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28 THE SUNDAY'-OREGOXIAtf, POKTAN; .SEPTEMBER , , 9, ;j 1906. : tiki Wfhti frlfePfP"' : Sln u- 1 " P . V " W M. S if 2$$ 11 iv 'y ; 4 .-, ' 1 mal.. On th. Grandtscope will Km lirfr' r'-n -iSX, II VW -" " - A v; II I flashed several moving-picture stories. M'iCW flltt ' ' i5e$&S 11 V T ' ' ill I This programme will be given every ITOf 4IB tlilfea Hi S A ' " ' ! afternoon and .wlce each evening this l&-in f3&$Sd II? x $ . . - W HI 1 hours and this wlfi be the last of the STAB &R3J Val,5i I l&S3&M ' - - , , V ' I I all-star vaudeville - entertainment. MMA ' V tiH " ' 11 VV V V- ' ill I whtch U headed by Mason -and Kelly fcSj&A JJyW 1 W V' V . f , ,- 111 1 In the "Onion Trust" This -act is a te4fSV -A . t' ; x ""t ' - ' JT . f. ' U I novelty and one of the most original !&$WfV'. Ja. JfVR lS4 II I or -x;, ' - ' , ' Hi' I ver seen here. It also marks the BV0l VALH III x , i Ml 1 close of the engagement of that funny W?gJ fJiS''f V Ukiil lit- ,t Ml 1 fellow, Al Jolson, the Mexican tourist irft-fe4 &m&LY VMa U - ' - H 1 quintet. Mark Sullivan and Rillle k4mWfk V?4VWTM Hi' f I " 'ill 1 Raves in "Hotel Asker," and he other -S3sgSl MSvyff IV VK"l II " - ? v ' ll I features. :iiit 11 . 11 r . wAwirOTi at -the i.yrio ifcZtv'J fi I fes : 3 II F !r rr- - JW will be seen in appropriate rolem and I x'l x llll .. tti-sn. F-fL-t--- A each ne is bound to excel pase efforts. I . M, cl? i Sf ' i ' Xt--' . It will run all week. THE coming week will eee the theat rical season regularly launched by the opening of the Hellig for Will lam Collier temptation is very strong to continue calling him 'Willie" In his old vehicle,- Gus Thomas' farce, "On the Quiet." That will occur Thursday night, and until the Spring rains begin business at all seven of Portland's theaters will proceed right merrily. Amusement-seekers will find variety enough to suit all, there will be some thing for each, and everything for those who are catholic In their tastes. The hlghrprlced Klaw & Erlanger attractions at the Hellig, perhaps the best bookings ever made by a local theater, high-class stock by a very fine company at the Ba ker, the Stair-Havlln popular-priced shows, which appeal very etrongly to a large class of theater-goers, at the Em pire; low-priced stock of good quality at the Lyrio and Star, and excellent vaude ville at the Grand and Pantages. To see them all It will be necessary to go every day of the week. Including Sunday, for there will be practically no "dark days." During the week just past the play houses have all been running to capacity; in fact, conditions have been better than ever before at this stage of the season. The Baker opened a week ago with the strongest stock company seen here In years, presenting an exceptionally good play, "The Crisis." The piece served to introduce' all the regular members of the organization, owing to its long cast. The production w?s complete and handsome, and the acting as good as one could rea sonably wish. The fact that the house was sold out for every performance was proof conolusive that the public was sat isfied. The Eastern trip of Manager Ba ker, Dlreotor; Salnpolis and Miss Law rence was time and money well spent, for It served to bring them In touch with opportunities to secure good people and a line of fresh and attractive plays, of which more anon. When the Empire opened last Sunday It was to a large patronage, which was maintained at each performance. The show, "lights of Frleoo," while not the best of melodramas, was worthy of the attention It commanded and served to en tertain Its public to their entire satisfac tion) At the Lyrio, Grand, Pantages and Star it was one continual bargain-day rush. "Across the Plains," with plenty of thrills and emotion, was a hit at the Keating-Flood house, the Grand had a prize-winner In Al Jolson, the blackface ' monologlst, a real artist In a much aoused line, while the remaining num bers on the bill were up to standard. "The Stowaway," always a good drawing card, successfully held forth at the Star, while at Pantages a customarily good ar ray of vaudeville talent, with one or two exceptions, demonstrated its "pulling power." It was, withal, a good week theatrically. That to come promises to be even better In every way, and the clamor for eeata will no doubt be louder than that Just experienced. If the show craze continues, it will mean that the present houses will have to be enlarged or a part of the populace go hungry. A. A. G. WILL OPEN THE HEILIG.' William Collier In "On the Quiet" Next Thursday Xlght. 