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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN; PORTLAND, 31 AY " 6, A 1906.
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HOW SARAH BERNHARDT WHIPS FATE
A Story -of the Tragedienne's Fight Against
-..-. Odds' of Commercial Conditions.
THERE has never, ' In the history
r of the theatrical world, been such
an exhibition of physical and men
tal endurance as hag been given by Ma
dame Sarah Bernhardt, the . greatest of
the tragediennes since the days of Rachel
and her predecessors.1 There has never
been such a display of cheerful and con
tinued optimism In the face of over
whelmingly heavy odds, as this woman of
62 has given in. her farewell tour of the
United States and Canada. There has
never been a theatrical tour of any char
acter" which has been so filled with origi
nal and startling incidents, and which has
so upset all traditions and theories, and
which has established precedent and set
the pace for all time.
The press agent avers that Madame
Bernhardt Is the greatest of all the
' world's geniuses. He points with pride
to the fact that she is artist, sculptress,
actress, musician; that she handles the
brush and the whip with equal ease; that
she sits on her throne of artistic great
ness and with a wave of her hand com
mands the world, and the world kneels.
He dwells at length on her many charm
ing personal attributes. He raves over
her attention to detail and her love of
the ensemble he minutely describes the
queenly position she occupies with her
troupe he tells you of the Bernhardfs
private car,- her special train, her golden
hair, her ready wit, her sportswomanship.
her exploits in this and that field of ac
tivity; he tells you how she is writing the
story of her life In 300.000 words, to be
published in every language in the world,
from English to the mostp olished Hot
tentot, and you read and are expected to
and generally do worship.
But the simple truth of tho business is
p;m ; - . . ; man l'iS:5f tmfn
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that Bernhardt is so much greater and
o much more interesting than the de
Herlption of her prei-s agent gives it, that
he falls short of his full duty through
physical Inability to finish the Journey.
And In nothing Is Bernhardt as much
worthy of attention, saving. Indeed, .in
her art itself, as In the marvelous resist
ance she has shown' to adverse circum
Mtances which against less determined op
timism would ruin a mortal or sink: a
ship.
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In tho beginning there was a s'ystemby
which -every man had a right to do as
he pleased. Then some of the theatrical
managers In New York got together and
remarked that it wouldn't do at all. So
they organized a little social Doay for the
purpose of humorcfusly gobbling up all the
theaters in the country, and there It was
the Theatrical Syndicate. The Trust,
somo people call it.
It happened that Madame Bernhardt
was originally signed for this tour by Sam
9. Shubert. who was killed In a wreck on
the Pennsylvania Railroad. His brother,
I.ee Shubert, took the contract up, and
William F. Connor became associated with
him, and Is now, by the way, personally
directing the tour. The question arose
as a lirRt essential where will Madame
Bernhardt play? That brought on more
talk. Could the houses controlled by the
syndicate he opened to the great trage
dienne? Why." said Mr. Syndicate, "certainly.
'Madame Bernhardt can play in any house
who elects, but" in an aside to the. local
manager "if you play Bernhardt, you
don't get any more Syndicate attractions."
"Gee! You've got a mean disposition!"
exclaimed the local manager; but prompt
ly saved his mutton by throwing his ba
con into the lire. In other words, he
found that he couldn't possibly play
Bernhardt. He was sorry genuinely sor
ry, too, .mind you because his returns on
the Bernhardt engagement for one per
formance might equal an entire week's
receipts on a regular attraction. And
then so many people wanted to see Bern
hardt, tool It was very provoking.
When Bernhardt started out in Chi
cago with her great week - she .. had
no idea of what was before her. . The
tirand Opera-House was a beautiful little
theater everything was "just too sweet
for anything," and Madame Bernhardt
was kept busy Buying "Merci" for the
good things people said about her and did
for her. It didn't last long that way but
madame Just kept on saying "Mercl" be
cause she is a good fellow.
Altogether she has played some of the
most remarkable houses ever heard of in
the amusement business. Kor Instance:
The Bernhardt tent At Dallas, Waco
and Duluth.
Skating rinks At Savannah, . Tampa,
Jacksonville, Augusta. Butte. 'Atlanta,
Fort Wayne. Winnipeg, Spokane with
plenty more to come.
