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1 30 THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 22, 1903. non, Maud 'Granger and Jeffreys Lewis, all Qrst-class people. Mr. Warde first appeared as a star In Portland at the old U11U ... .413 I1UU n 4 A'tV.v. I I I4 44-444- 4.44 I t 1 M 141. T . 1 J T- rt .1 I ais return ucn? ua u sur 111 ue ytieaM&u New Market Theater In "Lynnwood," a. military drama, supported by Mlsa Kate news to hla many frlenda In this city. Forsythe. about 30 years ago. He hasJ "The Peddler's Claim." inaue many vlsiw nere since ana is rec ognized among patrons of the drama as an old favorite. Louis James wan a member of the fnm- I ous California Theater Stock Company In I the "70s. when John McCullough. the emi III. I 1ML YVtZ 111 UC LllitlL ii. II UUUUi LUUUV II seelnc a. new character on the stare nent tragedian, and Barton HU1 were managers. James also played at the VV mi LIIO UIlI iHJltr Ml 31USCB IjCVl I Baldwin Theater, San Francisco, when It was under tho management of McCuI- t i iii it. neurfw. aun Jir. .uiii i im iiiii v I lough. Aa a stock actor those days. Loulo James was alwaya very acceptable, but he only made one pronounced hit, and been very liberal in giving his star complete production. tnat was m a part in Dora resembling uncle Daniel in Hemes play. "Sac Harbor." As a star In more recent years, the work of Louis James has been so dod- Nance OWcllI. I ular as to need no recommendation. . V. 1 t w- ATn W..444 r-. 1 T.1 Sam Morris an Old Portland Favorite. i4 1 1 4 inz iuc caio uuvtriuaiite ul xiduc n'V.lll I . 4 I . 4.4 4. 1 4 . 4 Sam Morris, who open3 a four-nights' ceo3es. engagement at Cord ray's March 1. In "The Peddler's Claim." will be remembered a3 ono of the old stock company that was so popular at that house. Since last seen here Mr. Morris haa met with great "Lovers Lane." attractions jn March to visit this city, at me ilarquam Grand Theater. W: ".llUKX A 1"; .- il 45Z y,;jn - V t 1 LnS3KCi.i - . 1 ..-AlfeUHUr ' ,43 H .7 1IMT II Cf -S SN i b m 'fc T- i i r iii hi Mi i iii i ii ii i i . .cssssTsK m h r I I im'A-S.'ii 'riSBmgmiir'lfmt: B n emotional octrees, and was so much Im- I .Ts-!mw.ft.flVji' HERR CONRIED SUCCEEDS GRAU ART LOVER, CONTENT V1TH MODEST RETURNS, ENTERS GRAND OPERA FIELD NEW YORK. Feb. 16. (Special corre spondence.) Heinrich Conried, of tho Irving Place Theater, was the suc cessful man In the race for the place of Impresario at tho Metropolitan Opera House mado vacant by tho retiro raent of Maurice Grau. This brings Into the field pf grand opera a (new but not unknown or unexpected fig ure. Herr Conried'a success at tho Irving Place, tho foremost German tie naa noped to take up the reins again at tho end of a year's rest, but no one could be found to undertake the manifold agement, with Its possibility of a loss of COO.COO or more, on the prospect of only one season. Conried was selected after a stiff contest with Walter Damrosch, of this city. George H. AViison, of Pitts burg, and M. Charley, of the French C rt44T-41 in TrtTlT rt t-4.na I kM. W.. "I'' 4. .4. .4 4-11 J4 44. 44444), y U 1, 441 U 11141, MUtt were never seriously considered. Th BT A curious coincidence. Louis James, Frederick "Warde, Virginia Drew Treecott, and Alma Kruger all ap peared at the Marquam Theater last week. During the season of 1901-02. Miss Trea cott was leading lady with Frederick Warde, a position also lately occupied by Mies Kruger. "Francesca da Rimini" was a magnifi cent production, and It was a real pleas tire to witness again this old classic, with gorgeous scenery and competent cast Of course, -Mr. James and Mr. Warde were easily the stars of the combination. In the familiar "Tempest," a splendid spec tacular event was witnessed, but It Is strange that Mr. James Is content with the portrayal of such an uncouth char acter as Caliban, the monster. His make up was distinctly unpleasant, with bad after-effects. Miss Gruger Is the star In "The Heart of Maryland," and she gave a satisfac tory portrayal, especially In the scene where she hangs on the tongue of tho old bell to prevent tho ringing of the alarm and capture of her lover, who Is escaping from tho enemy. "The Heart of Maryland" Is a good war play. Miss Trescott was successful In "Strath more," In showing that she has high