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1M1JS suixiJiLY. UKJSGONLAJX, PORTIAXD, JANUARY 28, 1906.
IT cost. $5 a head, but Portland behaved
beautifully. The Calve concert was the
mountain peak of the week. It was
interesting to note the care with which
the audience looked over the goods and
"decided deliberately that it was satisfied,
then they let themselves go and did not
fail to temper their applause with the dis
cretion and continuity that means that
they wanted encores to double the quan
tity of the programme. Portland is wise,
and not liberal. There were . carloads of
human freight at the Calve concert, tons
of silks and lace, some bushels df Jewels,
oceans of self-approbation, and enough
sporadic intelligence to leaven the dough
for again" it inust be mentioned that the
entrance fee was S3 per, and Portland
bore the pain ,wJth commendable forti
tude. You must remember that in the
case of Calve's co'ncort you do not pay
solely for the music she gives you you
pay for the great name she has won in
grand opera. It Is worth almost any sum
to have heard and seen the most notable
and accomplished woman in the musical
world. No one with any regard, for his or
her general cuiture and information in
view should miss such chances.
VISS JEANNETTE MONITOR, who
I I made all the trouble at the burlesque
, performance at the Baker Theater this
week, lias the fatal beauty of figure and
face that would entitle her to a place in
the Louvre Gallery. .in Parrs. 1 suspect
that it was she who made the projectors
or Watson's Burlesquers indiscreet enough
to base a whole skit on the wineomcness
of.IIss .Monitor's ankle. TJie'restilt whs
something that beat the most extravagant
expectations -of New Yorkers regarding
the possibilities of "Mrs. Warren's Pro
fession" to a hard-oil finish without turn
ing a hair. These burlesques are enticing,
but they are uncertain. No sooner do I
report that here is a week when you can
take your sister, or any woman whom
you respect, .to the show and not blush,
when along comes something with a tart
tinge -that is appalling. There is a prin
ciple involved in the skit to which wc are
objecting In last week's entertainment.
Playwrights understand it. and proprie
tors of theatrical offerings who wish to
cater to the decent portion of the public
should bear it in mind. While the skit
under discussion is more unblushlngly
coarse than "Naughty Anthony" (David
BelaSco's one monstrous faux pas), and
would be. condemned solely on grounds of
execrable- taste, it defines- precisely the
line of demarcation that should be drawn
between artistic spice and raw licentious
ness. A pretty foot may with impunity
b.e enjoyed in silence. But, pointing at
the foot, calling vociferously the attention
of the bystanders to it. and gloating over
it slams the whole subject down Into the
uttermost depths of dirt and smut. It
would cause a sensation on the street, and
certainly caused consternation in the Ba
ker Theater. Watson's Burlesquers were
superior to all the preceding companies,
but it was in doubt all the week whether
the hot-blooded Jeunesse dore in town
would not Interrupt the season by steal
ing the bewitching structures on which
the clothes were hung.
THE Taylor Company, came to the
Empire Theater a while ago and
made us 'acquainted with some con
contrated melodrama, dubbed, for sohsa
tipnal effect, "The Queen of the Harem."
and "The White Tigress of Japan' For
the last two weeks the same company,
practically, has been again at the Em
pire, playing "Here Marriage Vow" and
".The Little Church Around the Corner."
We have been completely Mlssourizcd into
the knowledge that tills collection of
players is above the usual roadster that
fill dates along the Stair and Havclin cir
cuit and similar strings of theaters. The
patrons of the Empire have quite warmed
up to this company. It is the kind that
w.ill stand the test of time. Out of this
good it is among the possibilities that
more good will come. The good to which
wc refer will be realized ifhey succeed
in engaging Miss Aillccn May, the leading
woman of this company, to be leading
woman in the stock company .that Mr.