Auditoriums Kansas City. Omaha,
Nashville, 'Chattanooga, Teorla and then
a, few.
Summer the aters IJttle Rock, five miles
' from the city in a driving rain; Ios
Moines, Ingcrsoll ' Park Theater, two
miles and . half out; Seattle, Leschl
Tark. three miles out.
Iivery Htable Jn Montgomery, Ala.;
date was cancelled, however, on account
of other booking. '.
Hlnltic-roonis Royal l'pnclana Hotel.
Talm Beach; this date was also cancelled
; because of other booking.
There are plenty of other odd places in
which the great- tragedienne has - found
herself, but these few suffice to prove the
1 general statement that Madame Bern
hardt doesn't care a whoop where she
Plays. It is always with Madame Bern
hardt: "Out. monsieur: s'il vous fdalt. T shall
leave eet all to you. monsieur."
And then Manager W. F. Connor
buckles on his fighting clothes and goes
after things.
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Naturally, the tent tour of Texas was
the largest and most comprehensive Inci
dent illustrating the difficulties of play
ing Bernhardt. In this case the manage
ment of the Greenwall circuit, controlling
the theaters of that state in which Bern
hardt could play to the capacity required
by her enormous expenses, was notified
that playing Bernhardt would mean the
withdrawal of all future syndicate busi
ness. To defy the trust would have
meant suicide financially or so the local
managers thought. They yielded. In
Austin, for instance, Bernhardt had been
billed t appear In the. Hopkins Grand
Oi'ra House. At the last moment, and
when all the advertising had been ar
ranged on that basis, Manager George
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CHARACTERISTIC POSES OF
MADAM SARAH BERNHARDT
Walker received an Intimation from New
York that the rule would apply to him.
He tried hard to escape the penalty, but
at last cancelled the engagement, and
forced the Bernhardt management to add
Austin to the list of tent towns. She
didn't play the tent there, however, as
will be afterward explained.
' Dallas was the first tent town. Twelve
thousand crowded into "the canvas en
closure, and those that couldn't get
through the door just tore the side walls
down near the stage and went in any
how. It stormed thunder and lightning
the next night at Waco, but Madame
Bernhardt, on the temporary stage and
behind the strange curtains, played on.
It never ocfcirred to her that anything
out of the ordinary had happened. Some
of the audience kept apprehensive eyes
on the entrance, in case the wind should
take a notion to topple the big piece of
dry goods over on their heads, but Bern
hardt knew nothing of It until somebody
mentioned the fact that there was a
storm going on. Then she only smnea
and made her entrance, to oe oenuuticeu
bv Armand Duval, to be insulted, and to
take It all so much to heart that the
feminine portion of the audience declared
young Duval to be "to mean for any
thing!" .
Then came the incident at Austin.
The tent had been pitched. Thousands
of tickets had been sold for the appear
ance.
The State Legislature was then In spe
cial session, taking up the question or
railroad business and correcting some
errors made at the regular se - ion.
Madame Bernhardt went to call on Gov
ernor Lanham. He invited her in to see
the solons work. She went. A member
from the western part of the state was
speaking when the House broke into tu
multuous applause. He bowed his appre
ciation until some one yelled to him:
"Take off your hat! There's a lady In
the house!" - .
Then he saw the cause of the uproar.
Madame Bernhardt had entered with Gov
ernor Lanham, and stood smiling and
bowing to the storm of gre'etings.-
"I move an . adjournment of ten min
utescarried!" shouted the presiding of
ficer, with a whack of. his gavel, and for
ten minutes Madame Bernhardt held a re
ception. Just then the rain came. It
poured. It soaked. It struck the ground
splattering, and rushed away . Into rivu
lets that made torrents of gutter streams
in their Joining. ''' . " '
"You are not going to play in the tent
tonight madame?" said the Governor.
"Ah," replied Madame Bernhardt. "Eet
nail rain ze cat. jeet. sail; rain ze ops-i
This part of the story may or may
not be true. If is said that Governor
Lanham, gritting his- teeth together,
said:
' "I'll he , -If she does."
