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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1908)
THH PPROXIMATELT $3,000 peopls at- tended the performances of "The Girl of the Golden West" during Its three weeks' run at the Bungalow, which closed last niyhL In this re markable offering the Baker Stock Company has broken all records for Ions; stock runs and patronage played to In the Northwest. The three weeks run. Including matinees, represents 27 performances given to an average at tendance of 1222. This Is one of the best of recent evidences that the peo ple are sufficiently prosperous to have money for amusements, and that this is the best theatrical city In the entire Pacific Northwest section. There were v numerous requests that Manager Baker extend the run another week, and It is practically certain that It would have . been a financial success, but that as tute manager decided it were better : policy to offer his patrons a new pro duction for the forthcoming week. It will be "Brown of Harvard," commenc ing this afternoon. "A Knight for a Day." a delightful musical comedy, with an incongruous ! name, was the Heillg attraction early , in the week, followed by "The Clans " man," of which the less said the bet i ter. Tonight Checkers" will be pre ' sented. to give way on Wednesday ! right to "The Time, the Place, and the ' Girl." The Baker drew satisfactory audiences with Richard s & Prlngle's ' minstrels. Today the attraction at that house will be 'The Honeymooners," a new George Cohan effort. It will run all week. The Lyric's bid for patron ! was "Toung Mrs. Wlnthrop," which J did a profitable week's business and j was very well presented by the Blun : kali Company. The new offering at 1 the Lyric commencing this afternoon, ! will be "Stricken Blind." a standard melodrama. The Star gave Its patrons "The Rocky Mountain Express." which aroused great enthusiasm. It will be succeeded today by "At Crpiple Creek." In the vaudeville line, the Orpheum bad one of the best bills that has orna mented the boards of the big playhouse " since Its opening. It will be repeated this afternoon and tonight- The Grand and Pantages also repeat their excel lent programmes of last week at a matinee and night performances on this ' date, all three of the vaudeville thea ters changing tomorrow afternoon. A movement Is on, headed by Mina Crollus Gleason, to arrange a fitting testimonial performance for Rose Ky tlnge at one of the big theaters In the near future. Miss Kytinge. who has been engaged In dramatic teaching here for some time. Is one of the great figures of the American stage. In her heyday she was a star of high inter national repute. Her work in the his toric roles which have from time im memorial tested the quality of a wo man's star genius, her magnificent gifts of brain and her infinite good ness of heart have endeared her to thousands of her countrymen. Here in Portland she has a very wide circle of friends and admirers, who are anxious to express their regard for her, and the testimonial that is proposed is certain to be a notable affair. The details have not yet been arranged, but it la expected that within a short time the affair will assume definite shape. A. A. G. CHECKERS" OPTfS TONIGHT Favorite Character Drams Will Be gin Engagement at Heilig. The "Checkers" engagement at the Kellig Theater, Fourteenth and Wash ington streets, begins tonight at 8: IS o'clot-k and continues tomorrow and Tuesday. There is no manner of doubt that tiie audience approved the per formance last season If the usual meth ods of demonstrating approval was a safe criterion. And the fact that pretty nearly every principal member of the cast was welcomed with an outburst of applause upon the first entrance showed that many had seen the play before. And that is not surprising, for "Check ers" Is a plsy to be seen time and time again. It is one those plays which grow on one. This has been noted in other cities and there has been much written conjecture concerning it. The fart that the play Is brimful of human interest is most likely the correct ex planation. The story in itself is in teresting and unstrained. Its sltuai Hoc are natural and the fortunes of --. TLMEx tv THE FlACCik. Wi the principal actors are such as th audience would wish them to be in real life. " Hane