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prise at me -uarquum. xc .u. ln the country A bIt of fun introduces
are striking and tuneful. To hear X.ulu the pIay t0 the aUdiencet and in due time
Glaser's rippling laugh and watch her j -jdr. Patton makes his appearance in the
emlle was enchanting. She is easily one of 1 character of the minister's son a strong,
the greatest comediennes now on the I Rigorous country lad, with all the evi-
American stage, and has a most excel- ".S meadows and the
C . . i -cr -i -dii. , n I daisy-dotted hillsides,
lent singing voice. Harold Blake has a Ho belIcves he has perfected an In
fine tenor voice and he Is a coming star. vention -which will be the wonder of the
Mrs. Blake was a Salem girl., and hoth world, but by many he Is called lazy and
she and her husband have many friends
in this neighborhood. Harry Girard, (Cap
tain Bellei'ille) was suffering from a cold
and could not do justice to the charming
"Dolly Varden" song. John Dunsmure has
a magnificent bass voice. The scenery was
good, and the plotthln. I
That typical English comedy "The i
liiars" caused admiring comment at Ba- '
ker's, and It Is one of the best attrac- i
tions ever played there. It Is difficult to
say what one can admire most, the stag- .
lng, under Manager Carlyle Moore's dl- I
rection, the acting, or the story. George 1
Alison took first honors as Colonel Sir
made an artistic, Impetuous lover: Ben
nett Southard gave one of the best Im
personations of a French waiter ever
seen here. "William Dills shone ln char
acter work as Freddie Tatton, and Edna
Archer Crawford left nothing to be de
sired as Lady Jessica. She was chameleon
like ln acting the .moods of a wilful
woman. Ethel Hepburn made a good ap
pearance. , "The Head "Waiters" at Cordray's was
designed to make people laugh and It
succeeds in this laudable intention. It is
bright, clever and Interesting until the
curtain drops. Pretty and attractively
dressed chorus girls, good scenery, songs,
dances and comedians made up a show
worth seeing. Joe Kelly appeared ln a
creation peculiarly his own, that of a
roan who has day dreams with the aid of
opium. "William A. Inman, as Percy Neg
ligee. and Jack Vincent, as Harold Negll- '
see, were killing in their parts, and made to be amused-after a hard day's work.
o a. 6h.er. a,M,e, Burkhid .. S?SSSjfS5i c'
also. a capable comedian. Marie Roslyn Thla has been proved Djr the great suc
made a pleasing Casino, and both she and cess Q musical comedies during the past
her partner. Pierce, have good singing j season. Starting tonight dnd for three
-voices nights at the Empire Theater will be seen.
Tommy Tracey was the hero in "The one of thd best o! : this ,61ms .of attrw--
Bowery After Dark" at the Empire, and
he was always on the spot to rescue the
heroine or anyone else in trouble. Out
went his right fist, and the -villain laid
low. Tracey can act, and very few peo
ple would care, physically, to dispute a
point with him. He and Martin Denny
aroused enthusiasm by their work in the
prize ring scene. W. F. Fredericks was
realistic as Robert Morris, gambler, and
Ethelyn Palmer was satisfactory as the
gambler's wife. The play was sensational
to thje limit.
"Old Jed Prouty" at the Marquam, wltli
Robert 'Craig ln the title role, was worth
seeing asi a faithful picture of old-fashioned
New England life that is fast pass
ing away. The play is associated with the
jiame of Richard Golden now with "King
Dodo," buth Mr. Craig makes a satisfac
tory substitute. Harry M. Morse 4id good
.comedy work as the long-legged teamster.
The Arcade Is still keeping up its stand
ard of excellence. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard
cause roars of laughter by their good com
edy work and repartee. Belle Wilton, sing
er and comedienne, pleases with her re
.flned stories and songs. The Lakolas,
jugglers, are worth the money. So is the
acrobat ( ln the Raymond and Stevens
team.
On account of the serious illness of Miss
Wallbrldge, the original Ltltla, that part
was taken by her understudy. Miss
Emmalyn Lackey. Miss Lackey is a skill
lul actress and a pleasing singer.
"THE BELLS" AT THE BAKER.
Henry Irvlng's Great Play Will B
Played All This Week.
Henry Irvlng's great play, "The Bells,"
will bo produced at the Baker Theater all
this week, beginning with the matinee to
day. It is the story of a rich and re
spected burgomaster who commits the
awful crime 6f murder for the purpose of
robbery of a Polish peddler, who came to
his Inn on Christmas eve. He hides all
'evidence of the crime by burning the body
in his lime kiln, and later betroths his
Teautlful daughter, Annette, to the gen
darme, Christian, ln order that kf sus
picion should ever fall on him he would
have protection. But safe from the justice
of man, his own guilty conscience arises
to accuse him and soon becomes a terri
ble haunting specter. It follows him
through all the -rest of his life, the jangle
of the Christmas bells on the peddler's
'sleigh ring always in Ills ears, and visions
ot his murdered victim arise in the. night
to accuse' him. At last, 15 years later, on
the eve of his daughter's betrothal, the
climax of his dreadful suffering is reached
"and he dies a terrible death, feeling the
hangman's rope around his neck in his
wild ravings.
t Mr. Alison, the popular leading man of
the "Baiter Theater Company, was in the
production at Proctor's Theater, Albany,
J?. T.. Just before joining the Baker The
ater Company last season, and the Argus
and other papers In their criticisms the
morning after the opening gave him un
stinted praise for his clever characteriza
tion of the great part made so' famous by
Henry Irving.
