Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1909)
3 GERMAN PLAYERS PRESENT "THE IMAGE CARVER OF AMMERGAU" AT THE LYRIC People of Bavarian Mountains Are Cleverly Depicted, but Drama Is Hardly Up to Standard. "iCJnCTTT Trf THEATER J. JLJaJiJJL 14th aid WASIUNGTON ST8. 1'IIONES MAIN 1AXDAI12S 12th and Morrison Streets Phones Main 117 A 4224 ' FOUR NIGHTS, BEGINNING TONIGHT Special Price Matinee Wednesday THEATRE CAST. Anton Hoeflmaier. innkeeper Ernst Rlg-o Lonl. hi daughter Selma Lttndemann Frits Baumiller, painter Paul Stein The "Lobner-Trauar Margerete Moor Paull. lier on Oscar Rann The "Roethelbachbauer" K. Coester Muck!, his son E. Waterstraat The old "Pechlerlehnl" F. Moor" Rural master of ceremonies. . .a. ihle Lolsl the goatherder... Martin Dudel Resl. waitress. .. .Marguerite Ortman Regerl. bride a. Achtert Tonl. bridegroom c. Heifer 618,11 Clara Schenlt Kanil Katherine Krieg Model Emma Lieb .. "-"ipire ineatre Co. (lie.) Lessee. PORTXAWS PASHIONABLB POpVlaR-PRICE PLAYHOUSE. Home of the Incomparable Baker Stock Company. SAM S. & LEE SHUBERT, Inc. ANNOUNCE THE ONE BIG LAUGH OF THE CENTURY Week Beginning Sunday Matinee Today, Mar. 21, 1909 FIRST TIME IN THE WEST I here h w tStK vi Jli u nf si U ill Jsr ' ' P BT J. H. HECKER. THE phenomenal vitality of that type of play, of which the "Image Carver," which was presented by German actors at the Lyric Theater Friday night. Is an example, may well be reduced to one predominating cause, the exceptional and quite astonishing; vitality of the people depicted therein. There Is a people, wilfully and bliss fully Ignorant of what we are wont to call "higher civilization," who would scoff at the Idea that It Is their right and duty to work for the "betterment of mankind" or the "progress of hu manity," who are perfectely contented to live and to die as their forefath ers did. They certainly are not burdened with a heavy load of "ideals," as we understand them, but they have one thing, that is getting rarer and rarer perfect health, and resulting1 therefrom an exuberance of spirits Quite unknown In this or any other part of the globe. "Well may we poor victims of health foods and physical culture exercises stop in bewilderment, listen to sounds so strange and breathe the air that blows down from the mountains, cool, fresh. Invigorating. "Sinful" they may be; they are certainly given to drink ing, smoking and swearing (oh, how they can swear), but is not the list of our "sins" also the list of our "pleas ures?" One thing is certain: However we may judge them, we cannot help admiring and envying them. They are unbreakable like the rocks of their mountains and untamable like the ani mals of their forests. They are devoted to their rulers, to their faith, to the free, easy and at the same time stren uous life of their region. They know what it means to love and to hate and to fight and to die on the battlefield. To come In touch with them, means to drink from the eternal fountain of youth, of virile strength and robust health. Small wonder that the whole world Is making a pilgrimage to the Bavarian mountains and returns from them refreshed In 'body and spirit. In regard to the particular play in question, it must be said that It Is rath er weak and diluted: It strikes me as shallow and hollow from beginning to end. The plot Is very poor and far from Interesting. A girl who Is accus tomed to meet the advances of her ad mirer with contempt, - because she thinks him a regular sissy, but gives In as soon as he himself shows fight. Is rot a subject to arrest our attention for five long acts. But the audience came not for the play; It came to see and to applaud Dudel. our Juvenile comedian, who is a decided favorite with