THF. TIMES
sister. It \£a typically American
I story and it is hamllcd in a typi
cally American manner. Mr. de
I
M ille's methods art.* eoncis«* ami
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sympathetic and his humor, with
which the play is huhhliug over,
Oetolier 7 « i l i Ile ‘ ‘ T lle W o m a u ,”
is contagious. Mr. Belasco, as is
w n te n hy W illiam (*. deMille alai
usual with him, has given the
|>1*1 >< 11<-• -<I hy tli«* a r e a l m a s ter nf
play an elaborate setting, «‘very
stiiKei-raft. I >;i vi«I llelasco.
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scene showing the wonderful at
play t hai luis I.....Il sent o ilt i
tention to detail which has made
reeeiit y e a r s h e a rin g Ihe Belaseli
his name famous. The cast, spe
t ra ile m n r k has heen reeeiveil witli
cially selected by Mr. Belasco, in
m ure p o p u la r eiithu.siusm
than
has ' " l ’ Ia» Wimiail. ’ as is attesteil
cludes such well known players
as Marjorie Wood, Marion Bar
h y Ihe faci that d u r i n g last sea-
ney. James Seeley, Ilowell Han
son il u a s pla.veil fo r 11 in«* moiitliK
sel. Hugh Hillman, Austin Webb,
al tlle K epiihlie T h e a lr e . N e w
OF PORTLAND
llallett Thompson, Peter Ray
V o lli C it y , alai live moilths al
thè O lym p ia
T h e a lr e . C hicago.
mond. Homer Granville, Kalaman
In Ila- hall' ilo/en othe r eities in
SCENE FROM THE BRIDGE" AT THE BAKER NEXT WEEK Matus, Frank Austin and others.
whiell it has lieell seell. it llas
And Have an Expert Explain Our
received an equally enthusiastic Ihe National capital, a subject i which deals with a much-dis*
"THE HEIR OF THE
HOORAH."
welcome. The play is particular of special interest in these piping cussed question of modern social
Money Maker
ly timely, for it deals broadly political times. Politics forms a life and with the intense loyalty
with a certain phase of polities in background for the main story, | of a good woman for her erring The Baker Players to Appear in
Paul Armstrong’s Popular
Western Play Next Week.
Main 6383
90 First Street
The first typical Western play j
of the season of Baker Players
will be the ever favorite comedy,
“ The Heir of the Hoorah,” the
heir being a little baby whose ar- j
rival brings together two es
tranged young married people, j Greater Speed, Greater Accuracy, Greater Efficiency are the
and the hoorah being a big Bo
logical results of installing the
nanza Mine otu West. In the
beginning of the play -Joe Lacy,
one of tile partners in the Iloorah 1
Mine, has gone to New York, and 3
through the designing influence S
of the girl’s mother, has married a
a tender little society bud. good
Exclusive Underwoodfeatures make possible the most important
enough and all that, but entirely
labor-saving systems of modern accounting.
under sway of her mother’s mind,
and the hothouse training she has 8
had, having once been wealthy. 5$ The ever growing demand
puts the annual sales of
EMPRESS THEATRE.
Underwoods far ahead of
It’s exceptional.
That fills the hill assembled for . those of any other ma
the Empress Theater for the week
chine— making necessary
of October 6th. “ The Pool
the largest typewriter fac
Room,” vaudeville’s dramatic
sensation,
will
he
presented
by
tory
and the largest type
SCENE FROM DAVID BELAS CO S GREAT PLAY, ‘‘THE WOMAN,” AT THE HEILIG. Charles Wildish and company as
David Belasco will present his splendid production of the greatAmerican drama, "The Woman," the headline attraction. The ex writer office building in
at the Heilig, 7th and Taylor,every night this week. Special price matinees Wednesday and Sat tra feature is Edward Dorking,
the world.
urday. Seats are now selling for the entire engagement.
survivor of the Titanic, who will
Inscribe the last moments on the
Such a demand from businessmen everywhere is unquestionable
ill-fated liner on which 1200 per
evidence of the practical mechanical superiority of
sons lost their lives. Others on
the bid bill are Scott ami Wilson,
eccentric comedians; Macrae and
Underwood Typewriter Company
Levering, cyclone cycle comedi
(Incorporated.)
ans; Ilyland and Farmer, musical
misses; John Delmore and com 68 SIXTH STREET
PORTLAND, OREGON.
pany in “ Scenes Behind the
Scenes.” and Bink and Robinson,
“ THE MACHINE YOU WILL EVENTUALLY BUY
the versatile pair.
