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playing the best houses everywhere and
filling them at top prices.
He finally fell before the syndicate. He
passed as a factor even before his health
failed, but his fame will ever survive.
MUST BUILD HUGE DOCK
Southampton W ill Be Home Port of
1000-Foot Liners.
LONDON, Aus-29. (Special.) Inquir
ies were made of the White Star Line in
Liverpool this week respecting the re
port that negotiations were taking
place between that company and the
London & Southwestern Railway Com
pany for the construction of a dock at
Southampton to accommodate two
White Star liners, each 1000 feet in
length. It was stated that no an
nouncement could be made at present
bevond what had already been made
officially, regarding the addition to the
fleet of two ships, each 1000 feet in
length.
It is an open secret that Southamp
ton is to be the port for the new levia
thans, and, although official confirma
tion of negotiations for the dock ac
commodation is not forthcoming, it nec
essarily follows that special provision
will have to be made for these great
ships.
MAGIC POWER IS TOO REAL
VVRIBTTS father in the United
States lived to se the passing of
variety as a form of stage enter
tainment. Now they call It "vaudeville." But
Tony Pastor never accepted the term.
He claimed that since he had Introduced
this form of entertainment, and given it
Its greatest vogue, he was within his
rights in insisting that the English "Va
riety" rather than the French '"Vaude
ville" should be the designation.
But the new masters of the country'
Amusements have had little time to waste
on entlment for the 73-year-old veteran,
-whose death occurred last Wednesday
and who, now that they had taken his
theater, and left him without what was
the prop of his life, wished to have the
curtain fall on his existence.
For 60 years of his life Tony Pastor
u on the stage, and 42 of those years
h spent giving the public the varied bills
that made his theater historic. In 1S65,
when he began to gtv variety entertain
ments at Volka Garden on the Broad
way, no respectable woman would have
entered hla place. Eut he persevered till
he lifted this styla. of entertainment to
as high a plane as any branch of the
stage art, and eventually the efforts of
this kindly autocrat developed the love
for' the variety bill to such a degree that
the proprietors of half a dozen circuits
have become rich, and only lately a
sntghty warfare for control of what is
now christened "Advanced Vaudeville"
Tesulted in the formation of a mighty
syndicate, with millions invested, end
the independent hopelessly shut out of
the chance to get attractions.
Tony Pastor's theater in Tammany Hall
was taken before his fatal Illness, and
undoubtedly Inability to renew his license
had done much to bring down the famous
veteran.
A Fallen Star.
His very life "as bound up in the old
house, and even after they took it from
him. Tony used to go dally to the old
office to get his papers, read his letters
and loar around the scene of his past
triumphs.
Never was a more pitiable picture, and
never did a man more deserve the title
made famous in one of Chevalier's great
- recitations. "A Fallen Star."
No man of the present generation de
veloped so many great actors and ac-
tresses u Tony Pastor.
The only man comparable to him was
Augustln Daly, and though his line was
quite different from that of Tony, the "Le
gitimate" against the "Variety," Tony
used laughingly to sy that he had de
veloped as many good serious actors as
Augustln had to his credit.
In his several theaters, 444 Broadway,
30 Bowery. 585 Broadway and finally Tam
many Hall. Tony was godfather to a
host of performers who afterward became
noted.
Of these houses It Is probable that B68
Broadway produced the most remarkable
talents-
It wai) 1 this period that Tony had
" Just begun to make the public believe that
the variety theater was a proper place for
women. He had banished beer and the
cigars, he had compelled aW his perform
- era to observe rules of strictest pro
priety, and he sought for bright, clever
novelties.
Developed Many Comedians.
A host of young entertainers who had
not yet succeeded In getting a place in
the legitimate, but who had abilities of a
marketable kind, found in Pastor not only
a generous employer, but a friend who
could give many useful hints as to the
development of talent.
Lillian Russell, who after a quarter of
a century as the most beautiful blonde on
the American stage, still remains a wor
shipped favorite, made her debut at Pas
tor's In sailor rig. singing songs of the
ocean, and those who remember the slim
figure and the marvelous complexion of
that day say she was the most beautiful
vision that ever appeared on our stage.
Nat Goodwin, since become one of the
most prominent of American comedians,
tells with pride how he made his debut
at Pastor's: so does Francis Wilson, who
has also won a place as a comedian of
the first rank.
May Irwin, creator of the wonderful
vogue of the coon song, always has given
liberal credit to Mr. Pastor for the aid
he gave when she and her sister, Flo
Irwin, were doing a turn together at the
old house.
