The Sunday Oregonian., December 13, 1908, SECTION FOUR, Page 2, Image 36

THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, DECE3IBER 13, 1903.
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I "-tS UE expected revivnl in the the
j. I atrical business has not material
j 'J.:led. and now the hopeful managers
i are of the opinion that the uplift will
I i-ome following the Christmas holidays.
Only two of the local theaters did their
full quota of business last week, the
Baker and the Bungalow, and that was
, j.rtbably due to tha fact .that the offer
' lr.gs were unusually strong. "The Land
of Nod" was a big drawing card at the
' former, and "The Rose of the Itancho,"
which will continue through this week,
was a very elaborate affair. At the Hei
lig "The Lion and the Mouse' w-as well
: presented at the beginning of the week,
l.ut the patronage was light. At the
ether playhouses the stry was the same.
It was distinctly a litlit week and the
Indications are thnt with holiday shop
ping to consume time and shekels. It is
: probable things will be more than ever
dull.
;iTonlpht. the first road production of
I "The LOY will be yetn at the Heillg
and until Tuesday night. Following soon
' nurward comes that delightful come
crtiane. Bce Stahl. in her tremendous
ruccess. "The Chorus I-idy." Christmas
Week, the Heillg will proffer Louis
, Jam- in "Peer C.ynt." The Bungalow
Mill continue "The Rose of the Itancho"
tills week, the Baker will accommodate
Murray & Mark In their new piece. "The
Puiny Side of Broadway." and the Star
wiilropen this afternoon with "In Wyom-
; Ing." Vaudeville bills change tomor-
: row afternoon as usual.
THE DEVI
OPENS TONIGHT
I Henry V. Savage's Authorized Ver
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1 siou of Molnar's Play at Heillg.
The correct and only authorized Henry
W. Savage verslotf of "The Ievil. Franz
Molnar's remarkable play, which Is cre
jatlWsuch a world-wide sensation, will
bo presented at the Heillg Theater, Four
teenth and 'Washington streets, for three
nights, beginning tonight at 8:13 o'clock,
;t"T the first time.
So far the play has only been seen
In two or three of the larger cities of
tie United States, but It is already the
niu&L- discussed play of the year. In
, New York City, wncre the Henry AV.
jc'uvage Company Is now playing to
crowded houses at the Garden Theater.
. press and public have been unanimous
acknowledging tlie wonderful power
of the play and the singular grip it has
itipon tlie minds and consciences of the
:astonlshert audiences that witness Its per
formalizes. i "Every woman should see this won
derful play." writes Dorothy Dix In the
Kwnlr.; Journal. "It is a most aston
fPHilg ierformance." says the Herald.
The play grips tightly from the tlrst
ir.st.int." remarks the Sun. "There were
2 curtain calls after tlie second act for
tf,-? l-nly aut horlz-d version." declares tlie
AiliThan. The other metropolitan news
papers have- been equally elnphatlc in in
dorsing the-Molnar play.
Tie production of "1ie D-vil" which
:J le seen nere Is th same in every
. A.-'jil as that presented at the Garden
-j tt( r. and it will be presented by per
nusslon of Henry V. Savage, wlio abso
lutely controls the American rights to the
.iv. It is no secret that several unau
t.'rjXed versions are being produced here
and' there throughout the country, but
t v have no resemblance to the orlg
ln:if play, which is fully protected by
cop right. The company will be enual in
Au-i' w.iy tti .that seen in the original
prnftuction. while the wenery. painted by
-Ariutir 'iegilin. the famous scenic ar
im ho lui. done so much to make the
J,"V York llip,iKironie productions suc
c'iul. will be a revelation to lovers
v' beautiful and artistic stage settings.
Siiowgier9 here are assured of a great
play, a great si-enic production and a
company of unusual mtrit. "The Devil"
win assurPaiy be the blg theatrics, event. , fc U 7 l t IV, ' nijU . V 4
of the rear. Seats are now selling at J. r f 4i " "4 ? S 3 ffi Sv5 I II' 1 i !'H i l!
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WILL
Baker Stoek Company Creates Sen
sation In "Rose of the Rancho."
So great has been the success of the
Baker stock company's second big Be
lasco production. "The Rose of the
Rancho." this week, that It has been de
cided to run It another full week, com
mencing with the matinee today. "The
Girl of the Golden West" ran three weeks
to capacity business, but Manager Baker
has positively stated that this will be the
last week of "The Rose of the Rancho."
as the Christmas week attraction. Hoyfs
"A Midnight Bell." has already been con
tracted for. and will have to go on the
boards next Sunday.
As Juanita. the Spanish girl. In "The
lose of the Rancho." Izetta Jewel. Baker
stock company's charming leading
woman, has without doubt made the big
gest hit of ber career In Portland, and
her finished acting of the exacting role
has been a positive delight to her large
audiences all week. Sydney Ayres also,
as the American. Kearney of Washing
ton, does some exceedingly effective work
and the scenes between these two are
very strong.
