The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, March 07, 1909, SECTION FOUR, Image 49

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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. MARCII 7, 1909 3 y Lhevinne to Appear First : Time at Piano in Portland Recital at Heilig, March 16, Will Close Series of Subscription Concerts Under Direction Lois Steers-Wynn Coman. of 4. -4 i 1 -1 4 ,f V f JOSEPH LHEVISXE, RUSSIAN PIANIST WHO WILL - APPEAR AT ..-:. HEILIG MARCH 1. ' LOI3 3TEEH9-WTNN COMAN an . nounce their last subscription con cert for the present season in the coming of the famous Jpsef Lhevinne, Russian pianist, who will give a recital t the Helllg Theater, on Tuesday eve ning, March 16. This will end the Winter erles .of, concerts for the subscribers. Lhevinne is the first of the world famous artists to give a piano recital here- this season and his coming is doubly welcome. Lhevinne has never played In Portland, In fact this is his first tour through the West, although It 1st his third tour .of America. . More than any other pianist . heard . here in many years does Lhevinne combine all the great qualities which . made Anton Rubinstein famous a generation ago. . The younger man pos lesses; the same poetic tone production. and resembles Rubinstein also In style and the dash of his bravura. . There Is, naturally, tremendous In terest already shown in the coming of Lhevinne, especially In the personality of the new. .virtuoso, v for personality counts heavily In the success of every artist. Lhevinne is a splendidly healthy young person; no. nerves, no fads and none of the eccentricities that many musi cians indulge In to exploit themselves. As for externals, Lhevinne might be some highly successful business man Instead of a great pianist.' While his early "years were not exactly the proverbial bed of roses, there has been no frightful struggle for recognition and : position, he has been before the public. 13 years and his posi tion now is among the best. The concert will.be at the Helllg Thea ter. Tuesday evening, March 16, under the direction of Lois Steers-Wynn Coman. Ray L. Royce Tells About The Old Barnstorming Days Character Actor Who ' Now Draws Big' Salary on Orpheum Circuit Played Oregon Towns Twenty Years Ago. , , , '. , N INTERESTING man Is Ray L. Royce, ' who Is delighting Orpheum ' audiences this week with his con summate character sketches. Although a comparatively young man, Mr. Royce- has had 25 years' experience as an entertain er. . : Twenty-odd years ago he was a barnstormer" up and down the length of the Pacific Coast and at that time had a distinct: "following in the smaller towns of Oregon. As senior member of the firm of Royce. and Lansing's Bell Ringers, he played . most of the hamlets of the Wil lamette .Valley; ;Churches, schoolhouses. lodge, halls., hotel dining-rooms, "opery" houses, everywhere a few people could be gathered together. were sufficient In ducement for the" bell ringers to'give their show. .' , ' . Mr. Royce was the monologist of the company. He told stories, recited "pieces, and did character impersona tions. The other six members of the ag gregation played a variety of musical In struments . and rang - the ' musical" bells. They traveled to reach- their ' engage ments by - every Imaginable means of transportation. If - they were lucky, by rail; otherwise, by stage-coach, - by far mers' wagons, horseback, and - even on foot. . . - : . In the "one-night .- stands" of' Oregon they are still kindly remembered.' Mr. Royce relates - that in Salem In the ". '80s his show 'held forth" with considerable success. On the opening-night, long after STAGE BEAUTY APPEARING IN "QUEEN, OF THE MOULIN : ROUGE." - V r v 2 s r - Warn' I , H 4 I -J" X - "'a ' ' VERA RCSDELL. .NEW YORK, March 6. i Special.) If Vera Rundell dldnt take so pretty a picture, she wouldn't get her facu in - the -"paper. There are many women just as pretty as Vera who don't know how to pose for a photograph, or whose beauty is so much In animation that they fon Look tnelr beBt when tlelr features are In repose. Vera is In . the Queen of the Moulin Rouge" company now in New York. This is one of the shows which is said by Abraham Erlanger to be below his moral standard. Judged by the purely physical standard. It is above par. RUSSIAN PIANIST Tuesday Evening March 16 HEILIG THEATER Seat Sale Opens Saturday March 13 PRICKS S2.50. 