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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1907)
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B wn.s the niOFt imiiortatit theatrical event in some weeks and the most rcpresentaxive auUltinces which the CH)' f:in turn iut woro present to witness the j'rfomiancc! of "The Strength of the TV-a.Jc" .ntl "Maria Kosa..' The latter ts a new piece from the Spanish, ami is by far the stronr play. It is a genuine prrsent-day tranedy, Momothlnc otherwise almost unknown. Miss Roberts' engage- inent was in every respect an artistic Hiul flliHtial sucvosn. John (JrifHth played "Richarrt thei Thlnl"' Thursday ni c lit to the satisfaction or an unusually large SiiaKCFpcarcail 8U. Friday nlfilit t he "niversity of Orepon i'jJo and .Mandolin Clubs hold forth, and last nipht the Hcilig as tiarK, as it vill be tdnicht. Tomorrn nip ht Schumann- Heink will inff, Tuesday and Wednesday n is tits . 1- ku Poone, a new star will.be seen injn- Fvph .Murjihy's old-time jucccs. '"Kerry low." n nl at the week's clo.'-o conies the ever-wcltomi' "-Sttltan of Sulu." The Baker Company devoted its efforts towards iricrrasini; the local stock of mer riment !. prcsentiiiR Hoyt's ridioulotis satire. "A Milk-White King." Ma ri belle Spyninnr was the hriht particular stAr of the piece, with WiUiam Dills and William GIp.isoii winning sceund honor. t'oimnenciriff today "Old Hcidelberp" Will 111' the aUrai'tioil, ami Manager Baker promises the most elaborate production of the beautiful play ever seen here. It it a good bill, and should prove highly The Kmpire offered "The Old Clothes Man"- last week, an attraction somewhat anovs the etair-Havelln average.At to- day's matinee "Tilly Olson," a new Swe dish dialect uomedy-drama, will open -a. week's enpaKCmcnt. . Tho Lyric off prod "Ruir to Eiirth." a rippir.s melodrama, and will Bive 'Har Itor XiKh ts' ' thiM week ; the .-Mien Com pany made the star an attractive place of amusomnnt by giving an excellent per- formanee of "Moths," while for the com. itK seven -days "The LJttle Minister" will cuy the altetition of that urganlza- tlon. The Orand and Pantnees have fully es tablished their h iijii standard of va ude- viMe. and will no riouht maintain it during th-f week that Is to cmiip. oi.n iiKinELitECfi" r;iKcr Cnmnany Will Vrotluco (Jroat Itrniun of C 'on rt I A i'e. "Old Keirtflbcrs." at tho Baker Tliea- tr mis ,vcch.' There has not been a lnore welrome announremrnt in .sev er I years than this, and the theater pHtroim.fif Portlund aro each and all a utieipa't Inff one of t he best treats of ttie season in this v'foniunot. Tho present Baker company is peculiarly fittetl to present It well, the majority of them liavinK appeared ill the play be for,-. The ivtusk'a! features of the PHMlUctlon Imvo rehearsed with pieat oare. and will be perfect In every dt- tal I. a m pec la I ly t rained chor us li v in been selected, by Air. J. A . Epping1 fr the occasion. The beautiful and fa- Mljltir old. Holdplheiir song.i. which WJ' pficarrd llipmiw-lveH to tlie Amr Kijx puliJU-. win put a flnlsliinfr tourh T.n finished frrformame. These will appcul especially to those who have Iicpii to collt'Ke or hrloiifred to frlco !ttt8. a well to all American lovers of tuneful melodies. The story which had the historical College town of Old Heidelberg for Its background is a romantic one, but one that Is perfectly natural from every standpoint In Jtiropean countries. A youiu German ITince, lull of Uf nni TODAV , iK r Iff A' flld'Cy ami natural boyish instincts, finds life in his ancestral castle very irksome. lie is literally buried there, sur.roundfed by the Fhallow pomp and ceremony which attends those of un-, fortunate royal Irirth. The servile at- tonilnnts. tlie muaty old towers ' and battlements pull upon Ills young na ture, and he determines to leave It ail and go to college, just like any other boy. !o to O T ii fleidolbers lie takes hlm nolf. enters t!te greut uiilvtrslty, and delves, not Into harrt st, Uy, lmt into rlAmvnrnjLli rofid.fHllowslilp. There he comes to know the real