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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 15, 1903. 19 features of the performance and are con sidered a positive "rage" everywhere they have appeared. De Wolf Hopper as Mr. Pickwick. De Wolf Hopper and his company of sevonty singing comedians will appear at the Marquam Grand Theater In the near future In his latest and greatest success, "Mr. Pickwick." a musical production of Charles Dickens' masterpiece, which cre ated a sensation throughout the entire country last reason and which enjoyed a Euccessful run of three months at the Herald-Square Theater, New York. The entire company, including Digby Bell, Marion Field. Marguerite Clark, Laura Joyce Bell, Vivia Ogden, Florlne Murray, Nellie Victoria, Felice Robinson, Frank Belcher. J. K. Adams, George Chapman. Augustus Collet, Guy Bartlett, George Holland. G. B. Williams and F. R, Wil ling, Louis Payne and other well-known principals, together with an ensemble of seventy, will be seen here. "A Millionaire Tramp." "A Millionaire Tramp," which comes to Cordray's Theater, November 22, is Wal ters Brothers' latest venture, and to say it Is the best production by these well known managers is only putting it mildly. They have a production that not only Is a weenie revelation, but a dramatic won der, as It Is not like any other "tramp" nhow; It stands out more clearly and reaches the hearts. It was written with the view of pleasing all classes. Those who prefer quiet, pathetic incident will be pleased at the beautiful language and sentiment, and those who prefer to laugh? certainly they in a large majority will imd a rich vein of humor in it. "Yon Yonson." "Ton Yonson" will be a welcome visitor to Cordray's Theater, when it comes there November 2G (Thanksgiving day), for one week. The show is .always a good one, qnd one of the money-makers of every reason. STAG ELAND. Why are so many good actors bad judges of the Inherent merits of a play? The late Dion Boucicault possessed the extraordinary distinc tion of being almost the only man of a century who could write good plays and personally star in them. He not alone produced out of his own consciousness such genuine' strong dra mas as the "Colleen Bawn," "Arrah-na-Pogue and the "Shaughraun," but he wrote them for his own starring purposes, and was suc cessful In this way almost up to the day of his death. It may be truly said that though In the course of a long and active life he pro duced many failure;, he never wrote a really bad play. The number of his successes Is stu pendous, largely owing to the fact that he was the first English-writing dramatist to tap the French field of playwrltlng when it was in its most glorious days. But Boucicault stood alone. It is true that Plnero was an actor for pome time, but he only became a noticeable playwright after he ceased to act. and he was never much more than a humble member of a theatrical company. Nat C Goodwin is a comedian. Yet he f till defends his Shylock, and even had some sneaking regard for "Rich ard III." It is said of Edwin Booth that he always thought he had mistaken his vocation and should have gone through life as a come dian. Is not Francis Wilson seriously contem plating being given the opportunity home day of playing Hamlet? Minnie Maddern Fiske. who Is probably the greatest living American actress, was born la New Orleans, and there are many people In that city who retain a lively recollection of her In her childhood. The remarkable magnetism which is a marked characteristic of her stage work was noted long before her reputation had jmssed beyond the confines of Louisiana. One thing about Mrs. Flske Is a certainty from the very start. You realize that the mag netic quality which you have felt so potently ucross the footlights is not a mere stage effect. It is innate and ever present. It is the essen tial expression of her