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f)TU C B. SIR ARTHUR WING PI-NERO'S play "Sweet Lavender" and the farce. The Magistrate," In the hands of Edward Terry, a most capable and finished artist wUh an Inferior support Ins; company was the early week at traction at the Baker. Mr. Terry says he travels only for pleasure and to see the country. So be 'H two b,rd" wUn one stone. Inasmuch as his greatest pleasure la his owe acting. He says so himself and he should know. la a brief chat with him I asked concerning that una dreadful actor who Impersonated aa American. Nr. Terry railed Indulgently and answered that our American actors made Just as much fun for English audiences, be cause our accent is "about the worst thing Imaginable. Tome actors make their caricatures of the English speak a Southern dia lect, others are Tankee. many hare the broad speech of the West." he said. "But our mas does not drink oceans of weak lea and nibble at thimble rookies In the mtddle of the aT'.ernoon and he doesn't twirl a cane as your actor pictures him doing. I expostu lated. To all of which the great actor re plied. "Neither do all of our country men wear monocles, walk as If corset ed and say "Bah Jover Po the matter rents. Following Mr. Terry's engagement came one of the aesthetlo treats of a muon, a big beautiful musical fantasy -The Arcadians." a delight In every 'meaning of the term. see The only rural New Enrlanrl play ef this season, a dramatization of "Qulncy Adams Hawver" was the week's offering at the Faker, with Thurston Hall playing the title role as his farewell to Portland. This play differed greatly from the accepted type of rural plays Inasmuch aa no wronged daughters went trailing about In a snowstorm and diamond earbobs. no mortgage hovered over the fast-graying heads of the old farmer and bis fsltbful wife, and there was no black hearted villain riding In from the city. It Just teemed with honest, homely folk and old-fashioned comedy and the patrons of the Baker stock liked it. see , The Helllf will be dark this week, bat will be Illuminated greatly next week with Gertrude Elliott In "The Pawn of a Tomorrow." For the coming week at the Baker Theater, the always popular Hoyt's comedy "A Texas Steer." with John Burton playing the role of Maverick Brander and Ida Adslr appearing for her last week with the Baker players, la the role of Bossy. This play con tains more great acting character parts thsn probably any other ever produced and has held Its own with the Ameri can public for nearly a quarter of a century. "A Texas Steer" will run all week, and on next Sunday afternoon and evening special performances of "The House of a Thousand Candles" will be given with Ronald Bradbury In the Important role of the silent but ler. Which takes ns up to the mueh llscussed season of Florence Roberts. Theodore Roberts and Thurlow Ber gen, who open their engagement in "Jim the Penman" on the evening of Monday. March 27. e e "Father and the Boys." laughable comedy. In which we saw William Crane last season, comes to the Bun galow this afternoon for the week. The Orpheum will feature Burr Mc intosh, former editor, author and pho tographer of the Burr - Mcintosh Monthly. He will appear In a sketch called "The Ranchman" with a com pany of excellent actors, so the press agent says. At the Grand. te Haven and Sidney In "The Jdatlne Girl" promises entertainment of the best sort on a bill of other excellencies, and at Tantaces the Four Non-Ins In a diving and aquatic art will he the big feature. The Lyric Theater will pre sent "The Twins." one of Dillon and King's best. iER.TR.tVDE ELLIOTT AT IIEILIG Actress Will Be Seen la Mrs. Bur nett's Play, "Pawn of Tomorrow." Miss Gertrude Elliott will appear la Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett's "The Dawn of a Tomorrow" at the Hetllg Theater for six nights, beginning Mon dsy. March 27. with special matinees Wednesday and atarday. She cornea here almost immediately following her engagement at the Grand Opera-house. Chicago, which was one of the must notable social and theatrical events of the season. Few American actresses hsve achieved so moch In so short a time as has Mksa Elliott. A comparative novice, she went abroad with her sister Maxlne la and Joined the company of Knrbe Robertson., f he later played Ophelia to his Hamlet and on her last appearance here. In 10. she acted In a repertoire that Included "Caeaar and Cleopatra." "Hamlet" and "The Mer chant of Venice." Mm Elliott first played her present character "Glad'" In "The Dawn of a Tomorrow" In Birmingham. England, and afterwards the play had a season's run In London, that super-critical city doing homage to the genius of the young American. Mine Elliott's present tear he been marked with the most wonder! ul success thai evor attended a stsrrlng