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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1908)
THE SUXDAY OREGOIAX. rORTLAXD, AUGUST 9, 1903. -THI THEATER VAUDEVILLE DE LUXE FORMERLY THE MARQUAM GRAND THEATER Operated in connection and presenting the same high-grade acts as witnessed in the various houses of the famous Orpheum Circuit throughout the Country. Week of Monday Matinee, Aug. 1 0 The Show for this Coming Week embodies quality, novelty and interest, headed by OpensMonday,Aug.l7,'08 sr 111 : : T', W3MS?t 7n": :f r 111- . ' d" A IS, ... 'feat""' . . i.i W THE reopening of Pantages last week aroused mild interest among theatergoers and was the. one in cident of particular importance In the dullest , week of the entire year. The Fourth street vaudeville house has heen completely remodeled, greatly en larged and the Interior elaborately decorated. The Grand was the only other playhouse open and did almost a record-breaking business. The Oaks continues to present the Allen Curtis Company In musical com edy. "The Merry Grafters" has been enthusiastically received and will con tinue tonight. Monday night the new bill will "be inaugurated. The Grand and Pantages offer new programmes tomorrow afternoon. . Tne announcement that the Orpheum will open on August 17 came as some thing of a surprise. It having been understood that it would not occur for a month later. Another surprise Is the changing of the name, it having been given out that It would continue as the historic Marquam. playing the Orphe um attractions. The passing of the old name causes just a twinge of re gret, but it natural and appropriate that the new management should de sire It to bear the name of the other theaters on its extensive circuit. Mr. Putton, the new manager, has taken hold in a business-like manner and the success of the venture Is assured In advance. Work Is steadily progressing on the alterations to the Kmpire. to be re named the Bungalow. It will be neat as a bandbox when the Baker players open it early in September. The per sonnel of the company will remain much the snme as last season, with the exception that Sidney Ayres succeeds George Alison as leading man. Mr. Alison will be at the head of the Bush Templn Company. Chicago, next sea son. Mr. Ayres, who Is now spending his vacation up the Columbia, was here last season as leading man with Wil ton Lackaye. Commencing tonight J. Louis Mae Evoy will assume management of the Nortonla roof garden entertainments and will offer Angela Way, the well-known prima donna as the chief attraction. The Blunkall-At-wond Company. which temporarily closed its season at the L,yrlc two weeks ago. Is spending a delight ful vacation In camp on the Lower Willamette. After a complete reor ganization the company will reopen Its Lyric engagement In about two weeks. A. A. G. i 3 1. it ORPHEUM OPKXS AIGCST 17 "ove!ty and OrlBlnallty, Iirth nd Melody Are Promised. Novelty and originality, rnlrth and mel ody, will be the predominating features of the programme for the opening week of the Orpheum Theater (formerly the Marquam Grand) beginning Monday, Au gust 17. Here's the bill: Fred Bond and Fremont Benton and Company, Grals' Prodigies, Janet Melville and Evie Stet son. Clifford & Burke. Wilbur Mack and Nella Walker, Sadie Sherman. Zeno Jor dan & Zeno, and the moving pictures. Fred Bond and Miss Fremont Benton, with their company of farceurs, present one of the fiinnlent one-act comedies ever seen in vaudeville under the title of "Handkerchief No. 15." For several years Mr. Bond starred In the Smith & Bice comedies in the East, and the last few seasons he has, with Miss Benton, been featured with the Shubert musical comedies. Mr. Bond has had wide ex perience and with natural humor has made his vaudeville offering distinctly worth while end possessed with all the merit and all the care that ordinarily characterize a three-act farce comedy. Grais' Prodigies,' remarkable simian per formers, an aggregation of monkeys and baboons who perform an amusing and In teresting act, is a marvelous exhibition of animal training. Herr G. Grals has become famous as an educator of animals and his present act Is his greatest achievement. The6e animals walk slack wires, disrobe on a trapese, do "risky" as expert as Japanese, and any number f other and ludicrous performances. Herr Grais has evolved a new creation a spe cial feature act, "Dlavoleno, Looping the Loop." Miss Jeanette Melville and Miss Eva. Stetson have for years been considered the most popular comediennes In vaude ville. Breezy, bright and Inimitable In style, they always win an audience and laughter is the principal qualification which they aim for and invariably suc ceed In gaining. Clifford and Burke, burnt cork make ups. These comedians are - genuinely funny and their dialogues and