temperament and phy Blque. It is, in It way, a part of the ineffable fascination of a woman who is intellectual, but does not care to be thought so. She is Bcarcely above possibly even a fraction of an loch below the medium height for a woman. Her lithe, symmetrical figure, in the custom ary blnck of her street and house attire, is much slighter than It appears when invested with the queenly robes and bearing of a Mary of Magdalo. Her hair is a bright golden red with the gold predominant, and her eyes are large liquid, violet-dark (she would say gray). Her conversational voice Is a delightful sur prise. It is so wft and musical, with eager , Inflections and little rippling laughs as sponta neous as the brooks. Should theater managers be' permitted to speak of married actresses as if the latter were maiden ladles and print "Miss" before the latter names on programmes? A cor respondent writes: "Let the married ac ress choose what pseudonym she will, or let her retain her maiden nunc, she has no right to prefix Miss, which is a complemen tary title and no part of her name. Nor has she the right to use it if she Is not entitled to it any more than an actor, say Mr. Mansfield, would have the right to be called Miss Mansfield. If Mrs., Nat Good win, as an example, wishes to retain the name of Maxine Elliott, let her do it by all means, but let us. in Justice to our language, speak of her as Mrs. Elliott. Fancy dear Miss Irwin with a son old enough to be a soldier. Miss Grace George, whose infant heir is so interesting; Miss Mary Mannerlng applauding the efforts of her husband. It's ridiculous. As soon speak of the dear Miss Gilbert, whoso 83rd birthday won good wishes from us all; MisaOanauschek, or to refer to the lamented dearest of veterans as Miss Drew." Maude Adams has been a success in Chi cago playing "The Pretty Sister of Jose." Her appearance after more than a year's, absence shows her much improved in physi cal condition. The rest has apparently done her a great deal of good and put her In position to do an exacting season's work. The new role of Poplta, the Spanish girl, Js entirely different from anything she has heretofore essayed and takes her out of the line of ingenue and romantic roles, and transplants her Into the line of serious emo tional work of the Dusc and Leslie Carter style Miss Adams' transformation into the emotional characters is a startling change, but she mal.es it most artistically and her work as the passionate and almost tragic sonorlta is of high order and indicates her perfect adaptability to a line of strong parts entirely .different from those in which she already has been seen. Think of the enterprise which overcame stu pendous obstacles in ante railroad days, that enabled the pioneer actors of Utah to lay the Ktrong and enduring foundation of a home worthy of Shakespeare. More than a third of a century ago the fame of Salt lake's stock company wai fully known from San Francisco o Boston. The number of great stars such as Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kcan. Charles Couldock, Julia Deane. Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Mrs. General Lander. Edwin Adams. Billy Florence, Law rence Barrett, Joseph Jefferson, theChan fraus, John E. Owens, James A. Heme. Lu cille Western and many others of equal prominence were all loud in their praises of the Salt Lake Theater and its management. It will doubtless be surprising news to many of the Oregon friends of Homer Davenport, the $10,000 per year cartoonist of William' It. Hearst's New York American, to know that he has resigned that position to deliver lectures for two cars. He has Just signed a contract to that effect. As Is widely known. Mr. Davenport's home is at Sllverton. Or. When Major Pond, the celebrated lecture promoter. was living. Mr Davenport agreed to appear as a lecturer under his auspices, but when the Major died