George L. Baker Is now gathering to
.gcthcr to open at the Baker Theater' some
time next Summer. Miss May has all
the characteristics, in my opinion, re
quired to make her exceedingly acceptable
to the patrons of stock theatrical enter
tainments in Portland. Among the lead
ing women who have played In stocky here
during the last three or four years, with
varying degrees of ouccess, are Lansing
Rowan, Cathrlne Countiss, Helen Mac
Gregor, Lillian Kcmble, Amelia Gardner,
Edna Archer Crawford, Esther Lyon,
Grace Reals, Lucia Moore and .Lillian
Lawrence. Miss May, of whom I have
spoken, resembles, in point of looks, tem
perament and capacity, the type of Miss
Countlss more than any of the others
we have seen. I hope sincerely that Mr.
Baker can carry out his reported Inten
tion of getting back several of the old
favorites of the original Baker company,
and I am quite sure that Miss May's at
tainments and personality arc what the
Portland -stock enthusiasts like.
THE city if? preparing assiduously for
the coming English grand opera sen
son. It bids fair to be a musical festival.
The performance? will take on the char
acter of social function if that curious
species of event that in yorae way make
everybody present feci that he or she is
honored by being present, can be in an
adoquate degree suggested by a word: TWe
word function seems to have been
accepted ag having the required flavor,
and I une it to indicate what I mean Xt
those who will be pcyKutt and understand
best. This wishing to see and be (.
and accomplishing the same. Is bright
ening and desirable. The sockil sensa.
and pride of self, needs airing and exer
cise, and the people who love It thrive
upon iU The trantuendant music that
will be furnished will Justify many va
garies of delirium concerning the occa
sionand delirium we shall have In
abundance. Look at the list of oporas to
be hoard. Like the picture? Wager you
do. The superblties of "Taanhausor!"
listen and draw out from your memory
the Immortal overture, Elizabeth's prayor,
the Pilgrim's Chorus, Wolfram'? "O, Star
of Eve." More mention of the name of
"Lohengrin" makes starved souls breathe
again the wonders of Wagner's master
piece: Elsa's dream, the Swan- Song,
and all the beautiful numbers of this
great work. As we hear "Fauet" uttered
we demur (as we always have) that the
greatest work of Goethe, the unequal!
drama, ever was made the theme of an
opera: but. since It has been, we are con
soled that it was made a really grand
opera by the master hand of Gounod.
And the excellent contrast achieved by
Introducing Into the festival a perform
ance of Puccini's more modern "La Bo
heme," is noted as a specially happy fact
to contemplate. We all know that Mr.
Savage has combined the forces of his
"Parsifal" and his English companies to
get together the aggregation he Is send
ing us, and, although most or the princi
pals are new to us. they are most gush
ingly appraised by the people who have
hoard them, and we are ready to note
the merit of the show and be duly dis
appointed at anything that docs not ring
true or look genuine. A total roster of
150. and an orchestra 50 strong, with the
operas mentioned for the repertoire, looks
good to me. Well, the top price is $3, the
sale is phenomenal, they could run a
week to good houses Instead of four per
formances, and. as John" Cort would say,
"they are certainly there with the
goods."
LET me pay my attentions, parentheti
cally, to that ineffable monster of
moral and mental and physical deformity,
the theater hog. A man or a woman
who can persist In talking and giggling
and otherwise disturbing the neighbors
in a theater who want to listen to and
witness the performance, is a species o"f
unnameable creature that I trust the good
and merciful God will some time see fit
to remove from the face of the earth.
A fly may be shooed away. A flea may
be caught. A drunken man may be eject
ed. A law may regulate an umbrella or a
ponderous hat Smoking is successfully
prohibited. Late-coming snobs may be
compelled to stand up In the rear and
wait until the act is over. Bat there Is
no swift and secret way of murdering the
whisperer, the giggler, the smart idiot
who annoys everybody within hearing
who ias. the slightest sense of decency
or consideration for the feelings and
rights of others. Prayer will not reach
such cattle Culture they have not. Of
breeding they are totally innocent. Per
haps the 'indignant stare Is the only
means of prickijig their leathery cuticle
Let's make it a rule to stare as we have
never stared before, and so make the
insufferable nuisances unpopular even
with themselves. Ppssibly a movement
may be set in motion in this manner that
may result in the extinction of that de
testable genus, the theater hog.
