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THE -SUNDAY OREGON! AN. PORTLAND, AUGUST 7, 1904-. TJB.ING the past -week there has been but one regular theater open the Baker and -vvhen the last curtain Is rung: down at tonight's per formance of "A Prince of Liars," the season at that well-known house and the tenure of the excellent stock com pany which has occupied It for several weeks past, will have ended. Local theatergoers will regret to bid adieu to the company, which is ono of the very best stock organizations ever appearing here. A special mati nee will occur this afternoon, at which the public and players -will exchange felicitations and good wishes for the future. Shields' Park and the vaudevilles will have everything to themselves here after until the latter part of the month, -when the regular theaters -will reopon. END OF FAMOUS COMPANY. Baker Theater Closes With Special Performances Today. The Baker Theater Company closes ts career today. With the matinee this af ternoon and tonight's performance at the Baker Theater, the Baker Theater Company, which for two long seasons has held almost undisputed sway in Portland theatricals as well as other places along the Coast, will terminate Its career. An especial programme has been ar ranged which is best suited for such an occasion, and at both matinee and even ing a public reception will be given, on which occasion a host of friends and ad mirers will have an opportunity to meet personally each member of the company. It will be an event that will long be re membered. The beautiful second act of "Little Lord Fauntleroy" will be given complete, and also the second act of "Betsy." These are the cream of two of the best and moat successful plays given during their recent limited Summer engagement. Mr. Stand ing, whose very clever little muslcales have become so popular at the Saturday matinee, will at each of these perform ances appear in his most delightful mood. Mrs. "Walter Reed has also consented to sing, which Is an occasion that never falls to meet with the heartiest welcome by every music lover in Portland. More local color will be contributed in the persons of Messrs. Hart and Irvin, popular young men In Portland, whose ability la too well known to require any special mention. At the close of the evening performance the drawing will take place for the round trip ticket to St. Louis. With every re served seat sold for either performance a coupon is given that entitles the holder to an equal chance on one round trip to the great World's Fair free of all charge, and some one attending the Baker today or tonight is sure to draw the lucky num ber. This is an unusually generous offer and has been tendered by Manager Baker as a souvenir of the last performances of his far-famed company. SHIELDS' NEXT ATTRACTION. "A Wax Princess" Will Be the Bill at Shields' Park Monday Night. Another week of musical extrava ganza is announced for Shields' Park, and Producer Zinn promises that It will excel anything attempted before by the Shields' Stock Company. "A Wax Prin cess" is an original travesty sot to music in two acts, and has never be fore, been seen on the Pacific Coast, al though It has proven Immensely popu lar In the big Eastern cities. It Is a merry melange of music, comedy, beau tiful ballet arrangements, lavish sce nery and costumes. The musical num. bors are admirably designed to display the talents of the singing principals and the chorus to the best advantage, and the fun is continuous and hilarious throughout. The park has clearly become one of Portland's most popular places of amusement "because of Its coolness and comfort and the excellent entertainment provided. The big company of 30 peo ple and the bewitching ponies, have won their way Into the regard of the theater-going public, and the result Is that the rule Is large and delighted au diences. "A Wax Princess" is especially de signed for open-air presentation, and will no doubt prove as great a hit as the previous productions seen at the park this Summer. The closing per formances of 'Tvette" will occur at Cordray"s Theater this afternoon and night. THE LYRIC. Signor and Madame Boill to Sing Grand Opera Numbers. The Lyric is oool, pretty and com fortable, and the performances which It gives are good In every particular. This is because nothing is neglected which contributes to the enjoyment of its patrons and their satisfaction when the performance is over. Each succeed ing week is a little better than the one before, and tho standard is never low