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THE SUNDAY OREGONIANV PORTLAND, - 3TFT.Y 16, 1916. of greater interest than the fact that Campanini will be the conductor. WET, COOL WEATHER OF JUNE BRINGS DOLLARS INTO THEATRICAL COFFERS Winter Garden Show Proves Treat, as New Features Are Added and Cloyed Taste of Regular Patrons Is Given Surprise, Which Is Testified to by Cheers of Approval. BEAUTIFUL COLUMBIA GORGE PARK SOON TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO AUTOS Highway Paving Will Be Completed to Eagle Creek This Week and Forestry Is Arranging Camps for Parties European Scenery Is Equalled. It is understood that the operatic; field will be made further interesting ; by the presence of a genuine French' opera company In New Tork, the per sonnel of which will include artists from the Paris Grand Opera, from the Theater de la Monnaie, of Brussels and, from the Opera Comique, of Paris. It is understood further that one of those chiefly interested is Otto H. Kahn. hich would make it seem as though there would be rather friendly rela tions with the Metropolitan where it as always been contended that they refuse to Include French repertory be . 1'-. !' - V '-. .' -" '' x --" S ; cause it would require an entirely distinct company, for which kindly consideration for the true artistic place .trench opera in the art. world. many thanks. 2 . I ' . " A - IT r vk A ' v ' 4H- 4 ' - ' - -- The wettest, coolest June In many , " , rf " , r III tin J Ht i : t fill .'Is, ' - - ii Jk t If . LLOYD F. LONEEGAN. "YORK. July 8. (Special.) no wettest, coolest June In many years did much to keep the the aters alive. It has been too cool and damp to go to beaches and people must be entertained, so ihey pick out a good show and proceed to enjoy themselves, regardless of weather conditions. A vag mentioned facetiously the appro priateness of bringing out the new "Winter" Garden show at this time. iApt or not, the show was a splendid cne. It left the beaten path trodden toy its predecessors and presented many unusual features. For instance, the closing number was a cavalry charge and aroused cheers of approval. A remarkable effect .was produced aid Jt seemed as if thousands of men were eweepine into line. Row after row of them came into view marching on ward amid a haze of smoke. It came as the climax of a great preparedness Tlea and followed George Baldwin's effective song. "What's the Matter With You?" Then, too, the fact that the streets that day were filled with the first of the State Militia getting ready to march away, added to the effectiveness and the timeliness of the theme. Of course there were other themes interwoven in the plot of the Passing Show of 1916." A ragtime number by the two Ford sisters. Miss Auto and Miss Mobile, was one of the dance numbers. James Clemmons had new grotesque dance, an Olympian Hallet led by Thamara Swirska and Ma-Belle and good song numbers with out end. Florence Moore had some ex cellent opportunities to demonstrate ier ability as comedienne, and made the most of every one. The usual pretty girlies and beautiful costumes lack of them, at timea made a great impression and the settings were un usually artistic. It is likely that the "Winter Garden" will be crowded all Summer and' then all Winter with this Hew and pleasing revue. Dillingham has a big problem on liis hands. It is (or should b0 sufficient work to stage seven new productions for the coming season. That is what Charles Iill!ngham is doing and in addition, he is attending to many minor de tails in connection with the seven. 1'rom the offices an appeal has been pent out for no less than 2000 new cho rus girls for these new productions. The Hippodrome usually has a great many on hand from the previous pro duction, but the proposed tour of "Hip. iip Hooray" makes it necessary to rave a double supply this season. Mr Iillingham is desirous of having new faces, not the usual Broadway type, in his productions this year. Can you Imagine how the stage-struck girls will hie to New York when this news Is received broadcast all over the country? In addition to the old Hip podrome and the new Hippodrome show, there will be a revue at the Century Theater, a play for Raymond Hitchcock called "Betty." "One Time In May," which stars Joseph Stanley. new comic opera by the author of "Sari" and two productions with Klaw xnd Erlanger, "Little Miss Spring time" and "The Czardas Princess." A different problem, which has been partially solved by the Charles Froh man management consists in the pro viding of entirely new productions for their long list of stars. Last season was a season of revivals. William Oillette. Maude Adams. John Drew i:thel Barryraore, Marie Tempest and ethers devoted certain portions of their seasons to bringing out old time favorite plays, this year they will rhine in new and original surround ings. Maude Adams will be seen In Barrle's "A Kiss for Cinderella." dur ing Christmas week. This is entirely new. Ethel Rarrymore will have a dual role In another decided novelty: "William Gillette will devote six weeks of his 20 to a new play from