the Ger man population. The house was filled nearly to Its capacity, the applause was iiucra.1, even entnusiastlc. .Dudel was at his best, and kept the audience In continuous merriment. His Loisl, the village idiot, who runs through the play eating, drinking, loafing and, above all, begging, was screamingly funny. The couplet. "Everything With Us Is Na ture." sung by Dudel, evoked thunders of applause. Selma I-lndemann, from Seattle, played Lonl, ana played the part In a quite masterly fashion. My personal Impression is that the artistic success of the play, if there was any, is mainly due to the high standard set by this Very able actress. Her every word and movement showed that she Is thorough ly at home on the stage; her pantomime was perfect; the sound of her voice is Very pleasant and reaches back to the farthest corner. Her acting was sim ple, natural and convincing. Only, when it came to the climax, when the Ice was broken and the coquettish and cold village belle changed to the loving and submissive woman, a decided lack of temperament made itself felt and in terfered with a satisfaction otherwise complete. A shrew of the Lonl type would not submit to fate without a desperate and heartburning struggle. The cast being so large, we may be excused for not referring to every sin gle part. O. Hahn as Paull, the hero, had his best moments In the third act. when the sleeping lion begins to waken. The part of Nandl gave Katherine Krleg occasion to delight the audience with some real Alpine songs ("Schna dorhuepferln." absolutely untranslata ble), sung with a sweet, strong and fresh voice. M. Moor as Lohnertraudl was particularly good, and so was F. Moor as Pechlerlehnl. Special praise must be given to G. Ihle. the rural master of ceremonies, who performed his part with a humor that would have done credit to Hans Sachs himself and to E. Rlgo as the genial host of the college Inn. Next Friday's bill Is "Miss Doctor,' comedy in four acts, by Oscar Walther and Leo Stein. It Is a very clever and very amusing play. A wealthy soap manufacturer has an ambitious daugh ter, Johanna, the type of the modern. unconventional new woman, who stud' ies law at the University of Zurich and graduates from there as "doctor juris summa cum laude" (doctor of law with highest honors). Returning to Berlin, the shocks the community by appear ing in bloomers, smoking cigarettes 3ind assumtng a general mannish atti tude, which according to her ideas she owes to her position as advance guard Tf revolting womanhood. This, togeth er with a dissertation In which she, with great vehemence, attacks the stately authorities, soon brings her in conflict with the police and the courts. Her father Intrusts her with a lawsuit, wnien sne promptly loses. Marguerite Ortman. for whose benefit the performance will take place, ts to play the part of Miss Doctor Johanna tDlltrich. Miss Ortman is favorably known to a theater-going public, and has secured a firm place in the hearts of the patrons of the German company. "With equal success she has played parts falling to the lot of the leading lady as such Intrusted to the ingenue. lier Editn in miaas Lost Paradise' ttnd her Goden Eve in the play of the tame name were particularly well re ceived. I " - ' ; " i r , - - . " " 1 ' ' til ,r ' - v-W' $ V - ' : h h lxX " l-' - s v-VI " ' -' ' I ' ' - ' t $ I r 1 r . &ifii !-' r . 