ered. The list of attractions offered for the coming week commencing Monday will advance the Lyric a little farther In public esteem. The topllners for next week are the Slgnor and Madame Bolll, noted grand opera artists, who have lately gone Into vaudeville for a brief season. The others who appear are Ed J. O Brien, a clever comedian, who makes a host of friends every where. Vardman, the auburn-haired beauty, who has been ,the rage of the Eastern circuits; Grace Armofld, the charming sooiety soubrette: E. F. Thomas, a talented singer of Illustrated. ballads: Perry and Slmms, in their fa mous comedy sketch, and the vitascope,. which never falls to please In its new pictures o,f the Sleeping Beauty. Sun day performances are continuous from 2 to 10:30 P. M. AT THE ARCADE. ' Premier Vaudeville House Announces Very Excellent Bill. Next week's bill, which opens tomorrow afternoon at the Arcade Theater, con tains a number of unusual features. Of these perhaps the most striking Is the second, and positively the last week's engagement In Portland of Hugh J. Em met, the renowned ventriloquist and trick violin player. At the conclusion of this week, Mr. Emmet leaves to fill an extra ordinary engagement at the Palace of Varieties, Paris, France. He will appear at the Arcade In an entirely new act, in troducing a number of novel features in ventriloquism whiheh have never before been seen on the Pacific , Coast, and his whole family of wooden manikins will bid the West a humorous farewell. Germrfn envoys extraordinary are Head- denderf and Kruse, a team of clever vaudevllllaps, whose seclalty Is the wooden-shoe dancing, so popular In the land of "August and Gretchen." Guy and Aggie Brltton, who arrive this e-enlng from a long engagement In the vaudeville houses of the East, will appear In a new and original comedian and soubrette sketch fllled with entertain ing dances and ballads. PamplSn, the modern Egyptian, Is an other performer who has never before appeared In Portland. This great ma gician, whose sobriquet in vaudeville Is the "European Mystifier," will Introduce a number of magical novelties In necro mancy, which would puzzle the wise men of the Hindoos. A new and beautiful illustrated ballad has been obtained for Kato'Coyle, the" illustrated song singer, and the bioscope, as usual at this premier vaudeville house, will show a number of thriving Alms. The performance today will be contin uous from 2 o'clock until 11 P. M. THE STAR. New Bill, With World-Famous M.ill- tary Quartet, Begins Tomorrow. Today is the last appearance 6f Hugh J. Emmett, the globe-trotting entertainer, at the Star Theater. This wizard of the violin has delighted thousands at this fashionable playhouse, and the other acts have been equally versatile and popular. The new bill starts Monday afternoon, Introducing as headllners the world-famous Military Quartet, which has played the great vaudeville houses of the United States, scoring the most flattering hits. The Marvelous Kingdom has also been signed by the Star management. He is a funny tramp, and the feats he does on his comedy bicycle are certainly tick lers. Hearn and Lewis will appear In a humorous sketch, "The Two Cons,".- dis playing their great ability as comeUlans and singers. Another great act is that of the Three Leanders, comedy acrobats whose skill and grotesque pranks are pro vokers of uproarious mirth. Willis Hoyt has a sentimental ballad to sing, lllus- strated with dissolving parti-colored pic tures, xne projectoscope will close the bill with comic as well as sensational mov ing pictures. THE BIJOU. Leonhardt, the Comedy Juggler, and Whistling Soubrettes Features. vauaevllle has been stripped of its brightest and most ontertalning acts to supply the exacting demands of the Bl jou management A fine variety of en tertalnrcent, supplied by the foremost ex ponents of their art. will be the offering at this beautiful theater for tho week commencing Monday afternoon. The fol lowing la the programme: Leonhardt, the comedy juggler, known from Coast to Coast as an originator of juggling feats Price and Lysle, two of the cleverest com edy sketch artists in the business: the Lyndon Sisters, whistling soubrettes of is&tlonal reputation; the Taylor Quartet, consisting of four of the best vocalists that ever went into vaudeville; Edna Foley, the favorite Illustrated balladist, and the wonderful vitascope, with Its marvelous life motion pictures. It should be borne In mind that the Bijou's Sunday performances are continuous from 2 until 10:30 