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- . I THE SUNDAY OREfiOXHY. poptt a vn .iwpif -n innn i " - -- ""j.'-i - - -a a i i' ' ' - 3 LILLIAN RUSSELT. TFT.T.S HFR owm QTrr-oin- VT-l . ' .a. .a..l.a. .a. -v- 1 I X HI IV - 1 X 1 I X OF. REMAINING YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL Exercise, Fresh Air and Cool Water, With Some Attention to Dieting, Are Tew Simple Bales Observed by Peren nially Young Stage Beauty. ' ; TO MENTION Lillian Russell's name means to develop the Invariable In quiry ae to how this wonderful wo man manages to retain her youth and physical charms ao effectually. Perhaps the potent reason Is that Russell personally takes very little ac count of the matter herself. Other than living a regular life or aa near one as It la possible for a etar traveling about the country as- she does, her dally routine Is entirely normal and she does not fol low any rigid rule that differs at all from the average existence of a healthy and well-poised woman. In discussing the matter of personal ap pearance tho famous beauty speaks in general terme. for her. own looks have been made a matter of such widespread interest that she is liable to be misun derstood If Bhe were to answer a tithe of the direct questions that are shot at her almost constantly. First of all, her scheme of life la con densed Into the splendid but none too ireqnently heeded philosophy "Do not worry." This Is her slogan and she puts It Into continual practice. The prima donna's prerogative of fretting and being con tinually disturbed by trifles Is not In her lexicon. To get at the physical side of the ques tion It Is best perhaps to take Into ac count the average day she Uvea. Three things she la a stickler for, namely, any mild exercise that Is calculated to keep her circulation in a normal - condition ; plenty of cool water, and a trip under nil circumstances to the open country. Jn the matter of eating she Is neither vegetarian nor crank. Sweets are seldom Indulged In and foods of a starchy na ture or rich confections calculated to make flesh, much as she loves them, are sparingly partaken of. Not long ago SMlss Russell - was entertaining some friends at an a fter-t he-theater luncheon and when time for the sweets came she naively asked the butler what he had done with the candy. "You told me. Miss Russell, not to bring ny on the car,'- the servant replied firmly. "Oil. I know." she said wistfully, "but somehow r wish you were not such a strict disciplinarian." It was only a hint but It showed the riunian Inclination through and through. Btlll Miss Russell knows what Is best for hfr and she manages these things carefully. She la not a total abstainer hut a sip of wine at dinner occasionally Is the limit of her Indulgence In anything to drink except water and tea. Of exercise she says most girls make the mistake of setting a Arm rule to fol low. In time this course of exercises becomes Irksome. She varies her calis thenics by following her daily Inclina tions. She never forces herself Into any routine, and In this way avoids the mo notony of repetition. Of fresh air she says It Is the cheapest commodity In the world and yet people deny themselves the luxury of It. The famous former queen of comic opera rlceps with all her windows open In good .weather and bad. Upon arising the first thing she does is to go to the win dow and take in great drafts of the tresh morning air. Her vocal exercises long since taught her the trick of cor rect breathing. Then she indulges In lier minor exercises and at times rolls about on the floor, holding her ankles tn either hand and tumbling over and over. This Is not a very dignified pro ceedure for a famous beauty, but it is n old Oriental trick that Miss Russell discovered during her travels In the Far East. Its efficacy la demonstrated In the MYSTICISM OF BALZAC, INSPIRATION OF "THE CONFLICT," DRAWS WESTERNERS Although Produced Under Great Handicap, Play Written by Maurice Samuels Has Gripping Interest-Metropol"- itan Season Financial Failure, but Ambitious Plans Being Made. NEW YORK. April 8. Special cor respondence.) The principal item of this week in which interest was centered for Westerners, at least, was the production at