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THE 3I0RXING OREGOMAX, MONDAY, APRIL ' 25, 1021
PROHIBITION LAXITY if NEW BILLS AT THE THEATERS
ASSAILED BY MAYOR
of
Orpbenm.
THE beat act in a million moons is
Georgle Jeasel's, at the Orpheum.
Georgia has got clear away from the
so-called "girlie act," wherein one
man who can sing: or has been a
singer, or who writes songs or once
wrote a song, or composes tunes, etc
sets off his achievements against a
background l girls. We are lucky
when the girls can sing or dance or
talk.
George has made an O. Henry story'
nut M h la !,! Whan a niirt of t
PUBLIC" HELD TO BLAME
and phrasing and by play and racial
Best Citizens Accused
Patronizing Bootleggers.
0
Baker.
BT LEONE CASS BAER.
WEN DAVIS has just enough ma
terial In "Marry the Poor Girl" to
make into a vaudeville sketch. In
stead of doing that he padded out
the idea, stretched it to the point of
Breaking;, and made It into a three
act farce.
It is . a bedroomish farce, despite
the fact that the bedroom is off stage.
A bouse party is in progress and
some of the men guests arrive, home
in the wee sma' hours quite mellow
and merry. They go about the cor
ridors escorting each other to bed.
characteristics by Ann Lowenwirth. " e """
"Mamma" Is telephoning all over n f "Veents s,fh"vfd. ,nt??
Mr. Baker Talks at Sunnyside
Methodist Episcopal Church;
Judges Also Criticised.
"The best cltirens in the city of
town to locate her son, "a no-gooder,
a bad boy, a loafer who wont take a
nice Job Iko Newman has offered at
$17 a week in the collars and neck
ties. Georele's whistle is heard out
side and "Mamma" rushes to embrace
him and listen beamingly while he
paints verbal pictures of the revue ho
has planned to make George Cohan
and others lealous. Mamma wants
Portland are the ones that are patron- to waJt untli there Is a bargain sale
izing the bootleggers and their money on revues, but finally, persuader
is what is making the evil so profit- by her sons loving flattery, plus her
able that it is almost Impossible , to own ridean J- 'J-,,-;
root out." declared George I Baker. & revue. Soon word gets around
mayor, before the consregauon uj. that a woman with one hundred ana
the Sunnyside Methodist Episcopal forty thousand dollars" is backing
church lasi nigni m a talk into which the revue, and this, reinforced by
i t ...i.u AuHraffApiti uneech cinrrf'a cold en eloauencc ana
- k ihicV nf wrnnirs UhrwHnsn hsspmblM a SCeniC arilBl,
ui-v, a i.htinc costumer and srirls. with a dancing
...a i - ii, t laws that rinnrii- I trnrr..
irn in combatting it. but it is the We see all these parts assembled
, .w. . aaMpd thAlanH twn nf th finfcialties. a charm
t &nj i.liIoa Ko t makR inp Ja.na.nenA fantAHY and an Oia-
it hard to stamp out. As sure as I fashioned picture set to "1U8'C ,f"
j . - a nf Ihn p-. lonnir. nnH Ihnn thi srod Of bad 1UCK
liana ueiwre jui ; . . t .... 1 1
untied e.lizens. some of the men that has camped cn Georgies trail
whose ir.tnty keeps the bootleggers begins to get in his work. cos-
flourijhiu in ' Portland, are sitting turner takes the costumes off t tie
in the front P-ws of the churches of girls and carries away the draperies.
t il cltv toniaht. tn scenic artist takes away nis
c'ty 'onJ5nt- dropa and BettinK8 and the dancing
, , I team departs in rage, taking aiong
'The public seems to be seeking the coat and vest ioaned Georgie. The
to find ways to evade laws, not ways taKe j.and hustles Gcorgie out of a
to enrorec tnem. it nas coma m chair into the night, wnen mamma,
point where we have to apologize to jujj cf ti,e pomp and circumstance
a burglar or I. W. W. for detaining of the story Georgle had visioned for
him long enough to investigate his ner step3 ;nto the lonely deserted and
case. Until the Judges of this city and darkening stage. Right here Is where
Hate uphold the laws on the statutes George Jessel has It on the other men
there seems little use to arrest people. I wno j0 revues. George can act, and
"The public the police, tne judges. ihl8 scene with "mamma" is neari
the prosecuting attorneys, the execu-1 gripping ind mighty sweet, with a
tives, all must pull together to "P- J smile to chase avay a tear before U
hold and enrorce tne laws u we are freta wen started. George s scene wun
to combat the evils that rise up "mammr." in the prologue, too. is a
among us." little masterpiece of acting, and re
Mayor Baker explained that in the veals a very real and dramatic qual-
line of dutv he held himself lniormea iv --nderlvlne the fun.