"THE MINISTER'S SON."
Strong Play to Be Presented at fcor-
, dray's Tonight.
There will be no matinee at Cordray's
Theater today, but "The Minister's Son"
will open there tonight. This play Is new
to Portland, nut has played through the
;Cast fox: the past two Reasons, creating, a
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The play opens at the minister's home
not capable of doing anything. He He
cides to go to the city, however, and try
his fortune, and the curtain falls with
Simon on his knees at the parsonage
door, through which the notes of "Rock
of Ages" come floating. In this act are
introduced the principal characters. The
father, the trusting mother, who sends her
boy off with his box of ginger cake, apple
pie and other good things, which delight
and charm the ever-hungry country boy.
Westley Coles, the "villain." who is in
the country for the purpose of luring the
minister's daughter to the temptations of
the city; Mollie, Simon's sweetheart, Rose
Ray, etc Throughout the entire play Is
that thread of interest which manifests
itself at the very outset. Simon goes to
the city and falls ln with James "Ward, a
youngpreacher, and the two rent apart
ments together. In due time Westley
Coles is agaln.introduced. with, alas! pret
ty Rose Ray as his mistress. The forcing
of the villain to marry Miss Ray, in order
to save the cberlshed family name from 1
stain Is as strong a hit of dramatic acting i
day
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rippling brooks, the flowery fields, the"
lights and shades of home. Simon comes
back wealthy, as a result of his Invention;
the mortgage is lifted, the villain foiled.
All are happily reunited as the curtain
falls. ,
"LOOKING FOR A WIFE."
Clever Musical Comedy Opens at' the
Empire Tonight.
In this 4ate and age of the world people
that Is, most people go to the theater
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ing for a Wife." The company is a good
one and 'includes some of the best-known
people on the comedy stage. . The cast! Is
a large one, containing a total of 25 peo
ple. Special scenery and effects are car
ried by the company for the entire produc
tion. The costumes are novel and beauti
ful and it is the claim of the management
1 that they ) have the cleverest comedians
i and the prettiest girls of any company on
the road. Some of the latest musical hits
are Introduced and the play is interspersed
throughout with .now songs, and clever
dances. Three solid hours of music and
fun is assured to all who see "looking
for a Wife."
"THE TWO SISTERS."
Denman Thompson's Famous Play at
the Marquam This Week.
The Marquam Grand Theater will offer
but one attraction this week, Wednesday
night, December 1C, when "The Two Sis
ters," one of Denman Thompson's beau
tiful dramas will be the dIIL Interest will
always follow the career 6f "The Two
Sisters" Martha and Mary Howard. On
this occasion Anita Zorn wllj play Mar
tha, It Is a character met "with every
day, and. Miss Zorn's portrayal of It fa
indorsed by as high an authority as the
New York Herald as "perfectly .naturjal,
absolutely true to life, and carried with
k, as the story of any real human.' life
must, the suggestions, of social problems
and human destinies." Although-the play
deals with a serious subject and a strong
heart Interest, there is no lack of what fa
technically known as "comedy and beauty
relief.' There's quite a lot of pretty girls.
lots of quaint situations and comic com-'
plications, some sensation just to give it
spice, and no end of human Interest. All
this in an atmosphere of morality and re
finement that cannot fall to win the ap
proval of even the jaded theatergoers as
well as the occasional patron of the best
plays. The advance sale of seats will
open tomorrow (Monday) morning, at 10
o'clock.
NEW ACTS AT THE ARCADE.
Programme of Entertaining Vaude
ville Begins Monday.
Thev Arcade Theater Is making a light
ning finish on. the .home-stretch of the
old year. Shows that amuse, acts that
startle, comedians that kindle mirth,
songsters ( who really sing liave appeared
on the Arcade stage to the delight of
thousands of patrons.
This week's bill caught the public fancy
and next week's programme will Include
Frank Bowman, a magician, with his
revelations of the black art; the Alldeans
are coming in a tear-destroying -comedy
acrobatic act; a song- and dance by Jessie
Orr, a pretty soubrette, will leave any
audience ln good humor; Downey and
Willard are past masters in the laughable
mysteries of tho comedy sketch; Leslie
Pomroy, one of the "best singers bn tho
stage todays sings Illustrated songs, and
the bioscope Is equipped with new moving!
pictures. The admission Is 10 cents and
there are five shows "daily.
Today at the Arcade.
There are five shows at teio Arcade
Theater today. . Haymond and, Stevens
and the Bernards furnish the comedy; the
Lakolasdo difficult Japanese juggling
feats; Belle Wilton, a ptetty soubrette,
sings and soliloquizes; J. W. Myers pre
sents illustrated songs, and the American
bioscope flashes moving plotures.
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
Christmas Attraction at the Marquam
1 Kirke La Shelle's production of Ian ilo-
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Laren's "The Bonnio Brier Bush," avith J.
H. Stoddart, Reuben Fax, and an excel
lent supporting company, comes to the
Marquam Grand Theater Christmas week,
beginning Monday, December 21. Mr.
