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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1905)
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, POJtTLAJO). SEPTEMBER 24, 1905. 29 Musicians Attracted to Portland by the Fair TTETRO GIORZA AND 3IADA3EE MABAHOFF. TVO very Interesting musical person ages have spent the past Summer In Pwtland, and have contributed In no RfMLlI moarure to the success of some of the best musical features of the Fair. They are Sigaor Pietro Gloria and his brilliant wife, known professionally as Madame Alex Marahoff. The former a composer and director with a well-earned International reputation, and the latter aa operatic contralto, who has achieved fame on two continents. '' S4gaor Giorga at the present time is being wWHy discussed by the New York press through his work as composer of the revival of the famous old-tlmo suc cess, "Black Crook." The music of the ' revised production, which was all dono by him, is declared to be of high char- ; acter and singular beauty. His work ' during the Fair, as conductor of "Tho ' Carnival of Venice," tho music for which is largely his own, and the terrace con- j certs has made him a distinguished figure in Portland. His career for the past 40 years has been a notable one, and he is j recognized in Italy as a composer and j director of undoubted merit. j Personally, he Is a num of striking: ap- pearanco. a verltabhf "old master," and i of charming social characteristics. His I valuable contributions to the music of tho I time and his wfde experience, which cov- 1 crs practically the entire world, natural ly secure for him the highest considera tion in musical circles. Madame Mara koff has' made a decided impression here as prima donna of "Venice," repeating hor triumphs at St. Louis the year before where she and her husband were identi fied In leading capacities with the oper atic spectacle "Louisiana." The Madame is a Russian by birth, and has suns In opera in all the capitals of Europe. She possesses a voice of wonderful rang and sweetness, and is greatly in. demand for operatic and concert work. She and her husband will probably return soon to New York, where they have most flatter ing offers. f strength have nevor been surpaspod ar equaled in this city. Everything they atlontpt Is new and they offer a sorlos of aatoalsktag stunts. With the roatinoo tomorrow, th Grand wtU prosrat Its thousands of patrons a fettt which Is even hotter than the one wMda clvse today. For the new pro gnunrac the country has been searched fer features, and Manager Errickson has been successful in fwuring a number of tep-MMcher? la the .vaudeville world. The fat re art will be that of the Great Leon, Ulwsfonlst. As an illusionist, the Groat Loo stand? alone In this country. His set was & senratloa in the music halls of London and the varieties of Parla This is Ms first Invasion of the Pacific Coast, sad he will open the eyes of the public, at -well as mystify them. "Walsh and Ugaa nave a refined musical act, one that will please and delight every lover of good music. Freeman and Clark -xvlll supply the greater pnrt of the comedy on the programme, and they are good at their business, too. John Doe, a monologue man. comes well recommended, and he is assured of a welcome if his gags and Korio5 are as funny as they are said to be. Durban and Courtney are singing sketch people. They make a specialty of introducing the latest song successes of the leading music publishers of the East, and this makes their act always entertain ing and woll liked. The Grandl:ope will have a very funny st of moving pictures for the weok. and Fred Purlnton will have ta "Nobody Sooms to Love Me. No," a soag exactly suited to his