the Garden The mter of "The Conflict." by Maurice V. Famuels, formerly of San Francisco. The work is based upon and has as in spiration Balsac's "Peau de Chagrin." It is a great pity that it came into ew York under auspices which made Its Immediate success Impossible, be cause In Itself It has strength, liter ary merit and a gripping Interest. The tiarden Theater is one in which mu sical comedy may live, but it is no place for a work of this kind. People outside of New York do not realize these things, but there are managerial details which make or kill, for which reason so many excellent plays "make roo.I on the road" and fall utterly in New York. "The Conflict" came Into the theatrical circle with the worst possible handicaps, and notwithstand ing this. It has been able to convince lovers of the higher class drama that the writer is capable, understands his euhject and the handling of it. The play is full of bright, witty lines, whether projected in humor or In cynicism, but the meaning which really lies behlnd'words and actions Is loo subtle for the audiences who at tend the theater wherein the play has been set. "Peau de Chagrin" will be remem bered by lovers of Balzac as the first f three books having as subjects the body, the mind and the spirit, the first being of the physical, the second. IaxiIs Umbfrt," the mind, and the third. "Seraphlta." the spirit. In these three masterpieces Balzac has cov ered nearly tho entire range of emo tions with that marvelous sweep of comprehension which even to the cyn ically Inclined seems to justify the be lief that he had most keenly developed psychical powers. The world is closer to some degree of comprehension of the underlying principles of the psychical than it was even so recently as when Balzac lived and wrote. Transmitting material jvords by means of wires and even later without means of wires has made way for the realization that there may be things which the mind further down on the scale of knowledge cannot ex plain or compVehend. For this rea son we are better prepared to believe that Palzac drew upon mystical forces -when he wrote the wonders of the entire Human Comedy." In his mem oirs he said: "I cannot explain what It Is but when I walk by the side of people on the street, whatever may be their run of life. I find myself un derstanding their thoughts, suffering their griefs and rejoicing in their joys, no matter how remote from my own life these emotions may be In other words. I seem to be inside of them or they have possessed me " ..W.h.,;t'"'r we ,ake HaJac literally in his Heau de Chagrin" or whether we comprehend him through symbols makes little difference If we are able to understand the great thing; and it Is certain that Mr. Samuels made a play that permitted either or both in terpretations, because he frequently made consistent things which Balzac did not. The play is written, as the book Is written, around the magic skin which Balzac has made to carry the words. "-Possessing me thou shalt not es all things. But thy life Is mine or tiod has so willed it. Wish, and" thy wishes shall be fulfilled. But t r- & ::yW: : fir - i zr&m WS:? -Vf? :A.;i.O.,.:)L-rP r ....... v -m I.ILI.IAN HISSELL, FAMOUS ACTRESS, WHO, IS GOING TO VISIT rUHYLAKD, successful manner In -which she manages to keep her weight down. These things are all calculated to stir the circulation from the long night's rest. It Is followed by a bath. Miss Russell Is a firm believer In the shower. She starts in with tepid water and tapers It down until It is as cold aa possible. A vigorous rub-down completes the work of stimulating the circulation. After looking after whatever is neces sary in the way of correspondence or her home duties when she Is not on the road she goes out for a walk, a carriage ride or a canter on horseback. Miss Russall rides well and this is. her favorite out-of-doors exercise. She says that girls who work and can not afford these luxuries should never theless make It a point to get Into the open country at all hazards. In any event let them jump upon a trolley-car and ride out to the end of the line and get in close touch with nature If only for the brief space of the Interval between cars. Of course there must be a de