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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1908)
'LAND OF SOD" AT THE BAKER X V- v v IT Mt'ST occur to th average patron of the s-ndlcate's big attractions that the season thus far has been decidedly raggd. Our mighty friends. "K. E." sm to be suffering from an attack of timidity, for they have sent mighty few of their stellar attractions to this region. Just why is not clear, for. from all ac counts, the Northwest territory is In a much better condition financially that the land that lies to the eastward of us. Tf no small undertaking. however. to finance the transcontinental tour of a big production, and on that premise we should base a tempered Judgment on the magnates for their seeming neglect of tills field. Possess thy soul In patience a little Jongr, Friend Theatergoe. for In the lan guage of a much-famed public benefac tor. "There is hope." A Fall season, barren, save for "Paid In Full' and "The Squawman." la about to develop In the near future something worth everybody's attention. That re freshing comedienne. Rose Stahl. is to be here soon In her Inimitable "Chorus Iady." and at Christmas time we are promised Lou la James and his elaborate "Peer Gynt." which the sterling old classic actor inherited from the late Rich ard Mansfield, and, according to reports, la doing the memory of the lamented Mansfield no violence either in his per formance or production. The departed week brought us two "mvsterions unknowns" In the persons of Wlllard Mack and Maude Leone, sun rorted by an admirable company in "On Parole." which they did exquisitely. When they return they will come with credentials and the welcome sign will be on the duor-mnt. Tonight and for three nights thereafter Izetta Jewel Makes Study of How to Be Real Spanish Maiden- Learns Language and Dance as Well as Manners of Old Castile, for "Rose of Kancho" Part. IZETTA JEWEL, the talented young leading woman of Baker stock com pany. In spite of her severe duties in connection with the trying position ehe fills so remarkably well, seems to. always find a little time for other things. Her uecess as prlxe winner In the decorated automobile contest at the Rose Festival last June Is still fresh In the minds of everyone, and after her performance the night before the parade she spent the remainder of the hours until daylight superintending and assisting In the work of making that fairy bower out of her swift running electric machine that was the delight of the thousands next morn ing. When Frances Starr, who played Juanita, the Spanish lrl. In "The Rose of the Rancho," for David Belasco In New Tork. was first studying the role, it Is said she spent months in old Mexico learning the Spanish accent, the droll. In dolent movements ot dance and walking, the language of their eyes and all the faacinating mannerisms ot the beauties or the South. Juanita is one of the most difficult roles of modern plays because of the many exacting little things so foreign to an American girl, and for the past six weeks Miss Jewel haa been spending every moment she can et away from her regular work at the Bungalow becoming n Ideal girl of this type. Among other things she has taken lessons from com petent teachers in the Spanish tongue, singing and dancing, as well aa on the guitar and mandolin. Even the alluring little castanets have been her constant companions until now that the time of the opening of the play is ready, the uratelv blond-. Betty Annesley. of "The Van on the Box." is transformed Into a dark-haired, olive-skinned little Castllllan girl a sort of wild, untamed creature who 7 7AT a comes "The Lion and the Mouse." which is well known and popular here. Addi tional Interest attaches because Edna Archer Crawford, onetime leading woman of the Baker stock, plays Shirley Ross more. After a big week of "Glittering Gloria. in which Maribel 8eymour starred with large success, the , Baker players will this afternoon inaugurate a run of Belaaco's elaborate drama of early California, "The Rose of the Rancho." "The Land of Nod." a big and tuneful extravaganxa. followe "Sis Hopkins" at the Baker: "The Struggle for . Gold" comes into the Star to succeed "A Mill ionaire Tramp." The Orpbeum, Grand and Pantages start new bills tomorrow 1 Mis Isetta Jewel. sings, dances snd coquettes, teases and torments her host of young gallants at will until she herself falls victim to Cupid's dart and learns to love an Amer ican with all the tropical ardor of her Spanish blood. It has been predicted freely by those in position to know that Miss Jewel will create an even greater furore sa Juanita