rich baritone vwee. STAGEIAXD. Sir Henry Irrtns has been resting at Scar borough. Sarah Bernhardt is now groins' in for paint Sac od canvaa. MUton Seaman, manager of the Empire, baa ba Quite nick and unable to attend to hi duties during; the past week. Andrew Mack will return from Australia the latter part of September and will open la San Francisco In "The Way to Kenmare" on October 24. Mrs, Courtney Raymond, daughter of Rose Ertlnge. of this city, haa returned from California and is now awaiting an engage ment In New Tork. Josephine Cohan, late of "The Four Co bans." la appearing in vaudeville with a (Vetch called "Friday, the 18th." written fer her by Fred Nlblo, her husband. Bills. Proctor Otis has been especially en gaged for the part of the adventuress in "The Sporting Duchess," which will be re vived next week at Proctor's Fifth-Avenue Theater. Mrs. George Fawcett (Percy Haawell) will be featured on the road this season by Iavid Belasco In "The Darling of the Oods" and Geerge Fawcett has been secured for The Scjuawznan." The borne of Lillian Nordics, at Osslnlng. N. Y wa entered by burglars September 3 and articles valued at (300 were taken. The booty consisted of silverware, a gold w&toh and about SI 4. The Rev. Walter E. Bcntley, organlrer of the Actors Church Alliance and rector of the Chcroh of the Ascension, Greenpolnt, Breaklyn. who haa been ill with typhoid fever for the last two months, is rapidly recovering. E H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe have be gun a week's full dress rehearsals of the Tamlnr of the Shrew" and "The Mer chant of Venice." Their season opens at the Euclid-Avenue 'Opera-house, Cleveland, next Monday night. Richard Mansfield's company this year will number 117 persons and will Include Fuller Melllsh. Clsrence Handyaides, Sheridan Block. Franklyn Hurlelgh. WInthrop Cham berlain. Florence Rockwell. A. O. Andrews, Xsll Kenyon, Ernest W&rde, Eleanor Barry. Irene Prayer and Vivian. Bernard. . Tim Murphy's repertoire for the present teaeon consists of Cyrus Townsend Brady's "A Cerner In Coffee," dramatised by Owen Davis, and that standard old cemedy, "Da vid Garrlck." Mr. Murphy Is. presenting each of these pieces finely mounted and lav ishly costumed. The company is a fine one, with Dorothy Sherrod still his leading lady. In a new comedy, entitled "Mary, Mary Quite Contrary." Henrietta Crosman opened ber season at Rand's Opera-house, Troy, N. Y., en September S. Miss Cres-maa appeared In the title role. The story revolves about a yeung married oeuskn with a Jealous hus band. An old admirer appears and Mar' attempts to straighten matters, with the re sult that she falls In love with him herself. The play was well received. The Shuberts have leased the Park Thea ter, Brooklyn, and will open It as soon as the repairs and Improvements demanded by the building department can be made. These will be completed, it Is said, by October 1 at the latest. The repairs will cost about 150,000. There will be shown In the theater the same attractions which the Shuberts and their associates produce in Manhattan and other places In their circuit. Last Tuesday evening, when the audience at the Columbia Theater. Washington, -was applauding "The Bad Samaritan." George Ada. who sat on a stair rail In the rear of the hour, was asked what his father thought of his career as a dramatist. His father Is a banker and probably a deacon. Ade gave one of his characteristic grins, shifted himself along the stair rail, and said: "He thinks I'm a burglar." Lloyd Bingham Is to return to the stage and be starred under the management of his wife. Amelia Bingham, In an Irish drama entitled "The Nightingale," by Michael J. Jordan. It Is seven years since