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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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