6n Thursday evening, September 13, for three nights only, William Collier, the successful comedian, will appear at the Hellig in, concededly, the comedy masterpiece of the noted playwright, Augustus Thomas, entitled On the Quiet." A matinee will be given on Saturday of the engagement. . As an actor Mr. Collier stands con spicuously alone In novelty of concep tion, spirited method and consummate finish. Moreover, he Is unrivalled in breezy, unctuous oomedy and endowed with a personality at once peculiar and hlsrhly entertaining, on tnese points American and English critics are fully ia accord. His triumphs la London a year ago and in Australia the past Summer were as emphatic as his pre ceding American seasons. He plays his allotted parts with becoming ease and facility and his gentlemanly and urbane manner of going about his "love busi ness" is everywhere described as be ing delightfully comical. The Thomas play for this Collier star Is as old as Its title. "On the Quiet," and is universally pronounced a well-constructed farce with a good story and a rather fine touch of sen timent. In a word, it Is best summed up as an expertly-fashioned fabric of comic Incidents replete with humor and charm rare qualities In farce. It will be remembered that Charles Frohman sent Mr. Collier and his en tire company a year ago from New York to London at short notice, to 1H time made vacant In England's me tropolis through that manager's ex tension of Miss Marie Tempest's flying engagement from London to New York and return. Mr. Collier captivated Lon don at once and remained there over five months In lieu of the fortnight originally planned. His furore in the British capital aroused the curiosity of distant English colonies to see him. but only the Just-concluded visit- to Australia could be accepted. His anti podean success was on a par with that which overwhelmed him in the mother country. The advance eale of seats will open next Tuesday morning, September 11, at the box office of the Hellig Theater, Fourteenth and Washington streets. BECAUSE SHE LOVED HIM SO" Gillette's Extremely Funny Farce Comedy Begins Today. From serious drama to bright and effervescent comedy that will be the story o the second week's offering of the popular Baker Stock Company. Starting with today's matinee, the strong pictures of Churchill's "The Crisis," will disappear from the Baker stage, and in their place will come the light and airy lines from Gillette's fam ous comedy "Because She Loved Him So." "Because She Loved Him So" is full of new and novel situations and is a perfect scream of laughter from be ginning to end. It tells of the domestic troubles of a newly-married couple who are very much attached to each other, but the family clrole Is jarred by the wife's unreasonable jealousy of her husband, an artist. The parents of the wife lived for 30 years without a quarrel, and they do their best to overcome the discords in the home of the bride. Servants in the house of the young couple plot to create a row between husband and wife In order that they may be dismissed for the evening and thereby enjoy them selves. To bring about the desired trouble they deliberately place a blond hair upon the bridegroom's coat and sprinkle perfume upon the garment. The scheme works like a charm, for the wife discovers the traces of guilt, as she supposes, and a quarrel results, with such effect that the young woman leave her husband and returns to her parents. The old couple. In an endeav or to show the young folks the error of their ways, also have a fierce mock fight In the presence of their children. This horrifies the youngsters, but the plan goes further than the old people Intended, for while they are enjoying a warm discussion, Tom, the elder couple's son. arrives with his affianced bride and her father. The father of Tom's sweetheart is disgusted with the quarrelsome crowd and breaks off w the engagement, declaring that the family is disreputable. This gives a new zest to the plot, and the quarrels become more heated than ever, until a satisfactory arrangement Is finally reached. "Because She Loved Him So" has not been seen here for a long time, and Is one of the most charming come dies on the stage. The company Is most happily cast as follows: Gertrude West Miss Lillian Lawrence Oliver West Mr. Richard Thornton Susan Miss Frances Slosson Thomas Weatherby...Mr. Howard Russell Prltchard M William Harris Rev. Lyman Langley. . ..Mr. W. Gleason Julie Langley Miss Ethel Grey Terry Mrs. Jackson. Miss Lucille Webster Mr. Jackson Mr. James Gleason Mrs. John vvetherby Mrs. Mina Crollus Gleason John Weatherby.... Mr. John