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3 NEWS AND GOSSIP OF PLAYS AND PLAYERS H E I L IG THEATER Seventh aad Taylor Streets Phones Mala X and A 1123 Phones Main 6 and A 1020. ' t THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, APRIL 23, 1911. EDITED MY LEOXB CAS UOL Folk In Grand Kapld. Mich., eer llnlr Uk our old friend Catbrtoa Counties. When ebe returned to their - midst Ut month and opened her third iuko la tock. she wm given an oration. Oie of ths Grand Kaplds papers aald: Twenty-six curtain calls after ths acts, a wajronload of flowers, con gratulatory telrrraras from New York to California, and enthusiastic ap proval of hrr new company, all com bined to make It a happy erent for her. Miss Counties has tremendous popu larity In Grand ftapjtl. and will hare a fins season. Her leading man. Nor man liackett. also had a rousing re ception. Zlra was the second bill. and Is to b followed by Lady Winder mere's Fan. Mtxa Countlss Is her own manager, and has prored herself as adept In business as she la In acting. There was a llttls chorus Rlrl Whoso life was sweet and pure; But. oh! Indeed, how poorly paid. How lonely and obscure. Bhe strove by nlcrht and day to win Ths secrets of her art. And souKht by study to acquire Perfection In her part. Betimes the little chorus rlrl Caucrht on, and after that Fhe owned a bis; red touring car And eke a lovely flat. Still later. In ber upward Eight. The little girl became A pictured choruspondent. and She hit the road to fame. Exchange In Paris an actor-Inventor has just constructed a perilous loop-the-loop art with two motor cars, and Is to make Ms debut In It early this Summer In Berlin. Two cars with the actor-ln-ventor In one and his woman partner In the other start down an Inclined plank following each other, until they reach an open space. Car No. 1 then stprlngs In the air by the Impetus, while No. ! Jumps the spare on the level, passlnsr under the first car and arrlvlrr on the other side of the spare first, thus reversing their positions for the remainder of the trip. I fully ex pect to hear that John F. Cordray has ordered the first American model of the contraption to Install at the Oaks. The open season for news of Ixetta Jewel la now on. From San Francisco comes this nice little squib: "Wildfire." the Proactharst-Hobart play. In which Lillian Russell last was seen In this -ltT. eei-red the purpose lat evening of re Introdarlnc Ttmrstrm Hall as leadlns man at the Ak-asAT ard of Introducing seam " " local audience Miss fsrtta Jewel. Miss J'l Is not unknown In this city, but the present la the nrst occasion In which she has ap peared her tn a leadlnc capacity. When tVlldnre" was sn here at the Van some two years aco the prin cipal interest attached to It In the minds of the acer thater-ocr was as to whether Miss Rues!l preserved Intact the Toothful aapwf and manners which have been her ciilef theatrical asset la recent 7ar. No such Interest could be claimed for last nlffht's performance, fur Miss Jewel Is well en the sunny side of the calendar of r This Is followed by a somewhat lengthy dissertation on Miss Jewel's charms personal and professional all of which makes pleasant reading. It Is good. too. to hear of Thurston Hall, who for several weeks was leading man with the Portland Baker players. He was with Miss Mussel all the time that she used "Wildfire" for her star ring vehicle, and it Is doubtful If a better play could have been selected In which for him to make his reappear ance aa the Alcazar's leading man. gether. the whole was at last perfected. Mr. Collier has shelved his play of this season, "I'll Be Hanged It I do." In order to present bis big success of some years ago. see Lee TVlllard. a well-known local ac tor, has become a member of "The Squaw Van" company. playing the Western circuit. He will assume the titular role. e e e "Constant Reader wants to know If Priscllla Knowlea Is still a "New York actress." Yes, constant one, she Is at the Academy of Music, aa leading woman In stock. Her position bears annroxlmately the same - position to theatrical New York as It did to the atrical Portland when she was playing leads with the Athon company last sea son at the Lyric Theater. see Tours are already ending and actors beginning to sail away, to spend their shekels in buying grand clothes, foreign clothes. e