HARRISON GRAY FISKE announces
that if he can secure theaters on thl
Coast he will send on -tour this' Spring
Mrs. FIsko and Bar: ha Kaliefc. The tours
are to include the principal dtlts of the
Pact fie Const. "If thoators can be se
cured." Mrs. Fiske will include "Leah
Kloecfana" in her repertoire, and Madame
Kalk-h vlll play Malcrllnck's "Monnn
Vanna." in which she ha scored remark
ably in New York. The "Independents"
now have nine theaters in New York
city. 20 other city theaters In the United
States, and also claim that they have
theaters contracted for in Denver, 'Port
land. Seattle, Vancouver. Spokane and
Taooma. If this Its a fact. It Is very en
couraging for the general theatrical
situation. A. H. BALLARD.
3Iiss Crawley's Plans.
Miss Constance Crawley, whose acting
is more or less familiar to Portland audi
ences who remember the Ben Greet per
formances, has returned to this country
after a Summer spent at her home In
England. She nrrlvctl In New York last
week and went directly to Chicago.
Miss Crawley announces a series of
Shakespearean representations. which
will be Inaugurated in Music Hall, Fine
Arts building, Chicago. Monday evening.
February li The actress brings a com
pany of English players, and rohearsals
of "Hamlet" and "Romeo and Juliet" are
now under way. The scheme of the per
formances is along new and unique lines,
the Idea being to present complete epi
sodes of the plays in a setting embellished
by music, lighting and coloring of a most
subdued and harmonious nature. All the
expedients of mise en scone will be
worked out to the slightest detail. The
central or love theme of "Romeo and
Juliet" makes, as Miss Crawley has
found, a complete play In Itself, and this
will be enacted to the accompaniment of
music, denoting the action of the story.
In a sense Miss Crawley will apply the
Wagnerian idea of the production of the
drama to Shakespeare, the material dif
ference being that the lints will be spoken
instead of sung. In a general way, the
project may be described as the presenta
tion of the "Idylls of Shakespeare." In
addition to Jullot. Mies Crawley will en
act the role of Ophelia in Its entirety,
and by special request will .speak the
lines of Hamlot in the closet scene with
the Queen.
"Dreary Theatricals."
The Chicago Tribune has the following
complaint regarding dreary theatricals:
Chi capo has a good reputation as a "show
town." Its theaters are crowded most of the
time. It spends money liberally and Is en
titled to the best. Does It set It? There are
only two serious plays being presented In
the city. A fortnight ago there was not one.
The newest and largest of the theaters in
the city Is given over entirely to vaudeville.
At enother theater a mixture of burnt cork
minstrel fooling and extravaganza holds the
boards. Two comic operas which were en
In Chicago years ago and have since been
touting the country are at the Studebsker
and the Grand. -Just Out of College."
which had a brief and dubious career In
New York. Is thought good enough for Pow
ers. "Trilby" Is not a novelty. "His
Honor the Mayor" has bad three names and
no one knows why It has the present one.
It Is a pretty show and has one actlst In
the cast, but It has no slot and no signifi
cance, Th Ja SalU has . dc!J UriU
which It always please, but It never at
tempt drama.
In the meantime In New Yrk there are
the burlesques and the extravaganza, the
eemlc opera and the variety show, but
there are also a dozen good play for the
theatergoer to choose among, beside a sea
son of grand opera which will corMrh for
month. -The MuMc Master" I now In ilx
second year. Perhaps Its third year la Amer
ica will see It brought to Chicago. Ethel
Barrymore and her brother are preentlng
two charming- play. Maude Adam Is hav
ing a great success In "Peter Pan." Blanch
Bates Is pleasing In "The Girl of the Golden
West," and Robert Lorraine In "Man ami
Superman." Bat the Use of attractions 1
too long. It Is out of proportion to the
greater population of New York.
