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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1918)
TnE MORNIXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1918. 3 MITZL IN "POU-POMT WINS BIG AUD ENG E Play Is Pure, Spell-Binding Comedy, Set to Delightful Comic Opera Music. SCENERY SPLENDID COLOR Talented Little Actress lias Combl nation of Gifts of Voice and Per sonality Which Is Difficult) to Describe Dance Pleases. CAST Or TOM-POM." I Const d Jot Gears BrnsseT J Thntir VtDtftr JtmM s. Rru a KtIjto Httl Fox i policeman. No. 13 r Charles McNurhton I Secretary of the Olympic ) William Bitter Tbe Author Philip Trarers J Faulett Xttzt Th Crttto Victor Lo Roy Etas Carpenter Larry Lawrence a Bortraad Boyd Marshall I Grcbaus ...........Thomu Walsn Macacb Ben Halting J piaafi ............. " J Theres Marcarat Jarmaa Jean Larry Lawranc I Glna Hatty Fox Papa Cnapll.......Gorv Brascer Bl Btaason.... Dttmar Poppa Lucl .......... .. ..'Winifred Franela Oabrlella Martha Bowe Clair .............Marlon Herlmun A Policeman.... Walter Purity f Warden ................John ColTla J I Xaacrs Louis Larsson enj Robert Jackson By LEOXE CASS BAER Insofar a the acting; Is concerned, the btifht and shining star In "Poro- om' Is MItzl. chic, petite, adorable MI til. with her sweet little lark notes and her half-samln. half elfin smile. ' lier born -In -the-mar row humor, and fcer piquancy. , There's ten thousand aJJectlYes that half-war begin to de scribe the personal charm of saucy MItzl. but rra not solns; to try to let them all Into this review, for some thing must be told about the sparkling, colorful, genuinely fresh and invigor ating comic opera Henry Savage has nt our way. It Is pure, spell-binding comedy, set to delightful music, of a genuinely comic opera flavor. Back to tbe olden jrolden days when musical comedies had a plot and told It. harks "Pom l'om." We've become so used to a hodge podge of vaudeville acts gathered to gether and ottered us in the name of musical shows, that the pretentious story told us In "I'om-Pom," with Its dtrlng outlaws armed to the teeth. Its abundance of policemen. private sleuths, correspondence school crooks nd bandits, not forgetting Its real ladles and gentlemen In evening things that look like evening things well we're giving thanks to heaven and Henry W. bavage for Mltsl and "Pom I'ora." The two' are synonymous, for MItzl Is "Pom-Pom." the most fasci nating pickpocket that ever strutted and swaggered across a stage with her qulsit little girl's body all done up In boy's trousers. In the story, which I won't spoil for you by rehaahlng It here. Mitxl Is a perfectly nice little prima donna, sing ing In a boy'a role when a bungling police net garners her in with a mess of burglars and what-nots of thievery, nd she bravely lives up to her role as "1'om-Pom. a ptrkpocket. Of course, there's a hero and romance. The composer has followed the lines of his pattern closely and his music runs hand In hand with Incidents and situations In tbe piece, so much so that In one bit. an amusing burlesque of a circus, we hear the hero music, the ta-ra-ra. that Imitates the Inevitable accompaniment of a strong man act. Novelties beeorlnkle "Pom-Pom." There's an Apache dance, a dummy dance, and Mltsl's exquisite yodellng. Charles ilcNaughton brings a gro tesque humor and a rare comedy to the part of an unlucky policeman, and In the delightful circus scene was a fine foil for MitxU who clowned with fas cinating sincerity. Our old friend, Thomas Walsh, gave a splendid char acter study of the burglar-ln-chlef. and Jtoyd Marshall played and sang tbe ero role In fine form: which brings again to MItzl. the Incomparable. whose combination of gifts of voice nd personality and smart little perkl re Is quite beyond my wits to de scribe. Tonll have to see "Pom-Pom" and then you'll not need any printed ac counting. Tou'll be Mltsi-mad like I received, the school census for 1917 shows a total of 184.19C. The total for 1J1 was 205.41T. Giving to the five missing counties the same census as the last one avail able, the total for this year would be :01.1. but as unquestionably there were Increases In all of these five counties, the complete total. It Is be tiered, would show a reasonable In crease for 1917 over 11. Tbe five missing counties are Deschutes. Jack son, Wasco. Lake and Umatilla. Wasco reported, but furnished tbe census for the county, rather than for school children. The figures for the various counties available In Superintendent Churchill's office so far are as follows: Baker S.SOO Lane lO.ftOl n-nton ....... S.:. Lincoln 1. . Clackamas ... 11 . -..'11. Inn T.TKS c:acsop ... 3 Mainour ....... - Columbia ..... 4.144 Marlon ll.iwn Coo 7.042 Morrow l.&SS Crook . 1.174 Uultnomah .... 6.1.2."4 Ourrv M Colk 4. Descholes unreported hherman ...... j.1m rtouciaa .-. Tillamook .... 2.2S3 Ollllam 1.1 S2 t'matlila ..Unreported Grant S.OH1 Inion 6.009 Harney l.tM.-. Wallowa 3. MO Hood River ... 