TIIE -SUXDAT OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JULY 21. 1907.
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-WHO IS JJ&EASSIVG- .T 77-ZE.
I ANCE O'NEIL'S exquisite perform
ance of Sudermann's "The Fires
of St. John" was the one big
worth-while event of the week, and In
aplte of the Midsummer lull there were
large audience's at tho Marquam. There
la & theory In certain quarters that
"The Fires of St. John" Is an Immoral
play, but try as I might to see any
thing Improper in the story of Marie's
passion for her foster-mother's fiance
I must confess that I'm unable to see
It. To me It Is one of the best of the
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entirely a fit thing for adults to see.
Its truthfulness is so strongly im
pressed that It is difficult for me to
sympathize with those who hold Its
Influence to be bad. There Is so much
more in the average musical comedy or
farce to pique the prurient mind than
in the serious sex-drama that it would
almost appear that these were the pre
ferred stock in theatricals. "The Fires
of St. John" to me is a beautiful play,
presented at its very best by Miss
O'Neil and her associates.
The Lyric undertook something un
usually ambitious In 'Sweet Nell of
Old Drury." but may well feel proud
of the result. Verna Felton made an
excellent Is'ell Gwynne, and was well
supported.
The Star company kept its patrons
laughing in a rattling farce, "The
Strange Adventures of Miss Brown."
Attractions this week will be, at the
Marquam tonight last performance of
"The Fires of St. John"; Lyric, this
afternoon and night, "Sweet Nell of
Old Drury," giving way tomorrow night
to "Whose Baby Are You?" At the
Btar this afternoon and night "The
Strange Adventures of Miss Brown."
Commencing tomorrow night, "Man's
Enemy" will be the Star's offering.
Vaudeville as usual at the Grand and
Pantages.
MISS O'XEIL IX "MAGDA."
Sudermann's Most Popular Play to
Be) Presented by Tragedienne.
Tomorrow evening, and continuing
for the entire week, with matinees on
Wednesday and Saturday, Miss O'Neil
will present at the Marquam Grand
theater "Magda," which is perhaps
Sudermann's most popular play.
This great drama Is one of the
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strongest delineations of the law of
heredity as applied to the strength of
purpose and of will and of spirit that
descends from father to child, and Is
shown at every step of the play In the
clash of the stronger natures of the
stern old German soldier and his proud,
free-willed daughter. The one so nar
row and bigoted, yet so upright and
honorable; the other. broad as the uni
verse, free as the air and "true to her
self" through a suffering that the
father cannot conceive.
The play, tremendously powerful as
It is, is made yet more powerful by
the immense force and individuality of
Miss O'Neil. Her unusual and strong
personality so embodies the character
of Magda that It seems as one watches
the unfolding of the drama all other
portrayals of the role are but Indiffer
ent personations.
Miss O'Neil will be ably supported
by the same excellent company, includ
ing McKee Rankin, Franklyn Under
wood, Norval MacGregor, Edward Em
ery, Francis Slosson and Vara Beach.
Following "Magda," Miss O'Neil will
present for the first time on any stage
a mythological play, entitled "The
Story of the Golden Fleece."
MIXSTRELS AT HEILIG.
The Dandy Dixie Minstrels Will Play
the Ilellig Sunday Night, July 28.
Following an almost unprecedented
run at the New York Theater Roof
Garden 'last Summer, Messrs. Voelokel
& Nolan's latest offering, the Dandy
Dixie Minstrels, will be the attraction
at the Heilig Theater, Fourteenth and
Washington streets, next Sunday night,
July 28.
The Dandy Dixie Minstrels Is said
to be the largest organization of col
ored performers on tour this season,
comprising 40 comedians, singers,
dancers and musicians, together with
the famous "Cotton Pickers' Band" of
solo musicians.
The performance offered by the
Dandy Dixie Minstrels begins with a
new and novel spectacular first part,
for which the elaborate mountings and
electrical effects are said to have cost
In the neighborhood of 110,000.
The olio is replete with specially im
ported European feature acts of which
the most notable are: Campbell
Brothers, an original rag-time comedy
musical act; Toney trio, dare-devil
"MAN'S ENEMY" AT THE STAR.
acrobats; Benny Jones, the Texas
Teaser; Richard Barrett, the greatest
colored baritone; H. S. Wooten, the
Indian Territory tenor; John Prampin,
a comic acrobatic Juggler; the Okla
homa octette, and the famous "Cotton
Pickers' Band," directed by Robert
Leach, the colored 'creatore. Following
the Dixie College Rangers' rendition
of varsity class songs, there is to be a
buck dance contest open to all comers
for valuable prizes.