tour of a comparatively new stage favorite. Mies Elliott possesses marked Indi viduality, striking beauty and an alto gether fascinating stage presence. ihe has msde Glad aa actual thing of Ufa. The forlorn London waif with her op timism, her hope end her belief In the existence of good. Is a stsge creation that will live long In the minds of thoee who have seen It. The play Itself Is of a character that holds the attention from the time the curtain rises. It Is vtvld and picturesque In Its presenta tion of the lives and loves of the poor In the East Bide of London. This Is greatly aided by the rea Untie stage settings which Miss Elliott's managers, Messrs. Lie bier at Co... hare so sump tuously provided. The company Itself Is also of the highest clasa and embraces more than a score of plsyers who have accom plished much In their chosen profes sion. Chief In Miss Elliott's support are Fuller Melllsh. A. Scott Gatty. Sydney Booth. Suxanne Terry, Angela Ogden and Maude Nlssell. "FATTIER. AXTJ THE HOTS" HERE William II. Turner Will lie Seen In Crane's Ilolo at Bungalow. At the Bungalow this afternoon. William 1L Turner and his company begin a week's engagement In "Father and the Boys." George Ade's bright an! witty comedy, played here last season by William II. Crane. When Mr. Crane found a play to replace "David Haruin." William H. Turner was chosen to suc ceed hlra In that play, and so well did he fit the part that for four consecu tive years he was seen as te shrewd old "hoss trader." Now he follows up Mr. Crane In "Father and the Boys." and he is credited with even more suc cess in this than bis former succession. The play ts a cleverly constructed one the old fsther Intent on seeing his boys bright lights In the business world, but to be told by the young men that ha Is away behind the band, while the Juniors disport themselves, the one In society, the other devoted to ath letics. But father Is not so slow, even It he Is behind the times, as the boys realise when he begins to 'circulate" a little. It Is then he starts on a hilarious career, and the boys are kept busy try ing to head him off. but with no suc cess until father has run the gamut, and the boys have turned over a new leaf and given their parent all that bis heart wished for their future. This play Is said by some to be George Ade's be comedy. Mr. Tur ner's support Includes Miss Edith Tea ger, Eugene Shakespeare, John Flana gan. Marjorte Foster and others. A bargain matinee Is to be given On Thursday. "A TEXAS STEER" BAKER Bill Stock Company' Final Offering; Hoyt's Famous Comedy. The season of the Baker Stock Com pany, aa an organisation, will end this week, and following his favorite motto, "always lesve them laughing when you say good-bye." Manager Baker has selected Hoyt's famous comedy "A Texas Steer." long known as one of the keenest laugh-getters ever written, for the final bill. As a structure of boisterous fan mingled with sharpest wit and satire, this play has few equals, and today Is said to be aa bright and up-to-date as It was when It ewept the country with that noted sctor. Tim Murphy, In the role of Maverick Brander. and Will H. Bray as Klshback. the old colored office-seeker and Minister to Dahomey. The play opens with thfe scene laid In Texas, with the election of Brander. a cattleman, to the United States Sen ate. The sctlon shifts to a fashionable hotel In Washington, In which Bran der Is Initiated Into the wonders of politics snd "swell society." Later, the Investigation committee, consisting of Major Yell. Colonel Blow and Col onel Bragg, goes to Washington, hav ing been sent to Inquire Into the con duct of their Senator, about whom stories hare gotten afloat, and their coming Into entirely foreign surround ings Is the source of new avalanches of laughter. Of course, by this time Brander has become so thoroughly edu cated Into the wiles of political diplo macy that they are sent home shout ing rile praises. A charming lore story runs through the msxe of comedy situations, and a touch of genuine pathos In unexpect edly Introduced which never falls to reach the heart, it depicts the despair ing finish of the Inveterate office seeker. Flshback. and likewise that of all the vast horde who camp on the steps and In the cheap hotels, waiting, waiting for the job that never cornea But the pathetic side Is shown In but a single flash, and In delightful contrast to the whirlwind of comedy. "A Texas Steer" will continue all week at the Baker, starting with today's and In cluding ths regular matinees Wednes day and Saturday. I! I RK M'lXTOSII BACK TO STAGE Orplcum' Theater Attraction Noted In Various Line of Labor. Barr Mcintosh, editor, artist, actor, war correspondent and all-around American, will be one of the load stones of attraction at the Orpheum Juonddjr alieruooa. and lor the balance X II i ii i' -ss- . of the week. Of almost equal Impor tance Is the return engagement of Mile. Blanct FToellch, the unequalled classical dancer, and her supporting company of terpslchorean artists.