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17 CALVIN HDUCMgr. CALVIN HElLHUIgr. THE MUSICAL EVENT OF THE SEASON Monday Evening, Jan. 8, 8:15 One Piano Recital by the Greatest Pianist of the Age. VLADIM!R: present week. The billing for the week is as follows: "Wednesday evening and Saturday mat inee, "The Lion's Mouth"; Thursday even ing, "Romeo and Juliet"; Friday, "The Merchant of "Venice," and Saturday even ing, "Richard III." The "Warde company brings with It two carloads of scenery for its various pro ductions. MANAGEMENT HENRY WOLFSOHN STEINWAY PIANO USED'" Prices for this Encasement Trill he ns Follows: Lower Floor (except last 3 rows $1.50 Lower Floor (last 3 rows) 100 Balcony, (first 3 rows) 1-50 Seats are selling at the Marquam box office. Balcony, (second 3 rows) h.5100 & Balcony, (last 6 rows) If .To Box and Loge Seats .2.00 THE SUNDAY OBEQONIAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY 7, 1900. MARQUAIV2 GRAND De ffinm FfSy T?f IWIlt P w I l All feU MrWK IJfcl 111 The Souhrette. A winsomft little lass with golden hair That ehlnesr a halo round her piquant fact; Ear eyes are bright as stars that gem the night "With glory through Its purple-shrouded epace. Two xoey checks, faint flushed, with rising d&wn. And curving: lips "where enlles like eon rays flit. And In between like rowo of priceless pearls Her milk-white teeth now flash, now hide a bit. A graceful form as lithe as willow wand. At onoe demure again she Is, forsooth A midget full of all coquettish charm; Abrlm with life and fun and sunny youth. Allurements linger In her every move; She danceB gaily like a woodland fay; Anon she puts her mask of mimic on. Then doffs It, as she lightly trips away. A fairy flitting like a. summer breeze. She spurns the floor with easy bounding grace; A roguish vision, light and like a dream. Ethereal, she seems to float in space. William Eeed Duaroy in San Francisco Music and Drama. DESERVEDLY SUCCESSFUL First Symphony Concert of Portland Season An Excellently Well Conducted Performance. Friday evening' was certainly a notable end on auspicious one In the musical an nals of Portland, for It witnessed the first concert in the first series of symphony concerts to be given in this city. Tet It Is not this alone which gives import ance to the occasion. The actual achieve ment is something for congratulation and remembrance. Meyerbeer's "Fackeltanz" was the first number. It Is a pleasing and an inter esting work, containing many fine effects In color. It is one of the things written with evident sincerity, which rather con founds one by the great distance which separates them from the many meretri cious efforts and effects of the same com poser. Perhaps the chief shortcoming of the entire performance was the metro nomic character of the tempi, and this may be Illustrated by a reference to the interpretation of the first number. It seemed as though the rigid adherence to the regular beat during the lively passage which follows the trombones repressed much of Its beauty. It is a passage which, o I think, requires a rubato. I am al together unfamiliar with the score, but, If I mistake not, the passage would gain in effect were It given with a greater distinctness of contrast and a pronounced disinvoltura of accent. The number was given with considerable precision and vigor, and the spirit of processional pomp was finely caught. Mendelssohn's Joyous Music. One may search through all the works of Mendelssohn and find nothing tmore pregnant with description than his music to Shakespeare's delicate and aerial "Midsummer Night's Dream." It is full of Joyous ebullitions of youth, which rise with a ringing sincerity. Indeed, no happier phase of Mendelssohn exists than this delightful fants&rla. It deals with fairy-land and with real life. It is steeped in atmosphere. Tender fancy, touched with a dainty, grotesque humor; jocund playfulness, a wholesome gayety, human love and the world of emotions are felt in the phrases of the score, Mendelssohn's works for the piano, with one or two rare exceptions, fall to retain their one-time extraordinary hold upon the public, and his songs are seldom sung, but his or chestral and his choral music sustains his name with the same splendor that all his compositions carried with them now bo many years ago. There Is so much sweetness and deli cacy and mysticism In the prelude to "Lohengrin" that its performance would have gained, had it been given with a moro masculine force. Still It was given