It was a sketch that he did at Pastor's
which Detunan Thompson developed Into
the wonderfully successful "Oid Home
stead." William Hoey and Charley Evans, who
were destined for years to be popular In
one of the best of Charley Hoyt's farces,
"A Parlor Match," first delighted New
York theatergoers at Pastor's. "Young
Hoss" Hoey, brother of the famous Will
lam, also started at the same house. Min
nie and Helen French, who married Evans
and Hoey were another pair of graduates:
so were Florence Bindley, Gus Williams.
Richard Carroll, the late Billy Barry, the
much-loved Billy Scanlon, Jennie Yea
mans, both Kernells, Harry and John, and
the elder Pat Rooney.
Harrlgan and Hart.
Here, too, first came to the front the
noted Irish team of Harrlgan and Hart.
Harrlgan, after the death of Hart, be
came famous for being almost the Dickens
of America, when he wrote a series of
plays of lowly New York life, which for
accuracy and humor have never been
equaled. In fact, they occupied a place
all their own.
But the crop developed at 535 Broadway
by no means represented the sum total of
great stars who got their start as a result
of the ability of Tony to recognize talent
when he saw it.
When he moved Into Tammany Hall
Tony promptly began to develop a new
company of headllners to make up for
those who had been lost to him through
their promotion to higher rungs of the
dramatic ladder.
John W. Kelly, tha "Rolling Mill Man."
one of the funniest men who ever ap
peared on any stage, was one of the first
successes at this house, and Maggie Cllne,
beginning with uproarious "Throw Him
Down McCloskey," was also assured of
a riotous welcome whenever she had a
place on the bill. Vesta Tilley, Bessie
Dellawood and Vesta Victoria, since
high-priced performers In the advanced
vaudeville houses of today, got their first
favorable attention at Mr. Pastor's Tam
many Hall Theater.
Fields and Weber were also products
of Pastor's, both of these afterwards fa
mous entertainers appearing for Tony as
children.
Pastor as Footllght Favorite.
Of all the stars he developed, however,
none proved better attractions than Tony
himself. His songs, with their little
dance between the verses, were very
popular, and no bill was complete with
out a little bit of work by the boss him
self. During his long career as an active
stage worker Pastor says he committed
to memory no less than 1500 songs: hence
it Is hardly to be marvelled at that to
ward the end his memory became uncer
tain and sometimes he would run to
gether In one effort portions of two or
more songs. But In such cases he only
laughed, made a fresh start and perse
vered till finally he carried the song to Its
end. And through all this he was ever
assured of a great burst of cheering.
Pastor was stagestruck as a boy, and
he never got over It. At 8 years he was
working for P. T. Barnum, then became
a minstrel, and eventually realized the
top notch of his ambition by getting a
place as a clown In the circus. He was
a star clown, too, the old-timers say; in
fact. It is said that he antedated George
L. Fox in inventing much of the clown
business that survives to this day.
He was also a clever gymnast and a
good dancer, and these talents helped
keep him graceful down to the final days
of his public appearance.
In. the days of his heydey Tony used
to take his company over the country.
Accidental Poisoning Restores Err
ing Husband to Credulous Wife.
ROME, Aug. 29. (Special.) A few days
ago Gutlia Morettl, a prepossessing young
bride of Poggomiana, near Perugia, dis
covered that her husband had fled with
another woman.
Filled with despair, the forsaken wife
confided her trouble to her friends, who
advised her to have recourse to a man
who was believed to be a magician.
Glulla called at his house and the magi
cian gave her a glass of wine to drink
and mixed a white powder In the same.
The woman took the drug, the maglciaq
BASEBALL
RECREATION PAR.K
Cor. Vaughn and Twenty-fourth Sts.
OAKLAND
vs.
PORTLAND
August 25, 26, 27, 2829, 30,
Games begin weekdays 3:30 P. M.j
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.
0
Thirty Modem
Amusements
THE
Mat. Today
at 3 o'clock.
Tonight. 8:15.
Free Admission.
Monday for Ladles
and Children.
"The Teddy Girl"
5?
ft A "Western Musical Play, with all the whistleable Song Hits by thef
Curtis Company of 25 Clever People.
WRESTLING MATCH
Monday Evening at the' Stadium.
AWARD OF THE PONY "
Next Saturday Afternoon, September 5, S P. M., rain or shine.
FIDDLERS' CONTEST
September 12
IS
S Bathhouse, Toboggan, Slides, Plunges, Sunbath Float. The Tickler,
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Scenic Mill, Figure Eight, Chutes, Nickelodeon.
Cars start First and Alder, 10 o'clock.
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assuring her that she would find her hus
band at home.
