The Sunday Oregonian., March 29, 1908, SECTION FOUR, Page 2, Image 2

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AI.JBE1LVL reward should be paid
unyone who acquired a headache
from overindulgence - In thought
from attending- local theaters during the
past week. V.
The one attraction that -rose above the
mediocre was H.When We Were Twenty
one," by the Baker Company. This was
really a meritorious offering, in which
George Alison, Donald Bowles and Mis
.Stoddard acquitted themselves in an al
together creditable manner. A capable
comedian disported at the Heilig tn.
"Coming Thro- the Rye," Creston Clarke
appeared In "The Power that Governs"
at the Marquam, while the Empire ac
commodated a play called "What Women
Will Do." Tho Lyric presented "Hazel
Ktrtoe," the Star proffered "Tho Secret
Dispatch,", while there was vaudeville as
usual at. tho Grand and Pantagee.
For tho ensuing week, commencing to
day there will be "The Burgomaster" at
the Hetlte' for' four 'nights, and a matinee
Wednesday "RaflW" at the Baker, com
mencing this afternoon; moving picture
continuously ut the Marquam from 3 un
til 10 P. M.: "The' Black Hand " at the
Star this afternoon and all Week, and
at the Lyric, commencing tomorrow
nlglit "CUptalu Impudence." Good vaudeville-
Wits are promised at the Grand and
Pantageg.
Underlined attractions at the Hellig are '
Mary Mannerlng' in Glorious Betsey." on
April 2. a and 4. with a Saturdav mati
nee. Tho following .Monday comes Mrs.
Patrick Campbell In "The Second Mrs.
TaiKiueray,'' to be followed on Tuesday by
"The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmlth." Later
comes "Brewster's Millions'- and then the
much-heralded April musical festival at
the Armory with tho Chicago SVmphony
orchnstra and a distinguished quartet of
soloists.
"THE III HGOMASTEIV IO.XIGHT
Popular Mu.-iial Miow Will Give
Five Performances.
"The Burgomaster." one of the great
est f Pixley & Luders' many successes,
will be the ottering in the Heillg to
night, and continuing for four nights,'
wlihj a special price matinee Wednes
day., There is no musical comedy be
fire. the public Unit has ho muny song
Jiils as "The. Burgomaster." Starting
with the prologue, which takes place in
New Amsterdam -0) years ago, there. Is
u swinging opening chorus, sung bv the
mala contingent: then there! is Peter
Mtuyvesant's song, "Never Let Your
self 'Bo Worried.'' "The Cadet Song"
Is another stirring tuno in this act. The
tirst act opens with "We Always Work
the Public, Not the Job"; then comes
the song, "The Little Soubretto Js a
Costly pet" Among the other song
hits may be mentioned "The Tale of tho
Kangaroo," "Cupid Does Not Marry,''
"I Love You. Dear, and Onlv You."
Manager William P. Cullen has en
gaged most of the members of the orig
inal "company. Qus- Weinberg will be
seen, in the role of Peter etuwesant,
the Governor of New Amsterdam; Ruth
White, another favorite, has her orig
inal part of Willie, while Fred Bailey,
Marte Gramlpere, Marlon'- Mack, the
lAiekhart Sisters and the' Kangaroo
Uirls are all tfte first season's cotnpaJiy.
Uo KenJall' will be seen -as Doodle
von Kull, the. Burgomaster's: seoretaryr
Hubert w. Albright the Harlem Spider,
George McKiesick. -Offerer Clancy, and
Joseph F. Kooney as Terrance IlaCfei'ty.
The local.: has given the scenic artirt.
an opportunity to turn .out some very'
handsome scener.y". vhile the new elec
trical ffects -introduced give the elec
tricians an opportunity, seats are now
selling at the theater box office.
MOVt.Xti
PICTl"RKS
TODAY
Inhibition Vlth Special Features at
tho Marquam for One 'Week.
Moving pictures and many of .them will
be given at the Marquam all the present
week. ..commencing this afternoon at 3
o'clock. The performances will be con
tinuous dally from i until 10. The price
will be nominal and patrons can come in
and see the show through as many times
as desired.
