The Portland daily press., 1900-10-17

agement "kaleidoscopicsmech alItriok
drama spectacle, - ana it is all of that.
There Is much of the mysterious in it,
but it is all funny, and in fact In spite OF
It's many titled 1t might always be called
"comic opera, -
No less than fifty people are necessary
for the production, and the company
which Will present 1t here will be COM
posed of artists who were especially Sc
leOted by Mr.. Yale for their respective
parts.
KATZENJAMMER KIDS.
The KatzsnJammer Kids are proving
80 be a big drawing card at the Portland
theatre and yesterday at both perform
anoes large audiences were present. The
speoialties are decided hits and worthy Of
special note. The BlondeIIs give us a
good juvenile turn and the buck dancing
by the Hennings trio is the best seen
here for mary moons The singing is
way above the average. There are Nudge
and Morton who rendered s'Holy City,
with flute ohligato with splendid effects.
and Little and Pritkzow's operatic turn
with limitations OF Fritz Emmett, caught
the crowd. Henry Bergman the boy So
parno is a wonder, While Mile Bertha
who is as supple as India rubber dances
nimbly and contributes a first rate aero
bat1c act.
At the beginning of the third act Eek
ert and Heck are seen to advantage In
cello solo, violin solo and dramatic recita-
tions and the contraIto voice rings out
splend1dly. Miss BlondelI scores de.
cided success and makes pretty picture
in her fetching costumes while she imi-
tates very artisticaIIy Anna Held.
Edward and Libbie BIondeII after a
clever kid act get right into the realms OF
comedy in the last scenes and afford us
some good moments A notable feature of
all are the tine electrical effects produced
by two complete outfits which the COM
pany carries with them. The effects OF
the cabinet scenes and the big musical
numbers such as "Sweet Magnolias'' are
wonderfully heightened by the play OF
lights. The show bubbles over with fun,
is clean and wholesome. The concluding
performances will be given this afternoon
and evening and you Will miss it If you
fail to attend.
The matinee at the Portland theatre
today should be largely attended. 1t Is
expected that the house VIII be crowded
this afternoon by those who have failed
so far to see this funny piece. The cur
tain rises at 2,15 O'Clock.
'THE PARISH PRIEST"
On next Friday and Saturday at the
Jefferson, Daniel Sully VIII present the
great New York and Boston success,
''The Parish Priest"
There is an abundance of humor in
this prstty play which can almost be
styled a comedy. The pathos Of the Sec
ond act, however, makes it a comedy
drama of unusual excellence. The jolly
priest Is the dispenser of the smiles which
he utilizes as shuttle with which he
0 takes the tangled skeins and knotted
8 threads of the lives of his friends ano
Weaves them into cloak OF happiness.
! The story of the play tells of the drifting
D apart of two young lovers, and it is sur
' pr1sing the number of clever complica-
tions the author, Daniel L. Hart, has
8 hung on this slender thread. But the
thread never breaks. 1t glistens in the
5 sunset of the first act, shines brilliantly
? in the moonlight OF act two and is bril-
3 liant in the glow of the fire in act third
4 In act second is a touch which goes
dangerously near the meIodramatic. Il
T, is where the brothers come together and
4 wounded honor cries out for vindication.
0 It has the melodramatic strength but
not the melodramatic tinge. The dram.
3 atist ski1Ifully cIings to the peaceful at
mosphere of his story, stirring the pulse
for moment and then adding to the
0 glory of the sun of peace which after.
D wards smiles through the storm clouds.
: AS Father WhaIen, Daniel SulIy is given
one Of the best character creations OF re-
+ cent years. His humor is of the quaint,
honest sort, and his sentiment delightful
in its naturalness. The play is pictur.
esquely staged and beautiful in it's sim.
pliclty.
MISS LEONORA JACKSON.
Miss jackson appeared in concert
with Pederewski in London, Eng. The
& finest pianist in the word cannot extin
guish by superior effulgence the light oi
artists such as Miss Leonora Jackson
: London Daily Telegraph, April 4, 1898.
Miss jackson is at Kotzschmar hall,
October goth. Seats at Stockbridge' s
plano rooms, October 22d,
w. J.RYAN'S CONCERT.
The Svendsen Trio, who are to appear
at the Ryan concert, at Y. M. G. A.
hall, this evening, in connection with
the famous fremont Quartette, never
fall to please their audience by their ar
tistic and effective ensemble work.
Concerning them the Worcester Telegram
says: "Encores were the rule with the
large audience in Mechanics hall to
hear the concert by the Tremont-Svendsen