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THE . SUNDAY OREGONIAN, POBTLAND, MAY & -iSfll.
HOW MUCH OF ANNA EVA FAY IS A FAKE?
An Expert Explains Many Things That Seem Mysterious.
PRICES were cut to fit the character of
the performance in "McFadden's
How of Flats" at the Marquam, so
there was no cause for complaint from
those who expected gilt-edge musical
comedy. The chorus was a beauty show,
but the singing was mediocre. Jerry Sulli
van, as the dwarf, was ludicrous in his
grotesque work.
There was more novelty In "A Girl
From Dixie," which was tuneful, spark
ling and well staged. The best .work was
done by Clifford Leigh, who was really
clever in his portraiture- of an English
nobleman, who didn't belong to the haw
haw brigade. Many of the songs caught
the fancy of the gallery.
Conan Doyle's immortal detective, Sher
lock Holmes, was the star attraction In
"The Sign of the Four" at the Baker
Theater, and Howard Gould gave a care
fully finished study. Thomas Oberle was
sufficiently realistic as Small, the peg
legged convict and Teresa Maxwell made
a praiseworthy stage adventuress. The
tableaux at the end of each act were
well worked up.
Bucolic melodrama In "The Punkin
Husker" held attention at Cordray's and,
considering the prices charged, the show Is
an excellent one. The best event In the
play Is the horse-race scene. George Mor
rison was sufficiently funny as the lazy
chore-boy. '
The Arcade, Bijou and Orpheum vaude
ville theaters had shows of good merit,
Interesting and amusing. t
"WHAT HAPPENED TO JONES"
Farewell Week of Nelll-Morosco Com
- pany at the Baker.
"What Happened to Jones" will be ho
offering of the new Nelll-Morosco Com
pany at the Baker Theater this week, be
ginning with the matinee today, and 'it
will be with the most sincere regret that
the numerous patrons of tills popular
house, as well as the theater-goers of. the
entire city bid farewell to this most ex
cellent organization. .For seven weeks It
has been presenting a most splendid line
of high-class plays which Portland has
never before witnessed at popular prices,
some of which were entirely new to the
city.
"What Happened to Jones" is an ex
tremely comical farce and deals with the
adventures of an Irrepressible hymn-book
drummer of that name, who, landing in a
small town, naturally attends a prize
light which happens to be on and when
the place is raided, escapes and follows
a certain professor and his young pros
pective son-in-law to their home.
Things begin to happen right away. The
professor In an unfortunate moment, has
been inveigled Into attending "In the in
terest of science." and now in order to
help the drummer escape, lends him a suit
of clothes that had arrived for a brother,
who is the bishop of Ballarat, and who
is momentarily expected home after hav
ing been away for a groat many years.
The rest of the family enter, and believ
ing the drummer to be the bishop, a part
Into which ho naturally falls, the difficul
ties begin In earnest. The situations and
mlxups which follow are little short of
wonderful and form as bright and laugh
able entertainment as one could desire.
"MY WIFE" AT CORDRAY'S.
Platt-Stevenson Company Opens a
Week's Engagement Today.
Commencing this afternoon the attrac
tion at Cordray's for Monday, Tuesday,
with "Wednesday matinee and night will
be "My Wife," presented by the Platt-Stevenson,
a sterling organization, which
comes to Portland with the indorse
ment of critics along the route of its
travels. The company Is said to be a
well-balanced organization, which gives
a clever and Intelligent performance, and
the press speaks in a tone of praise
for Hayden Stevenson and Miss Mollso
Campion, the leading man and leading
lady. Each is young and talented and
has made notable progress in the tneat
rical profession.
"My "Wife" Is a modern society play,
fuch as the better class of theater-goers
always enjoy. It Is presented by the
Platt-Stevenson Company In- a. thorough
manner, and nothing is left undone to
make the story as strong and Interest
ing as the author Intended.
"East Lynne" will be tne bill for the
rest of the week. This is a play which
requires no introduction, for Its stand
ing on the stage was long ago realized
and acknowledged. "East Lynne" has
been one of the few stage classics
and has caused more damp 'kerchiefs
than any otner emotional drama written.
"East Lynne" tolls a story which Is ever
new and teaches a moral which is always
needed. The. leading role of Lady Isabel!
is considered the best emotional role on
the nlstrlonlc boards, and every lead
ing woman of two continents has essayed
this difficult' and trying part.
During the engagement at Cordray's
Summer prices will prevail, and the peo
ple of Portland are assured a flne per
formance and one worth more than
twice the admission.
BOER WAR OFFICERS COMING.
Gen. Joubert and Captain O'Donnell
to Give an Illustrated Talk.
Next Tuesday night. May 10. at the
Marquam Grand Theater, the Boer war
heroes. General G. D. Joubert and Cap
tain Sheridan O'Donnell, will give an illus-
HARRY MESTAYER, "WITH THE NEW
NEILL-MOROSCO COMPANY IN "WHAT
HAPPENED TO JONES." AT THE BA
KER THEATER.
trated talk on the Boer war. Popular
jjrlces will prevail. The advance sale of
seats will open next Monday morning atj
10 o'clock at the box office of the theater.
The Boer war of South Africa Is unique.