Stoddart as Lachlan Campbell, has de
servedly won the highest encomiums of
the press and theatergoers throughoutjhe
country for his creation of the role of the
old Scotch shepherd. Reuben Fax as
Posty is very successful ln his Inimitable
comedy, and is on a par with Mr. Stoddart
in point of artistic work.
"Hello Bill."
Once again Harry Blakemore, the fa
vorite comedian of the West, will be seen
as William Fuller ln Willis Maxwell Good
hue's notable comedy, "Hello Bill," which
comes to Cordray's Theater on December
20, and will be the Christmas attraction.
STAGELAND."
E.Hi Sotbem is wrUinjr a play a poetic
drama introducing a character famous in his
tory, with a religious subject as a backsround.
A -well-known prelate of the church is assist
ing Mr. Sothern in the clerical effects. In
arranfelns the xfellirfous effects ln "The Proud
Prince," 3Ir. Sothern had the assistance of a
church dlxnltary. -Mr. Sothern is also ar
ranging an elaborate prompt book of "Kins;
Lear." and Is studying the role with the In
tention of appearing ln it next season. His
plans are very elaborate for the next few
years. Later -on this season It Is his laten
tion to take his entire company and scenic
After this season he .will be seen in Shake-
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crvAnrlDTi n1 tciiib1-7IV n n DnCOmea & I
coTsluw JuMa MaVTowe. uner ihe man- '
agement of Charles Frohman. It U, Mr. Froh- !
man's Intention to make this organisation vio ,
wltlr the) former Irving-Terry organization,
"Hamlet'' and "Romeo and Juliet" will be
the first plaj's produced. Mr. Bothern's com- I
ima nmmnt hook of ."Hamlet with all the I
authority for pronunciation, meaning and de
scription of his own business outlined, which
has been the result of three years' labor of
Mr. Sothern and his staga director, Francis
Powell, will soon be published.
On an application made to the New York
Supreme Court by Henry. Oressltt for tho
issuance of an injunction to restrain David
Belasco and Mrs. Leslie Carter from pro
ducing the play Zazn. In that city and on
the road, evidenco was forthcoming that
"Zaza" has made big money. It was brought
out that Belasco an Mrs. Carter had
earned $200 000 clear profit, in their orl ,
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management. It was also conceded that
$100,000 of that amount had gone to
Charles Frohman, who acquired the right
to purchase the; play from its French auth
oVs, and that the remaining $100,000 went
to Belasco, who adapted the French play
for Frohman. Another interesting disclos
ure was the advance of Mrs. Cartels sal
ary during tho first run of "Zaza." At the
start she received $350 per wee.k, was then
advanced to $500, next to $050, and then
to $1000 per week. From the time Mrs.
Carter's salary was 'raised to $300 per week
she really received only $150, the other
$050 being paid to Belasco, as Mrs. Carter
had financial difficulties and did not wish
to have her salary attached.
Harry Corson Clarke, wltn Margaret Dale
Owen as his leading woman, reoently
opened the Empire Theater, San Antonio,
Texas, with "What Happened to Jones."
He has taken the houso for the season, and
with his stock company he will present
these plays, one each week: "Why Smith
Left Home," "An American Citizen," "Bo
cause She Loved Him So," "Charley's
Aunt," "Mam'zelle," "Lost, Twenty-four
Hours," "His Absent Boy," "Mr. Foster, of
Chicago," "My Wife's Husband," "Tho Cow
boy and the Lady," "The Man from Mex
ico." "My Friend from India," "Christo
pher, Jr.," "Confusion." "''Miss Hobbs,"
Brown's ln Town," "His Excellency, the
Governor." "Esmeralda," "Private Secre
tary," "Pink Doirilnoes." "The Brixton Bur
glary," "The Wrong Mr. Wright," "All the
Comforts of Home." "A Night Off," "On
the Quiet," "The Purple Lady," "Our Reg
iment," "Niobe." 'The Mysterious Mr.
Bugle," "Young Mrs, WJnthrop."
More and more failures continue to mark
the theatrical season. James K. Hackett has
'laid aside his "John Ermine of the Yellow
stone'; Julia Marlowe has retired for the
season, and Nat Goodwin Is to lay aside
Shakespeare tor good, and go back to a second-class
comedy. In addltlonthe run of
COLLEGE STUDENTS HAVE A "HIGH OLD TIME"
Harvard and Yale Men Go to See "Winsome Winnie" and It Costs
Five Thousand 'Dollars to Repair the Theater, x x i : t x :
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EW YORK, Dec. 7. (Special Cor
respondence.) Whether the hyster
ics of women are more serious than
the college pranks of men is a question
that is agitating the minds of a good
many who see below the surface. Re
cently, while the new play "Winsome
Winnie," was closing Its run at the Co
lumbia Theater ln Boston, the students of
Harvard and Tale combined bought out
the house, for which they paid $2000. It may
be difficult to make people understand what
occurred at the theater, but it cost Just
$5000 to repair the damages. It is a cus
tom with the Harvard boys to attend Bos
ton attractions ln large bodies, when they
simply own tho whole place, and with all
due respect to the magnificent old institu
tion that Harvard has always been in the
past, the actions of these young men are
simply what might ne expected from a
band of 'drunken rowdies. The people of
Portland know well enough what It means
to send tholr sons away from home, safe
in the belief that Harvard will make gen
tlemenor more -than gentlemen men
df them. They also know ln many cases
that disgrace has come upon them, and
then there was a great hue and cry
against the boys. The blame does not
rest upon the boys ordinarily. If the
president of Harvard College and his fac
ulty, some might ask, cannot exert any
Influence for the good of the young men
in their charge, what Is the use of send
ing them there to bring disgrace upon.
themselves and upon their families?
