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THE STjyPAY OREGOXIAy, POTlTLAyP. MARCH 19, 1911. 3 BURR M'INTOSH TO BE FETED BY FRIENDS HERE Noted War Correspondent to Speak Before Commercial Club Press Club to Entertain Him. THEATER TelepbOBea Main X. A ES60. Morrieoa and 11th Streets. Gea I Baker, Gen. Manager. Phones Main 6 and A 1020. Sunday Afternoon March 26 Week Starting; Sunday Matinee, Today, March 19, 1911 BAKER STOCK COMPANY. Ia One of the Greatest Laughituj Bills Ever Written ADVANCEEMjA VAUDEVILLE . . ;. Week -Begin nliUE Monday Matinee, March 20 V Hoyt's ATexas Steer Special Or ph earn Tour of BURR McINTOSH And His Company, Presenting "The Ranchman" Greatly . Augmented Cast Immense Character Creations B A ICE R B itflew "... s WPMf 1 I,- -v T X '- ', . . . t BTRR M1JITOSK. iffKC.V Burr Mcintosh appear at; Wlh Orpheum tomorrow In The RaBchmin. It will be becaae of condition somewhat out of the or dinary, and durtnir tk week he will be tba object of much entertainment by Fortlandera. Mr. Mcintosh will lunch on Wednesday In the main dining-room of the Commercial Club as the guest ot President Vincent, of the Portland Press Club, and Immediately after luncheon will speak In the assem bly hall of tha Commercial Club. The. subject will be one of local Interest because of the fact that Mr. Mcintosh wtll go abroad In Hay to lecture on "Tha I'nlted States of Today." and Is now fathering material concerning tha chief clUea of this country. The port land Press Club will entertain Mr. Mc intosh at their rooms In the K.Iks build ing at 9 o'clock Thursday night. Burr Mcintosh Is best known to Americans as tha war correspondent who furnished tha Brat stories and pic tures of the landing of the fntted States I trooos In Cuba, and walked Jo nill.-s I after dark to aend out the pictures of the battle at San Juan Hill, which later made a President of the I'nlted States And while he was connected with tha Presidential game Mcintosh had some thing to do with the election of Presl dent Taft- Mcintosh accompanied Mr. Taft so the Philippines and was able to furnish the American people with tha first views of their Oriental pos- sesstons. After establishing Burr Mcintosh's Monthly, devoted to high-class pho tography and art. aa well as the bet ter grades of literature. Mr. Mcintosh gave tha publication his entire time, and only recently retired from the con cern. Ha declares that the call of the wild" to him means the stare and tha lectors platform, for which he inallnd at Princeton 1'nlverstty. At Princeton Burr Mcintosh waa known aa the fast est sprinter and hurdler In all college Ufa. was tha end rush of his football team, and caught for the varsity base ball nine. Altogether It a'ppeara that a real live American will pttpent The Ranchman" here. NEWS AND GOSSIP OF PLAYS AND PLAYERS JOtTED BT LCO.TS CASS BAKU. SPRING certainly has arrived. All the feminine members of local theatrical organisations are wear ing brand-new bonnets. At a restau rant tha other night I counted no less than seven beautiful bonnets crowning different etage women, and If that Isn't a stroeg sign of the newly bud ding Spring, then I miss my guess. Brenda Fowler's Spring "announce ment" la a gorgeous glowing hst to natural straw shot through with coral. She pokea ail of her dusky hair and tha tlpa of her ears Into Its cavernous depths, and wears a big. ssqulsltaly carved cameo brood, at tha opening of her f'.at lutch collar when she wants to daxxle beholders overmuch. Ethel Clifton, who waa leading wom an with the Seattle Baker stock com pany, and Mlsa Kowler have taken a aroart apartment within walking dis tance of the tneater. Miss Clifton s bonnet goes everyone else a one bet ter. Inasmuch aa she has a beautcheoua Imported suit to go with It; a sort of burnt sienna color, made of a band socne smooth cloth, trimmed with wide flat braid. With It she wears a won derful Charlotte Corday bonnet, with a. drooping lace frill to veil the wreath of wee pink rosebuds that encircles the crown. Ida Adatr. who leavea at tba end of this week for Los Angeles, simply had to wear