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IN the near future the theatrical season
will be in full swing. Commencing
tomorrow evening the Baker Theater
will adopt a new departure, offering
comic opera attractions at popular prices,
which have been booked by Klaw & Er
langer. The opening bill will be Grace
Cameron, the dainty comlo opera star,
at the head of her own company. In "Lit
tle Dolly Dimples." This will be fol
lowed next week by Richard Jose. The
Baker Stock Company tomorrow begins
rehearsals to open a week from today at
the Bungalow, formerly the Empire. The
Bungalow last evening was thrown open
to the Baker patrons, who were given
an opportunity to see the coxy theater.
The usual quota of patrons has been
drawn to the Grand, the Oaks and Pan
tages. where good attractions were billed.
The Blunkall Stock Company, at the
Lyric, has completed a successful opening
week of melodrama, while the.Orpheum
played to capacity houses each night. On
September 6 the Star will open with
"Hooligan In New York," a melodrama.
The Heilig will still be dark until the
latter part of September or the first of
October.
Word comes from Los .Angeles of a
successful performance of a farce in
three acts, called "Muttsburg Life Insur
ance." or "All in the Family." which
was written by James C. Crawford, who
some years ago wa assistant city editor
of The Oregonlan, and later dramatic
critic of the Telegram. The press of that
city has given the farce most favorable
criticisms and declares this satire on the
famou? McCall crbwd, which was ex
posed some time ago in New 'York, to be
even more of a hit than Mr. Crawford's
former successes, which were played by
Kolb and Dill. Mtas Dorothy Bernard is in
the cast of "All in the Family."
Miss Izetta Jewell, the former leading
woman of the Baker Stock Company, is
aid to have shocked the staid ones of
Ean Jose by appearing on Santa Clara
avenue, the principal thoroughfare of that
city, in a very smart dlrectoire costume,
which consisted of a black broadcloth
gown, a huge hat covered with black and
white plumes. The actress carried a
staff, the latter doubtless to ward away
the too inquisitive public
IX Its elegant new home at the Bunga
low, formerly known as the Empire
Theater, the Baker Stock Company will
formally open the season next Sunday.
The company Includes all the old favor
ites and is practically the same In cast
as closed the season In June.
The complete list of plays to be pre-.
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sented by the Bakear company during
the coming year has not been made, but
this is the prospective list for the season
of 1908-'8: "Dorothy Vernon, of Haddon
Hall." "Brown of Harvard," "The
County Chairman." "Are You a Mason?"
"The Altar of Friendship." "A Gilded
Fool." "The Girl of the Golden "West,"
"Genesee of the Hills," "Glittering
Gloria." "Fun on the Bristol," "The First
Violin." "The Hypocrites." "His House
in Order." "Leah Kleshna," "The New
York Idea," "The Night of the Circus,"
"The Man on the Box." "The Mas
queraders." "The Professor's Love Story,"
"Out of the Fold," "The Road to Yester
day," "Rose of the Rancho," "A Royal
Family." "The Three of Us." "Teas of
the d'Aubervilles," "The Secret Orchard,"
"X Stolen Story," "Way Down East,"
"Strong Heart," "In the Bishop's Car
riage," "Zaxa," "David Harum" and
"When Knighthood Was In Flower."
THE bookings fon the Baker Theater
Include many, of the successful road
shows that have already been seen here,
as well' as many that have never been
presented. A majority of these shows
have never been seen here for less than
1.S0. A partial list of the bookings fol
lows: Cameron Opera Company, "The
Cat and the Fiddle." "A Royal Chef,"
Rice and Cady in "Hip, Hip. Hooray."
James J. Corbett, "Little Johnny Jones."
Rose Melville In "Sis Hopkins," "The
Land of Nod," "The Honeymooners,"
Hans and Nix, Murray and Mack. "The
Girl Over There," "Just Out of College,"
by George Ade, "The Isle of Spice,"
Paul Gllmcre In 'The Boys of Company
B," "The Devil's Auction," "Babes in
Toyland," San- Francisco Opera Com
pany. Florence Gear in "Marrying
Mary." "The Gingerbread Man." "Dream
City." "A Good Fellow," Richard Jose,
"Superba." .
