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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.
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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
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audience would wish them to be
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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"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