There will be four different pictures,
nn illustrated song by F. G. Bauer, the
popular tenor, and as the special adced
attraction, or supplementary feature. Miss
Pullman, the charming soubrette, will
appear. All these combined will make an
entertaining show.
"The Vestal " is one of the moving pic
tures. This is the story of a Koman
youth and his sweetheart. He is sent
to war and word comes thut he has been
killed. His sweetheart becomes a vestal
and guards he perpetual fire. Years
later the youth returns at the head of a
victorious army and meets the vestal.
While they are embracing the light is
exllutiuli-hed and the vestal is condemned
to death. As she is about to be killed
, the lamp biases up of Its own accord
' and the. girl la saved. A funny til in is
called "Animated Snowballs." A country
f irl and her beau go skating, are chased
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by her father, fail in the now and rolling
down hill accumulate snow until they are
immense balls. "Memories of an Old
Theater Trunit" is the third picture and
it Will be one of the strangest on. the
programme. A picture which was a craze
tn the F.ast is "The Frog." A fairy waves
a wand and a. gigantic frog emerges from
a pool. A shower of multi-colored fire
envelopes the scene and when it passes
there is a tableau of gaily-costumed girls.
"RAFFLES"' AT THE BAKER
George 'Alison to Play the Mysterious
.. Gentleman Thlel at the Baker. '
The' Mysterious 1 Mr. Raffles will' be
plaj-ed by. George Alison, who is now
firmly re-established at the head of the
Baker Stock Company and in the hearts
of it's patrons, and aa this is a play
written for. a star, 'there are. not so many
other strong' parts for the rest of the
company tu is usually the case with the
plays presented- at -this theater. Mr.
Alison will be a star this week, and there
is no doubt of his xabiiity to play this
exacting role in. a ' perfectly befitting
manner and with all the-, artistic finish
of one who has been : playing It for a
w hole season. The story of "Raffles" is
quite well known by; every theater goer
now, and as far as that Is "concerned,
by even those who seldom attend. There
is Just enough of the element of mystery
about' It to attract attention from every
body and hold Interest in the peculiar
.character- Ra'ffles was ho ordinary thief.
,in fact he did not. practice his art for the
gain there Was in it, buf rather because
of a mental affliction -which cra.Ved the
excitement much' In the same way that
a victim of drugs or narcotics craves his
habjt,. and, he could not resist. it So be
was a social lion handsome, polished
aud much sought alter everywhere,
while he plied his dangerous trade with
swiftness and success that completely
mystified everyone, and caused him to
become the talk of the hour. These con
versations he entered into with great in
terest and spirit. An Interesting charac
ter in the play is the Scotland Yards de
tective, who is sent to unravel the mys
tery; and the scenes between him and
Raffles are intense and dramatic. But
the man's better nature has been gradu
ally gaining mastery over the desire to
commit crime because of the love of a
beautiful woman which has entered Into
his heart, and here is a great human In
terest centered.
This will be the first production of this
high-class play here at popular prices,
and Is in line with the policy of the
Baker Company this season.
"CAPTAIN" IMPl'DEXCE."
Allen Stock Company in Great Bill
at I-yric Monday Xight.
One of the most attractive bills ever
offered by the Allen company at the
X-rc will be "Captain Jmpudence."
THE AY OREGOXIAT PORTLAND.
which will serve to Introduce the new
leading Juvenile of the company, Carlos
I'rquart, in the title role. Every mem
ber of the organization . from Verna
Felton down will have a congenia
role. Miss Felton has so far recovered
from ner recent Illness that she will
be able to- appear in "Captain Impu
dence" on Monday night.
The play is the work of Edwin Mil
ton Royle, who wrote "Friends" and
"The Squawman," two of the most
popular dramas of modern tims. It
deals with Incidents concerning the
Mexican war and is semi-military, al
though not melodramatic. The man
agement has provided handsome stage
settings and costumes, and nothing
will be left undone to make it a com
plete success. Forrest Seabury, Mrs.