But this dbes not fathom the matter.
No one who has ever lived in Boston
1 can fall to know the Ufa of the. Harvard
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Forbes Robertson ln "Th Light That Failed"
has been cut short by two weeks, and an ef
fort wilWhe made tp Eatner ln enough monfey
on the road to keep the play going for soma
weeks to come. There are lots of rumors
about other closures ln JCew York, especially
"The Bed Feather," which Is playing at the
Lyric Bown at Daly's "A Japanese Night
ingale" was put on to stay tor the rest of the
season, and many membeni of the company
refused, offers for other productions, because
they were assured by Klaw & Erlanger that
the Japanese play would finish the season in
New York. Much to their surprise they ha-ve
Just received notices that the company will go
on the road within one week.
Charles Ulrich, a San Francisco newspaper
man. who has wrjtten "A Celestial Maiden,"
"The Man From Nevada" and other attrac
tions, recently produced the latter play at the
New American Theater, Chicago. A corre
spondent writes: "If repeated curtain calls,
continued applause and spontaneous enthu
siasm are a criterion it must be admitted that
the play scored a distinct hit. 'The Man
From Nevada Is not a Western play, as the
title might sugi-est, but, on the contrary, it is
a clever satire on official life ln Washington,
X. C.. with an intensely interesting plot. The
situations are uncommonly strong, the comedy
as plentiful as It is wholesome and enjoyable,
and the tragedy whioh forms the climax o"
thq third act reminds one irresistibly of Be
lasco's art, so skillfully Is It executed. The
members of the company did excellently."
Companies continue to close, and the list of
disengaged actors ln New York grows apace.
It is estimated that there arc now more than
8000 of them in that city out of employment.
The attractions that have closed or that are
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nor description, but several organizations
of the first-class are Included In the number
eeKS " nas oeen -ven -
members of three companies appearing at
leading theaters ln New York. Stories of
le receipts float up and down Broadway.
Within a fortnight at a theater within two
blocks of Broadway, where a. pretentious pro
duction of a poetlo drama was running, it is
said that at 8 o'clock not a dollar had been
received at the box-office 1 The popular-price
melodramas are doing well. -
- A party of theatrical and musical people re
cently enjoyed a Chinese tea in a San Fran
cisco Chinese restaurant, and those present
included: Mr. and Mrs. James Netll. Mr. and
1 Mrs. Robert Morris (neo Elsie Esmond), Mr.
and Mrs. Stephen Wright (SImonldes), Will
iam J. Kelly, Samuel Brobst and Miss Ben
nett, of the "Ben Hur" company; Florence
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Edwin Nelll. Fred M. GUrooro and Charles
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The first Western production of Clyde
Fitch's "Way of tho World," in which El
sio de Wolfe starred, is to be made at tho
Alcazar, San Francisco. Realism up to date
is exemplified in the first act, where the
principal characters are Introduced ln auto
mobiles. The latter ore stationary, but the
wheels revolve and tho effect of a back
drop winding upon upright cylinders, jis ln
an old-fashioned panorama, or the, chariot
scene of "Ben Hur," conveys the illusion
of rapid motion.
While his -wife and daughter prayed over
him and read texts from Christian Science
tracts. George Thompson, a veteran actor,
said to have been the first to play the part
of Uncle Tom ln the dramatization of Har
riet Beecher Stowo's novel, died ln the
rear room of a First-avenue saloon, ln New
York. December 2. Thompson was seized
by heart failure on his way home from a
Christian Science meeting, and, with his
wife and daughter, had entered the saloon
to rest.
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Dorothy Russell, 18 years old, will soon
make her stage debut ln a new Clyde Fitch
play, "Glad of It.'' She is the daughter
of Lillian Russell, the former prima donna,
and wife of Abbott Einstein. Her wedding
to Einstein was clandestine. Dorothy re
somblos her mother somewhat, but lacks
much' of her beauty. She has been edu
cated abroad, for a lyric career and will
make her debut In a comparatively unim
portant role in about six weeks.
"Eben Holden." lately stranded at Tusca
loosa, Ala. Eight members of the company
sued out an attachment for about $350,. and
levied on the scenery of the production, the
suit being for "back salaries. Wildes and At
kinson, managers of the company, state that
the financial embarrassment was caused by
bad business ln Texas. An effort was made
student and when we think of the noble
men and the great intellects that Harvard
ln Its older days has given to this coun
try and to the world, it makes us think.
one of two things that the school has
lost its Influence over the morals of the
young men, or, that the young men of
today are An Inferior set of beings.