r.er newest bonnet so we'd know she liked Portland shops well enough to get It here. It's a be wildering Spring steeple of white Mi lan straw, with wreaths of tiny pink and blue roses, with glittering dew drops on the leaves. Mta vlulnru of the Baker players, looks . he a queen o tha May In a wee little tooue. just a masaot Spring blossoma. anchored to her ear by a simple little cord of gold. Maude Rockwell, prima donna at tha Lyric proclaims the coming of Spring in a wtde-brimir.ed affair of finest black atraw. with a mossed effect of red gardenias covering one entire side. Thla la the only trimming on the French rhapeau. and It la decidedly smart. Then there s "Buster" Wlll tama. who la right there In a little early bird's nest of brown straw, with two huge wings of straw poked straight up. It's truly a "pony" effect. As a concession to a breath of chill la t:ie air. all these maids contradict their next months millinery with last month's furs. Can you beat It? e This Is Marshall D'araum's last week with the Haker stock company, where he has been stage manaaer for sev eral weeks, well, since Ionald Bowles went away, lie Is gulag down to Cal ifornia to vlatt In various parts of the state, and on June IS satis with his brother Dustin for a vacation In Eu rope. Then In the Fail the Farnum brothers. Dustla and Marshall, are go ing to tour la a play which Is now being written around "The Littlest Rebel." tha vaudeville sketch la which Iuua Is bow appearing. The latter la no longer a Liebler atar. having signed over only last week the prop erty rights of his art to Al H. H'cooi to bava and to hotd for a term of years. At the same time Mr. Woods . gathered In our Marshal!, and Is going j to star them la a four-act play. I "The Littlest Rebel." as a sketch by Fdward Pepia. was first presented at tna New Amsterdam benefit performance cua Mayer. Mr. Woods was among tha thousands who had assembled to pro vide a permanent plug hat fund for Mr. Mayer, and waa profoundly im pressed by the dramatlo altuatlons and the heaxt throbs In tha playlet. Since that afternoon he haa been In negotiation with both Mr. Peple and luatln Karaum relative to the con summation of the transaction above outlined. When the terms of the con tract had been agreed upon. Mr. Woods asked to have Marshall Far n urn thrown In for good measure, and next Kail the Karaum brothers, two count 'ero two. will divide tha dressing room and Incandescent honors wher ever "Tha Littlest Rebel" Is shown, see. Thurston Ball left thla morning for Santa Maria, where he says he's going to play baaebail and work off some of the welgnt he haa taken on by drink ing our bull Run water. Ha says It la all seriousness, too. and that he never taated auch delicious water la all his travels. After his rest Mr. Hall goes back to the Alcasar stock com pany. In San Francisco. Another press story Is out of an actress-Jewel robbery, wherein tha thieves, as is usual la such cases, over looked four times aa much aa they se cured. lKa't you positively ache for newa of a erralght out-and-out clean up, where tha burglar takes every thing? Just as a sort of relief, you know. e . e e lion Ling Chang, who la editor of the Chinese Free Press la San Fran cisco and a member of the junior class of the Cathay Club of the University of California (composed of students of the Chinese language and literature) has written a play called "The Fairy Queen." Part ot the cast has been se lected and It la planned to produce the piece aometlme In April. The story, told In two acta, deals with the supersti tions of the Chinese. e e e The report that Mme. Slmone. , the French actress who created the role of the pheasant hen in "Chantecler." Is aulng for a judicial separation from her very young busband. Claude Casl mlr Perler. son of aiwex-Presldent of France, appears to be merely gossip. The lady ia only asking the court to grant her a "separation des biens," giving her control of her private prop erty, so none of her husband's cred itors can touch It. Thla Is In conse quence of proceedings started by the husband's family for a control