P. M., and that the new bill goes on Monday afternoon. Plans for. the Columbia. The announcement that a stock comany will be domiciled In the new Columbia'' Theater for a portion of next season is ono of the Important events of the the atrlcal year. The new company will be known as the Columbia' Theater Stock Company, and Manager Welch announces that It will number 19 people. Although only partially made up the personnel of the company at present is as follows Cathrlne Countlss. Rose Etynge, Louise Brandt, Anna Roberts, William Bernard, William Dills and Scott Seaton. The leading man has not yet been selected. but It is announced that negotiations are In progress with- Edwin Arden, William Ingersoll, Robert Drout, Robert T. Haine3, Charles Dalton, Charles Rich man and Charles Waldron, and that in all probability one of these well-known actors will be engaged. The other mom bcrs will all be people of experience and reputation, and the entire organization will likely be signed within a week. Manager Welch announces that the plays to be presented will be of the. best class of high-royalty pieces. William Bernard will be the stage director, and rehearsals will commence August 22. The opening will occur September 4, but as yet the play has not been decided upon. The prices announced for thej stock production range from 15 to 75 cents, the latter figure applying to few choice seats only. i Mr. Welch states that he has already booked IS first-class traveling attractions, some of which have never before been seen outside of New York. Among them are Henrietta Crossman In "Sweet Kitty Bellalrs," Blanche Bates In "The Dar Hnc of the Gods." David Warfield in his now play, Mrs. Flake In repertoire, "The Countv Chairman." "Prince of Pllsen," and a number of others. Leader Drlscoll will direct the orches tra. which will consist of 11 pieces, and the music will be made one of the lea tures of the house, special attention being given to the musical programme. If the policy announced is carried out the new theater should prove an lmpor tant factor In matters theatrical, not onlv in Portland, but throughout the Northwest generally. A Sad Bereavement. The sympathy of thousands of people in the theatrical profession and thousands of others who know and love Rose Etynge for her own and her dollghtful art's sake, goes out to her at this time. Her only son, Benjamin Franklin Butler, chief cdl torial writer on the New York Telegraph, and one of the most brilliant newspaper men in the metropolis, died suddenly of heart failure last Tuesday. Miss Etynge, who recently located in Portland, left her son In vigorous health but a few weeks ago and the news of his untimely death prostrated her. Mr. Butler left a widow, Alice John son, the well-known actress, to whom he was married last Winter. He was 33 years of age . and began his newspaper career In San Francisco. . He was namesake and grand nephew of the late General Benjamin F. Butler, jmd had a wide circle of friends. Because of his many fine qualities of mind and heart he was universally popular and was one of tho prominent figures In New York journalism. "Olivette" at Cordray's Today. The last performance of "Olivette," the popular comic opera success, which the Shields Stock Company has scored such a hit In during the past week, will occur this afternoon and tonight at Cordray's xneaier. jlc is me last cnance to see this stunning show, and those who keep In touch with tho theatrical situation will not miss the last chance to see It. STAGELAND. Fred Stone recently Interpolated a tolling and effective catch-line In "Tho Wizard of Oz." When he makes his entrance as the scarecrow In the scene of the Field of the Deadly Popples he exclaims, "I'm so ner vous." The first time he Introduced this gag it evoked an Immediate roar of laugh IIEAKX AND LEWIS ter from tho audience and the comedian was thereupon induced to repeat it In two other scones of the play once again in the episode where the Wizard Injects brains into his pato and again In the last act where he Is Imprisoned in the wisteria tree. The unctuous humor of Stone's rising Inflection when he exclaims "I'm so ner-vous" Is even more delicious than Mr. Lawrence D'Orsay's famous catch-line, "Sarah's bettah." In "The Earl of Pawtucket" or Mr. Frank Daniels' "Is my face red?" in "The Office Boy." At least, a Chicago critic said so. A M. Palmer's all-star cast revival of "The Two Orphans," which created a sen sation at the New Amsterdam Theater in New York last Spring, will begin Its tour at the Colonial