Robert, the player of the title role, like the play Itself, grows on one. He has a very pleasing personality. His repose, that rare, but necessary attribute of tho real actor, is delight ful. His method la clean-cut and every time he essays to make a comedy point he makes It. He has an admirable opposite in the leading woman. She Is Miss Helen Ormsbee. She has a voice of a singularly musical Intonation, her enunciation is distinct and her work is clothed with a grace and charm de lightful to see. The character of the race track tout, portrayed by David Braham, Jr., the Uncle Jerry of George Merritt, the Judge of George Miller and the Colonel and later the Rube of Robert Craig, are capital characteriza tions. "Checkers" has been termed a racing play. But though it has the best race scene ob the stage, it is more than the name Implies. A character comedy were more to the truth and It lg well worth the seeing. Seats are selling at theater box office for the en tire engagement. "BROWN OP HARVARD" TODAY Popular College Play Opens Week's i' Engagement at Bungalow. Of the few really typical college plays of the day, "Brown of Harvard." which the Baker stock company will present all week, starting with today's matinee, ranks with "The College Wid ow," "Strongheart." etc., and as pre sented to the patrons of Portland's pop ular Bungalow all the coming week, opening with today's matinee, will doubtless prove one of the strongest bills of the season. It has the rare quality of getting the true college at mosphere, and for some time past more than ordinary Interest has been and Is being shown In it by members of the dif ferent schools, both public and private, in and about the city. "Brown of Harvard" is in four acts, and they all take place in and about the famous college. The first act shows the room of Tom Brown, the principal character In the play; the second the campus: third, the famous boathouse scene, and last back In Tom's rooms again. Tom is in love with Evelyn Ames, and Evelyn's brother, a weak sort of young reprobate, has deceived and ruined a girl named Marian Thorne, whose brother Is working his way through 'college. Tom. trying to help Marian, brings suspicion upon him himself. The third act shows the Harvard boathouse on the day of the race, and Is thrilling and interesting. Tom Brown becomes a hero, but here also is de nounced by Marian's brother as her se ducer, and the scene is an intense one. In the next act. however, everything is cleared up, and Tom becomes a real hero Indeed, and all ends happily for our Intrepid young student. "Brown of Harvard" Is filled with the life and essence of the modern college, bright, clean and sparkling comedy and pretty pathos. It will stir the memory of any old pupil of the famous school, as the scenes shown are taken from life, and real pictures of school days are shown. The cast will be as follows: Tom Brown Srdney Ayrts Gerald Thnrne .TonaJd Bowles Wilfred Kenyon Earl D. I) wire Claxton Maddera John Thorn John CartwrlRht William Wolbert Tubby Anderson William DUla Happy Thurston .Howard Ruasel! Walter Barnard Ianlel Quimby Warren Pierce .....Walter Kenfort "Cud" Hall .James Gleason Victor rolton Alexander Dale Codrlnrton Ronald Bradbury O'llara. William Gleaaon Kills Carroll Wllion Mr. Kenyon Mlna Crollus Gleaaon ETvelj-n Kenyon Ixetta Jewel Marian Thorne Martbel Seymour Edith Sinclair ......Louise Kent "HONEYMOONERS" AT BAKER George M. Colian's Great Musical Comedy Opens Tonight. ' George M. Cohan, has outdone himself in "The Honeymooners," which comes to the Baker tonight for the Keek with matinees Tuesday, Thursday and Satur day, direct from an all-Summer run at n prices at the New Amsterdam The ater. New York. This newest and best of the Oohan song shows Is located in the sporty town of T!rerville. vt., and the genius of the brilliant young author runs a riot of fun among the characters of this typical country town. The plot, while farcical, lei coherent throughout, and tells n interesting story of love and politics. The complications are wonder fully funny and beginning at the tlrst speech, are cot unraveled until the last. ST' W.' -4 87 X TP 47' mv,; si, IS-- Interest Is held from first to last. Co han la perhaps the only current writer for the stage who has mastered the art of introducing songs and dances into a