Steppllng Margaret Senora Adelina Gonzales Miss Frances Arno Edward Marsh... Mr. Donald Bowles SYNOPSIS. Act 1 At the West's London; toward evening. Act 2. At tho Weatherby's Ports mouth; next evening. Act 3. The same; the following morning. AT THE EMPIRE. "The World," Great Scenic Blelo ' drama, to Open Engagoment. The Empire's second week of the sea son will open with today's matinee with J. . Z. Jjlttle's great scenlo melodrama, "The World." Digressing from the atmosphere in which plays have run their course at this playhouse, that of "The World" Is distinctly nautical. Pursuing the action of its plot on the Atlantic Ocean, breath ing of the wild 'salty flavor of the sea, with a host of typical characters drawn true to life, this play holds the auditor at once enthralled and refreshed. The action of the play opens on the ocean docks at Liverpool on the eve of the de parture of a trans-Atlantic greyhound. A young girl Is being forced to . leave England against her will by a human devil whom fate has made her guardian, and from whose cruelty her only brother hos long since fled. To remove her, the sole barrier to his succession to Jier father's estate, from his path, the wretch blows up the steamer In mid-ocean, and It Is by the merest chance that she is saved from death by the intervention of the mate, who Is subsequently discovered to be her brother. After painful vicissi tudes they are at last rescued by the same hands that have already saved her Inhuman guardian and his co-conspirator. Failing to poison her and her brother, the guardian finally succeeds in having the brother Incarcerated In an Insane asylum and kidnaps the unprotected sis ter. Retribution, however, follows close on his heels, and at the moment of his apparent triumph he Is dumbfounded by the inopportune appearance of brother and sister, the former having escaped from his keepers and rescued his sister In time to frustrate the consummation of the guardian's villainous schemes. The only two matinees of "The World" will be this afternoon and Saturday. STEWART OPERA COMPANY Famous Organization Will Present Three Comic Operas at Heilig. ' The Stewart Opera Company comes to the Heilig Theater for an engagement ot one week, starting Sunday, September it. This organization has won notable dis tinction throughout the East for the gen eral excellence of its personnel and the magnificent manner In which the operas are mounted. The cast - includes among others, such noted lyric artists as Mabel Day, prima donna; Bertha Shalek, contralto; Bessie Falrbairn, comedienne; William G. Stewart, baritone: Carl Haydn, tenor; George W. Leslie, comedian, and Bow man Rolston, basso. -On Sunday, Monday and Tuesday even ings the Stewart Company will sing their Broadway Theater, New York City comedy opera success, "The Two Roses." the music of which is by Ludwlg Eng lander; on Wednesday and Thursday, Alfred Celller's delightful English comic opera. "Dorothy," and on Friday and Saturday the Victor Herbert comic opera, "Babette." Advance sale opens next Fri day at the box office of the theater. . "On the Brldgat Midnight." Following "The World" at the Em pire and starting next Sunday matinee "On the Bridge at Midnight," a story full of heart Interest and comedy, will be the attraction. There Is so much genuine human Interest and entertain ment in the play, which does not by any means depend on Its-famous bridge scene for its success, that it cannot be played by an ordinary company. It requires accomplished comedians and strong actors of 'serious roles. The character of the blind mother, one of the most appealing of Its kind on the stage, is In' competent hands. Her search for her kidnaped child is most pathetic, but there are many incidents of pure humon The quest for the child leads to the celebrated valve or jack knife bridge across the Chicago River and incidentally it is opened to admit a steamer to pass,. Next Week at the Baker. By arrangement with Charles Frohman the great French play, "Two Little Va grants," will follow "Because She Loved Him So," at the Baker, opening Sunday matinee next The drama Is an unusually strong one, and requires an immense amount of scenery and special staging, as well as a large cast of people. The scenes are laid In France and deal with Intrigue and wickedness In that sunny land. It tells the story of two boys born of high position, but through force of circumstances are reared with outlaws and robbers until they are grown. There is a strong moral to the play, and It will be a great attraction in the bands of the Baker Jompany. GRANT)' S NEW " PROGRAMME