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ERTAINLY nobody could complain
of lack of variety In the show line
during the past week. What with
DUb Skinner in psychological drama and
Dockstader's minstrels at the Heillg,
the airiest and and daintiest of comic
operas at the Marquam Grand, beauti
fully presented romantic comedy at the
Baker, farcical comedy, excellently acted
it the Lyric, a very pretty performance
of Southern drama at the Star and vau
deville galore at the Grand and Pan
iages. The San Francisco company will con
tinue this afternoon and night in "Dolly
Varden." Changing tomorrow ' night to
"The Fortune Teller." The Lyric repeats
"All the Comforts of Home" and the Star
"The Belle of Richmond" at both the
matinee and night performances today,
while tomorrow night the former will
give "Bhall We Forgive Her" and the
latter "Confusion."
At the Heillg tonight Ollle Cooper, sup
ported by the Baker Stock Company, will
appear In "Little Lord Fauntleroy," after
which the company and production will
to on a short road tour. under George L.
Baker's management. Tomorrow and
Tuesday nights Viola Allen will be seen,
Monday night in "Twelfth Night" and
Tuesday In scene from several of her
greatest successes.
This afternoon at the Baker Zinn's Mu
lical Comedy Company will open a Sum
ner engagement, the opening bill being
Teezy Weezy."
President S.' Morton Cohn, of the Im
perial Amusement Company, announces
hat he has secured Nance O'Nell, the
imlnent tragedienne, for a four weeks'
engagement commencing July 8 in her
iriglnal New York production of "The
Sorceress." This will keep the Marquam
jpen until well along toward the com
mencement of next season. A. A. G.
ZIXX'S
MUSICAL
TRAVESTY
Summer Season of Musical Bur
lesque Opens at Baker Today.
Since Zlnn was last seen in Portland
he has progressed along the lines of
musical travesty until now he and his
famous organisation stand at the top
of the ladder, being one of the most
sought-for attractions of this kind In
the West. . Manager George L Baker
has been able to secure this organiza
tion for a short Summer season start
ing with today's matinee at the Baker.
The opening travesty will be "Teesy
Weezy." full of sparkling, witty lines,
beautiful girls in radiant costumes,
songs that stay with the audience, up-to-date
Jokes, and real wholesome hu
mor all through.
The sweet 16 dancing girls are alone
enough to carry off the show, but
there are many more features. The
musical comedies are bright and orig
inal. They are much on the Weber
Fields order, but contain features that
make them distinct and different from
all other nyislcal comedies. There are
no vulgarisms.
The comedians. Gus Mortimer and J.
W. Clifford, have been with the best
companies. Then the singing and
dancing of Frances Gray there could
be nothing more delightful, and the
poetry of motion is thoroughly exem
plified In a carefully trained chorus
which has had Zinn's personal atten
tion. The Zlnn Company will play the
Baker at the same popular scale of
prices that have existed there. There
will be matinees only Sundays and
Saturdays.
AT HEILIG THEATER TONIGHT
Manager Baker Announces Produc
tion of "Little Lord Fauntleroy."
Manager George L. Baker announces
a single performance of little Ollle
Cooper, his wonderful child star, and
the Baker Theater Company at the
Heillg tonight In a magnificent produc
tion of "Llule Lord Fauntleroy."' This
classical creation from the brain of
Fiances Hodgson Burnett will never
cease to be one of tie most fascinating
of all beautiful stage productions. It
is also Mtss Cooper's beat effort, and
this clever little child has been pleas
ing large audiences at the Baker all
week in 'The Prince and the Pauper."
It is well to note that the popular
Bmter prices will prevail at the Heillg
tonight, and no one should miss this
one opportunity to see little Ollle
Cooper as the poor young urchin who
entered the house of the crusty, but
kind-hearted old Earl, won bis way to
the old gentleman's heart, and after
ward became a iw-ble of the realm. The
important role of the ol Earl will be
taken by that most sterling actor,
William Gleason. Mrs. Erroll, the
mother of little Lord Fauntleroy. will
be portrayed by Ethel Jones, who is
always pleasing In whatever she Is
cast.
