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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 12, 1908)
HA THliRE iu nothing in minu:Ojate pros ycct at ih tJieaters to arouse par tiiular enlhusmsm. The Hoillg might jvut bs tiihc- a vaiatlnn the f(rcart 'if th- ei k, fur tliere is noth ing until Thiirsilav nghl hut the -r?sthng nvai'l' on iJutsdHV nlRht, in whi-J) a lorwin Duutur HoIIit, ol Taconia or Brattle or nomowlirn-. is to partnirat tin Tliui.siiav nis'it KlortMici! '.ar Bill ho Bi-cn nt tli li'il:s In a m w plav, "Cciiiii ht' 'as-.ir Tliis ili contimi until S'ltnrilav. with a niatinro on Unit day. l.atir uttrartiiuix aL tin' HciUs will be Thi- PiHtrkt hiaili-'T. ' a musical coined, on April ! anil 14, ami the big event ii- pru.-prct. V lit im 1-aikaye In ' 1 lip Itondniun." ''The Klflrnal 'ity" will be offi roil at llic Uakcr thin iifti rnoun nml all week. "--lonil..i!i" will be tlie Mil wlMi'li tlie K.m Krancisco Opera (.-onn-any will prc-B.-nt for the i-:iiue time at the Miirquum. " Hoocli r lisy" will open at the same time anil for tbe same period at the Star. At the ;.yrie "A Kriend of the Family" C'ntinm-. this 'afternoon and 'to'iilyi:;. to folltiwed tomorrow nif-'ht by "La Belle Marie." Tile vaudeville bills at tile i;rand ami Star continue the same today, but will change, tomorrow afternoon. A. A. G. TJiii kti;k.l CITY." Hall Culiie's IVmerrtil Drahia of Future Home at the Baker. The- baker stock company will pre sent one of Its former immense suc cesses lor the week opening with to day's matinee, which is Hall faine's ln tensij drama, "The Kteinal City." This was 'produced by the company about two years ato, and made such u'dei Ulcil lilt and Mich a prufoutul Impression upon the mind of everyone who saw it Bt the i time, that It w as necessary to run the piece over three nishts into the following week. Tliere wus no ques tion at that time but it would huve continued to pack the house for the entire" second week had It been so con tinued. Its (treat euocess lies In the pe culiar and magnetic power of the theme; the characters represented, and the splendid scenic effects. The scene of the play is Rome. the Kternal- City and the period is some fiate In the distant future. The princi pal characters are ttossi, a loader of the people, and their pojmlar Idol; Kama, the ward of the Prime Minister, with whom Koscd is in love; the Prime Min ister, a powerful character, who him self loves his beautiful ward. The Pope appears In a grand. Impressive scene, and the play is tilled with the mot intense and Interesting action throughout. The love of these two young people. Koma aud liossl. remains steadfast and true, surrounded as they are with plots. Intrigues and counter plots against them and their love for each other, in which the Prime Minis ter llgurts most prominently, using hie high position and his shrewdness and cunning -to separate them. In the end, however, all comes, out right the ro mantic young lm-er are united all the clouds have passed away and KossI has risen to the high position" jof dicta tor over the Koman people. The rol of llmiia will be played by Miss Kent, and It is one for which this popular member of the Ilaker stock conipany is unusually well fitted. " Pi . I 1 O U A ' T O M C. 1 1 T . San Francisco Opera Company Will Present Famous Musical Comedy. "Klorodora." with its wealth of beau tiful music, its sextet of pretty maidens, the greatest success in th" world if mu sical romedy. will be revived, on a most magnificent scale for the week com mencing tonight by ank tV. Healy's reorganized San Francisco Opera Com pany. It is some four years since the piece was last given In this city, and the string of buyers at the hox office of the Muruuam is proof positive that it has lost none of its popularity. The hook of "Florodora" is hy Owen "Hall, one of England's most successful humorists: the ly;-ies were written by K. Poyd-Jones and Paul Rubens, the latter one of the best known song " writers in Knglaud. Leslie Stuarts fertile brain conceived the music, and It wus staged by Lewis Hooper. The first American production was made by Fisher & Ryley, Arthur Weld being the musical director and Lewis . Hooper coming to America from the Lyric Theater, London, to su pervise Its presentation. Jos ph Miller, who is staging the piece for the Pan Francisco Opera Company, haj Uic nlcsuie il wiuiujsiiig tin. V lish pi-oduction and assisted in the Casino production in New York. Me promises to give a- finished production. Wallace Brownlow will play Frank Abercoed, and sing "The Shade of the Palms." He was eminently successful as Abercoed in the production at the Lyric Theater. London, as well as singing the same part with the J. C. Williamson company in Aus tralia. Teddy Webb will be the funny Tweedlepunch, Georgia Campbell will be Iolores; Iaphne Pollard, Angela Gil fain; Amy Leicester. Lady Holyrood. and Mabel Milliard. Kuth Saville. Stella Grey. Kthel Manning. May Montague and May r telle Seaman will be the sextet of pretty maidens! ' Robert Mennet and ' William Grabaeh have built and- painted the scenery from the original photographs, and tlie costuming will be beautiful. "crrn At VASSAK." Girls' Musical College, Play at Heilig Next Thursday. Jules furry's newest "play, with music, has been well named "Cupid at Vassar," for in It the little god plays no end of pranks on the various members of the lit tle coterie of good people with which the story deals, before the ttnai curtain. Kate, the heroine, loves the only man she ought to love, and he loves her. but there are stolen letters and - natutrtUy. resulting misunderstandings