of his Income, la view of hla rapid mode of living. . e e e An actress suing for divorce says her husband threw dishes at her while she was rehearsing her role in a play. The Judge ahould by all means And out about tha lady's histrionics. Maybe her husband was Justified. first presented at n Theater at the 1 tendered to Mar- I 1 Charles Cherry Is starring In "The Seven Sisters." reminiscent la title of somebody's hair restorative. see Jessie Houston, who danced and pranced about on the stage of the Portland Theater while Murray and Mack were holding forth with their alleged musical comedies, la playing with the Kastern company of "The Time, the Place and tha Ctrl." It was la this production, tha Western com pany, that Portland people first saw Mlas Houston La tha leading role. Moat The Great TT Pianist 1 J Heilig Theater PRICES: 91.00, 91.SO and $2.00 Gallery Admission 75c Seat Sale Thursday of this season she haa not been playing, owing to the serious Illness of her mother, but has rejoined the company now for her third season in the same part. see "Dramatlo themes are as limited al most as human emotions," says Charles Klein, author of "The Third Degree," "The Lion and the Mouse" and a new success, "The Gamblers." "Experts have told us," he con tinues, "that there are IS original jokes, that all the others are- varia tions of the original 13. Original dra matic themes are even fewer. Just now I can think of 12. There are many thousand variations to each theme, as there are to each Joke, but, fundamen tally. I can find only 12. which are: Lave. The call of beauty. Lust. Faith. Greed. Duty. Selnitmena Relsnat!on. ' Elualveness of youth. Human mkDta The voice of nature. Polltli-s. . - "The last named Is one of the oldest of dramatic themes, dating back to Aristophanes, and it is also one of the most recent and most popular In vogue. It Is strange that political economy so live In affairs today has not found Its way Into drama. But it Is sure to come, for the drama is be coming the most potent and influential factor among present-day Institutions In education, morals and manners. And, ue-i! lei's to aw. a factor ior the best. "Each one of these oft-used themes Is capable of endless variations, but at the moment I do not recall a play of any period that contains a theme not mentioned above. "We take our dramatic themes from life. There is only one source and we all go to It. But while human nature and life of all ages supplies the motive. It is usually life of today that fur nishes the incidents and episodes to de velop the theme. And where else can one look for a larger reflection of life and its phases than In that wonderful lens which focuses all living demon stration the newspaper? It records all human events. It Is a catalogue of episodes episodes that make drama on the stage of the world. Why should nor the dramatist turn to It like a reader to a catalogue of books? "Evetr day the newspaper la full oi plots' and Incidents, tha dramatic value of which tha craftsman speedily recognizee. Some of these Incidents are ao strange, so Intensely dramatic, that, when transferred to the stage, tbev would be regarded as unrealities merely Hgmenta of the dramatlo mind. They contain tne essence oi drama. Many, of them contain the sub lime qualities of tragedy. And It Is ail life." sneaklna- of theatrical performances. It's getting more difficult every week to tell what Improprieties the public regards aa proper. i Ethel Levy, formerly the wife of George M. Cohan and who haa been living abroad for two seasons. Is to open tn New York on April 17 with the new Folles uergere company. a... pnihirilt. m-hn Is srlven aims. . .- . credit of being eomethlng of an artist as well as an actress, waa recently called uflon In one of her marvelous creations of the stage to enact the role of a sculptor apd to model a bust In view of the audience. Everyone. In- . . , i . ... ralrlv electrt- CluaiOK w " - " fled, but when going Into rhapsodies over the tecnnicai sain uiin)u Madame Sarah handling the clay, I .. . , ..