It’s a bill crammed with seven
V .V .V .V .V .W -
extraordinarv acts.
V .’ .V .'.V .y A V A ’ . ’ .V .’ .V .V A h V A W tV a W A n V iS K .fih W im tS
8
VARIEGATED SPELLING.
THE WOMAN."
The attrartion ut thè Heilig
Theater for thè tv«*ek beginning
I Ivrtobi-b iitshrd ;itsii rilat litaht
1
Government Standard
Powders Company
— .....
UNDERWOOD
TYPEW RITER
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M ark T w a i n Liked It Bacauta It Waa
So Refreshing.
W riting In tne H artford C ourant on
‘‘Mark T w ain,” Dr. Edwin t \ P arker
ot H artford said:
“In 1S76, according to my m em oran
dum , u uotable spelling match took
place a t the Asylum Hill Congrega
tional church. In which some thirty
persons, under their respective cap
tains, took part. Among these con
testan ts w ere Dr. Burton, Judge C a r
pentor, C harles E. Perkins, Mr. Clem
ens. Mr. Tw lchell, Charles H. Clark.
General H aw ley, Miss Trum bull. Miss
Blythe. Miss Burbank and Miss Stone.
At last there were left standing only
Dr. B arton and Miss Stone, and the
gallant doctor took the first oppor
tonlty to m ake an error nud so to
leave Miss Stone the winner.
"B ut this Dotable contest w as pre
ceded by a prelim inary speech In
which Mr. Clemens w ittily criticised
th e supposed necessity of having any
uniform and arbitrary way of spelling
words. Among several am using Illus
trations of bis argum ent w as one as
follows: •! bnve a correspondent whose
letters are alw ays a refreshm ent to
me. there Is such a breezy, unfettered
originality about bis orthography. He
alw ays spells Kow w ith a large K .
Now. th at Is Just as good as to spell
It In the conventional way w ith a
small one! It Is better, for tt sug
gests to the mind a new. grand and
Im pressive creature.'
'‘N evertheless. In the contest th at
ensued Mr. Clemens produced no ‘su
perb effects of vsrigated spelling.’ but
stood up am ong the last live. If my
record Is right, only Mr. Clark, Miss
Keep. Dr. B urton and Miss Stone out
lasting him .”
TWO OF LA BALLET CLASSIQUE AT THE ORPHEUM THEATRE.
Vaudeville bils mav come and
vaudeville bill» mav go. bui thè
vaudeville bill lo prevail at thè
OrpheiliB during thè week of Oe-
tober (itti will be remembered for-
ever. Ilere is thè luminous array
of talent that will ahine through-
out fourteen never to bc t'orgotteu
perfnrmances :
Joseph «letTerson, son of thè
fanutus actor; Felice Morris and
Itlanche Bender in "In 1!W,” a
play of the futur«'.
La Ballet Classique, a choice
selection of ballet «lancers picked
from the best Russia and France
ever had. There are ten beauti
ful girls in the company It'd bv
the famous danseuse. Mademoi
selle Domina Marini.
The ohi favorite, Mac Melville
and Robert Higgins in “ Just
Married”.
The great Asahi. assisted by
the Asahi quinteete in an exhibi
tion of .Japanese magic, mystery
ami risely.
Bowman Brothers. “ The Blue
Grass Boys” ; “ The Three Colleg
ians" and the freak wheel in
ventors. “ The Berg Brothers.”
Tam ing Him.
“Som etim es 1 feel sure.“ said Bilk-
Ins. “th a t 1 once sat oo a throne and
waved a scepter.”
“And now.’’ rem arked his cheery
wife, "you are going to stand on the I
back porch and w ave a rug beater."— I
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Dangerous.
“W ould you like to see my aquaria?"
asked the naturalist,
“W ell. If he's securely chained I
might, bnt I’m so afraid of wild
beasts.” replied the visitor.
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OREGON MINING &
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Call at 223 Lumber Exchange Bldg, and get a sample copy.
MARIE HYLANDS AT THE EMi RESS WEEK OF OCTOBER 7.