There is little use In speculating upon
the past,' tho present or the future, but
every day accentuates the fact that the
home as an Institution is fast going tq
pieces. The life of women has "no rela
tion to the life of her great grandmother,
nor even her grandmother. She is
thinking of self and she is" improving 'her
self, but in this improvement she Is grow
ing further from her home and from her
'functions ln life, dally. The men are
given up to their mad chase after the
almighty dollar, and that the responsibil
ity of a son Is upon them they nevef seem
to remember. It Is a notable fact that
the sex-Influence between parent and child
is not reckoned with as It should be. It is
a usual thing to find the attraction be
tween father and daughter and between
mother and son, but as a matter of fact
the mother should be ln better position
to guide her daughter, and the father to
deal with his son whose masculinity ho
understands, just as the mother under
stands (and is not deceived or cajoled) by
that feminine element ln her daughter
which is always a mystery to a man. On
the other hand, it Is the masculine ele
ment In the boy that, while?. It attracts
the mother. Is often too strong and over
powering for her, and whether she real
izes It, or not. she Is afraid of It.
Thus It is that the hoy who grows up
under these conditions is simply the prod
uct of his own sweet will, which sees no
I further and caree for naught-but "a jolly
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by the managers to give a performance and
divide the entire proceeds among the mem
bers of the company, but they refusd to play.
Ralph Stuart's opening ln New York will ba
at the American Theater, January 16. Jessa
Hne Rodders, who was for several seasons
leading woman of tho American Theater, will
be Mr. Stuart's leading woman, and a capable
company win be selected to support the popu
lar star. "By Right of Sword" Is the play se
lected. It was seen- last season at Baker's
Theater, during Mr. Stuart's engagement
there, when Helen MacGregor- was his leading
woman.
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Rosq Coghlan has started on her tour
t6 the Pacific Coast ln "The Greatest Thing
ln tho World." Mls3 Coghlan was loaned
to Charles Frohman to create the role of
Penelope ln the big New York production
of "Ulysses," one of the great hits of tho
present metropolitan season. In the midst
of the most pronounced success ln her not
able career Miss Coghlan was obliged to
leave New York ln order to fulfill her con
tracts. San Francisco's theatrical attractions last
week: Grand Opera House, "For, Moth
er's Sake"; Columbia, '"Way Down-East";
Alcazar. "A Royal Prisoner"; Central,
"New York by Day"; California, "Yon Yon
son"; Fischer's, ""I. O. U."; Orpheum,
Pauline Hall, Francesca Redding and Com
pany, Hlnes and Remington, Bonner, Agnes
Mahr, Clarice Vance, Joseph Newman, The
Brlttons and Hal Godfrey and Company.
The Edward Shields Dramatic Company
opened for the season with the comedy-drama,
"A Wife's Folly," and vaudeville, at the
Baker City Opera-House last Wednesday night.
The work of Miss Gale Danvery, Alfred T.
Lane. Rooney and Forrester and Earl and
Gerald was highly praised. In the absence of
Miss Nellie Hlllyer. Miss Norma Hyde, a
Baker City society girl, sang Illustrated songs
and made a fine appearance.
Marguerite Clark, the little Cincinnati
comedienne, who la DeWolf Hopper's principal
support in "Mr. Pickwick," has been meeting
with great receptions in tho South during the
DeWolf Hopper tour. In Atlanta, recently
Miss Clark's attractiveness created such a stir
that one of the newspapers there started a
contest, which resulted In her being voted the
most delightful actress seen the.re this season.
The Mordaunt-Humphreys Company, play
ing "Burled at Sea," struck a succession of
bad stands ln Minnesota and closed the sea
son. Louis and Kitty Belmour have returned
to the "Pacific Coast, and the rest of the com
pany will remain ln Chicago for the present,
pending a proposed reorganization. The com
pany' played "Burled at Sea" early in the
sason at Cordray's Theater.
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Manager R. J. Nixon, of Pendleton and
Walla Walla theaters, has a strike on his
hands. He discharged Henry Blockman, who
was stage manager at the Wall Walla house
beforo Nixon took the lease, and the entire
stage force, with the ushers, walked out, leav
ing the manager to set tue scenery for De
Wolf Hopper's "Mr. Pickwick" show the best
he could.
Nance O'Neill and E. J. Radcllffe refused to
play on two occasions lately ln "Oliver Twist"
at Cleveland's Theater, Chicago, because of a
dispute as to salary. She has secured from
Charles Swlckard the exclusive rights of pro
duction to his copyrighted adaption of Suder
mann's "Johannlsflre" for a number of years,
and Intends to produce it soon.
Billy Van. otherwise known as William Van
dergrlft, one o' the best-known comedians ln
the musical comedy and minstrel lines, and
his wife. Nelly O'Neill, a comedienne, have
; been declared slnglfe again by the Supreme
Court of New York.
"The Dairy Farm" season closed ln Oak
land, Cal.. last night, having been played
beyond Its original limit. It la a meritorious
organization, and its principal members hava
already secured other engagements.
Oliver Morosco has taken control of the Vic
tory Theater, San Jose. Cal., Charles P. Hall
retiring. The new "lesseo appointed Jamea
Haswell resident manager and G. G. Sarretto
treasurer.
