The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-11-01

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whether for dancing or whist playing.
PARADISE ALLEY.
Denman Thompson and Geo. W. Ryer's
tThe Sunshine OF Paradise Alley" comes
TO the jefferson for It's engagement ON
Monday, Nov. 8. This simple Jet beau
tiful and heart-touohing story has already
made thousands Of Portland people alter
nateiy laugh AMI weep~ on It's former
visits. and probably made a deeper Inn
preston upon lovers OF this kind OF
aa==sma than has any work OF It's kind
that mas preceded 1t. Its story is entirely
of the human order and has more genuine
probability than any play produced In
recent years. "Sunshine'' Is firmly es-
tablished In the hearts of our theatre 60
ing community, and viii no doubt return
with every prospect of reproducing the
extraordinary successes winch have fallen
to Its lot on Its previous visits. Phiia
May, Mrs. Charles Peters, Helen Gurney,
John Moore. the great basso, John Wslsh.
W. ). Suily, John j. Flynn and Albert
Brown are among the old favorites who
are retained in the cast. The verddi
Ladies Quartetse will be heard In new
selections, and Geo. p. Armand will
repeat his fine singing Of 1.-THE Holy
City"
Election returns will be read from the
stage, between the acts, on Tuesday
evening. An arrangement has been made
with the telegraph companies for q
special wire at the theatre, over which
the very latest returns Will be received.
QUO vADIS.
"Quo vadis," the entire original pro-
duction, cast, scenery and all, will be
presented at Portland theatre on next
Friday night. While IL is described as a
religious play, 1t is not one that appeals
alone to the believers in Christianity A
striking instance of this fact occurred
recently In a Chicago book store. A lady
who was purchasing Christmas presents
for her friends, requested the clerk to So
loot a book for gentleman who was q
devout Christian. The clerk immediate
ly handed her "Quo vadis." Now"
she continued, 81 want a book for o gen.
tlsman who 10 not Christian;" and the
clerk handed her another volume of
"Quo Vauis.a The same lights and
shades of characters and beliefs which
formed the foundation of the popularity
of the novel have been preserved by tn g
dramatist In his play. and, will cause
his work to be witnessed by thousands as
one of the gra ndest dramatic triumphs
Of modern times.
WHAT DO THEY wANTP
The Portland Advertiser very perth
nently says:
Last year there was much fault finding
among people who like to attend plays
at the Jefferson theatre because there was
an over-production of repertoire CON-
panies of the 10, 20 and 10 cent kind.
They sighed for something better and
vowed 1t was shame that so beautiful
a theatre must be given up largely to
plays Of that degree. They had no doubt
that the public wanted higher priced
shows and were willing to pay for them.
Well, this year they have what they
have been crying for and what is the
and 1t ia the best OF It's kind In the coun.
try. Does IL get the patronage it ueservesf
by no means, for the house has not been
much more than half filled during its
engagement. What do the public want
anyway Do they want togo back TO
cheap attractionsf 1t would seem 80.
NOTES.
Nine. Lillian Blauvelt Is re ceiving
''bouqets'' very generally from the press
OF New York on her triumph in that
city. The Commercial Advertiser says.
mime. Lillian Blauveit has reached that
round Of the ladder of success where she
feels justified In giving a concert in which
she and an orchestra are the sole attrac-
tions. This seems odd when one remem.
bers that 1t was but few, very few
years ago, that Mime. Blauvelt was little
more than a salon singer, the possessor,
to be sure, OF very sweet, pure. and
flexible voice, but one OF small size.
That she has become able to undertake
snch. concert as she gave in the CaIne-
gle hall, and carry it through successful.
Iy, Is but another example OF what hard,
conscientious work, backed by intelli-
genoe and ambition, can do. For the
past TWO years Miss Biauvelt has been
abroad and has sung successfully In Eng
land and on the Continent. Mime. Blau-
Welt has Away been a pleasing singer,
dexterous in colorature Intelligent in
phrasing and generally artistic, but few
NAVE suspected 1er OF having any great
amount OF dramatic power, ami II she
had, the nature of her voice would great
ly have hampered its expression. 1t
seemed bit strange, til en-, that she
should have chosen for her first number
such battle horse of the dramatic So
prano as 'Dioh Theure Halle from Tam
hauser; and yet she sang 1t admirably,
thus furnishing the real surprise of ths
evening. Her voi,e has gained astonish-
ingly In size, warmth and power, but not
at the expense OF its old time sweetness.
she sang the aria with a breadth and a
dramatic forcs that argues we'll for her
future should she decide to tempt for
tune in opera, and more especially that
sulnmum bonum of all sopranos, Wag-
merriam opera. Her other selections were
the aria from Mozart's IL re Pasotre' and
the mad scene from Ihomas's Ham
let
Liebler and Company's production of
The Adventures of Francois" with
Henry L. Dixey in the tituiar role, was
made known at the Park theatre, Phila-
delphia, on Saturday night, October 3D.
and scored an instantaneous success. The
spontaneous applause OF one of the largest