- h . Wna.w nothlnir cney bdbww . " . of the artistic tricks of the actor s As a matter or raci. nernnarat uiuu i scalp at alL The bust was modeled and baked and over It Is placed damp clay of the aame color. This the ever versa- -i. ... - ...If milled off In bits. tne . , --- - - - leaving the beautifully modeled head underneath. I actually believe If George M. Cohan re to break a bone la his body he'd try to set It to music c . v. .1 narrTinora Is coming to Port land In the late Spring. And she's go- f ull-f ledeed repertoire. Including -Alice-Slt-by-the-Flre." Pln- ero's "Mld-Channei. i rtnuj i" Wells" and one or two others of her earlier successes.. w f v Tmnamav says all she wanta on earth Is a chance to play "Leah the Forsaken" as an outlet for her pent-up emotions. No accounting for yearnings. Fanny Davenport, the tragedienne, be gan In "The Black Crook." A barber who shaves a man I know. says he Is writing a play. I suppose It's some sort of a curtain-razor. Last week. In St. Louis. Sophie Tucker celebrated her first appearance there bv alnsrlng "My Hero" from "The Chocolate Soldier" and was laughed at most cr-u-e-l-l-y. Remember, tsopnier She l tha lady with the angle-worm song who wiggled herself Into the cal cium of police surveillance while per forming on a Portland vaudeville stage a few months ago. She's just bound to get noticed, that glrL A nlavwriKht says he Just knows his latest effort la going to be a big suc cess because even the manager blushed when he read it. The "Danger Dance" Is the newest development in the art of terpslchorean calisthenics. Danced by a young man and woman In "Madams Sherry" it Is described by one who saw it as a dis tinct novelty. The man stands always A record-breaker in every sense of the word. Screaming satire on the politics of yesterday, today and all time to come. Stage under direction of Earl D. Dwire. Evenings 25c, 50c, 75c. Sunday and Saturday Matinees 25c, 50c. Wednesday Bargain Matinee 25c, all seats x Xest Sunday Matinee and night, March 26, two special performances -only, Baker Stock Company in' "The House of a Thousand Candles," dramatized from the widely read and fascinating novel. BAKER THEATER Special Announcement Seat sale opens next Thursday 'for'the brilliant Star Triumvirate sea- 0 son of Florence Roberis Theodore Rob?rt$ Ttnrlow Bergea (Supported by Baker Stock Compeer) Which will begin Monday, March 27, with a magnificent revival of JIM THE PENMAN Prices Parquet. fl.OO; Parquet ClrtUe. 75c; Balcony, first nine rows. 50c; Balcony, laat ten rows, 26c Saturday Matinee Lower Floor, 50c; Balcony, 25c. Wednesday Matinee Parquet, 60c; Parquet Circle, 25c; Balcony, 25c. COAKLEY, HANVEY THREE & DUNLEAVY . MISSES WESTON KONERZ BROTHERS RUSSELL & De VIRNE JOHN BIRCH ORPHEUM PICTURES MLLE. BIANCI FROELICH la Her Repertoire of Classical and Kovelty Dances EVENING PRICES IS, 25, 50 and 75c DAILY MATISEE 15c, 25c, 50c. HOLIDAY MATI.VEES Mght Prices. HEAT SALE OPEXS NEXT FRIDAY HEILIG THEATER 6 NIGHTS Beg-inni'g V-J M0NMH MISS Special Price Matin res Wed. and Sa tar day GERTRUDE ELLIOTT (Liebler A Co., Managers) In Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett's Play of Cheerfulness THE DAWN OF A TOMORROW" on the grround and his fair partner is mostly In the air. whither he swing's, pulls and tosses her as he might throw a scarf. The younsc woman who fig ures as the human fabric wears a spe cially devised steel corset to protect her ribs from cracking; In the clinches. PENSIONS LAW CRITICISED French Chamber of Deputies Sees Burden to Workmen. PARIS, March 15. (Special.) The new workmen's pension law, which is to come into force-In July, has been the subject of criticism In the Chamber of Deputies. Comte Ferrl de Ludre, Deputy of Nancy, stated that he had received com munications from a number of work- tnen, who declared that, while they de preciated the contributory principle, they preferred to accept It rather than to have to face the alternative of in creased death duties on the smaller classes of estates. His correspondents, he said, were far more concerned to drse that workmen should be come en titled to their penslans, not