The woman paid the magician a big
fee and returned gaily home, thinking
of her husband's return. Before reaching
the house she began to feel strong pains
accompanied by giddiness. She managed
to drag herself , home and threw herself
upon a bed. A doctor was summoned
and detected symptoms of poisoning and
declared that the woman's life was In
danger.
Strangely enough the husband had re
turned and he immediately informed- the
police and the magician was arrested.
The magician protested his innocence and
said that he gave the woman a poison
which he uses in experiment upon rats
In mistake for an Innocuous powder
which he waa accustomed to give credu
lous clients.
The husband moved by this proof of
his wife's affection promised to be faith
ful In the future. Though the state of the
woman Is desperate, hopes of her recov
ery are entertained.
PARIS CHURCH IS LOOTED
Robbers Pry Open Poor Box and
Abstract Six Shillings.
LONDON, Aug. 29. (Special.) The
famous and picturesque parish church
of Beddlngton, which is visited by
thousands of Americans every Summer,
has been subjected to a remarkable
sacrilegious outrage.
Early Friday morning the church was
entered apparently by several persons,
who smashed In the lower part of a
stained-glass window in the Carew
chapel. The lower half of the window
was entirely destroyed. The depreda
tors seem to have been bent as much
upon mischief as robbery. They re
moved two flower vases on the floor
of the chancel. They also damaged
two or three candlesticks.
The poor box was wrenched from the
pillar to which It was fastened and
taken Into the graveyard. By meana
of a piece of iron the lid was raised
sufficiently to enable the 6 or 7 shil
lings which were in the box to be ab
stracted. The rector had counted the
money only the day before.
This is net the first robbery that
Beddlngton Church has had to suffer.
In the time of Canon Bridges, the
predecessor of the present rector, an
altar cross which was decorated with
jewels was taken. It Is popularly sup
posed, by the famous burglar, Charles
Peace.
Since that time the police have kept
a special watch on the church. They
enter It three times . every night, and
they have some secret plan whereby
they can ascertain whether anyone has
entered the church or the vestry.
FALLS, DAGGER IN HEART
Notorious Paris Woman Criminal
Killed by Confederates,
i
PARIS, Aug. 29. (Special.) She was
known as "Jeanne la Rouqulne," and she
was regarded as one of the most noto
rious women criminals in the city. Ac
cording to the members of the gang with
which she was connected, she feared
neither God nor the devil. "Jeanne la
Rouqulne," being a sort of Apache queen
of the Casque d'Or type, knew all the
secrets of the gang with whom she
worked. She knew too much. At any
rate, her confederates thought so. They
became afraid of her. Fearing that she
would denounce them some day, they re
solved to get rid of her.
So Jeanne la Rouqulne became a vic
tim of her own accomplices. She met a
terrible death. Waylaid by the criminals
who formerly fought one another for her
favors, her heart was pierced with a dag
ger. Othr wounda were Inflicted. No
BAKER
THEATER
Telephones Main 2 A 5360
Geo. L. Baker, Gen. Maaager
I OPENING WEEK OF SEASON 1908-9
Starting Matinee Today, Sunday, Aug. 30, 1908
Mr.C.H.Kerr presents the New .York y TIV'T'V
favorite comedienne and prima donna LiAi1 A
toce C
ameron
In his latest musical comedy success
Little Dollie Dimples
SKSiSS: HARRY BEWLEY
AND A CAST OF FIFTY. INCLUDING
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Daisy King., soprano; Flor
ence LanRdon Tempest,
comedy; Eva Spear, the
Human Flute; The Origi
nal Cardownle . Sisters,
ShubertB, String Trio;
l.ouls London, Baritone;
Frank RufscII. Musical Spe
cialty; William Russell,
Bass Soloist:' Emma King,
Russian Dancer.
Phoebe and Jessie, In the
Electric Dancing Novelty,
introducing the Tale of the
Flowers; Rose Olah Faber,
Celebrated Violinist; The
10 BIO ADVANCED VAFDEVIIXK ACTS
HEAR THE GREAT SONG HITS 20 NUMBERS
"No One Dreams About Me." "Lollta." "My Alsatian Maid," "Jennie Jones,"
"Naughty Kid Song." "The Girl That I'd I'ail Mine." "Double i1""'
"Goodbye Old Home." "At Night In My Brilliant Salone." "I Am So Shy,
"Friends of Long Ago," "When Little Dollie Dimples Made a Hit. '
ENTIRE PRODUCTION CARRIED BV CO MTANY
THE SINGING, RINGING. JINGLING EVENT OF THE SEASON
Matinees Sunday, Thursday and Saturday. Prices: Evenings, 23c, 80c. 780. Hi
Matinees, 25c. 60c. Seats now on sale.
