The Portland daily press., 1900-02-20
REopENING OF JEFFERSON.
Receipt. Last Night Broke All Record.
at prtces.

julius Calm and A. l.. Grant hav
r~sson to feel pr oud Of their new acquisi
tIop, the Jefferson theatre, and the Port.
anu public fh wed tAeir manner Of vel
coming tho new management. In Q most
ubstantiul manper last night. There
was not vecaIt { seat In the thestre and
hundreds were contspt 10 stand 20 Wit
ness Ward & vokes In their new sKst
"Tne Floor Walkers" The pisy hrs
nothing In It deserving serious attention.
Itiis merely q seriss Of comical happen
inzs served mp In bright and picturesque
scenery with pretty siris galore, sweet
singing voices end some clever acting.
Ward and vokes were seen la their old
ebaracs i,aiion Of Percy and Harold
with new gags end speoiAlties, while
Lroy Daly. Margaret DAILY and VIII West
were no mean reconds. frank Csilahan's
OF oh sstrn received an ovation on making
Its appearance aud numbsr Of new
numbers were introduced with many
eneoree The new management have
introduced New YORK custom prevail
log st the Empire and knicksrhooker
theairss Of distributing free a good trand
OF tobacco cigarettes tetween the acts IN
the ge1tlemen's smoking parlor. The
rersvnel Of the theatre remains unchanged
and ths management are TO be compli-
mented on the splendid conduct OF the
thea re- The receipts broke all records In
the b story Of the theatre at the prioes
and altogether Calm g. Grant tad an
auspioious opening.
BIELD'S MINSTRELS.
Al. @. Field has always made COM
mendabls efforts to secure fer the Field
Mins:rsls the best talent In eioh depart
ment Of his Organization and to further
this amtition no expense has been too
great. The comedians who have teen
engaged were selected with visw tn
have the performance abound In original
and refreshing comedy. Each COMEDIAN
Is di.tinctly different In methods from
ths other and all are known to be weddet
to their profession. Messrs Harry Shusk,
Tommie Dom ely. Jake Welby, boo.
Quigley, George Kingsbury and AL q.
Field ars all creative men and may be
relied upon for fresh budget Of good
things for the coming ssason. They writs
their own songs and invent their own
cages.
Al &. Fields Greater Minstrels will be
at the Jefferson tomorrow and Thurs lar !,
matinee and evening.
GEORGE W. MONROE.
10 the average play -goer the title Of
female impersonator Immediately sug-
gesss and coDjures before the eye aD ap-
partition of an insipid creature, who sings
in q high falsetto, and piroueLtes In
Abbreviated skirts. There is never sus-
picion of any other class OF female iinper-
sonation. until the name Of George W.
Monroe is suggested. When ncto the
Transformation. the tiimsy airy fairy Zsny
gives place to the tuxom, rapacious cook.
the itinerant scrub woman or the egrsg.
ious wash lady. The ideal gives way to the
zeal There are impsrsonators and Inn
psrsonators who come and go, but like
Tennyson's brook George W. Monyos and
his Bridgets Ego on forever" His latest
"Rridget' Is surnnmed O'Shaug ughnessay,
and her occupation Ii q wash lady In
Paradise Allsy. the place where ethereal
~ personages ema9ste from.
THE GRAND CANYON OF ARIZONA.
The next lecture to he given by MIR.
Burton Holmes will bs on the Grand Can
yon of Arizona, one of the greatest mar
vels of nature In the world, as yet discov-
cred Niagara Falls, Mount Washington
and the Yellowstone Park sink into insig-
nidcanoe when compared with this mag
nih"spt creation. In the summer OF 1888.
MIR. Holmes made q protracted stay in
Arizona, devoting the major portion of
his time to Photographic research In and
about the Canyon. So enormous was the
undertaking, however, that he found it
necessary to return there for second
tine later in the summer, on his return
from the Hawaiian Islands, and to send
q third expedition for the purpose of OBJ
taining an additional number Of motion
pictures, in August of last yssr. The ex-
periencss and results of these three visits
TO the Canyon are EN- bodied in his present
diosure. Photographioslly. no lecture in
the present series sxoels that on the
Grand Canyon, while the fund of
areciote and adventure accumulated,
makes 1t compare more than fsyorably
" tn the rest of the series. The Grand
Canyon Of Arizona will be gwen next
THURSDAY evening at City Hall. Even-
lag tickets now on sale at Cressey, Jones,
& liens.