Theater in Boston early in Sep tember. An extended route. Including the principal -oities. has been booked for it Grace Geor.ee and Sarah Truax will play the title roles, Louise and Eenrlette. James O'Neill will play the Chevalier; Louis James, 'Jacques;,' J. E. Dodson. Pierre; Clara-Morrfs, Sister Genevieve; Ellta Proctor Otis, Fro chard; Mrs. "W. J. LeMoyne. the Countess, and Bijou Fernandez, Marianne. John F. Logan wired the Mirror from Portland. Or., on July 18: "Mrs. Leslie Car ter in 'Da Barry' Opened the Columbia The ater to a crowded house. The play and play ers scored a brilliant success. The theater is the 'handsomest In tho Northwest, was ded icated by Mayor R. G. "Welch, and is under an aggressively independent manager." The abevo bit o unintentionally exquisite humor appeared In last week's Dramatic Mirror. If it were not impertinent, one might ask where Mayor, George H. Williams, whose delightful little speech really did ded icate the new nous?, gets In. This will be Kyrle Bellew nrst visit to the Pacific Coast for seven years. When last ho played in San Francisco he and Mrs. Browiv-Potter were associated In a starring tour, but ho has never played the cities of the Northwest, where the theater-going resi dents will now have on opportunity to learn how mach they have missed. And withal, the role of "Raffles, the Amateur Cracks man," Is one of the most fascinating In which Mr. Bellew has ever appeared. ' "Pretty Peggy," by Frances AymarSMath- ews. In which Jane Corcoran will star dur ing the comlngeason, and which was one of the few great successes in New York lost season, will open the middle of August and will be the first of the big productions to visit the South and" West. "Miss Corcoran will be supported by Andrew Robson and an unusually i large company under the man agement of Arthur C. Alston and J. Emmett Baxter. The final scene In "Salammbo," tho new play which Stanislaus Stange has written for Frederick Warde and Kathryn Kidder, Is said to equal In Intensity and suspfcnso the greatest tragic moments of tho Sardo'u dramas. It pictures the death of Matho, killed by the tortures of the frenzied mobs of Carthage and that of Salammbo, who, compelled to witness the sufferings of her loyer, dies of a broken heart. Maurice C. Pike, who was once leading man with Edwin Booth, and who. a genera tlon ago. was ono of the most prosperous actors on the American stage, was arrested for vagrancy last Wednesday in New York, and was sentenced to 30 days' Imprisonment. David Belasco had frequently befriended the old player, and last season gavo him a part In "The Darling of the Gods." He left the company In Chicago. Hobart Bosworth, recently Mrs. Flsko'a leading man, seen here In the role of Judas. has been engaged by Frederick Belasco as one of tho two leading men to. support Plor ence Roberts. He will have the role ho cre ated . In "Marta of the Lowlands,'' and the role In "Tess.' which he played so long In support of Mrs; Flake. Bosworth excels In ports demanding virility and heroic proper tions. The prolific pen of Glen Mac Donough has been called into requisition by Messrs. Ham lln, Mitchell & Fields to supply the ex travaganzas and travesties at Lew Fields Theater, New York, the coming season. Mr. Mac Donough's happiest efforts are In tho vein of parody, and his first skit, a travesty on Mr. Belasco's "Sweet Kitty Bellalrs," will bear the title, "Sweet Kitty, Beware!" Fay Temploton has brought suit against the Onarga Slgarot Company, asking $20,000 damages for alleged unwarranted use of a photograph of Miss Templeton In an adver tlsement of their wares. Miss Templeton said that she objected to a cigarette firm taking a photograph of her in costumo and without even asking permission havo an artist make a smoker of her. Tho new musical comedyj "Bird Centre,' the next now production to be launched by Messrs. Hamlin, Mitchell & Fields, abounds In quaint characters that havo noTproto types in bucolic drama. One of them. G. A. R. veteran of Irrepressible loquacity, will provide George Richards with a char acter that promises to be a genuine stage creation. V W 9 Tho tour of Joseph, Jr., and William W. Jefferson, who have been so successful the past two seasons in Sheridan's old English comedy, "The Rivals," will extend from the Atlantic to tho Pacific Coast, and, by the way, this will be the first visit that these young and successful stars have made west of tho Missouri River. Joseph Brooks' production of C. T. Dazey'.i now play, "Homo Folk," Its themo taken