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i HQ Sot hem pnpagement, after all
the. tribulations w-hlch attended It.
was the most Important event of
h theatrical veek. Perhaps It would
h better to emphasize the one-night en
gagement of "Billy" Sunday, the eminent
tourlesquer of religion and all else that the
community hold eaerea. The "White Tem
ple played to phenomenal business on
Tuesday night, the receipts beini? larger
than any other how shop In town.
Mr. Sothern. as I understand it. objects
to tlns; vicuHeed In the same paragraph
as Comedian Sunday, and I for one don't
blame him. The latter"s show was so ab
solutely of the siap-etick variety that a
legitimate R-tor might well resent being
named with him. The ordinary vocabu
lary Is helpless In describing Sunday's
performance, and the postal regulatiuns
prohibit th writer from expressing; an
opinion of him. By compromising, I am
permitted to say that Mr. Sothern's per
formance of "Richelieu" was very bad;
' worse than his "Hamlet." of the previous
'week.
Corinne, a comedienne of some ability,
supported by a most ordinary company,
presented "Ixla From Berlin" during the
: latter part of the Hellig's week. Tonight
will witness the first local performance of
Eugene "Walter's play. "The "Wolf, " which
Is the second contribution of the phenom
enal yourc playwright to contemporane
ous stagre literature. It Is a play worthy
the consideration of serious minded theater-goers.
Later offerings at the Heilig
will bo Charles B. Hanford In n, Shake
spearean repertoire. Inclurllng "The. Win
ter's Tale," "Othello." "Much Ado About
Nothing" and "The Merchant of Venice."
Hanford begins his engagement on
Thursday evening. Immediately following
will come the Kilts' benent on February
XI and- 23. In "A Night In Bohemia." Feb
ruary 25, 25. 27. a new musical piece, "A
6tubborn Cinderella." will have Its first
local run at the Heilig.
Musical circles are sreatly Interested
. In the recital to be given by George P.
Walcker at the Maeonle Temple on Wed
nesday night. Mr. "Walcker has the rep-
utation of being one of the greatest
bassos In the world, and will be heard In
i a distinguished programme.
At the Baker will be presented "Shaun
Kheu' and "The. Kerry Gow," Joseph
MurpBy's famous old repertoire, with Ar
' thur Cunningham, a tremendous local
; favorite, late of the California Opera
' Company. In Murphy's old porta. At the
! Bungalow we shall see a repetition of
"In the Bishop's Carriage," aw the vau
i Nevilles, the Orpheum. Grand. Pantages
: and Star will choree their bills tomor
row. A. A. G.
' "THE WOLF" OPENS TONIGHT
Andrew TJobsori and Excellent Cast
In Drama at the Tlelllg.
' In "The "Wolf." the New York Lyric
i Theater success, which will be present-
' ed at the Heilig Theater, Fourteenth and
I 'Washington streets, for four :i1ghts. be
! (Inning tonight, with a special price
' matinee "Wednesday, we are taken to the
Canadian Northwest. An American en-
- rlneer has designs to seduce the daugh
' ter of an old Scotch settler. The latter.
! MacTavlsh by name, hates his daughter.
" Hilda, because he believes hex mother
' was untrue to him. He welcomes the
'. suggestion that MacDonald, the engl-
! neer. take the girl away to New York,
! where she will be cared for by MacDon
j aid's mother. But In the way o this
scheme Is Jules Beaubien.
Tears before the play begins Beau
r blen's half-sister. Annette, was betrayed
bv a man. By a chain of circumstances
1 Beaubien discovers that MacDonald
j the man who did the wrong. Beaubien Is
In lore witn liiina, wno returns nis love.
: She violently refuses to go with MacDon-
i aid. despite her father's commands.
J Beaubien denounces MacDonald as the
betrayer of his sister. Beaubien elopes
: with the girl, but Is overtaken by Mac-
' Donald In a gloomy, but picturesque
; glen. MacDonald, creeping down the nar
row path, fires on his adversary, who
; falls and pretends to have been killed.
Then follows one of the most realistic
, duels ever seen on the stage.
Andrew Robson Is cast for the hand-
' some half-breed, Jules, and Is said to
play the role, which demands an exhibi
tion of honest manliness, to perfection.
j Seats are selling at the theater for the
entire engagement.
"IN THE BISHOP'S CARRIAGE"
i Baker Stork Company Repeats An-
other of Last Season's Successes.
One of the greatest favorites of all
l plays of toc-ay Is the dramatization of
I Miriam Michelson's widely-read novel, "In
the Bishop's Carriage." which the Baker
; Stock Company will play all this week at
- the Bungalow. It was one of their last
1 season's biggest successes.