Is It fair to the second city In the United
States not to permit It to see plays until
they have been worn threadbare, until every
Chlcagoan whom business or pleasure has
taken to New York has seen them there?
There ought to be In Chicago at least on
theater where plays of the first merit coutd
be produced while they were still new:
There ought to be one company capable, of
preventing plays while they arc still running
In New York, especially such a play a
"The Music Master," er "Peter Pan." or
Tantaloon" and "Allce-Slt-by-the-Flre."
There U good support given the theaters of
the city. Is that the reason wny the man
agers think It is net necessary to bring bet
ter things here and bring them sooner? Is
the public In Chicago too cood-naturcd or
have the managers gauged Its taste In
correctly? MIXER'S AMERICANS ARE HERE
Music, Burlesque and ExtniTaganza
to Reign All Week nt Baker.
Miner's "Americana" will be attheBakor
starting this afternoon "for one week in
"A Yankee Doodle Girl." a musical farce
In two acts by Barney Gerard. It la
beautifully staged, the opening scene be
ing taken from the lawn In front of the
yacht club at Newport. There Is an in
teresting plot running through the en
tire piece. In which a rich American
wants ills daughter to marry a man of
title and Is willing to pay 110,005 to a man
she marries. His daughter Nellie Is very
much In love with a young millionaire.
Willie, and Is opposed to marrying any
one else Two bogus noblemen make
their appearance They have robbed a
policeman and committed other crimes.
Willie meets them and secures their
aid. He Introduces them to Nellie's
father, Hiram, who offers one of them,
who acts as a Baron. J10.CCO to marry his
daughter. Willie has planned a trip on
his yacht and invites the entire party to
go with him. The second act la taTJen
from the scenes on board the yacht
Nellie. A very ludicrous love scene takes
place in this act. In which Prudence
Penn, Nellie's friend, and Willie take part
to fool Nellie's father. A series of events
transpire In which the bogus noblemen
are discovered, and Hiram gives Nellie
to Willie saying: "A Yankee Doodle boy
Is good enough for me." The olio has
been carefully selected and the highest
class acta only appear. Among these are
Fisher and Clark. Joe Goodwin. May
Butler, and as an added feature, the phe
nomenal and sensational melodramatic
moving picture, "The. River Pirate": the
American trio and the Breakaway Bar
lows. There Trill be the usual bargain matinee
so popular wHh patrons of the Baker on
Wednesday afternoon, ,aad the -fosC pcr-
forma nee of the Miner Company will be
Saturday matinee.
BENEFIT FOB -MUSICIANS.
Grand Concert ami Vaudeville BUI
at Marquam "Wednesday Night.
Next Monday morning. January 23. at
th Marquam Grand Theater, the advance
sale of seats will ooen for the Musleinns'
' Mutual AsociHtlon. which gives a grand
concert ana monster vaudeville entertain
ment at the above theater Wednesday
evening, January 3L This organization is
composed of some 3C0 members of the pro
fessional musicians in the city, who, from
time to time, have donated their services
to many a worthy cause.
The first half of this entertainment will
be devoted to a grand concert by an or
chestra of 50 musicians, under the direc
tion of Edgar E. Courson. It has been
several years since Portland has had a
symphony orchestra. The men that com
pose this association were ail formerly
members of this orchestra. This will af
ford music-lovers an opportunity of hear
ing several high-class selections seldom
if ever heard since the symphony or
chestra was in vogue. The famous over
ture to "William Tell." by Rossini, will
be given, likewise the beautiful "Blue
Danube" waltz, by Richard Strauss. The
blind boy pianist, Frankle Richter, will
play tho F-mlnor concerto by Von Web
ber. During this number the orchestra
will be conducted by his father. Mr. Fred
Richter. Portland's two favorite singers,
Mra. Rose Bloch Bauer and Mrs. Walter
Reed, contralto, will be heard In two of
their most charming selections.
Mrs. Rose Bloch Bauer Will sing (a)
"Aus melnem grossem Schmerzen"
(Franz): (b) "Nocturne" (Chadwick).
