THE SUNDAY OKEGONIAiN, PORTLAND, JUNE 15, 1902.
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THE WEEK IN THE THEATERS
MISS KIDDER IN "THE COUNTRY GIRL" jr SUCCESS
OF A STOCK COMPANY
There is realjy very little excuse for such
a production as "The Country Girl,"
-which was given by Kathryn Kidder and
company at the Marquam last week. The
comedy itself is well enough, but it cer
tainly does not call for such a rough and
ready, slap-stick interpretation as was
given it. Miss Kidder is not at all suited
to the part of Peggy, and in fact there Is
very little to Justify so good an actress
in putting on such a play in such a -way.
The production of "Franclllon" was far
better, but in neither play does Miss Kid
der appear to nearly so good advantage
as she does in "The School for Scandal"
or "Madame Sans Gene."
The Stuart Company, which closed a
successful season of eight weeks at the
Baker Theater Monday night, has demon
strated that there Is Toom for a good
etock company in Portland, The company
played to good crowds during the entire
engagement, and the ovatiorf they received
the night of the farewell performance
shows how great was the impression they
made. There can now be no doubt about
the success of the engagement of the Nelll
Stock Company next Fall, provided that
company is up to the standard set by Mr.
Stuart, as it undoubtedly will be.
OPENS THIS AFTERXOON.
Engagement of the Pollnrd Opera.
Company at the Balccr.
One of the most novel and entertaining
performances that hae ever been seen
in Portland was that of Pollard's Juvenile
Opera Company, which some months since
plajed an engagement In this city, and
the announcement of the return of this
combination will be received with pleas--ure.
They return after having made a suc
cessful trip to the East, and there is no
question that they will again duplicate
their former success In this cits. The
company opens at Baker's Theater this
afternoon in that beautiful light comic
opera, "H. M. S. Pinafore." The same
clever company of children remain, the
same as on their previous -visit, and once
more the comedy of Willie Pollard, the
artistic singing of Alice and Jack Pollard,
and the genius of the little tot Daphne
Pollard, will be welcomed. The scenery
for the production of "Pinafore" will be
up to all requirements. All of It was pre
pared especially for this company while
in Chicago, and it is said that the shW
scene is a marvel of stage craft. r
The seat sale for the first week of the
engagement opened with a rush, and there
is no question that record-breaking busi
ness will be the rule of this engagement.
"Pinafore" will run up to anfi-lncluding"
"Wednesday ciening, when It will be fol
lowed by "A Gaiety Girl." The usual pop
ular prices of Baker's Theater will prevail.
CLOSE OF THE YEAR.
Commencement Exercises for Elocu
tion Pupils.
The Marquam Grand was crowded Fri
day evening, June 6, for the commence
ment exercises of the Gillespie School of
Expression. The artistic effect of the
stage settings was greatly enhanced by a
profusion of La France roses, the school
flower. Rev. John F. Ghormley pro
nounced an impressive invocation. The
two young ladiea who received diplomas,
Miss Bertha Irene Matlock, of the readers
course, and Miss Jessie May Zimmerman,
of the teachers' course, were subjects of
Interest.
Miss iZmmerman is possessed of that
magnetic force which Is essential for a
successful teacher. In her numbers, The
Idyl of an Orchard," a pathetic poem;
"Moriall's 'Mo'nln'," a bit of dialect, and
"Gazelle and Swan," a dramatic selec
tion. Miss Zimmerman showed great ver
satility, her voice responding to the -varied
emotions called for by these several
selections. Miss Matlock's first number,
"The Soul of the Violin," was a classical
selection full of pathos, requiring in its
rendition artistic finish and great voice
control, to which demands Miss Matlock
was fully equal. In the "Coming Out of
Miss Cummings." an action monologue,
her natural vivacity and grace of man
ner captivated the audience. Miss Mat
lock gives promise of a very successful
future as a Teader.
The reading of the "Lotus Eaters," by
Mrs. Gillespie, illustrated by poses by
these joung ladles, was one of the most
enjoyablo numbers given.