Mr. Davenport made other ar rangements to carry out his plan, and it Is ex pected that he will be in Oregon on his lecture tour next Spring. Nance O'Neil will open the new Cleveland Theater, in Chicago, with "Magda." The members of her company arc: McKce Ran kin. E J. Ratcllffe, Louis Leon Hall, John Borrymore. John L. Wooderson, Robert Mc Wade, Ida Glenn. Mattie Earle, Miss Allen, and Florence Modcna. London managers have once again started to capture prominent American stage beauties and clever artists for their home productions. Allene Crater, who earned her laurels In sup port of thoce cleer comic opora-stars, Francis Wilson and Frank Daniels, and who has Just succeeded in scoring a bit of enormous pro portion in Hamlin & Mitchell's popular ex travaganza, "The Wizard of Ot," has Just "received a flattering offer to create one of the principal roles in the new musical comedy to be produced at the Gaiety Theater. London, next April. A three years' contract which her present managers hold prevents her from ac cepting. So England's loss Is America's gain. Theater-goers and patrons of "Ben-Hur" should remember that when the Klaw & Erlanger spectacle is presented here in De cember quite a different arrangement will bo in force regarding the raising of the curtain. The performance of "Ben-Hur" starts with out any overture, precisely at 8 o'clock. The opening scene Is a prelude showing the Star of Bethlehem, and necessitates a darkened auditorium. It is one of the strictest rules of the management that no one Is seated after the prelude starts, until It is con cluded. The scene is a most interesting and impressive one, and should not be missed. William Norris. who plays Alan, one of the babes in "Babes in Toyland," has been seen in many different plays. He first attained promi nence with Marie J arisen In "Delmonico's at Six," and later made a hit as the polite luna tic in "The Belle of New York." and as one of the rounders in "A Dangerous Maid." Then ho essayed the part of a Hebrew poet, which he had modeled Trom life in "The Children of the Ghetto." He showed his versatility by alternating between the title roles in "King Dodo" and "The Burgomaster," and charac ters in "In the Palace of the Klrig." and Otis Skinner's production of Francesca da RlmlnL" Walter De Frccc," the English manager directing the American tour of Vesta Tilley, writes: "Wc are doing a rccord-broaking business in Chicago, but the piece, 'Algy,' is not good. Miss Tilley is the drawing- card. I have asked Clyde Fitch, the author of the play, to rewrite the whole show, as I want to open with the play In New York for at least a four months run. We are to open at the Murray Hill Theater, Miss Tilley doing her old show between acta twb and three of Harrigan's play, 'Under Cover.' " Ballet dancers arc up in arms, and trouble ra brewing for theatrical managers in Paris. Patrons of the ballet are tiled of seeing their favorites in the classical dancing costume, and an attempt is being made to replace the fluffy mulln skirt and pink tights with a drezs in keenlnr with the subject. The ballet dancers themselvcs think the charm of vaporous gauze floating with their movements essentia! to the beauty of their revolutions. Mile. Sarcj', pre- J mlcre danseuse at the Theater de la Gaitie, was requested to wear a long skirt, but has flatly refused to fulfill her engagement. Evidence multiplies that Viola Allen has achieved an enormous hit as Viola in "Twelfth Night." The great charm of her Viola lies ! In the fact of the seeming spontaneity that I is the highest proof of skill, and in the fact J that she has formed a clear and distinct con- 1 cepfflon of the character as a whole and of the meaning and significance of every line. There j is something wholesome, sincere and earnest in ! that personality, something that inspires re- ! spect and consideration, a quality at onco i elusive