tal ent as an emotional actress, but the play is not built on the right lines. It Is not a happy story, there Is not one laugh In It except to denote the bitterness of despair, and Miss Trescott Is clearly meant for better things. Her support was good, especially In her leading man, Alex ander Frank. "All the Comforts of Home" Is the comedy that started Portland laughing last weelf. at Baker's Theater. The fun was clean-cut, -crisp and spontaneous. It was really amusing to see how George Alison and Howard Russell 'managed their boarding-house, English style, and they made a capital duo. William Bernard and Mlna Gleason quite surprised their friends by the .excellent pictures they presented, he as a husband who could not call his very mind his own, and . she as a wife with a shrewish temper and desire to rule. Catherine Countlss had a part en tirely unsulted to her, that of Flfl Orltan sld, a variety theater singer. The staging "was excellent, and the attendance large at every performance. The person who was not pleased with "Human Hearts," at Cord ray's Theater, last week, must belong to that class ot "knockurs" that are unusually hard to please. The attendance was good. It was a real pleasure to witness such a clean, homelovlng play, with a healthy thread of morality running through the dialogue. John de Ormond made a fine, sturdy blacksmith, and A. Sully Guard a capable heavy man. Little Baby Lester was quite clever In her part. "THE GRE5AT DLUIOXD ROBBERY." Splendid Attraction at Baker's The ater This "Week Thrilling situations, fine scenery and costumes, pathos, laughter and crime all contribute toward the success of the melo drama, "The Great Diamond Robbery;" which will be presented at Baker's The ater for the first time at this afternoon's matinee and with a -performance this evening. Tho cast has been carcrully se lected from among the members of-Bailer's Theater Stock Company, and a first class production Is assured. Frank E. King has painted special scenery for the occasion, after several weeks hard work, and one creation worth seeing will be a true-to-life reproduction of the famous Hoffman House bar, In New Tork City, with a bartender mixing lightning bracers. The action Is quick and the dialogue ..strong. There is not one dull moment In the melodrama, and the humorous element Elves plenty of light and shade. "The Great Diamond Robbery," Is -a melodrama In six acts, written by Edward M. Alfriend and A. C. Wheeler, and In It the famous Madame Janauschek, now re tired, the well-known European actress, starred as Madame Rosenbaum. The plot concerns, the theft of very valuable dia monds by a gang of European thieves, one of whom, a very beautiful woman, marries an attache of the American Lega tion at St. Petersburg. Mr. Bulford, who Is a friend of Count Garbiadoff. from 'whom the diamonds were stolen. Mr. Bul ford learns of his wife's crime, but Is pois oned by her before any exposure Is made. Frank Kennett, a young man In love with Mary Lovelot, is charged with the crime. Under the direction of Detective Brum znage. Mary becomes a servant In the Bul ford home after the death of Mr. Bulford. She learns so much of the Bulford mys tery that Mrs. Bulford determines to make way with her. She calls to her help Madame Rosenbaum, o noted New Tork criminal, and Mary is enticed away, but not until she has secreted a note In a bouquet, which Brummago is to return for on some pretext, telling him of her vhare- n bouts. Through many winding nooks of crime, lighted by humorous sideplay and loyal love, the play wends Its way to a bright and happy ending. The Great Diamond Robbery" will be the attraction at Baker's Theater tWs week. "TUB MAN FROM SWEDEX." Knnte Erlckson Opens at Today's Matinee at Cordray's. The large advance sale Indicates that much Interest is manifested In the en gagement of Knute Erickson, in "The Man From Sweden." at Cord ray a. which opens a week's engagement with a matinee to day at 2:15. The tour Is under the di rection of that well-known firm of metro politan managers, Broadhurst & Currie. Whatever money and careful preparation may do to make a comedy drama a suc cess has been done by this enterprising Arm for this piece. An the title indicates, tho piece Is built on lines to present the trials of the Swedish emigrant