One of the features of the musical part
of the programme was a piano solo, the
"Durand "Waltz," plajed by little Evelyn
Hitchcock, wno is only 9 5 ears old. Her
interpretation and execution were phe
nomenal for a little girl. The other mu
sical numbers, consisting of a cornet solo
by Miss Bessie Datesman; vocol solos by
Miss Eethel Lytle and Mr. George H.
Street, and a selection by the East Side
Ladies- Quartet, Miss BeWitt, Miss Kllp
pel, Mlas Ladd and Miss Prior, added
greatly to the pleasure -of the evening.
Rev. Dr. A. A. Morrison gave the com
mencement address and his flashes of wit
were greatly appreciated.
SHIELDS' CONCERT PARK.
Amusement Resort at Thirteenth and
"Washington, Opens Saturday.
Edward Shields' new amusement park,
located on the vacant black, -Thirteenth
and "Washington streets, is practically
completed, and will he opened to the pub
lic next Saturday night, June 2L
Mr. Shields will offor a strong list of
star attractions during the Summer, with
an entire change of programmo each
week. For" the opening week Helen Lamar
will bo the topllner In a gorgeous trans
formation entitled "Her Last Letter."
The Eastern vaudeville managers are call
ing for original novelties, and this new
act was especially constructed for exhibi
tion over the Eastern circuits. It is re
pleto with special scenery, transforma
tions and calcium effects.
Another important feature will be the
polj scope, which showed the McKinley
funeral pictures at the exposition last
Fail. At this time special interest la cen
tered in the local moving pictures to be
presented. Seeing General Summers and
the Decoration-day paraders passing in
review on a canvas is a decidedly new
and unique novelty in Portland. This
film will be exhibited the first week, along
with a score of other subjects equally
as interesting.
Still another big feature will be the pow
erful baritone, Harry Edwards, in reper
toire of illustrated songs. This name is a
nom de plume for an old Portland boy who
has never sung In public in thfs city before.
Mr. Shields will also have several more J
n. iw uiu uprnniK ween, .tie nas a score
or xnoro on the list to book from and is
only waiting to obtain such acts as he
thinks will best please the patrons of
his Jvirk. An orchestra, numbering 10
of the best musicians in the city, has been
engaged.
Mr. Shields' past record In Portland as
an amusement caterer is w ell remembered,
and his subsequent connection with some
of the leading theaters and parks in the
East has added to his knowledge of
amusement-seekers' wants, and the fact
that he is at the head of the new enter
prise guarantees its success. "With such
strong attractions and general admission
only 10 cents, the well-seated enclosure
will undoubtedly be packed every night.
The big opening is awaited with Interest.
Notes of the Stnge.
Melbourne MacDowell may possibly play
at the Baker Theater before the Summer
is out.
Primrose & Dockstader's minstrels will
open "their next annual tour at Manhat
tan Beach, early in July
The Weldemann Company is touring
Oregon and playing one-night stands in
the vicinity of Portland.
"Will H. Bray, the famous minister to
DaDomey in "A Texas Steer" Is in San
Francisco plaving In vaudeville.
James Nelll, who is engaging people for
the Nelll Stock Company, reports that he
has nearly finished this arduous task.
George B. Broadhuret is in San Fran
cisco, where he went to superintend re
hearsals of his latest romantic comedy.
The engagement of the Stuart Stock
Company, at the Burbank Theater, Los
Anseles. will open tonight In "By Right
of Sword."
It is reported that Mascagnl is working'
on a new opera, "Marie Antoinette," that
will bo produced in Paris and "Vienna ear
ly next season.
"Williams and "Walker will appear next
season In a new musical comedy, "In Da
homey," by Paul Laurence Dunbar and
"Will Marion CoBk.
Robert Lett, who will be remembered in
Portland as a former star of the Grau
Opera Company, has joined the "King
Dodo" Company, at Dalj's Theater, New
York.
"The Red Knight," which James Nelll
produced there. Mr. Nelll appeared as
Robert, Crown Prince of Morantea, whllo
Edyth Chapman was Cecilia, Queen of
Rhodoland.