with much tenderness and with some strength. Its supreme beauty, the coming of the miraculous grail and its lyrical intensity were all finely conceived. Mrs. Bio ch-B oner's Success. Mrs. Bloch-Bauer sang an aria from "Les Huguenots.' It was not the cavatlna "Nobles Seigneurs," which we had ex pected, but the aria which is perhaps fa miliar to many in the English rendering "Fairer Than the Flowers of Morning." There were few of us who did not know of Mrs Bloch-Bauer s gifts as a dramatic soprano, but she must now be regarded as an equally gifted coloratura singer. She sang the florid music with an excel lent art. Her singing proclaims the pos session of an intelligent style, and her voice Is a resonant one, full of a fresh vitality. Always dramatic and forceful, on this occasion she gave the difficult floriture with so distinct and musical an articulation and no notable a flexibility of voice, that there is but one word for its characterization "virtuosity. The performance of Beethoven's "Fifth Symphony" was marked by the admirable qualities of Its broad intentions. The leading themes had evidently been well considered, and many of the minor de tails: the slighter, but none the less im portant nuances were well treated. The poetry of the slow movement, the remote and mystical emotion of the scherzo and the sadness, the regret and the sounding and high triumphant joy of the finale were given admirable exposition. To those who labored for the success of the concert we give acclaim. SARD MASLIN. WARDE, AT THE MARQUAM. "Will Open "With "The Lion's Month on "Wednesday Evening:. On "Wednesday evening, January 10. Frederick "Warde, assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence M (Minnie Tittein Brune end a thoroughly capable company of players, will Inaugurate what promises to be the theatrical event of the Portland season In legitimate dramatic repertoire, embracing both romance and tragedy. The opening production will be Henry Guy Carleton's beautiful Yenetlan romantic comedy, "The Lion's Mouth," which will be given with the full strength of the Warde-Brune organization, which is one of the best on the road this season. As for the leading members of the company, FREDERICK WARDE. neither Mr. "Warde nor Mrs. Brune, his leading lady, needs any Introduction to Portland playgoers. Both of them are ar tists of the highest rank, and they are supported by good people, among whom are such well-known actors as Charles D. Herman, Frank Hennig, John Stur geon, Alexander McKenzle, Harry C. Barton and Charles H. Clarke. Miss May "Warde, the charming daughter of the tragedian, who is imbued with, much of her father's talent and has received much commendation for her portrayal of the coquettish "Marsella," is also with the company, which numbers, all told, 22 per sons. The company comes well provided with every accessory of scenery, properties and costumes, and will stage its plays most lavishly. Every possible opportunity for spectacular display will be taken advan tage of, and as the various pieces in Mr. "Warde's repertoire are all of a class that lend themselves readily to the making of beautiful stage pictures, and Mr. "Warde has the reputation of never slighting such opportunities, the patrons of the Marquam may look forward to a period of enjoyment during the last half of the J N. fslPsS. ( w ' IS' PyStraMMF'' " JW&rj? Di "AT OAT "AT GAY CONEY ISLAND." Plenty of Fun for Cordray Theater Patrons This Weelc None of the farce comedies which were seen in Portland last season made a big ger hit than "At Gay Coney Island," which Manager Cordray has secured for the entertainment of his patrons this year. It will open a week's engagement tonight, and an unusually large advance sale augurs a good attendance all the week. Mr. "Whiting and his partner have secured (From his latest photograph.) the best people that could be found for the production, and it Is put on as never before. The principal male parts are taken by Burt, "Weston and Charles Bel mont, the cleverest team that has ap peared with the piece, and Al Holt, one of the best whistlers on the stage; Marie Stori, the clever violinist, and the bril liant and pretty soubrette, Mattie Lock ette, are anions the stars. One would hardly Imagine that a woman seeking the death of her husband could be a subject of mirth, yet this theme is handled with much deftness by the author of the farce, "At Gay Coney Island." A very charming young lady is left a large sum of money, which she cannot inherit