9.129 Wasco ....Unreported Jackson .LareDort.d w aahlnaton ... a,i..' Jefferson l.OSej Wheeler W7I Joeephtn .... Yamhill S.546 Klamath 3.J1! Lake .....Unreported! Total 194.104 HIPPODROME HAS TREAT MUSIC AXD MERTIIMEAT MAKE BILL OB WORTH WHILE. De Perrest Brethers and Falk Enter taining Trto Derethy De Shell : and Company Have Playlet. Haunting melodies and clever bits of repartee are woven Into the acts at the Hippodrome for the remainder of the 'week, which make the bill one worth while. A trio of good looking men with splendid voices and wearing striking costumes won a good share of the ap plause. The act they presented had a smack of the good old-fashioned min strel show In Its makeup. One of the songs, "Just for a Girl" was applauded again and again. The Jokes were new, and consequently were appre ciated. Tbe DeKorrest Brothers and Falk were the men who made up thl entertaining trio. Dorothy De Shelle and company pre sented a novel comedy playlet entitled, Hearts Are Trumps." Dorothy. ac cording to the skit, waa determined not to have the word "obey" In tbe ceremony when she took the fatal step, so she spent her time In devising schemes, to undermine the plans of a group of young men of the town, who had formed a union to force the use of the word "obey." Dedlo Velde and company presented Charley Chaplin's "Comic Capers in the Park." The man of the company waa good Imitator of Charley and the girls were- pretty. Frank. Rogers is a ventriloquist oi the highest class and his Imitations of the crier at the circus was especially clever. Walman and Berry were a clever uo. The man played syncopated melo dies up and down bis violin and the girl was a wonder at playing the piano. She also sang several songs. Lee Roy and Paul, a nimble pair, urned handsprings and flew f rcrra one bar to the other at marvelous speed. The photoplay was Olive Tell In Her Sister." JAPAN PROMISES TO POLICE ORIENT ResDonsibilitv Pledaed for Order; Proper Measures to Be Taken. PREMIER ADDRESSES DIET Question Raised Regarding Sending of British Warships to Vladi- Tostock; Lack of Reliance Deemed Possible. SOLDIERS' CLUB PROPOSED Move Started for Benefit of Boys at Vancouver Barracks. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Jan. !4. Spe- aL) For the benefit of the soldiers Vancouver Barracks, and others bo may come to the city. It Is pro posed to establish here a Soldiers' Club room under tbe auspices of the Army and Navy League. A meeting was held at. the Commercial Clum rooms last ight. when Charles Lloyd, organiser for the Northwest, spoke, outlining plans. The club will be for soldiers and sail ra only, and officers and civilians will be permitted to enjoy It only by Invl tatlon. The club will be financed by the general fund from Washington. D. Portland committees will co-oper- t .with Vancouver committees. The ancouver committee Includes Rev. L. K. Grimes, W. & Short. Justin L. Suth- rland. G. W. Ford and H. W. Arnold. STATE SCHOOL DATA GIVEN M"Ith- FIt Counties Missing, Oregon Has lSs.lfe Students. 8ALEM. Or, Jan. I i. Special) With five counties still missing, and spparertf Indication of their being Victrolas and ' J . N?Ja .J This Style XI, $110 Pay St ewwa and IS) aver nwitk. The Vletrola brings to your home tbe voices of the world-famous sing ers the melodies of harp. ' flute, band and orchestra. w hat will give you anything like the pleas ure, entertslnment and satisfaction as will the Vletrola? Order It today. W send records via parcel post to eut-of-town patrons. Write for com plete record catalogue free. rr MINUTE WOMEN LAY PLANS Head of Work In Western Washing ton Talks at Vancouver. VANCOUVER. Wash, Jan. 24. (Spe- aL) The drive for funds for the Young Women's Christian Association will be taken up by the Minute Women of Clarke County next week, with Mrs. A. L. Miller, of Vancouver, as chairman. Tbe quota for this county to raise Is set at 93S. and of this Vancouver's share will be J6o0. All of the money raised In this cam paign will be used for war work, and some of It will be used In France to build rest rooms for the American Red Cross nurses. Miss Sadie Johnson, who has charge of the work In Western Washington, waa here yesterday and spoke before a meeting of the Minute Women. MAN ATTACKED BY MAD PIG Jasper Fatten, Cottage Grove, Bias Narrow Escape From Beatb. COTTAGE GROVE. On. Jan. J4. (Special.) Jasper Patten had a nar row escape from death a few days ago when attacked by a boar pig. which had -gone amuck. Only by climbing Into a tree and ealUng his dogs to bis asalstsnce was he able to escape. One of the dogs waa badly torn to pieces before the hog waa run Into an enclosure. A horse had been at tacked by the pig. and Mr. Patten was going to. the assistance of the horse when he waa attacked. WAR CRISIS IS IMPENDING (Centtnned From Ft ret Par. M.in, oRDrot r.rrrv ATTEXTIO PHOMPT G.F. JohnsonPiano Ca 14 Stxth. wear Sferrtsea. Pertlaad VEHLI rACICAJID JJOXD PIAXOS been moved back to Monte Splnoncla. This retreat Is a sequel to the bril