The chief charm perhaps of "The Rose
of the Rancho" Is the true picture of In
dolent Spanish life in the early California
mission land which Is depicted. The
scenic effects are splendid, the first act
showing the beautiful mission gardens,
with palms and orange trees and the sec
ond act being a reproduction of a typical
old Spanish home court-yard scene. Don
ald Bowles, the Baker stock company's
stage director, to whose rare taste and
knowledge of stage technic was largely
due the splendljj' success of "The Girl of
the Golden West." has thoroughly out
done himself In "The Rose of the Ran
cho." and the rising of the curtain is
always the signal for a burst of applause
from the audience.
MURRAY AND MACK AT BAKER
Famous Comedians Open Tonight in
"Tlie Sunny Side or Broadway."
The return to this city of those two In
separable and always welcome funmakers,
Murray and Mack. Is an annual event
looked forward to with great pleasure by
the majority of theater-goers, for no bet
ter entertainers are found anywhere than
they are. They open tonight at the
Baker for the week, and this season are
surrounded by tlie largest and best com
pany and chorus they have ever carried.
The regular bargain matinee will be given
Wednesday 3 well as the Saturday mat
inee. "The Sunny Side of Broadway." which
Is the title of the attraction offered by
Murray and Mack, could have been called
the "Funny Side of Broadway" with the
same appropriateness, as It is nothing but
fun intermingled with catchy songs from
m:X ANOTHER WEEK Ei r - JS-' - S rf'-- k t Hffi--S'f V T"' Pit t, 5 i " I
ill ? AV, - - Kt ii . ""
start to finish. The first act shows Co
lumbus Circle, in New Y'ork. with beau
tiful Central Park in the background, and
the second act depicts the beautiful Yale
Campus, at New Haven, Conn. In ad
dition to the elaborate stage settings the
production, is equipped with more nov
elties and electrical effects than. any com
pany on the road. Among these Is the
wonderful Faceograph. the latest inven
tion in stage and electrical contrivances.
Other effects in the show that cause
much praise, to be bestowed upon them
are the motorboat effect, the lobsterscope.
the mirror effect, while novelties like the
original horse dance, circus number and
the nursery rhymes number, sung by six
baby dolls, with the large building blocks,
are distinctive hits in themselves.
"IN WYOMING" AT THE STAR
Creat .Melodrama Opens Week's En
gagement Toduy.
At tlie Star Theater tlie week com
mencing with a matinee toduy. H. El
Pierce & Co. will present tiielr Western
play. "In Wyoming." It Is from the
pen of Willard Mack and Is said to be
one of the most ambitious and preten
tious this talented author-actor has thus
far attempted.
For his characters Mr. Mack has gone
to a big cattle ranch near Casper, Wyo.,
and gives a glimpse of life among the
cowpunchers In the earls- SOs. There Is
always an Indefinable charm about the
stories of the frontier, and Mr. Mack
has striven to retain this Western charm
in the characters in his successful play.
Among the characters in the play are
Bob Ricketts, a typical young Westerner,
who makes love to the pretty young
Westerner, Jennie Summers; Dave Dalby,
the ranch owner; Hank Jones, the neigh
boring rancher. who Is a regular
"comic": Steve Gordon, the leader of
the band of cattle thieves, and a venge
ful but repentant wooer of the charm
ing Jennie Summers; Bossy. Hank Jones"
daughter, who has an "affinity" In the
person of Willie Settle, the breezy young
drummer, who talks like a human,
phonograph, so fast, in fact, that one
might be led to suppose that his father
was an auctioneer; Mrs. Dalby, every
body's friend and mother.
It is a strong play, with numerous dra
matic scenes and situations, fine char
acter studies and bright dialogues.
TYhol&some comedy is freely injected.
HERE'S THE ORPIIEI'MS LIST
Fine Programme at Big Washington
Slreet Theater This Week.
There will be a bill of unusual merit
at the Orpheum the coming week. The
bill for the past week, which close?
with this evening's performance, was
one of the best that has appeared since
the house opened.
Gus Kd wards' "School Boys and
Girls," which is a romping riot of fun,
with a dozen clever singing and danc
ing youngsters, will be a feature for
the coming week. The act has been a
headliner in vaudeville for several
years and has played every Important
city in the country. It has been
strengthened and Improved with a num
ber of new songs that are now New
York successes. "Sunbonnet Sue" and
"You're Just the Boy for Me" being
among them. Lillian Gohn is still the
clever "Saasy Little." and Louis Han
dler, the Jewish school boy. Alvin j; t?ie
Italian boy, while others in the act are
Gertie Moulton, as the monitor. Pearl
Young, Margrot Williams, Grace Mein
ken. Murry Harris and Johnnie Dale.
"Silvers" Oakley, the famous circus
clown, who will present his clever
baseball pantomime, is one of the best
In the business. He was with Barnum's
circus for years.
Bert Howard and Effie Laurence, two
of the most popular artists In vaude
ville, are coming In a farce called "The
Stage Manager," by Mr. Howard and
Will M. Cressy.