songs orig inal and new. They are very popular with Orpheum patrons. Wilbur Mack, assisted by Nella Walker, present a musical skit entitled "The Bachelor and the Maid." Miss Walker is an attractive and clever actress and a charming vocalist and Mr. Mack Is a particularly talented and versatile come dian. He sings several aongs of his own composition. Sadie Sherman offers a neat novelty called "At the Photographer's" In which she depicts the different characters that visit a gallery to be "shot." She has proven one of the greatest hlta of the sea son on the Orpheum circuit. Zcno, Jordan & Zeno present an aerial act that ranks among the best on the stage; nothing ever before shown and. they have scored a distinct success wher ever they have appeared. The bill con cludes with the Orpheum moving pictures. i IEATIRE ACTS AT PAN'TAGES Acrobatic Arabs Head Great Bill That Will Open Tomorrow. The new Pantages Theater Is an as sured success. It has played to capacity houses during the past week. Portland theater patrons can now aee all the big European acts that have made good In the New York. Boston and Chicago vaudeville theaters. Good as the present bill is at the Pantages, there will be one equally entertaining when the new show starts tomorrow afternoon. There will be eight big acts on the programme and not greatest acrobatic acts has been secured for the headllner. This Is the seven Zanzibar Arabs, lightning whirlwind acrobats and pyramid builders: genuine speedy sons of the desert. This is the same Arabian troupe that created such a big sensation by their acrobatic stunts at the New York Hippodrome when it first came over from Europe. The special added feature for the com ing week will be Zlska and King, bur lesque magicians' and kings of comedy magic; a continuous roar of laughter from start to finish. Next on the list is the two Farraris, European novelty dancers'; they are graceful and finished artists in their particular line. Miss Florence Saunders, America's magnetic soprano, has made a tremendous hit all over the East. Nagle and Adams are two very clever versatile entertainers. 1 ney sing, dance and Introduce a burlesque melodrama; they also introduce juggling and acrobatic stunts in their act. Master Smart, the phenomenal boy violinist, comes very highly recommended and there is no doubt but what he will come In for his share of applause. Last, but not least. Is Ray Baldwin, who will sing the pictured ballads. The blograph will roll off the great comedy picture, en titled "Dick's Sister." The management wishes to Impress upon the minds of the public the fact that there are three performances dally at the, Pantages Theater and that the curtain goes up at 2:30 sharp on the matinee per formance; evening, 7:30 and o ciock. Come at the above mentioned hours and you can secure the best seats in the theater. If you arrive late don't complain because you have to stand up a few minutes until the first show Is out at o'clock. Today will be the last oppor tunity to see the present bill, considered by vaudeville critics to be one of the greatest shows ever given in the Rose City at popular prices. Each 'and every act on the programme Is an Imported fea ture, seldom seen outside the big Eastern cities. ANOTHER BIG BILIj AT GRAND Many Star Acts on Programme That Will Open Tomorrow. Slrronje appears at the Grand this aft ernoon and night for the last times. The wonderful feats this young woman has performed In freeing herself from hand cuffs and shackles, packing cases and trunks have been the talk of the town. Those who have not yet seen her should do so. Every performance she submits to some new test and the detectives and deputy sheriffs have been unable to hold her with their Iron bracelets. Tomorrow Sullivan & Consldine send an other of those big vaudeville shows which have been coming so thick at the Grand. This new programme contains some of the best material seen here in many weeks. The headline act Is composed of five peo ple, three of them long estamisnea favor ites In Portland. These are Manuel Ro- main and the Foley boys. Romaln America's sweetest tenor and was feat ured for years by Doctcstader and other minstrels. The Foley boys were trained In dancing by George Primrose, fhe cham pion, and he starred them with himself. They are assisted by the Palmer Sisters. This Is an act which will suit all who en Joy good singing and dancing. Another big hit will be Tom GUlen. "Flnnigan's Friend." Gillen came to Port land a years ago and scored one of the greatest individual hits on record. He did this by telling only new stories. This sea son he comes with another batch of hew rib-ticklers.