e -e Tretty Marie Doro. whom we last saw In "The Morals of Marcus," and who failed signally last season In the London production of "The Climax" and later In "Miss Electricity" over ber. Is numbered among the early sea goers. Says she's going abroad to re cuperate. Mikail Mordkln. the Rus sian dancer, and Mrs. Mordkln. and MUe. Anna Pavlowa, have also sailed. Al H- Woods, C. H. Whitney and Mar guerite Sylva have departed early, too. "I'm the despair of the press agent." George Arllss told the Chicago Press Club at a luncheon recently in his honor. "I don't own an automobile. I've got but one wife; and. to make matters more difficult for the press agent, she Is the very same wife I had 10 years ago. I seem to nave missea fire, as It were, hereditarily speaking, for behind me are four generations on the paternal aide of printers .and news paper publishers. My father, indeed. was a very genuine journalist. lie founded and edited two newspapers on the other side, and both are now quite prosperous concerns, the .prosperity dating, of course, from the day he gave them up and turned them over to men who were not Journalists at all." T. Daniel Frawley. "the" T. Daniel of many theatrical ventures on the Pacific Coast, has succeeded Robert Hunter aa chief of the engagement department on the staff of Henry W. Savage. With Eddie Foy next season In the musical version of "My Friend from India" will be a cast made up almost exclusively of vaudeville artists. Prom inent among the lot are Harry Fox and the Millershlp sisters, one of the best Hinging and dancing trios that ever entertained Portland people at the Or rheum. e Robert Mantell has begun a four weeks" engagement at Daly's. In New York. In a repertoire of classical plays. The opening bill was King Lear. Arthur A. Greene, former Portland newspaper man, la Mr. Mantell s press representative. E. IL Sothern and Julia Marlowe are planning to present "Macbeth" at the Greek Theater of the University of California In June. Later they will appear In Portland In a repertoire of Shakespearean plays. Margaret Illington. who has not ap peared professionally In New York since her triumph as Marie Louise Voy- sin In "The Thief." will return to Broadway tomorrow as the star In Eu gene Walter's play, "Mrs. Maxwell's Mistake." It is really an old play, un der the title of "Sergeant James" It made a failure before Its author was famous. He revamped It and called It "Boots and Saddles." Even then It did not make good, so he wrote It all over in spots and dubbed It "Homeward Bound." Failure again greeted the pro duction, so he rewrote It once more, this time for Miss Illington. and gave It the present title. Charlotte Walker, Mr. Walter's wife, has played the role on tour wtth little or no success. Miss Illington has been unfortunate, to put It kindly, this season In her plays, hav ing to shelve "Until Eternity "In San Francisco after one week s perform ance, and "The Whirlwind." in which we saw her, was put In storage long before she got to New Tork. She will play at Maxine Elliott's theater. Mrs. Flske says: "Things are easy, easy, easy to a woman endowed with physical charm by nature." Why a second and third "easy"? The first one Is amply sufficient and painfully emphatic e De Wolf Hopper Is to have a brand new musical comedy for next season, with book and lyrics by Avery Hop. wood. The long-drawn-out comedian will continue under direction of Dan iel V. Arthur, who. by the way, la Ma rie CahlU's husband. B. A. Rolfe. star and owner of the Rolfonians, musicians who appeared at the (Tpheum several weeks ago, will spend the coming season at Atlantic fity. On July 1 Mr. Kolfe opens as di rector of a band of 60. all American musicians, on Young's Pier. Another ex-Baker player who is on Bma,way again Is Frederick Esmelton. who Is playing the role of Colonel John T. Bowie, in William Collier's revival of "The Dictator." which opened last week. Mr. Esmelton used to be a "heavy" with the Baker players, and was a member of the road production of "The Christian." sent out by Man ager Baker. He was here last wtth Grace George In "A Woman's Way." last Summer. His wife, a Portland rirU Jewel Tower, the aister of John T. Power, was also a member of the company. Speaking of Mr. Collier, however, this pextteuiar production of "The Dictator" Jx of Interest out of the