It stands all by itself In the catalogue
of wars. No other war can be compared
to it. The Boers were not trained sol
diers and yet as fighters and tho ability
to win the victory over overwhelming
numbers no soldiers in all the world have
ever excelled them. In this respect Xeno
phon's Immortal ten thousand can more
nearly be compared to them. Captain
O'Donnell will speak for 25 minutes on
"The Tactics and Humorous Incidents of
the "War." General Joubert will speak
45 minutes on "The Early Settlement of
the oBers In South Africa." Both will
be Illustrated with 60 views.
OPENING OF THE LYRIC.
First Vaudeville Bill Will Be Pre
sented Monday Night.
The
week
Lyric
theatrical event of the coming
will be the opening of the New
Theater on the corner of Alder
and Seventh. Monday. May 9, at 7:30 P.
M. This house has the distinction of be
ing the largest and costliest family tha
ater on the Pacific Coast, seating. with
comfort 700 people. It Is absolutely fire
proof, and has five large and easily acces
sible exits, and Is positively the safest
family vaudeville theater In the city of
Portland and on the Coast. The conveni
ence of the public has been looked after,
and no expense spared when the comfort
of the public was being considered. The
stage is the largest of any family vaude
ville theater on the Coast, and can ac
commodate any of the big vaudeville acts
easily.
Tho bill this week for the opening night
will be one of the strongest ever seen in
the city, and not one of these acts has
ever appeared In Portland before. The
programme embraces the highest salaried
artist ever brought by any popular-priced
house to the city:
Arthur & Carlisle's refined comedy
sketch team; the Travdolas, jugglers,
hoop rollers and head-to-head balancers;
Andy Rice, monologlst and Jew Imper
sonator: the Great Walsteln, champion
roller skater of the world; Raymond G.
Baldwin, the baritone soloist and picture
melodies, direct from New York; the De
Garnos, meteors of the air; Nellie Bruce.
In her contortion dance: and last, but not
the least, the Great Vitascope pictures,
Edison's latest film, the Coast Guards
responding to signals of distress taken in
actual life, making a great hit in New
York and San Francisco.
Messrs. Keating & Flood promise
much in comfort, attention and high-class
talent to the patrons of the Lyric, and
every promise will be kept to the letter.
One price only, 10 cents. Performances
dally from 2:30 to 4:30 and 7:30 to 10:30,
Sundays from 2 to 10:30 continuously.
Don't forget date of opening, Monday
night, May 9, 7:30 P. M.
MERRY BILL AT THE BIJOU.
Commencing Monday Night, New
Vaudeville Programme Is 'Offered.
A bill of unusual Interest Is announced
for the coming week at the Bijou Theater.
The large audiences that have been In at
tendance at this handsome new theater
are loud in their praise of the attrac
tions offered. The handsome new opera
chairs that were ordered sometime ago
have arrived and patrons may have the
pleasure of attending and enjoy every mo
ment. Commencing Monday and the entire
week the following bill is offered:
Lombard Bros., comedy conversational
ists; the three Campbells, marvelous jug
glers, direct from the Orpheum circuit;
Phillips and Merrltt. comedy sketch art
ists; Zara and Zara, athletes; Miss Louise
Du Pont In illustrated songs, and tho
very latest motion pictures on the Vita
scope. ARCADE STAR VAUDEVILLE BILL
Best Programme of the Season Be
gins With Monday's Matinee.
The greatest vaudeville bill of the sea
son will open at the Arcade Theater,
Seventh and "Washington, tomorrow, com
mencing with the matinee at 2:15. There
will be eight star acts, and owing to the
length and diversity of this entertainlng
programme the management announces'
that the performances will begin at 2:15
and 7:15 P. M. in order to give the show
without abridgement. Today the bill is
continuous from 2 to 10:80 P. M., and the
last performances will be given of last
week's diverting programme.
Search the world over and no more
varied vaudeville programme can be
found than that which starts at this
theater tomorrow. Olio, producing the
electrical sensation. "The Red-Eyed Mon
ster." is the headllner. Lola Fawn is a
singing soubrette. who appears as "The
Girl From Muggsville." "The Musical
Hearts" have one of the best acts on the
modern stage, producing a musical nov
elty act, In which their famous 51000
chimes, the largest ever made, add to the
cvarming effect. Paul Stanley is a char
acter comedian with as many jokes and
nnrttra am a lnrar1 hfl nrfrwxt Aw Aft
f that will interest the young folks is that
of the Qulnn Trio, the greatest Juvenile
auletes that the world has produced.
The Qulnns will be the rage among the
juvenile population, and a boy will be
unlucky Indeed who does not see the
clever feats of these youngsters.
Starin and Ricklln are two versatile
exponents of the laughable comedy
sketch. They Introduce many up-to-date
specialties and there are no dull .mo
ments while they hold the stage. Her
bert Carlton will Blng Illustrated songs
in a mello- baritone that pleases.. The
bioscope with its pictures framed In gold
and the vltagraph in the lobby will flash
the latest sensations in the moving pic
ture world. "Week-day matinees start at
2:15 P. M. and evening performances at
725 P. m.
ORPHEUM'S STAR ATTRACTIONS
Many New Acts Are Offered on This
Week's Bill.
The attractions offered by the Orpheum
Theater are not of the ordinary and the
management arc to be congratulated on
offering such excellent features. Many
new features are promised for this week.