Bertha Crelghton, now leading woman
at the Glrard-Avenuc theater, Philadel
phia, will star next season under the
management of P. S. Mattox, in "A
Colonial Girl."
John Daly Murphy, formerly with the
Harrington Reynolds Company, has rejoin
ed Ralph Stuart, with .whom ho came
from New York, and will play Bennet in
"By Right of Sword.'
"Webber & Elliott, the Portland musical
team, will open at the New Chutes The
ater, in San Francisco. June 23. They will
go from there to Los Aicelps, and will
return to Portland September L
Chauncey L. Sothern. who played Little
Blllee In T. D. Frawley's production of
"Trilby," at tho Tabor Grand, Denver, has
been engaged by Mr. Frawley to play
Juveniles for the Summer and next season.
F. Opper, the cartoonist, will personally
design and supervise, as well as Illus
trate all the show printing forliis comic
creation, "Peck and His Mother-in-Law,"
to be presented the coming season
throughout the country. 1
The erstwhile second Frawley Company,
which played a week in Portland not long
ago, Is now known as tho Harrington Rey
nolds' Company. It is playing to six
weeks' engagement in Seattle, and will
go from there to Butte and other Montana
towns.
Jerome- Sjkes will be presented in a
new vehicle a musical comedy by Harry
B. Smith and Gus Kerker called "The
Money Burner." It will "be first presented
In New Haven about October 3. After a
season In the larger cities it wilt follow
'The ountry Girl" at Daly's Theater.
GENUIS OF NAPOLEON.
Important Part Played by His Tre
mendous Encrgry.
Kansas City Star.
Mr. Thomas "Watson's recent "Life of
Napoleon," like overcontribution to Na
poleonic literature, leaves tho reader won
dering what constituted the Corsican's
genius. "Was It simply tho "infinite ca
pacity for taking pains," an ability for
hard work, or was it, as Lord Rosebery
suggests, an "Indefinable spark"? A con
sideration of the achievements of Napoleon
throw light on the question.
It Is evident that mere capacity for work
does not make a man a genius. A dunce
may ahow amazing industry. Tho genius
Ynust have good natural faculties; he must
"be able to grasp relations quickly and see
things In their right proportion. That
much may bo taken for granted. In tho
case of Napoleon good intelligence wa3
combined with enormous energy and pow er
of endurance. He could go for days with
out sleep. In his early Italian campaigns
he sometimes spent a week In the saddle,
with only brief intervals of rest. In Rus
sia he frequently rode 90 miles in a day,
reconnoltering. "When the crisis was over
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taken to a hilltop. In taking1 a last look
over the Held to see that everything was
ready, he came upon the gun train, stuck
fast in a defile. The men had been -working
long "without success to extricate it.
Napoleon took a lantern and superintend
ed the nrocess of getting It out. In his
later years his campaigns suffered because I
ne naa 10 .leave aciaus 10 iesa tvi""....
men. This was the cause of his defeat,
upon the sea. "I cannot create men," he
exclaimed In despair -when news came of a
crushing naval defeat. "I must use them
a I find them."
"When Napoleon -went to the siege of
Toulon, an unknown young arUllery Cap-
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he would sleep for SS hours at a stretch.
His endurance -was heightened by the
fact that he could get a nar under the
most trying circumstances, even on the
battlc-ncld. He laid down the rule that he
was to be awakened only to hear bad
hews Good news, he said, could wait.
It was his .marvelous endurance that
enabled him to surperviae all the details
of his earlier campaigns. The night before
Jena he had ordered some cannon to be.
tain, he showed the same demoniacal en
orgy vhlch he possessed almost to the
end. From the surrounding cities he
requisitioned material. Cannon he se
cured from tho army of Italy, and from
llartlgues. Horses and workmen he found
In various towns. He set the artisans to
building fascines, gabions and hurdles. He
equipped an arsenal in a ravine and set
up a gunsmith's shop. He took steps to re
establish the Dardennes gun foundry. As
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Mr TVatson remarks, "All possible pre
cautions were taken, all possible prepa
rations made, every energy bent to bring
to bear those means .necessary to the end.