ordinary be ruse of the fact that manuscript of the play was destroyed In the Ran -rarv!co fire and had It not been for the excellent memory of the actors the lines would have been loat entire ly Fortunately. Mr. Collier was able to secure, with the aid of his former associates In the piece aa almost per fect version. Each player recalled his .own Hoes, and so by piecing parts to- At the Theaters Con tinned rrlrn Page S. .... : -.J SEAT SALE TOMORROW E L M The Great Violinist HEILIG THEATER Wednesday Evening A N 91M. Sil.t o'clock. rmcF.ss S.0O. t.S0. S3.00; Gal. A dm. $1. lox seats sh. Koad." "The Phoney Prince," a comedy and music and singing. WAKDE SHOWS VERSATILITY Eminent Shakespearean Actor to Ap pear In Role of Brutus. Frederick Warde will appear at the TIelilr. Seventh and Taylor streets, for three nights, beginning next Sunday. April 30. during which he will pre aent an elaborate scenic production of Shakespeare's historical tragedy, "Julius Caesar." Mr. Warde Is unques tionably the best-informed Shakes pearean scholar on the stage today, and It Is doubtful It there Is any greater exponent of the multiplied characters. He la a thinker and man of creative Idea. None of his Interpretations fol low the beaten track, and for that rea son they constantly arouse discussion and Interest. In the past Mr. Wards has always appeared aa Maro Antony In "Julius Caesar." to the Brutus of Louis James or some other famous star but this season he Is interpreting the role of Brutus himself, and It Is sim ply another proof of his wonderful versatility. Ernest C 'Warde, an actor of great promise, who is said to have Inherited some of the genius of his father, will appear as the fiery Casslus. who Instl gated Brutus to Join the conspiracy against Caesar. Toung Mr. Warde hae played this character on numerous oc caslons during his association with the late Richard Mansfield. The pleasure-loving Marc Antony will be played by a young man named Andrew Rogers, in whom Frederick Warde has taken a great Interest and for whom he prophesies a great fu ture. Caesar will be played by Horace Porter, and Casca Is entrusted to John J. Burke. Miss Olive Thome will be Calpburnla, the wife f Caesar, and Miss Helen Hilton will play Portia, the loving wife of Brutus. The rest of the characters will be entrusted to a large cast of competent players who have been carefully drilled tinder Mr. Warde's personal direction. A feature of their performance will be their clear enunciation and delivery of lines. point on which Mr. Warde Is Insistent and strict. There have been a number of scenic productions In this country of "Julius Caesar," but It Is doubtful If any have been a4 beautiful or complete as that which Mr. Warde mill present here THE SPENDTHRIFT' AT HEILIG Porter Emerson Browne's Domestic Drama to. Be Presented. Frederick Thompson's production of Porter Emerson Browne s great domes tic drama, "The Spendthrift." which was the dramatic sensation of New York last season, will be the attrac tlon at the HelUg Theater for four nights, beginning Thursday, May 4. with a matinee Saturday. "The Spendthrift is a play with a lesson and a reproach for the nun dreds of thousands of weak, yielding American husbands. The theme deals largely wtth the present-day domestic extravagance, and presents a startling picture of life, such as rarely has been put on the stage. The couple shows a man and wife deeply In love, but she Is more In love with herself and dresses and her society than with htm. He has slaved for -0 years, and has not saved a penny. Her extravagance drags him down at last. Bankruptcy has forced him to the wall as tho play opens. Frederick Thompson has provided an exceptionally fine cast for this play. headed by Doris Mitchell snd Llonell Adams snd Includes Gwendolyn Piers. Albert Sackett. Mattle Ferguson. For rest Orr. Alice Kelly and William H. Sullivan. "RIGHT OF WAY" TO BE IVI3f Famou Gilbert Parker Story to Follow "Sapho"' at Baker. Following "Sapho" at the Baker, a splendid production of the dramat Ixa- tlon of Gilbert Parsers novel, -ine Right of Way." wtth Florence Roberts Kathleen Steele, inunow ttergen as Charley Steele and Theodore Roberts In his original creation. In which he aroused enthusiasm the country over two years ago Joe Portugals. At that time the original company with the exception of the leading