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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1908)
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND, OCTOBER 4, 1908. in ; jsXvxssi i wirwsc - vv i wi ll ,7iwN.iMWC fl. -C ks?" . 11 : ' ' M I- Xk" 1 &rX If ' , : - f "n w'n ifln,.,r.l XX X -v 'IX V 1 -49 7iJ 7 ' .X" X rr II ! a LAST week vu largely devoted to Sa lome and her edifying dance at the loral theaters. The Helllg Introduced !lut aide attraction to "Coming Thro' the Rye." and at the Lyric it was the principal feature of the Blunkall com pany'c performance of "Niobe." At both ihratera thia dance proved a great draw 'm card, so much so. in fact, that the Lyric will continue it for another week. "The Girl of the Golden West" at tha Bungalow proved one of the moat aevere :ts of acting ability to which the Ba ker company haa ever been subjected, and the fact that the demand for acata has necewttated another week of the play is the best evidence that its per formance ha been successful. It will opan its second m'eek's engagement this ifternoiin. The Helllg will be dark the fore part of the week, and will offer nothing until next Thursday ntjrht. when "The Man of the Hour" will be in for the remain der of the week. Opening the following Sunday and fop four nights, the spark ling new musical comedy, "A Knight for a Pay." will have Ita ttrat Portland presentation. Still later comes "The 1'lvwmBn." the race problem drama which has aroused great Interest in the TUki and South. The ih-pheum had an unusually at tractive bill for its patrons and promises aomethtr even better commencing Mon day afternoon. "The Cat and the Fiddle" served to draw sizable audiences to the Baker dur ing the week, to be followed by "Tha Isle of 8plce" this afternoon and for the week. "I'ncle Josh Perkins," which did. not belle its name, held sway at the Star, while the Grand and Pantages main tained their standard of vaudeville. This afternoon the Baker, as aforemen tioned, mill give us the opport ulty to see "The Isle of Spice" for the first time; the Lyric will , change to "Nfy Jim." a comedy-drama : with a continuation of the "Salome" dance, and the Star will have the melo i dramatic success, "The Four Cornera of lh arth." "THE MAX OF THE HOIK" Famous Political Drama at Helllg for Three Nights Thli Week. "The Man of the Hour" will be given i at the tleliig Theater. Fourteenth and Washington streets, on next Thursday. Friday and Saturday nights. October 8. and 10. with matinee Saturday, with al most Identically the same company as seen here last season, which includes William lamp. Felix Haney, Lout Hen dricks. Nell Moran. Everett Butterfleld. . Murdock J. MacQuarrte. William Lloyd. Alex Carleton. Arthur C. Hull and the ' Misses Ruby Bridges. Evelyn Moore and bthel Brandon. The play treats of the political game and all its meshes of wire-pulling and trickery. The atory is an Interesting one. trie characters are all cleverly drawn, particularly those of the two rival po litical "bosses." The dialogue is snappy and generously sprinkled with wit of the particular kind that Broadhurst has ready to hand. In fact Mr. Broadhurst is said to have written a play that gives promise of liv ing, which has Nn proven by the two years" run in New York, and the wonder ful business it did here on its last visit. The story tells how Alwyn Bennett Is made Mayor of the city by Charles Walnwright, a financier, and Richard llorrigan. a corrupt "boss." because these two worthies want him to sign a bill that gives them a street railway franchise In perpetuity. But when Ben nett gea In control of the city govern ment he cannot see things quite in the way that Walnwright and Horrigan hoped he would, and he vetoes the bill. They try to force Us passage over his head by a vots In committee, and Waln-wr'-ght lets Rennett know that the lat ter sweetheart, Dallas, will be ruined unless the franchise la granted, because he (Walnwright), being the gtrfa guar dian., has invested all her capital In the stock. But at length Phelan. a rival of Horrigan. brings to light the fact that Walnwright has wrecked and plundered a f-iend. Garrison, whose son discovers irany evidences of Walnwright" crooked dealings, and the bill Is mithdrawn. Ben rtett and Pallas thus find their path of love strewn with ross. Fresldent Roosevelt ia quoted as say- Percy Bacon. Edwin Lang. Roberta Wil son, Marie Watson, Lorette Broad well and others. There will be matinees also V Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. FOCR CORNERS OP THE EARTH Spectacular MelodTama at the Star Theater All This Week. "The Four Corners of the Earth." Kllnt & Gaszalo'a new spectacular melodrama, which cornea to tha Star theater for the week beginning with the matinee today, la aald to ba one of the beat of tha long; string of rlays written by William L. Roberts. Tha plot carries one around the world at a high rate of speed, but the action hes itates long enough to display the beau tiful painted scenic points of Interest en tour. The story is vividly enacted by a company of greater number than is usual with melodramatic produc tions, and tells of a young cowboy who travels to the four corners of thhe earth trying to rescue his Intended wife, who is being taken forcibly by a revengeful woman and man who are detaining her for ransom. Tha plot takes the entire company on a very long Journey that ends In true theat rical fashion. "The Four Cornera of the Earth" is aald to be decidedly an out of the or dinary play, thoroughly Interesting as a dramatic production, delightfully and picturesquely set and with a ripple of comedy and musio running through it that is positively refreshing. Among the massive scenic devices are: At National City, near the border line of Lower California and Mexico: the old Aztec ruin In the Sierra Madre moun tains; great temple of Batzu near Kobe, Japan: the Craig of Destiny: the Commodor in mid-ocean wrecked by an immense iceberg; the great raft of Ice and ten other big scenic won ders all of which are said to be among the most Involved bits of stage me chanism ever devised. The attraction that follows) "The Four Corners of the Earth" at the Star theater will be Kllnt & Gazzalo's "The Rocky Mountain Express." SENSATIONAL PLAY COMING "The Clansman" to Be . Seen Here With Big New York Cast. That much talked of play, "The Clansman," Is booked for an engage ment at the Helllg Theater. October 15. 