that no true lover can pat up .with or no high-spirited tsirl ex plain. And so tlie course of this love story does not sun smooth and trials come and try tlie hearts of the onlookers as well as those of the chief actors in the drama. The strength of the -story has caught the attention of many of the re viewers. . In so many of the so-called "musical pieces" the story goes for noth ing and the authors rely upon the songs and the people In the cast to carry them through. The romance woven about the heroine In the tale of "Cupid at Vassar" occupies so worthy a place on the dra matic stage that, were it robbed of ay of the accessories of scenery and- speoial cast and music and specialties with which it is garbed, it would be as strong as the most Intense love story how on the stage. "Cupid at Vassar" will be seen at the Heilig Theater, Fourteenth and Washing ton streets, next Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. April 16. 17 and IS. with a special matinee- Saturday. - LA 1JELI.K MARIE" AT LYRIC Allen Company Opens Monday Xtght in Thrilling Coinedy-Irama. An extraordinarily tine attraction will be seen at the Lyric for the week commencing Monday night. "La Belle Marie" is a standard drama that has held Its own for many seasons and Is always to be relied upon, to command attention and hold public interest. It Is well adapted to the Allen Stock Company, the various parts being" singularly suited to the Allen players. There is a quantity of brilliant comedy to lighten It up. while the pathos and sentiment of the lines, combined with the exciting situations, make it an ideal drama. It is one of those plays that please ymtng and old. the grand parents and the little children, and all who attend the theater. .While not strictly a melodrama. It has all its good features with the good qualities of conservative drama. Verna Felton in tlie duel leading roles of Jean Ingle side and Marie DuBols (La Belle Marie) has some splendid opportunities and will distinguish herself, as every one knows she can when she has a role to suit. ttevelle I'rquhart. the new leading man who has jumped immedi ately into public favor, will make him self solid Willi local au.ditru.u5 ia Uiu ' ' w VU ' v$1 v; r ri THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. FORTLAVD, AFRIL 12, 1908. WW WW part of Earl Leighton, the heroic young lover. Forrest Seabury will shine in the part of a "fresh" drummer. WTilliam Blake will make a certain hit as John Ingleside. the old .miller, Mrs. Clara Allen will be seen as Mary Ingleside, his wife, while Marie Thompson and Ella Houghton will appear advantage- usly. There will be an elaborate pro duction and the public may be sure good is in store for them In La Belle Ma-rle." Keep the date in mind. Mon day,' April 13. "A Friend of the Family." After today there will be no chance to see that funny farce in which the Allen company has been making such a hit at the Lyric all week. It Is "A Friend of the Family" and everybody who knows anything about the stage knows it is the funniest farce ever. Matinee today and last performance to night. "A HOOS1ER DAISY." Celebrated Comedy-Prama at the Star Theater This Afternoon. But two more plays will be given by the. French (stock company before clos ing its engagement in Portland. The first of these two attractions will be offered this week at the Star Theater, commencing writh the matinee this afternoon. This bill will be "A Hooster Daisy." Other matinees will be given as usual on Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday. There is always- such a de mand for accommodations at the Sun day performances at the Star' that those desiring to attend this afternoon or evening should make their reserva tions at the box office as early as possible. "A Hoosier Daioy" Is a celebrated comedy-drama, which has never been played In Portland, although it has an enviable reputation in the Kast. The play takes its name from the principal female character, an Indiana product. Indiana has. of late, come to the front as the scene of dramas and comedies, as well as from a literary standpoint. "A Hoosier Daisy" is one of the pio neers along this new mine of material. It is a play of a pastoral type, although differing materially and absolutely from the usual bucolic drama, which has its scenes in the Xew England states. The character types peculiar to the Hoosier State are introduced in this play to advantage, and as there are many former residents of Indiana ill Ponlaodj tlila attlii'U'.'B ..will be Bill if fm&j "t- M f moft'vf;--.':? tit f V? :,,V I'""'! ----i- . ;-' '-'-"'-,;;'.,. V:,-" L found of extraordinary Interest to them, as well as to those who have never visited that particular section. The comedy element in "A Hoosier Daisy" Is prominent at all times and Is only made subservient to the heavier scenes when the dramatic requirements insist. There Is a moving love story threading its way through the four acts of the play. To the main love story there "is also a secondary one in which the younger people participate. A fortune is at stake in "A Hoosier Daisy," and this supplies the motive" for such wicked plotting as develops in the course of tlie drama. A well-acted and well-staged produc tion is guaranteed' by Manager R. E. French- . -'i ' - - - "THE DISTRICT LEADER." Tuneful Mnsieal Comedy Success Coming to the Heilig. One of the best equipped musical pro ductions on the road today is "The Dis trict Leader." which Is to have a presen tation at the Heilig Theater, April 22, 23, 21 and 25. The chorus Is not only large enough to fill any Btage, but the voices are the sort that take an opera