1 ' ! j it i h ix s " 1 BY CLYDE FITCH This Metropolitan Attraction Will ,Be Seen Here Ex actly as Presented for One Year at Daly's Theater; New York. If You Don't Want to Laugh Don't Come SEATS ARE NOW SELUNC AT THEATER Evenings $1.50 to SOc, Matinee $1.00 to 25c MARGUERITE ORTMAN, WHO WILL "MISS DOCTOR," AT THE LYRIC TAKE LEADING PART IX KEXT FRIDAY NIGHT. Since my arrival I have kept my eyes open. I have been a cloBe observer of conditions and surroundings; for desired to know something of the people and country be fore deciding to bring my family here. I have found out that the West has a race Issue and I wish to discuss it, referring as a text to this editorial which appeared in last Tuesday's Oregonian: "It is not worth while to waste breath in protest against the marriage .of a white oman to a man of alien race and color. A woman so lost to all sense of personal dig nity and propriety and so utterly regardless of the rights of posterity as to seek to con tract such an alliance is beyond the pale of reason and is certain to make shipwreck of her life. It is just as well to let her go her way." To a Southerner this editorial sounds good; only it does not go far enough. In the first place, the race issue is one of the great problems confront in this entire Union. It has been confined prin cipally to the South for the past 40 odd years, but it is reaching out in every direc tion ; and Its proper and ultimate solution will devolve upon the entire country. It has ceased to be sectional, and in truth it never should have been a sectional question. Had it not been for the bitterness engendered by a terrible war, which we all now deplore, its solution would have come easier and more quickly. There is implanted within the breast of the Caucasian, or white race ta part of his very being), "a feeling of su periority to all the black and yeiiow races; and is not his feeling and belief proved by the history of the past ? Has not Chris tianity, civilization and progress marked its xrau in every land where the white man has put his foot? Is not the world today in debted to the white race for mnut nf thn things which have elevated and brought en- iiKiueiimeni to tne woria? Are we not in debted to the white race whose genius and skill have given us most of the modern in ventions which have revolutionized the world ? If the above content irn m.- and admitted argument of furtner xune- riority is unnecessary. I now discuss the effects nnri roa..). n An Intermingling of rhese alien races (black and yellow) with the white race and see If it is best, or even desirable. Will the white race be improved either physically or mentally by il """'""bk wi nia oiooa wnn mat of me uiu.uk or yeuow races? No! Ten thou sand times no! Is a pure article tetter and more desirable than an adulterated one' Yes, unquestionably. Then, why adulterate' Pure Ink and water are useful and very de sirable, but when the two are combined, tne essential qualities are destroyed. We In that case have neither a useful ink nor a. palata ble water. Are the Constitution, laws and treaties of the United States In the way or preserving our race integrity ? If so, let us alter the Constitution, repeal and amend the laws and abrogate and make new treaties. So long as our churches, schools and public places are open to encourage the intermingling - of these alien races the bars to race, extinction and dis tinction are being, thrown down, and such conditions are being encouraged Just as those mentioned In The Oregonlan's edi torial. "It is a condition and not a theory that confronts us." The states must pass laws prohibiting under proper penalties the intermarriage, of these alien races. No use th nponift. nf J iZ-, Xr ICOUUS- "ue we stand .