The Austin Sisters, dashing trapeze artists
and other popular features which have
filled the Orpheum the past week, will
continue again this week. The Aherns,
balancers: "Waldron Bros., German come
dians; Miss Cad Franks, In illustrated
songs; John P. Brace & Co., In a new
one-act comedy; the original Mullally
Sisters: Gibbon and Hale, comedy acro
bats; Miss Myrtle Franks, the fashion
plate soubrette; the great Arneldo, Port
land's favorite; Mae N. Vernon Mont
gomery and Canton, musical comedians;
Misses Montez and Claus, duettists;
George A. and Lizzie Bird; Winters and
Summers, eccentric artists and dancers;
Mann and Franks and the latest motion
pictures complete an excellent bllL -
DURBANO'S ITALIAN BAND. '
To Play Engagement of Two Weeka
at Washington Park.
The Portland public will have another
chance to hear Durbano's Italian Band
that made such a big hit at the Marquam
a short time ago. With today's matinee
at 2 o'clock, there begins a two weeks'
engagement at Washington Park,
Twenty-fourth and Washington streets.
Concerts will be given every night, ex
cept Monday.
Durbano's band is comprised of 32 star
musicians and soloists, many of whom
played with Creatore and Ellery.
Washington Park accommodates SOOO,
and owing to this large seating capacity
the price of admission will only be ten
cents.
The park is provided with a large pa
vilion and a dance programme will be
given after each concert.
REQUESTED TO REPEAT PLAY.
"Aristocracy," One of Neill-Morosco
Company's Most Popular Plays.
Hardly a week passes but Manager
George L. Baker, or Charles Eyton, who
is directing the interests of the new
Nelll-Morosco Company, receive requests
to repeat some play which they have pro
duced recently. Of course it would be Im-Rosslble-to
comply with all these requests,
though probably If they were numerous
enough as to any one play, they would no
doubt cause the matter to be seriously
considered. "Aristocracy," which was re
cently produced by the ne Nelll-Morosco
Company, has been considered by a great
many people who saw it to be one of the
most beautiful and Interesting plays ever
presented In Portland, yet the week's busi
ness was one of the smallest of the com
pany's season, strange as It may seem.
Now for the last two weeks, since "Aris
tocracy" was closed, letters have been
coming In every day, some times two or
three a day, signed by prominent Portland
people, and requesting that It be repeated
before the company closes Its engagement.
Appreciating the Interest shown by all the
writers of these various letters, the man
agement both of the Baker Theater and
the Nelll-Morosco Company express1 their
regret at not being able to comply with
the requests during this engagement of
the company, inasmuch as the engage
ment closes Saturday night, the 14th, and
the production of the last plays, namely,
"The Sign of the Four" and "What Hap
pened to Jones," had all been arranged
for several weeks ahead. These are mat
ters, contracts for which must be closed
with Eastern people who control .the
plays, manuscripts and parts sent out, all
scenery painted and rebuilt, and In fact
a great many details prepared in advance
and which cannot well be changed except
at a great extra expense. However, the
requests have all been forwarded to Oliver
Morosco and George L. Baker, who are
now In Los Angeles, and it is quite likely
that during the next engagement of the
company In Portland they will decide to
repeat the play.
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
Burlesque at the Baker.
One of the most Interesting and enjoy
able events of the theatrical season In
this city will be the appearance of Mo
rcsco & Baker's Casino Company in the
Weber & Field musical burlesques, com
mencing Sunday, May 22. The company
Is one of the most perfeot of its kind
and Includes some of the best talent ob
tainable. Among some of the principals
will be Rice and Cady, who have no
equals as German dialect comedians, and
who have acquired a National reputation
in the Weber-Fieldlan roles. Sidney De
Gray, a dashing Juvenile comedy artist,
has been brought out from the East and Is
a versatile artist, being able to sing,
dance and act with equal grace and abil
ity. Bobby North, who Is unexcelled in
character parts, assumes the roles made
famous by Sam Bernard, and is a dis
tinct success as a Hebrew impersonator.
Joseph Dalley assumes the unctuous and
Irish-character parts and Is a general
favorite with the public Miss Lou Har-
l low, late prima donna with the Eastern
Chinese Honeymoon Company, appears in
the leading female roles. She is a very
handsome woman, with a superb figure
and a voice of rare quality and sweet
ness. Flossie Hope, who charmed the San
Franciscans for two years with her won
derful dancing, is a member of this com
pany, as is also Lillian Levey, a very
graceful fancy dancer from Southern Cal
ifornia. In addition to these there will be
a chorus of dancing, singing and show
girls, all young and pretty. From all ac
counts of their charms, they will work
sad havoc in the bosoms of the Portland
young men.
Among the earliest burlesques that will
bo given are "Fiddle Dee Dee," "Hurley
Burley and The Royal Family," "Holty
Tolty," and "Twlrly Whlrly."
The Four Cohans.