f what waa eoine- on inside the city I tVi arna Gporsre features in his
and that he perhaps, better than any 'TrouMes of 1920" is "Mamma's Baby
ether man in Portland, was in a posi-I dov " ..-hleh Is in Itself melodious
tlon to know the truth of which he anj 0f sympathetic theme and as well
spoke. fits perfectly and on several occasions
Kaan Not Meatloard. into the development of the story. An
Although he did not mention names excellent piece of character worn is
lnlH r h a phsr?M inuarelv arainst I .nntTlhiia hv San Bennett, as a
the citizens of the city who have fos
tered an illicit industry by their pa
tronage and did not spare the public,
lh notice and the courts for their
share in allowing it to come to pass, helped write the music, wrote most
Mayor Baker then took up the ques-I of tho lines and songs and planned
tion of the welfare of the boys and jt all cut He is rerresnins ana sin
irirM nnH the responsibility of Darents I ! nnH original 111 his comedy, hon
for juvenile crime and delinquency, est with his audience and constantly
The Christian whose arms are open a source of delight.
to tho fellow Christian, but closed I A verv fine Dianist Is Daisy Nellis,
to the man below him was bitterly an American girl whose performance
arraigned, while the down-and-outer ! has a distinctive quality ana an ap
trr.-i- whose dickering and bar
gaining with Georgie cause one of
the fun riots.
As for young George nimseu, ne
with courage to take hold and build
up his character and make good re
ceived full measure of praise.
Childrea Held Nrgleeted.
"We can't make laws to regulate
the home to bring up our .boys and
cirls right." declared the mayor.
"Parents that go to dances and
parties, too selfish to deny themselves
the pleasures and trusting that their
children will be all right alone, need
not be surprised what happens to
them.
"Believe your children, take their
word for everything they say but
check up on them, he said. "Know
where your boy and girl are tonight
and every night."
The mayor brought out the details
of a number of juvenile crimes in
recent months and placed the blame
squarely on the shoulders of the
rarents. He spoke of four lads
brought into the police station one
night a few months ago.
Parent Declared t Blnaie.
" "What's the matter, captain, late
hours?- I asked." said the mayor.
" "No. Burglars,' declared the cap
tain." i
"I hope I never leave this stage,"
eaid Mayor Baker, holding his hand
scarcely above his knee, "if one of
the four was higher than that, and
I hope I never breathe again if any
one of the four was higher than this."
And the mayor raised his hand about
the level of his waist.
"Who was to blame? Did the parents
know where those boys had been?"
"I've watched the downtown street
oar terminals of this city. Night
after night I've seen girls and young
women from 16 years of age up get
off the cars alone and meet men.
Selfishness la Koted.
"Then I've seen those same men
bring them back and place them on
the cars after a show or dance. I
tell you that a man who can not come
to your home and take your daughter
out with your consent has no business
Keeping company with her.
"Selfishness which leads everyone
to weigh his own good when the
weiiare or another hangs in the hal.
a nee was characterized as the basis
'r mucn -or tne trouble and evils,
oeiusiiness nas Kent Portland trnm
100 per cent record in the community
UI. kucuuiid lime, and selfis,h
..co, luo cuwaroiy to come out in
the open, has hid . behind race and
religious prejudice and 'knocked" a
WOJth institution that means peace
"rpiuni m me aged and un
fortunate whose welfare rests with
the citizens of Portland."
1,500,000 ARE EXILED
Russians Are Reported to Be Scat
tered Over Four Continents.
At-w TURK, April 24. Reports
tnat nearly a million and a half Rus
sian exiles are scattered over the
'" connnenis were made public
here today by the league of nations
news bureau. Of these exiles, some
of whom are voluntary, it was estl-
maiea jvu.vuu are In Germany, with
mc otners scattered about the world,
The situation has become ..
the statement said, due to the fact
n.-i uiuj oi mem were starving or
oiseasea. wnue most of them are
penniless. The exiles began to leave,
the league bureau aaid. soon after
the bolsheviki came into power in
1311,
GIRL DROWNS; 2 MISSING
3Iei Reported lxst When Caarht
In TTndertow "While Bathing.