- Mcintosh comes to the Orpheum In his skit of Western life. 'The Ranch man," a phase of American social con ditions with which he Is thoroughly familiar. Mr. Mcintosh Is best known, perhaps, as the publisher of the Burr Mcintosh Monthly, a magazine devoted to the best In photography, and as a war correspondent. It was Mcintosh who furnished the first pictures of the landing of the troops in Cuba and the ascent of San Juan Hill. He began life as an actor, drifted Into literature and photography, and now returns to his first love. - Mile. Froellch hss spent the months since leaving Portland In tha coun tries of the Out World and returns with a repertoire of dances that have met with unqualified approval. Sup ported by the most graceful of all Russian terpslchorean artists, Ivan Bankoff. four numbers will be given at each performance, the principals be ing aided by a company of dancing girls who are scarcely less accomp lished. Among the numbers are Dense de Roecoco. La Dense du Papllllon d'or et de l'Aralngee. Dense de Sabs, Danse do Torrero and Daatse Russe Kama- rlnL The dances are given with spe cial stage mountings and costuming, making It the most charming presenta tion of the year. Many there are who have deplored the decadence of old-time minstrelsy. The stars have been doing "singles" In vaudeville. In Coakley, Hanvey and Dunlavy. however, the Orpheum pre sents a trio of the best of the black faces. "The Town Hall Minstrels" with "tarnbo. "bones" and Interlocu tor have the atmosphere of the old minstrel show, and will run the scale from the opening medley to the grand finale. The cultured and dainty musicians. Catherine. Florence and Juliette Wes ton, who are so pleasantly remembered by Portlanders. will play a return en gagement after two years In the East, where they have had the patronage of such distinguished American families as the Astors, Vanderbilts and Goulds. Owning enough hats to start a sec ond-hand store. John Birch will tell the sad tale of a man's existence by the way be wears them. Jugglers hsve had fun with hats, but Birch Is the first to make them play a "meller- dramer. The audience will have no trouble In following the ludicrous story by the character of each hat worn. Kerens brothers, four or them, have developed something new In the use f boomerangs, dlaboios and hoops. while one of the unique attrsctlons of the vear will he Russell and De Virne as the frog and the dragon "In a Scene from the Congo River." With scenery designed from a special trip to the Congo the performance easily takes precedence over anything of a similar nature. Claude Gllllngwater in his great com edy. "The Awakening of Minerva." will close at the Orpheum with the Sunday matinee and evening performances. Reservations are now resdy for next week. . "MATINEE GIRLS" HEADLIXERS. Grand' Programme for Coming Week Is Foil of Promise. Vaudeville of class will occupy the Grand all week, commencing with the Monday afternoon performance. For tha headline act. Sullivan at Consldlna ftV . jVJ" .... V"- f ' ' ; aw "". . 1" "" -- JiSffM W ! f ..- ';rVrr ::y-vV--:-v:;. . '' " "1 '-'V'- ' ' are sending the blgest musical comedy feature that has yet played the circuit. This is "The Matinee Girls." with Jack Regan, Charlie De Haven and Jack Sid ney as the male contingent, and six beautiful, vivacious singing and danc ing girls. The swagger musical pro duction is In four scenes, with costume changing, Cohan dancing, and new and nifty songs. "The Happy Medium." Is an amusing sketch which serves as a vehicle for Clayton Ross and Mattie Rooney, who have been prominent In musical come dies in the East for several years. There Is some rousing dialogue, eccentric dancing and muslo In this skit, which has no other ambition than to enter tain without causing a headache. The Longacre Quartet Is said to be no ordinary combination of our singers. It Is a quartet of reputation, and has been known in the vaudeville world for several years as one of the best In the business. Their voices have been heard in phonograph records by every one who has a talking machine. In the quartet are, Messers. Berry, Wal cott, Gllday and Magers. Their songs are the latest hits. Being a baritone does not prevent O. Herbert Mitchell from slso telling stories. He has a good voice and will sing a series of selections. By way of variety, promises a few aide-spJitUnx stories, told in a dignified manner. Manning and Ford are dancers with can dance with the best, and they have a style and grace about their steps which make them favorites in short order. Miss Italia calls herself the "Queen of the Air," for