BAKER THEATER OPEN'S TODAY
Grace Cameron Opera Company Is
First of Long Line of Attractions.
After being the home of the aker
Stock Company for so many years, the
popular Baker Theater will for the fu
ture be devoted to a strong line of
big road attractions. Miss Grace Cam
eron, supported by a splendid company,
will open a week's engagement this af
ternoon, in the tender, piquant dram
atic and musical success. "Little Dollie
Dimples. by C. H. Kerr.
Miss Cameron's role Is founded In
part on a song which endeared her to
the hearts of New York theater-goers
when "Piff Paff Pouff" had Its long
and successful run at the Casino. Miss
Cameron has made many notable suc
cesses in Important comic opera pro
ductions. Including the "Bostoniansr
"When Johnny Comes Marching Home,"
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"The Tenderfoot," "Foxy Quiller," etc..
but her biggest and most pronounced
hit was that of "Little Dollle Dimples."
when she played opposite Eddy Foy at
the Casino Theater for nearly one en
tire year. Hence, her present manage
ment In selecting; a play to. suit Miss
Cameron's ability, wisely founded her
parted and fashioned It after this no
table selection.
"Little Dollle Dimples" Is by no
means a light and airy or frivllous
performance, but la of the better class
of comic opera, the musio being high
class, yet tuneful, the plot being abso
lutely consistent, the story and plot
complete In detail, as well as intense
In dramatic construction. Pathos and
tears are mingled with laughter incess
antly, not unlike David Warfield'a
great success. "The Music Master."
There will be matinees besides today,
on Thursday and Saturday, and popu
lar prices will prevail, notwithstand
ing the class and size of this attraction.
Seats are now selling at the box office.
ORPHECM'S BILL T03IORROW
All Stellar Attractions, "With Cressy
& Dayne as Features.
That the efforts of J. "W. Consldine in
establishing an Orpheum house in Port
land Is appreciated haa been shown by
the packed houaea every night since its
opening on August. 17. That Mr. Con
sldine was alive to the desire In this city
for advanced vaudeville of the highest
class Is shown by the urpneum noon
ings to the Portland house ana me en
thusiastic greeting accorded each per
formance. '
The coming week's attractions are
from the following houses on the circuit:
Cressy & Dayne from oakiano; jvane
Barry, Tom Davis trio, .oajKjuo nutw icv
and Barry & Hughes from Los Angeles;
A. O. Duncan from Salt Lake, and Mel
ville '& Higgins from Denver.
Will H. Cressy audi Blanche Dayne pre
sent Mr. Cressy's one-act play of New
England life. Nothing is more pleasing
to Orpheum patrons than the coming of
Cressy end Dayne, for they have estab
lished a reputation for artlstlo and orig
inal characterizations, which will be
classed in the theatrical history with the
accomplishments of Den man Thompson,
the late James A. Hearne and) Sol Smith
Russell.
First appearance here of Katie Barry,
the famous creator of Fifi In "A Chinese
Honeymoon." Miss Barry Is well known
in the East, although this will be the
first appearance In this territory of the
famous little English character come
dienne, who since her debut In America
something over five years ago, has been
Identified with numerou Broadway musi
cal comedies.
"Motoring in Mid-Air" Is the remark
able cycling novelty of the Tom Davies"
trio. Tom Davies, the world's champion
cyclist, brings his novelty from the Lon
don Coliseum, and last season It was
made the circus section of the New York
hippodrome. It is a rather sensational
novelty, skilfully performed on a cycling
track. Davies and the male and female
assistants have a saucer-like structure
of strapped laths, and encircling with
dizzy rapidity they pass and repass each
other until, dressed respectively in red,
white and blue, they suggest the pris
matic change of a revolving top. The
track is raised from the stage and it
requires exceedingly expert cyclists to re
volve upon it without being thrown to
the floor beneath.