And then it Is said he went to the
phone and called up Manager Walker,
to whom he recited the fact that Mad
ame Bernhardt was playing in Austin
under the auspices of the Business
Men's League, and that the league
would not. permit its guest to be forced
into the tent on a rainy night, under
any circumstances... It is even said that
the Governor added '
"And she's gblng to. play In your
theater tonight, if the state has to
confiscate the building to prevent such
a thing."
That was fairly conclusive.- Madame
Bernhardt played in the theater that
night, and a total of $2500 went back
to purchasers who were unable to get
into the building. It was an incident
which at the time seemed to have
broken the back of the syndicate.
But when George H. Murray, gener
al business representative of the com
pany, dropped into Duluth to select
a house, something happened . that
brought the tent out again. He of
fered ' the local management to the
officers of the Commercial Club. The
secretary turned it over to the stew
ard, and the steward found he couldn't
handle it. The offer went to Sherman
A. Paddock, who at once secured an
option on the Armory, tacked a few
hundred dollars to the rent and made a
proposition which Included a bit of
money for a small circle of friends. Of
course, there was nothing doing. The
Rink was sought by Manager Murray;
Paddock also got au option on it. Mr.
Musray left town: Paddock filed in
junction proceedings, and Henry E.
Wrarner, press representative, arrived
In town to find the whole Bernhardt
proposition in the hands of a lawyer,
and Local Manager John Congdon sit
ting up Alghts counting his pains and
aches. The case went to court, and
Paddock was defeated. ' Then the
building inspector demanded that four
exits be cut through a 40-foot brick
wall nine inphes thick. It couldn't be
done, and the building inspector was
the court of last resort In the matter.
"Very - well, then,", was the reply,
"we'll play in a tent."
"What!"
"We'll play In a tent. Our tent
the one we had in Texas is in Chica
go, where Madame Bernhardt donated
it and her services for the big San
Francisco benefit on the lake front.
We'll bring it out here and play under
canvas before we'll build a theater."
There were 1000 tickets sold at the
time. It wouldn't do to disappoint that
army of people. The date was can
celed twice in one day before it was
finally determined that the tent would
be taken to the Minnesota Zenith City
of the Unsalted Seas, in order that
Bernhardt, the greatest actress the
world has ever produced, might be per
mitted to play one little night, with
only Murray and Mack In "A Night on
New York
Society Women
for One Night
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EW YORK, April 30. (Special Corre
spondence.) All amusement avenues
In New York are turned into mak
ing money to send to the San Francisco
sufferers.- - -
Indeed, such sights are seen as would be
intensely amusing were it not .for the ob
ject behind It. ' '
For example, carriages are seen on the
streets bearing great placards, "For the
benefit of the sufferers in San Francisco."
In these carriages are well-known society
women, who create a stand in the busy
marts and raffle single flowers for which
they get anywhere from 25 cents to $25.
Nearly every prosperous play devotes
one night's entire proceeds, at which time
even the programmes are sold for what
ever one wishes to give.
The arrival of the opera eonjpany in
New York was of course most sensational.
The members were met by over 2000 peo
ple at the station, and the emotions were
divided between tears and laughter.
. The first experience of Nathan Franko
at the Grand Central Station was disa
greeable to' say the least. It consisted of
a free fight, In .which blows were ex
changed. It came about through the strict
law which forbids anyone to pass through
the gate's to meet the incoming train, and
after the strain through which Mrs.
Franko had passed, when she caught sight
.of her husband, nothing daunted, she flew
through the gates. . .. .
' Mr. Franko, looking along the platform,
saw theguafd. handling Mrs. Franko in a
very rough--manner, - upon '-which., he
dropped his hand baggage and rushed at
the guard, striking ,hira heavily, which
caused the guard to turn his attentions
to Mr. Franko and return the blows.
Mr. Franko was also very much-aggrieved
by the statements in some of the
papers that he had left the .orchestra, to
shift for itself. - He explained that as
nearly as it was possible to keep track of
the cojnpany they did, but they could not
tell any more than the residents of the
afflicted city where people were, or how
they were.
"The department store" of Joe Weber
at the Gilsey House Is bringing about $1000
a day, and everybody around there seems
to be having a good time out of it.