she is at home in the air as well as on the ground, and her feats are far from the beaten path. There will be a new picture on the Grandascope. Today's performances will be the aet of the programme wheh has run the past week. The headline act Is the swimming specialty of the Finneys, one of the novelties of the season. DIVERS STAR AT PANTAGES. Aquatic Act Headllner In Bill Which Promises Much. The Four Nortins, presenting a great diving act, topllne the vaudeville bill at Pantages, commencing with the matinee tomorrow at 2:30. When the curtain goes up on the act a beautiful waterfall Is seen and the splashing water drops Into a beautiful minia ture lake, the lake being the tank in which the divers perform. Daring flipflops under water are followed by Ulflicult leaU in fancy diving peculiar to the Norrins. One of the feminine stars of the company appears In a series of flipflops under water with her eyes open, something rarely attempted. Two girls tie them selves In a sack and dive from a dizzy height in It, turning somersaults. The closing feature of the act is the best, the entire company offering their won derful bullet dive. Foster and Dog, better known as Wise Mine and the Little, but Some Dog, will appear in quaint mental telepathy acts. Introducing a marvel ous demonstration of canine Intelli gence. The dog, after making his ap pearance in a series of acrobatic and balancing feats, enters the audience. With him he carries a pack of cards and allows members of the audience to draw cards from the pack. After dis tributing the cards, the clever canine Informs the audience exactly where the various cards are and what they are. Best known to the world of amuse ment as "The Man Melba," Bob Al bright will Introduce his wonderful operatic selection, the sextet from "Lucia," In which he Is heard in the entire range of voices. In the skit replete with songs and jests, "The Good Ship Nancy Lee," those clever entertainers, Gilroy, Haynes and Montgomery, will appear: The plot of the skit has to do with the adventures of a stowaway, a rough old seadog- captain and first mate. The scene Is laid aboard the Nancy Lee and the scenery is elaborate. Williams and Right are the happiest of Dutch comedians, and every minute of their act is laugh-provoking.. The programme is concluded with the latest animated events shown by the Pantagescope. Adgie and her African lions will be seen for the last times, together wlta the other stellar acts on this week's bill, at the performances this afternoon and tonight. JLYKTC HAS EXTRA FEATURE Mr. and Mrs. Meymott Will Augment Dillon and King;, Funmakers. Mr. and Mrs. Meymott, who have Just arrived In this country direct from Australia after playing one year over the Rlckard circuit, will appear at the Lyrlo Theater all week commencing with tomorrow's matinee, as an added attraction. The Meymotts' will present a sketch .entitled "My Burglar." This sketch has been a headliner on the Rickard circuit. - The popular Lyric Musical Comedy Companyt will offer the coming week Dillon and King's greatest success "The .Twins." This is said to be their best laugh producer of the season and Ben Dillon, stage director of the company, guarantees an excellent production. This comedy has a well developed plot dealing with a very wealthy quack doctor who has been trying to make a name for himself by performing on some human freak of nature an opera tion that will make the rest of the world "take their hats off" to him. His daughter Is in love with Jack Hard man but the doctor refuses to sanction the marriage. The doctor advertises that he will give 10.000 and his daugh ter's hand in marriage to any one who will succeed In getting him some human freak for his operation. Hardman and the daughter conceive the scheme of getting some one to represent the Siamese Twins. Mike Mooney and Ike Achsteln are secured and the fun com mences from the time they enter the doctor's office until their escape. The chorus will have some new and popular numbers and the wardrobe will be all new and attractive. Three performances daily 2:45, 7:45 and 9:15 and the popular chorus girls' contest on Friday night, after each performance. PICTURES STILTj IMPROVING Strong Features and Longer Films Presented by Licensed Circuit. In licensed nictureS Is again noticed all along the line. In the quality of film, excellence of sub jects, brilliancy of photography and , saiety as weii. u . of the non-inflammable material In , all of the theaters of the People's . Amusement ufmpnuy. : The Star offers something new, as usual, presenting four distinct pic tures, and a trio of men singers direct from Eastern vaudeville success, who sing the latest popular songs, playing their own accompaniments on the double guitar, banjo and mandolin. I The Arcade, the Oh Joy, the Odeon ' and the Tlvon nave