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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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"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
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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
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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
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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
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