-J? 1 ldTy by d Permit and encourage the things NO MONGREL WITH WHITE Protest Against Intermarriage of Aliens and Caucasians. vmtTE SALMON, Wash., March IS. (To the Kdttor.) A Utile more than two months mko I left my home in the South North Carolina) with the Intention of investigating - 1 conditions in the Pacific Northwest, with the ' &d.ea of locaUiuc Ad maklax ay HQnge ftfigo. I j GoodFridayNight 0th of April, 1009, 8:30 P. Sir. J. Hutchison Announces a GRAND SACRED CONCERT at the . White Temple Twelfth and Taylor Sts. The Proceeds to Be Devoted to "The Missions for Seamen." " ARTISTS s Mrs. Herman Bohlman, of Los Angeles, soprano; Mr. GeorR P. Waloker. basso-profundo (final appearance); Mr. Henry L. Bett man, violin. At the pianoforte and the organ Miss Genevieve Frazer, Miss Laura Fox and Mr. J. Hutchison. J ADMISSION t Tickets for reserved seats, 75c; unreserved. 25c; at Messrs. Rove & Martin. S23 Washington street, on and after Wednesday, the 7th of April, or by mail from J. Hutchison, Sargent Hotel. . AT HEILIG, APRIL 1-2-3 SPECIAL! SPECIAL! Klaur ErlMKFr Present Their Original Nrw York; Company and Pro duction In Sir Gilbert Parker's Great Drama, THE RIGHT OF WAY WITH GUY STANDING and THEODORE ROBERTS In Their Famoni Impersonations of CHARLEY STEELE and JOE PORTUGAIS Seat Sale Opens March 30. that produce the results. Purify the source of 'water supply, and so prevent contamina tion, sickness and death. Put out the spark, and so avoid the conflagration. Stop the mar riages of these black and yellow races with the whites, and thereby preserve the Cau casian race in all Its purity and glory. In the language of the poet: "Sin is a monster of such frightful mien. That to be hated needs but to be seen. But seen too oft, familiar with its face. We first endure, then pity, then embrace." That great statesmtn and patriot, - Abra ham Lincoln, enunciated the - truth of my contention long before the war, in one or his speeches, in the Lincoln-Douglass de bate. I give his words as nearly as I can from recollection: "No two races, one a su perior, the other an Inferior, can live to gether peaceably on a social and political equality. True as the Bible, then and now. Will we continue to pity and endure the disease in its Incipient stage, or will we pro vide at once the remedy, and save this Nation from a mongrel race?" E. H. MORRIS. LAST CONCERT SEASON 1909 Portland Symphony Orchestra David Rosebrook, Conductor TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1909 HEILIG THEATER SOLOIST DAVID BISPHAM The Distinguished Baritone Seat Sale Opens Saturday, March 27th, Box Office Heilig Theater PRICES SOc TO $2.00 The German Dramatic Go. Will Close Their Season by Presenting the Comedy, "FRAULEIN DOCTOR" FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1909, At the Lyric Theater, Seventh and Alder Streets, as a benefit for the I . Ingenue, Miss Marguerite Ossman. Tickets, 25c, 50c, 75c, $1.00. For Sale at Lyric Box Office. Norsk Foredrag Captain H. Angell will lecture in the . Taylor-Street M. E. Church, Friday evening, March 26th.- Subject, "The New Norway." Tickets, 50c. 8:15 P. M. c PORTLAND, OREGON We ARMORY, Wednesday Evening, March 31, 8:15 o'Clock LECTURE Under the Auspices of the Portland Commercial Club Subject, "From Hampton Roads to San Francisco " in Command of the Atlantic Fleet. REAR ADMIRAL ROBLEY D. EVANS FIGHTING BOB) Rwred Sat Sale at the Portland Commercial Club. Office 7th Floor. March 23-26. and at Rowe & Martin'a Drugstore, March 27-29-S0-S1. Out-of-Town People Can Se enre Tickets by wrttinir to "Secretary Portland Commercial C'lnb." inclonina; money order or check, with stamped envelope for reply. No more than 10 Tickets sold to one person. Tickets. i.OO. $1.90, 1.00 and 50 cents. GRANi VAUDEVILLE DE LUXE "Week Starting "Monday MARCH 22, 1909 MARCO TWINS ALICE DAVENPORT & CO. Original Sketch, HETTY ERMA England's "Pet Bo v." ELMER TENLEY Character Comedian. THE YANKEE TAR" Nautical Extravaganza JOE WATSON Character Monologist. HARRY McDUFFEE