The goods were contributed by the dif
ferent business houses, and .represent the
most notable collection ever seen in New
York City.
One of the spring water companies con
tributed thousands of gallons of water,
which they are selling by the gtass for
fabulous prices, and in 'sheet music they
are doing a rushing business. The differ
ent actresses sing the -songs, and then
they are offered for sale. It is certain
that they are doing business along new
and original lines.
The performance of '-"Arms - and the
Man" at the Lyric Theater, with Arnold
Daly and his company, on Wednesday
night, netted $1010.
On Monday night "The Lion and the
Broadway" to oppose her at the syn
dicate hotise.
Murray and Mack might bat each
other around a thousand syndicate
stages with slapsticks; they might squirt
seltzer bottles at each other and grin at
the orchestra through a yard thick of
grease paint, but
Madame Sarah Bernhardt, by gosh,
had to get out into the cold air and
play under a tent, because everybody
in Duluth wanted to see her. with one
exception the building inspector.
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There are six Irishmen connected
with the Bernhardt tour in managerial
or representative capacities. They are
William F. Connor, the impressario
and personal director of the tour; Ed
ward J. Sullivan, acting manager with
the company and treasurer; George H.
Murray, general business representa
tive; William E. Gorman, general bus
iness representative; Henry E. War
ner, general press representative, and
John J. Murphy, general assistant to
all the other Generals, who Is back
with the show. The Celts have capv-
Benefits Show Originality
Raff le Off Flowers Theaters Give Receipts '
Joe Weber Runs a Department Store. ' ;
Mouse" contribution to the fund was
$2002. - '
On Sunday night at the Hippodrome
there will be a concert which will enlist
the services of Victor Herbert, leading an
orchestra of over 300, and chorus of 500
men and women selected from the light
opera and musical comedy companies. The
soloists will include Schumann-Heink,
Blanche Duffield and Eugene Cowles. The
concert will be followed by a monster en
tertainment by Joe Weber and company,
Josephine Cohan and company, Peter
Dailey and company, Sam Bernard and
others.
There is moreover, a greater benefit
concert to' be given at the Metropolitan
Opera-House on Friday, May 4. Among
those who will appear are William H.
Crane, Mrs. Fisk, Ethel Barrymore, El
sie Janis, Wilton . Lackaye. Victor Her
bert, Francis Wilson,- Joe Weber, Lillian
Russell. Otis Harlan, Raymond Hitch
cock, Henry deVrics. Madame Sembrlch,
Madame Schumann-Heink, Olive Frem
stad. Edythe Walker,. Adele Aus der Ohe,
Yvette Guilbcrt, Lillian Blauvelt and
Emma Eames will be invited to appear.
Gorky and his alleged misdemeanors are
for the time forgotten In the- -'tement
of the San Francisco disaster. The second
appearance of the Russian novelist oc
curred on Wednesday night, under very
different auspices from what they might
have been had not the unfortunate condi
tions surrounding his private lite received
so much airing in New.Yerk.
There were 5000 Russian Social Demo
crats in the Grand Central Palace on
Wednesday night, when he talked con
cerning the . Jewish question. His latest
plays have Just been published in English
and they are among the very strongest
writings which have come' om Russia.
No one who ia not familiar with the
literature of Gogol. Dostoiewsky. Tour
guenieff. to say nothins of both the Tqjl
stoi of today and Alexis Tolstoi of about
a century ago, can realize the rugged
force of the literature of . this country.
For the benefit of those who believe that
novelists and idealists must belong to the
upper strata a cursory glance over the
life of Maxim Gorky may convey a dif
ferent impression.
Born in Nizhni Novogorod in 188, ten
years later he began work as errand boy
in a shoe store.- The following year
found him apprentice in a draughtsman's
office. The next year he worked as kitch
en boy on a steamer.' Three years latet
he was found in a cake bakery, then as
a wood sawyer. In the same year he
also worked as a dockhand and the fol
lowing year as baker.