Tho Four Cohans and their big com
pany, under the management of Mr. Fred
Nlblo. In George M. Cohan's latest mu
sical comedy, "Running for Office," will
be produced at the Marquam Grand Thea
ter Monday and Tuesday nights. May 16
and 17. 3f
George M. Cohan's always busy brain
has produced several new and bright mu
sical numbers, and each has been pro
nounced a gem by the public. For bril
liant, catchy and tuneful airs, Mr. Cohan
holds the first premium among the Ameri
can songwriters. In "Running for Office"
his latest efforts are "The Football Girls,"
"Sweet Popularity," "Kid Days," "Root,
for Riley," "Flirtation on the Boach,"
"I waat to Go to Paree, Papa," "If I
Wero Only Mister Morgan," 'Til Be
There at the Public Square," "Reubens
on Parade," and others, all of which have
caught the public fancy. The production
ia splendidly mounted with new and gor
geous Bcenery. The advance sale of seats
will open next Friday morning at 30
o'clock.
Ney Star at Cordray's.
Coming to Cordray'B, May 16, Is Isabel
Irving, the talented young actress, who
Is now starring In a dramatization of
Winston Churchill's novel, "The Crisis."
Miss Irving is tho second of the big at
tractions sent to the Pacific Coast this
season by the Independents. "The Crisis"
has had a remarkable run in the East
and is considered one of the best offerings
of the season.
"Roger Brothers In London."
Klaw & Erlanger's big musical comedy
production, "The .Roger Brothers In Lon
don." will be the attraction at the Mar
quam Grand Theater Friday and Satur
day nights, May 20 and 2L
-Professor Beggs' Class.
Professor Beggs' class of talented pu
pils In fancy dancing will give an enter
tainment at the Marquam Grand Theater
Friday night and Saturday afternoon,
May 27 and 28.
"Brown's In Town."
Among the early attractions booked for
Cordray's is Mark Swan's popularJ
comeay, "Brown's in Town." There Is a
laugh in every line.
STAG ELAND.
James O'Donnell Bennett, of the Chicago
Record-Herald, went to 6ee a cheap "thriller"
the other night, and as a result of his expe
rience, writes of the melodrama as an Institu
tion as follows:
"To clear and temper and to sober the pro
fessional playgoer's Judgment no experience Is
more profitable than attendance upon one of
the queer melodramas of contemporaneous life
which flourish In the outlying theaters of a
large city.
"These plays, contemptible as they are by
every artistic canon, are not Inconsiderable
factors In the amusement field, either financial
ly or as a means of entertainment for many
thousands of people. They receive scant at
tention from the newspapers, and almost never
any critical analysis, but, so for as mere num
bers are concerned, they certainly interest and
amuse as many men and women as do the
more pretentious, though no more sincere,
plays presented at the standard playhouses,
and over which a great critical pother often
is made.
"Seeing one of these plays and studying one
of the audiences that loves them, you will dis
cover that the difference between that play
and that audience and the play and the audi
ence at a theater of loftier pretensions is only
a difference of degree.
"That In Itself la a thing worth learning.
"Knowledge of What la beautiful and true in
art may be acquired in two ways: First, by
study of only that which is true and flne,
and then by Investigation of that which Is
neither. The contrast thus afforded will be
very helpful. Its chief value Is that It will
disclose almost unerringly what Is mendacious
In the thing that pretends to truth and beau
ty, -but that Is, after all, only mediocrity and
fustian masquerading In fine clothes, exalting
Itself through absurd puffery, and hiding Us
lack of solid qualities beneath a gorgeous
scenic Investiture.
The one 1 saw was as much a problem play.
In its rough, crude, vulgar way. as any drama
of the Plneros, the Henry Arthur Joneses, or
the Ibsens. It depicted a conflict of human
will, the peril of surrender to selfish desires,
the war of passions, the clashing of strong,
positive natures. Its pathos made the women
cry; its comedy roused shouts of laughter; Its
moments of suspense held the audience to
breathless attention; Its climaxes caused hurri
canes of applause. ... '
"There were the extremes of criticism, and
In their tittimntft ulernlflpanpi thpv rt!1 nnt
differ materially from the comments one hears )
from cultivated playgoers- who give their at
tention to the works of, for example. Dr. Ib
sen. Mr. Winter's observation for many j ears
has been in effect that all Dr. Ibsen's play are
'such a bunch of nonsense.' And, on the
other hand, there are women of cultivation and
good mentality who pay the tribute of tears
to the sorrows of Mrs. Alvlng and of Nora."
Many years ago McKee Rankin was managing
a stock company In Pittsburg. He resided In
the suburbs, and was accustomed to take his
train at a small crossing, where the cars for
the city slowed up.
The gateman at the point became acquainted
with Mr. Rankin, and they had many little
confabs while awaiting the arrival of the
train. One night the railroad man said to Mr.
Rankin:
"I have an invention which I think is a good
thing. I need about $500 to put it In opera
tion If you have that amount I will give you
a half Interest In It."
Mr. Rankin examined the device, and thought
It was a good thing, but told the gateman he
didn't have the money to Invest Just then.
The latter continued to seek his financial aid,
but was unsuccessful, and In course of time
Mr. Rankin went away from Pittsburg. The
actor traveled In foreign lands, and met with
his ups and downs, until some time later he
returned to Pittsburg to play an engagement.
After the performance on the opening night,
there came a knock at Mr. Rankin's dressing
room door, and In response to his "Come in,"
a tall, finely dressed gentleman entered. The
visitor remarked that Mr. Rankin did not know
him, and the latter employed the pet phrase
that while his face was familiar, he couldn't
Just recall the name.