pleasures of living a he iievt-r- knew them before. And then comes to him tlie: pure, Inno 'ent. unspoiled love off ssenuirte youth, ana In his affection for an humble inn- keeper's daughter he forprets rank, for- srets the hated ancestral estHtlew and the- position he , nas. to mainldin which he was horn does not appeal to is .May, that he Is younj?, that he is In HoJdelhergr. "'he tid that comes I o every dream, however, comc-s to that tf the vcnnj: lover, anu the reigning rrinre dies, Which means his immediate recall to the old castle. R,e luotantly he oof, out the chill formality of the life to hrdi'sn having been born a Prince. ?0 lie signs hip songs of love, vocs the Rlrl of h!a choice, and rejoices that, it his youthful, roiiicRsome spirit, and he yearns for the brief, blessed days with ii is fellow-students. At last, in sheer desperation he put away the artifi cial ity- and vanity of court llf and re t u rns to dear old I It i del hers to nay a last farewell to Ills lowly EWCOtlliart fllhl to his loyal eonirades. When it is all over he again returns to his cas tle .to a niarriaKf of mate and to tho unhappy heritage of a crown. The east for "Old lieidelbprs" w be as follows: Chamberlains: Mt it up A. W. Ledhurv Von Brrtnberg James Tauwcher G1.MZ John Kaser Haron PusKarpe r. w. Mtock Uovertior Haugn, Minister of Mate. . .Hmvard Russ?!! I he Student ( orps: kavl Rtlz Arthur Macklry 'Kurt Kiijr-llvf:t T.fo '-"t'!',,rJ Von vedrt11 OeorRe Wradf r-I Kriiorman, a waiter lam A. t.ila'U Rutfr. a IWi.hMh student Mr. Bradbury Mnilbp-S of the Student Corps f 'nd;tHi. ItnrnvHla. Sax nlu. w e.ttpuaim. KYXUi'li?. ACT I Antfw'immW to (hf Prince's llu'lor inn at ap rt nienti. Xart;.u i k- ACT II Kxterior of tb" H-I1Iv-.-k. , act 111 Prince's apartments in Huner a houne. I Four munlhs later. ,"T IV A room in the cant le nflvar! bU.U'T 1 V Hm" L Act II. 01d HrKtol-berg. T1I.1.Y OLSON" AT THK EMP1KM New MYCdibh Dialect JMay Begins A itli Today's f atlnec. "Tillv OlMon." the Krct Swedish dialect plav, which opens a weeks engagement at tho Empire Thoatpp loilay. is oiift of the most welcome theatrical events of the present season. and a tremendous hiiMlnesH i anticipated. It is ponitlvely the nrst appe;ir;tnce of this popular pro duction in Portlund. and it Is fresh and new. and appca Is lo the heart and in terest'! of Uieatersoprs In every detail. Manapcr l'rel Falkner. in present I mr tftig comedy-drama, is providing tlie mo?t ennsistont and realistic play based upon the traits of Scandinavian character that has ever Vteen sliown on the HtaKO. Tilly i, a young Swedish prirl full of dry hu- mor ami pns.sessnd of the characteristic trnlts of the daUBlitcra of Siandlnavia. J;i- rtKhtftil iiri;tprly havinc leen iatolOJi from Ji-r in c-liiUlln.orl. the pla tln,ls lier workinf: In the rapacity of a "bouml Rirl" on a Minnesota farm. makes things lively for her ien- ser-iitor.1 and later leaver the place to seeK her fortunes in i i nnua polls. There is purteKful In tli waning a bi hank rol)hery and i rewarded ppiicroii?- ly for her wrvit-cs. She recovers her propert y. a rielT farm. marrir the ma n of her choice, who had once worked on the ne p!?.ee with her in the days oi her penury and misery, and proves the trut h of the old saying: ID very Lhiny comes to those who wait. A line scenic production will be fur- nistn'd for the play, which k In four acts and eicht scenes, and a competent and hie company- employed. i tie title Willinm Clcason I rniR will he played by the extremely aiet oc cnamore to tlie j'rmce.... rlnver PfTctllri! rtinied iPllllP. M SS Ade- Rcho'lni'ft kVky.ThonfJi1 Har ,a;fio IIarlan- 0m wne- hwinff the Lr. Juttnnr. tutor to the Prinee .Interior of a Swedish church in Minne- Willlani lnid t apolis. will lx noteworthy, as the Swed- Karl Hclnrlch. helr-nppkrent .to tli ihrone j isli murriae ceremony with full Choir Ruflirjnn 'ur as m M ami Frau Rudor. his wife.. Mrs. Mlna . Glon la "tln(f termmalion to a delightful Fnn Oorltel TMino Mnribrl Sivm.mr Btory. A. PCMI r-ntur oT lh onttr- Kathla 2.11b. iiiiiAn Lawrence talnment will Ue Ihe aunearance oc