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cial scenery and costumes have been
made for It.
THE FORTCXE TELLER" NEXT
San Francisco Opera Company
Promises New Sensation.
The San Francisco Opera Company
has, by the very excellence of the enter
tainment It has offered, built up a splen
did following In this city, and it will be
a very hard matter, indeed, for any mu
sical organisation to wrest away its well
earned laurels. This week's offering.
"Dolly Varden," Is, in the opinion of
many competent to judge, one of the
best things undertaken by the company
and packed houses have been the happy
state of affairs at the Marquam Grand
since Monday night.
"Dolly Varden" will be given for the
last time at the matinee and night per
formances of this date.
Monday night the San Francisco Opera
Company will be seen and heard In one
of their greatest triumphs. Victor Her
bert's comic opera "The Fortune Teller."
As played by the San Francisco Opera
Company, "The Fortune Teller leaves
nothing to be desired, and the press of
Denver and San Francisco declared that
the California singers presentation was
equal to the original when Alice Nellsen
and her company fairly swept the country
by storm. The opera Is a genuine novelty
in Portland, as the Neilsen Company
could not fill time here.
Many of the singers of the present com
pany at the Marquam played in "The
Fortune Teller" when It was given with
such great success at the Tivoll Opera
House. San Francisco, and were coached
In their parts by Paul Steindorff, who
with Edouard von Buechner. director of
the San Francisco Opera" Company, put
oj the musical end of all the Victor Her
bert operas sung by Alice Neilsen. Julian
Mitchell staged "The Fortune Teller"
when It was originally produced, and the
Mitchell prompt-book is now in the hands
of the stage director of the San Francisco
Qgfitm Company. "XUe Fortuae-JUar,"
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND,
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THE GREAT SAL VAIL, NOTED
CONJURER, AT PAKTACES.
JUNE 16, 1907.
will bring into play the full strength of
the Ban Francisco Opera Company. Aida
Hemmi will again assume an Alice Neil
sen role, and when one Btops to realize
Miss Hemmi's capabilities, one feels that
nothing will be left undone. As a special
feature. Miss Hemmi will sing Arditas'
delightful waltx song "Parla," which the
prima donna will sing in Italian. Carl
Haydn's beautiful . tenor voice will . be
well suited to the role of Leulislaus, and
the handsome young fellow as the cap
tain of Hussars will make a most pleas
ing stage picture. Maude Beatty, Amy
Leicester and Florence Slnnott have good
parts. Teddy Webb, George Kunkel and
Joseph Miller, three of the best operatic
comedians at present before the public,
will, as Fresco the ballet master. Count
Berozoiskl the composer, and Boros the
Gypsy, have parts exactly suited to their
several peculiar styles of comedy. In
addition to the numbers In the score, the
three comedians have prepared a choice
menu of comedy .novelties calculated to
keep the audience in good humor.
VIOLA ALLEN TOMORROW.
Charming Actress Will Present
"Twelfth Night" at Heillg.
Viola Allen will appear as Viola In
Shakespeare's comedy, "Twelfth Night,"
at the Heilig Theater. Fourteenth and
Washington streets, tomorrow (Monday)
night, M4bs Allen has given the play
a magnificent setting and it is one that
lends Itself capitally to scenic splendor.
That Shakespeare intended this Is "be
yound doubt, else he would-not have laid
the scenes in the Duke's palace or In the
splendid formal Italian garden of a splen
did Italian Princess.
The best artists of America executed
these schemes and they had carte blanche
to produce the most artistic and elegant
setting possible. While "Twelfth Night"
Is a rollicking comedy, there is a ro
mantic love story. Indeed, there is a very
varied Interest m this capital comedy;
that of love, intrigue, sentiment and rois
tering fun. "Twelfth Night" with Mtss
Allen and such a company as supports
ber could hardly fail to captivate and de
light. Miss Allen's company lnclgdes
William K. Harcourt, Sidney Herbert,
Fuller Melish. Henry J. Hadfleld, C. Leslie
Allen, Myron Calice, Royal Tracy, Alson
Skipwortb and Zeffie Tilbury.