"Don't you remember," said the stranger,
"the gateman with whom you chatted when
you were managing a stock company here,
some years ago?"
"Oh, yes," replied Mr. Rankin. "I remem
ber you now."
"And don't you remember that I wanted you
to put in $500 for a half Interest In on Inven
tion of mine?"
"Tee," said Mr. Rankin. "I do recall tht
Incident. How did the thing come out?"
"Oh, very good," returned the visitor, and
be handed Mr. Rankin bis. card.
The actor took a bit of pasteboard, and as ha
read the name "George Wcstinghouae," he
knew that once he had been offered a half
Interest In the famous airbrake for a song,
and had let the opportunity slip.
Two Portland boys who have met with much
success In the theatrical profession are Her
bert and A. M. Miller, who are. now visiting
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Miller, at
679 Bast Burnslde street.
Herbert Miller, who. by the way, Is only 11)
years of age, probably the youngest leading
man in the business, has been playing leads
with the Bennett-Moclton company through
New York State and New Hngland during the
past season. He- Is said to be a romantic actor
of unusual ability, his favorite roles being Ed
win Dantea and Michael Strogoff. He baa also
done Jean Gautean in "Sapho."
Chauncey Olcott tells of an old negro who
was chargrd with having stolen a hog. The
facts were all against him. He had no coun
sel, and when the Judge asked him If he
wanted & lawyer assigned to defend him, he
declared that he did not.
"But you are entitled to a lawyer." the court
explained, "and you might as well have the
benefit of his services."
"Yoah Honor Would Jeaf gimme some cheap
white-trash lawyer," the old darky replied,
"and he wouldn't do me no good. If it's Jes
de same to Yoah Honor. I'd depen' on de ig
n'rance ob de court."
Some reformers work In a mysterious manner
to effect the regeneration of the race. The
ubiquitous Carrie Nation Is now appearing at
one of Chicago's most notorious dime museums,
and is being exploited In the advertlsemept of
the bouse after this, fashion:
"If you smoke or drink, come and hear your
self abused by Carrie .Nation, the noted Kan
sas saloon-smasher the proselyte of prohibi
tion the relentless repudlator of rum the con-
THAT the transference of thought
by means of mental telepathy is
possible, few candid people will
question, that it is probable an inves
tigating public does not hesitate to
concede, that it is a certainty we are
assured in positive terms by the most
eminent psychologists of the world,
who, after many years of patient re
search and study in psychic phenom
ena under most rigid and crucial tests.
fprescrlbed by their own directions.
have given us as a result of their la
bors this important conclusion. The
English and American Societies for
Psychical Research have divested, spir
itism of Its superstitious garb and
placed its phenomena under well
known scientific laws. All psychic
phenomena are classified, as mental and
physical, the latter being vary rare aqd
difficult to produce, and will not be
considered In this brief article.
Tho ability to receive mental impres
sions is not universal; only a few,
speaking comparatively, are possessed
of this remarkable power. Anciently
they were known as witches, more re
cently as mediums, and at present as
sensitives.
Scientific investigators have reached
their conclusions respecting mental
telepathy by observing phenomena
under rigid tests, wherein leger
demain is quite impossible, and dif
fer materially from public tests, such
as the people of Portland have recent
ly witnessed and which are often taint
ed with fraud. For this tho public is
,th part responsible because of the ex
cessive demands it places upon the sen
sitive. Psychologists have discovered that
when the conditions are adverse, for ex
ample, when the minds of the audience
are antagonistic to the claims of the
sensitive, the results arc apt to be- very
meager. To satisfy the demands of tho
people, who would cry failure if only
the genuine work were produced, vari
ous artifices are resorted to. Among
the means most commonly employed
arft "signal words" and mechanical de
vices by which the questions or other
Information are communicated to the
sensitive.
Signal words, to which may be added
TheModernTheatrical Manager
No Longer Picturesque, But Strictly a Man of Business
RESENT day theatrical man
agers make their friends as far
as possible among persons out
side their own business," says the New
York Sun.
They like to belong to clubs to which
the members of their own profession are
rarely admitted. They keep assiduously
away from the places to which their as
sociates habitually go. Having reached
the standing of business men themselves,
they seek the society o men of Import
ance In other lines of business.
Charles Frohraan, perhaps. Is an excep
tion to this new tendency. He is entirely
absorbed In his business.
He lives at Sherry's, in a comfortable,
but not lavish, suite of rooms, and usually
has a country house, which he occupies
in the summer months. He dlne3 usually
in the company of one or two congenial
friends, generally men of his own busi
ness or allied with It, and Is not Infre
quently seen In the society of dramatists
and actors.
When Paul Potter Is In this country he
and Mr. Frohman are often In each
other's society, and during the Winter
that Charles Hawtrey played In New
York he and Mr. Frohman were together
at dinner In the Holland House nearly
every night. But all public dinners he
avoids, and even the first nights of his
own plays are often given without his
presence, because he objects to any kind
of publicity.
