The Portland daily press., 1900-01-29
COLLkGE GLEE CLUE
CONCERT.

The concert by the Bowdoin ColleSe
Glee and Mandolin Guitar clubs at T..
II. Q. A. hall next Wednesday evening.
will be worth going long way to hear.
In speaking of the recent Brunswick con-
cert the Bowdoin Orient says: 1.-The an
nual concert of the Bowdoin Glee. Mando-
lin and Guitar clubs was given to q
crowded house The Glse club was given
an ovation when 1t came upon the stage.
Old Msmori-l fairly shook with echoes %
the club sang it's selections. Everything
went with Q snap and 2est. The roper :
toirs Is In keeping with college life and
feeling, The men had confidence and
ware not afraid to let themselves out.
The mandola solo by Mr.. Jordan was fine.
One of the best numbers of the evening
was the dialect readings by Mr.. Apple
ton. He WAS repeatedly enoored until ne
was exhausted. Mr.. WEIGH rs violin SOLO
list gave the people Of Brunswiok . treat
they little expected, and after be had re-
sponded to three snoores. the audience ap-
plaudei In q vain attempt to secure more
music. The concert closed, as all Bow
doin concerts do with Bowdoin beata
By the Dom bined clubs Of thirty men"
Secure your tickets at once at Cressey,
Jones & Aliens.
THE BURTON HOLMES LECTURES.
lThe opening lecture In the Burton
Holmes course occurs ut City Hall next
Thursday evening, the subject being
"Manila." Thoss who have not already
secured course tickets should do 20 at
once before all the bsss seats are gone.
These lectures are very popular wher =
ever they have been given, and Mr..
Holmes has teen greeted with crowded
houses anywhere. The Philadelphia
Press Of Jan. 4th has the following to
say Of Mr.. Holmes lectures delivered In
that city:
"Mr. Burton Holmes the celebrated
traveller and lecturer, whose descriptive
and illustrated journeys have entertained
large audiences In the past, began last
In January, at the Academy Of Musie.
BY Q talk on japan. Reoosnizing ths
fine descriptive powers Of the lecturer,
and the large amount Of money and time
he spends In properly illustrating thsss
talks" the public showed Its apprecia-
ious academy. Last nights effort was
in ad vance Of anything yet accomplished
in this line by Mr.. Holmes. principally
through the liberal Introduction Of
Emotion tictursA an invention that
adds greatly to the study Of these lecture
There were in all eighteen Of these Pic
lures, being either strsss scenes. with the
Japaness ijnrikshas a. . prime feature,
or the 0eisha dancing girls These pto-
lures are particularly clear and steady
nd asids from these eighteen motion
pictures" there were double that many
stereopticon views Of the scenery, cities,
and people Of the fiowery kingdom.
MIR. Holmes has line voice for this
kind of work, being particularly clear
and audible. His pictures began with
beautiful sunset view on thu Pacific, Just
prior to his entry In to the harbor OF
Yokohama. He dsscrited this interesting
city, tina Grand Union Hotel, the hnsst
In the Orient. run by an American. de
also described and pictured the men and
women OF the country. al buddhist fun
eral cortega, IiIgTin rage to Nikok.
Tokyo, tue street cara OF that city and
their Oriei ttal pas sci Rers; with q
number Of eiimpses Of the famous Sacred
Mountain"
secure your ssats Iow at Crsssey,
Jones 81 ALIENS.