In his new-found haven. Plays of this char acter have been very popular in the pat. and with Knute Erickson, tne best expo nent of this clam of character in a new and original play, aided by the latest mechanical, electrical and scenic effects, The Man From Sweden" should enjoy a long run of prosperity. It presents a story of much .heart Interest, Interwoven with many comedy scenes, and gives op portunity for the introduction of many pleasing vaudeville numbers, without in any way detracting from the general ex cellence ot the production. The play it eclf abounds with thrilling situations, brilliant dialogue and elabofate scenic effects. It possesses a very strong dra matic Interest which culminates in the awe-inspiring blizzard scene at the end of the third act. This scene is one of the most lifelike ever presented on the American stage. The cast has been care fully selected and Includes such well known names as Hector Dion; Charles .uiuins x . i-u x. ruwen, i . o. ic iu. Claris Thomson, Harry Leddy. Fred Bel chert, William Waltace. the Novelty Comedv '. Tour. Marie Steers, Lillian Maynard Sophie Howell and little Beatrice. A special ladies' and children's matinee will be given Saturday. Dir GREAT JDMMOfifD ROBBE&Y' 3AKER TfT AT THt & up to hia farm last Summer and rehearsed them amid the very scene that Inspired the writing of the play. As a natural re sult the actors were permeated with "lo cal color," for they'met the very people they were engaged to portray. Neither time nor expense have been spared to make 'The Old Mill Stream" one of the prettiest dramatic representations on the stage this season. The advance sale of seats will begin tomorrow (Monday) morn ing, at 10 o'clock. THE LITTLE DUCHESS. "THE OLD MILL STILT-. AM," Anna JJeld and Prettr Chorns at the Marquam This Week. Next Friday and Saturday nights. Feb ruary IT and 28. with a matinee Saturday, Florence Ziegfeld. Jr., will present his sparkling and whimsical musical play The Little Duchess" with petite Anna Held and her beautiful and smiling chorus at the ularquam Grand Theater. tMr. Harry B. Smith concocted the li bretto of "Tho Little Duchess" and Mr. Reginald de Koven has spun out the mu sic. Stage costumers and stage painters, the most artistic and the most ingenious, havo given the production a tastefully gorgeous background and a shifting, dax- i zling combination of color and move ment. Anna Held has surrounded herself Daniel Snlly trill Present Sew Rnrnl Play at the 3Iarquam. Daniel Sully, the celebrated actor, will 5 m SvVrZrnXnX" ' comedians and beautiful cho. nights. February S and ? This playl, ?'wJ.to.JKt,e plot: bU ther8 13 ,ota of n. nlpttrra naintr-d frnm lie. ano there are acres of action. The a picture painted from scenes of lite and actuality. It is In three acts, and the scenes are laid in a country store up In Mink Hollow, Ulster County, N. Y.. where Mr. Sully has a farm. For a great many years It has been Mr. Sully's ambition to give the public a faithful portrayal of life as he sees It every Summer In the country. "I live right In the heart of the Cat skills," said Mr. Sully to a reporter re cently. "My neighbors are great charac ters to put .Into a play. At last I have succeeded In doing It." Up near where Mr. Sully lives there Is a mill stream that has been the source of considerable litigation between tho fanners and an old Irishman who operates a flour mill. This litigation has bred bit terness between several families and as scenes are laid in Ostend and Paris. The dialogue Is crisp, short, touchy and gos sipy. New topical songs and dialect eccentrici ties abound. The characters are oddly grotesque, distinct caricature types. Harry B. Smith, like Pope, "shoots' folly as It files." Reginald de Koven puts these scenes of frivolity to tuneful lyrics. Anna Held moves through this phantasmagoria of light and laughter in an easy, grace ful manner and In 13 different metamor phoses of costume. And through It all you have the chorus, the marvelously constituted chorus. Ev cvery where girls. Dark girls, fair girls, auburn girls; girls long, girls plump, girls thin girls petite. Girls! Girls In flowing rarments and girts in garments that forget . , ,. .. . . ( "44 4.4.4 4.4 4.44 '-1 f44 tCJ ... 44,44 4 414. 