2.00, liO, l.O0 Boxes (15.IKI. Gal. A d m. 75c. the homr for beginning the show had passed, he asked of the manager-stage director-scenic artist, etc., an elderly, be whlskered person. "What time do you begin here?" "Jest as soon as they be gin to stamp. We always know that prayer-meetln' has let out then." How h came to be a public entertainer is accounted for by Mr. Royce something as follows: "More than a quarter of a century ago I was a gay young blade In a remote Wisconsin village. A troupe of bell ringers, they were a great card In those days, came to town. The show traveled by wagon and when a town was reached a halt was made Just outside, and after the performers had stuck plumes In the horses bridles, an Impres sive entrance w-as made to the accompa niment of blaring horns. Well, this par ticular show stranded in our town and was attached by the local hotelkeeper. The members of the troupe finally made their way out of town, leaving their par aphernalia behind. The manager secured a Job In a local livery stable. "Some time afterward the hotelkeeper suggested to me that some of us young people give an entertainment at the church, using the instruments of the de funct bell-ringing show, which he had appropriated. After practicing for long weeks we- finally made our debut and were enthusiastically received. A few days later a local financier, with a co pious chew of tobacco in his mouth, ap proached me on the subject of 'going on the road.' I accepted his offer to act as 'angel,' and we struck into the big woods of Northern Wisconsin, traveling by wagon. We gave our performance In any sort of building that offered. Fre quently we would use the primitive court room of a county seat. We would draw a chalk-mark at one end of the big room, to separate the 'stage' from the 'audito rium.' a sort of dead-line, bank of which we would give our show. The regular price of admission was a dollar, and I remember that In one lumber camp the woodchoppers cheerfully paid their dollar apiece to gather Into a big room which contained no seats. Each tlcketholder brought with him a chunk of wood or a portion of log, on which he sat uncom plainingly during two hours of entertain ment." Mr. Royce " was an Intimate friend of Sol Smith Russell, Alba Haywood, and other entertainers of his type. He Is now one of the "big cards" of the Orphe um circuit and receives a weekly stipend which would have paralyzed his asso ciates of the old barnstorming days. MALE VOICES IN CONCERT Apollo Club to Open Its Season In About One Month. The opening concert of the Apollo Club, the premier male voice club in this city, will take place early next month, probably In the assembly hail of the Masonio Temple, West Park and Vam hlll streets, under the direction of Will lam H. Boyer. before associate members only. A concert to which the general public will be admitted will be arranged later. The Apollo Club's list of active mem bership Is now completed for. the pres ent that Is. the list of singers, and the coming concert will be above the ' ordi nary male voice music event because the singers have been especially selected for sight reading and voice production. Ac cordingly, the singers are the pick of Portland. None but the very best have been taken. At the April concert, about a dozen numbers will be sung by the chorus, numbers which are now being rehearsed carefully and will be selected from this programme: "Hiawatha." music composed by Arthur Foote. a dig nified and serious composition reflecting Longfellow's famous poem of that name, and which has already been sung with marked success by the Apollo Clubs of Boston and New York City; "The Sword of Ferrara." by Fred Field Bullard. a spirited military composition; "Moon rise," by Pache. descriptive of a pastoral woodland scene; "Pilgrims' Chorus" from "Tannhauser;" "God Bless Thee. lore," by Schultz: "The Copper Moon," by Mac Dowell. one of the celebrated composer's most ' admired high -class negro melo dies; ''Maria. Marl." an Italian melody set In a humorous vein, and arranged by Mr. Boyer; and others. The associate membership of the Apol lo Club now consists of about 60 persons who have made application to Join, and the Board of Directors extends a cordial Invitation to all patrons of music to show their interest in the club's work by be coming associate members. Last Monday night the Apollo Club members met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Hoyt. Main and St. Clair streets, and had a particularly " interest ing rehearsal. The singing finished. Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt entertained their visitors with a dainty lunch. The secretary of the Apollo Club Sid ney G. Lathrop. E15 and 616 Ablngton building, will be pleased to receive In quiries regarding associate membership. Portland Singer In South Carolina Charleston (S. C.) Courier. The page's aria and that of Queen Marguerite of Navarre, sung by Miss Emma Strout. of Portland, Or., are full of runs and trills and .high C's. and con tain some of Meyerbeer's most beautiful and flowing melodies. Miss Strout was In especially fine voice, her trills being faultless and her coloratura delightful. Her manner In singing Is charming, and she sings with such ease and adapta bility that she la always the young artist. "OTTCMTY TiT THEATER 1 JLJEJLJL -1U Hh and WASHINGTON STS. PHO.VEs MAIN 1 AND A 112 3 NIGHTS First Tune Here KEEK?? MARCH 11, 12 AND 13 sprciu i rice .nallnee Katuraay. BOSTON'S . BlKKest and Beat PHILADELPHIA'S SEW IORK'5 Msilcal Sac ess sj CHICAGO'S as presented ONK ENTIRE TEAR at the Knickerbocker Theater New York City: THREE MONTHS at the Grand Opera House. Chicago: also same In Boston and Philadelphia. WWS3M Which New York Raved Over. CPP The Escape From the kU-i' Mill. Sherlock Holmes and Ir. Watson. The Walter and Interpreter. Two Innocents Abroad. The Boxing Dance. The Italian Troubadour. Tha Whistling Trio. Fifth Avenue Chappies, Knlcnts of . the Rlalto. niRFF"1" Avenue Belles. uiuj Bowery Belles. Broad way Soubrettei, Motor Beau ties. The Dutch Otrla. The Sa bot Girls. The English Girls, The New York Girls. HFAR The streets of New lllnit York. Every Day Is La dles', Day With Me. Because You're You, Whistle It. Go While the Goln's Good, Ml nonette, A Widow Has Ways. Good -a-Bye John, The Isle of Our Dreams. You Never Can Tell About a Woman, I Want You to Marry Me. Seat Sale Open By Henry Bloaaora and Victor Herbert. Authors of Mile. Modiste. HEADED BY Walter Wells as "Con Edder " Neil McNeil as "Kid Conner- Together with Supporting; Company of 60. Augmented Orchestra and the Famous Sextette of DUTCH KIDDIES EVENING CRICKS Iowr Floor Sx.oo. tl.50 Balcony 1JM), fl. 7Bo Entire Gallery Ua SPECIAL MATINEE PRICES Entire Lower Floor ft. SO Balcony (1, 7c, Mo Entire Gallery fro) Next Tuesday. 10 A. M. JLP AKER THEATER Oregon Theater Co.. lac-. Loose Telephones Main a A &30 GEO. 1 BAKER, GENERAL MANAGER The Theater That Plays Big- Road Attractions at Popular Prices ALL WEEK ?Saiffi5T- MARCH 7, 1909 The Comedy Success of Two Seasons W ifalp1-- Ml! STi?? it-si-.sssr-i 11: iy s THE HMATCHMAKER a MR. DANIEL SULLY AS FATHER DALY In His Most Superb Triumph A Play Dealing; With Truthful Pictures of Sturdy Romance A play of delightful comedy and high moral tone. Better than "The Parish Priest" and others In which Mr. Sully has endeared himself to the theater-Kolngr public everywhere. Presented at popular Baker prices. - - Evenings 25c, 50c and 75c Matinees 25c, 50c Wednesday Bargain Matinee 25c Any Seat Evolution of David C Rosebrook He Begins Hero Last September as Comet Player in the Heilig Theater Orchestra, and Winds Up as Conductor of the Portland Symphony Orchestra and Leader of Portland's City Parks Band. BY JOSEr-H M. QL'ENTIN.. BACK of the scenes with the Portland Symphony Orchestra, lurks a story showing that Its conductor. David C. Rosebrook. the new leader of the Port land City Parks Band for the ensuing season, is only a recent arrival In this city and that at present he earns his living- as "cornet player In the Helllg Thea. ter orchestra." Not so bad for a young man who reached here, practically un known, last Fall. Is the "cornet