Pictures of George Alison and Gertrude Riv
ers (Mrs. Alison), of the Baker Theater Com
pany, appear in tho San Francisco Dramatic
Star, December 3. ' '
Durintr 33 performances of "Ben Hur" ln
San Francisco recently, $128,000 was taken atj
the theater bor omce.
good time." And such a boy's idea of
what a good time means need not be re
corded. To come back to tho relation of the col
lege to the boy we may take it that It Is
not within the province, of the college to
assume the responsibility for the morals
of Its students. J, stands fon. the inter
lectual development purely and simply,
and recently still more for physical de
velopment than It does for the intel
lectual. This, however, is a part of the
subject which has no bearing in this ar
ticle, for the necessity of a due amount of
exercise cannot be denied. But when the
gambling spirit is the dominating thought
Into tho physical exercises of the colleges
of today, the deterioration of the students
Is unavoidable. Commercialism all the
way through Is the great curse upon the
nation. Men of wealth send their sons
and their daughters to college, not be
cause they are especially fitted for sl col
lege education, but because their social
position seems to demand, it. The col
leges accept students whether qualified or
not because they are at such enormous
expense that they need every dollar that
can be brought Into their coffers. To add
to the, folly young men cpme with their
valets, and young women with their
mald3, when the college should be the
place to make sturdy mlnd3 and sturdy
bodies able to dispense with the luxuries
and the extravagances of life.
The college town being greatly benefited
by ,the business which comes to it from
the students, displays Its wares ln forms
most tempting to the young who have not
been taught to resist temptation, and it
need not be added that these wares would
not always bear the strong light of in
vestigation. In a -certain sense the college could re-
strict these conditions, and to an extent it
could hardly fall tp be effective. It might
be done by placing a limit upon the
amount of money, which should be al
lowed, the student for living expenses, and
each should be required' to lire within this
amount which should appfy to rich and
poor alike. As It Is. college life offers a
premium upon every sort of vice, and it is
not surprising that the young man who
goes, with what his father In the coun
try deems enough money. Is soon car
ried out into the whirlpool and losing his
foothold tries to save himself by resorting
to dishonesties of varied natures. And
fa the young man to blame? No two
forces cart be of equal power; one must
overrule the other. Only with an. Ideal
family life and -training behind hlrri can1
the student get the b'est and most out of
college life and surmount Its vicissitudes
and dangers, so when parents who haVe
always indulged their children, whether
through indifference or laziness to say
nothing of the folly of over-fondness are
stunnea to learn mat tneir sons nave dis
graced them. It Is time for them to con
sider whether or no they hava not dlR
graced their children. "
The death of Julian Rlx removes an ar
tist whose work may well be mentioned
when one speaks of George Inness, and
that means much. For Inness Is the
greatest American landscape painter that
ever lived. While passing through this
great .country from coast to coast, here
and there flash bits of landscape which
proclaim the Americanism of Inness, for
they revealed the atmosphere which was
ever present ln his work as his most re
markable gift. Julian Rix had strong
traits ln his work which, hile they were"
not reminiscent of Innes3, were great
enough to admit of a comparison between
the two artists. Rlx regarded his work
as something sacred, and perhaps no bet
ter Idea can be derived of his reverence
and his modesty than is shown b the re
quest he made upon his death bed. It was
that one. of nls friends should go through
his paintings with great care and burn
everything which might seem to him as
unworthy. When a man had such a spirit
his loss Is immeasurable, as there are few
ln any art who are willing to confess
that they have weaknesses. Yesterday a
committee of his friends examined the
paintings which he left, and say that they
And nothing which can fall to reflect glory
upon the hand and the mind that created
them.
One of the most historic buildings ln
this country, as far as music Is concerned,
was consumed by fire this week. It was
the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Jhe
building was burned to the ground, and,
coming at this time. It Is a great hardship
to the concert-giyers, as all such attrac
tions as the Boston Symphony concerts,
Melba and her company, the great produc
tion of the "Messiah," ln fact every mu
sical enterprise that attracts large audi
ences was booked in thla building.
The Academy of Music was built in 1S60,
and It was really the beginning of artistic
life in Brooklyn. It opened formally Jan
uary 15, 1861, with the opera "II Glura
mento," with such singers as Mme. Col
son, Brignoll, Ferri and SusinI In the cast.
It was Intended that no dramatic perform
ance should -ever be given there, but the
managers were compelled from business
reasons to alter this decision. The first
play ever given in the Academy of Music
was-"Hamlet" with D. L. Davenport ln
the title role. The following year Edwin
Forrest appeared at that house, and on
December 23, 1852, Edwin Booth played
there as Richelieu. But music always
held the preference, and In the early
'60s opera was given by a distinguished
company. At a performance of "Travl
ata" Mrs. Abraham Lincoln and her son
were ln the audience. The Academy of
Music was the scene of some dramatic
occurrences, among which stands out
prominently the night during an operatic
performance when Luther B. 'Lyman an
nounced that Fort Sumter had been fired
upon. At this announcement Isabella
HInkley rushed to the center of the stage
and led tho audience In singing "The Star
Spangled Banner." The early history of
America lent many other dramatic epi
sodes, which occurred in this house, and
the largest gathering that ever assembled
In It was on October 7, 1X62, to Indorse
President Lincoln's emancipation policy.
In 1SG5 ' the policy of President Johnson
was discussed from this stage, Mr. Beech
er defending It, Garrison and Phillips de
nouncing it. calling Johnson a traitor
and demanding his Impeachment.
The directors have no plans to divulge at
present, but It is likely that an Immense
offico building will go up on that site, as
might be Inferred from the fact that the
stock of the corporations-went up 5 points
while the building wasoburnlng. This in
face of the fact that there was no Insur
ance on It, proves that the property is
more valuable as a building site than it
was before.