wen nuuca v feet of solid films to their shows, giv ing the people more for their money, and still retaining the same class. At the Star the pictures will be "A Prob lem of the Slums," the much adver tised Edison; "Davy Jones," "Sword and Cross," a big spectacular feature, and "Mont Blanc Clouds." At the Arcade "The- Aching Void." "Oh. Too Kids." "The Man from the East-" The silver violinist, a splendid singer, and other novelties will be presented. At the Odeon there will be 3000 feet of good pictures, "A War Time Es cape," "Betty as i a Maid." "All for Love of a Lady," and singing. At the Oh Joy, "The Faithful In dian." "Privateer's Caves," "Mandy's Social Whirl," and singing will be features. At the Tivoli, "Snake in Grass." "Was He a Coward?" "Max Gets Hisi Feet Pinched," "Whiffles Courtship." and Sather, the vocalist, are on the bill. "THE MERRY WIDOW" OX WAY Engagement at Heiliff Will Be in Nature of Farewell to Operetta. Henry W. Savage's delightful produc tion of "The Merry Widow" will start one week's engagement, with the usual matinees, at the Heilig Theater, April 2. This presentation of Franz Lehar'a light opera classic is a sort of a fare well, as the piece will not be seen again in this part of the country for . four years. Beginning next season, Mr. Savage has decided to divide the United States and Canada Into four sections which will be played alternately. Hence the future visits of "The Merry Widow" will be quadrennial. For the present production Mr. Sav- . age has assembled a cast of rare ex cellence the members of which were drafted from the numerous "Merry Widow" companies which have been playing the principal cities of Amer ica during the past three years. Mabel Wilber, who headed the company that ' made the transcontinental tour from New York to San Francisco, last sea son, will be seen In the titular role; Charles Meakins will play Prince Dan llo; Ivy Scott, an Australian songbird, who Is appearing for one year, under Mr. Savage's direction, will sing Na talie; R. E. Graham Fred Frear and , F. J. McCarthy, the three leading com edians of the original company that played "The Merry Widow" in New York, will appear In the parts with which they have become so thoroughly identified. Harold Blake, by many ac counted the foremost lyric tenor of America, will sing De Jolidon. THREE STARS WILXj SHLXE. Production of "The Merchant ot Venice" at Baker Will Be Notable. Although Florence Roberts, who, with Theodore Roberts and Thurlow Bergen, is to head the all-star stock company at the Baker Theater for a season of several weeks, commencing Monday night, March 27, with a re vival of "Jim the Penman," has been associated with emotional drama for the past few seasons, she has played many Shakespearean roles during her career. Her Katherine In "The Taming of the Shrew," is remembered by all who saw it as the most Ideal Katherine the stage has produced. In support of. the late Lewis Morrison, she played many noted classic characters, includ ing "Portia. Hence the great revival of "The Merchant of Venice," at the . Baker Theater during the Roberts-Bergen-Roberts season there, will be one of unusual interest, not only to students, but to theatergoers In general. Theodore Roberts, whose Falstaff in the New Theater, New York, pro duction of "The Merry Wives of Wind sor," was said to be a wonderful por trait of this drunken reveller, will be the Shylock, and his reputation as the foremost character actor on the Amer ican stage, insures a remarkable con- . ception. Bergen will be seen as "Bassanlo," a role particularly suited to his roman tic style. As all these players have bee schooled In the methods of the old, as well as the new schools of acting, this production will bring out the best of each. Simplicity, naturalness, classic reserve and dignity will mark the pro duction, not only from an histrionta, but from a scenic and costume stand point. Famous Play to Be Given. - There will be two special perform ances of the famous play "The House of a Thousand Candles" by the Baker Stock Company next Sunday, matinee and evening. "A Texas Steer" will end its week Saturday night and the Flor ence Roberts engagement not opening until the following Monday, leaves Sunday for these two special perform ances, which will be given in the usual beautiful style of the company. The play Is dramatized from the widely read and fascinating novel and deals with the strange happenings in a quaint old-world castle a certain ec centric old gentleman has built in In diana. It was played by the Baker company three years ago and created a genuine sensation, playing to one of the biggest weeks of the season. All readers of the book and they number legions should take advantage of one of these two special performances of the play, for it may be their only chance to see it. ' ' I