Nothing was left to chance, good luck,
providence or inspiration. Cold calcula
tion governed all, tireless labor provided,
all, colossal driving force moved all."
This comment suggests the other char
acteristic beside capacity for work, upon
which Napoleon's military genius rested
good sense. When he began his military
career tho science of war in Europe was in
a rut Generals, fought according to well
established rules. It was not good form
to attack too early in the morning. There
was practically no scouting, and officers
did not think It worth while to familiarize
themselves with tho formation of the
country. After having fought a respect
able number of hours It was customary to
stop. Forced marches were thought little
of. Cannon were regarded as largely orna
mental. They were set out In a conspic
uous spot and allowed to blaze away In the
general direction" of the enemy. They did
little beside make a noise.
Napoleon was an original observer. He
bad njticed that artillery might bo turned
to some account if the guns were put
within range of the enemy and aimed
carefully. This observation he put Into
effect at Toulon and Xodl, fo the great
discomfiture of his antagonists. That it
had occurred to nobody else is not sur
prising. European military men are only
now learning that infantry need to bo
sharpshooters.
Another source of Napoleon's success
was his accurate knowledge of the topog
raphy of the country. He knew the loca
tion of every ravine and hillock, and he
could conduct on army through a difficult
region with a speed that amazed his ene
mies. Furthermore, Napoleon was not
handicapped by tradition. The battle of
Marengo was won after it had been lost
simply by his refusal to stop fighting,
when the Austrian General had decided
the French (Were beaten and had reUred
from the field. "When the Russians were
retreating over the frozen lakes from
Austerlltz", Napoleon ordered his gunners
to elevate their pieces. The cannon shot,
falling on the ice, broke it up and 2000
Russians were drowned.
A Hungarian officer, taken prisoner at
LodJ, unconsciously revealed the secret of
Napoleon's genius when he said: "You
French have a young General who knows
nothing about the rules of war. Today
he is on j our front, tomorrow In the rear.
Now he is on your left and then on your
right. One does not know where to place
oneself. Such a violation of the rules is
intolerable." The fact was that Napoleon
simpH applied common sense to the con
duct of campaigns. He knew his ground, i
learned where the enemy was weakest
and attacked there. H1b movements were
speedy and sure. He was quick to see
an opportunity and energetic to use It It
was not until he was worn out and broken
that he fought his "Waterloo. "Gentle
men." said Vandamme, after the fighting
preliminary to that battle, "gentlemen,
the Napoleon of the Italian campaign no
longer lives." Had he been the lg0rou3
man of Marengo the outcome might have
been different
Professor Sloane ventures the "opinion
that Napoleon's natural gifts In- a slug
gish man would have appeared mediocre,
but under his fiery energy they became
transcendent This was tho opinion of
Napoleon himself. It Is quite possible to
account for his genius without Tesorting
to the "indefinable-spark" theory of Lord
Rosebery.
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BOUNDS OF THE UNIVERSE.
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Are Xenr the Center.
Kansas City Star.
The progress in every department of
science is so continuous that the average
man has no time to keep paco -with it
Cordray's Theater
FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 8 P. M.
BENEFIT PERFORMANCE
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this theory is derived by pure mathe
matics. Ifc-may be demonstrated that
were stars to bo scattered throughout
space for an indefinite distance, every
part of the heavens would blase at night
with the light of the noonday sun. The
fact that the sky Is a blue-hlack would
thus seem to prove the finlteness of the
universe.
It is evident that the correctness of
the grindstone hypothesis must depend
The alumnus who left college 10 years j on several assumptions. One is that the
Ggo may be pretty well assured that his
knowledge of electricity, of chemistry,
of physiology, of astronomy, is already
out of date. His only way of keeping
informed is to read occasional magazine
articles In which the specialist gives the
results of tho latest Investigation. An
essay -by Professor Simon Ncwcomb in tho
current issue of the International Month
ly Magazine is such an artfcle. It pre
sents the theory of tho stellar universe
which he regards as most probable, in
view of the latest discoveries in astron
omy. Do tho stars extend indefinitely on
through space, or is there a limit to the
stellar universe? Are they scattered hap
hazard or grouped after a definite plan?