1 "la the Bishop's Carriage" made a hit
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Originally it was a short magazine ar
ticle, but was found so Interesting and
popular that the story was extended and
made Into a play. In its dramatized
form the story became even more popular
and the fame of the piece as an enter
tainment extended from one end of the
continent to the other.
The central character is Nan Olden, a
professional pickpocket, known profession
ally as Nan the Nipper. She is about to
be arrested when she dodires into the
Bishop's carriage, and he. thinking she Is
Insane, takes her home. She is discovered
as a criminal by a lawyer and rides away
In an automobile after her pal. Tom Dor
gan, has also been discovered.
The second act shows the home of the
lawyer where Nan and Tom come to rob
It. At the last minute. Nan turns In the
police alarm call herself and when the of
ficers arrive, they arrest Tom and send
htm to prison. Tne lawyer undertakes to
reform Nan. and succeeds. She goes Into
vaudeville and becomes a favorite. Just
as the lawyer la about to marry Nan.
Tom escapes from prison and comes to
her rooms, where ha threatens her if she
does not return to him. Tom is again
caught by the police and carted off to
jail. The last act shows the interior of
the police station, where all the char
acters are assembled The caFt will be:
Mrs. Edward Rmey. ..Minx Croilus Qleuon
Miss Krllle Raiusry Louis) Kent
Tom Dorean Erl D. Dwlra
William Latimer Hyi1ny Ayrca
Edward Ramsey TVIlllam Dills
Mn. ttimr Ruth Lecliler
BtphoD Van Wareaon . . ."William V. Monir
Nun Olden. "Nan the Nipper". .Izetta Jewel
Kurnett. a servant Walter Renfort
Tvl Ionian Arthur Pengree
Msg Monahsn Msrtbel Seymour
PTCfint of Police Ronald Bradbury
Hooligan . .n Charles Rom
Rern-ter Howard Russell
Vnriarty Floyd Iynch
Bicycls policeman Charles Freeman
CUNNINGHAM AT THE BAKER
Portland Favorite to Appear In Irish
Dramas All This "Week.
Patrons of the Baker Theater, and
playgoers In gt-neral, will undoubtedly
be pleased with the announcement of the
engagement of Arthur Cunningham in
Joseph Murphy's famous plays "The
Kerry Gow" and "Sliaun Rheu." The en
gagement begins with a matinee perform
ance on Sunday, in which "The Kerry
Gow" will be presented, this will be
played the first half of the week, and
beginning Thursday evening "Shaun
Rheu" will be the attraction. Mr. Cun
nlngham has already endeared himself
to music lovers of Portland by his rendi
tion of many favors during the San
Francisco Opera season, and will sing
"Believe Me of All Those Endearing
Young Charms," "The Irishman's Toast"
and "Nora Acooshla" in "The Kerry
Gow." and during the performance of
"Shaun Rheu." he will sing "Bonnie
From Sweet Kilarney," "The Donovans"
and Joe Murphy's famous song "A Hand
Full of Earth."
The "Kerry Gow" enjoys two distinc
tions. It Is the only play ever produced
in this country which ha worn out Its
28 years of copyright In continuous serv
ice; and It has been stolen bodily and In
part more times than any other produc
tion ever staged. It U a record of which
claim Joseph Murphy Is most proud.
The support arrordea Air. Cunningham
has been carefully selected and Includes
H. D. Byers, Edgar R. Sinclair. Earl
Gardne, George Calvert, Robert Leonard.
W. T. Sheehan. Miss Alice Condon, Miss
Clara Coyne and Miss Lillian Raymond.
These plays will be rendered with en
tirely new scenic effects.
Paul Gilmore Coming to Baker.
Paul Gilmore. who is billed to appear at
the Baker Theater on the week of Feb
ruary 2S, la spoken of In a recent exit-
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ietsm as "a faithful student of nature."
When he completes his molding of a
stage puppet he endows it with his own
full, rich, personal, alive nature. He has
the rare gift of perceiving and graphi
cally presenting Individual character. He
never loses hold of the essentials of his
art and his work always presents ex
traordinary Interest." It will bo grati
fying to see Mr. Gilmore In his new part
of Tony Allen fh "The Boys of Company
B," bis greatest and the most essen
tially Gilmoresque role he has ever had.
ORPHECM OFFERS GREAT BILL
Vaudeville That Will Set Town Talk
ing This Week Promised.
The vaudeville offering- at the Or
pheum this week promises to be up to
the usual high standard of excellence
maintained by this popular show shop,
and seems to have the necessary vari
ety to please the patrons of the house.