Following this extensive olio the
performance concludes with a furious
ly funny fantasy, "A Fowl Deed." in
which Charles Williams, assisted by
the entire company, pldys the leading
comedy role of "Judge Yazoo," afford
ing the funniest colored man alive an
opportunity to render his parodies and
laughable monologue.
Advance seat sale opens next Friday
morning. July 26, at the box-office of
the Helllg Theater. . .
"WHOSE BABY ARE YOTJ?" NEXT
Allen Stock Company Will Present
Funny Farce at Lyric.
A rare treat Is in store for the
laughter-lovers next week when the
Allen stock company will appear in
the funniest American farce-comedy
ever - written. "Whose Baby Are
You?" The "selection could not have
been better for everybody wants to
laugh, and take the world easy in
Summer, and the .plays without a seri
ous moment are the ones that appeal
to the popular taste. Manager Mur
phy and Director Allen deserve a vote
of thanks for deciding upon such a
happy bllll. "Whose Baby Are You?"
has never been , seen here, but - Its
reputation has preceded It. Every
where it has" been presented it has met
with high favor from the most dis
criminating critics.
It will give Verna Felton another
great opportunity to repeat the suc
cess she scored last week as Nell
Gwynne in "Sweet Nell of Old Drury."
There Is a great part in it for this
brilliant young comedienne. Forrest
Seabury, everybody's favorite com
edian, also is to put his best foot for
ward. He and Miss Felton will make
a team of mirth-makers that cannot
easily be duplicated. Mrs. Clara Allen,
Ralph Belmont, and in fact, all the
popular Allen players, will shine. The
production will be fully up to the high
standard maintained by the Lyric,
which means that It will be complete
in every detail.
It should be remembered that this
afternoon and tonight the closing performances-
of "Sweet Nell of Old
Drury," the greatest success in the
history of Portland stock companies,
will be given.
"MAX'S EXEMY" AT THE STAR
Melodrama With a Sermon to Be the
Bill This Week
"Man's Enemy" will occupy the stage
at the Star Theater this week, beginning
tomorrow night. There will be the usual
matinees Tuesday. Thursday. Saturday
and Sunday. "Man's Enemy" is a melo
drama and it is in melodramatic produc
tions that the stock company at the Star
Is seen to the best advantage.
Among the dramas which caused a com
motion in theatrical circles last season
Mr. Raymond Whittaker, at the Star
In "Man's Enemy."
was "Man's Enemy." It is a dramatic
sermon, but teaches its moral in such an
interesting way that the attention of the
audience never wanders. Of course every
one knows who is man's chief enemy.
The troubles which follow from drinking
and card playing, from . gambling and
similar practices and habits are respon
sible for more than half of the miseries
of the world. The author has taken this
subject as his text and has woven to
gether a story of unusual interest and ex
ceptional merit. Each of the several
acts are filled with excitement and the
plot Is striking In its originality.
That the primrose path-is not the one
leading to success in life Is boldly ex
plained. In writing the play the dramatist
has not gone to the extent of exaggerat
ing his situations nor his characters. The
people In the play are the kind met in
every-day life and the adventures; while
thrilling and sensational, donot exceed
the bounds of reason and logic.
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JULY 22 rill 1 AUL J STARK STS.
BEST FAMILY THEATER J. J. JOHNSON, Resident Mgr.
Continuous Performances Today
M'KAY & CANT-
WELL,
"The- two Doffy
Dills."
COLE & JOHNSON
Singing and Danc
ing. JEAN WILSON
Pictured Ballad.
A Comedy Hit!
ClaM Jenkins,
Jasper and
the Mule
A Novel Quartet
New and Tunny
Pantages Orchestra Direction Pro!. Evenson
FOR THE BEST THERE IS IN VAUDEVILLE, VISIT
- PANTAGES
Performances Daily at 2 :30, 7 :30 and 9 P. M. General Admis
sion, 10 cents. "With reserved seats, 20c. Boxes, 25 cents.
Any Seat at Weekday Matinee for TEN CENTS.
Brown," a rattling farce, which has
pleased all week, will be given this after
noon and night. It Is a laugh every
minute and is a typical hot weather
entertainment. Seats are now selling at
the box-office.
XEW PROGRAJIME AT GRAXD
Xellie Elting and Company Headline
Act This Week.
As usual, Sullivan & Considine have
prepared another good vaudeville pro
gramme for the current week, starting
tomorrow afternoon. The management
wishes to call special attention to the
change of time for the daily perform-
Veins Felton with the Allen fitork
Company, "Who's Baby Are Yon?"
at the lyric Theater.
ances. Hereafter the shows will be at
2:30 In the afternoon; the first evening
show at 7:45 and the second evening
performance at 9:30. The night shows
are a little later than they have been.