- Louise Auber Is a charming songstress who will be heard In several selections. The Mozarts will be seen in -neinie. the German Cobbler." Here Is an Ameri can comedy act which went to London and took the town by storm. They have ppcpntlT returned and are said to De even more amusing than when here be fore. Cadleux Is a bounding wire artist and Is one of the best In the business. He makes a complete somersault in midair while. on the wire. This is oniy one oi dozens of dangerous stunts ne goes through. Hal Davies In "The 'au or t m playlet which will record ten-strike to- j . . V.I, morrow ariernoon ana reiiu mo throughout the week. There will b a new Ulustrdted ballad by Fred Bauer and F. F. Montressa will flash the latest ani mated pictures on the Grandlscope. This Is a bill which is good in every line. "SHOW GIRL" AT THE OAKS Allen Curtis Company in New Bill Tomorrow Night. The offering that the Allen-Curtis Company will submit to Its multitude of patrons at the Oaks for next week, commencing Monday night, will be that ever popular musical comedy success "The Show Girl." which con tains probably more musical hits than any show now before the public It has a well connected plot and abounds in sprightly dances and chorus drills. The story concerns a theatrical company which strands in Australia. The manager who Is a very fly young man comes Into the possession of a wishing cap. The wearer of this wonderful cap may have his every de sire rewarded by merely wishing, but be can only wish for the same thing once. The manager foolishly wishes for 3?T5. the price of the cap, when he might just as well have wished for millions and put Rockefeller out of business. The humor of the piece is largely derived from the freak wlshee the manager makes and the promptness with which they are answered. All the members of the cast will ap pear In good roles. Including Dave Caston, who came last week and has made such a hit. The following are some of the many song hits: "Just a Little on Account." Makes Me Sentimental," the duet, "Smile, Smile. Smile," "I'm the Property Boy," "Lazy Moon." the "Scarecrow Dance" by Dave Caston; "I'm the Man." "Close Dat Eye." "I'm Looking for a Boy," "Laughing Song," "Abraham Washington Jefferson Lee" and "There Never Was a Girl Like You." Manager Allen Curtis Is looked upon by the New York theatrical magnates as one of the foremost producers In the country. His is the only musical comedy company that has a reper toire of 20 distinct and complete pieces, and Mr. Curtis considered a genius as a director for his marvelous ability to direct productions. The Don Carlos dog, monkey and pony show is the big free open-air feature, giving its exhibitions every afternoon. It will occur at S o'clock this afternoon and tonight at 8:30 the final performance of "The Merry Grafters" will be given. ANGELA MAY AT NORTONIA Contralto Will Appear Tonight and All Week at Root Garden. Angela May, the contralto prima donna, of the Imperial Opera Company, will be the first of the artists engaged for the Nortonla roof garden artists' concerts. She will sing tonight and all this week. Miss May will wear the now famous "directoire" evening gown as worn In Paris, which she with several other stars of the world of song adopted there two seasons ego. There will be an entire change In the musical programmes of tne Nortonla roof garden, and Miss May will give a repertoire of comlo opera and musical comedy numbers as well as recent song successes and the old favorite ballads, j. Louis MacEvoy will manage the mu sical end of the gardem TEA SET OF IRISH SILVER Magnificent Wedding Gift to Miss Redmond From Father's Friends. DUBLIN, Aug. 8. (Special.) The magnificent wedding present of silver plate given to Miss Redmond on her marriage by the members of the Irish Party, was on view at the House of Commons, and its artistlo beauty ex cited unbounded admiration. The salver of massive silver Is wrought all over with typical Celtic ornaments, ex cept In the center, which is occupied by an inscription In Irish and English,' running: "Presented to Miss Esther Redmond, daughter of their chairman, John E. Redmond, by the members oi the Irish Party, on the occasion of her marriage to Dr. W. T. Power, Julv. 1908." The octagonal rim of the ARTHUR ALEXANDER TENOR Will Appear in Recital Evening of August 16tH, 1908 OCTAGON HALL SEASIDE, OR. Prices, 1 5c, 25c, 50c, 75c Erenlnf 1 5c, 25c, 50c Matinees Phones Main 6 and A 1020 Sale of Seats Opens Wednesday, August 12, 1908 VANTAGES THEATER BILL CHANGES TOMORROW j ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE STARS OF ALL NATIONS Efuslof-ns- Tony Johnson's Wonderful Dogs; Leona Leonard, the Squaw Girl; Cluxtbn Tand Company, the Circus Rider, etc. etc. :: :: :: :: :: WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY'S MATINEE - SEVEN ZANZIBAR ARABS WHIRLWIND DESERT ACROBATS AXD PYRAMID BUILDERS. FEATURE NUMBER TWO. ZISKA & KING BURLESQUE MAGICIANS AND KINGS OF COMEDY MAGIC THE TWO FERRARIS. NAGLE AND ADAMS. European Novelty Dancers. Versatile Entertainers. MISS FLORENCE SAUNDERS. MASTER SMART. America's Magnetic Soprano. Phenomenal Boy Violinist. RAY BALDWIN. ' THE BIOGR.1PH. Illustrated Son-. Comedy Picture, "Dick's Sister." THREE PERFORMANCES DAILY AT 2:S0. Tl30 AND S P. M. Pooular nrices: Lower floor and first six rows In dress circle 5 cent?