SAN DIEGO. April 24. One' - girl
lost her life and two men were miss
ing as a result of being caught In an
undertow while bathing at Ocean
beach, near here this afternoon.
The girl was Miss Gertrude Slate,
age 17. The missing men were her
brother, Duke Slate, age Jl, and Ray
'owler, a brakeman, age 28.
William Slate, the 14-year old
brother of Miss Slate, was rescued
by Lester Tremholm, a United States
sailor.
peal to true music lovers. She gave a
programme or greai anisuc v.uc.
imnnir bar numbers were Liszt s
"fmnanRlll." MacDowell's "Concert
Etude," "Irish Country Dance" and a
series of familiar and beloved airs.
Her skillful playing and brilliant in
terpretation. coupled with her person
al charm, brouaht sustained and
u ffnrnnq annlause.
a ripvrr nair are Ed and Birdie
Conrad, who sing and portray vividly
the keen songs Mr. Conrad has writ
ten. Comedy prevails in meir aci
anl it la of an unusual diverting son.
Jack Dunham and Andy Williams
sing. One of them has a fine deep
iniiu He is the one who
ia nut th female impersonator.
Bronson and Edwards bring back
the strong-man act, where one of the
athletes is enabled to whirl and bal-
mra darinrlv suspenced oy a wir
from the ceiling. It makes dandy
comedy and these two are capital
fivnatera as well.
Opening the bill Is a genuine strong
man. Sansone," who puts across a lot
of clever athletic originalities, assisi-
-A hv Delila. a shapely siren.
frn Gran t Gardner plays a horn
beautifully.
p s. This bill closes with a mati
nee Wednesday.
Hippodrome.
ELABORATE stage etting and
dainty costumes feature the head
line number which opened yesterday
at the Hippodrome theater with the
Sllerlock sisters and Clinton appear
ing in a miscellany of musical and
dance parts. Rapid-fire changes from
the opening setting in oriental cos
tumes to elaborate lavender gowns
and beribljoned hats lend vivacity to
the parts the Sherlock sisters take.
Robert B. O'Connor & Co.'s comedy
playlet Is distinctly different with
humorous sketches that bring laughs
at every turn and a whole handful
of surprises crowded into one act.
The tramp of the robber trio, who
comes back from the river because
there are too many in line when he
goes to commit suicide, and the yegg
who turns out to be an enterprising
reporter carry through their parts
with the maximum of amusement and
interest to the last. j
The drunken man's view on life'
forms the basis of the Morey, Senna
and Dean with snappy songs tha
break up the dialogue. Instrumental
selections and Morey's little story
that is to prove an alibi for his friend
when he meets his wife, both work
into the entertaining skit.
Vocal solos and duets, accordion
and saxophone numbers all have their
place in Melville and Stetson's act,
Miss Stetson making a special hit
with her song parts and her pleas
ing personality.
Trick terriers of all sizes and col
ors, all nimble and on the jump at the
command of their mistress, draw ao
plause and much merriment from the
audience In tho opening number. The
nimme little trickster who turns back
somersaults from a cane is the star
of Miss' Busse s troupe.
May Allison, In "Extravagance,
was the motion picture offering. Miss
Allison took the part of a frivolous
society girl whose expensive tastes
drove her husband to forgery. The
picture has a number of good scenes.
particularly one in which the heroine.
at a society party, goes bathing in a
new evening gown which her hus
band had strained his bank account
to pay for.
Although the plot deals to a certain
extent with the doings of the fast
set. it is not a problem production.
and confines itself almost entirely to
tne personal adventures of the prin
cipals. .
wrong room. That It happens to be
the room of a young lady, the daugh
ter of the hostess, is one thing, and
that she is engaged to marry a per
fect prude of propriety is another.
The inebriated guest, who is put into
her room by mistake is also engaged
to an addle-pated girL When the
play opens the guests are saying
good-morning In the hall on their
way to breakfast, when the hostess
goes into daughter's room and finds
the inebriated guest asleep in the
Morris chair. Great, excitement en
sues, daughter is hysterical, mother
outraged, father furious, and the in
nocent cause of the disturbance is
most confused. His own fiancee spurns
him and the fiance of the other girl
jilts her publicly. Mother says that
the only way to save her daughter's
name from scandal is to "marry the
poor girl."
So he does, and spends two acts
trying to get out of the mess, and
ends by caring for the girl.
