THE SILNDAY OREGOTA??. PORTLAND, JTJXY 26, 1908.
HEILIG
THEATER
14th and WASHINGTON 8TS.
VHONKS MAIN 1 AND A 11
4 NIGHTS BEGINNING MONDAY, JULY 27
SPECIAL PRICE MATIN' EE WEDNESDAY
"A COOD PLAY FOR HUSBAND AND WIFE TO SEE1
Arthur Brisbane's Editorial in the xNew York Journal !
Charles Frohman Presents the Great Dramatic Sensation
"THE THIEF"
By Henri Bernstein, as played lor 10 Months at Lyceum Theater. New Tork, ith
MARGARET ILLINGTON
Assisted by
E. R. Mawson
Leonard Ide"
Bruce McRae
Sidney Herbert
Cecil Owen
Isabel Klchards
a?! Jill f - '" v .-...k I &Mjv;' fc V - I .
THK last attraction of the Heilie's
season will be one of its most
notable. Margaret Illlngrton will
open an engagement of four nights and
a matinee tomorrow night in "The
Thief." one of the sensations of the
past Winter in New York and which
wo are esneclallv fortunate, to cet In
'its first season.
The closing of the stock runs at the
t )lA mn.n U'itlmilt Hfmuin Antn.a!n
ment for tlie time being, with the ex
eeptlon of the Illington engagement.
:The Fantages players headed by T.
laniel Krawlev gave us two excellent
performances, "The Spoilers" and "Ma
dame Sans Gene." the latter bill being
repeated this afternoon and tonight.
The Blunkall-Atwood Company is to
bn completely reorganized and will
close the Lyric lor a period of three
weeks for that purpose. Today's mati
nee and tonight's performance of "The
IMayer" will terminate the present sea
son. .Meanwhile the Orand's vaudevllle
will have things pretty much to it
self. Work on the new Pantages and the
Bungalow goes steadily forward, and
by the time the regular season opens
the remodeled theaters will be in ship
shape. The Orpheum management will
immediately commence redecorating
and refurnishing the Marquam, and
when September comes the historic
playhouse will appear in practically a
new dress.
"TUB
THIEF"
AT
HEILIG
Charles Froliman Prcscnls Margaret
Illingloo. In Dramatic Success.
Oharles Krohir.an will present at the
Heilig Theater, Fourteenth and Wash
ington streets, tomorrow (Monday) night
the sensational drama. "The Thief." The
engagement is for four nights, with a
special 'Wednesday n.atinee. Chief In
the cast of "The Thief is Margaret
lllinKton, whose playing of Marie Ixmtse
Voysin was the most notable achieve
ment of the New York stage last year.
The large opportunities which this role
gives its Interpreter have been to the
very fullest degree improved by Miss
lllington and she has vindicated her
Tight to rank with the greatest players
of the contemporary stage.
if the success of "The Thief" in New
York City was epochal, the extraordi
nary effectiveness of Miss lllington in its
chief role was no les remarkable. She
)ias displayed a variety of expressive
ness and of powers, at all times brilliant
ly and intelligently exercised, that are
almost without parallel in the present
day theater. Aside from the successful
Interpretation given it by Miss lllington
and her associate players, the popular
ity of "The Thief" Is due to the wide
appeal of its theme and the quick and
sympathetic interest which its story
arouses in all classes of theater-goers
its author. Henri Bernstein, in point
,Of constructive ability has in "The
Thief" earned encomiums accorded to
but few play-writers in the past century.
An original plot, but one which at the
same time immediately wins attention for
Its humanness. has been most ingenious
ly developed with a swiftness and di
rectness that are little short of start
ling. "The Thief" contains not one un
necessary word or one unnecessary char
acter. It makes no direct preachment
at all. but indirectly conveys the most
potent lesson. Its author's- almost un
canny knowledge of human kind and his
: marvelous powers as a story-teller ac
count for "The Thief s" translation since
't first Paris production a year ago into
English, German, Russian, Spanish and
Swedish.
In support of Miss lllington at the
Heilig will be seen Bruce McRae. Sid
ney Herbert, E. R. Mawson, Leonard
Ide. Cecil Owen and Isabel Richards.