and tangible, something more than mere magnetism. ( I Extensive arrangements have been made . by the local management with the various I railroads and steamboat lines entering this i city, to run excursions and make special rates during the presentation of Klaw & ' Erlangor stupendous production of "Ben- j Hur" here in December. Every city and i point within a radius of 150 miles will benefit. If E. S. Willard consents to gratify a great desire on the part of his London admirers '. to add "The Professor's Love Story" to his ' present repertoire at St. James' Theater, J. M. Barrle will have the exceptional privilege of seeing four promlnnt West End London theaters presenting at the same time four of his recent most successful dramas. ' Margaret Illington, who made such a bril llant appearance here last season as Hugh ette in E. II. Sothern'a "If I Were King," is now Mrs. Daniel Frohman. The mar riage tool place some little time ago, but was kept quiet. She Is to star very shortly 1 in "A Japanese Nightingale." Ralph Stuart will resume active dramatic j work In January with "Br Rleht nt Sn-n-H" , and other first-class plays as special fea tures. Mr. Stuart is now in New York read ing plays with the intention of enriching his already Interesting repertoire for the West ern tour. The most envied man In Boston is Arthur Dunn, Fay Templeton's leading comedian, whoso pleasant duty it is to kiss six stately and handsome girls every night, on the stage of the Columbia Theater, during the rendition of the song. "A Kiss for Each Day -In the Week." Mrs. E. L. Fernandez, a theatrical agent of New York. Is authority for the statoment that 2700 actors and actresses, who command from $40 to $300 a week, are Idle at present in New-York. ARCADE THEATER ALWAYS PRESENTING THE BEST VAUDEVILLE ATTRACTIONS fiVe shows daily Matinees 2:30, 3:30. Evening 7:3a, 8:30, 9:30. ALL FOR 10 CENTS We have had a whole lot to say about the shows at the New Arcade Theater, and so has everybody who has put their peepers on It, for it certainly has created a sensa tion In this good old town. And especially since October 19, when the new management took charge. This week there will be thlrty-flve shows at this, the only home of continuous vaudeville, antL thou sands of pleased patrons will see the biggest and best show ever an nounced as the attraction at the New Arcade, and ALL FOR TEN CENTS i Blanche Chapman, the well-known come dienne of "The Sultan of Su'.u" opera com pany, acquired recently In Harrisburg. Pa., the tlcktt-box used by Laura Kecne in Ford'3 Theater the night of the assassination of Pres- "WHAT HAPPENED TO BROWN" Certainly something happened to Brown. The Athens, Wilson, Clarke Cpmpany will show you what it was. It was funny, and these three clever comedians show Brown up In a clever one-act comedy. WILLIAM PEARSON Here'6 an acrobatic act that Is sure to cause a furore. Pearson Is In a class by himself, a real top notcher of topnotchers, hnd his act has created more talk than any specialty of the kind ever seen In Portland. FL0.0D and HAYES The jolliest combination of fancy Jumpers tnAt was ever Jumbled to gether. They do feats of skill that will make your wonder works move and ycur eyes bulge out a bit. MOZARTO Here is a musical moke that will make melody out of more Instru ments than you ever thought ex isted. He does all sorts of mu sical stunts, and the line thing about them is that harmony is not lacking. The American Bioscope Will show movlnc pictures from pome of the longest lilins ever made. ALWAYS SOMETHING DOiNG AT THE NEW ARCADE NEW BILL STARTS MONDAY (ittfttii)ttsteetttssitet(tt(titti(e(ttttaiiteat(set8C9(aeftgiti a W. T. PAN OLE Res. Manager MARQUAM GRAND THEATER Phone MAIN .... S6S MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHTS, NOVEMBER POPULAR PRICE MATINEE WEDNESDAY, AT 2:15 O'CLOCK 165 17 and 18 THE GREAT THE WORLD'S MOST MARVELOUS MAGICIAN EVERYTHING NEW IN MAGIC SEE THE o BRIDE ELECT 7i PRINCESS MAMOMEDA e THE QUEEN OF FLAME AND MANY OTHERS I ACCOMPANIED BY THE MILITARY MUSICIANS THE LAS KY S EVENING PRICES Lower floor, except last 3 rows. 51; last 3 rows. 75c. Balcony tirst 6 rows, 75c; last 6 rows, 50c. Gallery. 