Mr. Bing ham left the stage to direct the business affairs of his wife. He bad been acting In Mr. Charles Frohman's companies. Opening In a Pittsburg theater, October 15, Mr. Bingham and his company will make a tour. Madamo Modjeska will commence her final professional tour In November under the management of Ber and and Morrlsey. Count Bozenta has corroborated the statement which has been circulated that she has signed for a four-months tour and will ap pear on tje Coast and in the large Eastern cities except New York, where she made her farewell appearance last Winter. Her lead ing man will be James O'Neill. Her reper toire will be "Macbeth "Much Ado About Nothing," and "Mary Stuart." Madame Modjeska and Count Bozenta are spending the Summer at Laguna Beach, near Santa Ana. -fetors who fought In the Civil War some wearing the blue and others the gray have formed at the office of John E. Ince a fra ternal social club called the Circle of Civil War Veterans, Union and Confederate. "United States of America. Membership will b confined to honorably discharged vet erans who are members of some branch -the theatrical profession. There are many theatrical men who enlisted In the Confederate Army and Navy. The purpose Is to bring the wearers of the blue and the gray together. Among the prime movers are Daniel A. Kelly, of Baltimore; Frank Bell. John E. Ince. John P. Hill, George H. Maxwell, Burt Clark, Will Henderson and Bart Wallace. Ruth White, who la already as far West as San Francisco, with "The Tenderfoot," has been expressing the opinion that "the chorus girl of today Is ths prima donna of tomor row. And she has also been telling of the days when she met Gertrude Qulnlan, membera of the same chorus, were wont to sit In a little hall bedroom and recount to each other their hopes and feara, while Miss Qulnlan gave Imitations of the Russell broth ers. "One night," says Mlsa White, "when the company was plartng "Mignon. the woman who was singing Fellna failed to respond to her cue when the time came for the solo be hind the scene'!. Gertrude Qulnlan. alert as usual, saw what was the matter, and started In on the solo, saving the situation. As soon as the etage manager found out what she had done be fined her a week's salary. I thought that this was so unjust that I started In to explain to htm, and he fined me a week's salary for impertinence. t 3Vllllam C Crane has joined the group which revels In the story of the fat leading woman. Hta right of membtrahlp will hardly bo questioned In view of the Inci dent which be related as having occurred in the course of a performance of a com pany with which be was connected when he was a rtruggllng youth. Crane had been understudying for the leading man, and It became his duty at a critical time to lift up the tainting heroine and convey her to the wings. At the time mentioned Mr. Crane was slight and anything but stronr. tn that the task assigned was extremely difficult, when It Is considered that the leading woman weighed nearly 200 pounds. After sundry attempts to accomplish tb "buslnesrf awigned to him, with little hope ftf its accomplishment, the strain was broken ly the hearty laughter of the audience, for a strong, sunn voice from the gallery had shouted: "Fr heaven's sake, man, take what you can and come back for the rest." Klaw & Erlanger production of the play, "A Prince of India." by J. I. C. CUrke, founded on the late General Lew Wallace's story of the same title, will be presented at the New Amsterdam Theater. New York. In January next, following "The White Cat." This firm Is making most elaborate prepara tions for the premiere of thta play, which will be, with the exception of "Ben Hur." the greatest dramatic