than she did as The Girl in The Girl of the Golden West" a few weeks ago. 1 "-( i"7" yS afternoon, and If they are as good as those proceeding there will be heard no complaints. A. A. G. OPENS AT IIEILIG TONIGHT "The Lion and the- Mouse" Begins FVtir Nights' Engagement. "The Linn and the Mouse," which Henry B. Harris brings to the Heillg for an engagement of four performances, be ginning tonight, has scored a wonderful success In practically every city in this country. In New York alone the play ran with but a short period of reet for the company during the extreme hot weather, from October 14 1M5, until December 28, J907, which has not been equaled In drama in over a decade. Thle new record In dramatic annals seems to have been du plicated everywhere, and that the play will be as welcome here durlne; the cur rent engagement as before Is baaed on the demand that has been made for seats. Paul Everton, now in his third year as John Burkett Ryder, will be seen again as the money baron, who is credited with being the richest man In the world. Edna Archer Crawford, very pleasantly remem bered here for her association with the Baker Stock Company, has been shown much recognition for her cleverness as Shirley Rosemore, the "mouse," a fact which can readily be understood after calling to mind her past successes. The remainder of the cast Is practically as It was when the play was last enjoyed here. Freder ick Malcolm, George O. Morris. James Cooley. Harris L. Forbes, 'William Burton, Clifford Leigh, Eleanor Sheldon, Ellsa Mason, Hazel Temple, Eileen Brrol and others of equal prominence appear. . Charles Klein hae shown wonderfuj forethought in the choosing of his topic and his cleverness In bringing out the Intense points of the story will doubtless bo remembered for generations. The story treats of John Burkett Ryder and his original methods of ruling a government as a sideline to his everyday interests. nv. "i a , 1 t Via, orro n rd m ATI V trv- lng scenes and interpolated some startling speeches, which make a few men of the dav tremble by their truth, before tran quillity Is gained. It has been said that the same topic In the hands of another playwright than Mr. Klein would have fallen away short of reaching the remark able conviction that is brought out in "The Lion and the Mouse." At least It can be said that there is small opportu nity for improvement In the construction of the play as it is. and the credit is due to Charles Klein.- Seats are now selling at the theater for the entire en gagement. "THE ROSE OP THE RANCHO" Crowning Event of Tear Open at Bungalow This Afternoon. Ever since the Baker Stock Company .i- I v.. 1S At? "X. presented Belasco's "The Girl of the Golden Wast" and broke all records for runs with It In this city a few weeks ago, great Interest has been felt in the other of the two big suc cesses which the master genius of the modern stage has created, "The Rose of the Rancho." At the time the former play was produced Manager Baker an nounced that this other one had been secured for Portland at the same time and his patrons would get the benefit of tt soon. It will open this afternoon at the Bungalow 'and as the seat sale has been unusually large there is small doubt that every performance will be sold entirely out as the week goes by. "The Rose of the Rancho" Is a play of California at the San Juan mission and the period is just at the time the country was occupied by the United States. The heroine la a beautiful and proud young Spanish girl, owner of a large rancho under the old Spanish rule. Gangs of rough men from the ....... Y yvc?Ar?, v raw "X .4iW -an Sir- f . -r-s states are taking these lands from the old owners by mere force under the semi-protection of the laws of the United States and committing all kinds of acts and wanton cruelty and depre dation. These old Spaniards refuse to recog nize the "Gringoes," as the Americans are called, and will not file on their lands according to the new rule which lays them open to Just the sort of persecution at the hands of unprin cipled beings as are first to enter Into a new country. Juanita falls under the ban and is threatened with all the ter rors and Insults as well as complete Joss of everything- she and her family possess, but a young American, Kear ney, of Washington, who Is there In the government service, undertakes to save her by strategem supplemented by force, which arrives Just In the nick of time. The plot Is fraught with the most beautiful love scenes, romance and re ality, and the scenes are typical of the land of sunshine and flowers. The stage settings are superb. A large Compromise