the pen of a prominent Englishman;- Otis Skinner will star in a Booth Tarking ton comedy: Blanche Bates in a strong dramatic offering by William Somer set .Maugham; iiargarct AngUa vili r,r xaT . J . v f return to the Frohman fold after an absence of many years in & Maugham comedy, "Caroline"; Ann Murdock will have the first opportunity of the sea son to shine as a Frohman star in August, when, by special arrangement with the Selwyns "Please Help Emily" will be given. Chas. Cherry will hav6 the leading male role. Two produc tions will be made with David Belasco, one an all-star revival. "Sibyl" will open on August 28 at the EUnpire for a short run and many other novelties are being carefully kept secret, to be sprung as surprises later. As mentioned in these columns last week. Klaw and Erlanger and Henry Miller have planned a 10 weeks' en gaiement at the Columbia Tneater, San Francisco, commencing next week. Plans at present do not Include other Pacific Coast cities, but there ki the barest possibility that the engagement may play other Important cities in which case Portland will be greatly favored. The company, headed by Henry Miller, will include Hil4a Spong, Ruth Chatterton, Bruce McRea. Alice LimJahl. Robert Ames. Charles Trow bridge. Mrs. Thomas "Whiffen, Mar. guerite St- John. Gladys Wilson, Walte Connolly, Mrs- Charles Craig. W. H. Sams and John Findlay. It promises to be the strongest organization that has gone to the coast in nany years. OPERATIC SEASON IS TO BEGIN WITH TOUR C. A. Ellis to Take Company Through Central States New York Sym phony Orchestra to Come to Coast Again With Zimbalist as Soloist. N' . BY EMILIE FRANCES BAUER. EW YORK, July la. (Special.) The first announcement of opera comes naturally enough from C. A. Ellis, inasmuch as his company wll) be the first one launched on the sea son of 1916-17. It is definitely ar ranged that two operas will be given in nine cities and the tour will last three weeks with 18 performances. . Beginning in Toledo, O.. October 1(. two performances will be given and then will follow visits to Milwaukee, St. Paul. Omaha. Kansas City. Fort Worth. Tex.. Oklahoma City, St- Louis and Cincinnati, each city having con tributed a fine guarantee. Mr. Ellis has arranged for the trans portation of 175 people in a special train carrying one private car. one compartment car, three Pullmans, two tourist and four baggage cars.. The diteUnsuiilied jnembera of. the, company will include for the performance of "Carmen" Geraldine Farrar and Rita Fornia, of the Metropolitan: Helen Stanley, for the part of Mlcaela; Alma Peterson, of the Chicago Opera Com pany; Muratore. for Don Jose: the dis tinguished Clarence Whitehill for th Toreador. Leon Rothier, the eminen French basso, of the Metropolitan, fo Zuniga; Constantln Nicolay. basso, an Octave Dua. the Belgian tenor. The name of the dancer is still be to sup plied. Equally brilliant is the list of ar tists engaged to sing "II Trovatore. in which Emmy Destin will have the soprano: Leonora and Morgan King ston will sing Manrico; Louise Home will appear in her great role of Azu cena and Mr. Rothier or Mr. Nicola will sing Ferrando. Negotiations still pendingw with one of the great est living baritones now singing i South America tor the part of Count di Luna and there is no announcemen Another touring grand opera corn- pane will be the Boston National Grand Opera Company, under business direction of Max Rabinoff. This or ganization will go into the field this season purely on the basis of an opera company divorced from the dominating nfluence of Pavlowa and her or ganization. This does not mean that here will be no ballet, but this will form a part of the whole scheme, which nvolves music, drama, dancing and staging. The personnel of the newly-arranged organization includes Maria Gay, Lulsa Villani. Mabel Riegelman, Fely Clem- nt. Maggie Teyte. Tamaki Miura. El vira Leveroni. Phylis Peralta, Elvira Amazar, Maria Wtcnetskaja, Marta Le- onl. Dorothy Follls. Riccardo Martin. Zenatello. Segura-Tallan. Adolph Schmid. Jose Mardones. Paolo Ananlan. Tovia Kitay. Giorgio Pulitl. G. Aren sen. E. Mariacheff. Vlrgilio LazzarL G. Baklanoff. Thomas Chalmers. Romeo Bossacci. Armando Agnlni, with Rob- rto Moranzoni and Alexander Smal- ens as conductors. Mr. Rabinoff announces that he will visit fevery state in the Union and that he will give as good opera In the most remote spot as in New York, where his offerings are always well received. Almost in the nature of a surprise came the annoui cement that W alter Damrosch and the New York Symphony Orchestra will again visit the Pacific Coast next Spring, as it is not often that an organization is willing to risk such a tremendous undertaking two seasons consecutively. But for Walter Damrosch there is no reason to ques tion, as he is one of the greatest fav orites before the public, whether from he sta-.dpoint of musicianshiu or per sonality. His graciousness, his hon esty, his warm, genial manner, have made him an Idol from coast to coast and, following one of the most sensa tional tours that hae ever been under taken, the