Miss Nellie Elting & Company have the
headline position on the new pro.
gramme. They will appear in one of
the most hilarious sketches ever pre
sented, called "Picking the Winner."
This has a semi-racetrack flavor and
will be found a corking good vaudeville
playlet. The special added attraction
for the week will be Maybelle Meeker,
dancing and acrobatic contortionist.
Miss Meeker is one of the most agile
of female contortionists and In addition
to her flexible feats she is also a singer
of quality. The Tananas and Japanese
top spinners and magicians. Good Jap
anese acts are always popular and this
one is up wltii the foremost imported
acts in the country .
Reeves and Kenny are singers and
expert dancers. They have a neat and
attractive specialty. Joe Thompson
will render the new illustrated ballad,
"Farewell Klllarney." For the Grandl
scope will be provided a new moving
picture film, which has been made at
great expense. The name is "Under
the Sea."
This afternoon and night will be the
last opportunities to see the tip-top
vaudeville show wllich has held the
boards at the Grand the past week.
COMEDY IX COOIi PLACE.
Pantages Theater Secures Notable
New Comedy Buildings.
It's most too hot to laugh very hard
this weather unless you get a cool
place wherein to exercise your mirth.
Pantages' theater bears the distinction
of being the coolest theater in Portland
and as for making you laugh drop in
one day this coming week, or today for
that matter, for an excellent bill is now
on tap.
The peer of laugh-producers will
head the new bill in the happy quartet
made up of Clayton, Jenkins, Jasper
and theiF educated mule. That mule Is
twice as smart as the average High
School graduate and full of pranks
that would entitle him to membership
in any Sorority. The act is something
different from the ordinary run of com
edy features and is guaranteed to pro
duce mirth from the most confirmed
pessimist.
Then another comedy act, an Eastern
Importation by the way, in Cutter and
Elwood, musical freak's. This Is a
laugh from the moment they put in
their appearance until they withdraw
exhausted from responding to encores.
And there's still another laugh in the
singing and dancing sketch produced
by Cole and Johnson. They are clever
people as well as funny and have made
good throughout Eastern circuits.
May Melviile, soubrette. is petite and
charming and one of the best in vaude
vllle. You will enjoy her turn. Then
MISS MAY
MELLVILLE
Soubrette.
CUTLER &
ELWOOD
Musical Comedy
Act.
THE BIOGRAPH
"A Woman's.
Demonstration. ' '
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Jean 'Wilson will sing a new illustrated
song and the olograph will put on a
brand new comedy film, "A Woman's
Demonstration."
McKay and Cantwell, Tfnown as the
two "Doffy Dills," have an original
and clever act.
As to the .bill of the old week It
rlos?s Sunday with continuous per
formances. Fun anacleverness make
up a thoroughly enjoyable show and
It's an excellent place to while away a
couple of hours.
CARLOS' DOGS ANOTHER WEEK
Wonderful Show Will Be Attraction
at The Oaks.
Don Carlos' wonderful dog show will be
at The Oaks during the greater part of
this week and every small boy In Port
land will be happy to know it. These
dumb performers have caused unlimited
pleasure to patrons of the park during
the week of their stayr
It is probably the best dog show that
has ever been seen on this Coast, con
sisting of a large number of highly in
telligent and well-trained dogs. Some of
their feats are really wonderful and the
way they act certainly indicates a high
order of canine intelligence.
Schllzonyi's band is of course the big
attraction at the park this season. It Is
composed of 40 youthful Hungarians who
are touring this country under bonded
contract with the American Government.
The band has literally played its way into
the hearts of the public since the opening
of the season. The band has a magnifi
cent reportolre and included in the pro
gramme for Its daily concerts there are
many of the most classical and difficult
as well as the most popular airs.
The free souvenir days at The Oaks that
were Inaugurated this season have been
so popular that they will be repeated
from time to time. There will be one
this week probably, though the exact day
has not been decided upon.
Women and children will be admitted
free to the park on Monday. Thousands
will take advantage of this invitation to
visit The Oaks and special features for
their entertainment and amusement have
been arranged.
There Is an almost unlimited number
of attractions at the park this season.
Among the number are the "Spray of
Life," chute the chutes, figure eight, old
mill, giant whirl, dancing pavilion, skat
ing rink, laughing gallery and a long list
of others. The "Whang-Ho," that was
used many years ago by the Chinese to
chase pirates, was taken from The Oaks
last week for repairs. However, it will
continue to be one of the attractions
there.