25c and 35c Boxes and loses. ti.sO. POPULAR WEDNESDAY MATINEE PRICES AduJ ts 50c to any part of the theater. Seats are now selling. ' ' children. 23c. W. T. PAN OLE Res. Manager MARQUAM GRAND THEATER Phone MAIN .... S6S THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS SPECIAL MATINEE SATURDAY, AT 5 2:15 NOVEMBER O'CLOCK 19, 20 and 21 .ENGAGEMENT OF: AND THE INCOMPARABLE NEILL , COMPANY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF V. M. WILKISON IN HARRIETT FORD'S DRAMATIZATION OF STANLEY WEYMAN'S THRILL ING ROMANCE, A GENTLEMAN OF FRANCE AS PRESENTED FOR MORE THAN 150 NIGHTS AT WALLACK'S THEATER. NEW YORK. EVENING PRICES Entire lower floor. $1. Balcony, first 6 rows, 75c; last 6 rows, 50c Gallery, 25c and 35c. Boxes and loees. $7.50. SPECIAL SATURDAY MATINEE PRICES Entire lower floor. 73c; entire balcony, 50c Gallery. 23c and 35c. The advance sale of seats will open next Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. Carriages at 10:50 o'clock. fVIARQUAiVl GRAND THEATER 5 Ail Mi i P Wit w$ a 9 NIGHTS ANd TWO MAT5NEES KLAW & COlVjfVlENCSNG TUESDAY EVENING DEC ERLAfNGER'S stupendous production or g-sit. Wallace's 9 A ident Lincoln. She rrill present it to the Smlthtonlan Institution. E. S. AVlllard, who has been mectinp with success in 'The Cardinal" durins his London EMPIRE THEATER COR. 12b and MORRISON GEORGE L. BAKER Resident Manager A WORD TO THE WISE 15 SUFFICIENT GET READY Week Starting Sunday Matinee, Nov. 22 MATINEE THURSDAY, THANKSGIVING DAY THE RECORD BREAKER THE GREAT CHINESE-AMERICAN SENSATION OFTHF A Monster Kaleid oscope of Oriental Magnificence The Scenic Marvel of the Twentieth Century OPIUM RING INTERPETED BY AN EXCELLENT NEW YORK COMPANY Prices Night, 15c, 25c, 35c, 50c Matinee, 10c, 15c, 25c. .Dramatized by "IViiiiam x cutis- THE MOST IMPRESSIVE OF ALL STAGE PAGEANTS "fe3 E?H HHI grHJr-Sqggr THE CHARIOT ACT V. A IV1IGHTY PLAY Music by Edgar Stillraan Kelley. 350 PERSONS IN THE GOR GEOUS SPECTACLE 350 PR8CES lOireK FLOOR, first 12 rows $2.30 1XOOR, balance 2.00 BOX SEATS 3.00 BAIXOXY. first 3 rows .?2.00 IJALCOXY, next 3 rows. .1.50 BAJXONT, balance 1.00 GALLERY, reserved GALLERY admission ..50c Excursions on All Rail roads and Steamboat Lines SEAT SALE STARTS THURSDAY MORfNIING, NOVEMBER 26, AT.IO O'CLOCK uui-ui-iumi uiucio iui oww iuuub me mail v. ic ciiiw uiikco nui uc iuuuijiiij- uLLvriiucu iu, in me oruer ot ineir receipt, atier uie regular sale opens State when ordering priced tickets desired and when nccomnanled bv remittance and a self-addressed, stamped envclone for renK- In order to avoid all.mlstnkps performances. Applications for seats should be made,to CALVIN HEILIG, Manager Marquam Grand Theater, Portland, Or. OI9lte009S(0(6ttltlC9t OS8SC99 eS(93teit(l(l tettiateoitttieettatot6tia4t9 Christian Science Lecture By JUDGE SEPTIMUS J. HANNA, C.S.D. of Boston Member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship of The First Church of Christ Scientist, Boston, Massachusetts -AT THE- MARQUAM THEATER This Sunday Afternoon, Nov. 15, 1903, at 3 o'CIack ADMISSION FREE JOHN F. CORD RAY W. M. RUSSELL Managers CORDRAY'S THEATER PORTLAND'S POPULAR FAMILY THEATER PRICES j 15c, 25c, 35c, 40c , and 50c k Matinee Today Last Performance of "Tennessee's Pardner. TONIGHT ANDIKTH,S SATURDAY MAT. 