Effected -by which Big Musical Extravaganza Appears. tF . deal of telegraphing between John Cort. Manager Baker and Samuel Rork. of "The Lana 01 It hai been arranged that this unusually gorge oue attraction will appear the week at the Baker at tout slight advance In price downstairs, the balcony remaining the same. It wlU open this afternoon and besides the regular Saturday mat inee there will also be the bargain mat inee Wednesday. About a year ago this extraordinary success was seen here, and it is no ex aggeration to say that no entertainment that has been witnessed on the local stage in a very long time has given greater measure of satisfaction. Th im mense audience which was present was kept laughing or applauding throughout the performance, while at Oho same time, the striking beauties of the stage fur nishment provided a series of constantly changing pictures which was a positive delight to the eye. "The Land of Nod" is admirable from all points of view. An Ingenious story is told bv a group of characters of the most original and fantastic conception. Among them are "The Man In the Moon, .v. ..wi.t, nrhtt" "The Sandman, ' "Aorll Fool." the "King and Queen ofHearts," "the Jaok of Hearts." "Rory Bory Alice." who Is . -1 r - thA fan In the Moon, the wio wim . --- "Telephone Man" and others equally unique. These personages have been very skill fully brought into juxtaposition and the author has provided material for them to work upon which Is altogether rational ,i .i.i.h rvs to keep the audiences . ..,'., intAfAttprt and amused. An admirable musical score has been sup plied which contains many strikingly "catchy" and delightfully tuneful melo dies. "STRUGGLE FOR GOLD" TODAY Sterling Melodrama to Be Played at Star AU This Week. The Star offers to its patrons X.. A. STJ?CSSGLE? jw the: menolng with a matinee tomorrow, the sterling melodrama, "A St niggle for Gold," a play dealing with the Western border states 1n the early days, that is. back In the "Bfls, when the people from the East flocked westward In search of ii j whn the wagon me new ' i. . - ' trains dally leaving Fort Leavenworth I wound around the old sama ro iku, through New Mexico, Arizona, across the desert Into the land of gold, where the struggle only began instead of end ing. There Is little wonder that the West has been a most prolific field for the dramatist, and since Bret' Harte wrote about the "Argonauts" In '49, mining camp pictures have attracted more at tention than any other theme. Joaquin Miller has been elevated to a very high pedestal through his Western Pfemsj and the Western plays from M llss down to "A Struggle for Gold." have all enjoved long life and prosperity. Tlils Is the first thne this new melo drama has been sent to the Pacific Coast and the reports wherever tha play has appeared have been of a flattering char acter. . COLLEGE BOYS ARE COMING Oregon University Glee and Slando lln Clubs to Visit Portland. On December IS the University of Ore gon Glee and Mandolin Clubs will leave Eugene for their 13th annual tour, and are scheduled to appear at Jlie Heilig Theater, December 15. Professor I. M. Glen, dean of music at the University, has been giving his time for the last two months to the boys for preparation for their concerts. Professor Glen Is a mu sical director of note in the West; he has developed organizations of musical talent that, lor the kind. have, never been sur passed for excellence on the Pacific Coast. The songs which the Glee Club will introduce are appearing this Winter for the first time In New York, and have never been heard before on the Coast. The stuntsters, Van Dusen and Voight, are the best that have appeared In sketches since the days of Bob Rountree. Their specialty is dialect work and they are geniuses in rendering the tongue of foreigners. The Mandolin Club will have three num bers on the programme, and this lim ited number tney will be able to render In the most finished manner. Professor Glen will do the solo work, and Cooper, Nelson. Wood and Burke have the quar tet work which will be one of the lead ing features of the programme. Alto gether, it is a most balanced concert and entertainment which the collegians are giving this year and is certain of suc cess on the tour. "The Devil" Coming to the Heillg. The attraction at the Heillg Theater for three nights, beginning next Sun day. December 13. will be James D. Barton's production of Henry v; . Sav age's authorized version of le Interna tional dramatic success, "The Devil .' This has been the most phenomenal hit of any play produced in the past ten years, both In this country and Lurope. Murray and Mack