from James Whltcomb Riley's poem of the same title, will be presented at the New Tork Theater, Christmas day, after two weeks at the Walnut-Street Theator, Phila delphia. This production and cast will bo a notable one. Denman Thompson's revival of "The Old Homestead" at the New York Theater, Sep , tombor 5, will be made on a very elaborate AT THE STAR THEATER. scale, with a scenic magnificence never be fore attempted In a play of this class. This revival will mark the beginning of Mr. Thompson's thirtieth consecutive season on the stage. Henry .W. Savage bas engaged William P. Carleton, one of the best known baritones on the stage, to sing the role of Leopoldo in "The Yankee, Consul." N Minerva Dorr has signed for tho part of Plola In "King Dodo." which opens at At lantic City September 5. Clara Morris will continue In the part of Sister Genevieve In revival of "The Two Orphans." ' . , . "San. Toy" with Jlmmlo Powers In the cast will include Portland on its Western tour. SISGE-RS M HARD STRAITS Bostoniaa Opera Company Meet Run o Hard Luck Chicago Chronicle. ISPATCHES from the East which chronicle the run of bad luck of the Bo3tonlan Opera Company, and which Intimate that the famous old company may disband have caused no little sorrow in the hearts ot thou sands of people throughout the coun try. This company, which, by the way. was the first and greatest comic opera company to be organized In America, has been heard In all the larger cities of the country and has had a following such as has been rarely granted to any company of players. The Bostonians were always- sure of big audiences, no matter where they went. The company has always been popular and tho people who have been identified with it have always been able to create enthusiasm. In Boston the company has heretofore been one of the most popular that made the city. It was in that city the Bostonians made their first great success, and, strange to say, it was in that city where the com pany 'finally met its' Waterloo. It was during a run at the Colonial Theater In Boston that the slngera en countered the streak of Ill-luck that has culminated in serious trouble. For three weeks the company has been singing at Young's Pier, at Atlantic City, and while the patronage has been fairly good it has not been strong enough to make up for the deficiency which has been, created by bad business the first of the season.1 If the company does disband it will be to the regret of thousands of people throughout the country. The Bostonlan Opera Company Is the outgrowth, of tho Ideal Opera Company, formed In Boston in 1S78 for the purpose of singing "Pinafore." In 1SS7, in con nection with William H. MacDonald and Tom Karl, Henry Clay, Barnabee formed the company known as the Bostonians. In the early days the company was like a family. There was the utmost har mony among the members of the com pany, and It was In reality an "Ideal" or ganization. "Robin Hood" the Great Success. The opera "Robin Hood" was the great est success of the company. Never since that production was put on has the com pany been able to find as good a vehicle for its talents. It has always- kept ip with the' times in regard to good music, but it would never cater to the spec tacular, hence it has fallen in bad lines. The managers refused to pander to the taste of a public that demanded sprightly girls In abbreviated costumes, and has attempted always to keep the standard of the company on a high plane. Marie Stone was the first prima do,nna of the company, and some of the earlier singers were Tom Karl, Henry Clay Bar nabee, William H. MacDonald, Camlllo d'Arvllle, Jessie Bartlett Davis, Mr. Frothlngham and Miss Finlayson. Later Eugene Cowles and Edwin Hoff were added to the force. By far the most notable figure In the company has been Henry Clay Barnabee, who is still con nected with the company and has been from the very beginning. Mr. Barnabee acknowledges to the age of 71. His. biographer says that he was born in 1S33, at Portsmouth, N. H., on November 14. His father kept the lead Ing hotel, having assumed that position after a career as one of the famous "whips" of the old stagecoach time. Young Henry went to school until his father thought he had learned enougn to help him out in life, and then appren ticed him to the proprietor of a dry goods store in his native city, and in that canacltv he acted until the year 1854. Another dry goods store then claimed his services, and during that time he be came connected with the Mercantile Li brary Association of