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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 20, 1904)
r Is TJ3K KUJtfDAi: OKlCGOJS'IAN, POKtLAjSD, 2sfOVE2lBEK 20, 1904. 3SSSSB3& r ft LIE AT THE Portland public got consider able pleasure out of the appear ance here of White Whlttlesy, who came to the Marquam at the beginning of the week In "Heartsease" and "The Second in Command." The star was new, but he established himself on a proper footing as a romantic actor of much consequence. The "Runaways" on Thursday night was- very Inferior and disappointed a large audience. It is fortunate that Arthur Dunn cut Port land oft with a one-night stand, for no alleged first-class attraction ever dare'd to barnstorm the country. The "Run aways" had not one redeeming feature. Friday night Florence Gale, an ambi tious young woman, opened a three performance engagement in "As You Like It." She and her support present ed Shakespeare's delightful comedy after an amateurish fashion, but the evident sincerity of Miss Gale and the others and the beautiful mounting and dressing of the piece made "As Tou Like It" a very pleasing entertainment. The Columbia presented "The Gay Parisians," a hilarious French farce, which might have been salacious but for the careful handling of the lines and situations by the Columbia play ers. It was very funny and It departed widely from anything presented by the stock company heretofore. Cordray's closed Its career as a "legi timate" house with "Finnigan's Ball," a perennial Irish farce-comedy, with vaudeville and musical trimmings. Td be ashamed to guess how long "Finni gan's Ball" has been out, but It still seems to draw a certain element of playgoers as readily as it did ten years ago. There are a few clever people with the show this year, who man aged to extract a lot of slapstick com edy from the piece. The vaudeville houses gave their pa trons their money's worth, as in fact they always do, but they had no acts of overshadowing importance. In fact the bills, with one pr two exceptions, were quite commonplace. "When the Grand opens this afternoon Portland will have six vaudeville theaters, and still there are rumors of more. A. A. G. COMEDY DRAMA, "LED ASTRAY" To Be Presented at Columbia Thea ter, Beginning Today. I have another life I long- to meet, "Without which life ray life Is incomplete. O, sweeter self, like me, art thou astray? Trying with all thy heart to nnd the way To mine? Straying, like mln and the breast On which alone can weary her. In Bpuclcault's V f quam Grand Theater tomorrow (Monday), Tuesday and Wednesday nights, Novem ber 21, l and 23. Few plays have been so widely exploited by the press and magazines of the country within so short a period of time as this brilliant, enigmatical comedy by that eccentric lit erary genius George Bernard Shaw. The story is laid in London, England. The Rev. James Mavor Morell, a Christian Socialist clergyman of the Church of England, is the husband of Candida. He is a vigorous, eloquent man of pleasing manners, with a devoted following. Un known to himself he is really very de pendent on his wife for success and hap piness. She is a woman with all the charms of youth and motherhood, who contrives to manage people by engaging their affections, yet withal broad-minded and dignified In character. Morel", who is tender-hearted and charitable, brings to his home a strange, shy young man whom he finds dying of starvation on the Thames embankment. This youth of IS is Eugene Marchbanks. a younger son of a noble family, who has left Oxford Uni versity against the wishes of his people. He is so impractical that he had actually In his pocket a draft for a large amount when he was found by Morell. He is a poet of Intense idealism and soon learns to worship Candida and the ground on which she walks. He Is no sneak, how ever. He tells Morell the state of his feelings and comes near a whipping; but the physically stronger man forbears. Then he informs the rector that Candida Is too good for either of them and sug gests that they both resign claim to her and go in search of a fitting lover "a beautiful archangel with purple wings," to which the parson cries "fiddlesticks. Then Candida hears of the matter and she settles it once and for all by again choosing her own husband. e other characters in the comedy are skilfully drawn and admir- oven with its development. rlormance is engrossing and s at the board. n, formerly leading man d a specially selected n In the comedy here. g. team Is a performer who can make this king ef all stringed Instruments talk with as eloquence that appeals to any heart that is not dead to music, and bis obli gates to hia brother's songs are triumphs of art. There hare been barrel and brick Jump ers in the vaudeville business since the time of ancient Babylon, but the great "Zang" is perhaps the best of them in that period. His feature jump Is made from a table backwards for a distance of 15 feet and taking three barrels and a xhair. With the swish ot silken skirts and the flash of patent leather dancing pumps, the elever stiter experts, professionally known as "Hickman and Morton, will appear on the