Coming lo Baker. There are no less than twenty-three entirely crlginal musical members to "Zaza" by Baker Stock Company. The splendid emotional play. "Zaza," which Is one of the most popular on the modern high-class stage, will be re peated bv the Baker stock company this season, probably following "The Koe of the Runcho." The role of the famous French woman la one of Miss Jewel s biggest successes in this city, and when presented last year every seat was sold at every performance. "Zaza" Is a Be lasco production, the play being adapted from the French by the celebrated wizard of the American stage. "In Wyoming" Coming. "In Wyoming." another Western play, follows "A Struggle for Gold" at the Star, but it is unlike anything else that theater has had this season. It is a comedy story of ranch life In Wyoming, and it Is said to be one of the prettiest and most interesting plays that have come to the Star since the season begun. STARTLING BILL AT ORPIIEtJM Homer Llnd in "Tlus Opera Singer" Feature of Programme. A startling array of talent will be. seen at the Orphe-um the coming week. Last week's bill was good enough, for any lover of high-class vaudeville, but the new programme, commencing with Mon day matinee, will start tha tongues of the most critical singing Its praises. Momer Llnd, in '"Tha Opera Singer," is featured. Homer Llnd. an operatic baritone, who. for many years, has been Identified, and won many triumphs, with Henry W. Savage's English grand opera companies. Helnrich Conreid's and the Metropolitan grand opera companies of New York, has entered vaudeville for a limited tour in a one-act musical playlet, "The Opera Singer," which was written by Wlllard Holoomb with muslo by Julian Edwarda Vs i i, 'J and which was d-eserlbed by Eastern writers as a one-ant clesslo. In It. Is de picted an old. ibroken-d-own opera singer who Is searching for a long-lost daughter. Bvers and Hermann present an act of headline caliber that has Just returned from a long and successful tour In Cuba and South America George Hermann Is without a doubt the most wonderful con tortionist in the world. Byers la a famous clown. Charles W. Bowser, wlti Edith Hlnkle and their company, will present a strong one-act episode, by Oliver White, called "Superstition." Kdith Hlnkle, a singularly handsome woman, offers a keen characterization of "The Astrolocer," and Frederick Duff plays a reporter ss though the news gatherer w?re a human being. 'Tetite" "feribes exactly Mlnnon Ross, billed as "Petite Mignon," an Imperson ator at the Orpheum this week. -George B. Snyder and Harry Buckley are two of the best-known musical com edians In vaudeville. Tills season they am presenting a new vehicle, styled, "No Smoking Allowed." IjiVine and Ionard, unique comedians, will present a travesty on automobillng with Its troubles on the road. Miss Sue Smith, the gifted vocalist, has been called "The American Girl." A refreshing thing about her act is the fact that all her songs ore especially written for her. SALOME DANCER AT PANTAGES La Lole Helene Headliner on New Dill Opening Tomorrow. La Lole Helene. who comes with glowing press comment In her favor, wili present In Portland, for tho first time, at Pantages Theater, commencing with Monday's matinee, the much talked of "A Vision of Salome," as In troduced by Maud Allen in London. The Pantages management declares that this dance is unlike any other that might have been recently seen in the West. That it is better presented and a more artistic presentation than the ordinary Salome act. This is what the New Tork Times lias to say of the act: Salome beautiful, barefoot, dancing girl, jeweled and bespangled In gauze, showing an exquisitely moulded form in a fascinating manner, without one move, or poise of a suggestive nature, Is here." This act 1s one triumph of llthesomo grace, weird at times, though not so that it gives one the honors. Eugene O'Rourke and company pre sent a comedy sketch, entitled "Pallor A." a ludicrous story of mistaken iden tity. This comedy is said to he un usually well acted and properly staged. Baptiste and Franeoni. European ec centric equilibrists, featuring "The Man Who Walks on His Head." have an act consisting of feats entirely out of the ordinary. Farnon, Willis and Ramsley. the sing ing and dancing trio, have an excep tionally fine singing and darn ing sketch. More and Brown aio colored comedians and singers of more than ordinary abil ity and they will present a classy little sketch. The woman of the team Is an, exceptionally. clever dancer. McCloud and Melville will intrnrim-o their musical act in which they Use a (Concluded on Page 3 )