effort erer staged In this country. While abroad recently, Joseph Brooks, who is Intereoted In this .production with Klaw & Erlanger, placed orders for ar mor, costumes and ancient weanons with man ufacturers In London and Berlin, after draw ings made by archaeologist, who spent many months in the British Museum and the. great museums or the continent In search of au thorltlea. The story deals with the period of me evernow or me Greek empire oy the Turks under the Sultan Mohammed, culmlnatlnr In the siege and fall of Constantinople. Among other greaet characters 1a Introduced the uystic wanderer aa tbt Prince of India. Ttie period, story and locale of scenes fur nish a magnificent oooortunitr for unusu ally elaborate musical background. Not only the Greek and Byzantine music, mered and secular, but the Oriental love tnusto and mar tial strains of the Conquering Moslem of the 15th century, are called for. Klaw Er langer hare engaged a notable company for thta production. Rehearsals will be begun in ovemtxr. Murine Eye Remedy Cures Eye: Make Weak Cyes Strong. Soothes Ey Pain: Doesa't Smart. POSITIVELY LAST WEEK jsjrairy s Carnival of ! Venice The grandest operatic and aquatic spectacle ever given on tho Pacific Coast. 300 PERFORMERS 300 j It Is the Main Feature of th Trail. The Hit of the Exposition. EMPIRE THEATER Cor. Xorrfeea aad UOt St. Pfcemq Xabt 117. 9 xa XOBX irviruj-AM. inuiitK. 3CILTOX W. SEAMAN, Res, Mgr. 4 Nights Starting Sunday Matinee Today Sept. 24 THE MOST POWERFUL MELODRAMA OF THE DAY IN FIVE l-yif p LOVE, PA- ACTS I 11 M THOS, HATE DEPICTING JL JL AND PASSION CONVICT'S DAUGHTER JL HEART STORY. PURE IN THOUGHT, ACTION AND LANGUAGE A WesAerfal Flay. A Strong: Cat Kwbelllsae by the Mett Beeatlfal sal Startllajf Scemle Effects. THE ESCAPE OK THE MOVING FREIGHT TTtAIXt THE BEAUTIKUL. SOUTHERN HOME! THE X7KIQ.UE CHARACTER, "WEARY 1V1XXTE! Prices 5SESzl t'lL" I ft Undto ."SWEET antr a EMPIRE THEATER A Merrttett Bit. Pkeae Mala 117. MlltotrW. iSeanan, Resident Manager, Three Night and Q QA Saturday Matinee, Commencing Thursday, iO Otis B. Thayer and Gertrude Bondiiil Sweet Clover The beat comedy drama erer written. The same excellent company that presented this piece at the Marquam Grand last season. GUARANTEED THE BEST OF SEASON DDTsPCC NIGHT, 15c, 25c, 35c 50c; 75c JT XvlVxIliO MATINEE, 15c, 25c and 50c Next Attraction "On the Bridge at Midnight" BAKER' THEATER OREGON THEATER CO. Lessee GEO. L. BAKER, Manager Faeae Mais 1997. Third aad Tamktll Streets. Tho Home of High-Class Musical Burlesque ONE WEEK, STARTING C17PT 94fk MATINEE TODAY, SUNDAY, DEjI I Regular Matinee Saturday and Sunday Note. A Special Bargain Matinee Wednesday. 25c to All Parts of the House. HARRY WILLIAMS' AL EXTRAVAGANZA GO. Better Known as the Bcaaty Trust A BROADWAY PRODUCTION AT POPULAR PRICES GRTJEJT & GRUET, KATHERINE KLARE, C ARRIS FRANKLIN". FRANK O'BRIEN, And the Great Attraction rha Marvelous LIVINGSTONE FAM ILY oC Acrobats. Don't fill to aea the beat-drilled cborua that has ever visited this city. Our motto Is to have the best ar tists' money can procure. Read the names Judge tor yourself. FRYE & ALLEN, THE SHOW THAT NEVER BROKE A- PROMISR Prices Evenings, 36c, 15c. 60c and 7 5c Regular Matinees Saturday and Bandar, He, 36c, 35c and 50c Special B argatn Matinee Wednesday, 36c to all parts of the house. Seats now selling. 'Next Attraction "SAM DEVERE'S OWN SHOW MARQUAM GRAND THEATER MORRISON STREET, BETWEEN SIXTH AND SEVENTH Pkeae Mala MC W. T. Pangla, Resident Manager. DirectiM N. W. T. Association; CHeilig, PrsssWeat. 