at 55 at latest. The majority of state railway employes were pensioned at the latter age. A similar practice had for the last 20 years been followed In a num ber of Important industries, notably In the iron and steel trade, since it was recognized that in case of many of the railing's, the average mortality among: the workmen showed a dispro portionate increase between the 50th and 60th year. One of the largest works In France pensioned Its work men at the age of 50, and this without any contributions on their part. Many workmen who were employed in these conditions were anxious lest their sit- BUNGALOW Geo. I.. Baker General Manarer. THEATER 12th and Morrison Sta, FUore Main U A All Week, Commencing Matinee Today Sunday, March 19, 1911 THE GREGORY-STEGNER CO. Present the Capable Character Comedian . Ia His Greatest Laushlns Success Supported by the Best Cast Ever Seen In George Ade's Funniest Comedy FATHE TH RAND BOYS Its Reeoxd 150 Kigbta at Empire Theater, New York 100 Nights at Power' Theater, Chicago. THE NEW YORK PRODUCTION COMPLETE Evening Prices, 2Sc, BOc, 75c, $1.00. Sunday and Saturday Matinees, 25e and SOc. Thursday Bargain Matinee, 25c all sents. uation should suffer as a result of the application of the new pensions law. The 17,000,000 prospective benefici aries under the new law will have to contribute some $20,000, 000 toward the pension fund. A good deal of bad blood might have been saved if the State, and not the employers, had been intrusted with the duty of collecting these contributions. UNEQUALLED VAUDEVILLE Week Commencing Monday Matinee, March 20 EXTRA ATTRACTION EXTRAORDINARY EXTRA The Four Norrins In the Greatest Diving Act in the World Bob Albright The Man Melba. Gilroy, Haynes and Montgomery In "The Good Ship Nancy Lee." Pantagescope Latest Animated Events. Foster and Dog Vaudeville's Act Unique. Williams and Bight Jolly German Jesters. Pantages Orchestra H. K. Evenson, Director. Popular Prices. Matinee Daily. Curtain 2:30, 7:30 and 9. SULLIVAN & CONSIDINE GRAND MATINEE DAILY at 2:30 Foar Shom Sanday 1:00, :3t 7s45 and 0:15 P. M. Best Vaudeville lSc F th 1 in America H25c American and European Vaudeville WeefcofMarcIi20 Jnck Roaran Present 4 DeHaven& Sidney sffitd The Matinee Girls , " . In a Musical Production "AFTER THE MATINEE" KENNEDY & ROONEY In, the Frolicsome Diversion, "The Happy Medium" G. Herbert Mitchell Baritone and Raconteur MANNING & FOED In Dances Both Picturesque and Pleasing MISS ITALIA Dainty Queen of the Air Special Added Feature 4 LONG ACRE 4 Messrs. Berry, Wolcott, Gildey, Magers, Singing Broadway's Newest Song Hits GRAND ASC0PE MATIXEES DAILY AT 2:30 MGHT AT 7:30 and 8:15 People's Amusement Co EXHIBITORS OF FIRST-RUN FILMS STAR THEATER Everything New Today 4 Matchless Pictures 4 AND A NEW - Vocal and Instrumental Trio THE PROBLEM OF THE SLIMSI BIG EDISOXIAST FEATURE y SAW JO'ES THE SWORD AD THE CROSS AND MONT BLANC CLOUDS ARCADE THEATER Thr Achlna- Void. Drama, Oh Yn Klda. Comedy. Mil From Kaat. Western. Mlver Violinist, and A Matchless Sinjcer. OH JOY THEATER The Faithful Indian. The Privateers. Caves of France. And Maadr's Social Whirl. Big gest and Best Show This Season. Full 3000 feet absolutely new film. ODEON THEATER SOOO feet rlaaay a-oods. Wartime F.arape. Retir aa a Maid. Costumed comedy With Korreat the Mnslelan, ainalna; etc. TIVOLI THEATER Waa He a Coward t Drama. The Snake In the Grass. Indian. Max Geta Feet Pinched, and . Whiffles' Courtship, two comedies. Besides gather the 8 laser. its. a .-tM-i Home of Musical Comedy Vep Seventh and Alder Streets WEEK COMMENCING TOMORROW MATINEE KEATING & FLOOD PRESENT EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION FflR. 6 MRS. H. A. MEYMOTT "MY BURGLAR 99 Street from the world-renowned Rlckard Circuit of England and Aus tralia, and The Lyric Musical Comedy Company IN DILLON KING'S GREATEST SUCCESS "THE TWINS" The brlrhtot and moat laughable comedy written catehy song num. rr. pretty chorua clever and funny comedians. Three performances daily, 2:4S, 7:46 and 1S. Friday night, chorus a-irla' contest after each performance.