until she becomes a widow. She there upon betakes herself to a struggling doc tor and commissions him to procure for her a man in the last stage of consump tion, who will dlo In two weeks after thoy are married. The doctor scours the neigh borhood, but Is unable to secure a fit sub ject. Just as the time is about to expire a bright idea seizes him and he calls to his aid a traveling plumber, who happens to be repairing some pipes In the doctor's house Quickly the plan Is arranged, and CONBY ISLAND." , FOUR NIGHTS 'a iksb rc t.jr r-a w&i u a rs 4 Best Wednesday Night Saturday Matinee Thursday Night Parquetto Entire Parquette Circle Balcony (first 3 rows) People's Popular Playhouse Week9 Commencing Tooigtit9 FOURTH A Study In the plumber retires to a room and makes his face up deathly whlteand practices a tenor cough. He is introduced to his r!rtfwto-he. and she is delighted. The wedding occurs immediately, but the plumber, of course, refuses to die. There upon follow complications, each one mrt ludicrous than its predecessor, until the audience is tired of laughing. All tne week and Saturday matinee. Wllili REOPEN SUNDAY NEXT. Manager Jones Secures "A Cheerful Liar" for the Metropolitan. The Metropolitan opera-house will be reopened Sunday, January 14, with the production of the new farcical success, "A Cheerful Liar." During the past few weeks, while the house has been dark, Manager Jones has made many Improve ments In the interior of the building. A new floor has been put in, an elegant drop curtain added and splendid new op era chairs have been substituted for the old ones "A Cheerful Liar," the bright farce comedy with which the house will be re opened, comes to Portland well recom mended. The leading part is in the hands of Miss Stella Bomar, who Is said to have been greeted by enthusiastic aud iences In every city she has visited. The play is described as being the highest of hilarious hits, loaded with life and laughter and full of bright, catchy music. In the cast are: Frank Camp, Max Steinle, Bernard Jaxon, Jack Howard, Robert Halrcroff, E B. Geraird, Eunice Mur dock, Rose Summers and Leonle Leigh. A New York critic says' of the perform ance: "It Is altogether the merriest and most mirth - provoking aggregation of laughmakers gathered together by a man ager, whose aim has ever been to dispel the shadows of life with stage sunshine " Another dramatic writer speaks of it as "A colossal comic cocktail of fizz, fun and frolic. At this play, you don't have to go out to see a friend or smoke a cigar ette." NEHil COMPANY NEXT WEEK. WiU Open nt the Morqnam. -In "A Bachelor's Romance." An event of much importance theatrical ly is the coming to the Marquam Grand, for the week of January 15, of the Neill company, which is headed by James Neill, Who has the reputation of present ing the plays in his repertoire in the same careful mannei as the late Augustin Daly. Mr. Neill has surrounded himself with a company of artists seldom -zeen outside of a New York theater, and his plays are of a high class; moreover, special scenery and stage accessories are fur nished for each production. tm,A nnoninir Wlav at the Marauam will be Sol Smith Russell's "A Bachelor's Ro- 1 THE EVENT OF ENGAGEMENT OF 35 $ MR. AND MRS. f , SUPPORTED BY THE Company Obtainable in a Repertoire of Classic and Romantic GRAND SCENIC PRODUCTION HISTORICALLY CORRECT and "The strongest organization since the famous Booth and Barrett com- bination "New Orleans Picayune, October 9, 1S99. 51 50 100 1.00 Sale of seats will begin tomorrow morn ing at 10 o'clock. Secure our seats early. "IT IS TO LAUGH, AND YOU AND SATURDAY MATINEE ANNUAL TOUR OF THE FAMOUS MUSICAL FARCE-COMEDY Newness Carload Scenery EW BUT THE TITLE USUAL PRICES Next Attraction Return Engagement "HUMAN HEARTS.' mance," which the Neill company has the exclusive right to present in America, and in which Mr Neill will assume the role of David Holmes, the part originally played by Mr. Russell. The atmosphere of "A Bachelor's Ro mance" Is distinctly rural. The scenes are laid in New York and New England, and the characters are thoroughly Amer ican A literary flavor is contributed by David Holmes, a bachelor, and the lit erary critic on the Review, Mr. Mulberry, who Is unable to turn his college educa tion into money, and bemoans the super- Mattie Lockette, as Daisy Kidder, in "At Gay Coney Island." ficiallty Of the time; Archibald Savage, a modern and thoroughly up-to-date jour nalist, and Harold Reynolds, a, reporter. "Whatever