story without halting the action. In "The Honeymooners" mere are a score of snappy, catchy lyrics and two score pretty girls. Among the song hits are: "I'm a Popular Man," "Make a Lot of Noise," "Kid Days," "In a One-Night Stand," "I'll Be There In the Public Bauare" and "If I'm Goln' to Die. I'm Goln' to Have Some Fun." The fact that "The Honeymooners" stood the acid test of a Summer production in New York and In the smartest theater on Broad way ran all Summer to capacity at $2 a seat la sufficient proof or its quaiuy. in the blr cast are such pronounced Broad way favorites as Willie Dunlay, .Walter Caester, Daniel Sulllvsn. jacK ixnuon, Thomas A. Hearn. William Singer, Miss Annie Wheaton, Miss Gertrude Le Brandt, Rose Glldea and Dolly Vardcnna. The scenery and costumes are costly and beautiful and the entire production is one of the finest which has ever left New York. Mr. Cohan Is now enloylng the greatest measure of National popu larity ever extended to a composer and author, and bis music is whistled and aung everywhere, while his pithy sayings are current speech of young America. "The Honeymooners" is considered the best entertainment yet devised by Mr. Cohan, who has packed it with plot, girls, songs, music, dances and general excel lence. There will be no matinee today, as the company does not arrive In time. "CRIPPLE CREEK" AT THE STAR Ual-Reld's Idyl of Rocky Mountains Opens Engagement Today. Walter Arington has. In Hal Reld's "At Cripple Creek," in every sense an idyl of the Rocky Mountains. It Is a simple story of the Western life, told in ik. aufhnr'a best stvle. and Is a dra matic gem of great power and beauty. Its pathos moves tne nean ana mere are a number of amusing comedy scenes inr.nn.niMl throughout the nlay that serve to brighten the Intense situations which develop In the unroiaing or tne drama. The types of characters are true to the locality the rearing slopes of Colo rado's lofty peaks. Its men and women move in an atmosphere of true nobility the nobility of honest purpose, courage and sympathy. Joe Mayfleld, the gold miner, whose heart Is big enough tc shield the orphan and protect the weak whose character is a sermon to mankind is the hero of the play, and, Mr. Reld has given the stage a type of American of which his countrymen may well feel proud. This splendid attraction will be pre sented at the Star Theater, week of Sunday matinee, October 18, by Walter Arlngton's big metropolitan company, with complete special scenery and me chanical effects. "STRICKEN BUND" AT . IYRIC Blunkall Company in One of Its i Greatest Bills Today. This, afternoon the Blunkall com- -AX. AMI 4. ,y for U W V ' mi v if s 1 if il "4 pany will offer Its patrons a genuine treat In the dramatic line with a splendid performance and production of- that sensational melodramatic suc cess, "Stricken Blind," which is one of the greatest melodramas of the day. It has been uniformly successful wher ever it has been presented and its local production Is expected to be greeted most enthusiastically by the theater going public The plot of the play concerns the operations of a gang of counterfeiters, who draw an Innocent dupe into their clutches and Induce him to pass their epurlous coin. Having once got him In their power they make him serve their will. He falsely suspects his wife of being untrue and In attempt ing to kill her admirer blinds the wife. He then deserts her and their little daughter and fles to the United States from their English home. Long - years afterward bs returns, Ufa r- 4 -' 'ill I OCTOBER 1908. 'J2 - r. at a. A i VT THE. having become very wealthy, to find his daughter grown and his wife in poverty. He makes amends for his eins and the play finally ends happily. There is an abundance of heart inter est, many sensational situations and a number of very elaborate scenic ef fects. It is a play you will enjoy from beginning to end. Be sure and get your seats early and avoid the crowd at the box-office. Every member of the cast will have strong roles, espe cially Warda . Howard and Ervin Blunkall. who, of course, have - the leading parts. "TIME, PLACE, GIRL" COMING Merry Musical Comedy Success at Heilig Next Wednesday Night. Theater patrons who love good, clean musics plays will be glad to learn that the next big attraction to play at the Heillg