'The Best of the SeasoYi, No Error." "Full Value and More." BROADHURST AND CURRIE PRESENT THE TWO EMPERORS OF GERMANY N AND IN CHAS. NEWMAN'S TEUTONIC MUSICAL FARCE RUDOLPH ADOLPH A Blazing Sunburst of Mirth and Melody. ALWAYS GOOD BUT BETTER AND BRIGHTER THAU" EVER. ALL FUN AND PRETTY GIRLS. WUSIC OF THE WHISTLY KIND. UP-TO-THE-MINUTE VAUDEVILLE. SCENERY AND COSTUMES A BIG FEATURE. season, has Just accepted a play by Stephen Phillips, to be called "Miriam." Mr. Willard will present It at the St. James Theater, Lon don, this month, when the run of "The Car dinal" closes. Norman Hackett recently essayed Casslus. for the first time, In Salt Lake City. In the elaborate revival of "Julius Caesar" made for Louis James and Frederick "Warde by Wagenhals & Kemper, and secured unani mous praise for his performance of this difficult role. Edna Keeley, lately at Cordray's with the Mordant-Humphrey Company, has signed a contract with Manager Glroux to play tho book agent In tho picturesque production of "Yon Yonson," which will be seen at the 1 California Theater, San Francisco, early In December. Virginia Drew Trcscott Is playing "Sa tanla" through the South on her second starring tour and reports are to the effect that she Is doing well. George Primrose says he Is In vaudeville to escape one-night stands, and because It pays him better In proportion to effort, -" He will work 30 weeks and re.t the remainder of the year. N ' Following "The Storks" at the Columbia Theater, San Francisco, will come the well known star, Virginia Harned (Mrs. E. H. .Sothern) In a magnificent production of PIncro's "Iris." Miss Hurncd will be sup ported by her New York company. Gertrude Barnes, on of the members of the "King Dodo" company, that recently appeared at the Marquam. and who hAs been sick for about a week, has recovered sufficiently to go to Salt Lake City, where she will Join the "Dodo" company. Leavltt James, tho clever young son of tho celebrated tragedian Louis James, does some exceedingly good character work In Frank Daniels' comic opera, "The Office Boy." Henry Miller and Margaret Anglln will closo their season In Chicago December 1. Mr. Mil ler will appear In a new play about the first of the year. Richard Mansfield again displays his contempt for tho conventional by refusing to cancel his tour as booked last year, because Jn "Old Hei delberg" he has achieved a popular triumph which would pack his theater through the Win ter In New York. David Belasco thinks that there are too many theaters at present In "New York City, to pay, and that In six months It will be the worst theatrical city In tho country, from a managerial standpoint. . Gertrude Qulnlan, distinguished as vocalist with "The Sulfn of Sulu" opera company, values as a souvenir a gift from the Estcrhazys a pair of dancing' sho3 used by the beautiful premier. Fanny Ellsler. Annie Russell's simple- method of hair dress ing as shown In "Mice and Men," at the Park Theater, Is already Imitated by many Boston girls. Hcnrlctto Brown Is James Keanp.'s now leading woman, and Joins his company In ( v.uiiiuiiiiu. oiiu guinea uirect irom Wew York. There haa been mutiny In the ranks of the j ban Francisco Alcazar' company. Adele Block, the leading woman resigned when Inform that she must assume a disguise of masculine I evening- attire In "The Club's Baby." But the oil of diplomacy smoothed the agitated waters of dissension and the ladj- will. Ilka Lillian Rtisaell. Fay Templcton and Vesta Tilley, sacrifice her feelincs In the interest of art. An appreciative notice, with portrait, ap pears in a recent number of the New York Dramatic News, of Edna Archer Crawford, leading woman with the Baker Theater Company. "The Tenderfoot" Is promised a New York production soon. The book Is by Richard Carls, and the music by H. L. Heartz. ot Boston. J. K. Murray, it Is expected, will be starred In "Arrah-Na-Pogue" when Andrew Mack closes his season. Henry AInley is Maude Adams' leading man. and Is credited with having made a hit aa Sebastlano. Forbes Robsrtson has found some of his moat succcseful plays In London to be those written by women. . Arthur B. Warde has replaced Thomar Myers In advance, of Florence Robert. rsn ICil 102.2