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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1907)
. OCTOBER THE SUNDAY OREG0IA PORTLAND, 20, 1907. schedules, but the company accepted the lower schedule In this city as the business of last Summer proved satisfactory. Seat; are now on .sale at the box office. The matinees will be given on Wednesdays and Saturdays. After the five nights of "The Idol's Eye" comes "The Highway man" for the week commencing Sunday night. Oct. 27. 7PC 3C 30 sac: Last Times for "The Girl." This afternoon and tonight the Lyric Stock Company will repeat for tne last times Its splendid success In the thrilling military play, "The Girl I Left Behind Me." See the great garrison scene .n which the pout is besifged by thousands of hostile Indians and finally rescued by the troops brought by the hero to relieve his sweetheart and the others of the little party. si LA V3, i-5 carrrny the 2wy?& iif THERE was all the spice of variety that could well be crowded Into such a period at the various the aters last week. "In Old Kentucky" and "The Time, Place and Girl", at the Hel lis; "Robin Hood" at the Marquam, "All on Account of Eliza" at the Ba ker; "The Choir Singer" at the Empire; "The Girl I Left Behind Me" at the Lyric; "The Girl Engineer" at the Star and vaudeville at the Grand and Pan tages. Besides all these, there was the Incomparable Sousa and his band at the Armory. Tonight at the Hellig comes "The Mayor of Tokio"; this afternoon the Ba ker players will open In "In the Palace of the King." "The Cowpuncher" will be today's matinee offering at the Em pire and "The Shadow of the Gallows' at the Star. At the Marquam the Galifornians will give their concluding performance of "Robin Hood" tonight. The theater will be dark tomorrow night, but will re open Tuesday with the San Francisco Opera Company In ,The Idol's Eye." At the Lyric, "The Girl. I Left Behind Me" will be repeated this afternoon and night, the bill changing to "Beacon Lights" to morrow night. Vaudeville continues, as usual, at the .Grand and Pantages. The bookings at the Hellig- indicate some good , things In store, for us soon. Next Friday afternoon, Maud Powell, the brilliant violinist, will be heard- in a matinee recital; Friday night. "A Mes sage from Mars," which created such a furore here IS months ago, will return for three performances. It is one of the most unique and Interesting of re cent plays. "Checkers" and "The Three of Us" follow, the latter being one of the big New York successes of . last sea son. Still a little later on Olga Nether sole will be here for a few performances In repertoire. 'IN THE PALACE OF THE KING' Splendid Production of Viola Al len's Success at- Baker This Week. By far the greatest thing In the way of a stage production the Baker Company has offered this season so far Is Stod dard's dramatization of F. Marlon Craw ford's famous romatic novel, "In the Pal ace of the King." ' which, after several weeks of preparation, will go on the boards of the Baker this afternoon and continue for the week. . ' . From a scenic and costume standpoint. It has few, if any superiors on the mod ern stage, and the 1 story is full of dra matic Intensity and historical interest. It deals with court life in Spain In the sixteenth century, and the plot circles around the four principal characters. King Phillip the Second, his half-brother, Don John; a young maid of honor the beautiful Donna Dolores, and Ana, the King's favorite. The play opens on the eve of All Saint's Day, in the year 1570, and Don John is returning from grand victories over the Moors. The King, wearied of his favorite, the Princess Ana, Is plotting to win Dolores, who loves Don John. He Is also fearful and jealous of his half-brother, who is heir to the throne. Ana schemes to kidnap Dolores but the plot falls, and subsequent scenes Involve an attempted elopement, and a murderous assault by Phillip upon his rival, which results In the supposed death of the Cardinal De Torres, who has Inter vened. Don John assumes the guilt of this crime because of his love for Dolores, and to uphold the honor of the throne. He. la condemned to death. Dolores hav ing witnessed the murder, makes futile appeals for justice, and at last. In great desperation, confronts Phillip before his entire retinue, and charges him with the crime. She threatens, unless her lover Is released, to fire the whole of Spain to revolt. The craven King pretends to yield, and the announcement that the Cardinal still lives, compels him to re deem his promise, and the approaching nuptials are heralded to the court. Beau tiful, interesi.ng and fascinating to the highest degree Is this great play. The cast will be as follows: Philip II. King of Spain. . . .Robert Homans Don John, of Austria, his half-brother. . Austin Webb Cardinal Louis De Torres, cousin to Dolores Earl D. Dwlre Antonio Peres. Secretary to the King.... James Gleason Miguel De Antonio, Court Fool, known as Adonis Donald Bowies Captain De Mandoxa of the King's Guard William Dills Don Lope Zupata, a poet. .William Gleason Don Manuel Howard Russell Don Jaime .Miss Fay Bainter Don Roderigo C. H. Lewla Master of Ceremonies R, E. Bradbury Pedro Stafford Warren Diego Samuel James Alexo W. E. liouser Eudaldo :....L. H. Housman Anne, Queen of Spain Miss Leila Horn Anna De la Cerda, Princess of Eboll.... Miss Louise . Kent The Duchess of Alva.... Mrs. Roy Bernard The Dowager Duchess of Medina. Sidonla Mina t'roltus Gleason Mme. La ComteBse. de Kaume Miss Lucile Webster A "4 t -AH vc.'i8!w h VAT THZ.