Edwin Holt, an actor of Impressive
physique and evident experience in the
legitimate affairs of the drama, has the
headline act. He has been supplied
with a one-act comedy by George Ada.
who seems to be ever so much more ef
fective in short pieces than in full-
length comedies. The sketch Is entl-
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' tied "The Mayor and the Manicure,
and is one of the cleverest sketches
shown In vaudeville.
sowers, waiters and Crocker are
comedy acrobats, who have taken some
rather worn material and made it seem
like new, and Bowers and his assocl
ates do some clowning and acrobatic
work that is absolutely different from
anything- else ever attempted in their
line. The trio, come on the. stage
dressed as farmers, and backwoods
farmers at that, and their awkward
ness Is very amusing.
A new comedy skit called "The
Spring; of Youth" will be presented by
Harry Foy and Miss Florence Clark.
Mr. Foy will always be remembered as
"ths man who ata the goldfish," and
many of the comedy effects he has in
troduced in vaudeville have been wide
ly copied.
Agnes Mahr, the well-known Amer
ican dancer, will present her creation,
"The American Tommy Atkins," whioh
Is vivacious, attractive and clever. She
is assisted by Flora- Mahr, and Intro
duces a series of dances that are Ohio,
novel and Intricate.'
One of the feature acts coming is the
musical novelty presented by Mr. and
Mrs. Franklin Colby. While apparent
ly simple in Its setting, the act rep
resents a cash Investment in apparatus
of more than $1000, and there Is not a
feature that conflicts with any similar
act In vaudeville,
A variety of amusement which is
termed "a cyclone of comedy, melody
and action" will be presented by Jack
Connelly and Margaret Webb. Mr.
Connelly Is a sprightly, acrobatic pian
ist, while Miss Webb Is a clever vocal
ist. Anna Uchter, the favorite prima
donna, will render a number of beauti
ful songs of high class.
The Orpheum orchestra will, as
nsual, have a good programme of mu
sic and with an Interesting set of
motion pictures the bill will be closed.
VARIED BILL AT THE
All Kinds of Good Vaudeville on
Programme Opening Tomorrow.
From the feature to the motion pic
tures, the Grand will present a galaxy
of Interesting specialties this week. The
new bill will begin tomorrow afternoon.
Ralph Johnson & Co. will have the top
of the programme. The act consists of
a bicyclist and an acrobat. Johnson Is
a record-maker on the bicycle, and this
will be his first vaudeville appearance In
the West With him will be associated
an acrobat. Johnson has the reputation
of doing stunts on the bicycle such as
no other wheelman has been able to suc
cessfully accomplish. His most sensa
tional feat is a 20-foot leap with the
wheel from a platform to the stage. This
has never been seen on a Portland stags
before.
Chefalo and Cappretta will be the extra
added attraction. They are magicians,
one being a woman, the cleverest in the
business. In their Garden of Mystery,
Chefalo and Capretta Introduce more
novelties than any other magicians who
have visited the West In years. Their
tricks are new and the act is a series
of magical surprises and Innovations.
"The Ashes of Adam Is the catchy
title of a playlet which will be offered
by Bettine. Bruce & Co. The story is
one of a wife and her henpecked hus
band, who finally rebels and assumes
the whip hand.
A good quartet never fans to please
and the County Choir will be one of ths
hits on this new programme. The sing
ers are composed of men and women who
dress in "Rube" costume and sing popu
lar songs in good voice.
Callan and Smith are hard-shoe dano-
ers. J he team is wen marcneo, xne
boys dancing single and double with
D'Urbano Now Is Master of
Concert Band of Sixty Pieces
Popular Conductor, Formerly of Portland, Visits Here and Tells
. of Plana for Coming Season.
have, visited this city and for a
time made it their home, Louis
D'Urbano is kindly remembered and it Is
a great pleasure to his many friends here
to know that he Is at prsent visiting
Fortland and that he hopes to remain for
about a week longer. D'Urbano and his
Italian band call up many pleasant mem
ories of musical treats at the Oaks and
elsewhere in this vicinity.
DTJrbano'a principal engagement In the
near future is to play for U weeks at
Luna Park. Chicago, commencing May ft.
He and his band of 60 musicians meet at
Chicago for rehearsal about March 15, and
they will go on a short concert tour
through Illinois and Michigan before be
ginning the Luna Park engagemec. In
September the band will give a A.les of
concerts on the Pacific Northwest. one
concert being promised for this city, and
others In Seattle, Vancouver and Victoria,
B. C.
In the Fall, the band fulfills a big en
gagement, all Winter, in California. Last
season, D'Urbano's band played a suc
cessful engagement of 17 weeks at Luna
Park," Chicago, and for four weeks at
RIverview Park, Detroit, Mich.
equal skill. They dress in white and put
up a nifty specialty.
This afternoon and tonight will be the
last of the present programme, with
Luken's seven performing lions and
Deaves' manikins. The lions have been
the talk of the town and no one should
miss seeing them.