The cuisine at his country house, near
Port Chester, Is under the care of a. cor
don bleu, whom Mr. Frohman brought
from Paris. Here, during the late Sum
mer and. early Fall months, after his Lon
don business has been completed and be
fore the winter season has begun here,
Mr. Frohman lives In quiet, and unosten
tatious luxury, enjoying his yacht, his
automobile and his chef, with his friends,
but above all, thinking, talking and hav
ing his greatest pleasure out of his busi
ness. Daniel Frohman takes more interest In
society than any of the other theatrical
managers. Until his marriage lasjt Win
ter he lived with his sisters on the upper
West Side. Now Mr. and Mrs. Frohman
divide their time between this home and
their unique apartments In the New Ly
ceum theater, where they have arranged
a suite of attractive living rooms," to
which they occasionally resort when they
have been kept out late or donot for some
other reason care to take the long trip
uptown.
Mr. Frohman delights In entertaining.
He loves to gather his professional friends
around him as well as those from society.
Sometimes at dinner.' Mr. Frohman gath
ers stars enough to supply the entire the
atrical syndicate. At one of his dinners
last Winter Mr. and Mrs. Sothern, Julia
Marlowe, Mr. and Mrs. Faversham, Mr.
and Mrs. John Drew, Mrs. Langtry. Clyde
Fitch and Henry Miller were among the
guests.
Mr. Frohman Is devoted to music, and,
although not a performer himself, he
manages to make music, for he has en
deavored to make up for a lack of mu
sical education by the possession of nearly
every known kind of mechanical appara
tus to play the piano.
At all of Mr. Frohman's dinners he
makes It a point to have as guests sev
eral persons who will be Interesting when
they are thrown together. He will have,
for Instance, two dramatists whose views
are not the same on the subject of their
profession and who can be relied on to
make the conversation brisker by their
differences. Sometimes it will be two dis
tinguished actors who thus are pitted
against each other, and at other times
a brace of musicians.
Abraham Erlanger, head of the theat
centrated castlgator of the cigarette." Kansas
certainly should feel proud.
Apparently, Manager Shields looked carefully
to the matter of color scheme when he en
gaged the extravaganza company which will
appear at his park this Summer. Trie leading
woman, who. by the way, was the prima don
na of the Wilbur Opera Company two years
ago, the principal soubrette and each of the
eight girls who compose the pony ballet have
auburn hair.
May Edouln was walking down Fifth avenue.
In New York with a friend, when they met on
Individual to whoos sweeping bow she returned
merely a glassy stare.
"I thought you knew Blank." remarked her
friend.
"I do," replied Miss Edouln, emphatically;
"I know him well enough to cot him."
"Big BUI" Devere, for years famous in "A
Black Sheep" and other Hoyt successes, as
well as the author of "Walk, You Sucker,"
and other catchy verses, died In a New York
hospital last week. At one time he was Sberl
Iff of a wild and woolly Colorado county, and
earned a reputation as a gun fighter, He was
GO years of age.
Ralph Stuart returns to New Tork May 2.
for a two weeks' engagement In "By Right of
Sword." It will be his farewell appearance In
that city the present season. On May 29, In
San Francisco, he begins a 20-Week tour of
the Pacific Coast.
A. M. , Howard is manager of the Howard
Dorset Company, on organization well known
signal signs or movements, are often .
ouiiujcu o) persons wno uo uut even
possess the ability to receive mental
messages. For example, the supposed
sensitive, heins blindfolded, is asked
by tho manager, who passes among the
audience, "What Is this?" holding up a
watch. "What" signifies watch; if the
emphasis Is placed on "what," it is a
gold watch, if on "this," it is a silver
watch, thus employing the same words
to indicate different things. A hun
dred code words so employed constitute
a vocabulary by means of which a vast
amount of information may be com
municated; and the uses to which such
devices may bo put, ar,e many. To
illustrate, the questions that people
write for a public performance may be
roughly classified. They may bo em
braced under such subjects as lost arti
cles, romance, business ventures, trav
el, etc. After I know the contents of
a question, X am able by a signal word
to convey the general purport of it to
the blindfolded sensitive, and while she
is discoursing on this I give another
hint word that enables her to become
more specific, the name having been
obtained by other methods.
If the sensitive can see me, signs
may be employed instead of words. I
was one of a committee of three to go
upon the stage to witness the cabinet
work during one of Miss Fay's per
formance's. After the cloth was pinned
about our necks, I put one hand back
into the cabinet. This interfered seri
ously with the movement of the tam
bourines and the guitar. The manager
was signaled to and, stepping near to
me, requested mo to keep my hands
with the other gentleman's to my left.
The mechanical devices for communi
cating with the sensitive are many and
are varied to conform to the theater In
which the performance Is held. Tablets or
pads of sensitized paper on which the
pencil makes carbon-like, yet Invisible,
impressions, are sometimes used. These
being developed reveal the question writ
ten on the leaf next to them, which the
writer retains.
The following example illustrates an
other method. During one evening of
Miss Fay's work, things were not moving
smoothly while the questions were belngH
answered; conditions seemed to be ad
verse. Several names were called In
quick succession, and answers deferred
for a few minutes. The manager who
had collected the written questions from
rical trust and partner of Marc Klaw,
has. since the election of his brother to
be Sheriff, associated more and more with
politicians, and his theatrical friends out
side of his business relations, are few. He
lives far up on the West Side. Hls'wjfe
is Interested. in many charities of the
church to which she belongs, and is also
an active promoter of other benevolent
enterprises.
