THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. MARCII 7, 1909
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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.
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JOSEPH LHEVISXE, RUSSIAN PIANIST WHO WILL - APPEAR AT
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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
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.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
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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.
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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!
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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
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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
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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.