Mr. Conried is not at the end of his
troubles, either with "Parsifal" or the
grand opera ln general. Whether the de
nouncing of "Parsifal" from the pulpit is
directly the cause or not, never within re
membrance has anything created the
amount of interest ln this country that
"ParslfaJ" has done. One of the largest
music" houses of this country told me
yesterday that It was absolutely impos
sible to furnish the amount of "Parsifal"
music that is called for, and it will be re
membered that It Is very expensive music,
Hone of It being published In this country
at all. The lecturers, too, are reaping a
rich harvest, for all are turning Parslfal
ward for the audiences and the dollars. All
this is working together for the good
of Mr. Conried, who had but a" very
brief period of rest after the decision of
the court put him at ease concerning the
production.
Now come the musical unions to do their
utmost to make him miserable by placing
musicians on the same basis as bricklay
ers and carpenters. The air is heavy with
talk of strikes and the like. The trouble
is that Mr. Conried enlisted the services of
two women harpists ln the orchestra. Then
wero the fair dames served with a no
tice that they must Join the union or dis
solve into thin air as far as that orchestra
was concerned, and as neither was of dis
solving propensity or proportions, the sit
uation became complicated with talk of
the whole orchestra going on a strike. Mr.
Conried vows that he will give grand
opera with a piano rather than meet their
demands; but today there Is another de
velopment In -the case. The musicians
state that if Mr. Conried will engage them
for a period of from five to ten years they
will leave the' union in a bddy, as they
are Indignant themselvea that anyone
should have the power to dictate to this
extent.
That readers may have a little idea of
what goes on to hamper art, it will be
interesting to knofw that It Is rumored
without a definite enough statement to
publish ln fuller detail that the musical
union men wilj never play well enough
under the direction of a certain conductor
in this city to allow him to become a
great conductor, unless he joins their or
ganization. If this Is not an outrageous
condition, wha is it?
A serious problem faces the Pittsbur-r
Orchestra, as Victor Herbert, its famous
conductor, will resign In March and conie
to New York to reside. Mr. Herbert Is
still directing their concerts, going from
New York to Pittsburg to do so. Walter
Damrosch has been engaged to assist him.
It Is not positive that the orchestra will
continue to exist, as the subscriptions are
hardly large enough to warrant them In
engaging a man of sufficient Importance
to succeed Mr. Herbert, and with a less
popular and skillful conductor they cer
tainly could not draw the audiences.
The second concert ln the Beries given
by the Philharmonic Society occurred with
Gustav F. Kogel as conductor, he pro
gramme. Including Beethoven's Fifth
Symphony, the "Tristan und Isolde Pre
lude," and Richard .Strauss' "Til Eulen
splegel." The soloist was Adel Aus der
Ohe, who played Tschalkowsky's second
Wnno concerto, which she did with the
j admirable skill and technical,' equipment
of which this remarkable pianist is thor
oughly mistress..
As. might well have been expected after
the glowing1 reception accorded Colonne,
there wa3 an immense amount of interest
L centered upon the conductor. From the
standpoint of contrast, perhaps It 13 safe
to say that no greater example has ever
been shown than exists between the work"
of Colonne and that of Kogel. It Is also
interesting to note how extremely skilled
a man can be in his art and yet be dia
metrically opposed to the methods which
obtain ln other conductors. Kogel may
be taken as a type of the thorough Ger
man conductor, a musician ln every sense,
absolute master of his orchestra and of
every detail. He ha3 full control over the
orchestra and gets from It the effects that
he wants. But Kogel is .not deeply emo
tional, nor does be seem to reach the
spiritual side of himself or his art. And
whereas he is not exactly phlegmatic, he
Is certainly academic, although thorough
ly, absolutely schooled. Kogel Is danger
ously near being explosive ln his demands
upon the dynamics, and the delicate shad
ings are nearly lost. He runs to loud
or soft. This may be a matter of tem
perament; It probably Is. In the Wag
nerian number he missed the subtleties of
the composer, but the Richard Straus3
was given In true German style, one. which
fitted It well. Kogel will also direct the
nex,t pair of concerts of the Philharmonic
Society, December IS and 19.
Fanny Bloomfield-Zelsler has been de
lighting New York this week, both with
the New York Symphony Orchestra under
Walter Damrosch and with recitals Mrs.
Zelsler is always one of the greatest fa
vorites of New York City, and this time
she was received with ecstatic fervor. Her
growth Is very marked, and with the peo
ple one could hardly realize a greater fa
vorite. Sirs. Warren E. Thomas and Mrs. Fan
nyfcarson Piatt are among the visitors ln
Now York. Both are especially Interest
ed In the musical life of the great metrop
olis, and are planning to see and hear
great things before their return to Port
land, Or.
EMILIE FRANCES BAUER.
STORIES OF TrlE STAGE.
TrtThen Annie Russell was playing ln "A
Royal Family." ln Mew York, during Cbrlat
mas time, she determined that the little boy
playing the part of the King's son should
hae an observance worthy of the great fes
tival of the Christian year. It will ba re
membered that when the curtain falls on the
final tableau of thla pretty play tho entlr
court is assembled on the stags. "While tho
audience was flllnr out of the theater there
was not the usual rush from the stage to the
various dresslnc-rooms. The Princess Angela
(Miss Russell), standing behind the prince
ling, her hands on hla shoulders, leaned over
and whispered to him that she hod received
a letter from a personage of no less import
ance than Santa Claus himself, telling her
that he intended to visit the company behind
the scenes that very night.