Mrs. Walter Reed will render "Oh! If
Only Thou Art True" (Klein).
The second half of tho entertainment
will be devoted to a monster vaudeville
bill comprising five top-liner acts from
the different vaudeville theaters in the
city, kindly donated by the respective
managers. Those buying tickets from the
members of the association and the sev
eral down-town stores whore they have
been oh sale should exchange them at the
box-office of the Marquam Grand Theater,
beginning Monday morning, January 20.
for reserved-scat coupons. Carriages at
o'clock.
THE HOOLIGAN IX NEW YORK
Cartoon Melodrama to Be Seen at
Empire All Week.
Starting with the matinee today, the
Empire announces for the coming week
Frazee & Browne's "Hooligan In New
York." or what is promised as the only
real Hooligan show to come West this
season.
The production is a creditable one In
every way, and the company contains
people of reputation In the world of
comedy and drama.
James 1 McCabe, who. If one-half the
good things said about him may be be
lieved, is a comedian of unusual ability,
will make his first appearance In Port
land at tho head of the company. Mr.
McCabe was for a number of years promi
nent in the farce comedies produced by
the late Charles H. Hoyt. He was In the
original cast of "A Milk-White Flag;"
"A Black Sheep"- and "A Stranger in
New York." He was with Weber &.
Fields when their company Included such
famous artists as De Wolf Hopper.
Willie Collier. Lillian Russell and Fay
Templeton. Last season he created the j
role of Hooligan at the American Theater, ;
New York, where the play had a run of I
113 nights. Mr. McCabe Is peculiarly
adapted to the part, which requires not
only an unctuous comedian, but an actor
who has training and ability to enact
heroic roles as well. The fact that he
has scored the greatest success of his
career in "Hooligan in Now York" would
I indicate that the production is one worthy
of attention. There will be the usual
j matinee Saturday.
I "THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN."
Henry W. Savage Offers George Ade's
Great Comedy at the Marquam.
George Ade's quaint pictorial comedy.
"The County Chairman." which Henry
W. Savage offers at the Marquam Grand
two nights, beginning Thursday. Febru
ary S. the engagement terminating with
a Saturday matinee. Is regarded by the
best authorities as the nearest approach
to the one distinctively American drama
that has been so far produced. After
all. it seems fitting that Ade should write
the long-looked-for American play. He
is American through and through, was
bom on a farm In the Middle West, went
to the village school, and when he grew
up settled in Chicago, where he became
a newspaper man. It La an old story how
he attained lasting fame as the author of
"Fables in Slang." Henry W. Savage
admired his genius and produced his first
play after other managers had refused it.
"The Sultan of Sulu." Its marked suc
cess, as well as the success of hl3 later
plays under the dlreptlon of Henry W.
Savage Is now a matter of hlstory-
In "The County Chairman" Ade has
done the best work of his career, be
cause ho has merely sought to set down
the scenes of which he was entirely fa
miliarthe scenes where he had soent his
boyhood days. Everyone who has lived
in the country will at once recognize such
types as the flirtatious milliner, the old
settler, the young lawyer, the store-box
orator, the general storekeeper the poli
tician, the shiftless darkey and all the
rest. j
"The County Chairman" Is not a play
of types It Is a powerful drama with a
very human love Interest. It is produced
on a most elaborate scale by a company
which is fully up to the excellent stand
ard observed by Mr. Savage in all hl3
productions, including Theodore Babcock.
George Thatcher. Herman Lieb. Richard
Dillon. James Bradbury, C. A. Burke.
Rurty Bridges. Y.aura Ayres Zemaide
Williams, Florida Kingslcy and Grace
Romlne.
In clear character- drawing. George Ade
has no rival among the present-day play
wrights and humorists. His first comedy.
"The County Chairman." has been pro
nounced by critics as the cleverest group
in of types familiar to everyone who has
been in a country town of the Middle
West. Mr. Ade seems to be the logical
candidate for honors of leading comedy
writcr of the present day.