Clara Allen, Marie Tnompson, Irving
Kannedy, William Blake and all the
others will be in" tine form. A new
series of recently imported Pathe mo
tion. picture filmSthas been secured and
will add greatly to the .interest.
Remember, the opening, performance
of "Captain Impudence" Monday night.
'Hazel Kirke"' Today.
The last- performances ' of "Hazel
Kirke," tn which, the Allen company
has been so successful' at the Lyric,
will occur this affernoon. and tonight.
Do not miss this beautiful production.
"THE BLACK HAND". QPEXS
French tSock Company Will Present
Startling Play Today. -
"The Black' Hand" is to be the atr
traction all this week at the Star The
ater. The French Stock Company '. will
give the first performance this afternoon.
There will ajso be matinees Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday, Those theater
goers who revel In an exciting melodrama
will find one well suited to their taste
In "The Black Hand."
Of late years no organization has at
tracted more attention from the news
paper readers than the Black Hand organ
ization. It has its representatives in all
the principal cities of the country, ex
tending from New York to Portland.
Many of the most startling and unusual
crimes of recent times have been per
petrated by this mysterious band. In
the play which the French Stock Com
pany is to give this week a slight idea
will be given of the general workings of
the organisation. Few people know the
inside of the Black Hand, but enough
Is shnown in the present drama to en
able the theater-goers to form a general
idea of It.
The Black Hand has caused trouble for
the police everywhere because they defy
the authorities. Only three days ago the
Portland newspapers published accounts
of the Black Hand schemes in New York,
where members of the criminal band were
endeavoring to wreck a Dank after fail
ing to blackmail the president. This
play at the Star Theater will have an
educational value, for it w ill, in a meas-
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ure, disclose the workings of this secret
society, which was brought over from
Europe a few years ago.
So well known is the society of "The
Black Hand" that the bare announcement
that a drama on this subject is to be
presented at the Star Theater should be
sufficient to till the popular home of
amusement at every performance. The
play will be found of unusual interest,
with dramatic situations and a number
of surprises. It is a drama which had
a run in the Bast and this is its first pro
duction in the West.
MARY MAN'XERIKG AT HEIMG
Popular Actress In tho New Playf
"Glorious Betsy."
The coming , of Mary Mannering in
the new American play, "Glorious
Betsy," by the author of "Brown of
Harvard," to the' Heillg next Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday nights, April
2, 3 and 4. with a special price mati
nee Saturday, is an event of more than
ordinary interest, as it will mark the
first appearance here of Miss Manner,
lng in her best - and most successful
play. The Shubert Brothers have given
"Glorious Betsy" a magnificent setting
and scenic Investiture. This new play
has for its central figure that radient
belle of yesterday, Betsy Patterson,
whose, beauty and ambition made for
her one of the most remarkable careers
ever attained by an American woman.
From the . position of a Baltimore belle,
whose wit, pride and rather daring in
dependence made her the admiring
comment of all fashionable society In
America, she sprang suddenly into in
ternational notice by her marriage
with Jerome ' Bonaparte, the brother of
Napoleon, just at the time when he
was proclaimed Emperor , of the French.
Jerome became infatuated with Betsy
and manages to have himself employed
to give - her lessons In French. Betsy
becomes intensely interested in her
totor, but her pride and ambition fights
against acknowledging that she could
love - a man in- such an inferior posi
tion. Slie leaves ignorant of Jerome's
true personality and deeply offended
because of his refusal to accompany
her party to Baltimore, where elab
orate preparations were being made
for the reception of Captain Bona
parte. They, are betrothed, and . the
rest of the play tells of the efforts of
Napoleon's agents to prevent their mar
riage; their fruitless voyage to France,
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where Napoleon refused to allow BetBy
to land.: and the final happy triumph of
the lovers.
The advance seat sale will open next
Tuesday.
Ibsen Matinees at the Baker.