Mr. Erlanger is powerful man to look
at, although not tall, but he is much
stronger even than his appearance sug
gests. He has a trainer who works with
him regularly, and when he made hl3 first
trip to Europe a few months ago, he took
his trainer along, rather than miss his
exercise during the trip on the steamer.
Like Al Hayman, he represents the high
est degree the modern conception of the
theater manager. He is a man of busi
ness, Just as a banker or a merchant
There Is none of the old-time suggestion
of bohemlanlsm about the theater man
ager of the day.
Mr. Hayman, who Is commonly reputed
to be the richest man in the business,
spends part of his time in this country
and part of It In Europe, traveling in his
yacht or resting at one of the foreign
spas. Think of such a course of life and
the theater manager of 25 years ago.
Marc Klaw, who Is associated with Mr.
Erlanger In the control of the theatrical
syndicate, lives In Winter In an apartment-house
uptown with his two sons,
and in the Summer goes to his house at
New Rochelle. He Is devoted to the edu
cation of the two boys, with whom he
spends most of his spare time.
One of them has artistic talent and is to
be a, painter so soon a3 he Is old enough
to go to Paris to begin his studies. Ho Is
not yet sufficiently mature. In the opinion
of hl3 father, who Is probably not unaf
fected by his desire to keep the boy near
him as long as possible. But Mr. Klaw
has almost decided to allow him to go to
Paris next Fall.
David Belasco, who Is unlike the rest
of these men in that he controls every
artistic detail In his theater as well as Its
business features, conforms much more
to the older Idea of the manager.
The tendency of theatrical affairs In re
cent years has been to concentrate the
business end of the enterprise In the
hands of a manager and to hire the best
artistic talent available to direct the ar
tistic phase of the business. But Mr.
Belasco, like Augustln Daly, looks after
his theater from one end to the other, and
that makes for him an entirely different
kind of life from that which his col
leagues are able to lead.
He cannot be In his office all day, but
must wander from his paint galleries to
his cellar when he Is preparing the pro
duction of a new play. At such times he
literally lives in his theater. He keeps
his actors there with him much of the
time, but even in their hour of recreation
he is compelled to be occupied.
Hlo home is on the upper West Side,
and there, with his wife and two daugh
ters, he spend his moments of leisure.
He Is usually in the office of his theater
until late every night, going through the
details that he has had no time for dur
ing the day.
He often has his assistants come to him
there late at night that he may have
greater quiet to discuss with them some
feature of a new play. It may be some
novel scene that he has thought of and
wants to talk over with his scene painter
or It may be that a novel effect has sug
gested Itself to him and he wants to dis
cover from his stage carpenter if it is
practicable.
While he conforms in more ways than
any of his colleagues to the traditional
Idea of a theater manager, he is not In
the least lacking In business aenmon on
1 In his management of his Interests during
In the Middle West and South. The brothers
will remain here until the middle of July
when they will return East to resurat taint
ments.
Arrangements are now being perfected foi
the appearance In America next eeason of
Tomaso Salvlnl. the great Italian tragedian,
and Portland may be included In the tour.
Duse is also a possibility for next season.
'
Robert B. Mantell U having so much success
in "The Light of Other Days" that his tour
has been extended to July 1. He begins his
next eeason October 1, in New York, with an
elaborate revival of "Hamlet."
. E. H. Sothern's coming engagement in "The
Proud 'Prince" Is his last appearance in this
city In any role except a Shakespearean one,
as for the next five years he appears In
Shakespearean plays entirely.
With Richard Mansfield, E. H. Sothern, Mel
bourne McDowell, Rodgers Brothers, Leslie
Carter. Maude Adams and Isabel Irving yet
to come, the local theatrical reason promises
to end In a blaze of glory.
The San Francisco Dramatic Star recently
publlshed an excellent likeness of William Ber
nard. ofi the Baker forces, and labeled It George
Allison. They might at least have printed Mr.
Alison's came correctly.
Frank Dupree, who became famous 20 years
ago as the author of "Lasca." which was orig
inally published in the San Francisco Argo
the audience frequently paused" at tho
bear-robe covered step leading to the
stage. On this he placed his hand, palm
downward, and leaned upon It as if to
rest. Immediately after the curtain low
ered, accompanied by some friends, I went
to -this step and examined it. Precisely
where the manager had placed his hand,
and concealed by the hair of the robe, we
found an opening had been made in- the
board about six inches long and one and
a half inches wide. We pulled the plug out
and found that It had been hinged on tho
under side by means of tacks and a piece
of leather. After the question or a brief!
of it is behind the sqene It may be easily
communicated to the sensitive. The blind
folding of the eye, scholars assure us,
seems to be of material assistance, but
the use of a. large sheet to cover the en
tire body to better "retain the magnetism
about her person" seems to have escaped
the notice of psychologists who make a
specialty of thl3 kind of work.
During the last evening of -Miss Fay's
performance, the hole In the 3tep was
not used. We- obtained the following
data: In thirty-two minutes flfty-nlno
different names were called, fifty-four
questions were read, a few verbatim, and
three incorrectly, and fifty answers given.
Fourteen questions were read before they
left the questioner's hand. Earlier In tho
evening about half a dozen large paste
board pads had been passed among tho
audience on which to place paper while
writing the questions, but they were not
generally used.
