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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
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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'' "
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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
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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.
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, 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."
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