Manager George L. Baker announces
that the Baker Stock Company will ap
pear In three .special Ibsen matinee
which will take place at the Baker on
Wednesday and Thursday afternoons,
April 8 and 9.
The play to be presented will be "Ros
mersholra," by many considered to be.
the masterpiece of the great Norwegian
writer,- which was presented by Mrs.
Fiske and the Manhattan Company at
the Lyric Theater, New York, for four
weeks opening last December 30, with
great success. Miss Blanche Stoddard,
leading woman of the Baker Company,
has made Ibsen her special study for
several years, and-particularlly the char
acter of Rebecca West in "Rosrners
holm" that wierd, insidious, designing
creature who steals into a man's house
and deliberately poisoned and distracted
the mind of nis Invalid wife until she
had at last driven' her to -suicide, and
then when Rosraev, the husband whom
she loved so madly, offered to marry her.
deliberately refused, and later -confessed
her terrible wrong, and went without a
tremor, at Rosrner's suggestion, to the
mill race to kill herself, as her helpless
victim had done before., her. ..
These special matinee performances,
devoted to the works of the wonderful
Norwegian 'writer,' have been presented
by high-class stock companies in 'sev
eral of the leading cities, and never fall
to reoei ve - -most liberal- -patronage-, and
encouragement, from the better class -of
theater-goers and students. . The regular
matinee prices will prevail.
Hojt's "A, Trip to Chinatown."
Patrons of the -Baker Theater have
for two or three weeks been asking when
another Hoyt playo popular with them;
Is going to -be seen, and it is announced
now that Iris famous farce, "A Trip to
Chinatown," which" holds the record for
the longest run of any New York pro
duction (St5 straight performances will
follow "Raffles." and open riext Sunday
matinee. April 6. This is a scream of fun
and will bo a complete list of surprises
as far as the musical numbers and spe
cialties are concerned-' Miss Seymour
has for the past three weeks been work
ing on the choruses and effects and this
will be one of the biggest Weeks on rec
ord without doubt, or the patrons pf
Baker Stock Company revel In the life
and merriment of the Hoyt plays, which
it is most excellently fltteij to present.
THE TYBOlfiA"S AT PANTAGKS
Troup of 14 Singers Will Put on
Bright Operetta.
Capacity patronage and good shows
continue to be the rule at Pantages. The
management of the popular "Fourth-Street
house has caught the public fancy by pre
senting unequaled attractions and intend
to keep right on so doing. For the week
just ending the billing has been a satis
factory one in every way. There was
some disappointment at first that Mak
inuri, the great violinist, did not appear;
but the sudden Illness of that artist made
his appearance here impossible. He Is
now in a Seattle hospital, but hope's to be
along soon, .....
Manager Johnson met the emergency by
drawing on the reserve list for two acts,
thus fining up the gap in liberal fashion.
The completed -bill then included the mar
velous Dierleks; W. A. , Spera ..and com
pany in "Jockey Jones"; Lamber and
Pierce, Miss Loretta Boyd, -Buford and
Bennett, the Regal Trio; Jean Wilson, and
the olograph; Every act proved of a hih
standard, and those who haven't seen the
show . .should avail, thenjeelvea. . ol a. last
opportunity today.
The new- bilk-it speaks ' for Itself.'x Run
your eye down the ad. on the" other side
of the paper there and the list acan, be
compared with the billing of any house
in the eouiKi-y.-Th. troupe of - Tyrolean
rlns-srs. 14 in the troupe, will be- the top
11ns act in a striking little -operetta, "Life
in the Alpine Hills." Hiring a troupe of
that kind is one of the most 'enterprising
and expensive feats ' yet undertaken, by
Pantages.. -.
There will be a second feature of note
in ; the novel electrical musical act pro
duced ' by the Bimra Bom Br-r-r trio.
These clever musicians bring a new act
with them from Europe, and the turn Is
bound to be widely enjoyed here.
Monohan, the great skater, shows you
what remarkable things can really be
done from the deck of a pair of skates.
Daly and O'Brien, tanglefoot dancers,
introduce a lot of new twists in the danc
ing line. They are among tho fastest and
funniest dancers that have ever hit the
Coast.