4 NIGHTS, BEGINNING Q i 1 r p- monday September 25 Thmt Exuberantly Mirthful Person MAY IRWIN Thm Disveeser of Good Cheer In tho Comedy Suc cess of Use Country From New York to San Francisco "Mrs. Black Is Back" By George V. Hobart, author of the "John Henry" Stories- "The best play May Irwin ever had," Da vies. In N. T. Sun; Stevens In S. F. Examiner. P j Entire Lairer Floor, 31.30. Balcony, first -alx rotra, $1.06 III PQ ,lrs' three nns, 75c last three roira, COc. Gallery, 25c aad I lUUU 3Sc- BoxB Loses, fie. Seats how selling for tke four yezxarsaKBcesv MARQUAM GRAND THEATER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS, CVBf ftm7fi Popular Price Matinee Saturday ulsl 1 7"Ju THE GREAT SUCCESS Written by LOTTIE BLAIR PARKER Author of '"Way Down East" UNDER SOUTHERN SKIES A Play That Will Live Forever The Most Original. Unhackneyed and Diverting Play of Soutnern Life Ever Written. Three Months of TJnequaled Success at Belaaco Theater, New York. Production Massive and Complete. In Every Detail. OVER TWO MILUON PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THIS PLAY DtJItTC MATINEE: 25c, 35c and 50c. rmvLO NIGHT: 25c, 35c. 50c, 75c and 51.00 The Advance Sale of Seats will Open Wednesday Morning, Sep tember 27, at 10 e'CIock. BELASCO PHONE MAIN 311 Fsrmcrly Columbia Theater Belasco & Mayer, Props MATINEE AT 2:30 NIGHT AT 8:15 Last Times Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines Starting MONDAY SEPTEMBER 25 Matinees Saturday and Sunday William Collier's Greatest Success ONE LONG LAUGH ONL THE QUIET DY AUGUSTUS THOMAS. First lime in Stock Big Cast and Production ROSE EYTINGE Pupils received aad prepared fer pulpit, stage, pletferm erpvler. Priv&te er ckw Mutntcftie. -Fer time aad term apply at 718 East Burnside St. FAREWELL CONCERT OF MISS ANNE DITCHBURN First Baptist Church TUESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 26 PROGRAMME GIVEN BY . , MUs Anna DItchburn Contralto Mrs. Paulino MlUer Chapman Soprano Mr. 'William "Wallace Graham. ...Violinist Mr. Stuart McOuire ....Baritone Mr. Lauren Pease Tenor AND THE LAKME QUARTET Mrs. Mar Dearborne Schwab Mlsa Marian Stackpole Miss Ethel M- JLytle Mrs. W- A. T. Suahosf ACCOMPANISTS Miss Arvilla McGulip Mrs. "Warren R Thomas Prof. Frank T. Chapman 'Tickets for Sale at Weedard, CUrke fc Ce. ad tftc J. K. Gill Co. ' Ta uul raeert ef ta ertarr of mlaet tor- THetrta, AertraJ, that the aseoaat t El mtaea la that eoleay stace lti 4tc8Tefr l 11 U S7.SST.SW cusew. m!nl at 4 1,M,M. A hare sturra as csfet 1 the 3ttvr Tar la Scotland reemttr. It wfetgfeea 378 pojidt tea it S Mth a4 Us girta was four feet tare lacaes. Tk ih erafe all local rscorss. Prices uiZfXcl7 II Seats on Sals Two Weeks In Atei 2TEXT "WEEK, "THE CHARITY BALI,." Te fella-ir White TVBittIese7 1 Repertoire e Reaaatle P1t. EXCLUSIVE VAUDEVILLE GRAND WEEK or SEPTEMBER 25 Walsh k Ligon . . . . Preeman k Olark Hefined Musical Act. Special Engagement of comedy Sketch Team. Walter Perry The Great Durban k Courtney MonoIoglsL LeOll High-Class Vocalist. rrd Purlnton tiiusionist Tia Grandiscopo "Nobodr Seomi to Love ILLU51UW1S1 .,.,,. ' Me Now." "Willie's Vacation." Sundays Continuous 2:3Q to 1Q:4S P. M. . GENERAL ADMISSION 10c. Ererrtngs, Sundays and Holidays, Reserved Seats. 20c; Box Seats. 23c Dally Matlneea, 10c to any Seat except Boxes. IMIK VAUDEVILLE HEADLDTBES "WEEK OP SEPTEMBER 25 Tie Stetson Trio Slnarers and Dancers. Wilbur Comedy Bicyclist. Prsacig Callahan "Way Down East Amoey the Shady Maples." Special Engagement of The White Gogi NECROMANCER AND PRESTIDIGITATOR Richards S Rieiiards Singing Comedians. The tacope "Lifting the Lid." Sundays Continuous 2:30 to 10:4-0 P. M. GENERAL ADMISSION 10c, Xvenlacs, iundaya aa4 Holidays,. Reserved Seats, 30c; Box Seats. 36c. Dally M&tliteee, lee te aay Seat except Boxes. V x ieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeieee-eeeeeeeee