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14 TIIE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1914. IY0 SCORES HIT OF YOUNG CAREER Child as "Littlest Rebel" Pivot for All Acting in Play at Baker. Is PART TAKEN NATURALLY Others in War-Time Drama Give Excellent Support to Youthful Star unci Make Production Worth Anybody's Time. "THE LITTLEST REBEL." CAST: Lieut.-Col. Morrison. Edward woodruff Lieut. Harris Raymond Wells Corp. Dudley Thomas H. Walsh. Eerg. Dudley Carl Strouse Orderly O'Connell William Kolte The General Walter B. Gilbert Forbes Kenneth Stuart Collins Charles Trojan Capt. Herbert Carey Louis Leon Hall Mrs. Carey Mary Edgett Baker Virgie Mayo Methot Uncle Billy James Hester Sally Anne Nancy Duncan BY LEONE CASS BAEK. Some, day when you and I form a part of the older generation of Port land's theatergoing world we will take our children to see Mayo Methot star ring in a great play, and just as now our parents tell of Blanche Bates and Maude Adams' babyhood days on the stage, we will linger fondly in telling of memories of little Mayo, when she paved "The Littlest Rebel." She made the triumph of her young career in that splendid play at the Ba ker yesterday. As the littlest rebel who ever made havoc in the ranks of armies and drew close the line of distinction between duty and humanity. Mayo was the pivot for all the players and all the acting. About the role she played, that of Vir-R-ie. the wee rebel, the plot of Edward Peple'3 story centered; about lier little figure the players revolved, and every thought of the audience was with her. Mayo JuKt Natural. Mayo Methot was .given a birthday present of innate ability and she has never "acted" in the actual sense of the term in all the days of her short lite. She is natural and speaks her lines from the depths of her under standing and since her role of Virgie Is that of a little girl Mayo's own age, "eight goin' on nine," she beautifully depicts just what goes on in the heart and mind of the "littlest rebel." The role of Virgie is to her a real child. She played her part that way yester day. And the Baker audience laughed at her impish make-believe, stormed Its protests when she was threatened, and sobbed real grief with poor little Vlrgie's woes. Mayo plays with a quality of sym pathy that tugs at heartstrings. She Is exquisite to look upon, with her blonde curls bobbing and her baby face smiling in the face of danger when she tries to be brave because "her General Lee is proud of her," or affrighted and terror-stricken when danger threatens her "daddy Mans." Story of North and South. The story of "The Littlest Rebel" is one of the North and South, a tearing open of old wounds, but tenderly and with benefit. Edward C. Woodruff as the "Yankee" colonel, plays Dustin Farnum's role and plays it with strength and a fine, vigorous sweet ness. Louis Leon Hall creates sym pathy as Vlrgie's "daddy Mans," hunted as a spy and saved by his little daugh ter. The entire cast is splendid in its support James Hester. as an old slave, Mary Edgett Baker as a flower-faced Southern woman, and Walter Gilbert as General Grant, in excellent make-up, deserve lengthy encomiums of praise. The play is put on in flawless manner and one scene, a battle on the road to Richmond, is thrilling. This play, which will continue all week, is worth anybody's while. GIRL WINS SPELLING BEE Miss Ruth Revenue, of sandy, Cham pion of Nine Districts. SANDY, Or.. March 1. (Special.) Miss Ruth Revenue was the winner in the spelling bee here last Friday, representing the schools of Sandy, Kelso, Deep Creek, Sandy Ridge, Bull Run. Dover, Cherryville. Firwood and Greenwood. Miss Revenue was from the Sandy district. There were four selected spellers from each of these districts. There was a large attend ance. A programme was given by the San dy School. "How to Keep Cirls on the Farm." was the subject of an address by Superintendent Calavan, and Su pervisor Vedder gave a talk on "The Needs of the Rural School." Supervisor James presided. The next spelling match will be held at Clarks next Fri day afternoon. EAST SIDE TRACKS READY Xorlh Bank Road Can Xow Handle Freight Across River. By completion of its tracks from East Second street to the tracks of the Southern Pacific tracks south of the east approach of the Burnside bridge, the North Bank can now handle its East Side freight. v The North Bank road will keep two switch engines on the East Side and its freight cars will be taken from the West Side over the railroad bridge. The East Side Business Men's Club has been notified that there is no plan to change the site of the proposed freighthouse at Union avenue and East Morrison street. SCHOOL CLUBS FORMED Field Worker and Jackson County . Officials Pei-rect Organizations. County Superintendent Wells and Supervisor Peterson, of Jackson Coun ty, with Industrial Field Worker Har rington, have organized industrial clubs in the following schools: Sams "Valley, Chaparrel, Table Rock. Pankey, Winner, pine Grove, Foots Creek, Bybee Springs, Rogue River, Rock Point, Galls Creek. Dardanelle. Gold Hill (three clubs). Tolo, Willow Springs. West Side. Sardine Creek, Oak Grove: with evening citizens' meetings at Table Rock, Winner, Foots Creek and Jacksonville. DIMINUTIVE OPERA STAR HAS WONDERFUL VOICE Mile. Emma Trentini Sings Leading Role in "The Firefly" at Heilig The ater Excellent Cast Supports Bermuda Scenes Used for Tirst Time. 1-1 F ill! ;Wf V"' f i.'mI MLLE. EMMA TREXTIXI. MLLE. EMMA TRENTINI, the young star of the diminutive stature but of wondrous amplitude of voice, will appear in the opera entitled "The Firefly," for six nights at the Heilig Theater, Eleventh and Morrison streets, beginning tonight, with a matinee Sat urday. The story furnished by Otto Hauer bach, author of the opera, deals with an East Side Italian street singer. Mile. Trentini, who, in the guise ol a boy, ac cidentally becomes one of a gay yacht ing party about to sail from a recrea tion pier in New York, the first scene qf the play, to Bermuda, scene of the sec ond act. This, by the way, is said to be the first time that Bermuda has ever been used for stage purposes. After the arrival at Bermuda, the urchin receives employment by one of the party as a page. Shortly afterward, through complication, she is accused of theft. She is about to be imprisoned, when an old choirmaster, who sees great possibilities in the "boy's" voice, comes to her rescue. In the third act Mile. Trentini has an op portunity to display a wonderful voice. An excellent cast has been engaged to support Mile. Trentini. New Photo Plays Open Globe. AT the Globe Theater yesterday "The Mysterious Lady in the - Black Mask" made her debut, and a large audience heard her artistic rendition of the group of songs. The first num ber, "II Bacio," brought a spontaneous burst of applause. "The Rosary," which followed, was equally pleasing. Then came a decided favorite. "My Hero." The audience made a vociferous de mand for an encore, and madame re sponded with "Annie Laurie." In contrast to this she is shown in moving pictures riding wild - range horses breaking "outlaws" forcing horses to jump. It is said he is the only woman who has ever ridden out laws on a side saddle. In the photoplay programme "Doctor Polly," one of the two-part productions, is played by Lillian Walker, Cutey and William Shea. In this story Lillian finds in herself a great resemblance to her grandmother, who has committed suicide and is supposed to haunt the old house. Cutey comes on a visit and Lillian plays "ghost" to the great fear of the colored servants and Cutey until he Anally captures her. "The Drudge," the other two-part drama, is the story of the wife who is the drudge of the ranch. ' Whiffles is always funny, and his Bal cony Buds, some French dressmakers. are pretty and lovely. This bill runs today and tomorrow. Iajestic. JISS HORTENSE LARO and Harry I " Gray gave their opening exhibi tion of society ballroom dancing to a crowded house at the Majestic yester day. Miss Laro is the essence of grace and airiness and Mr. Gray assists her very ably. Miss Esther Lindquist, the clsver and talented young violinist, who has been booked for an "extended engagement, plays her selections with ease and vigor. "The Massacre" is an intensely strong and realistic drama of Indian warfare. A dying woman asks a former lover to care for her child. The girl grows to be a beautiful young woman and the man wishes to marry her, but she is carried away by a younger suitor, and the rejected man joins the Government forces In warfare against the Indians. In the West again he meets the girl with her child in her arms. How well he protects her, the returning young husband most appreciates after one of the most dead ly massacres of the period. "The Ghost of Mother Eve" really isn't a ghost story. It pictures a vain and common society woman who pub lished the society column in the "Com et," a New York paper, under the name of "Mother Eve." The work, however, is done by a young literary aspirant, Dolly (Dolly of the Dailies.) The girl CLEVER JUVENILE ACTRESS IN "THE LITTLEST REBEL' AT THE BAKER. 1 WiiJv imiz:M MAYO METHOT. is shamefully snubbed by her employer in a public place and, after returning to the house and getting out the "Mother Eve copy with the aid of the office boy from the "Comet," Dolly tells her employer what is what and leaves. "Because of a Hat" is an uproarious burlesque of a big hat, an escort, a grouch and two rounds in the ring. Peoples. ALEXANDER DUMAS' great jroman tic novel, "The Three Musketeers.' Is being presented to the Portland pub lic at the Peoples Theater this -eek. The stage settings and costumes are the most gorgeous of any film yet shown in the local moving picture cheaters. The plot is woven about a string of gems belonging to Queen Anne of Austria. Lord Buckingham, the Queen's secret admirer, is given the gems as a