44 U llllVl. lUIgCl a natural result there haa been lota of to flow. Girls! Girls with hlun iri nirt. heart aches among the young folks whose ' with dark eyes. Girls with,1 cat's eyes parents wereflghUng In the courts over glrla with hazel eyes, girls with false eyes! 8,.wa- " Wea Js "-aUr tt oasis I Was It not Spitxer. the witty feullletonlste J? omi- 5 I f Vienna, who sapiently remarked, that Mrv Bully took his supporting company when & .girl ha falls, eyes those eyes are nevertheless, by a strange freak of nature, invariably her own? Anna' Held seems to have rifled all the recesses of earth for delightful glrl3. They swarm about like sun-kissed butter flieslike candle-coquetting moths. Girls! More girls. Girls In dainty, modest rai ment, in modern 20th entury Parisian ere ctions; girls in the nonchalant ancient Pagan abandon of superfluous vestmet and in the proud, superb display of round- ,ed limb and swelling torse. Everywhere gins. Evermore girls. Miss Held's company Includes some well known players. Among them, Joseph W. Herbert. George Marion. Frank Rush worth, Knox Wllscn. Edouard Durand, Franz Ebert, Louise Royce, Luella Drew, Billy Norton, Adelaide Orton and .(Cather ine B1L The advance isale of seats will open next Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock, when not more than 10 seats will be sold to one person for any single performance. VHUTA WOODS I'LAYWW OUT. Pacific Coast Xonag "Woman Who Dramatised 'Strath mo re." The Pacific Coast has reason to be proud of Vlrna Woods, whose dramatiza tion of Oulda's novel, "Strathmore," haa Just been seen at the Marquam Grand Theater, with Virginia Drew Trescott as star. Though born In Ohio. Miss Woods has lived so long In Sacramento, Cai, that she considers herself a Western girl, and her frisnds claim her as such. Her first play, "Horatlus," written for and produced by Frederick Warde. was an artistic success, .though there are few theaters In the country which are cap able of properly .staging a play that calls for the elaborate scenery and num ber of people necessary to the production of "Horatlus." Of "Lord Strathmore" the people of Portland have had an opportu nity to. judge for themselves, and that they were favorably Impressed Is proven by their reception of the play. Next 'sea son they will probably see another new star in a new play by Miss Woods, as Charles Herman Is making extensive prep arations for the production of "Charles IX," a romantic drama of the period of the massacre of St. Bartholomew. It Is Interesting to notcTThat both these plays are the outgrowth of "Horatlus." Mr. Warde produced that tragedy under tho management of David Traltel, now directing "Lord Strathmore." Miss Tres cott was Mr. Warde's leading lady, and Mr. Herman his leading man. iUr. Traltel realized Mlsa Trescott's. abilities as an emotional actrces, and was so much Im pressed with M!s3 Woods' dramatic In stinct, her crisp, poetic dialogue, and her knowledge or stage technique, that he commissioned her- to dramatize "Strath more" for Miss Trescott. The order for "Charles IX" was also received from a similar motive. At present Miss Woods Is engaged on other orders from promi nent players. Before becoming a playwright. Miss Woods achieved success as a writer of books, poems and short stories and her narno was a familiar ono to tho readers of tho best -magazines. She prefers play writing to general literature, as sho thus has the opportunity of seeing her brain peorlo live and express by action the emo. Hons with which her thought has Inspired thorn. WARDE'S EARLY DAYS. He First Starred in Portland Abont 20 Years Aco. Fred Warde, who played a successful engagement at the Marquam Grand Thea ter last week, made his initial bow on the Pacific Coast at the California The ater, San Francisco, In 1ST7, with the "Diplomacy" Company. Tho members Included Henry Montague. Thomas Shan- thcater outside of Germany and Austria, has been won by a combined artistic sense and business ability rarely found In one man. and absolutely necessary In a man who would succeed In an Impor tant and exacting position, as that at the Metropolitan. Tho nearest approach Conried has made to producing grand opera was 15 years ago, when he brought forward many of the most famous light musical works of Strauss, Milloecker. Suppe and Offenbach. But the fame of his