1 and 17. with the big New York cast of favorite actors and a splendid metropolitan production. Lovers of American drama at its best will look forward with pleasant anticipations to this engagement, which Is among the most noteworthy of the season. The play is as celebrated as any dramatic offering of the past 50 years. Founded on those famous novels, "The Leop ard's Spots" and "The Clansman," it Is in character and treatment an original work. No scene which could Justly give of fense from a dramatic or moral stand- ? AS S, HHPI 4 TV I f THE- jaKzye- Ing: " 'The Man of the Hour" is the very best play I have ever seen. I have met In public life men Just like the charac ters shown In the play." -GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST" Baker Stock Company to Repeat Great Success All This Week. The demand to see the Baker Stock Company's production of The Girl of the Golden West" became so great all week that Manager Laker decided to repeat It again this week in order to let every one have an opportunity to see It. The numbers turned away because they were unable to get seats ran Into the thousands, and from the interest aroused now in the play. It is quite likely that the coming nine.- perform ances will einal those Just past for attendance. The immense production runs as smoothly now after a week of seasoning as though It had been on the road for months, and those who are fortunate enough to aee It will say. as did those before, that they never saw a theatrical offering at popular prices that was in the same class as this one. The critics have passed Judgment on It and are unanimous In saying that Its equal has never been presented In stock In this city. and. as every one knows, the Baker Stock Company has had some pretty big things during the past few years to Its credit Miss Jewel plays the role Miss Bates made so famous In New York with all the dash and vim possible and every one who saw her in It last week was enthusiastic In praising her. aa well as Sydney Ayres. who plays Ramerrez. the outlaw. Donald Bowles, as Jack Kance. the aherin. and Mrs. Gleaxon. as Wowkle. the squaw, are both In those parts for which they are peculiarly fitted to shine, and the cast is en larged especially In men, until one wonders where they all came from. The scenery and settings are unsur passed for beauty and naturalness and Stage Director Bowles has succeeded In getting the true Belasco atmosphere without which this famous play would lose half its wonderful charm. Seats are now selling rapidly for the second week and there should be no delay In securing them at once. Open ing performance of the second week this afternoon and the only other ma tinee will be Saturday. "ISLE OF SPICE" AT THE BAKER Popular Musical Comedy to Open Engagement This Afternoon. With fresh scenery, faces, costumes, electrical and stage effects, the "Isle of Spice," H. H. Frazee's piquant musical mixture, comes to the Baker for the week opening this afternoon. It is only a myth ical Isle, that is supposed to lie in the Sea-of Japan, somewhere between. Sakha lin and Formosa, but It is always Summer there, always merry and tuneful, and the inhabitants live their lives as do other folks: have their love affairs, their Joys, their sorrows, and make their little laws. Hence the plot of the play. King Bompopka takes unto himself a wlfa every seven years. These wives, ac cording to a decree of the king and his chief advisers. Lord Kashou. the court treasurer, and his brother. Lord Konner, have to undergo a period of training In the Tomb of Silence for seven years. At the end of 4his time, she is supposed to know enough to hold her tongue, so Bh'e is released and married to the king. Teresa, the hereditary owner of one-half the spice fields in the kingdom, has been educated in America and while there meets a young officer of the United States Marines. Lieutenant Katchall, and there is a mutual love affair. L'pon her return to her native 1sle, Teresa is selected by the king for his next wife. Teresa, of course, objects strenuously to the "Tomb and to the king. Kashon and Konner in sist that Tereaa go to the "Tomb" in or der to conform to the law, and to further point has been retained, but It is rich In comedy, in love interest, and full of tragic power, particularly in its de lineations of the terrible Ku Klux their own scheme to place Asbena, their Klan. Among the chief scenes utilized ally, on the throne. This is the condition of affairs when Lieutenant Katchall lands on the Island with a detachment of marines from the United States gunboat Roosevelt. Katch all meets Teresa, learna the state of things, and to prevent the marriage places the island under the fiag of the United States. Two marines, Mackinaw and O'Grady, are sent up in a balloon for practice, the balloon lands on the Island near the King's palace, and the occupants are taken for messengers from the sun. The musical numbers in the "Isle of Spice" have became famous and consist of "The Goo Goo Man," "Peggy Brady." "Silly Sailors," "You and I." the gorgeous transformation finale. "The Star of Fate," "The Broomstick Witches." "Uncle Sam's Marines" and others which are rendered by the great B. C. Whitney American Beauty chorus. The cast consists of Sam Rose. Harry La Velle, Harry B. Watson, Harry Williams, are those of the Ku Klux Klan den. vast ill-lighted cave in the mountain side; the rose garden of the Cameron home; the interior of this historic South Carolina mansion; and the li brary of Lieutenant-Governor Lynch's home. The action of the play does not lag for a moment. Pictures of South ern life pass and repass while the thrilling reconstruction story is being enacted. Indeed "The Clansman" has been highly praised for its fidelity to the Southern atmosphere. Whether one cares anything" abou'i the political struggles between the Carpetbaggers and Conservatives or not. he is enthralled by it simply as a play. The best proof of this is that "The Clansman" has been . received with equal enthusiasm ia all parts of the country regardless of ' sectional lines. Its success was as great tha (Concluded ok Page 3.)
