Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1908)
2 THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MAY 34, lua. the large crowds that poured out to see the wizard of locks. Among; the other attractions for the coming week are Zarro trio, comedy bicyclists; Blonder Robinson Co., com edians and vocalists: Chick, Piper, Gray & Co., comedy sketch artists In a skit entitled "Tank Town on Christ mas Eve"; Jean Wileon. illustrated sons; the blograph, latest moving pic tures. The show for the week Just clos ing with the Bell trio as the feature act has proven itself a big drawing card. LEW DOCKSTADEU COMIXQ Famous American Minstrel and His Company at lleilig . June 6-7. The famous American minstrel. Lew Dockstader, and his excellent company of black-face artists, will be the attrac tion at the Heilig theater. Fourteenth and Washington streets, June 6-7. IHS appearance here of Francis Wilson in a "straight" role after . an absence of many years, was the theatrical event of the past few weeks. In "When Knights Were Bold" the d's tlnguished comedian has a delightful ve hicle, and one which affords him oppor tunities to display hi talent to the very best advantage. The engagement was well patronized and was considerable of a social event. John Drew and Blllie Burke in "My Wife" will be seen at the Heilig next Fri day and Saturday nights, the only attrac tion for the week at the uptown theater. "Why Smith Left Home" at the Baker will be the stock company's bill, a very funny farce, containing a number of good characterizations. "Sweethearts and Wives" will be pre sented by the Armstrong company at the Btar. The Allen company will close Its en gagement at the Lyric this week, offering "Under Two Flags." The company has been a popular one here, and its depar ture will be regretted by a large number of theater patrons. The vaudeville bills will change tomor row afternoon. "WHV SMITH HOME" I'arce-Ooniedy Opens at the Baker This Afternoon. George Broadhurst has given theater goers pome of America's best plays, notable among his farces being "What Happened to Jones." "The Man From Mexico" and "Why Smith Left Home." h latter being the one which the Baker Stock Company will offer- its thousands of patrons for the week opening with today's matinee. ' It Is one of the stand ard farces on the stage today, and after several years still preserves its strong originality and freshness, and never fails to cause the greatest merriment. It was written for the purpose of making peo ple laugh only, and faithfully fullills Its intent. . - One reason why it appeals to every one is the fact that it Is a domestic comedy, dealing with the trials and trib ulations of a young married couple, and depicts events that all are more or less Xamlllar with. The Smiths 'are happily married, have a nice home servants, etc., and love, each other dearly. The THE TYRO USA 31 I Wilson in a "straight" role after I I I , J iT - ' - I I Bis. - ; 5 jmmMmmm. uw . - . 1 - - i wr "..i ..11. - '.r.vv only difficulty is one that inflicts so many.. Just such homes relations. And It is relations who cause all the mix-ups. Quarrels and misunderstandings of which this farce treats: They are mostly Mrs. Smith's rela tions, who, with the servants, and a strange Count, become embroiled in the queerest and most laughable series of mtx-ups that can possibly be imagined. There are too many of them to describe in detail, and it is much more fun watch ing them develop and getting the sur prises that are so nicely arranged. The Baker Company never fails to score heavily In comedy, and this week will be no exception. JOHN DREW AT THE HEILIG Distinguished Actor Will Present Delightful Comedy, "My Wife." Charles Ftohman will present John Drew at the Heilig theater. Fourteenth and Washington streets, next Friday and Saturday nights in a new four-act com edy entitled "My Wife." The play ran at the Empire theater. In New York, for four months, and comes here with the original cast. The comedy is from the French of Gavault and Charnay. In which it is known as '.'Mademoiselle Josette Ma Femme," and the present adaptation has been made by Michael Morton. In Paris It has had a nine-months' run ' at the Gymnase theater, and in London, where 1t Is-playlng at the Haymarket, .it Is. now in Its second season. : The comedy Is of a lighter and brighter order than the- Pinero play, "His House in Order," In which Mr. Drew appeared SINGERS AMD DANCERS AT THfi OAKS J':4:in ra ". ' "the last season. Indeed, it !a said that "My Wife" has restored the favorite comedian to the vein and style of work with which his fame is more closely allied and In which his admirers like best to see him. He will have for his leading lady Miss Billie Burke, who comes here from the Vaudeville theater, London, where she has just made two successes in straight comedy, after five years of conspicuous success on the- musical comedy stage... Ferdinand Gottschalk. who was last seen here as a member of Mr. Drew's company during the run of "The Duke of Killicrankle," will have a quaintly comic role exactly suited to his style of char acterization. Miss -Dorothy Tennant will complete the quartet of comedians who will, it is expected, be supplied with sev eral highly-amusing scenes similar to those in which the famous "Duke of Kil licrankle" quartet figured. ' Other members of Mr. Drew's organl- THIS WEEK. SMf I h , - . -T.