player story" true? Yes: Mr. Rosebrook isn't ashamed of his evo lution. The statement that Mr. Rose brook Is "only" a cornet player has been started principally by a few municlans In this city who are Jealous of Mr. Rose brook's success as conductor of our Sym phony Orchestra and who would fain fill his shoes. But they forget to add that he In a first-class comet Bololst, one of the very best In the United States, and that at present he plays with the Helllg Thea ter orchestra to make his living, as It Is impossible to do so with the remunera tion which comes to him as the conduc tor of the Portland Symphony Orches tra. Were the latter orchestra supported by a guarantee fund, say of $65,000 a year. Instead of depending on the sale of tickets to pay the necessary running expenses of rehearsals and concerts, Mr. Rose brook could then devote his whole time to the direction of the Symphony Or chestra. He could call for a rehearsal every day and arrange for high class concerts say once every two weeks throughout the season, and his musicians could refuse to accept other engagements unless these are specially arranged for. Mr. Rosebrook could then afford to wear long hair, end his name with "iskl," and travel about the country. t hie leisure, looking after new music and engaging musicians for his orchestra. That Is, with JflG.OOO yearly guarantee fund paid by rich patrons of music, so that the orchestra's deficits might be met. But as the matter stands, the Portland Symphony Orchestra has no guarantee fund. Accordingly. Its conductor at pres ent is a cornet player and a good one. In a theater orchestra. It is the vocation by which he chooses to support him self and family. And why not? We live In a. rlpm ncru rv .Tnhn Ttunvln wnjt a 1 1 ri Tcer; President Lincoln, a rail-splitter: and President lT. S. Grant, a tanner. So. we have Mr. Roeebrook. cornet player. His evolution from that position to sym phony orchestra conductor is an inter esting one and has Incidentally landed him the coveted appointment as conduc tor of Portland's City Parks Band for the coming season. Who is Mr. Rosebrook? He was born in Maine, and when quite a little boy be came a resident at Toledo, Or. He is a natural musician, and has not only won renown as a cornet soloist, but is a violin player and an earnest student of music For four years he was conductor and cornet soloist at Catallna Island. Cal.. and for three seasons at that resort he was cornet soloist only. For five years he was cornet soloist and assistant con ductor at Golden Gate Park concerts. San Francisco, and has played frequently in this city in theater orchestras and with the Innes Bend at the Lewis A Clark Exposition. Indeed, at the present time he has the offer of a five years' contract as cornet soloist with the Innes Band. As conductor of the Portland Sym phony Orchestra, Mr. Rosebrook has Im pressed me with his clarity, quietness, common sense, and also with the gift of being master of bis work. He evidently spent many hours, perhaps days. In studying up the music in advance, so that when the time of giving the eon- ( David C. Rosebrook. its. cert arrived he was able to give authora tlve interpretations. Hie mannerisms as conductor are few, he is neither noisy nor theatrical, and he Is young, talented and ambitious. As a conductor, he re minds me of his late chief. Innes of the Innes band. A short talk with Mr. Rose brook leaves you with the conviction that he knows a good deal about music and that ho has been carefully trained in that art. Has he made good? Certainly. I hope that he will make this city his home. In giving these opinions about current GEO. L. BAKER. OCH.MANAuCR Phones Main 117 A 4224 12th and Morrison Streets THEATRE -,w . Empire Theatre Co. Mar.) Lessee. fORTLAXD'S KASHION ABLE HOPl'l, AR-I'RICK PIAYHOIjsB. Homo of the laeonjparable Baker Stock Company. Week Starting Sunday Matinee, Today. March 7, 1909. This afternoon and touipht, Friday, Saturday Matinee and night, me iirsi perionnanee in tne est or """""""Pnl Armstrong's Great Caamaammasam 80CIE THE IB 1 km)U 1 UILB0GS By the author of "The Heir to the Hoorah," and other well-known successes. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Nights, BY I.HMXXSK rOrilAK D KM AND "THE COLLEGE WIDOW" Will be repeated. Get your seats at once. TV not delav. EVKMXl IMlltES, fce, 3&e. ROe. MATIXEES.'lIe, S5o JIEXT WEEK AX ELABORATE PRODICTIO.N OF" I'.UST." Dally Matlaeea. 15c. 25e aad SOc. (5naIa)s aad Holidays, Xlght Prices.) jA yPh 6 and A 1020 Faying Particular At tention to the Ent talnment. Comfort an 4 Convenience of Ladles and Children. THEATER Formerly Marquam Grand ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE Presenting at all Time the Best of Europein and Ameri can Vaudeville Attractions. Week Monday Matinee Mar. 8 MISS VIOLET BLACK And Her Players. In Edtar Allen Woirs One-Act Comedy. - !" TILE SIBWAY." First American Tour of the YERl'ON FOUR PONCHERRYS The Ventriloquist. Earopean Aerial Artists. JAMES H. CI) LIEN S5tI Tl: MAN FROM THE WEST." Th. Banjo Girls. SUBON'S NOVELTY CIRCUS CRISWOLD & PADDEN Remarkable Feline Beauties. Character VocallMs. WEEK OF MAKCII 52. 1009. The Grand Orera Diva. MULE. ZELIE DE LUSSAN Soloist of tha Metropolitan Grand Opera. House. New Tork. PERFORMANCES EVERT EVEN INQ AT :I5 MATINEE DAILY AT EVENING PRICES 15-2S-50-75c EVENING PRICES 15-25-50-75c Pally MatlMOeo. l&c 3Se end tutc. Sondaya and Holidays. lsht Prlcea. musical matters In this city. I do not wish to eppear presumptuous in writing of the evolution of Mr. Rosebrook. cornet player. We are not all professional musi cians, and there must be some audience. It does not demand a Paderewskt to Judge a Paderewskl. and a Mount Hood to ap predate a. Mount Hood. Even a. cat may look at a kins'. THE THEATERS Continued From Page 3. passaire of his bill through Congress by using; her powers of fascination over one of her ex-husbands. Senator Buncligrass. of Utah, for the purpose. That the ma jority of the characters have views upon the subject Is seen by the speech of the Rev. Thorley Throckmorton, in charge of the most fashionable parish In New port. Ormsby. who is arguing for his anti-divorce bill with Throckmorton, says: "Wouldn't It be bettor to discour age all marriages for a time until you con find out who Is married to whom? Take your own parish in Newport, for example." "Yes." answers Throckmor ton, "every Bummer one is confronted with a new alignment readjustments. The same faces out In new relations. Just as one becomes accustomed to one's The Spitzner Philharmonic Society SECOND CONCERT iVlarch 21. 2:45 P. M. HEILIG THEATER Tickets 25e, for sale at Abendmth's Jewelry Store, 326 Washington St. PANTAGES THEATER BILL CHANGES MONDAY ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE; STARS OF ALL NATIONS WEEK END INQ TODAY The Four Hanlons, "Fantasma" Stars; Ladell and Brown; Kid Gabriel and Company, producing the famous Remington Pictures; Sommcrs and Storke, "Jackson's Honey moon"; The Two Blossoms; Jean "Wilson, and the BiogTaph. John L Sullivan gSTd rT0 Jake Kilrain The two old rivals who fought 75 rounds with bare knuckles at Rich burg, Miss.,4 July 8, 1889, appearing in a friendly exhi bition of the manly art of self-defense. DAVE WILLIAMS & CO. Presenting "According to the Code." " FORTUNE BROTHERS The European Acrobats. JACK ATKINS Monologue Comedian. THE BIO GRAPH Latest Animated Pictures. THE STODDARDS "The Erratic Musicians." GILBERT & KATEN The Hebrew Entertainers. JEAN WILSON Baritone Soloist. PANTAGES ORCHESTRA Always a Feature. THREE PERFORMANCE 3 DAILY, AT POPULAR PRICES parishioner as Mrs. Smith, she has be come Mrs. Jones. It's confusing." Th first submarine boat n as tried is Plymouth harbor. Fng'an.1, in 1774 We GRAND VAUDEVILLE DE LUXE WEEK STARTING MONDAY MATINEE MARCH 8, 1909 JOHN LeCLAIRE Polite Comedy Junior. HARRY McDUFFEE Fopular Tenor. Latest Illus trated Stnrs. MAREENA, NEVARRO & MEREENA Novelty Equilibrists. FOUGERRE & EMERSON Eccentric Singers and Dancers. The World's Greatest Lillipu tian Artist. ADOLPH ZINK In a Series of Impersonations of Footlight Favorites. Special Added Attraction. . THE AUSTRALIAN TREE-FELLERS In a Thrilling Exhibition of Tree-Felling. GRANDASCOPE Latest French Motion Pictures. Matinee every day at 2:30; admission 15 cents. Evening performances at 7:30 and 9:15; admission 15 cents and 25 cents.