veloped inclination in this direction and an appreciation of the silent beauties of measure thy desires according to the life that is in thee. This is thy life. With each wish I must shrink even as thy own days.". Much of Balzac "has been embodied In the play; more, perhaps, than the writer intended or realized; but Mr Samuels shows the modern trend in rejecting evil thought. and here is where "the conflict" between Balzac and Samuels seems at its most seri ous, it might have left the play wright less open to criticism had he not kept the names and acharacters of Balzac's story and simply used the in cidents around which to weave his own story. When the dividing line would not have been so pronounced or so re lentless, and worshipers of the Immor tal Frenchman would have had noth ing with which to reproach the young writer, who must face criticism either because he does or does not -write as well, in this - particular, as his illus trious source of Inspiration. The elements of the play written bv Mr. Samuels are big. the treatment Is polished and Intelligent; indeed, mas terly. He Is not only a literateur, but a scholar, and he is as well schooled in psychology as a man need be to handle such a subject with distinc tion and without presumption. It is Tor us to recognize the line between psychics and psychology. We mav ac cept or we may reject, but we must respect. The leading role Is played by Robert Orouet. who is capable of excellent work. He is Raphael de Valentin and there are not a few who believe PHONES Main 46S5 A 1026 LYRIC THEATER SEVENTH AND ALDER WEEK STARTING SUNDAY MATINEE APRIL 1 1th, 1909 And Continuing All Week With Matinees TUESDAY. THURSDAY and SATURDAY THE LYRIC STOCK COMPANY - IN " UNCLE TOM'S CA Next Week llfr r ' : :v::::::f:::: :::,: X ; S 11111 the open country or the trip Is utterly useless. By this time Miss Russell Is ready for hei- visits, or her shopping or her work as the occasion may demand. Her mental equilibrium Is malntatned by a deep study of the Stoic philosophers. Marcus Aurelius Is her constant com panion and the simple but potent truths outlined in the meditations . of the old Roman Emperor are her inspiration and watchword. She is not exactly a mental scientist in the general acceptance of the term, but she knows her niche in this busy world and she lives up to the ideals inculcated by a closer acquaintanceship with those grand old thoughts. The com bination is a happy one and It explains her poise and the wonderful manner she has of spreading happiness all . around her and getting the genuine joy out of life that makes her so much the envy of her sex. If you ask Miss Russell direct what Is the sure key to this state of mind she will Instantly reply, "Don't worry," but you have to know her life Intimately to understand how effectually she puts that precept to -its resultant usage. that Balzac wrote himself Into this character. The character of John Bodie. a Western mining man. who lends much plausibility to the sudden gain of wealth, is entirely a figure of Mr. Samuels' drawing, and it is ad mirably drawn and acceptably played by Harry Lelghton. Another excellent bit of character drawing and interpre tation was that of N. Sheldon Lewis, who played the role of Resapha, the antiquarian. The women of the cast are Helen Rob ertson. In the role of Fedora, and Flor ence Lester, a sweet, winsome girl, well suited to the part of Berenice, the young girl whose love fights for the soul of de Valentin as Fedora fights for his body. Tuesday night has been specially desig nated as "California" night, when there will be a full showing of forces from the Golden West. . These are busy days aroung the Met ropolitan Opera-House and It Is none too easy to get at Mr. Casazza or at Mr. Dippel. both of whom are busily plan ning for their Chicago season, to open April 12. The gentlemen in managerial control, however, found time yesterday to talk for a few moments and spoke about the season ahead. "This season the Metropolitan Opera House has had the biggest .financial suc cess in its history," said Mr. Dlppel "But I must add that the expenses hsvs been so great that the profits were en tirely overbalanced. The time is r.ot far away when opera