Crawford and Meeker, singing and
dancing comedians, have a reputation.
1 hoy appear only on tile best circuits and
draw down a fat salary.
Jean Wilson will sing a new illustrated,
song, and the biograph will present some
thing new in the moving picture line.
Youi'l like the new show.
GRAXB
Typical. . Sullivan & Considine Pro
gramme Begins Tomorrow.
It is to be another typical Sullivan &
Considine vaudeville bill which is pre
sented at the Grand this week, com
mencing with the matinee tomorrow.
For tnosc who seek novelties, song,'
mirth, laughter and feats of skill and
strength, this new programme will"'
have an Interest and be' found glvingr
full measure.
Maud Sutton and company, In the
nautical playlet, '"Clnderel." has the
headline position. "Clnderel" is unique
and has been commented on most
favorably wherever seen- The scenes
are laid in the Palace Hotel, New York,
on a New Year's eve. Miss Sutton and
her supportin-g company are recruit--!
from the legitimate .stage and are using
"Cinderel" lor their vaudeville tour. .
"Me and My Partner" is the title of
the act which has been booked for the
special added attraction. It . is a rare
musical act, in which Richey W. Craitf,
the comedian, appears. There are irtt
mense possibilities in a farce called
''The Ballet Girl." and these possibili
ties arc not overlooked by J. H. Davles
and company. This is farce and plenty
of it, utilized in a lively manner and
interspersed with funny dialogue and
rapid-fire conversation.
Brooks and Jeanette are tip to date
and introduce the latest colored sup
plement creation. Miss Fluffy Ruffles,'
this character also being the principal
one In a new musical comedy in the
East. "Fluffy Ruffles and Spoony Sam
on Main Street" is the title Brooks and
Jeanette give their act of fun anil
frolic. By way of variety a capital
singing- and dancing specialty will bo
contributed by O'Neill's college boys.
These freshmen are post-graduates in
the art of entertaining; with their
voices and their feet.
Young Buffalo Is a better sharp
shooter than puffalo Bill, Dr. Carver or
any of those old plainsmen. Young
Buffalo gives a sensational shooting
act and will hit the bull's eye at every
performance. Sadie Seaward will ren--der
the latest Illustrated song success
and the revolving views will be operat
ed by F. F. Montressa.
ROADS SEE BETTER TIMES
Report Shows Beginning of Return
to Prosperity.
CHICAGO, March 28. Railroad officials .
In charge of operation have received
some encouragement within the last week.
Executives in Chicago declare that after
several months the roads are beginning
to "see the light" of improved conditions
and a, return of prosperity. The attitude
of the Supreme Court toward the rail
roads expressed In the Minnesota case
decision was the first brightening of the'
gloom. This was followed by the report
of 130 roads to the car efficiency com
mittee of the National Railway Asstcia
tion supplemental to the official bulletin
of March 4. These railroads, about ono
thfrd of the number of roads in the coun
try, have sent in reports that the sur
plus car equipment of their roads has
been decreased by 11,000 cars since the
Issuance of the last bulletin.
With the same percentage of decrease
In the idle rolling stock of the other roads
added, it Is estimated that freight traffic,
has gained to a great extent within the
last month and that the car surplus of
the country, which two months ago was
above the 350,000 mark, has been decreased
until It now stands slightly above 300,000.
Nearly Drowns In Rogue Rapids.
GRANTS PASS, Or., March 28. J. D.
Wilson, Deputy State Fish Commis
sioner, came near losing his life by
drowning at the Golden Drift dam,
near this city, yesterday. He was
working at the tishladder beside the
dam and accidentally slipped into the
rapids, which swept him several yards
downstream before he was able to get
ashore. ;
King Victor Receives J. P. Morgan.
ROME, March 28. King Victor Emroan- .
Uel today received J. P. Morgan in pri
vate audience and conversed with him on
American affairs. The King manifested !
keen Interest In the approaching Presi.
dential campaign in the United States.