Master Harold Hoff's Home-Coining One of This Week's Events. The Good Old U. a A... is the illus trated song which will serve Master Harold Hoff for his homecoming to the Grand this week, starting with the matinee tomorrow. Although a young ster Master Hoff is the most popular singer of illustrated songs that ever appeared beforp the local public. Mas ter Hoff has been on a vacation1 for nearly three months and his welcome this week will run a close second to that tendered W. J. Bryan in New YThe programme at the Grand for this week will be fully up to the exacting standard of the house, v The best-of vaudeville is always found at -this pleasure palace and the new bill will not be an exception. The feature act is that of the Martin brothers, said to be the most expert zylophone artists of Europe. This is their first trip to the Pacific Coast and wherever they have appeared the vaudeville critics have showered praise on their act. Eddie Gray & Company, a talented little company, will give a laughable sketch, "His Last Match." This is a playlet filled with human natnre, as well as being humorous and witty. The Garnellos are comedy acrobats and singers. They have a mixture of startling athletic feats and toss in comedy and harmony on the side. The Grand Opera Trio will provide the more classic selections for the new programme. Leonard and Drake are a pair of comedians whose specialty Is In imitating the noises of various ani- TOMORROW 'Shadowed by Crime," a Sensa tional Melodrama, the Bill. Beginning tomorrow afternoon the Lyric will offer "Shadowed by Crime." one of the strongest melodramas ever written. The scene Is laid In Australia and England, and holds the attention as few productions now before the people. All the popular members of the company will be seen ' in appropriate rolesi and each one is bound to excel pasfr efforts. It will run all week. "Shadowed by Crime" Is a melodrama of exceptional merit, full of heart In terest.. The play opens In Australia during a drought. There are found Garth (Herbert Ashton), the villain, and the young girl. Grace (Warda Howard), whom he enticed from home under prom ise of marriage. She befriends Staple ton (Charles Conners), dying of thirst. Garth overhears him say he has money, and plans to rob him. Grace warns Sta pleton and tells him to fly. Garth, en raged at finding his victim gone, accuses Grace of helping him, and in a strong scene denounces her and casts her off, declaring she is not his wife. Next we find her in England, happily married ' to" a young civil engineer, but she has a rival for her husband's love, Joanna (Isabel McDonald), the house keeper. West, the engineer (W. Winter hoff), is a nervous wreck and any shock will cause him to go blind. Grace has kept the secret of hei past from him. Her secret is shared by the Fighting Parson (Frank Fanning) and Stapleton. Garth appears and demands money to keep his mouth shut, which she gives him. Joanna overhears the conversation, tells West, he confronts Grace, she can not deny it, and the shock causes him to go blind. The parson comes to the rescue with a skilled occulist (W. Clif ford), who performs' an operation, and by a clever nurse, ably assisted by West's sister (Lily Branscomb) and her young lover, Rlggie (Carrol McFarland), bring husband and wife together, much to the discomfort of Joanna, and they are happily reunited. It is the aim of the management of this W. WINTEK.il OFF cozy little theater to produce each week something better than the last, and Shadowed by Crime" will be a real treat for the Lyric patrons. CHAXGES POLICY Matinees Only on Tuesday, ThurS' day, Saturday and Sunday. Hereafter there will be no daily mat inees at tne star, but Instead of a per formance every afternoon in. the week the management will give matinees Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sun day. By this arrangement the players win have Monday. Wednesday and Frl Jay to rest and prepare for each new play. The object of this change is to raise the standard of excellence at the Star and enable more time to be de voted to developing the characters and In building more elaborate scenery. For the first time in many years i-ortianaers win see this week, .begin nlng Monday night, "From Sire to Son." This is a melodrama from the pen of Milton Nobles, at one time consid ered the foremost American dramatist. From Sire to Son" is the greatest play written by Mr. Nobles and In It he has placed all the benefits of his vast ex perience, of playwrltlng. The story is told ny an adept and the lines are filled with wholesome sentiment. This Is one