remembrance. Blanche, one of the Queen's ladies, is suspicious and over, hears the conversation between Buck. ingham and the Queen. She sees the gems given. This she tells to the Cardinal, a selfish, intriguing schemer, who carries it to the King. A court ball is to be given and the King com mands the Queen to wear the gems, which he knows that she has not. D'Artagnan, a musketeer, with the aid of Constance, the Queen's maid and confidante, returns the jewels ,to their owner. The story is an intensely interesting bit of French history during the time of Louis XIII. Columbia. RROTHERLY love and parental af L fection are depicted in the stupen dous four-part Thanhouser drama en titled "Joseph in the Land of Egypt,' which came to the Columbia yesterday for three days. It is a dramatization of the biblical story of Joseph and his Drotners, giving every feature in the life of Joseph, beloved son of Jacob, from the time he was presented with the coat of many colors by his father and sold into captivity to the Egyp tians by his jealous brothers. The plot is carried through the en tire production. The performance does not drag. Marguerite Snow takes the role of Potiphar's wife and James Cruze that of Joseph. They are sup ported by a large and capable company. Many entertaining and instructive animated events are shown in the Mu tual Weekly and" solos are sung by Anna Matschiner, soprano. The sixth reel of the "Mutual Girl" and "The Cricket on. the Hearth" . will come Wednesday. Xew Star. 1 yet ROSES." the best Lubin film released, opened at the New Star yesterday. The story deals with a temperamental man, who is married to a charming woman, but has an all consuming passion for another woman. The wife is compared to a white rose. the other to a red. The man finally divorces his white rose and marries the red. This he later regrets, and the solution of the problem for the ulti mate happiness of all concerned is well worked out in the play. The Pathe Weekly is especially good this week. It shows at length the Maxixe dance now so popular in New York. A Drama in Heyville" is a comedy well worth seeing. The Demosthenes Dramatic Club manager goes to New York to look for a suitable drama for the club to present, and chooses the "Union Spy." The way it is played by the New York company has nothing to do with the Interpretation by the De mosthenes Club. A really funny love affair is mixed in with the working out of the "drama." Ellis and Taylor continue their dod- ular song repertoire. ESSAY PRIZES GIVEN OUT Astoria and Bridal Veil Girls Win Two Big Awards. Astoria and Bridal Veil took the big prizes in the home industry essay con test last month. Susan C. Erwin, aged 12, of 592 Franklin avenue, Astoria, is winner of the first prize fcr the best essay on the subject, "Why Oregon People Should Do All Their Buying From Ore gon Manufacturers, Everything Else Being Equal," and will receive $5 in gold. Winifred Hulda Smith, a 14-year-old girl of Bridal Veil. Is winner of the second prize and will receive $2. There are three third prizes of 1 each. They were won by Louisa De main, 589 Jefferson street; Grace Mathews. 6107 Sixty-second avenue Southeast, Portland, and Helen Cat tron, of 324 Broadway West, .Portland. Each of these girls Is 12 years old. Interest in the contest continues. A large number of letters was received last month. Another contest will be conducted this month and a similar dis tribution of prizes will be made. All essays must be in the home industry department of The Oregonian by 6 P. M. on the last Friday of the month. METER - ACT TARGET Move for Referendum on the Daly Act On. WORK TO BEGIN THIS WEEK Arrangements for Hard Fight Ex pected to Be Made at Meeting to Be Held by Taxpayers Tuesday Xight. The referendum against the Daly me ter ordinance is expected to become a fact this week, and a meeting will be held tomorrow night by the special committee from the Taxpayers' Asso ciation to arrange for launching the movement. J. W. Conway is chairman of the committee and in its membership are Henry Hahn, F. W. Gordon, secretary of the association, F. W. Goldap and others. "The meeting Tuesday night." says Mr. Conway, "will be for the purpose of considering all plans for beginning the referendum thoroughly, before comim before the people. A mass meet ing may be called later in the week, if it is thought advisable. "The petitions will be out for circu lation this week and I am sure that more than enough names can be se cured on them before the middle of next week. "The committee has been assured of ample financial backing to carry th campaign through and we believe that we. can get on the petitions between 10,000 and 15,000 names, if necessary. LOAFERS ARE DENOUNCED Stanley Baker Tells T. M. C. A Members 'Can't' Is One 'Canned.' "I have seen young men wasting their evenings loafing about the loDby of the Y. M. C. A. or some other place, when two hours of that evening de voted to study would mean to them