7ue44 nigbX June 13. a&iss Ailea will
be seen in a special bill made up of four
acts from four classic dramas. Miss Allen
will appear as Rosalind in the wooing
scene from "As You Like It," as Lady
Teazle in the screen scene from "The
School for Scandal," as Juliet in the
balcony scene from "Romeo and Juliet"
and as Portia In the trial scene from
"The Merchant of Venice." Seats are
now selling at box-office, the Heillg The
ater, for both nights.
Unusual Offering by the Allen Com.
pany at the Lyric.
Do you know that the biggest theatri
cal bargain In Portland will be the per
formance of Marie Wainright's great
success, "Shall We Forgive Her?" by the
Allen Stock Company, at the LyricT If
you don't know it. you ought to waka
up and join the ranks of the Lyric's de
voted friends. You surely will If you see
the big offering that Is coming. Don't
let show people band you lemons all the
time. Learn a thing or two and then
you will be in a position to judge. The
way to do that is to go to the' Lyric
tomorrow night to see "Shall We For-
Her?" That will be the opening
formance of the greatest emotional
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domestic drama that was ever presented
here. The Allen company will make the
biggest kind of a hit in It. The re
hearsals show that. They are perfect.
Miss Josephine Deffrey, the brilliant
and beautiful young star, who Is one of
the favorites of the whole Pacific Coast,
will temporarily take Verna Felton's
place at the head of the company and
will make her first appearance tomorrow
night. In the coming bill all the favor
ites of the organization will be in their
element. It will be worth going a long
way just to see Forrest Seabury In his
great part, one of the most effective he
has ever played. Seabury is always
good, everybody says that, but he is go
ing to be better in "Shall We Forgive
Her?" Mrs. Clara Allen is feeling fine
and dandy after her vacation and will
be splendid. Ralph Belmont, "Our
Ralph," the matinee girls call him, will
have a part which will be talked about
all week. It Is one of the biggest prizes
he has ever drawn. There are really so
many good parts and so many good
actors to play them that it Is almost im
possible to do Justice to each.
The management is preparing a genuine
surprise in the shape of one of the most
beautiful productions seen on a local
stage this year. The play, the company
and the production will be away to theci
good. Now .If a fellow's sweetheart is
invited to go to the Lyric this week with
'another chap and accepts, "Shall We For
give Her?" Of course. Who could blame
herT Nobody. Of course not." Why, cer
talntly. "CONTUSION" AT STAR
Stock Company Will Appear In Nat
C. Goodwin's Success.
Commencing tomorrow, Monday
night, the reorganized stock company
at the Star Theater will present a
rousing farce for the week's entertain
ment. "Confusion" has been selected
for the occasion, and all those who saw
It presented by Nat C. Goodwin will
want to see it at the Star. This will
be the first time that "Confusion" has
had a production in Portland, and ft
will also be the first time that the
stock company has undertaken a farce.
Among the early successes of N. C.
Goodwin, the foremost comedian of
this country, there is one which shines
out above all others. This is "Con
fusion." Long before Goodwin became
identified with sedate comedies like
"When We Were Twenty-one," "The
American Citizen," and "The Gilded
Fool," he bad made his name famous
throughout the land in "Confusion."
It was upon this farce more than any
other one vehicle that Goodwin became
suclV a favorite.
"Confusion" is essentially a farce. It
is not a comedy, for there is no heart
Interest, the one element which makes
the difference between the two kinds of
entertainment. "Confusion" takes its
name from the almost unlimited situa
tions which develop with the rapidity
of lightning during the course of the
three nets. The characters go through
' so many experiences and are so mixed
that confusion is the only word-whlck
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