- III! nation are Walter Boderling. Morton Sel ten, Albert Hoccardi. Mario Majeroni, Axel Brunn, Herbert Budd, Rex McDou gall. E. Seldene Powell, Frank Goldsmith, L. C. Howard, Ida Greeley Smith, Hope Latham, Mrs. Kate Paulson Selten and Mary Lorraine. MUSICAL BILL AT THE STAR "Sweethearts and Wives" Attraction - for This Afternoon. This afternoon the Armstrong com pany, at the Star theater, will change its programme and present another of Its musical comedies. "Sweethearts and Wives" will be the name given this new bill. The idea of the entertain ment is taken from the old toast: "Sweethearts and wives may they never meet." According to Mr. Armstrong, this week's attraction at the Star theater will exceed In humor and melody any of those which have gone before it. Manager Armstrong takes particular pride in "Sweethearts and Wives," for it Is more oretentious than some of th other shows and is bolstereu up with more and better musical numbers; not to say possessing a greater . amount of comedy. Every member of the company will have a part in "Sweethearts and Wives," for even the chorus can' live up to the.' title good-humoredly. This chorus, while not so large as those car ried by some of the traveling com panies, .makes up In energy and enthu siasm what it lacks in numbers, and as for looks, there Is not a high-priced musical show coming to Portland thac can boast of a handsomer set of chorus maidens. There will be new-costumes and scenery and "Sweethearts and Wives," is a certain success. Now that the Star theater has been recognized as the home of musical com edy, at popular rates, it Is drawing to itself a patronage different from that of the past. The people who attend the Star now are those who want a cheer ful time at a theater. They want fuu and music and these are found at the Star, because that Is the exclusive pol icy of the place. Then, besides the re gular bill, there are vaudeville fea tures, Sullivan & Considlne always sending ' some clever turns. With "Sweethearts and Wives," for instance, there will be as added vaudeville num bers, Sheehan & Monahan, an Austral ian musical act, and Wilfred & Lottie, These acts open tomorrow afternoon. A dally matinee and two nightly per- formancts theater. is the policy at the Star "UNDER TWO FLAGS" AT CLOSE Monday Marks Opening of Last Week of Allen Company at Lyric. Tomorrow night the Allen company will Inaugurate its lasi week at the Lyric by reviving that ever popular dramatic sens ation, "Under Two Flags." It is the fa vorite bill of the Allen company, the best performance it has ever given, and one of the greatest plays ever written. It is a dramatization of Ouida's familiar nov el and it provides some of the most dis tinct character drawing of any drama of modem times. In the role of Cigarette, the dashing lit tle daughter of the regiment, Verna Fel ton scored her first big success, and is admitted to be the logical successor to Blanche Bates in the role. She will ap pear at her very best and it is most agree able to both the company and house man agement that the Allen fare-ell should be under such favorable circumstances. After almost two years in Portland, tha organization leaves, perhaps forever, and the thousands of friends that it has made here, will take advantage of this last op portunity to see the favorites of the com pany. The production of "Under Two Flags" will be Impressive in the extreme, the great scenes showing the flight of Cigarette on horseback, up the rocky mountain paas and the terrible sand storm on the desert always thrill the beholder. Get your seats at once and come out to morrow night to see the Allen company In its last bill. The Blunkall-Atwood com pany opens next week. "Nell Gwynne" Today. This afternoon and tonight the Allen company will again be seen in that phe nomenal success, "Nell Gwynne." The public has already stamped the play and the performance with its approval. You cannot afford to miss It. Moving pictures between acts. HALFBREED" COMIXG Festival Week at the Baker Opens Sunday. Special arrangements have been made with Oliver Morosco for the Baker Stock Company to present his big success, "The Halfbreed," for the Rose Festival week In Portland. "The Halfbreed" Is rf heavy drama with scenes laid In the Indian Territory country and plot, scen ery and characters are details of an un usually interesting nature. Special efforts are to be made to get a production which will be even better than the average Baker offering lor this play, and a large number of extra peo ple are required, as well as startling effects in lights, scenery and properties. "The Halfbreed" will open at the Baker next Sunday matinee. May 31. VAUDEVILLE AT THE MARQUAM Hardeen, Wizard of Locks, Heads New Bill This W'eek. Hardeen, the world famous wizard of locks, the man who can unfasten and free himself from any sort of handcuffs or straitjackets ever in vented, will be the star attraction at the Marquam Grand Theater for the week of Monday, May 25. A strong bill of other high-class acts will make the Pantages attraction for the com ing week the best in the city. Hardeen has an act that is recog nized by critics as one of the most mystifying and wonderful ever pre sented before the footlights. He per mits himself to be locked Into any sort of -handcuffs that were ever made, then in less time than it requires to tell it he frees himself from the shack les, presenting them to the view of the audience unlocked, open and unin jured, regardless of the fact that the keys are kept beyond his possible reach. One of his most remarkable feats is his escape from the strait jacket and muffs used so effectively upon the most desperate and powerful maniacs. It takes Hardeen but 7H minutes to perform this seemingly Im possible feat. He guarantees to es cape from any box or crate which mechanical ingenuity can contrive, without breaking or injuring the crate. "How does he do it?" This Is the question that is asked by everyone who sees his