stage. Their dancing Is of that at tractive order that causes all the men in the audience to applaud vigorously. Among the brilliant successes of the season is the act of Reynolds and Grade, a dashing soubrette and a comedian, whose ralrthmaking is mixed with brains. Harry Brown, a singing: cartoonist, is another entertaining act. and some new enBatlonal films have been obtained for the projecloscope. - GRAND OPENS THIS AFTERNOON Portland's New Vaudeville Theater Will Begin Its Career. By long odds the most important event charming slides, in which she will onca more demonstrate her right to the title of queen of song. Two new films on the bioscope, which have been procured from the East, will conclude one of- the best vaudeville programmes presented, la the city. THE BIJOU. Notable Programme, Full of Variety, Opens Tomorrow for the Week. Six emphatically brilliant acts, besides illustrated songs and new vitascope pic tures, will amuse the evej-growing BUou public this week. The new programme opens with the Monday matinee. The modern Hercules, Hildebrandt, ap pears in a strong man turn that is unique. Every student of physical culture should see his performance, simply for infor mation. Zelma Summers, a cantatrice, who has never before appeared In poular-priced vaudeville, makes her Portland debut. Ell more and Bartlett comes from the Or pheum circuit with their famous character sketch. Zerelda, the renowned musical gymnast, has an act that's all his own. He's a way-up top-liner. From Koster & Bial's New York house come the Orlan doa, the burlesque queens of Manhattan. The Audrey Sisters are an exclusive song and dance team, who have recently left a well-known musical comedy company. Pearl Grayson's pictured ballads add a IS. AT THE OiRWO (fVfin?y czmzfkxs) a. at " MISS ANGUS. lay Afternoon at Theater. id Important events teal season Is the tendered to Miss kOlumbia Theater, o clock, by the i members of the rkets are selling Orchestra, Trank se- Brandt: "Five fVtottock; balcony jet," Itomeo. Ed- Countlss: selec- gstra; song, Mrs. ttlet, Arthur I. iBrtlnge; vocal I Webber's Man- ; first mandolin; Charle W. kdamson, harp Star Theater: Iture from the Bmbia Theater ed; Bamold's laker Theater: la" Company; a eater; a star draya) The- liald Bowles, Pro- len. Mary Fred BJ- peraon ap. Ives hla or tor. William etage man- aechanlc, H. brache. iRQUAM. Marquam fursday. Irganization. rseen. at the C:t Thursday t ember 17. tag from the onjT our Ih- g at roe sizvaamr? ater-goero this splendid attraction will be greeted by a Dig house. This season's company, which numbers nearly 50 people, is composed of artists exclusively, all of whom are representa tives of'the highest ''lass of modern min strelsy. The famous Bjlly "Van, "the as sassin of sorrow," is still the bright par ticular star, and, as usual, will deliver a succession of song and story of recent is sue, while popular Jimmy Wall, the "Beau Brummell," and modern Billy Em erson, will entertain in his peculiar and inimitable way. Prominent among the vaudeville offerings Is the specially Im ported novelty supreme, Clayton, Jenkins and Jasper, presenting their famous act, "The Darktown Circus." These artists have Just returned from a seven years' triumphant tour of the world. The new first part, "The Evolution of the Watermelon," Is claimed to be not only an absolute innovation, but a marvel of. scenic and. electrical splendor as welL It Is a direct departure from the old-time first-part setting, and has set a new pace in the minstrej world. The closing num ber "Moonlight In Dixie," presented by Jimmy Wall and 20 dancing adepts, Is de scribed as a faithful and characteristic picture of darky life in Southland. This production Is a most elaborate one; in fact, every number of the programme is presented with special scenery and ef fects. The usual "grand review" will oocur at noon daily, parading the" principal streets only. Professor Joe Norton and his band will give a street parade at high noon and a grand free open-air concert in front of the theater at 7:30 P. M., presenting a series of popular and high-class selections. The advance sale of seats will open next Tuesday morning, November 22, at 10 .o'clock. "ARIZONA" AT THE MARQUAM America's Greatest Drama the At traction Next Friday and Saturday. "Arizona," which comes to the Mar quam Grand Theater next Friday and Saturday nights, November 25 and 26, with a special-price matinee Saturday, is so well known that It seems superfluous to recite the story again. "Arizona" is without doubt the best play which Au gustus Thomas has ever written and the production of the same and the company engaged by- M. B. Raymond are second to none in the present theatrical era. The story of "Arizona" is interesting through out the entire four acts and there is not a moment from the rise to the fall of the curtain when the interest of the spec tator flags. The characters are all taken from life and are a correct portrayal of the people who go to make up the In habitants of the state from which the play takes its name. The scenes and In cidents are laid in the beautiful Aravalpa Valley, the center of interest being the ranch of a well-to-do