Boston. This was an organization In which many actors and actresses of that day received their early training for the stage, and It was .it the entertainments or tnis associa tlon, formerly so popular -with Bos tonians. that ho developed tne mimic Tinwars which have made him the first operatic comedian in the land. His abil ity to closely Imitate any eccentric ac tion or peculiarity on tne pan ol hi fellow-salesmen or those with whom he came In contact had been frequently no ticed. . Barnabee's Early Efforts. His first - notable appearance with the vmvontiio Association was made In 1S56 at the Invitation of the "declamation committee" of that day, and he chose as y,i soipptlon N. P. Willis' "Scholar of nor. TThnmt " The following year he wa mnde a member of the declamation nnmmittoe. In the. early days ot nis con nection with this organization his con tributions were mainly -ot a serious na ture and his debut as a comedian ,anu a humorist was wholly the result of an opMnnt An entertainment was iu uu i t Tvhinh TTfinrv Parsons, a well- known member of the association, was fn imnprsnnntB a Yankee cnaracten o n into hour word came to the com- ihxd t-hnt he was 111 and could not ap pear. Rather than disappoint in aum- ence Mr. Barnabee consented to assume the part. His success was Instantaneous, and as a result he played In various ThP nossesslon of a fine voice and a' natural taste for music had early led him to perfect his gifts In that di rection. He assumed tne duties ol i .iinrnli cinrr-r soon after-coming to Bos ir,!r.o- firs the choir of Rev. Baron Stowo's church on Chauncy street, and a year or two later taking a position In a in n Jamaica Plain church. HTn vKars' service In the latter -m Via heeame a member of the Unity Quartet, of -Boston, with which he continued his engagement for 19 years. While In the church of the Unity Quartet he had as associate singers Miss Louise Adams. Mrs. Barry. William H. Wadlelgh. mo -fnHf Stone. Miss Addle Rryan and William Fessenden, with Howard M. Dow as organist. During one year's service at Dr. Putnam's church W. H. MacDonald was his associate. His many successes In and about Boston .ocoi him nt last to be persuaded to give n hio mprrrintile career' and adopt the fitn-for a orofesslo'n. His formal debut on the concert stage. In 1S65, was marked by a benefit concert at music Jtian, lr Viirh Anna Louise Can'. Mrs. H. M Smith. Miss Sarah W. Barton and other well-known artists participated. New Company Formed. In 1S66 Mr. Barnabee appeared at the Museum for Robert McClannln's benefit, playing Toby Twinkle. In "All That Gilt ters Is Not Gold," and Cox to William Warren's Box In Morton's famous farce "Box and Cox." This was his first at- temnt on the regular stage. In 1SG8 Julius Elchbergs operetta "The Two Cadis was brought out at Chlcker lng Hall, with Mr. Barnabee, Miss Julia Gaylord, Allen A. jrown ana warren Davenport as dramatis personae. He was especially successful at this time in "Sir Marmaduke, a musical version or tne old farce "Betsey Baker." the words of the songs having been written by B. E. Wolf and the music by Julius Elchberg. This latter work was a happy conception of Mr. Barnabee's, and was given for several seasons to good business by the Barnabee Opera Company. In 1870 Mr. Barnabee or ganized a regular concert company, which Included Arbuckle, the famous cornet soloist. Many of Mr. Barnabee's engagements were made through the Roberts Lyceum Bureau, an agency at that time managed by Miss E. H. Ober, who also, controlled the professional business of many proml nent concert artists. In May, 1879, Miss Ober bethought herself of the Immense possibilities of a "Pinafore" performance with an ideal cast, and the thought re sulted in the Ideal Pinafore Opera Com pany, with such artists as Mary Beebe, and Mr. Barnabee as the leading members of the cast. Mr. Barnabee'a Sit- .Joseph, K. C. B., settled his future career. He followed up his Sir Joseph with the role of the Pasha, in the adaptation of Suppe's "Fatlnltza," mado for the Boston Ideals, as the company was called after the "Pinafore" identification was dropped. At the close of the operatic tour of 1SS6 18S7 it became desirable for the leading artists of the company to withdraw from that organization and to organize into a new offshoot called the Bostonians. For a man. .as ripe In years as Mr. Bar nabee he is remarkably spry as the Sher iff of Nottingham and the Duke In "Tho Serenade." One misses, perhaps, that nlmbleness of foot which characterized his Pasha In "Fatlnltza," but when one takes Into consideration that 20 years have elapsed since wo first sa.w him danc ing that welrdcontrotempt in his narem, the Sheriff and the Duke are still two wonderful creations In point of quick movement and Bpryness of limb. Altogether surprising Is Mr. Barnabee's adaptability at his hale old age to travel about the country and make one-night stands for three and a half months at a time. Jesse Bartlett Davis, who left the com pany in 1899, was for, a long tipe one of the mst noted' contraltos In America. . Before she was married Mrs. Davis bore the name of Jessie Bartlett, so It will be seen that she has never, In accord ance with the common custom, assumed a nom de stage. Jessie Bartlett was a country girl, "robust and rosy-cheeked and full of life and vigor. Her early years she passed on a farm near Morris. 111. Jd.er musical education was received un der Frederick Root In Chicago and it was in this city that she achieved her first vocal success. As contralto In the choir of tho Church , of the Messiah her voice charmed thousands. In July, 1S79, she joined the Chicago Church Choir Pinafore Company and gained fresh laurels as Lit tie Buttercup in the production of the opera. She made her debut as Siebel to Pattl's Marguerite in "Faust" in New York City, then joined the Carleton Opera Company and later the American Opera Company, touring America In both. Mrs. Davis studied one season in Paris before enter ing into a contract with the Bostonians, with which company she was long asso ciated. Rise of Eugene Cowles About a dozen years ago Mr. Cowles was adding up long columns of figures at the First National Bank of Chicago and adding to his wage by elnglng Sundays In a church. At that time he was noted for his bass voice, and it was almost a fore gone conclusion that he would succeed in opera when he was once induced to de sert his desk for the stage. He entered the dramatic profession with some mis giving and It is now one of his pardon able bits of pride that he can draw a check for a good-sized figure on the bank that once numbered him among its em ployes. His rise on the stage was phenomenal Appearing with the Bostonians in "Fati nltza," he at once became prominent, and when "Robin Hood" was produced he won fame all over the country by his singing of tho rollicking armourer's song. Next he was successful in "The Serenade,' making an especially splendid appearance In the gray gown of the monk. After that he cast his fortune with Alice Nell sen when she was starred and he was with her until the company closed in London some three or four weeks ago. Aside from his ability as a singer Mr. cowies nas oeen successrui as a com poser, several or his songs having sold well. Camllle D'Arvllle, the singer of today, the' singer of yesterday, the same, but with what a difference! Her aspirations began in opera. They are ending In vaudeville. Between these two points lies a long and brilliant ca reera career begun as a maid In short skirts a career that Is ending as a ma tron at 35, for this was the age nomi nated in the marriage license when she became Mrs. E. W- Crellln four years ago. 'But I was a very serious, old-fashioned youngster," she said recently, in her dressing-room. " don't wonder that I looked almost as old at 11 years as I look now, because I had such lofty Ideals such strange, wild dreams. I was passion ately, inordinately fond of the theater. Music was everything to me. I was bent upon a stage career, and nothing could change me. "My aunt, with whom I lived, used to say that I was Pattl and Nellsen rolled Into one. She objected to letting me go to tho theater, and I could only bribe her into it by singing and playing for her. Jim In Fishing Time. Will S. McGann. I Jest bate school on jogerfy, An 'rlthertic an all I It make3 me sick to see them mara An' blackboards on the wall! An teacher (mean ole hateful thing!) Jest doln all she can To spoil our fun: Oh golly 1 Don't I wlsht I was a man! It's orful. drivln' us to school An crowdin us together Inside a hot ole smelly room This bully flehin weather; An makln us set Jest as still. CWon't even let us speak!) My! Don't I wlsht that me and Bob Could git off to the creek! Las' Friday evenln' after school Bob ho went home with me; I sneaked up In the garret stains As kyeerful's I could be To git my pole; an Bob be took The spade an' dug some bait. An' then laid low till I could slip Out thru the horse-lot gate. But Jest as I was sneakln' out. Ma caught a glimpse o' me An hollered "Jim!" I broke