If the universe is finite, how tar from
Its bounds Is the earth? These are some
of the questions which Professor New
comb considers in the light of the most
recent Investigations of astronomers and
geologists.
The professor helleves it to be fairly
well established now that the stellar uni
verse does not extend Indefinitely into
space. The stars visible through a pow
erful telescope ho thinks are grouped in
the shape of a grindstone with tho earth
near the center of the system. A few
scattered bodies probably are beyond the
mass of stars, he says, and there may be
other systems far beyond the one to
which the earth belongs. The reason for
tho grindstone theory is found In the
fact that tho thickness of stars Increases
toward the milky way from every direc
tion. In May or June this hazy band
may be seen skirting the horizon as a
sort of belt. This may be allowed to rep
resent the circumference of the grind
stone which is laid fiat Overhead, about
the axis of such a grindstone, are the
fewest stars. The number increases fair
ly uniformly toward the horizon. It Is
evident that this would be tho phenome
non seen by an observer near the center
of a system of stars grouped In the
grindstone .formation. There would be
comparatively few bodies between him
and the flat surface, while there would
be many between hl3 station and the cir
cumference. An indirect argument for tho support of
light of .ail the stars reaches the earth 1
that It Is not intercepted by screens oi
dark star dust Another assumption Is
that the suns are distributed fairly uni
formly -throughout space. Professor T.
J. See, In an essay in the Atlantic Month
ly last year, expressed the opinion that
the presence of masses of star dust in
space makes it Impossible to tell any
thing about tho extent of the stellar sys
tem. Professor Newcomb does not be
lieve this objection valid. "Were the star
dust to interfere seriously in the pass
age of light, he points out that it would
probably cut off from our vision the
more distant stars and would make their
apparent thickness in every direction
abbut the same- He concludes, too, that
Observation Justifies the belief that the
distribution of stars, is nearly uniform
within a radius of from 3XX to 400 light
years from the earth, a "light-year" be
ing the distance that light at the Bpeed
of 180,000 mlle3 a second, would travel in
a jear.
Were the universe of Infinite extent as
has been claimed, the heavens would be
illumined at night with the light of the
sun. It has been found by observation
that the light actually appearing1 In the
sky Is only one SO-mllllonth of that in
tensity. Professor Newcomb calculates
that about this much light would bo re
ceived On the earth if the extreme bounds
of tho stellar system lay between 10,000
and 20,000 light-years distant While he
admits that "eminent authorities" differ
with him. he believes the weight of evi
dence favors his view.
The earth, then, in the opinion of this
astronomer, lies near the center of, a sys
tem of millions of stars, grouped In a
grindstone formation, with Its circum
ference from 10,000 to 20,000 light-years
distant l : .
Declined 'With Thanks.'
Chicago Tribune.
Chicago will not object to St Louis
having the ' Democratic and Republican
conventions in 1504. The officials of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition think that
the two big party gatherings will serve
to increase the attendance at their fair.
by the presence in St Louis oi the dele
gates themselves, and by the advertise-,
ment which they will give it, on returning
to their constituents. No doubt the dele
gates will be willing to comblna, business
with pleasure. It will be possible for them
for tho price of one ticket to perform
their duty to tho party and to enjoy the
advantages of tho exposition. Tho seri
ously Inclined will be pleased with the op
portunity to study, and the .frivolous, if
any such are elected, will seek, the (Midway
as a relief from the monotony of tho long,
hot cessions. Chicago no longer pro
claims itself a "convention city." Tho
time has passed when it looks forward
with pleasure to the filling of Its streets
and tho crowding of its hotels with con
vention crowds. St Louis is likely to
have a building boom such as preceded
the World's Fair in 1S93, and, In spite of
the exposition visitors, will probably have
more room for the delegates than in 1896,
when there was some difficulty in finding
accommodations for the colored members
of the convention.
It la estimated by tho French nostofflcs that
03.000 letters -were stolen from pillar boxes last
year, and now boxes -with steel teeth, to pre
sent extraction or letters, are being considered.
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