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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-
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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
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