woman, waa sent West by Klaw Erlanger. own ers of the play, and Guy Standing played Charley Steele. In which Mr. Bergen will appear to great advantage here, and Mr. Roberts himself was Portugals. Persons who saw that performance are still talking about It. ana win doubtless urge their friends to go to the Baker and see it. as It will be pre- GRAND CONCERT ARION GERMAN SINGING SOCIETY Taesday, April 23, ARIOX HALL, Seeoad aad Oak Streets, StlS P. M. ADMISSION 35 CENTS. Soprano eololst Mrs. May Dearborn Schwab (Henry Wagner Instrumental trlo Alex. Wagner. . (.L. E.Becker VKREI ARIO.V. ARION PHILHARMONIC. Mas les I Director, Lsrlrs E. Becker sented for the week opening Monday evening. Msy 1. "GIRL FROM RECTOR'S" COMING w York Success to Be Given All xt Week at Bungalow. Paul M. Potter, who rose to Inter national fame through his authorship of "Trilby." received more royalties on The Girl From Rector's" last season than were received by any other play wright in New York for a single work. The piece opened at Weber's Music Hall early in January and continued an uninterrupted run of 300 nights, brought to a close only then because contracts for road appearances had been made previously.. The receipts at the famous music hall grew from the opening evening and night after night the records es tablished by Weber & Fields at the height of their success were repeatedly shattered. "The Girl From Rector s" will be seen at the Bungalow all next week. starting with the Sunday matinee. Last Performance Is Tonight. The closing performance of "Mer chant of Venice" will be given at the Baker tonight, and It will close one of the most portentous offerings ever given in stock In Portland. Theodore Roberta" portrayal of Shylock is one of the most powerful and at the same time artistic acting triumphs it nas fallen to Portland theatergoers to en iov in a decade and It has created much Interest. Florence Roberts is superb as Portia, and Mr. Bergen proves his reputation as one of the best leading men in tne country oy his playing of Bassanio. Ba.seba.Il RECREATION PARK, Cor. Vangha aad Tweaty-foartk Sta. LOS ANGELES PORTLAND April 18, 19, 20, 31, 22, 23. Games Begla Weekdays at SiOO Sandays 2:30 P. M. LADIES' DAY FRIDAY Boys Cnder 1J Free to Bleachers Wednesday. SEAT SALE FOR THE KIRMESS OVKS9 MONDAY. APRIX M. AT 1 A. ! A 1 1 tK HEILIG Klrmess opens Thursday evening. April M - nrlrM? 1st floor. M'.CPI rows. 2.u0: last rows. $1 50. Balcony: 1st a rows. Il.no; next rows, fl.oo; fol-Tfi.- lt s rows. .Vic. Kn urr uallerv. 0Oc. Special-price Matinee Ssl- orday. lower floor, rxrept lasi . 1 aa Ualrnnv: 1M & TOWS. ll n.,i a rows. 7.c: last 11 lery reserved, sic: admission. Portland String Quartette Waldemar Llnd. Franck G. F.ichen lauh. M. Chrlstensen and C. Iuncan liaff'. assisted by Harry Van Dyck at the piano. In CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT gt-SDAT AFTF.RXOO. APltll. SO, at S Clock, -HRISTEXSE'"S HAM-, Eleventh aod Yamhill. Tickets e&c and SI. On sale at Muslo stores. Three Nights Beginning Tonight THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS BCRXT-CORK COMEDIAN LEW LAUGH GENIUS D 0CKSTAD AND on.l CENTURY ER HIS oniL adUUl MINSTRELS 60 ?'?mS?IA!.S a. (SO BAND CONCERT BASEBALL GROUNDS TOMORROW vra4 T flin firm- 11 rmM. 1 1 fi0 last 7 rOWR. S1.00. rKll rN Balcony, 6 rows. 11.00; next rows. 75c; last 11 rows, 60c Gal.ery. reserved. 35o; admission, 25c AT HEILIG THEATER NEXT WEEK- ' FREDERICK SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY APRIL 30, MAY 1-2 Special Price Matinee Taesday. WARDE IX JULIUS CAESAR 4MKHTS yf BEUI.M'G THURSDAY MAY 4 Matinee Saturday AT HEILIG THEATER Frederick Thompson Presents "THE SPENDTHRIFT" WITH Doris Mitchell and Lionel Adams. 