Henry Miller and Margaret Anglln, for
purposes of the tour of "The Great Divide"
next season, will retain the same company,
with one minor exception, which aided In
the extraordinary success of the William
Vaughn Moody drama at the Princess Thea
ter. New York, last year. Mrs. Thomas
THE GRAND
SPECIAL NOTICE!
Beginning with Monday, July 22,
there will be a change of time for
the three dally shows, the first at
2:30 In the afternoon, the second at
7:45 and the third at 9:30 In the
evening.
PRICES REMAIN THE SAME
VAUDEVILLE DE LUXE
For the Entire Week of July 22
Headed by Miss
NELLIE ELTING & CO.
In one of the most hilarious
sketches ever presented,
the Winner
Special Added Feature 1
MAYBELLE MEEKER
Singing, Dancing and Acro
batic Contortionist.
KRIESEL'S DOGS AND CATS
A refined animal act.
THE TANAKAS
Japanese top spinners and
magicians.
REEVES 6 KENNY
Singers and expert dancers.
JOE THOMPSON
" Farewell Killarney."
20th Century MotionPictures
"Under the Sea."
DON'T FORGET THE CHANGE
OF TIME
BASEBALL
RECREATION PARK,
3orner Vaughn and Twenty-fourth.
Portland
vs.
San Francisco
July 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21.
Game Called at 3:30 P. M- Daily.
Game Called at 2:30 P. M. Sundays.
Ladies' Day Friday
ADMISSION 25c.
Picking
MARQUAM GRAND
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MONDAY J U JLr X ZZ
ALL WEEK MATINEES
WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY
AMERICA'S FOREMOST TRAGEDIENNE
NANCE O'NEIL
IN, SUDERMANN'S MASTERPIECE
MAGDA
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TO FOLLOW Miss O'Neil will present for
the first time on any stage
THE STORY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE
Whlffen and Laura Hope Crewa will again
be the chief feminine support, while the
masculine roster will Include Charles TVyn
gate, Charles Gotthold. William J. Butler,
Arnold Wilbur, Henry B. Walthall. Bertram
Harrison and Nolan Gagne. Mr. Miller and
Mlfs Anglln will renew their New York run
THE
For the Entire Week o! July 22, '07
THE STAR STOCK COMPANY
will present the big scenic produc
tion by Langden & Hudson, entitled
Mao's
NOW IN ITS FOURTH
Matinees Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays
at 2:30. PRICES lO and 20 Cents. Every Evening
at 8: IS. PRICES lO, 20 and 30 Cent
Reserve seats by Phone Main S496 or Home A 1496
LYRIC THEATER
Both Phones: 'Main 4685; Home A 1026.
Week Commencing Monday, July 22th.
THE ALLEN STOCK CO.
Presenting
WHOSE BABY ARE YOU?
Matinees Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
Prices, 10 cents and 20 cents. Every Evening,
at 8:15. Prices, 10 cents, 20 cents and 30 cents.
Boxes, 50 cents. Seats ordered by both phones.
Box Office open from 10 A. M. to 10 P. M.
NEXT WEEK:
"THE GIRL FROM ALBANY."
T. C. freeman,
Manager.
Ten Acres of Shows, Shade, Flowery land
scapes and Brilliant Electrical Display
Chutes Gate Open at 8. a. m.f for Picnickers, Bathing
Classes and Skaters. Get Off at Sellwood Mill Station
Special Concert Bills Today
BY
Schilzonyi's
Hungarian Hussars
Solos 1t Mr. Seti-warts, terasrato aolo
by Mr. Stleber tonight.
For a few days more
Don Carlos' Dog and
Monkey Circus
FREE MONDAY. Ladies and ahil
dren admitted free till 6 o'clock. P, M.
Fifty features of innocent amusement
and free attractions.
J4 minutes to Oaks on double' track and
the downtown loop.
COMING Deaves' Mannikins. They
make you laugh.
MAIN SIX
25c, 50c, 75c, $1.00.
25c, SOc and 75c
In "The Great Divide" at Daly's Theater,
on August 26, and will go on tour about
mid-Autumn, playing In all the principal
cities from Boston to Kansas City between
that time and March, after which a trip to
the Pacific Coast and the Pacific Northweet
will he man.
PHONES:
MAIN 5496
and A149S
Enemy
YEAR IN ENGLAND
A COMPLETE
AMUSEMENT PARK ?L
DR. KVDD,
The Gigantic Ape.
STAR.
Awl -h
$ I I
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GRANDSTAND 25c. CHILDREN 10c.J