thoroughly scholarly mounting and performance of classic dramas In tho German language at tho Irving Place, and his intimate knowledge of tho musical masterpieces and requirements, stamp him as one well qualified to tako the place of Grau. Conried is, first of all. an art lover. The commercial side of a theatrical or operatic enterprise does not weigh heav ily with him when tho question of secur ing the most, perfect effects are con cerned. He Is satisfied with modest re turns if his Ideals are realized. In this respect ho differs essentially from Grau. who was out first and foremost for all the dollars he could get. Under the new comer then we should enjoy more worthy representations of the musical master pieces. The Metropolitan has been given to Conreid Tor five years, thus practically placing ,Grau on the shelf permanently. AUTHOR OF "LORD STRATHMORE' KISS VIR.VA WOODS. man whom the place was seeking was Henry W. Savage, of the Castle Garden opera company, but his comic opera In terests would not permit him to listen to thp overtures of the Metropolitan Real Estate & Opera Company. Lole Fuller for South America. La Loie Fuller, who has had a phenome nal two weeks' success at Hyde & Ben man's, in Brooklyn, has been re-engaged there for a fortnight In May, Immediately T 41 1 1 44 T.-1 .4 r. mNl.h .111 ' 4. C.. American tour, to last through the Sum mer. Her manager, Robert Grau. has completed arrangements under terms of which she Is to open In Buenos Avres about the middle of June, at the head of a vaudeville company which will include 1 Sada Yacco and Kawakami. the famous 1 Japanese actors. Miss Fuller has danced j In every continent except the Southern 1 one of this hemisphere, and In almost every civilized land. Sho will not be sat. lafled until she has attempted to conquer the entire world of playgoers. She brought with her from Paris recently several new fire dances, which are about the most In terestlng of their class. She goes to South America under the direction ot Fustlno do Rosa, the leading Impresario of that part of tho world. He gives Mlsa Fuller the same terms made to Bernhardt. Coquelln and Rejane during their engage ments under his direction. Leavltt Ready for South Africa. M. B. Leavltt Is ready to set sail for Cape Town with bis mystery show, and is only awaiting the arrival of the steam er Norman Prince, on March IS. This will be one of the most ambitious troupes which ever went direct to South Africa from New York. Leavltt, a few days ago, signed Pilar-Morin, tho pantomlmlst. to ihead the aggregation. One of her principal acts will be a new arrangement of "Carmen" without words. Leavltt is also negotlatllng with David Belasco for permission to do a 'version of "The Darl ing of the Gods" down there, with Pllar Morin In the role now played by Blanche Bates. It will be remembered that the pantomlmlst succeeded Miss Bates In that other Japanese play, "Mme. Butterfly." and mado as great a success as the Be lasco actress. Weber and Fields Get the West End. One of the surprises of the week was when Weber & Fields 'outbid Stair & Haviln at the last moment and secured the new West End Theater from "Blm, the Button Man." They were not consld- I iiiu 111 me 1 411.4J ai an. i lit; ugub wu thought to be nnlv hptwin th hit? nntt little syndicates, headed by Klaw & Er langer and Stair & Havlin. There be wise ones now who say that Weber & Fields were acting for Klaw & Erlanger. They say proof of this will come next yer when the bookings for the new sea- oin t a rA..A,T&44 T 1 4 V. P T." I 1 .1 n 44 1 Klaw & Erlanger once were enemies, but several months ago they patched up their differences. The assertion that the dia lect comedians bought the house as a home for a company headed by Willie Collier Is not generally credited, as the location Is too far from Broadway. Resurrection" a Dip- Hit. Tototol's "Resurrection," Indeed, seems the dramatic sensation of the year even more so than "The Darling of the Gods" and "Mary of Magdala." Tho production of the play made with Blanche Walsh In the role of Maslova under the direction ot Wagenhala and .Kemper and Oscar Hamersteln at the Victoria Theater, Several of the scenes are revelations of realistic power. One Is of a prison Inte rior showing a gathering of the off- jCCoacluced ea Pag 2U