- Dona Maria Dolores de Mendoza. daugh ter of Captain Mendoza Miss Marion Barney Dona lnes de Mendoza. her blind sister :..MIss Maribel Seymour Dona Mencia Miss Dorothy Bernard Court Ladies, Co'urtlers, Pages, Guards, eta. MUSICAL COMEDY TONIGHT "The Mayor of Toklo" Begins Four- Nights' Engagement at Hellig. Beautiful scenery and . gorgeous cos tumes are features of the new farcical opera, the best Richard Carle has ever written, "The Mayor of Toklo," that will be seen at the Hellig Theater, Four teenth and "Washington streets, tonight (Sunday), Monday, .. Tuesday, Wednes day nights. The pink and white parasol of gay t Japan never seems to lose its property ' of casting rose lights over a couple of hours of dance, dialogue and song. Mr. Carle's new Japanese sunshade covers a corpulent Tokio Mayor and his charming daughter; a disagreeable middle-aged Min ister of State, who insists upon marrying that daughter; an explosive Russian, with , a bomb; a pretty American girl, and last. but not least, a stranded American opera troupe, much . the worse for wear, on their way home from Australia. This forlorn band of Kidder's Konsolidated Komiques consists of Marcus Orlando Kidder, the exhuberant but penniless im presario; a wardrobe mistress of uncer tain age, with deep furrows In her face and disposition; a tenor, a song-book boy; a soubrette. and. a bedraggled, peanut ballet. Happily they are all -taken for.-prlnces and princesses in disguiBe by the' cheerful Tokians. There is a bit of a plot, The Mayor's daughter, the Princess Oloto, falls In love with the tenor of the Komi ques, and, of course, he really isn't a singer at all, save for the timebeing until his wealthy' father, an American, turns up with the steam yacht in time to see the end of the last act. The story swings along easily while gorgeously dressed Jap men and maidens trip about and form pretty backgrounds for songs and specialties. The music Is said to be particularly bright, tuneful and catchy, the work of W. F. Peters. Mr. John L. Kearney is seen to decided advantage in the role of Marcus Orlando Kidder,, his unctlous and grotesque drolleries keep the ball of fun rolling at high speed during the performance. A special price matinee will be given next Wednesday. Seats are now selling at theater box office for the engagement. "THE IDOL'S EYE." San Francisco Opera Company Will Open at the Marquam Tuesday. The San Francisco Opera Company In Victor Herbert's comic opera. "The Idol's Eye," Is the menu that the Marquam SHI - V 1 A. ' ,,1, fi , i 3 v -5? it J Grand Theater will serve to its' patrons for the five nights commencing Tuesday night, October 2i The Intention of the management was to have the San Fran- clso Opera Company follow Immediately tipon the heels of the Californians, but owing to the fact that the powers that be kept the San Francisco Opera Company to thevery last minute In Los Angeles It was necessary to postpone the opening until Tuesday. The company will arrive early Tuesday morning from Los Angeles with their sev eral cars of scenery and costumes. The distance between Los Angeles Is some. 1129 miles, but notwithstanding that Bakers field, Fresno, San Jose, Stockton, Sacra mento and other good towns are on the direct route the manager of the Frisco singers preferred to put in all of his open time in Portland. Aida Hemmi, Arthur Cunningham, George Kunkel, Lil lian Raymond, who made many staunch friends on the occasion of the last en gagement of the company will be given the reception usually tendered artists who have "made good." Daphne Pollard, the dainty soubrette. Eugene Wiener, the tenor, the possessor of a truly beautiful voice and the best acting - tenor on the stage, William Blaisdell, the .celebrated comedian will make their first bid lor popularity before the Portland public The beauty chorus as has always been the case Is a feature of the San Francisco Opera Company. The opening opera "The Idol's Eye," served Frank Daniels as a starring vehicle for many seasons and there was considerable mention mado of the fact that last season he contem plated shelving "The Tatooed Man" and making a revival of "The Idol's Eye." The book of the opera is by Harry B. Smith and all lovers of amusement re member "Hoot, Mon, Hoot," and "Everybody- Hold On." as well as the many other clever lines. The music by Victor Herbert does that composer justice and the stage director and. musical director of the San Francisco Opera Company 3? ! I I, 1 .-XakS--r.jizr...iS. J'' tat lift V 1 MALE., A THE have interpolated numbers wherever they are deemed necessary. . The Imperial Amusement Company 5 JOBS" " "5 ft 4- ' A. .t't S . ATl Lli.sj.ni ;i.si(s u has announced the fact that the regular prices now In vogue at the Marquam will prevail during the engagement of the - 223S Jit r m 1 V 7 'St V. 4 & 4 San Francisco Opera Company. The company's regular prices are 11.50; Seattle and Los Angeles got long seasons at $1 "THE COWPUNCHER," EMPIRE Hal Reid's New and Bristling West. ern Melodrama for the Week. "The Cow-Puncher. " a Western drama by Hal Reld. under the direction of W. F. Mann, opens a week's run at the Empire this afternoon. The action takes place In Arizona, and tells a charming story of much power and deep heart In terest for whose interpretation an excel lent company has been engaged. "The Cow-Puncher," Tom Lawton, represents the fidelity, truth and Integrity of the native Arlzonian. who defends the girl he loves against the treachery, perfidy and Bordldness of several bad men headed by a renegade Mexican, Carlos Mendoza. John Graham, the owner of a ranch, dies and leaves his sister Geraldlne, who Is attending college in the East, his sole heir. Carlos Mendoza and Denver Dan. two cattle rustlers, plan to run off her cattle and steal the girl, but Lawton manages to frustrate their plans and finally, after a pretty love scene, wins the girl and fortune. Lutchla Cordova. Carlos' cast-off sweetheart. Is a strong portraiture of a girl whom love has blinded into villainy. Little Ann Slattery. a Bowery waif adopted by Tom Lawton. is a lovable character within whose breast the pure sand3 of golden woman hood are seen clear and bright. Tacoma - " f. v 1 A VI it a" V w Tim, a native of Ireland, and Spokane Ike. are two characters who see the bright side of life, always ready with a