A. O. Duncan, the well-known ventril
oquist, has an entirely new offering. He
gives one of the most finished exhibi
tions of ventriloquism imaginable. v
The Basque grand opera quartet, a
melodious organization, contributes to the
billing several bits from "II Trovatore."
the "Last Rose of Summer" from "Mar
tha," and Llndke's "Frou Frou d' Amour,"
the music of which is better known to
the followers of vaudeville as "Shine
Little Glow Worm, Glitter."
Barry and Hughes In their dramatic
novelty, "A Story of the Street." wherein
pathos and comedy happily blended is
the keynote of an unusually good act.
As two Bowery recruits to the stage they
are introducing two amusing types. Mr.
Barry plays a tough young man. with
an abnormally swelled head because he
has made an unexpected hit in cheap
melodrama. The portrayal of the Bowery
waif by his partner Is a clean-cut piece
of comedy.
Melville & Hlggins. newcomers on the
Orpheum circuit, are genuinely funny and
original comedians, who provide a unique
little pastime, "Just a Little Fun." It
Is not a sketch, but Just what the title
Implies; a variety of humor.
Richard Jose Coming to Baker.
For the second week at the Baker
opening next Sunday, September 6. the
attraction will be the famous singer,
Richard J. Jose, at the head of his
own company presenting the laughing
comedy, "Don't Tell My Wife." The
piece Is a scream and serves to intro
duce Mr. Jose both as a star and singer.
HISTORICAL DRAMA AT LYRIC
"A Celebrated Case" Will Be Pro
duced This Week.
The popular Blunkall stock company,
which has Just completed a most suc
cessful week at the Lyric, will, com
mencing this afternoon, present an in
tensely Interesting historical drama.
"A Celebrated Case," which is M. M.
D'Ennery's- masterpiece. Warda How
ard, the vesatile young leading woman,
who is a great favorite with the local
public. Is to introduce a new feature
in the first act, when she will wear a
stunning imported dlrectoire gown,
which is calculated to make local mo
distes sit up and take notice. The fol
lowing is a brief synopsis of "A Cel
ebrated Case:" ' ' -
Prior to the battle of Fontenoy, be
tween the French and English, a sol
dier of the French army, John Benaud,
by name, discovers Lazare, a camp fol
lower, plundering the Count De Mor
nay, a proscribed French nobleman,
who while fleeing from his country, is
seriously wounded. At this Juncture,
the robber flees, and Renaud receives
from the dying Count, deeds of prop
erty which he intrusts in Renaud's
care t'o turn over to the Count's daugh
ter. Renaud, who is on the eve of
going to battle, leaves the Jewels tem
porarily in the possession of his wife.
Unbeknown Renaud is followed to his
chateau by lazare. The latter, after ly
ing In wait, murder's Renaud'a wife, and
escapes with the treasures.
Through an unfortunate chain of
circumstances, the crime falls on the
shoulders of Renaud, who Is sentenced
to the galleys for life. After a period
of 12 years, Renaud's daughter, Adri
enne, has been adopted by a Countess,
who Is also the guardian of the daugh
ter of the late Count. In this last act
Lazare has assumed the title of Count
De Mornay, and is schemingly endeav
oring to lay claims to De Mornay's
estate, and also threatens the two pro
teges of the Countess. Later Renaud
In the garb of a convict escapes, and
after a highly dramatic scene, proves
his Innocence, and the play ends hap
pily. The following favorites are to ap
pear In the forthcoming production:
Ervln J. Blunkall, Warda Howard,
Lillian Griffiths, Ella Hazlitt, Dorothy
Davis, Mamie Haslem, Ermin Seavey.
Allen Lewis, Carl Berch and Clarenco
Love.
SEASOX SALE AT BTJXGALOTV
Baker Stock Company Opens at w
Home Next Sunday.
The Bungalow Theater, which was
formerly the old Empire, but which has
been entirely made over during the
Summer, will open next Sunday mati
nee, and from then on will be the per
manent home of Portland's popular
Baker stock company. The season seat
sale for the Baker company will open
next Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock,
and all the well-known rules govern
ing the sale of permanent locations will
be enforced to the letter. First in line
will be served first, and no one may re
serve more than five seats for any
single performance.