In 18S6 he was with the chorus of a
small operatic company. and a year later
he 'was peddling apples.. In 1S88 he at
tempted suicide. The following year he
was a railroad guard and then secretary
in a lawyer's office. In 1S91 he began to
tramp all over Russia and the following
year he. worked for a time in a railroad
shor. It was here he wrote his first
Btory and from that time forward he
gave himself to literature, no matter
through what struggles or by w hat means
he gained a living in order to give him
the -chance to continue writing.
In 1S.H his story, "Cheikush," which
tured the Farleyvoos, according to the
usual application and conception of
the truism that there is nothing too
good for the Irish. :
But" the man -who said that nothing
could kill an Irishman forgot to hold
his statistics up until, he could get a
look at the Irish representatives of
Bernhardt. ; With a tour covering
25.000 miles and 75 cities, Madame
Bernhardt has ;been trotting over the
country with ail the gTace and ease of
a soubrette, and looking nearer 26 than
62. But the other fellows the repre
sentatives th ey are wan and pale,
and there are wrinkles in their puz
zled brows, for it is no sport no picnic
outingj to travel In front of, with or
after the fastest traveler that '.ever
trod the boards and shot like a streak
of gTeased lightning across the-broad
bosom . of the greatest country on
earth, where the scream of the Ameri
can eagle plays an obligato to the
pounding of the wheels, the plunging
of the piston rod and the shriek of the
whistle. ' " ; . .
And this Is why: '
In the first place the city, the house, H
the organization must be found to play
Bernhardt. She must play 14000 to profit,
and $4000 is a lot of money and requires
appeared in Vladimir Korolenko's maga
zine, attracted much attention - through
out Russia. He has written five volumes
of short stories. His novels are "The
Peasant" and one which is unfinished,
and his plays include five, of which "The
Children of the Sun" and "The Barnari
ans" are the latest.
A delightful "at home" was" given on
Thursday by Rattenbury Moore In his
art craft rooms, 6 West Fortieth street.
It was chaperoned by . Mrs. Rob
ert Treat Piatt, of Portland, Or, " assist
ed by Miss Earle, who visited her out
there last Summer. . Mr.. Moore will be
remembered in connection with the little
art craft shop in the Liberal Artsbuild
ing at the Exposition last Summer,-and
those who remember his artistic tastes
will realize that everything .about 'this
event was significant of - his-good taste
and artistic' tendencies. '-Mrs. Piatt, -who
lsv looking extremely well, presided at
the tea table most graciously.
The Olive "Mead Quartet gave a pro
gramme on Thursday afternoon and even
ing in the elegant homeof Mrs. Charles
Rich, and realized $700, which was sent
Immediately to Mrs. Dr. Holden, Miss
Mead's sister, to be distributed as need
ed in San Francisco. " Mrs. Holden lost
nothing by the disaster in San Francisco,
she having moved to Belvedere -for the
Summer.
Homer DavenpoTt is mourning the loss
of his magnificent horse. Hal. D., burnt
in a recent Are. The animal had choked
before-they could remove him. -Mr. Dav
enport, by the way, has offered 1000 of his
well-known caricatures to be sold for
the benefit of the San Francisco suffer
ers. EMILIE FRANCES BAUER. "
SOCIETY NEWS
(Continued from Page .27.) -daughter;
Margaret, - to .'Frederick H.
Drake, the wedding to.be an event of
early ; June. Miss Margaret is the
youngest daughter of-the popular cler
gyman and his estimable wife, and
holds the affection apd admiration of
countless - friends in this city and
elsewhere. It was in Butte that she
spent her childhood .days, attending
the public schools here, and later fin
ishing at Bishop Whipple's school, St.
Mary's Hall, ,at Faribault, Minn. Al
ways a. great social favorite, lovable
and gentle, with unusual strength of
character; she holds an" enviable place
in the rank and file of charming young
ladies who help to make up the social
world 'of - Butte. The groom-to-be Is
one of the most popular young men in
the city, and for some time has filled
the position of clerk ,of the Federal
Court, but was educated for the law,
graduating from Stanford University."
It is understood that the wedding
will take place in June.
- Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Udell, - of Ta-
plenty of seating capacity. She cannot
get Into the regular theaters, and the
number of independent houses in the
United States is comparatively small.