of the earliest dramas treating with heredity, a phase of human life to which Ibsen devoted himself long after "From Sire to Son" was originally pre sented. There Is no similarity, however, be tween Ibsen's "Ghosts" and "From Sire to Son." for the latter Is less weari some and has a pulsating story of the neart, comedy and action, three ele ments which are found lacking in the work of the Norwegian dramatist. This production by the Allen Stock Com pany will be the first that Portland has had of "From Sire to Son" since the author himself played It In this city many years ago. The revival will be on a lavish scale and the company will do Its best to live up to the ideals of Mr. Nobles. Three special sets of scenery have been built for this drama and a smooth, finished and artistic performance is as sured. Today will be the last perform ances of "The Stowaway," which has been on the boards since last Monday. It Is an English melodrama brimming with excitement. NEW FEATURES AT PANTAGES. Management Announces Bill for the New Week. Exceptionally meritorious does not half describe the great bill that will be put on at Pantages Theater this week. There I will be presented a vaudeville perform- AT THE LYRIC. :--vIift: ' $ . ' i - ... - H .nee which. In every respect, will be a high-class and fully as entertaining as any that are given in the United States, New York not excepted. The new bill be gins tomorrow, and It is one worth see ing. Taken all In all. every feature con sidered. It Is dpubtful if ever before In Portland as good a bill has been pre sented. While all of them are excellent and while at many vaudeville houses almost any one of them might be considered good enough to be featured, the Musical Cates are the headliners. There are four of them; presenting their high-class, straight musical act which Is the very best of Its kind In vaudeville. It Is absolutely with out equal, and wherever the Musical Cates have appeared they have taken the audiences by storm. There are a hundred or even thousands of musical teams on the stage, but none just like the Musical Cates. A bit of the plcturesqueness of Aus tralia will be transplanted to the popular playhouse this week by Caston and Har vey, the singing and dancing duo. They are Just from Australia, and their per formance fairly blossoms with freshness and things that are new and unique. They- have something never seen here before; that is the great attraction of their act. What Is more, their "something never seen here before" is Just as good as it is new. Maud Beatty, the comic-opera favorite. makes her first appearance In vaudeville. She Is known from one part of the coun try to the other as a comic-opera star, but an immense salary persuaded her to take to vaudeville for a limited period only. . "Mistaken Identity" is 9 name of an excruciatingly funny trajfsty presented by Mr. and Mrs. Gill. It is one of the clev erest and most laughable one-act farces of the day. As fun-manufacturers. Mr. and Mrs. Gill have few if any equals. They are paid well to make people laugh, and they do It well. If you should try to estimate their salaries from the number Of hearty laughs they cause, you would soon be -considering them as millionaires. Little Helen, the California magnet, is anotherwho helps to make the bill such an exceptional one. She is a gem in vaudeville and made a hit upon the occa sion of her former appearance in Port land. Jean Wilson will sing the illustrated song. "When the Bees Are In the Klves." and the biograph will present the latest' animated pictures. The bill for this week will conclude to night. It is also a strong one. It Is head ed by Courtney and Jeanette. eccentric comedy Jugglers, and Madamoiselle Rl- naldo. Queen of the Flames. BRINGS ITS OWN REWARD Success Won at Western Academy ot Muslo and Art. An institution which has grown up In this city, and which not only reflects credit upon the promoters, but also upon the people at large, showing that Portland Is the musical center of the Pacific North west, is the Western Academy of Music, Second and Morrison streets, now enter ing on its seventh year of continuous suc cess. This school has grown in the last six years from its original two departments of music and elocution until it now covers the entire field of music and art, as well as a well-established school of law, re quiring a staff of 12 efficient Instructors. The enrollment during the past school year aggregated 308 pupils in the various branches. Some of the features contrib uting to its success are the number of fine large classrooms and the monthly recitals and