Theater, Fourteenth and Wash ington streets, will be "The Time, the Place and the Girl.'" the show that was pronounced one of the best attractions of the season when presented at. this I 4 " C ? i v j. s Hi' v i 7- 5 house last year; and the fact that it Is returning with practically the same cast of principals augurs well for its return. John E. Young, who made such a tre mendous hit here in the character of Happy Johnny Hicks, still heads the com pany, which Includes Elizabeth Goodall, the statuesque comedienne, so well re membered as Molly the Nurse, Mable Mel vine as the fascinating widow, Lillian Goldsmith, "The Girl," and BL Colt Al bertson, the well-known tenor, has the role of Tom Cunningham. While most people are familiar with the plot and this piece varies from most mu sical comedies in that it has a plot briefly told, the story Is that of a pleas ant, whole-souled young "gambler," square as a die and on the level with everybody but himself, and with the de scriptive name of "Happy" Johnny Hick He and his pal, Tom Cunningham, son of a rich man, get into trouble through a tyftA which Cunningham has In a gambling-house, and are forced to flee to a sanitarium ii the mountains to escape arrest. Here they both meet their fate Hicks in the person of a pretty, trained nurse, and Cunningham in that of the charming daughter of a thrifty farmer. All of these characters, and many others almost as interesting, are quarantined In the sanitarium by the county health au thorities, and the complications ensuing are original and amusing to an extraordi nary degree. The production is staged by e(j w'ayburn, a master of bis- craft, and there Ja not a conventional singiag or .c iw? i 1 n if ' -cr.ATar. 1 V" -cvei'c'-r'TU CHECKER? stoic; tWATZ.XK HOWARD, 16 dancing number in the 12 numbers seen in the play. "Glittering Gloria" at Bungalow. There will be none of the musical Hoyt shows presented by the Baker Stock Company this season, but in their stead several later clever farces. In which mu- . slcal and specialty numbers are Inter- P polated, the first of which will be "Glit tering Gloria," the famous Isadore Rush farce. In which that most charming com edienne last appeared. It has the great virtue of cleanliness, and yet it Is well seasoned with wit and humor. In plot and action It is miles ahead of the aver age musical comedy. It deals' principally with a magnificent diamond necklace, and the absurd efforts of several well known young men to obtain possession of same for the purpose of presenting to the reigning belle of the London stage. The role of Gloria will be played by Mari bel Seymour. Joseph Jefferson's Sons Coming. Few plays have in any way rivaled "The Rivals," as presented by Joseph and William W. Jefferson. The attraction will appear at the Heilig Theater for four nights, commencing October 26. As Bob Acres. William W. Jefferson Is irresisti bly funny. Those familiar with the play will recall the unsophisticated country youth who went to the, city with the Idea that It would not be long before he would be a social lion. The author, Richard V Brlnsley Sheridan, wrote "The Rivals" f nearly 150 years ago, has fitted the Jef ferson boys with parts even as thor oughly as nature has endowed them with ability to portray the characters. "Hans and Nix" Coming. Dixon and Bernard will make their first appearance In this city In the smart mu sical gaiety, "Hans and Mi," opening at the Baker Theater next Sunday matinee, October 25. Miss Kathryn B. Roberts, one of the principal girls with the smart ; musical gaiety, "Hans and Nix," is a cousin of Taft, Republican nominee for President For years Miss Roberts studied with Mareschi in San Severo. Italy, and is said to have a singing quality to com pare favorably with any of the light oper atic prima donnas. SPLENDID BILL AT ORPHEUM Seven Hobos, Miss Edna Phillips and Four Nightons Are Featured. Each succeeedlng week at the Or pheum the bill seems to surpass that of the preceding week. The one just closing has been one of the most popu lar yet shown. The new bill, com mencing Monday, is another extraor dinary bill, and of high class, and will certainly pack the house every per formance. The clever artist. Alfred Keicy, as sisted bv Mtss Mathilde Bothe. will present Edmund Day's comedy sketch, "la Trust," which Is pne of the most