Going into a new town, -the advance
man must find the house, whether it be
an abandoned theater, music-hall, dance
hall, skating-rink or what not. If it is
not seated, lighted, heated,' he must ar
range for that. If no local manager of
ability can be secured, he must hire stage
hands, ushers, orchestra, supers: he must
arrange for property items, tickets, print
ing, billing, newspaper advertising, bag
gage and carriage hire, hotels: he must
get ticket-sellers and takers, and put the
advance sale into responsible hands; he
must cover the country newspapers with
such advertising and press matter as they
should receive; he must send back advices
on all this, and everything must be done
then, and not later. -
He must do all this and some more in
one day, coming in early In the morning!
and leaving on a nignt tram, ror ne can
not afford to lose the time required to
travel by day. The press representative,
coming in a week later, must go- over
much of the same ground and thoroughly
cover all newspapers, for the demand fop
material about Bernhardt is simply im
mense. 'Everybody works but' father' if
some undertakings, but with Bernhardt,
not only father works, but also grand
father And 'it's all work, without a bit
of romance, and with all the gilt rubbed
off with a coarse file.
In Texas, Business Representative Gor
coma, announce the ' engagement of
their daughter, Minerva, to Elizur H.
Loomis, of Portland. The wedding
will take place in the first : part of
June at Florence, Italy.
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The musical department of the
Women's Club will meet next Thurs
day afternoon in Larowe hall. As this
hall has unusual acoustic - properties.
the club is anticipating an unusually
pleasant afternoon.'
'
The music at the Woman's Club meet
ing' next Friday will be in line with the
subject of the day, "Oregon History."
A number of Oregbnians will sing and
some Oregon music will also be rendered.
.
Mrs. H. V. Shelby and her daughter.
Miss Annie Blanche Shelby, have re
moved to 225 Eleventh . street, where
they will be pleased to receive their
friends.
'
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Killingsworth
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Alice Cornelia, to Clinton L.
Shorno. The wedding will take place
in June.
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The Illinois Study Club will meet at
the residence of, Mrs. F.. Sullivan, 647
Third street, on Wednesday, May 9,
at 2:30. Topic,-Francis Wlllard.' Take
8. car.
; The next -dance in the series being
given by Mrs. Nina Larowe will take
place .on May. 16. .The closing party
will be on June 13-'
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Mr. and Mrs. James Lynch announce
the -engagement of -their daughter,
Agnes, to F. W. Smiley, of Denver, Colo.
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Mr' and Mrs. 'J. H. Beck' announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Ollie M., to .Mr. Wahl. . . .
SOCIETY PERSOXAIv.
Miss Kate . B. Ramsdell left Thursday
of this Week for Los Angeles, Cal.
Mrs. ;C. C. Bradley, who has been ill, is
still recuperating at Carson Springs.
Miss Ruth A. Gllman has returned home
after spending a pleasant year in San
Jose, Cal. .
; Dave Ackerman, of Seattle, was in town
during the past week. He has now re
turned home. .
Mrs. Charles F. Belt. - of Dallas, is vis
iting. Mrs. C. V.-Hare, ,168 East Thirty
fourth street. ' '
-Mr. and, Mrs. E. J: Brown are spending
a few. days at the home of the bride's
parents in Irvlngtonr . -
Miss Anna- Wagner left Wednesday
evening for New York City. She will
be at home about July 1.
Louis Hodler left Thursday . for New
York, whence he will sail on May 10 for
France, and will tour; Europe.
Mr. and Mrs. Moses Blum are vis
iting Mr. and Mrs. ' Jacob Mayer,
Twelfth and Morrison streets.
Mrs. ' A. I. Bloch, of San Francisco,
and her daughters, are the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Leo-Selling, 447 West Park.
Misses Oleta and Josephine Schell, who
spent the lat seven months in Cali
fornia, returned to Portland a week
ago.
' L. Charles Sparks, ' from Dresden,
Germany, is to spend a few weeks
In Portland this Summer. He will
leave Europe the first of June, and
man directed the building and pitching of
the mammoth tent that was made neces
sary by the commercial conditions men
tioned. It took 60 men two weeks to sew
the canvas together, and three cars to
take it to Dallas from Kansas City and
the other tent towns.