Seats are now selling at the theater for
the entire engagement.
PANTOMIME ACT AT GRAND
Xoveltr Offered as Feature of Xew
Veek-s Vaudeville Bilk '
For the firstlime in a score of years
Portland will see a pantomime this Week.
Such an act is offered by Sullivan ft Con
sidine, who have Imported Zazell . and
Vernon from the music halls of, London
to appear in "The Elopement." " Panto
mime is known to be the most difficult
means of entertaining, as not a word is
spoken and every thought roust be ex
pressed in action. Zazelt, one of Europe's
greatest clowns, is recognized as a pan
tomlmist -with few equals. -This act will
be appreciated by young and old and the
public will find it one of the rarest of nov
elties. This Is a real pantomime, boiled
down to a minutes, but there is a laugh
every second. This act heads the new
bill which opens at the Grand tomorrow
afternoon.
The special added attraction will be
Grant Gardner and Marie Stoddard in one
of the most amusing sketches seen here
in a month of Sundays. Their snecUOur
-.. ' "A " jT I
is - making people laugh by using only
-keen and witty repartee and dialogue.
This act has made a hit from the At
lantic to the Pacific.
. "The Absent-Minded Beggar" Is the title
of a sketch which will be used by J. C.
Nugent & Co. It is an unconventional
little playlet which will be found Interest
ing. ' The Three Herbert Brothers are
novelty acrobats Introducing forward,
back, twisting and double somersaults.
Nellie Burt is a comedienne doing char
acter changes and is one of the most ver
satile in her line.
To the lover-of real melody Leo Filier
will be a treat. He is a Russian boy vio
linist who Is predicted to have a great
future as he is now ranking among the
virtuosi of the old country. By special
request Fred Bauer will sing "I'm Afraid
to Go -Home In the Dark." The motion
pictures will be the best and will be in
charge of F. F. Montressa. i
Today closes the current bill, beaded by
Cowboy Will Rogers, who has the great
est roping and lariat exhibition in vaude
ville. The entire programme la first-class.
"RUNAWAY' HONEYMOON."
Allen Curtis Company AVill Present
Hilarious Comedy at Oaks.
Another great laughter show will be
the event of greatest importance at
the Oaks for the. week commencing
Monday night, it will be "A Runaway
Honevmoon. which thm Allen Curtis
Company will present with an elabo
rate production both In the matter of
costumes and scenery. The plot is a
gauzy affair, as most musical comedies
are. and it is therefore a more tfian
welcome Summer attraction. It is light
and airy, consisting of tuneful song
numbers, graceful and sprightly dances
and witty lines and situations. It is
by far the most interesting and pleas
ing attraction the company has ever
offered since its season at the Oaks
began. All the principals and the
chorus will be at their best, the for
mer being well supplied with bright
lines and the chorus having a fine
chance to sing and dance its way into
public favor.
The plot concerns a matrimonial
muddle in which a father and son
marry a mother and daughter and
both go on their honeymoons. They
Friday Superstition Is Dying Out
New York Tolk No Longer Hesitate to Begin Journey on Unlucky bay.
0
NCE upon a time," said a bag
gage superintendent, "we used
to have a good, quiet, easy time
of it on Friday all the year around. Even
In the busiest season, say from the end of
May to the middle of August, I used to
get a chance when Friday morning came
around to straighten out my checks and
my accounts and dispatch, detained bag
gage and clean up things generally in the
office and baggage-room, and my assist
ants had time to smoke a pipe- now and
then and give their shoulders a well
earned rest.
"Now Friday Is pretty much like every
other day. Occasionally when baggage is
taken In faster than it can be sent off on
the trains, Friday is the busiest day of
the week, for added to the left-overs of
Thursday are the Friday evening deliver
ies of pieces which can't be got to- the
station Saturday morning In time for an
early start. A doajen years ago we used
to sit back on Friday and get ready com
fortably for the Saturday rush. - We don't
do any sitting back nowadays.