cattleman and the home ot Colonel Bonham and the Elev enth United States Cavalry at Fort Grant. The picturesque scenery is all painted irom sketches made on the spot by the eminent painter, Frederick Rcm inirton. ani such has been the success of the painter in reproducing the same that one can akaost leel th axosca of the cactus and sage brush and imagine the Jnhallng of the dry choking alkali dust. "Arizona" is an American play and will live long In the hearts of the American theater-goers. The advance sale of seats will open next Wednesday morning, No-, vember 23, at 10 o'clock. ENTERTAINS THE PUPILS. Rose Eytlnge Gives Pupils of High School Delightful Hour. Rose Eytlnge, who was invited by. Pro fessor T. T. Davis and the teachers of the High School to give a reading before the pupils of that school Friday after noon, graciously responded, and gave her youthful audience a delightful hour. When Miss Eytlnge entered the assembly hall she was so overcome with emotion that It was Impossible for her to speak until she became composed. She lost a young son last Summer, and the sight ot the youths at the school brought up the memory ot her own boy so vividly that her sorrow seemed renewed. The programme was opened by a read ing from Tennyson's "Dora," followed by a recitation of Browning's. "From Ghent to Alx." Several scenes from "Much Ado About Nothing were beautifully, rendered, her personal experience in the character of Beatrice, which she played In London and. San Francisco, making her feel much at home in them. She also gave scenes from "JuliU3 Caesar." Eliza beth Browning's "Cry of the Children," and her own cuttings from Dickens' Christmas Carol." Good' music was provided by the pupils of tho school, Thomas Dodson, Frances Gill and Miss Hawley all giving delightful solos. The students and teachers were most appreci ative of the unusual entertainment given them by Miss Eytlnge, and extend to her their heartiest appreciation of her services. COMING ATTRACTIONS. The. Jeffersen as "Rip Van Winkle" The mantle has fallen on bis shoulders, as the grand old actor, Mr. Joseph Jeffer son, has at last retired and will live' In retirement In one of his homes. Thomas Jefferson has astonished his patrons with his rendition of Rip, a any dciarinc it is a better performance in every way than his father has given us for many years. Mr. Thomas- 3flcron has originality, coupled with many years associated with his father, which all tends to make his rendition of the role perfect, giving color and finish to it that has not been seen in this generation. Thomas Jefferson will present "Rip Van Winkle" at the Marquam Grand Theater in the very near future. "Who's Brown" Coming. "Who's Brown?" one ot tho greatest hits that, ever came to the Coast, is a high-class comedy, and will shortly be seen at the Marquam Grand Theater. "Devil's Auction" Coming. Tale's everlasting "Devil's Auction" will pay the Marquam Grand Theater Its an nual visit in the very near future. THE STAR. Sensational Aerial Act of the Four Flying Banvards. An act that would have made the mouth of tho greatest showman In history. P. T. Barnumc stand agape, is the great circus sensation of the Four Flying Ban vards. They are the famous performers that the Star Theater has engaged as the stellar .feature of the new bill that opens at 3 P. M. tomorrow. Many exceptional feats mark the Ban vards' performance as being different from all the rest. Among them are two. "lady flyers" with whom their marvelous mid-air casting act is done. This casting act is one of the most thrilling and breath taking feats in the business. In it the two male performers, hanging head down from horizontal bars, hold the girls by the ankles and after two or three pre liminary swings, cast them across the stage in the air to the man on the other side, who catches them by the ankles as they tall. While being tossed through the air the girls turn double somersaults', both backwards and forwards. The breath less silence In which this act is always watched by an audience Is the beet evi dence of its intense and serve-feflilBg in terest. , Cowles and Aldon, whose last same is Dorothy, appear in a pastoral playlet, en titled "Jonathan's Courtship." Schiller Brothers are a teas' who will delight every one who afjfireeteUs, mimic; They are billed as the "Vtolfnlst. Tlrtu 90Q and the 3iafcr.u Hm violinist of Um of the present theatrical season is the opening ot the finest, vaudeville theater on the Pacific Coast, and the largest west of Chicago, with, a matinee this' afternoon. The Grand (formerly Cordray's) is the center and headquarters of the Sulllvan Consldlne circuit of first-class vaudeville houses, and it is the greatest card in the game which is now being played for the theatrical supremacy of the country. It is backed by unlimited capital and will be made the most brilliant success In the history of vaudeville if money, determi nation and brains can make it such. Already large sums of money are being expended In refitting and redecorating the theater, and the premier bill which was secured by Managir Lincoln while he was in New York two weeks ago represents an outlay which would