liant victory of the troops recently ob tained on Monte Tombs, Inasmuch as the enemy's position thereafter became untenable. The retirement of the enemy Is im portant as showing that be has given up his effort to force a passsge to the Venetian plains by way of Monte Tom bs and the west bank of the Plave. at least for the present. He is now con structing defenslv works In the rear. ROME, Jan. 24. Th official commu nication from the War Office today says: "The relative calm along the whole front was broken by lively artillery actions In the mountain areas, astride the Chlese and the Adlge, on the slopes of Montello. along the Plave and toward the coast and by patrol engagements on the eastern edge of Asisgo plateau and In the neighborhood of Cavozuc cherlna.' At Capot Sile, small parties made a surprise attacks on enemy ad vanced post, driving back the garrison and capturing a considerable quantity of arms and ammunition." TOKIO, Tuesday. Jan. 14. "Japan holds herself responsible for the main tenance of peace In this part of the world and consequently In the event of that peace being endangered to the inevitable detriment of our Interests, the government of Japan will not hesi tate a moment to take proper meas ures." Thus Count Teraucht. the Japanese Premier, spoke at the opening of the Diet today In referring to the Internal disorders In Russia spreading to the Russian possessions in Eastern Ala. Tuklo Ozakl. former Minister or Jus tice, demanded in the session of the Japanese Diet on Its opening today why British warships had been sent to Vladivostok, Indicating possible lack of reliance on Japan and a misunder standing with Great Britain and the United States regarding the agreement for the defense of the Far i-ast. lie also asked what Japan was doing for Russia. M. Ozakl. continuing, said the rov ernment's advice to China to partici pate in the war constituted Interfer ence and caused disturbances. He also asserted thst Japan's armament loan was Intended to encourage Tuan Chi Jul. the Chinese Premier and chief of tbe Chinese war bureau. Foreign Minister Count Motono as sured the Diet there waa no reason to fear differences of oDlnlon between Ja pan and Great Britain and the United States. He said he certainly did not believe that Japan's advice to China constituted interference in that coun try or caused disturbances there. The Premier declared that the eltu atlon in Russia was causing him the s-reatest measure of anxiety. "As the true friend of Russia," he said, "Japan earnestly hopes that country may sue cessfuliy settle Its difficulties without much further loss of time and establish a stable government." Count Teraucht said also that Japan Joined unreservedly with the allied powers In the determination not to sheathe the sword until an honorable peace Is secured. f i I i i 251 GHA0OAIE TONIGHT HIGH AND POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL EXERCISES ARRANGED. Olrla Finishing Courses Will for Meat Part Wear "War Dresses" Fine Programme Planned. Graduation exercises for tbe high schools and the polytechnic schools will be held tonight, with diplomas awarded to 251 students who have fin ished the required work. The exer cises will be held in the auditoriums of the schools, with the exception of the Benson and Girls' Polytechnic, which will hold their exercises Jointly In the Couch school. Twentieth and Gllsan streets. The girls will wear "war dresses" almost exclusively. The Polytechnic girls as a whole have made their own gowns and the girls of the other In stitutions have spent modest sums on theirs. Programmes of orations, prize giving and music, entirely of school talent, will be given. Speakers for tbe various exercises were announced by superintendent Alderman as follows: Franklin, H. H. Qrlffls; Commerce, Dr. T. W. Lane; Jefferson. Dr. E. H. Pence: Lincoln. Judge Robert Tucker: Polytechnic Schools at Couch. Charles E. Cochran: Washington. Dr. H. D. Sheldon. Members of the School Board who will award diplomas at these ex ercises in the same order, are: D. A. Grout, N. G. Pike, Dr. A. W. Smith. Dr. E. A. Sommer. Dr. J. Francis Drake and Charles A. Rice. WAR POLICIES APPROVED Portland Labor Council Supports Acts of President Wilson. Loyal support of President Wilson In the war policies he Is pursuing was recorded laat night In a resolution adopted unanimously by the Central Labor Council and forwarded to the White House In a telegram. The text of the message sent to the President over tbe signature of Charles P. Howard, president of the Central Labor Council, follows: "Twenty-five thousand organized workers through their representatives In Central Labor Council of Portland and vicinity offer expression of their loyal support and fullest confidence In our President's conduct of the war to liberate enslaved peoplea and give to he ' workers of America their full rights." i $475 We guarantee this beautiful new PLATER. Come In and hear it. 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