"The reason? It is because New York
folks are not so superstitious as they
used to be1. The fashion of going out of
town to stay .over Sunday has bad a great
deal to do with the change, for to make
it worth while many persons start Friday
night so as to have a full day for sport
on Saturday. Men have never been as su
perstitious about Friday as women, any
way, and of course when men got in the
habit of going of a Friday, what could
the women do but follow To be sure,
going away for a couple of days' stay is
not like starting off on a long trip, but all
the same getting accustomed to leaving
town on Friday for a week end has had
a lot to do with making Friday travel
more popular.
"A few years ago I don't believe you
could have found a woman in this city
who would have been willing to sail for
Europe on Friday," and she couldn't have
sailed had shewanted to, for none of the
first-class steamers put out on Friday.
"Today; as every one knows, there are
Friday steamers listed in the travelers'
guides, and none goes out without a pay
ing consignment of first-class passengers.
Travel on the outgoing river and on the
Sound boats ten years ago used to be
mighty light of a Friday.' There was no
offering of premiums for outside state
rooms, as there is now in June and July,
and most of the passengers wre men.
"Even the schoolmarms. about as su
perstitious a class as ever I had to deal
with, seem to have shaken off to some
extent their superstition about a Friday
irt hrinwnT tnem bad luck. Manv'a the
meet at a country inn, where the ac
tion of the comedy occurs.
Among the song numbers which are
certain to make hits are "Don'l You
Want a Paper, Dearie?" which Wini
fred Green will introduce; "The Dummy
Love Song," by Marguerite La Ponte;
"All She Gets From the Iceman Is Ice,"
which Arthur damage will sing;
"What a Little Smoke Will Do," by
Albert Leonard; Night and Day," fea
tured by Charles A. Figg, and "I'm
Going to Get Myself a Man, That's
All," which Mayme Prager will sing.
This will be one of the show hits of
the year.
This afternoon will occur the final
concert of WVldemar Lind's famous
symphony orchestra of white and gold.
Tonight In the Airdome the Allen Cur
tis Company will repeat "An Easy
Mark."
time when I first started In handling baa-.
gage in this station that I had to listen to
tales of drivers who were sent back emp
ty-nanded because the owner of a trunk
couldn't make up her mind to let it go
out of the house on Friday, even though
she herself didn't start until Saturday
morning.
"To collect trunks early enough Satur
day morning to insure the owners' get
ting on with them on an early train is
Just about impossible in the rush season.
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"EVERY LOVER OF THE DRAMA SHOULD GO AND SEE THE THIEF'
. i William -Winter In the New York Tribune.
EVENING PRICES - I
Ijower floor 92.00. 9l.no'
Balcony .91.S0, 91.00, 7.c
Gallery BOc
SEATS NOW SELL1NQ AT THEATER
MARQUAM
Main 6-
-PHONES-
LAST TWO, TIMES
Matinee Today ,2:15 Tonight 8:15
TV DANIEL FRAWLEY
SUPPORTED. BY
MISS AILLEEN MAY
IN
"MADAME SANS GENE"
but do you think that fact makes any dif
ference to a superstitious woman? Not a
bit of it.
" 'Then I must arrange to take it to the
station on a cab,' a lady told me one day.
for I wouldn't nave a moment's peace of
mind if I went off on a Friday,' and then
she started in to tell me an awful story
about all sorts of dreadful things that
happened to friends and relatives of hers
who defied fate by leaving home on Fri
day. " 'Did you ever stop to think of the acci
dents that happen to persons who start
on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or other
days?" I asked her.
" 'Why, of course not,' she Answered.
" 'Well, try it some time,' I advised.
You'll And that they'll even up pretty
well with Friday accidents.'
"Convinced? I guess not. For she
wouldn't let me send for her trunk Fri
day night and said that she would sooner
stay at home all Summer than start on a
Friday. .