score and make the very best of all there is in it. "The District Leader" moves with a swing and dash, and when it is all over, you leave the theater and expect to find the lights of Herald Square blazing in front and all around you. The piece was produced "at Wallack's Theater, New ml f- York,' . and every costume, piece of scenery, every electrical effect and every property used In Wallack's will be seen hee. Strange Adventures of Miss Brown. The numerous admirers of the Baker stock company's 'popular 'leading man, George Alison, will enjoy- the rare nov elty of seeing him dressed in the. garb feminine next week, when he assumes the character of "Miss Brown," in ..the famous farce comedy, "The Strange Ad ventures of Miss Brown." He is a dash ing young officer, who is very much in love with A particularly charming young woman. But her parents frown upon the lovemaking of tlie two, and spirit her away to a young ladies' eem inary, where no man is ever permitted to encroach. But nothing daunted, this daring gentleman hits upon a plan by which he can accomplish a plan to fool them by disguising himself as a young woman aspiring to enter the school. The mlxups that follow are excruciat ingly funny, and keep the audience in a state of constant laughter. Opening performance next Sunday matinee. PAXTAGES OFFERS NEW BILL Don Fulano, Trained Horse, Is on This Week's Programme. With two feature acts that are unex celled in the realm of vaudeville and an excellent programme of supporting fea tures, Pantages offers a particularly at- tractive btll ttrts week. Tt is one that will appeal ostxHtlally to the children and -older folk wilL have plenty to interest ami entertain them. .The., programing .for the week just 'closed, Including as It did Makmurt, a violinist such as the public of Portland is 'seldom enabled to see at such realson- .able prices.and the other performers an artists in their nm-a, proved a strong drawing:, cart for the popular home of vaudevillo. But this week Manager Johnson has provided some features that will be a revelation to those who are seeking the unique and marvelous in the line of entertainm'nt. A better proof of this could not be given than to men tion the fact that the .tar feature of this week's bill will be Don ir'ulano, "the black beauty of vaudeville," th - horse of human intelligence.- ' Don Fulano, a coal-black beauty, bred upon tlie stock farm of Marcus Daly, is but '6 years old, but he baa been ho well schooled that he exhibits an Intelligence that is nothing short of tiic marvelous, and he is capa ble of performing tricks that were un heard of for a dumb .animal before Don made his debut upon the vaudeville stage. Don Fulano is worth the whole price of admission alone and those who fail to see him will have something to regret. As a second feature act the O'Brien troupe, of high-class acrobats have no ;;,-:. seconds in their chosen line. These marvelous contortionists and exponents of gymnastic skill feature "Naomi,' the human cannon-ball. "Naomi is placed in the mouth of a real cannon, loaded with, real powder, and is actually fired from the muzzle of the murderous wea pon of war. Don't shudder. "Naomi" doesn't get a scratch, and after being fired from the cannon will smile in ap preciation of your applause. This Is one of the most thrilling acts seen on tho vaudeville stage today and you will miss it If you do not see it. In addition to these star acts, Waldron brothers, the funny Dutch comedians, and Tom Maloney. the Irish comedian and story-teller, will furnish laughter and amusement. Winifred Stewart, the phenomenal woman baritone, is a singer well worth hearing. Jean Wilson, tht popular illustrated song singer, will be heard in something new and pleaslr. The biograpil will present the latest up-to-date animated pictures. There will be a epecia! matinee Satur day for the women and children, at which Don Fulano will entertain his lit tle friends. Each lady and child w.a receive, at this matinee, a souvenir pho tograph and sketch of the wonderful lit tle horse. GRAXJ HAS SIX STAR ACTS Doria Opera Company. Gladys Van and Other Features on the BUI. Following up the big vaudeville bill ot the past week, Sullivan & Considine will f. send another list of features to the Grand, beginning tomorrow afternoon. This new programme contains six star aits, and there will be found a large share of music and comedy which, with dancing, go to make a successful and popular vaudeville entertainment. The Doria Opera Trio will have the po sition at the head of the bill. They -consist of two men and a woman, recruits from the operatic stage, and now making a tour in vaudeville. Singing acts of this character are always In favor and the Dorias are people with well trained voices who will render a programme of appro priate selections. Gladys Van will be the added attraction. Miss Van was for several years the sing ing and dancing snubrettV with Murray & Mack, the eomedians. Miss Van has a singing specialty. By way of variety, there will be a dramntic sketch on tnc list, a sort o.f miniature 'Jion and the Mouse," and tabloid "Man nf the Hour." This playlet is called "The Price of Power." and Is said to be one of the strongest short plays before the public. It will be acted by leo Cooper & Co. Mr. Cooper Is well known on the J'acitic Coast as a legitimate, actor. "The Effervescent Pair" Is the way Ta Vcrre and St. John are billed. They have a number which is composed of singing, eccentric dancing and a number of im personations. The art is reported as better than good along the line. 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