When General Representative Murray
landed In Spokane, he found no place to
play. Out in Natatorium Park they hd
a floor In course of being, laid for the
big rink, which was to be finished in a
week. He put a bonus on. the contractor
sent 30 extra men to hustle, and by the
skin of their teeth they got the sidewalls
up and a canvas top over all, Just in time
for Bernhardt. Spokane simply had to
be played, because there had been such
a demand for Bernhardt, and to build &
theater. In effect, was the only way she
could get In. -
Down in Little Rock, Ark., the only
available building was five miles out of
the city a Summer theater, at that. And
to play it was necessary to enclose the
building with canvas, put stoves in. seat
it, rent everything for the production and
haul a struggling 5300 people out in a driv
ing and cold rain. All through the South
the difficulties of equipping improvised
theaters was encountered building stages,
providing curtains, side and footlights,
borders and other essentials, and attend
ing to the thousand details of organiza
tion. .
And with all this. Bernhardt has played
a tour of engagements which will never be
duplicated, for well, there Is but one
Bernhardt. She played $12,000 In Dallas,
$li),000 In Kansas City, . $75,000 In two weeks
tjt Boston, $8000 a performance In such
cities as Omaha. Nashville and Memphis.
-Bhe has had the people in Portland, Me.,
r.ise4JW strong and cheer -tier to the
echo; and at Nashville they tried to force
their., way to the stage to-get a nearer
view of her. She has played the great
est return engagement to Chicago ever
known one that was declared to be im
possible by old theatrical managers. And
all the time, with all its hardships, her
comment on the route has been:
"S'il vous plait, Monsieur s'il vous
plait."
expects to arrive in Portland the lat
ter part of, that month.
Miss Frances C. Harrington has re
turned to Portland after a delightful trip
of six months spent in San Francisco and
the Hawaiian Islands.
W. A. Buchanan and wife, of Ro
land avenue. Mount Tabor have re
turned from ' their Southern Califor
nia trip, both much benefited by their
trip.'
Misses M. and V. Marshall, who have
been spending the Winter in New
York, returned to Portland last week
via San Francisco and are staying at
The Hill.
Robert Livingstone and W. R. Mac
kenzie left on Friday night for New
York, from whence, they sail for the
Mediterranean. They expect to re
turn to Portland In September.
Frank Dekum, who is still with
Mr. Lackaye in "The Pit" and "Tril- ,
by," is playing a four weeks' engage- '
ment ,at the Academy of Music in New
York City. On May 31 Mr. Dekura
sails for Europe, where he will re
main during the Summer.
Mr. and Mrs. S. Sllverfleld and daugh
ter left Portland this week and before
returning will make an extended trip
through Europe, visiting the principal
capitals and fashionable resorts. The
object of the trip is rest' and recreation
at the same time. Mr. and Mrs. Silver
field can be depended upon to keep their
eyes open ' and the customers at their
store are sure to profit this Fall by the
numerous novelties that will be shown.
A. J. Hefty, the architect, accompanied
them. ...
' At the . Women's Union,
Miss Georgia Smith is one. of this week's
newcomers.'
Miss Anne Mennen is the latest name on
the register.
Miss Nellie Brown, of Condont came
this week for an indefinite stay. '
Mrs. Carrie Buscke. a San Francisco
refugee, has been here all the week.
' Mrs. M. S. Savage, Dressmaker.
Removed to 290 Halsey. Phone East 5S04.
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Rich and Poor Do' Most Drinking.
CHICAGO, May 5. The drinking of
intoxicants is - decreasing among the
middle classes . of the whole world
and is increasing among the very poor
and the very rich.
Such is the conclusion drawn from
a foreign, tour by John G. Wooley,
once Prohibition candidate for Presi
dent, who has returned to Chicago,
after a 13 months' trip abroad. -t
Taking all the countries together,"
said Mr. Woolley, "the main body of
the people the great middle classes,
who do most of the business and form
the backbone of the people are
drinking less liquor today than ever
before.
"I am forced to the opposite con
clusion, however, with reference to
some of the other classes, the idle classes,
both poor and rich." ...
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