business management has no fear to undertake a repetition for next season. Instead of Hofmann. who accompanied Mr. Damrosch and the New York Symphony Orchestra last season, the soloist for the entire tour will be Efrem Zimbalist. The tour will begin March 18, and will be arranged by George Engles. business manager of the New York Symphony Orchestra. iew ork readers were astounded this week to learn that the New York Sun has been acquired by Frank Mun sey and that it will be combined with the New York Press, in other words. the Press is to disappear. This brings the question home to musicians and readers of musical criticism as to what daily will secure the services of Max Smith, whose writings in the New York Press have been distinguished for their sincerity, their independence and their general excellence. No one who has read the criticisms of Max Smith could doubt that he is a practical musician. not one who has been educated into the possibility of writing about musical subjects merely through long years of hearing, but because he is a schooled musician who knows whereof he writes. Ihose who talk of these subjects have said about this critic that he enters a concert hall with fewer preju dices than do some others, that he la not "sick unto death of music and mu sicians, ana tnat he has no likes or dislikes, all of which are important in a position of trust, which musical criti cism certainly should be. No doubt the brilliant pen. of W. J. Henderson will continue its masterly scintillations as the eminent musical critic contributes to many other edi torial offerings of the Sun. being a power in many directions. Mme. Johanna Gadskl-Tauscher is receivjng no end of congratulatory let ters and telegrams on the decision of the court in the matter of Captain Hans Tauscher's trial for complicity in the plot against the elland Canal. Mme. Gadski has been subjected to much harshness from some sources, but there are many who appreciate and love her for what she has been to the world of music for the last decade, and these re joice with her in the fact that her hus band has been cleared. Captain Tausrher, accompanied by Mme. Gadfkl and their daughter Carlotta, will now take a much-needed rest. Mme. Gadski will open her concert season as solo ist with the Boston Symphony Orches tra at the nrst pair of concerts in Bos ton next season. Congratulations are again pouring in on Mme. Schumann-Heink. who is su premely happy over the advent of new randchMd. This time the happy mother is Mrs. Guy, who came from her California home to be with her mother in Chicago. Mrs. Guy will be remembered as Marie Schumann-Heink otherwise known to the closer friends as "Mitzi." William J. Guard, the well-known press representative of the Metropoli tan Opera-House. has interested him self in a Summer incursion into "movies." Contrary to" what any one may suppose, he has not allied him self with Miss Farrar s "Carmen or with anything else of that nature, but he is part of the success of that re markable ricture, "How Britain Pre pared." Intended not. indeed, as an entertainment, but as a vast and much needed lesson to the people of this country who can have no conception of the dangers of unpreparedness at this time. It is rather a relief to know that this is not a series of war pictures as nerve-racking as unnecessary. Indeed, there is only one war tilm shown in the entire two hours and a quarter which it takes to present them. They show instead what Britain was com pelled to do in order to prepare quickly to face what was entirely unexpected and to them a bolt out of a clear sky. These pictures were brought to this country a short time ago with the con sent of Mr. Balfour, Lord Kitchener and Lloyd George, of the British War Cabinet, by Charles Urban, under whose direction the films were made and for which the British government stands officially as sponsor. When these films were presented to the moving picture -impresarios they expressed the idea that there had been enough "war pictures shown and re jected the idea of adding to what they had already contracted for. Mr. Urban had about concluded to take the pictures home when a well- known business man asked lor a prt vate showing, which being, granted, he invited about a dozen of his associates and friends to witness it. "What will it cost to show this les son in' preparedness to America?" he asked, and upon being told that it would cost 1100.000. he replied: "Done W e 11 take it over. And even if lose all which we cannot do if we Jftdge the American people correctly we will -feel that we have done the patriotic thing by the country." The pictures show the details of Lord Kitchener making soldiers out of citl zens. the munitions factories, the thou sands of women who are doing men s work, the North Sea Fleet of Admiral Jellicoe and in addition to the value from this side the films are most beau tiful, artistic and educational. ' ... : .. .:.-- . . . : ... - - . : '- . .... w i :vw - ? -. '" -w.y . . ir sfrvz szono " - :::V. w V H-et - " fm$mA !ui.liihl i ii y wng-m ! y ("w ' ."t svinfTrvTil - r . r , , 1 f h a&7& Cre&M S"ecrtz'ori. of do 2 m bf3 fiver' Sfz'o'J?