Some of the lines are bright, some
are not; at times the interest is sus
tained briskly and often it lags and
halts. Laughs are frequent and one
or two comedy studies are continually
humorous. For instance. Seliner
Jackson's portrayal of the youna- in
ebriate has just the dazed, trance
like atmosphere a like character
would assume, and his unequal bat
ties with the parents of the girl and
others who assail him are so effect
ively done as to provide much com
edy.
Leo Linhard, too as the ladylike
man of Puritan ideas, who jilts the
heroine only to pine for her later,
affects the audience as a joy tonic
with his absurdities.
Lora Rogers as the mother Is cap
Hal, and as always in whatever roie
she essays, she is convincing and
genuine.
Mayo Methot is a cute trouble
maker and chatterbox, whose gossip
spreads the Scandal.
The new leading woman. Nina Gil
bert, is the heroine who forgot to
lock her door, and so brought on all
tne tnree acts.
The cast:
Moriran Broderick O'Fairell
Steve Ripley Murray F. Bernanl
Tom Harflann William l.e
Kitty Porter Mayo Methot
Mrs. Paddlnirton Lora Ronrera
Wallace f atfdinftrton Georxe P.Webster
Julia Padding-ton Nina Gilbert
JacK lannfr Selmer Jackpon
Bratlley Littleficld Leo Linhard
Ann Wlnated Muriel Kinney
Rev. Carlton Gibbs Irving Kennedy
Rose Cary Shirley Mayberry
Footman Lawrence Keating
SEMCK LEADERS PICKED
FORTLAX 3IEY TO PARTICI
PATE; IX COXFEREXCE. .
College 5Ien of Xortbwest to Pre
pare for Religious Activities;
Recreation Arranged.
lean Barton Resigns.
BOSTON. April 24. The resignation
Of Dean Alfred E. Burton of the Mass
achusetts institute of Technology, ef
fective at the end of the present
school year, was announced tonight.
He has held the post since 1902.
Ijric.
.IXD TOUR STEP." the new of-
IfX ferlng at the Lyric, is the
type of entertainment known in the
language of the theater as a "bit
show," from the fact that the plot is
made up of a mixture of bits of com
edy, singing and dancing. All these
specialties are well presented in the
musical comedy which opened yes
terday afternoon for the usual week's
run.
The curtain rises on a scene before
the pearly gates, with Will Rader, in
a 25 years' growth of white whiskers,
as Saint Peter. Leslie George Is Saint
Peter's angel secretary, and Don
Smith and Billee Reams represent the
sun and moon. The Lyric principals
appear before Saint Peter and ask to
be admitted through the golden gate.
Dot Posty, Dorothy Raymond and i
Florence Spurrier flash a trio smile .
on the Jovial old saint and walk right
in. Then along come Al Franks and
Ned Doyle, who explain to Saint
Peter that they put on shows down
on earth.
What is a show?" asks Saint Peter.
Here's a sample," answer Al and
Ned, and with the aid of the Rosebud
chorus and the Lyric cast they pre
sent a first-class show to Saint Peter
and the audience. .
Al Franks contributes some whirl
wind dancing steps as well as his
usual clever fun-making. Don Smith
sings a nut song, "The Wimmin'
Won't Let Me Alone," in Snappy style,
and Clarence Wurdlg makes a three-
base hit with "Dixie Melody." Dot
Posty is charming in a ballad. Its
All Over Now"; Dorothy Raymond
receives a welcome in "Where the
Lazy Mississippi Flows," and Ned
Dovle. who is Mike Dooley this week.
outs over "I ra Unlucky. uon smitn,
Clare Health and "Duke" Gilkison
set their usual applause-bringing re
sults with a trio specialty. Last, but
not least, for it was the song hit of
the show yesterday, Is a number
called "Jellyroll," put over with big
league trimmings by pretty uinee
Reams, one of the prime favorites
among the Rosebuds. Jane W arwick,
another popular chorus mam, re
turned to her place inthe first row
after an absence of several weeKS,
CHAPLAIN HOWARD TALKS
t
Scries of Social and Political
Speeches at Library Ends.
The last of a series of talks on the
economic social and political duties
of the American churches was deliv
ered last night at the public library
by Chaplain F. K. Howard of the
Good Samaritan hospital. The lec
ture was given under the auspices of
the church forum. Chaplain Howard
outlined the duties which should be
undertaken by the church, prefacing
his remarks with the statement that
the present scope of church activities
was not broad enough. .
He declared that the work of the
interchurch world movement was of
a fine nature, especially that phase of
the work which delved Into present
day industrial problems. He ex
pressed the hope that the work would
be more generally adopted by the
churches of the various denomina
tions.