- back balconVTlS cents; box seats, 50 cents. Any seat weekday matinees. FIFTEEN CENTS. salver Is In openwork formed by a running design of conventional herald ic animals familiar In all ancient Irisft sculpture. Inside the rim around the tray Is a deep border of flat chasing which teems to be adapted from a page in the famous illustrations of the Book of Kells. The teapot, coffee pot cream jug and sugar basin show a re markeble application of antique design to modern uses, for the decoration throughout is Inspired by the golden chalice dug up about half a century ago at Ardagh. The idea of a circu lar bowl Is enlarged and modified in vari ous ways for the various articles, but com mon to all Is the feature of circular bands of Incised ornament. These Incised bands are divided into panels, of interlaced de sign, recurring bosses in relief, sculptured with overlaid crosses, and the admixture of relief work very greatly enhances the richness of the total effect. The entire service Is of silver mined in Ireland, and was designed and manufac tured in Dublin. The case is of polished Irish oak. Lock Out 60,000 "Workmen. STETTIN, Aug. 8. The 8000 riveters of the Vulcan Shipyard here who have been locked out for some time have unani mous ! yrejectedtheter2nsofferedthem 'wHws Ii i Jin iif i m a j r w m -j, -s :- sm r. r w jc: -v w mux imtw SPLENDID AQUATIC EVEFJTS Three days oi fun, excitement and interest YACHT RACES, LAUNCH RACES ROWING RACES, SWIMMING RACES Ample hotel and lodging accommodations. fiwsdih - Xorwernan 6aenfferfet with Doted actoint. Conntrr Fair. Balloon Aaceastona, tirrbt and alack wire wilkini?. Dlendid raadeviiie attractions. 1 rain a animal MrfnrniaiuM TT fi . wnnibiniL f VknlfMit. mnnt Tilotuoiit an mm or resort 1b United States. Tor special Bulletin mukiuio lor atupendou rente address SECRETARY. Rfflim AssflClATlOfl. ASTORIA, OREGON V- 1 ';''!. ymhues 7-;; , fcmifamiMlhhi jiiiWt,,ir'lil '''liliisjimiiiift.'.-iil islrrntt; 1 SPECIAL RAILROAD RATES One and One-Third Tare for Bound Trip. Tickets good from Angngt 2 to August 31 ass 53u 3 swrvrvnxo BATHS open jKJ AL.li DAY, 9 3? 3 Kidd, the Wonderful Performing Man Ape. A Circus of the Aboriginal Man Midsummer Musical Comedy Every Night in the Air dome at 8:30, a Travesty on Trust-Busting Commencing Monday Night "THE SHOW GIRL" THE MERRY GRAFTERS 99 3? 15 Minutes from Alder Street Assisted by Foley Brothers r Palmer Sisters in "DOWN MUSIC ROW." 1 i Special Added Feature, HAL DAVIS I CO. THE FALL OF ,64," a Mili tary Playlet. TOM GILLEN "Finnegan's Friend." The original Snow Shoe Dancers, Fred 1VS0ZARTS Eva In their Novelty Creation, "HEINIE," the German Cobbler. CADiEUX 1 Bounding Wire Artist. LOUISE AUBER Singing Comedienne. FRED BAUER The Popular Balladist, 'I LIKE YOUR WAY." Newest and Latest Unique Nov elty Films. NEXT WEEK: THE FINNEYS Champion Swimmers in a Crystal Tank. Their press notices bear out the assumption on the part of the local management that their art will create a great sensation In Portland. by the employers. As a consequence all the Ironmasters of this district joined In the movement and decided today to dis charge 60 per cent of their employe?, lo- taiinK OVW ElllWUimn.. - - ers' Federation will on , August 12 lock out 45.WO more men. CIRCUS-2Days-AUG. 25th and Raleigh Streets 25 26 nMllLUl PARK BEAUTIFUL This afternoon at 3 and every day this week DON CARLOS' DOGS, HEY AID BABOON SHOW spas POT tBaby Bunting, a iTIny Nursing Baby .Elephant. A Menagerie . of 1 0C Cages. 70 Elephants land Camels. A Family ol Giraffes. Only Two-Homed nninocBf 83 in wduuvuj. n .Thousand Animal Wonders. f H Ef G R EATESTG ! RC U S 1TK AT iHUMANfcEYESEVEHlBEHELD.i EVERYTHING (ABSOLUTELY NEW,' 37'5!W0RLDlFAMEpTISTS s&j&i "e'e'r,1EfoVrB lhWsi A7 will!ering Viu$7 fey : ireath tak- own PiitJ IMIW1M f fmH the Brwrmrarwo. ( Ttmirric trcw bewsatton Sisters La RAGUE rfyyf teds of Km, m Tuno uin 'Tfi etrr si I nun Himi nvm iwuil Passing act Other la Separate Cirs While Flrtat ind Scmersauitini In the Air" 1 TUESDAY MORNING, AVO. 25. AT 9:30 O'CIXK-K, THK MOST (iOBUEOl'S, ELABORATE AND EXPENSIVE Free Street Parade EVER SEEN ON THIS EARTH TWO PERFORMANCES DAILY 2 AKD . p. m. Doon Open One Hoar Earlier. ONE TICKET ADMITS TO ALL. Children rnder 13 ar. Half PrU'. Reserved Seats and admission tickets an sale on show days -at .raves Munlo Co., Ill Fourth St. At eiaetly the same prtee charted on the. show grounds. 1 one of them Is ordinary. One of r-urope