Clivette. "The Man in Black," and
"The Veiled Prophetess" will give a
rather remarkable demonstration of
mental telepathy, or psycho-astralism.
Clivette is one of the greatest illusion
ists In the world; a hypnotist with few
equals, a phrenologist, palmist and a
student of human nature and psychic
phenomena.
Miss Bertie Fowler is an interesting
entertainer and her merry monologue
is inimitable.
Konda. Dell and Fonda are a trio
who make intricate club manipula
tion an interesting art. The act con
sists of Mabelle and- Nellie Fonda and
Bert Dell, and the first named, Mabelle
Fonda, is fatured as "The Peerless
Queen of Clubs.'
William Tompkins will be found very
interesting in his own original past
time "The Sense of Nonsense," or "Top
ical Talks."
The Orpheum orchestra will have as
usual something extraordinarily fine in
the music line and that with the motion
pictures will close the show.
BRIGHT VAUDEVILLE AT GRAND
Plenty of Comedy and Music In Bill
Opening Tomorrow.
Brightest of vaudeville will be found
on the new programme which comes to
the Grand this week, starting with the
matinee tomorrow. The bill will be one
of class and there will be a generous
amount of comedy and music as well as
novelties. The headliner selected for the
week will be the big Eastern number,
the Royal Musical Five. There are few
musical acts traveling over the country
that are In the same class with this. It
Is an artistic novelty.
An act of unusual Importance, and
which la almost a headliner of Itself Is
"Hvpnotizing a Wife." This act Is pre
sented by Dolph and Susie Levine. They
are artists, singers and comedy people.
In addition to their sketch they will
draw pictures of well-known Portland
people. The act "Hypnotizing a Wife"
will make a hit with all married people
and those who contemplate this step.
Joe and Myra Dowllng will appear in
Mr. Dowllng's latest vaudeville contribu
tion, "A Snap Shot." This team is well
and favorably known in this city, where
they have made good in the past. "A
Snap Shot" is said to be Mr. Dowllng's
best playlet. An acrobatic act made Into
a sketch Is "The Baggage Smashers."
with Mallla and Bart as the smashers
of baggage. The act Is reported as one
of the funniest seen on the circuit in
some time. ...
Smith and Brown are a team of artistic
delineators of refined singing and wooden
shoe dancing. They may have equals
but they have no superiors in the dan
cing art. S. Kikuda. from Japan. Is a
juggler who gives the Oriental idea of
this expression of dexterity and skill.
There will be a new Illustrated song by
Fred Bauer and there will be Imported
pictures for the grandiscop.
This afternoon and tonight ends the
present programme, with Professor Pat
terson's bronze art studies and "A Jay
Circus", with Sherman and De Forrest.
CLEVER SKETCH AT PAST AGES
"The Turning of the Tide" Headline
Act on New Week's BUI.
Tea. the Pantages circuit is becoming
famous for h-'gh-class vaudevflla attrac
tions, which it is presenting to its many
patrons each week. Good as the present
bill is. It will lose none of its enviable,
reputation with the programme which
will b6 offered for the week beginning
with the usual Monday matinee.
The management takes much pleasure
In presenting Madden & Fitzgerald as
the headline attraction for next week's
entertainment. These two noted actors
have a beautiful dramatic sketch enti
tled "Thw Turning of the Tide," whicli
never fails to make a hit and holds tire
w '
audience almost breathless from start
to finish.
The special added attraction will bo
the four English Belles. Kuropean nov
elty character change artists, singers and
dancers. Introducing the sword dance,
tambourine dance, rope skipping and ac
robatic dances.
The Booth-Gordon - Trio, comedy bicy
clists, are brilliant entertainers and pre
sent some of the most extraordinary
feats ever attempted, using every de
scription of bicycle.
Eldora & Co. are sensational heavy
weight jugglers, who juggle everything
from a feather to a cartwheel. Their
work Is entirely new and original.
Emlle Subers. blackface comedian. Is
well known throughout the East as "The
Georgia Boy." He is an artist to his
finger tips, and never fails to make
good.
Next on the list comes Albert Leonard,
novelty descriptive dancer, who is un
surpassed for style and execution.
Jean Wilson. Portland's popular bari
tone, will sing a new song entitled "In
the Land of the Buffalo."
Remember that today will be your
last chance to see the present bill headed
by La Lole Helene, i
T. M. A.S MIDNIGHT MATINEE
New Year's Eve to Be Date of Novel
Entertainment at Orpheum.
The annual T. M. A. Benefit will this
year be In the form of a Midnight Mati
nee, which through the courtesy of Man
ager C. N. Sutton, will be given at the
Orpheum. This is one of the big theat
rical events of the whole year, and all
professionals who chance to be in the
city at that time take some part In mak
ing it a grand success. The programme
will consist of all the star acts from the
different theaters in the city and an im
mense orchestra, composed of musicians
of the Musicians' Association who play la