"Another lady, though, a schoolteacher,
had the honesty and enough sense of hu
mor to come and tell me after her return
to the city of the luck 6he had by abso
lutely refusing to leave New York Friday
mornliwr. Her destination was a far north
Adirondack lake, to reach which, travel
ing by daylight, she must take an early
morning train. It was Impossible for her
to start Thursday morning, the idea of
starting Friday morning made her. shud
der, she told me, and to wait till Satur
day morning meant that she lost one
whole dayof her vacation To get around
the situation and not travel by rail at
night, she decided to take a Thursday
night boat to Albany and continue from
that point by rail Friday morning. She
planned the whole thing very carefully
and felt, as she acknowledged, as if
she could afford to snap her- fingers at "bad
luck for the' Summer. In good time
Thursday afternoon her trunk was deliv
ered at the boat dock and was checked
by the owner herself through to her last
stopping-place. She saw the, trunk put
aboard the boat and turned In that night
with a light heart. AtAlbany she saw
her trunk deposited on the landing long
before it was time for her train to start.
"Well it was five days later before she
caught sight of that trunk again and
meanwhile she had to get along at a hotel
with the clothes she traveled in. Like
many another piece of baggage, it had
been put off at a branch station and sent
along to a station far removed from the
main line. To trace . th trunk and get
it back to Its owner took longer in July
than it would have taken earlier in the
season, and they were kept apart nearly
a week.
"Sometimes when the baggage begins. to
pile up in this place toward the end of the
week I find myself wishing that the su
perstition against starting away from
homeof a'Friday had not died down quite
so much." New York Sun.
Open 9 A.M.
Tuesday, at Gates 12 to 7 P. M.
3?'
3$
Farewell Concert of Und'a Syxn-
; pnony urencRtrs,
At 8:30, In the AirdOTiie, the
Bubble of Merriment
"An Easy Hark"
With Curtis' Living Pictures ..
From the Comic Supplements.
Try these on your whistler:
"Honor Bright." "Say, Sis. Give
Us-a Kiss." "Won't You Be My
Baby BOy." Musical Direction of
Wm. G. Stellman.
Monday Night,
"ARQnawayHoneymoon"
Every afternoon this week at 3
o'clock the Bimm-Bomm-Brrr-rr
trio in an unique musical show
and the inimitable European
musical electrical .wheel. Ladies
free Monftay afternoon.
Always Cool Vnder the Big; Trees.
"15 Minutes' Pleasant Ride From
Alder Street.
Coming Dos and Monkey Circus.
VISIT THE ELECTEIC REPRO
DUCTION JOHNSTOWN
FLOOD
AT THE OAKS
MATINEE PRICES'
Lower floor 92.00, 91.S0
Balcony 9100, 7Se
Gallery ,.50o
THEATER
-A lt)20
THE-
VAUDEVILLE DE LUXE
WEEK OF MONDAY MAT
INEE, JULY 27.
Another Great Bill of Sullivan
& Considine's Foreign Nov
elties, Headed by
The World-Famed PanVomimists,'
, THE
ZAZALL6VERN0NC0,
Directi From the English Music
Halls, in Their Original
Comic Pantomime'
"THE ELOPEMENT"
' Special Added Feature,
MR. C; GRANT GARDNER
AND '
MISS MARIE STODDARD
"Vaudeville Frivolities."
A Third. Big Feature, Vaude
ville's Foremost- Legiti
mate Comedian,
J. C. NUGENT-
Presenting , '
"THE ROUNDER"
Assisted by Miss Grace Fertig.
3-HERBERT BROTHERS-3
Novelty Acrobats, Introducing
Something New.
MISS NELLIE BURT
Versatile Comedienne in Char-
acter Changes.
LEO FILIER
Russian Boy Violinist.
FRED BAUER
'I'm Afraid to Come Home in
the Dark."
. GRANDASCOPE
"Little Coxswain of Varsity."
Next Week,
(iClDDHM Trr
The Lady Raffles and Queen of
Handcuffs.
TIME AND PRICES REMAIN
THE SAME. -
BASEBALL
RECREATION PARK .
Cor. Vaughn and Twenty-fourth Sts.
' OAKLAND
VS.
PORTLAND
July 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26. ,
Games begin weekdays 3:30 P. M.;
Sunday, 2:30 P. M.
Admission Bleachers, 25c; Grand
stand, 50c; Boxes, 25c extra. Chil
dren: Bleachers 10c, Grandstand 25c
LADIES' DAY FRIDAY
Boys under 12 free to Bleachers
Wednesday.