an' run But she yells "T-o-o-u-u Jlm-me-e, Come right here an spilt some wood!" Wei, sir, I like to've died! I th'owed my pole Jest far's I could An' flopped right down an' cried! An part' near cussed! Leastwise I eald "Doggon the doggon wood!" My! Wa'nt I hot. But glttln mad Don't do a speck o' good With ma you bet I've found that out An' so I had to stop An' split forty-leb'n corde; Till I Jest thought I'd drop! Then Sat'dy mornln' pa he says, "I think the garden's ready For workln' Jim. you git the fork An hit them plant beds steady Till dinner time: I'll bring the seed An you can he'p me sow It." Well, say! Kow maybe I wa'nt' core! But shucks! I bad to go HI . Las' Sat'dy! Now I'vo got to watt Purt' near another week 'Fore me on' Bob can git a cbanst To" make another sneak; An', like as not, when Sat'dy comes There'll be some work to do, Br else they'll make me work my sv An learn my lessons too. Aw, shucks! It's almost 'miff to make A feller wlsht he's dead. To set an' fool with Jogerfy, Or workln' sums, Instead Of tettin on a tree-root Where the water's deep an' slow, A-watchin for your cork to Jump By" jlngst I've got to go! Recognized the Picture. Philadelphia Public Ledger. "Now. children," said a teacher In Germantown school not long ago, "let us see what you remember about the ani mal kingdom and the domestic animals that belong to It. You have named all the domestic animals but one; who can tell me what that one Is?" -x No one answered. "It has bristly hair, likes the dirt and STAR! Portland's Famous Theater, corner Washington. Vaudeville Park and e o o e e o e New Bill Starts Monday. World Famous Military Quartette In New and Original Singing Specialties. Marvelous Kingdom The Funny Tramp and His Comedy Bicycle. The Fashion Plate of Vaudeville Cathrlne Manning, tha Sweetest Songstress That Ever Warbled. Hearn & Lewis The- two "Cons," Dashing Come dians and Singers. Three Leanders Comedy Acrobats, In the great act, "The Best Laugh Is Last." Willis Hoyt Pictured Ballads. e e a o o o e e 8 e 9 e 9 9 O o o o e 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 O 9 Continuous bill Sunday, 2 to 10:30 P. M. Week-day shows: Matinees, 2 to 4:30; evening, 7 to 10:30 P. M. General admis sion 10 cents. Box seats, 25 cents. 99999990999999999999099999 999909999999999999S9999990 9 9 9 9 e 9 9 Portland's Pioneer Vaudeville House, Washington street, near 9 Seventh. 9 Great Show for 1 0 cents; New Bill Starts Monday Hugh J. Emmett Second and positively last week of America's greatest entertainer, in a new act. Introducing Startling Feats of Ventriloquism, and his Whole Family of Wooden Dolls. Heddendorf & Krause German Envoys Extraordinary to the American Laughter-Loving Na tion. Bentham & Freeman Two Comical Comedians in a Novelty Musical Act. 9 Kate Coyle Portland Favorite Contralto, in Pictured Ballads. PampIIn The Modern Egyptian, the Eu ropean Mystifier, Introducing mar velous feats of juggling, gun-spln-ning and drilling. American Bioscope In a new sesles of moving pic tures. Continuous Bill Sunday, 2 to 10:30 P. M. Week day shows, 2:30 to 4:40; evening. 7:30 to 10:30 P. M. Ad mission, 10 cents to any seat. 99999999999999999999999909 99999999999999999999999999 ! lyric! THEATER Corner Alder and Seventh KEATING & FLOOD, Managers. Seating Capacity 700. 9 Week of Monday, August 8 I Overture by Lyric Orchestra. Sig.-The Bollis-Madame The Great Opera Singer. Ed. J. O'Brien The Clever Comedian. Vardman The Auburn-Haired Beauty. Miss Grace Armond The Charming Soubrette. "Perry & Simms Comedy Sketch Team. R. G. Thomas Illustrated Songs. Vitascope Latest Moving Pictures "Sleeping Beauty." This ad. and 10c will admit two to any matinee, excepting Sunday and holiday. ADMISSION IOc. NO HIGHER. Continuous Bill Sunday. 2 to 10:30. Week Shows Begin 2:15 and 7:15. 9990099999 9-9 9999999999999 99999999999999999999999099 9 e IBIJ THEATER Sixth St, opposite Oregonlan BIdg. Week Starting Aug. 8 Leonhardt Comedy Juggler. Price & Lysle Sketch Artists. Lindon Sisters Singers and Whistlers. Taylor Quartet Singers Edna Foley Illustrated Songs. ? New Life Motion Pictures: V On the Vitascope. 9 Every afternoon from 2 to 4:30 P. M. Every evening from 7 to 10:30 P. M. Admission 10c. Any seat In the house. 90999990990000090999090990 Is fond of getting Into the mud," hinted the teacher helpfully." "Can't you think, Tommy?" she asked, encouragingly, of a small boy. "It's, me," said Tommy, reflectively. 9 9 O 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 O o 9 9 e 9 e o 9 9 9 9 O 9 9 9 9 9