PARIS BEAUTY DOCTOR.
Dr. eviction Will Give Two Lcetures
to Women of Portland.
Paris' great beauty doctor will come to
deliver two lectures at the Marquam
Grand on Wednesday and Thursday after
noons, January CI and February 1- Pro
fessor Cri3tion. ex-president of the Paris
Beauty Culture College, author of the
French beauty text-book, and beauty spe
cialist to many of the court ladles of Eu
rope, doubtless will Interest many women.
He will tell the ladies much of interest in
regard to the attaining and retaining of.
beauty and the eliminating of facial blem-.
Ishes and the acquiring of a symmetricaf
form.
Professor Cristlon Is the acknowledged'
beauty doctor of Europe. From all parts
of tho world women have sought his In
structions and teachings. Today such
leading actresses as Madames Langtry.
Bernhardt. Patti. Russell and hundreds of
society women follow his instructions re
ligiously thus defying the coming of facial
lines, crows- feet and crinkles.
In these lectures, of which the first is
WILL GIVE A DRAMATIC READ
ING OF "AS, YOU LIKE IT."
Miss Louise Forsyth.
A dramatic reading of "As You Like
It" Tuesday evening. January SO. at
8 o'clock, will be given at St. Helen's
Hall, under the auspices of the school,
by Miss Louise Forsyth, the teacher
of elocution at St. Helen's Hall. The
entertainment is for the benefit of
t the building fund, whleh Is being raided
by the pupils, so that a new gym
nasium can be constructed. The du
plls have a good start on the fund al
ready, and are making strong efforts
to increase its magnitude. Later on
they will give a symphony concert for
the same purpose. "
Miss Forsyth has given "A You
Like It." together with TThe Merchant
of Venice." "Macbeth" and "Henry
IV and V" on the New York Board of
Education lecture course, of which Dr.
Henry M. Lelpzlger Is the supervisor,
and also In drawlne-rooms of New
York and suburban towns.
Miss. Forsyth was a reader aid
teacher of elocution In her private
etudto In New York for 12 years, with
clarses In Shakespeare and Browning
among the more thoughtful of the so
ciety women. She was also a visiting
teacher at the St. John Baptist School
in New York, where aha was associated
with the sister superior of St. Helen's
Hall for three years. At pie Invitation
of the Mater superior she came to
Portland a year ago last September
and found so much work to do that
she has not been able to return. Miss
Forsyth prefers platform work, but Is
too busy with her pupils to jread as
much as she would like.
MIrs Forsyth made her first appear
ance In Portland in a Brownlns- re
cital last January at the residence of
Judge "Williams, when the leaders of
the fashionable and literary sets were
"present and listened with much Inter
est to the unfolding of the thought of
this subtle philosopher-poet.
Wednesday afternoon, given free and ex
clusively to women, a very beautiful
woman assists, the professor. She
has never used, a cream- or pow
der on her face since following his in
structions, and looks a remarkably yourtg
looking girl of 23 instead of b3, which she
shortly will be. This lady is Madame I.
M. Maye, of Philadelphia.
Professor Cristlon requests the ladies
not to bring children, so that they can
pay close attention to the valuable infor
mation which he brings them. The lec-
i DR. CRISTIOX. i
1 t
Who Lecture on Beauty Culture at
the .Marquam Wednesday Afternoon.
ture begins at 2:C0 o'clock sharp, and tho
ladles are requested to be seated by that
hour.
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
Pollard Lilliputian Opera Company.
The Empire will offer one of the strong
est attractions of the season for the two
weeks starting next Sunday afternoon.
February 4. in the famous Pollard Chil
dren Lilliputian Opera Company. These
wonderful children return here after a
long season of triumphs all over the
United States and Canada, and their com
ing is a most welcome event to all classes
of theater-goers. In fact, hundreds of
people who go to the theater at no other
time never fail to attend a performance
or two given by tho Pollards. They will
be seen here in all their old favorites, and
are featuring for the first time the 0-year-old
prima donna. Eva Pollard, in "Tno
Belte of New York." "The Geisha," "A
Runaway -Girl." "Pinafore" and other
popular productions. Regular Empire
prices will prevail for this engagement.