- COLUMBIA GORGE PARK, which Is soon to be made accessible to the motorists by the opening of Co lumbia Highway beyond Bonneville, Is destined to become a favorite objective for all visitors to the Northwest. Eagle Creek, located in Columbia Gorge Park. about 42 miles east of this city, will be connected with Portland this week by a stretch of the finest roadway In the world. Fine trout fishing, ideal camp grounds and unrivaled scenic grandeur will shortly make this spot a celebrated example of Oregon's natural beauty. worthy of being mentioned with the fjords of Norway and the valleys of the Tyrol. Several Portland motorists who have driven over the uncompleted sections of the highway to visit the wonders of the Eagle Creek district already are making enthusiastic reports. By next Tuesday, according to Road master Yeon, all paving will be com pleted to Bonneville, and another week will bring the completed section of raving to Eagle Creek bridge, two miles beyond. Accommodations for visitors have been Installed by forest rangers, and a man will be stationed on the reserve to co-operate with campers in keeping the grounds clean and sani tary. loretry Arratnses for Camps. To make the spot an attractive one for visitors, the Forest Service Is plan nlng facilities for parties wishing to stop for picnic lunches, or to camp for several days. Fresh water is to be piped down from the stream, a com fort station is to be installed and spaces are being cleared for camp Ores. Eagle Creek is one of the principal points of interest in the Columbia Gorge Park division of the Oregon Na tional Forest, recently set aside for public recreation purposes. Several trails to neighboring lakes and moun tains are planned, and since the first of June the Forest Service has been at work on a footpath leading upstream from the bridge. Several hundred yards are completed already, and visitors will soon be able to reach Eagle Creek Falls, about two and a half miles above. Here the stream descends in six ec centric jumps from the hanging valley above to the basin of the Columbia. Further points are to be reached as soon as the trail can be extended. Chtnidere Mountain and Wan turn Lake are to be Included in the route, and a connection will be made with theHer man Creek trail, so that trampers will be afforded a 27-mile circuit of rare scenic beauty and interest. Beavtlful Sceaerr Abooads. The scenic beauty of the Eagle Creek district is bound to make an unusual impression on all l.overa of, tba out- , .: v V f. Vs- I -eT "iter. - 1 1 . V t-?jw?-. -'' V; fc, I isy'?us oftSx JftS" Jdm ?roesZ door 8. The natural formation of the rocks and cliffs 1b remarkable in many ways to geologists, and all tourists who visit the highway will remember the primitive appeal of the deep for est and of the swift mountain streams that rush down from the snows. The highway crosses Eagle Creek only 150 yards above its mouth, and a' short trail brings the excursionist to the rocky bank of the Columbia. Eagle Creek pours its contribution into the river through an outlet crowd ed with huge boulders. These monsters have been standing along the bed of the stream many hundreds of years, some of them having diverted the course of the channel. Their origin evidently was volcanic Most of them are rounded in form, as if they had been rolled down from the brink or some ancient crater that figured in the geological history of the Cascades. Itrtareqve Gorce In Near. The Columbia Gorge is seen from Eagle Creek at Its most picturesque point. Steep rocky cliffs rise on both sides of the Columbia, and the current in its oceanward journey moves swiftly between. Deep hollows have been worn in the sides of the cliff, and the water swings through them in giant eddies. An occasional Island in mid-stream bears the waah of a heavy current: de tachable cectiona of earth and rock, are often wrested from their beds and whirled along with the flood. The Eagle Creek bridge is one of the fine architectural works of the Co lumbia Highway. Built of concrete, like the other structures along the route, the bridge is intended to last centuries. An appearance of massive solidity has been given by a veneer of natural stone, and the resulting effect is comparable in beauty with the finest types of bridge -work along some of the great European highways. The use of stone and concrete in combination is a new feature of concrete engineering, and the Eagle Creek span is a great Illustration of its po? sibilities. Connty Expert Is Advocated. CHEHALIS. Wash.. July 15. (Spe cial.) It. B. Coglon. state leader of the county agricultural -agents of the etate of Washington, will tour Lewis Coun ty, beginning next Monday, for one week, holding meetings under the aus pices of the various granges of the county. C. B. Kegley. heaU of the Washington Grange, will . accompany Mr. Coglon. Mr. CoglonsT fecial mis sion Is to interest the gra Tea in the proposal for a county agricultural agent. The itinerary for Mr. Coglon has been arranged by J. S. Stout, of Mossyrock. master of the Pomona Grange for Lewia County.