many successful pupils now doing professional work. William M. Rasmus and J. Adrian Ep plng have been foremost in musical, ora torical and dramatic work In this city for some years. Many teachers of expression and dramatic art have from time to time sought a field for their labors in Portland, with limited success; Mr. Rasmus still remains a leader, and while each year Portland has been favored by many prom inent entertainers, none has been more favorably received. Mr. Epping Is entering on his fourteenth year as a teacher of voice, and during that period has occupied positions as choirmaster and soloist for the most prominent churches of the city, and has been much sought after for concert work, where Mr. Epping's field is very broad, ranging from grand operatic arias to the dainty and classical. These teachers have gained the enviable position they now oc cupy through their conscientious efforts In the Instruction of their pupils, as well as the advancement of art in Portland and surrounding country. GOSSIP OF STAGE FOLKS. John McCutcheon, the Chicago cartoonist and college classmate of George Ade, has on the wail of his atudio an old photograph of the Indiana playwright which tnd to prove the once made and denied assertion thatt Mr. Ade intended a correct picture of himself when he drew "Bub Htcks." the bucolic freshman of "The College Widow." The photograph &r taken when Mr. Adc, fresh from the farm, entered Perdue Uni versity. The picture is the playwright's pet aversion. On his recent return from abroad he called on McCutcheon and, seeing the comedy photograph in Us old place, ex claimed: "Say, give me that." "What for?" uked the artist, Tm keep ing it as a warning." "That's why I want It." explained Ade. "I see another paper says I'm to be married, and X want to send the editor that picture to save writing a denial." e . Mrs. Flake ended her vacation and left her retreat at Ben Lomond, in the Santa Crua Mountains, California, for New York on August- 30. Immediately upon her arrival in that city she began rehearsals of "The New York Idea," her new play for this season. Langdon Mitchell, the author of the play, was present at the assembling of the Man hattan company on Mrs. Fiske'a arrival, and read his work. . Notable as the Manhattan company supporting Mrs. Flake hae been cow for two seasons, Harrison Qrey Fl5ke h&a shown by his additions to it for this season that he purposes to make it a truly remarkable assembly of -actors. Since its establishment two years ago it has been very generally acknowledged to be the moat ar tlstlo and best balanced dramatic company in this country, while many orltica hare compared it more than favorably with the finest organizations of players in Europe. Ida Vernon and ' Leonard Shepherd have been made new members of It, and now It Is announced tna-t. Mr. Flske ha also added Dorothy Dorr, who, with the other acquisi tions, ought to make Mrs. Flske's support for the season the most distinguished in the country. It is seldom tha-t a play has the advantage of interpretation -at the hands of such an array of artlets ns Mrs. Flske, John Mason. George Arllss, William B. Mack. Rob ert V. Ferguson and the others mentioned, and from thla viewpoint "The New York Idea should create a dramatio aenaatlon. Mrs. Flske will begin her aeaaon In the West, and will not appear in New York until late In the Autumn. . a Caruso, the tenor. Is a ventriloquist as well, and In New York before he sailed for home he told at a farewell dinner a story of his ventriloquist skill. "I was one of. a house party at a mil lionaire's great new coetle overlooking the Hudson." he said.' "Tea bad been served in the garden, and after tea I sang. Then I consented to essay a little ventriloquism, and the 50 or ttO guests grew very still. "Behind me rose a superb tree. Looking up Into the thick foliage, I shouted in a loud and angry voice: "'Hello! What are you doing up there?- "To my amazement a thin young voice re plied: " 'I ain't doln' no harm, mister. I'm Just a-watchln' the big bugs.' "The guests glanced at one another, smil ing appreciatively. . Pulling myself together. I went on: " 'Did any one give you permission to climb up into that tree?' " 'Yes, sir. The groom, sir. He's my cousin.' " 'Well,' said I, 'so far there's no harm done. But be careful not to fall, and don't let any one see you.' " 'All right, mister,' said the humble voice. "I turned to my audience, and smiled and bowed triumphantly. They broke Into thunderous applause. They aald th&t they had never listened to ventriloquism so su perb. And they were quite right, too"