Another Miner Company to Follow.
Following Miner's Americans at the
Baker this week, conies another of the
celebrated burlesque companies, known
as Miner's Bohemians, who open next
Sunday afternoon. February 4. It is un
necessary to go into details, as the Miner
standard attractions for the past 25 years
have always been of the highest order,
and it is asserted that the Bohemians this
season excel anything ever offered by the
Miner management. A special feature
this season is the large number of rollick
ing, merry. Jovial show girls, who hop.
skip and Ifig their way Into the hearts of
their audiences.
PANTAGKS' SECURES GREAT ACT
Cannon Ball King to End the New
Programme.
The greatest vaudeville act in existence
that is to be the principal offering at
Pantages handsome new theater tills en
suing week. The great feature is to be
nothing less than Captain John Holtum.
the cannon king, who catches 21-pound
cannon balls lired at him across the stage
from a genuine cannon loaded with pow
der. There is no optical illusion about
l this act. nor Is it a device fitted up with
springs. Captain Holtum actually catches
! the ball fired from a loaded cannon. A
committee will be Invited to witness the
loading; and when not on the stage the
old cannon will be on public exhibition in
front of the theater. It is an old-time
I muzzle-loading cannon of the type which
did such deadly execution during the Civil
War.
The Captain has been in the East and
in Europe with his act for many years,
and ha3 aroused wide discussion. Euro
pean press comments have been highly fa
vorable. "His act is the most wonderful
accomplishment of the age." 13 the way
the London Daily Telegraph puts it. "Cap
tain Holtum scored a brilliant success,"
said the Berlin Lokal Anzejger. The King
of Italy presented the Captain with a
handsome gold watch after witnessing hi3
exhibition of daring and skill, and the
King of Denmark shook hands with him
and congratulated him upon his achieve
ment. This act has been brousht to Port
land by Pantages for the first time, in a
number of years, and will be seen at each,
performance all week. The rest of the
programme is of more than ordinary
merit. The Scoflelds, fiddling Rubes, havo
som'ething new in the comedy line: Craw
ford and Duff are a pair of exceptional
comedy entertainers; Fumes and Hale
have a great novelty act; Jones and Bar
ton Infuse a lot of good music and fancy
dancing Into the bill: Leo White will sing
a new Illustrated song, and the blograph
will show a great drama, "The Night Be
fore Christmas."
The good bill which has been running all
week will be shown today for the last
time. It is a programme of fine acrobatic
feats, good music and bushels of good fun.
Don't miss it. There will be three conclud
ing performances today, the cannon-ball
king coming on tomorrow.
ANNIE ABBOTT AT THE STAR
Successful Engagement of Georgia
Magnet Ends Today.
From 2:30 to 10:15 today the per
formances at the Star will be continu
ous. Thi. will terminate the success
ful engagement of that Georgia mag
net. Miss Annie Abbott. This woman,
who has traveled over the world, is
as great a mystery now as she was
years ago. No one has ever succeeded
in discovering the nature of the strange
force, or power, which enables her to
resist the combined strength of a doz
en men, or which enables her to have
tables and chairs cling- to Iter fingers,
without her holding- them.
With the matinee tomorrow after
noon, the Star will give a new ll3t of
attractions, suuranteed to be up to th8
standard maintained at this popular
vaudeville headquarters. 'Direct from
Paris come the Martlnetti Trio, of su
perior acrobats. There are no acro
bats In this country like the Martlnetti
Trio. They are recognized aa leaders
in their profession, and for years have
created .sensations in the varieties of
France.
-The Burglar's Kit" is the odd title
selected by Gibson-and Gibson for their
sketch. Thi3 act Is said to be a nov
elty, and comes to Portland well rec
ommended. The bursrlar end of the
sketch is scream laughter. Von-
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