The large cabinet work occupied seven
minutes, and the small cabinet sixteen
minutes. Her cabinet work Is quite clever.
Tp understand It one should take Into
account Miss Fay's physique, her frail,
delicate form and the fact that years of
experience make one an adept at this
kind of work. Ince but few of her pa
trons were interested in this phase of her
entertainment, a further discussion of It
Is superfluous.
In conclusion I wish to call attention to
another class of exhibitions usually
termed "mind reading." A committee
takes some object and hides it, going and
returning by different circuitous routes.
The operator being blindfolded seizes the
hand or wrist of one of the committee
and proceeds on foot or by team In a
crowded street to find the object. The
spectators think It mind-reading, but it Is
not. The man whose wrist he holds un
consciously moves his arm the way tho
operator should go. It Is simply "muscle
reading." FRANK: J. VAN WTNKT.re
recent -years he has revealed the posses
sion oi great Dusmess skiii.
Vi nen the business of the day, or rather
of the night, is over, Mr. Belasco, who is
as abstemious as he Is untiring, usually
goes with one or two intimate friends to
a chop-house on the West Side to eat a
frugal meal before going to bed. He Is
so likely to be at his theater by 9 o'clock
the next morning that his employes have
a theory that he never sleeps.
The two Shubert brothers are the new
est comers In metropolitan management
and are the youngest that ever played
so Important a part In theatricals here.
They live at an apartment hotel and are
to be seen almost every night in a chop
house to which members of their profes
sion often resort.
They sit usually about a table with
some members of their business staff,
discussing vast achievements for future
plans. With the enthusiasm of begin
ners, they enjoy the night side of theat
rical life In New York in a way that men
longer In the business would find Impos
sible. William A. Brady Is another enthusias
tic patron of this uptown chophouse and
is usually found with the two young man
agers, with whom he is associated In
business.
Harrison Gray Flske devotes part of
his time to the management of the Man
hattan Theater and is usually found In
the places that other managers do not
frequent, since he is as a rule at war
with them. He lives In a hotel on Madi
son avenue, where hls-wife also makes
her home when In the city. Mr. FIske's
diversions are chiefly literary, and he has
time In spite of the duty of conducting a
newspaper and managing a theater to try
his hand at playwrlting occasionally.
Jacob Lltt lives in Yonkers and spends
much of his time there, delegating his
duties in managing the Broadway in a
large measure to his lieutenants, with
whom he keeps in constant touch.
Oscar Hammerstein, the most pictur
esque among all the theater managers
and the one who has built most theaters,
hves with his family on the upper East
Side when he is not in his theater. He
has also rooms at his theater and has fre
quently lived in them for a month at a
time.
He has been in the theater almost con
tinuously now for the past three weeks
engaged in planning the new Summer
sensation for his roof garden, the nature
of wnlch is a profound secret. If It is
a failure nobody will be so quick to ad
mit It as Mr. Hammerstein.
Ho is different from other managers in
that particular also. He has been heard
while watching his roof garden pro
gramme to make amusing criticisms of
the artists he engaged abroad and found
disappointing. Once he came up to a Sun
reporter.
"Isn't that fellow rotten?" he observed
In passing. "And to think that I am pay
ing nim $100 a week! Isn't it robbery?"
In addition to his theatrical interests,
Mr. Hammerstein has his inventions that
keep him occupied, and he has a com
plete workshop in his theater. He Is
rarely seen In any other theater, and any
"Who's Who" biographer who tried to
name his diversion would find it difficult.
He has none outside of his work.
Alf Hayman, who Is a member of the
Frohman forces, made his appearance
unostentatiously as a theater manager
this year with the most successful musi
cal farce of the Winter, and Is destined
soon to be a more Important operator. He
has as his principal pleasure golf, which
he has played for some years with greater,
skill than the average.
C. B. Dillingham, who has in West Fifty-ninth
street one of the handsomest
bachelor apartments In town, is devoted
to automcblling and has three machines
that represent a cost upward of $40,000.
He has a handsome country house at
White Plains, which he occupies for as
much of tne Summer as he does not spend
in London.
naut. Is now stage managing DeWolf Hoppera
revival of "Wang."
The dramatization of Lew Wallace's "The
Prince of India" has been given to J. I. c.
Clarke, and the jlay wHl probably be produced
during the coming season.
The Rogers Brothers' aggregation, which la
underlined for Portland In the near future,
travels in a special train of 12 cars.
During the week of May 23 the Bostonlana
will play their -iast engagement In New York
as a complete organization.
Mrs. Flske once wrote a play entitled "The
Rose." which was successfully produced by
Roslna Vokes.
Joseph Jefferson's present five-week tour end
ed last night. He goes to Buzzard's Bay for
the Summer.
Julia Marlowe Is appearing in New York In
her revival of "When 'Knighthood Was in
Flower."
Maude Adams will be seen In but 35 -performances
during her forthcoming Pacific Coast
tour.
Frederick Warde filled an Episcopal pulpit
at Toledo, O., on a recent Sunday night.
Clyde Fitch has written a musical comedy
for Hattle Williams and Sam Bernard.
Madame Modjeska is lecturing on dramatlo.
art in the various California cities.
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