Hardly had she whispered the words than
out from the wings came the good saint (as
sumed for the nonce by the stage manager)
bearing a fine tree, with candles and orna
ments, while behind him were the stage hands
carrying the presents, which had Been gath
ered in the property-room. The dear little
boy for whom all this had m been arranged by
his good fairy, Annie Russell, and his other
grown comrades was at first too overcome to
Bpeak. Even when he had duly been intro
duced to Santa Claus and been assured that
the saint's visit was intended for him, and
that all the toys wero his, his ecstacy found
expression in half-suppressed little squeals of
Joy.
The boy's delight was Infectious.. Miss Rus
sell cot down on the stage on her knees,
wound up a wagon and started it on Its coursa
across the board. The cardinal pulled a
string, and some funny animals began Jump
ing about by themselves. The Queen was
chasing a mechanical rabbit Into- the wings.
The grown Prince and the Dowager Queen
(Mrs. Gilbert) were conducting a prize fight
between two wooden monkeys on a. stick. La
dies ln waiting were playing with a train of
tin choo-choo cars. Could the audience have
remained and peeped behind the curtain it
would have seen art and dignity thrown to
the wind, and the entire court of Caron be
come children again while helping a little boy
celebrate Christmas.
He was undoubtedly a clergyman bocauso
of his white tie, tall hat, blade clothes, and
the solemnity of his manner. An eldorly
looking lady accompanied him on the oc
casion of tho only matinee performance
given at the Marquam Theater of "Tho
L Storks," November 28. and he astonished
the clerk at the booking office by saving:
"Please give mo two good seats in the
balcony for thla afternoon's performance."
"Yes, sir," said the cleric, wondering at
such visitors paying money to see a skirt
show, but he exchanged the pasteboards for
$1.50 all the same. The visitors tripped
upstairs, and hardly had the girls with ab
breviated skirts displayed themselves before
the footlights, ln a fascinating dance, than
the clergyman and his wife softly walked
downstairs, and they each looked guilty. The
clergyman waa shading his face with hla
hat.
"Two return checkB, sir?" politely asked
the ticket clerk, at the lobby door.
"Young man, I am very much disgusted,"
said the clergyman, ln his most severe tono,
"I supposed we were going to see Ban
Hur,' and, ahem! wo have seen something
different. "We are npt coming back."
In view of today's production at Baker's
Theater of Sir Henry Irvlng's great
success, "The Bells," It Is worth while to
relate an incident that Sir Henry met with
some years ago when he presented 'The
Bells," in a Philadelphia theater. It will
be remembered that Sir Henry, in making
his first appearance on the stage as the mur
derer of the Jew, Is first seen from the win
dow of the Inn, while a violent snowstorm
Is busy without. He Is dressed In furs, and
the- snow la plentifully in evidence on hla
garments. On tho night ln question ho
swung open tho Inn door and was. making
one of his well known stride stage-walks,
when the man who was overhead making tho
snow accidentally dropped a., few pounds
of it on Sir Honry's neck. ,He staggered
and almost fell. Then ho turned, around,
and so far forgot his dignity aa to shake his
clenched fist in the direction of the man
distributing tho snow. Tho audience shook
with suppressed laughter, while Sir Henry,
with a great effort, hegan hla "acting. Ho
acted so well ln his part that ln a very
short time ho had young women ln his
audience shivering with terror:
The following letter from a young matron
in the interior of Ohio to her mother in Cin
cinnati speaks for ltsel:
"Dear Mother: Jim and X and the children
had such a splendid time last night. Joseph
Jefferson played here ln 'Rip Van "Winkle.
Jim Insisted that all nvo of tho youngsters
should go, even the baby, for, as he explained,
the poor old gentleman Is eo old now that they
might never have a chance to see him again.
It carried me back to that night 30 years ago,
when you Insisted on taking all of us- to sea
him for that very same reason. Mr. Jefferson
certainly wears well."
;
They are telling a new one on -Nat Oood
wia. The comedian, after a sad wrestle with
Shakespeare, was packing up his goods and
chattels at the New Amsterdam, prepara
tory to silently stealing away. Just then ha
'remembered that his wife was to- be the next
occupant of that dressing-room, ao he pinned
this note to the wall: "Be good, dear, and
save your money, for remember you are the
breadwinner now. Nat."
Al Leach, who is starring ln "Girls "Will
Be Girls," recently received a request for
tickets from a man whose only claim was
Lhls financial prominence. The note read:
"I understand that you are a gooa enter
tainer. Please send me two seats. G. D."
Mr. Leach mailed the paste boards with tha
following reply: "I understand that you are
a prosperous merchant. Please send me $3.
A L." He got the money.
A recent symposium of acting as an art, in
London, was being discussed in the presence
of Sir Henry Irving, and he was asked wheth
er he felt as though he were acting amid real
scenes while on the etage. "I am' not averse
to the theory," replied the actor, smiling,
"but in 'Dante the scene is laid ln helL
Strictly speaking, X cannot eay that X feel
1 ilka that."
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