Every effort will be made to contri
bute to the comfort of those in the
line, and they will be protected from
unscrupulous ones who want to take
advantage In securing coveted loca
tions without regard to others' rights.
No one will be obliged to remain longer
than two fast assistants can serve
them, and the locations once secured for
the season assures the holders of no
more inconvenience as long as they
follow the simple rules governing the
holding of the seats.
The opening bill of the season will
be the dramatization of the noted novel,
"Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall," as
presented In New York by Bertha Gal
land with great success.
GRAND HAS SIAXY NOVEL ACTS
"A Bit o' Blarney" Is Featured on
New Bill.
Vaudeville of surpassing merit Is
promised by the new programme at the'
Grand which will begin tomorrow with
the matinee. The bill promises to be better
than anything Sullivan & Consldine
have sent to Portland in several weeks.
The programme is replete with new
features, and almost any act on the
bill will be rated as a headliner in
other houses. To those who appreciate
vaudeville at its best, this new bill
will be found especially alluring.
"A Bit o'Blarney," a mythical con
celt of Helen Nelson, will be the head
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line attraction, presented by Edwin
Keough & Co. This is a big scenic
specialty which is decidedly spectac
ular and imposing. The act Is unlike
anything else that has come to the
Western vaifdeville houses. The spe
cial added attraction is - another great
card which has been secured. This is
the turn of Dorsch & Russell, the mu
sical railroaders. In their act they
make music with signal landers, switch
levers, steel rails and other material
familiar with railroad shows and
trains. There is a sort of Lincoln J.
Carter effect introduced when a loco
motive rushes across a high trestle at
the back of the stage during the act.
In the way of novelty, this number on
the programme will make a strong hit.
In the London music halls the pa
trons are particular and when an act
makes good it can pass muster any
where. Such an act Is "The Lightning
Dentist," which will be played by
Brotherhood, Barlow & Co. . It is a
comedy act which had a run in
Europe before being taken to England,
and now in America it is as successful
as it was on the other side of the
water. Don & Thompson have a sing
ing, talking and dancing act. ' They
appeared here many months ago and
proved themselves satisfactory to the
point of scoring a hit.
Sensational and graceful wire artists
are the sisters O'Meers, who are com
ing to Portland for the first time.
This is an aerial act which has been
highly recommended. Dorothy Dayne, a
singing commedlenne, will Introduce to
the patrons of thi Grand their first
glimpse of the famous Parisian
dlrectoire gown. Fred Bauer, with a
new Illustrated song, and the Grandi
scope with motion pictures will com
plete the bill.
This afternoon and evening ends the
present programme, headed by that fa
mous dancer, Barney Fagin, assisted
by Miss Henrietta Byron. The balance
of the bill is also up to the high stan
dard of the Grand.
DOES WONDERS WITH FEET
Armles9 Man Heads New Bill at
Pantages Theater.
For the week commencing with Mon
day's matinee, "August 31, Manager
Johnson, of the Pantages Theater,
promises a programme of acts entirely
new to Portland, all with one excep
tion having coma direct here from New
York. Unthan, the armless wonder,
famous throughout Europe, will be the
headliner, using his feet as other peo
ple do their hands. That Unthan will
give a remarkable performance will go
without question. According to the
amount of press notices he received
while at Hammerstein's Theater, New
York, week before last, it will be an
unusual, as well as extraordinary thing
to watch this man without arms. He
can shoot, swim, shave, wash, drive
and use a typewriter.
Mr. Unthan was born without arms,
and from the date of his birth started
to use his feet. Each toe acts inde
pendently and Mr. Unthan has much the
same control of each that the ordinary
person has of his fingers. Mr. Unthan
will drive a spirited team of horses
about the city each day from 11:30 A.
M. to 1 P. M.. himself holding the reins
in his toes and guiding the horses, and
some day. which will be named later
in the week, he will take a swim be
tween the bridges in the Willamette
River. Mr. Unthan, who is now 68
years of age. speaks German. English,
French, Spanish, Italian and Portu
guese fluently. He Is a native of Koen
lgsburg, Germany.
