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
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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.
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"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
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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.
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. 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.
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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-
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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.