appall any other Pacific Coast manager. The acts which will appear this afternoon have never been seen west of Chicago, and they come here for this engagement. The flr3t of these great special acts is Musllner's trained sheep. Trained sheep! Who ever heard of trained sheep? Nobody except those who have been fortunate enough-to have seen Musllner's troupe at the New York horse show last Fall. They are the marvel ot the amusement world, and come here from their European tours. They do everything that trained dogs do, and have been" the subject of much scien tific Investigation by scholars and philoso phers. The four OHfans, who bring their great act here direct from the St, Louis World's Fair, will no doubt recelye a warm welcome, as most -newspaper read ers have heard much ot their wonderful work, 'Others on the bill are: Frye and Allen, the refined comedy sketch artists. the Elliotts, who captured critical New York with an act which has not an equal on the American stage; Sam and Ida Kelly, in their skit "Si and Mandy"; Will lam Gross, the famous German comedian, and many others. "To see the best in the land you must patronize the Grand." THE 'ARCADE. Heraclides, the Strong Man, Feature of New Programme. Sampson's successor Is the; big feature act in- the Arcade's bill which opens to morrow at 2 P. M. He is Heraclides, and he seems strong enough to pull down a temple or two or even to defy the wiles of Delilah. His wonderful feats of strength and titanic muscles are of Interest alike to the student of anatomy and. to a vast multitude who delight in athletics. A musical act will be presented by the Harvey children. These youngsters are already masters and mistresses of the piano, and violin, two instruments from wuich 90 per cent of all the music ln the world Is today produced. To hear' the Harveys Is a revelation, and every mother will be Interested in, seeing what careful training will do for children with a gift of melody. The Jamiesons are two comedy sketch artists, who launch an avalanche of jokes and Jests upon the audience. The Roman rings are the vehicle by which the Edwards have attained fame. Soate of their 'feats are entirely new to vaudeville. A solitaire talker, George WIl3on, whose wit sparkles like a. blue diamond, will keep th Arcade audiences busy laughing. That foerMslnsly popular favorite, Xate Cyir without whom no Arcade pro grasBBM wcrald be complete, has obtained a anr sod beautiful tkjbt, illustrated, by note of heart Interest to the entertain ment. Continuous today. Every after noon and evening during the week. Just remember that magic word "BIJou." "GRIMES' CELLAR DOOR." Big Trick Production Full of Fun at the Empire. Pantomime, farce and acrobatic fea tures in abundance are the elements of the the big-trick production, the new "Grimes Cellar Door," which will be seen at the Empire three days, starting Thanksgiving matinee, November 2-L To enumerate the numerous humorous scenes in the play would be to describe it from start to finish. There is plenty of fun. going on all the line in the new "Grimes'" Cellar Door," and the entertainment stands alone in its class. The company is headed by James B. Mackie (Grimes-me-boy), for years Charles Hoyt's leading comedian, and also Includes the follow ing well-known artists: The famous Onr family, five in number, from the London Hippodrome, marvelous equilibrists, acrobats, pantomlmlsts and Jugglers In the European sensation, "An Interrupted Supper"; the clever singers and dancers, the Major Sisters from the, London Alhamttra; the sweet singer Harry Wright, also Lida Dexter, Alice Lewis, Josephine Lynn, Delia Cushman, Frank "Vane, Brothers Denton, Alice Martin and others. Columbia Box Office Moved. This morning the downtown office of the Columbia will be located in the new quarters at Dolly Varden candy-shop, 2S7 Morrison. Downtown office open from 10 A. M. till 7P.M. After 7 P. M. at theater. STAGELAND. Amelia. Gardiner, late leading woman for th Baker company. Is sow plaxlay leads at the Majestic, In San Francisco. The friends o Miss Edith Angus and "William Dills, of the Columbia, company, will be glad to learn that both are .now believed to be on the highroad to recovery. Oza "Waldrop has been given her two weeks' notice by Belasco and Mayer, and will be re placed In the Belasco Theater Stock Company, Los Angeles, by one of the best-knows in genues in the Bast. - Edwin Barbour, the noted dramatist, is on his way to San Francisco from New York, to confer with the management of the -Belasco and Mayer enterprises relative to putting 6a several new pieces during- the Fall. a "Led Astray.' in which the Columbia peo ple appear this week, was the vehicle ueefl by Rose Eytlnge during her most successful starring season. Miss Eytinge- has volaateered her cervices for- the Edith Angus feeaeSt, oa Tuesday afternoon. She and Miss Aagas are particular friends, and la spite of the fact that practically every moment of ser tlste Is demanded by her pupils, she laeisU ea helping out with the "beseat. A Timely Hit. Baltimore Serai A. A. cleric whoe. naln thought Is to kep his "trousers from. becffliNr at tHe knees rarely bags any1 of tit hie prises. i