NOTED QUINTET AT PANTAGES
Golden Gate Singers Have Headline
Act on Bill Opening Tomorrow.
The principal top-line feature at the
Pantages Theater this coming week, be
ginning with the usual, matinee tomor
row afternoon, will be the Golden Gate
Quintet. Tula organization of singers has
made a big hit throughout the East and
bas been featured In the leading vaude
ville houses in New York and Chicago.
Their act is elaborately staged, beauti
fully costumed and brimming over with
comedy from beginning to end. There
Is no doubt that it will prove a most pop
ular feature on next week's bill.
As a second added feature, the man
agement takes much pleasure in present
ing the Three Dumonds, who appear as
Parisian street musicians, playing on
stringed Instruments. Their costumes are
very picturesque and they have received
loads of praise from the pre3s and pub-
lio wherever they have appeared.
Thomas J. Keogh & Co. will present a
comedy sketch . entitled "The Ward
Heeler." Thomas J. Keogh Is well-
known as a comedian of the first note.
After a long run with Mabelle Gillman. in
"The Mocking Bird," Mr. Keogh was
starred in "The Gay Mr. GoldHteln." Miss
Ruth Francis, who assists Mr. Keogh.
Is a dainty comedienne, who sings and
dances well.
George Brown and his acrobatic dogs
will be another feature which gives prom
ise of being extra good. Brown Is a
clever acrobat and his dogs have been
taught to do all kinds of acrobatic stunts.
Goff Phillips, tne really funny minstrel
Louis DTrbaio, Wlao Now Has
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fellow, presents a black-face act which
is sure to make a hit.
The Raymond Duo, novelty slack-v
artists and aerial Jugglers, will be seen
in Portland for the first time.
Remember that today will be your last
chance to see the Famous Piccolo Mid
gets, comedy singers and acrobats. The
smallest perfectly formed midgets in the
world.
HANFORD COMING TO HEILIG
Noted Shakespearean Actor "Will
Present Four Plays This Week.
Beginning next Thursday night, lrp-
rurary 18, the distinguished actor and ;
tragedian, Charles B. Hanford, and his '
splendid company will begin an engage
ment of four performances at the Heilig
Theater, Fourteenth and Washington
streets. The following Shakespearean
repertoire will be presented: Thursday
night, "The Wlnter'B Tale"; Friday night,
"Othello"; Saturday afternoon, "Much,
Ado About Nothing"; Saturday sight,
"The Merchant of Venice."
A record of Shakespearean successes
such as no other actor living can claim
renders Charles B. Hanford a figure of
Interest to the present generation, apart
from the enjoyment of his art. Mr. Han
ford has each season made a special pro-
ducatlon of one of the classic master
pieces, never hesitating at the cost
when the test suggests sumptuous and
spectacular effect. The play selected
for exploitation this season is "The Win
ter's Tale." Presentations of the play
have been hampered in many cases bv
the fact that "the brief but most effect
ively comic part of Autolycus requires
the services of an actor whose experience
and capability should not be lesB than
those of the star himself.
Mr. Hanford solves this difficulty by
playing both Autolycus and Leontes, an
arrangement which the fact that the
characters are frtrongly contrasted as well
as separated by the arrangement of
scenes makes highly advantageous. The
rnle of Hermione will be assumed by
Miss Marie Drofnah, whose felicity lit
the interpretation of characters of this
kind has won a host of admirers. Her
absence from the stage last season owing
to Illness has made hfr recent appear
ances the occasions of the utmost en
thusiasm. "A Stubborn Cinderella" Coming.
The greatest theatrical success ever
produced in Chicago will be seen at the
Heilig Theater for three nights begin
ning Thursday, February 25, when "A
Stubborn Cinderella," under the man
agement of the Princess Amusement
Company, will be presented. The piece
was pronounced in Chicago to be the
most artistic, the "classiest" and the
most delightful ever seen there,
and three of the eight new.papers In
their reviews the following day after Its
presentation predicted that if would run
for one solid year. Delightful wit and
four distinct yet complete and entrancing
love stories, music whioh Is catchy
enough to almost be called "popular."
yet pretentious enough to please the most
fastidious lover of high art, and a won
derful company of players have com
bined to make "A Stubborn Cinderella"
the latest Arlams. Hough and Howard
musical comedy the most marvelous hit
ever recorded In Chicago.
"The College Widow" at Bungalow.
Right In line with the many big things
Manager Baker, of Baker Stock Company,
is offering his Bungalow patrons this
season, comes one of the best-known of
all American stage creations of comedy,
George Ade's famous "College Widow."
The first stock production will be given
by the Baker Company for the week fol
lowing "In the Hishop's Carriage," au4
opening next Sunday.
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