dash of wickedness and world liness there is in the play Is furnished by Gerald Holmes, a pleasure-loving man of the world, and by Helen La Grande, n fnaflnntJnf -nMrtntc. Thf first n.nd third acts are laid in David's study; the sec- I WbHbpW WEDNESDAY, THE SEASON THE EMINENT ACTOR CLARENCE M. BRUNE "MERCHANTS Balcony Balcony Gallery DO LAUGH." New York Journal. Soodey Eve 9 Twenty-two Players ond in Helen Le Grand's fashionable Murray Hill home and the fourth In a tjp ical New England home, where one catch es at the peculiarly delightful atmos phere so characteristic of Sol Smith Rus sell's plays. The repertoire for the week has been selected as follows: Monday evening and Saturday matinee, "A Bachelor's Romance"; Tuesday even ing. Nat Goodwin's comedy success, "A Gilded Fool", "Wednesday matinee and evening, "Amy Robsart," a dramatization of Sir "Walter Scott's "Kenilworth"; Thursday evening, E. H. Sothern's bril liant comedy success, "Captain Letter blalr," of the Royal Irish fusiliers; Fri day evening, C. Haddon Chambers' power ful drama, "Captain Swift," and Satur day evening, the society comedy drama, in four acts, "Lady "Wlndemere's Fan." "HUMAN HEARTS" AGAIN. WiU Return to Cordray's Thenter Monday of Next Week. "Human Hearts" will be presented as a return engagement at Cordray's theater, for one week, following "At Gay Coney Island." "Human Hearts," the compan ion play to but entirely different from "Shore Acres," Is regarded as one of the best American stage productions of the past 10 years. "When any play, by a com paratively unknown author, succeeds in securing an openlrg at the Fifth-avenue theater, in New York, and runs there one whole season, without cessation, it Is a guarantee of Its merit, as the Fifth-avenue theater clientele is one that will not tolerate any production of a mediocre quality Now in its third season, with al most the Identical cast that presented It for a year In New York, and the record of a week's remarkable success here, a few weeks since. It should repeat Its tri umph at Cordray's during the coming en gagement. With "A Cheerful Liar." Max Steinle and Rose Summers, two popular Portland people, are with "A Cheerful Liar" company, which opens a week's engagement at the Metropolitan January 14. Mr Steinle last visited Port land In August, with L. R. Stockwell. in "A Midnight Beh," in which play he made a distinct hit as the m'schlevous boy, Martin Tripp He plays a similar role in "A Cheerful Liar." and, with Miss Sum mers, will introduce some taking singing specialties. Nance O'Nell's Return. Manager Cordray has been the recipient of many congratulations since it was an nounced tha he had secured Nance O'Neil and her company of players for a return engagement, The fact that Miss O'Neil is now supported by Clay Clement, JAN. 10 Drama Friday Night Saturday Night (second 3 rows) 7oo (last 6 rows) 50c 25c JOHN F. CORDRAY, Manager N A- while retaining Barton Hill and other well-i.nown members of her company, H deemed assurance that her production will be of a satisfactory order of exee -lence. Her work in the character of La Macbeth is pronounced to be one of h i greatest achievements, and "Macbeth" 13 to be given here, with Edwin S. Kelly s now famous music, which greatly inten -fles the effect of the tragedy. Ibsen s play, "Hedda, Gabbler," will also be pro duced in Portland by Miss O'Nell. Tp engagement will probably be opened wlh the old but ever-popular "East Lynne " Louis Jiunea Sizes It Up. Louis James sajs: "I And always that the legitimate actor has a certain clien tele. A recognized tragedian always en Joys a good patronage, and while the light, frothy style of entertainment draws well. people soon return to moro solid plays. , There are changes every eight or nlno years; people take to something as a fad. Minnie Tittell Brune na Juliet. but they cannot exist forever on wind pudding; they want something more sub stantial. "One thing which I consider a good sign Is the fact that all our schools and col leges are taking- to Shakespearian reading, and it begets an intereet by young peopio In the drama which will have a good ef fect. No matter how blase theater-goer. may become as regards th legitimate drama, there v. Ill bo a new generation coming up which will maintain the intere t in it. I find alwa3 a growing interest It young people for good play3. and that In terest is In great part maintained until they are relegated to the background aiM a new generation takes their place." iv