performance. And It Is a question that has mystified the police and look experts of the world. In Seattle and Spokane the play bousaa wars not able to accommodate New Stock Company at Lyric. The Allen stock company, which will close a long engagement at the Lyrta next Sunday, will be succeeded on Mon day, June 1, by the Blunkall-Atwood Company, in "The Bushranger." Man ager Flood has secured the new organ ization for an indefinite season and prom ises an interesting array of productions. The Blunkall-Atwood Company comes here trom St. Louis, where it was tre mendously popular, and it ranks amonj the most famous stock companies ol America. The personnel of the comDany contains the names of many popular fa vorites, including Lillian Atwood, a beau- t.rui and ttuented leading woman, whose fame readies from the Atlantic 'o the Pacific Coast. Mr. Blunkall, the leading Jim uign BLanaing on tne coast. and is known here, where he played an engagement with the Bacon company at i-oraray s. e also distinguished himself In "The College Widow." Miss Atwood also made a big Pacific Coast hit when leading woman at the Alcazar, In San Francisco. Other members of the com pany are on the same high plane. SEVEN SAMOIS AT THE GRAND Many Good Features on Bill fol This Week. In the new list of features which Sul livan & Considlne are sending to the Grand this week, commencing tomor row afternoon, it is no easy matter to select the headllner. This is because there are so many excellent vaudeville acts from which to choose. It has been decided, however, to designate the Seven Samols as the top of the bill. The Seven Samois are Arabian acrobats In a whirlwind gymnastio exhibition. Introducing American and their own native feat?. This is one of the best Arab acts now touring the United States. By way of special added attraction there will be a Down-East playlet which will be a complete New England pas toral play boiled down to vaudeville limits. This will be Interpreted by Macks, Hart & La Marr. It bears the title "Cynthia's Visit," and will be found a novel vaudeville offering. The character sketches drawn In this play let are worthy of a four-act drama. The Nightingale" Is a mixture of comedy and drama which is presented by Acton, Klovllle A Co. There is no other sketch just like this in any re pect. Lawrence & Harrington are the people who created the characters of the Bowery boy and the Bowery girl In vaudeville. They have thlB character down to the smallest detail and have presented the specialty everywhere worth mentioning. They are on the new programme with their act. "The Man With Two Heads," Is the way the act of Potter & Hartwell is billed. They are comedy acrobats who will Introduce some freak feats in their line. "The Man in Red," Is the way Harry Holman is referred to, because that is the way he dresses when he is unwinding his -amusing monologue. Holman is a born entertainer and his patter Is fresh. Fred G. Bauer will have his usual new Illustrated ballad and the F. F. Montressa motion waves will be imported from gay Paree. Today Is the last time for the cur rent bill, which contains Harrigan, the original comedy juggler, and the Rob ert H. Hodge company in a funny farce. CROWDS GOING TO THE OAKS Fair Weather Drives Throngs to the Out-of-Doors Amusement Kesort. The weather man says that the sun will shine, and with this phophecy the tide of pilgrims In search of amuse ment has tairned towards the Oaks in droves. Even during the inclement weather the patrons of the resort could not resist taking a trip to the place just to see how things .were looking, and as a consequence hundreds of peo ple dodged the showers and saw the sights. Harry Breton, the flying automo billst, and the Tyrolean singers, with their long and varied repertoire, have been the two main attractions during the past week, as they will be for the coming week. Breton, after making a number of successful leaps in his auto mobile, had a narrow escape from seri ous injury or possible death Friday afternoon. Stopping to make a second Inspection of his machine Just before making the leap, he found the rim of one of the wheels so badly cracked that if would surely have- given way during the dash down the incline. He has had the wheel repaired and will appear for the greater part of the week. The Tyroleans will also appear dur ing the entire week in an entirely new programme of songs and dances. With the coming of good weather the amusement hunters of the city will find the entire machinery of the Oaks In full motion, giving a bigger and better programme of entertainment than ever before. . SEALS BECOMING EXTINCT t "Wise Women Buy Now Before Furs Are Costly as Diamonds. LONDON, May 23. (Special.) Wise women are buying their furs now. Sealskin, which Is one of the most val ued furs, -has steadily been increasing in price during the last few years. Experts agree that the supply is so limited' this season that the cost will be almost prohibitive. "The Alaska and Northwest seal is becoming extinct," a member of the firm of fur experts In Bond street said recently. "In a few years It will be Impossible to buy sealskin at all. As an example, it is interesting to com pare the figures of the last 15 years: Alaska Seala . Skina sold 1893 M.S.TT 18S 2".Tii2 ISO 7.620 Copper Island Seals 1893..: 32.900 1U8 3.3US "The difference is not so great in the case of the Northwest seals. In 1898 47,903 skins were sold. Last year this number had decreased to 33,655. The price of an Alaska sealskin in 181)8 was $9.50. It is impossible to buy a good skin under $48.50 today." Olympla Malt Extract, good for grand ma or baby. Only 15-100 of 1 per cent alcohol. Phones: Main 671. A 2467. .