Seven leaders in religious and edu
cational work of the Pacific coast
have been engaged for the annual
summer Young Men's Christian asso
ciation conference at Seabeck, Wash,
on June 17 to 27. according to an
nouncement made yesterday by the
Portland association.
Portland men who will .take an
active part in the conference will be
Norman F. Coleman, president of the
Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumber
men, and Ralph C. McAfee, secretary
of the Portland ' Federation of
Churches. Others will be Dr. Ozora
Davis, president of the Chicago-Theo-lcg'cal
Seminary; Dr. Robert Free
man, pastor of the Pasadena, Cal.,
Presbyterian church; J. Lovell Mur
ray, educational secretary of the stu
dent volunteer movement for foreign
missions, who has spent considerable
time In India; Chaplain Scott of the
United States navy, and Harry An
derson, secretary of foreign student
work at the University of California
and for the Pacific coast.
Special invitations are to be Issued
this year to a limited number of
upper class high school students who
expect to enter college this fall. Ben
Schmitt, state boys' secretary for
Washington, is to have charge of this
group. -
Invitations, the announcement said,
are to include also students in the
colleges of the northwest from China,
Japan, the Philippines. Corea, Russia
and the South American republics; to
members of advisory beards who are
giving counsel to college association
affairs; to university student pastors
who are interested in the Seabeck
cenference, and to presidents of stu
dent bodies and editors of college
nanera.
The annual Seabeck gathering is for
online men of Oreeon. Washington
and Idaho, and in addition to study of
religious activities and foreign mis-
son work, will incduae recreuu,
REED TO MEET WISCONSIN
Challenge of Eastern Debate Cham
pions Is Accepted.
Debate activities at Reed college
were augmented yesterday by the
acceptance of a challenge from the
University of Wisconsin to meet the
local college in Portland on May 30.
Tha eastern school, following its win
ning of the debate championship oi
the "Big Ten," which Included tne
largest universities of the middle
west, is Dlanning a tour of westei-n
colleges and universities In an effort
to annex a national championship.
Reed college will be the only Ore
gon institution to be met, as it holds
the state championship as a result or
Its victories over the University of
Oregon and Oregon Agricultural col
lege last fall. The subject ror de
bate Is: "Resolved. That the United
States officially recognize the soviet
government of Russia." Reed college
will support the negative side.
Other debates scheduled by tne col
lege are one with the University of
British Columbia, to be held May 7,
with Reed upholding the affirmative
side of the question: "Resolved, That
the Anglo-Japanese treaty Is detri
mental to the relations of the United
States and Great Britain," and the
women's debate with the University
of California on May 21, in which
Reed takes the affirmative side of
he question: "Resolved, That Ireland
should be granted Independence.'
Both these' contests will be held in
Portland.
Aberdeen Man Kills Seir.
ABERDEEN. Wash., April 24
(Special.) C. F. Doyle, 46, proprietor
cf the Slumberite lodging house here
committed suicide Saturday by shoot
ing himself as he lay In bed be
sitie his wife. She was awakened
by the shot, and her screams at
traded other lodgers. Despondency
over poor health is believed to have
been the cause of the act
Curfew Ordinance at Fossil.
FOSSIL, Or., April 24. (Special.)
A curfew ordinance recently passed
by the city council and now in effect
provides that all children under 18
years of age must be off the streets
by 8 o'clock. The ordinance is being
strictly enforced. -
Alice Lake, not so many years ago,
began her cinema career as an extra
it he vitagraph studios In Brooklyn,
ofiheFir
H. E. SIMONS SUCCUMBS
Official of Machinery Company Is
a Dead in Spokane.
SPOKANE, Wash., April 24. H. E.
Simons, vice-president of the General
Machinery company, died today fol
lowing injuries received In an auto
mobile accident last night.
While rounding a curve on the
Sunset boulevard near the city limits,
his car plunrod through a fence an
over an embankment. Mr. Simons
was struck by a piece of heavy tim
ber, which caused fatal internal in
juries.
Mrs. Josephine Howard Dies.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 24. Mrs.
Josephine Howard, a writer, died at a
hospital today after an illness of sev-I Katalla fields, by J. D. Gilmore of
erai monina. i Ketchikan.
Two Oil Leasing Permits Asked,
JUNEAU, Alaska,' April 24. (Spe
cial.) Two requests for oil leasing
permits were recently filed with the
and office here. One was received
from G. H. Lawrence of Kodiak for
2060 acres In the Cold Bay district.
and the other was for 960 acres in the
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