Illustrated Song. GRANDASCOPE Latest Depictions From Life. Matinee every day at 2 :30 .... Admission 15c Evening performances, 7:30 and 9:15..15e, 25c Box seats . ... SOc An Extremely Laughable Farce Comedy in Three Acts by George Arliss orTl n" "Ih laKl'aS"?.t,m " d- A 1 every line. Vnlqoe and original characters and situations. If yon cajor aa erenlnar of heartV wholesome l.n.hter, be-. are to sec -There andB.ck!" Yotf will v reret It. Eyening Prices, 25c, 35c and 50c Matinees, 15c and 25c. Matinee Saturday NEXT WEEK LEAH KLESHNA. THEATER Orecon Theater Co.. Ineu. loesses Telephones Main a A. 0300 GEO. L. BAKER. GENERAL MANAGER The Play That Plays Bitf Road Attractions at Popular Prices BAKER b ALL WEEK, STARTING MATINEE TODAY, auiNUAY, MARCH 21, 1909 THE BIGGEST NOISE YET HARRY BERESFORD AND REMARKABLY CLEVER COSEPAXY IN" "As orlsht as the day after a two weeks' storm." The Call. "Real fun unceasing laughter: delicious: something different: a treat." The chronicle. "Real comedian who knows what constitutes a laugh and how to get It." The Bulletin. Digs you In the ribs." San Francisco Examiner. The lo4 Angeles Examiner says: tIlS5f,t l.Be?"1,, Yoa -. Which Is the Answer to Comedj." WHO'StA FRIEND i o Br Harry and Edw. Paulton. Greatest Comedy Success of New York, Chi cago, London, San Francisco. Bargain Matinee Wednesday, 25c Any Seat. Regular Mat Saturday Popular Baker Prices Will Prevail, 25c to $1; Matinees 25c, 50c Phones Main 6 and A 1020 BI ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE g Monday Matinee March 22 THE GRAND OPERA DIVA MLLE. ZELIE DE LDSSAN Soloist of the Metropolitan Opera-House, New York. S. MILLER KENT And His Players In "MARRIAGE ! A MOTOR CAR." The Oklahoma . Cowboy, WILL ROGERS Expert Lariat Thrower. "lrrt American Appearance of the Famous French Star. JOLY VIOLETTA Assisted by Moris. Arnaud. Brazilian Dancer. CARON & FARNUM Originators of "Tumbling Laughter.' MR. S MRS. HARRY CLARKE "Astounding Achievements on the Banjo." SURAZALL S RAZALL The Man. the Piano and the Girl, Presenting "THE MUSIC I'trBLISITER." ORCHESTRA. PICTURES. PERFORMANCES EVERY EVEMIXG AT 8,18; MATINEE DAILY AT 2:15 EVENING PRICES 15c. 25r ROo -7. Dally Mttoe. 15c. 25c and SOc (So-day, ,nd Holiday., yi,ht Prl. The Spitzner Philharmonic Society SECOND CONCERT March 21. 2:45 P.M. HEILIG THEATER Tickets 25c, for sale at Abendroth's Jewelry Store, 326 Washington St. LECTURE PfiSMeif? flTS C.ASAS C.A. of Salvation" By Professor Hermann S. He'ring, C. S. B., Masonic Temple, "West Park and Yamhill streets, Tuesday, March 234. Afternoon at 3 o'clock, eve- ning at 8 o'clock. No admission fee. PANT AGES THEATER BILL CHANCEls MONDAY ADVANCED YAUDEYILLE; STARS OE ALL NATIONS WEEK ENDING TODAY: Adelaide Hermann, the" Beautiful Queen of Magic; Ott's Four Players; Joe Goodwin; The Hayden Family; the Two Scotch Macks; Jean Wilson, and the Biograph. WEEK, Beginning TOMORROW Marisoffs Eight Genuine Russians Singers, Dancers and Instrumentalists. Special Added Attraction, RAWSON AND JUNE Genuine Australian Boomerang-Throwers. GARDEN CITY TRIO, Sitfgers and Comedians. HAYNES, REDMOND & CO. Clever Comedy Sketch. JEAN WILSON Baritone Soloist. WARNER AND LAKEWOOD Presenting "The Scarecrow and the Maid" KILTIE DUO, Scotch Instrumentalists. THE BIOGRAPH Latest Moving Pictures. THE PANT AGES ORCHESTRA, ALWAYS A FEATURE The statistics of life insurance people show that In the last 25 years the average length of & man's life has Increased 5 per cent, or two whole years from 41.9 to 43-9 years. Miss Alma Sturtevant was recently an- -pointed clerk of the County Court In Boul der. Colo. She ts a native of Maine am) .moved to Boulder County from that state ' three years ago. T HTI1O6.O