6 Months at the Hudson Theater, New York. BAKER THEATER Geo. L. Baker. Ota Msrr. Phones Mala 3, A 53 OO Morrison aad 11th Sta. Tonight-Last time THE MERCHANT OF VENICE Manager Geo. L. Baker presents for the fifth week of a Tri-Star Engagement Florence Roberts Theodore Roberts Thurlow Bergen Supported by the Baker Theater Company. Week Eeginnipg Monday Evening April 24, 1911 Tomorrow Week Beginning Monday Evening Apr.l 24, 1911 Tomorrow s A SAPHO H O Week Beginning Monday Evening April 24, 1911 Tomorrow Week Beginning Monday Evening April 24, 1911 Tomorrow By special request. One of tho greatest of all emotional problem plays. Intense love scenes. Superb dramatic climaxes. Stage under direc tion of Earl D. Dwire. Evening Prices, 25c, 50c, 7oc, $1.00. Mat inees, 25c, 50c. Matinees Wednesday and Saturday. Sixth Week-THE RIGHT OF WAY BUNGALOWS THEATER d Morrtsoa Sta Mala 1U, A i24 CSe. L. Baker, General Maaaaer. MVoTDirc Sunday, April 23, 191 1 TWEMV-FltTH SEASON DENMAN THOMPSON'S CELEBRATED PLAY GRAND REVIVAL The Old Hommestesidl The Famous Double Quartette The Palms The Great Church Choir Complete Scenic Production 20 PEOPLE 20 Personal Direction MR. FRANKLIN THOMPSON. Matinees Thursday and Saturday. Evening prices, 25c, 50c, 75c, $1 Matinees, 25c, 50c. Next week "The Girl From Rector's. People's Amusement Co. ALWAYS IX THE LEAD KEW PICTURES TODAY EVERYWHERE orriATJ TWPATTTR 11 A. M. TO 11 P. JYL I OXAlk tiiU4 BOIL YOTJR WATER Scientific exposition of danger of impure water. ' TURNED TO THE WALL Great Drama. TROUBLESOME SECRETARIES Funnier than The New Stenog rapher. Also OUR POPULAR TRIO ARCADE THEATER OH JOY THEATER The lasnrreeloa. 'Tale ot Mexican A New i,fe. Dramatic. Kebols. Their Mother. Domestic. Ilelplaa Him Oat. Comedy. Serraata' Problem. Comic hplrtt of I.laht. Drsmatlc icw- t.. Industrial Creat V-e-1 a-d I-.trameatal - lalTaT Ja "he Bet Moa.e. ODEON THEATER New Tivoli Theater New Oiteriaaa. Iadlaa Maid's Lesson. Great. Hanated Tower. Cuban Tale. Kalsot ot the Road. Blograph. A Le-dla. L-dr. Comedy Drama. rtto Prlaee. Comedy. Loat tears. Dramatic. Harbor of Brest. Scenic. Satber. Songs, Ms.lc and Effects Uood Mnalaa. Moale, Effects. That Make Fllma Speak. S U N DAY CHANGES ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE Monday Matinee, April 124- W.H. MURPHY, BLANCHE NICHOLS & CO. Presenting the Biggest Laugh la Vaudeville "From Zaza to Uncle Tom" The Gclden Troupe LONEY HASKELL Dooley & Sayles THE DALYS Ellis & McKenna Frederick Miller EVENING PRICES IS, 25, SO and 75c DAILY MATIXEE 15c, 25c, 50c HOLIDAY MATINEES Night Prices. UNEQUALLED VAUDEVILLE Week Commencing Monday Matinee, April 24 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT EXTRAORDINARY WILHELMI AND HIS IMPERIAL v YACHT ORCHESTRA The Vaudeville Sensation of Two Continents. The Bellmonts Sensational Gymnasts. Kimball Brothers and Segal Creators of Mirth. Tyler and Burton la "The Matinee Girl and the Professor." Pantagescope Latest Animated Events.. Charles Harris The Twentieth Century GirL Alice Berry America's Daintiest Comedi enne. Toomer and Hewins In "It Happened in Lone- someville." Pantages Orchestra H. K. Evenson, Director. Popular Prices. Matinee Daily. Curtain 2:30, 7:30 and 9. SULUVAN&CONS1D,NEWeekofApril24 fl 1 iLJr Vkl M 11 The Originator of Scenic Ventrllo- HJHfly-IlL? TROVELLO "The Little Chauffeur at the Boston MATINEE DAILY at 2:30 Road inn- Fnr Shows Sunday. ,oo, o, t,45 ,.d 9,i p. m. 6 Imperial Dancers 6 A Sextet of Stylish Steppers jmK CARL McCULLOUGH S ist-i'i 1 51 'i 7 viifV.sfiak. (Recently Leading Juvenile with aCs-'ii IBM l-atti Mclntyre and Heath "In Haytl") jsr4 I'i I SL5'i:3Jf'" In "FotHglit Impressions-' mlfV WALKER & STURM r-ii t ' HJs ?t.i5 Australian Racquet Jupsrlers. Kqui- f l S 8 .s,'''''i librists and Comiques NPIellc NORTON & RUSSELL .' ; BTL Presenting Novel Protean Character .5ffir Changes. Note There Are Only s&l; .yy Two Persons In This Act Special Added Feature Best VaudevUle f 1 5c S. MILLER KENT & CO. i and In a Comedy Playlet, "Just Dorothy" in America &Tdh'25c GRANDASCOPE American and European ' XT J Ml MATINEES DAILY AT 2:3 Vaudeville SIGH T AT 730 and 9:15 Home of Musical Comedy Seventh and Alder Streets Week Commencing Tomorrow Matinee LAST WEEK OF THE LYRIC THEATER Keating & Flood Present THE LYRIC MUSICAL COMEDY CO. In weiner&schnitzelJ IN PARIS New Faces New Music Funny Comedians New Faces New Music Funny Comedians Three Performances Daily, 2:45, 7:45 and 9:15 "Wednesday Night, Elks' Night. Entire proceeds go to the 1912 Elks' Convention fund. Friday Night, Chorus Girls' Contest after each performanrc. TViuff. ue 5. havlne been told that a baby slater hart Just arrived from heaven, marched Into the room and aid: "Now. .-mm. ladv. tell us all about heaven before ou forget It." v A coma, an Indian vlllaee of the South west, is said to be the oldest settlement In this country. It was referred to by the Spanish i0 years before St. Augustine was founded