are Impossible; long runs are sometimes
forced In EASTERN cities, that might be
CALL - "Caddy" puts It. the '!metro-
clever, or no comedian, be he evsr % pop
ulAr, can keep play going to the accom-
panimsnt Of . constant jingling Of golden
dollars In the box ofiios, unless there 10
o strong element of popularity both In
the play and In the performances Francis
Wilson II shls to supply ont of his owe
humorous oonosits, precisely that srot-
esqueris which tiokles the fancy Of the
multitude, and this, combined with ex-
ceeningly pretty music carries ESminis
to pitch Of success In America that 1t
did not achieve across the ocaan. 1t 10
nos strange. thsrsfore. that Mr.. Wilson's
performance fills the theatres to overflow
ing, neither does 1t surprise one that all
his familiar pranks as ons Of the thieves,
sscrsats all OF that amusement 10 long
associated with his remarkable perfor.
nance OF this role.
THE OPERA TACITA.
The opera "Taeita" u to be given at
the Jefferson theatre May 10, II. Is and
10Th for the bsnsfit and under the auspi-
oss Of the Ssmsrltans. This opsra was
recently given at Newburypors and was
. great success from every point Of view
The music is delightful and the scenic
effects are all that could he desired.
CHANDLER'S BAND, FIRST RE0I-
AENT, n. y. b. n.
The fact that the Second Regiment
claims 60 hsvs the best band, has created
. degree Of interest In ChRndlsr's band
never before known since Its orsaniza-
tion. The boys have been putting In sx-
ira time preparing for their concert at
the :Audit0rium, tonight II not
the best. they win put band In the field
that will certainly be . credit to the
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