the difference between a 'can ana a can't'." said Stanley Baker in his ad dress on "Brain versus Brawn" at the Y. M. C. A. yesterday. "In this modern industrial life of ours," he added, "the 'can't' is usually the one who gets "canned . Mr. Baker declared that work is tne only sure road to success. "That 8 one or tne trouDies oui nere the West." he said. "We all want to set the money without giving value received for it. The day when a man could succeed and be a Jack of all trades is past. Now he has to be a jack of one trade ana a cracKerjacu at that. "If you are measuring success by dollars you are falling short of te mark. The man who serves himself and works for his own material gain never does succeed, no matter how much he makes." After the meeting Mr. Baker ad dressed a second meeting in the dis cussion room, answering various ques tions on success and the means of working toward it- BOULEVARD PAVING ASKED St. Johns Commercial Club Wants Columbia Koad Improved. The St. Johns Commercial Club has set in motion a campaign to have Co lumbia boulevard paved from St. Johns to its connection with the Sandy road at Park Rose, a distance of about seven miles. At the last meeting of the club H. E. Pennell, Thomas Autzen and A. S. Bensen were appointed members of a special committee to confer with tne County Commissioners concerning the improvement, which may be undertaken under the county road paving law. It is in line with the movement to obtain for St. Johns a connection with the In terstate bridge. The club has inaugurated a move ment to increase the membership by obtaining as members all business men of St Johns. C. A. . Fry, Deane H. Knowles, H. E. Pennell. O. J. Gatzmeyer and Secretary Hiller are members of the membership committee. NEW RAILWAY POST FILLED C. L. Florence at Head of O.-W. R & X. Personal Record Bureau. C. L. Florence, for more than two years chief stenographer In the Im mediate office of J. P. O'Brien, vice president and general manager of the "A LITTLE LAND AND A LIVING" The man or woman who is looking for a small piece of land don't want theories or statistics, but does want to know what show there is for thera to help support themselves and be com fortably housed, away from the rented house on a small city lot. The usual Inquiry is where shall I go and what am I to do after I get there? I have given this question careful study, and, through a practical p4an, have located over a hundred just such people on small farms in the Powell valley, within one hour's ride from Portland, on a good electric line. These small farms are from one acre and larger, complete with all dwellings good roads, sidewalks, and Bull Run water. Every foot of land is good and I will show you how to make a. living from it and help you sell anv produce that you don't need, and apply the re turns on your payments, which run about $15.00 per month. How does that strike you? Will answer written inquiries. Don't tele phone. J. KltED LARSON, 2fS Oak St., Portland. This ad in produced enough in quiries to keep me busy for two days showing these "little farms" to city dwellers." I will have more time later in the week. Come out with me. There is plenty of room for you. HELP WANTED Experienced Salespeople for All Departments During Our REMOVAL SALE Particularly Salespeople Having Been Previously in Our Employ Apply Promptly Today at 9 A. M. Super - intendenf s Office, Sixth Floor O.-W. R. & N. Company, has been .pro moted to the office of manager of the personal record bureau which the com pany recently established and will be gin his new duties today. Every man and woman in the em ployment of the O.-W. R. & N. Com pany will be required to file with this bureau an accurate personal record re garding his or her respective railroad service. The bureau then will keep a careful account of promotions, resig nations and new appointments. W. J. Clune, until recently private secretary to L. C. Gilman, president of the North Bank and affiliated Hill roads, succeeds Mr. Florence in Mr. O'Brien's office. 1 1 55 The Endorsement Gin the year 1913 the Packard Motor Car Company established new high records for one month's ship ments of Packard motor carriages, one month's shipments of Packard enclosed bodies, one month's ship ments of Packard motor trucks. Q The total Packard shipments for 1913 were the largest for any one year since the company started in business. . Q Orders for Packard motor car riages received in January, 1914, set a new high record for January sales. FRANK C. RIGGS COMPANY Cornell Road, 23rd and Washington Sts., Portland, Ore. LINCOLN HI G B IT A Y CONTRIBUTOR oAsk the. man who owns one VVESTEl - - w V S7 vu .A OWMoa. tJuVA FtrQTPRM UNION vVW Iff W- 'A cru.- A. . . ..,tll PAID I I JUvnryw (I MiwnMna.1... hi., p 4. qi i.mi.'-'." '- - - -lii. u$ 1 : - . 1 Do your pictures mean anything' to you? If they do not, you ought to have some that do. 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