NEXT WEEKt RICHARD JOSE
Dally Mat. (ex. Sun.-holl.) 15-25-SOe J Dally Mat. ( Snn.-holl.) 15-25-50e
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Phones Main 6 and A 1020
THE A TER
Paying Particular At
tention to the Enter
tainment, Comfort and
convenience of Ladles
and children.
FORMERLY
MARQUAM GRAND
ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE
WEEK 'COMMENCING
Pr e i e n 1 1 n n at all
T!m?s the Beat of
European and Ameri
can . Vaudeville At-,
tractions.
MONDAY MATINEE, AUG. 31
FOLLOWING ALL-STAR FEATURE ACTS
CRESSY AND DAYNE America'! Representative
. . Ventriloquist.
Presenting Mr. Creasy one-act Play . . .
of New England Lite. BASQUE g?2? QUARTETTE
"A VILLAGE LAWYER. Famous French Vocalists.
First APpAnH.r. of BARRY AND HUGHES
. KATIE BARRY in thetr Dramatic Novelty,
"A HTORY OF THE STREET."
The Famous English Character Com-
edlenmnoeon' ?',antSa,;"!'etcion;y- MELVILLE AND HIGGINS
1 -Eccentric Singing and Chattering
Comedians, in
TOM DAVIES' TRIO -just a little fin
In their Remarkable Cycling Novelty 0RPHEUM MOTION PICTURES
"MOTORING IN MID-AIR.", i Latest In Motion l'hotography.
EVENING PRICES 15-25-50-75C EVENING PRICES 15-25-50-75C
Dally Mat. (. Snn.-holL) 15-25-50C Dally Mat, (ex. Snn-holl.) l..-2S-50c
fewer than three knives were left stick
ing In her body. As it lay In, the morgue
the Apache queen's body represented a
picture gallery In tattoo. The tattooed
PANTAGES THEATER
BILL CHANGES TOMORROW
ADVANCE VAUDEVILLE STARS OF ALL NATIONS
"Week ending today: Bottomley Troupe, sensational flying gymnasts;
Miss Bessie Greenwood, phenomenal voice lady; the Wangdopdle
Quartet, singers, dancers and comedians; Polk and Polk, novelty acro
1 bats, and four other big acts.
Week Beginning Monday Matinee
UNTHAN
THE ARMLESS WONDER
Direct From Hammersteln's New
York Theater.
THE AERIAL WILSONS
The Clown, the Lady and
the Ladder.
TED LENOEE
Comedian and Monologlst.
ELLIOTT BEAMER
Pictured Ballad.
THE BELL TRIO
Singers.
MINNIE ST. CLAIR
The Girl From Missouri.
THE BIOGRAPH
New Motion Pictures.
Three Performances Daily Curtain goes up at 2 :30, 7 :30 and 9 P. M.
Popular prices: Lower floor and dress circle, 25 cents; balcony, 15
cents ; box seats, 50 cents. Any seat, weekday matinee, Fifteen Cents.
THE LYRIC
Starting SUNDAY MATINEE, AUG. 30
THE BLUNKALL CO. PRESENT M. M.
D'ENNERY'S MASTERPIECE
A CELEBRATED
' CASE
IN THE FIRST ACT ,
MISS WARDA HOWARD
Will Wear the
DIRECTOIRE GOWN
SUNDAY MATINEE, SEPTEMBER 6
designs ran into one another, but the
most prominent was that which symbol
ized her own death a heart pierced with
a dflCfr. '
GRAM)
VAUDEVILLE DE LUXE
WEEK OF MONDAY, MATINEE
AUGUST 31, 1908
Eminently Satisfactory Vaudeville
HEADED BY
EDWIN KEOUGH 6 CO.
With Helen Nelson
In the Season's Scenic Sensation ..
"A Bit o' Blarney"
SPECIAL ADDED FEATURE
"An Instantaneous Hit"
DORSCH 6 RUSSELL
"The Musical Railroaders"
This act is New. Original and
Inimitable, and is aeknowledKed
by every audience to be a success
In a class by Itself.
DON & THOMPSON
Singing, Dancing and Talking Act
SISTERS O'MEERS
The Most Graceful and Daring Wire
Artists in the World
Brotherhood, Barlowe 5 Co,
A Trio of English Comedians in
Their Farsical Creation
"The Lightning Dentist"
DOROTHY DAYNE
Singing Comedienne, With the
' Directoire Gown
FRED BAUER
Portland's Farorite, Rendering N
"The Lass From the County May-o"
GRANDISCOPE
Showing Latest French Importation