The aerial Wilsons, the clown, the lady
and the ladder, have a very clever comedy
acrobatic act, and Ted Lenore, comedian,
monologist and singer of comic songs,
comes to the Pantages circuit from the
East highly recommended. Then Min
nie Sinclair, the girl from Missouri,
will show you what a clever character
comedian can do In the way of enter
tainment. The Bell Trio, those sweet singers,
who are well known from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, will play a return en
gagement next week. They will re
quire no Introduction, as they have a
large following of staunch admirers
in Portland, who will be pleased to'
have an opportunity to hear the boys
ones more. Mr. Elliott Beamer will
sing a new Illustrated song and the
Blograph will present the very latest in
motion pictures. Pantages played to
packed nouses all last week. Today
will be your last chance to see last
week's great array of talent, consid
ered by vaudeville patrons to be the
best in the city.
WILL REPEAT FAVORITE PLAY
"A Lost Baby" to Be Attraction at
the Oaks.
Owing to a clamorous request from
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the patrons of the Allen Curtis Com
pany at the Oaks, "A Lost Baby,"
which proved such a great favorite
earlier In the season, is to be present
ed again, the coming week. The com
pany of dancers, singers and comedians
has been constantly strengthened and
the screaming farce promises to tax
the capacity of the cozy house. Among
some of the song hits are "Nothing
Hardly Ever Troubles Me," "Blooming
Liz," "Poor Unhappy Maid." "Tipper
ary," "Rebecca" and parodies by Figs
and damage.
Today at 3 P. M., a special matinee
will be given in the Airdome, in one
act, and tonight will be the last of the
merry Western skit. In which the In
imitable character comedian, Allen
Curtis, has made a decided hit. In ad
dition at the evening performance .the
augmented orchestra recital will begin
at 8 o'clock. Commencln Monday af
ternoon, women and children will be
admitted free to the park until 6 o'
clock. The Oak's strong card for day
attendance this season has proved to be
picnicking parties that come from
great distances to enjoy the beauties
of the park. There is abundant free
entertainment for the children, includ
ing all manner of swings, playhouses,
lunch-houses, the road-to-Dublin-hI.e-and-seek
place.
Some disappointment was felt over
the postponement of the drawing for
the pony and runabout, but it was be
lieved to be unfair to many of those
who held tickets, and were unable to
attend Wednesday, owing to the circus
arrival. The award of this coveted
prize will positively be made rain or
shine, Saturday afternoon, September
6. If the drawing is a success, as It
must be. many children will be glad
dened by a larger number of valuable
prizes, which will be given the next
time, instead of one so valuable. The
wrestling exhibitions on the stadium
commenced ThurstJay, nad the series of
contests will be concluded Monday even
ing. The Oaks will celebrate Labor Day
In an elaborate manner, when many of
the patrons are looking to the park
for the treat to wind up the Suhimer
holidays. In addition to other interest
ing features a fireworks display is in
preparation. Another unique event is
the pioneer fiddlers' contest which is
being talked about all over Western
Oregon. The reunion of oldtime fid
dlers Is set for Saturday afternoon,
September 12.
Rlngler's School Opens September 1.
Many new features have been added
this season to Professor Ringler's physi
cal training and dancing academy. The
handsome ballroom has been enlarged
900 square feet and has been beautifully
tinted and frescoed throughout. Many
of the smart society clubs have made en
gagements for their season parties at
RIngler Hall. The dancing classes open
Tuesday evening. September 1. Every
Saturday evening the E. S. A. C. mem
bers will give a dancing party. The
gymnasium locker-rooms and baths have
been greatly enlarged to accommodate
the growing membership. Clubrooms,
with pool tables, reading and music
rooms have been added for the social
convenience of the members. The
ladies' gymnasium classes open Sep
tembr 7 and 8 and all other classes open
September 8 and 9. The large swimming
nlnnae will remain open the entire year
and will be a membership privilege. Box- j
lng will be a feature of the gymnasium '
work for men. A first-class Instructor
has been secured and will teach at every
class. Enrollment in all classes is now
open.. . ,
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