must be produced at a loss. All expenses have Increased to an alarming extent and SS is a very small PRICES 10, 20, 30 Cents "SAPHO" .x . .' BIN HEI LI 3 NIGHTS Thursday APR. 15-16-17 SPECIAL PRICE MATINEE SATURDAY First Appearance in Portland of f RIQHARD -Si America's Distinguished Author - Composer - Come dian, in His Own Merry Musical Gambol, MARY'S LAMB 13 PRINCIPALS Everv one a Star. 13 SONGS Every One a Hit. ou uilUjiS iivery NOTICE I cuarante to brlnj to Portland th Mma ,Id ormclpa1. the same scenery and production Tork and 11 ' ?0ru,I that, PP-ed with ma In New Mr-r?ic.aeo -There la only one company playing Mary a Lamb- and that U the one comln. to Portland" " RICHARD CABLE. P. S. MARY'S LAMB la hemmed, u-immea . eroldered EVEIG FRJCR8 Jxwrer Floor . . .Cl.OO. St. 50 Balcony ....$1.00, 75c. AOo Special Matinee Prices I-ower Floor tl.60, fi.oo Balcony 1.W, lie. SOc """J SOe SEAT SALE OPENS IfEXT uvuery HEILIG THEATER 14th and WaihlnitlOT. F-nonea Main 1 and A 1122. 4 NIGHTS, BEGINNING SUNDAY," APRIL 18 LILLIAN In the Racina? "WILDFIRE" By Georse Broadhnrat and Geortn V. Hobart SEAT SAIjE OPENS NKXT FRIDAY. PRICES-, ,1, 75c 5Qc. amount to ask for a eeat under these conditions. If America has forced Eu rope to pay better prices, it also makes it harder on us. because the artists de mand more. Ve have also a financial pressure from South America, where ther pay very large salaries. Of course right here In America there is competition to be reckoned -with, and this will be stronger as time goes on. How to coun teract this increased cost of giving opera Is not easy to figure out, because it would cost a fortune, and does cost a fortune to be able to meet the conditions which occur constantly, conditions from which we have suffered much this sea son, such as the illness of Mr. Caruso and of other Important artists." "But you are giving more perform ances next season instead of fewer." "Yes." answered Mr. Dippel. "That Is one way of reducing general expenses, for the more performances which can be given and the more artists who can be employed, the better it Is and the more chances there are to make It pay. Next season we will give additional perform ances In the new theater. We have de cided to call these 'Opera Lyrique' in stead of "Opera Comique,' In order that no one shall misunderstand the nature of the performances. We shall produce a number of well-known German - lighter operas, similar In type to "The Bartered Bride," which has been the most suc cessful novelty of this season. We will give Eortzing's 'Czar und Zimmerman and. others like it.- such as 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' and The Taming of the Shrew.' " The closing of the Metropolitan season occurs with a great Wagnerian triumph, notwithstanding the claim of the public that both Influence and taste? will run to Italian repertory on account of the presence of Gatti-Casazza as director, and of Toseanini. Nearly everything which could retard progress happened, from the dismal failures of- the German tenors to the condition of health which 5-Concerts-5 EreniiiffB of April 30-May 1 and 2 Afternoons, May 1 and 2, AX THE ARMORY. 2d Annual Sprina Musical Festival CHICAGO SYMPHONY 60 ORCHESTRA 60 Adolph Rosenbecker, Conductor. PORTLAND FESTIVAL CHORUS 300 VOICES 300 W. H. Boyer, Director. 4 CELEBRATED TOCAU8I8 t 10 INSTRUMENTAL. SOLOISTS 19 And tbe World-Famons pianist, MYRTLE EVYN SEAT SALE OPENS MONDAY. APRIL 19. AT EILERS PIANO HOUSE. PRICES: Lwer Floor Balcony . . .si.so. si, SI, 75c MAIL ORDERS RECEIVED From In and Out of Town. Address letters and make cbeclts and money orders payable to w. T. -Pangle, at Eilfn Piano House. ARMORY Evenings of April 13. 14. 1 and 17, and Saturday Matinee. Society Kirmess Bis Charity Entertainment for Benefit of Portland Open Air Sanitarium and Local Woman's Exchange. 200 DANCERS IN COSTUME. Unique Fancy Dames. Brilliant Spectacular Programme, Refreshment Booths and General Dancing. Sat sold at Helllg Theater up to Monday evening S o-clock. At Armory from lo VM J.'i".-, -S,h..day "nd n'Eht. Seats down ifir h' ,: "P'rs. SI, T.-.c and SOc. Armory Telephones. Main 4'J8. Home A 4S93. G THEATER ltb and WASHINGTON- STS. FHOJ.ES MAIN 1 AND A 112 One a Peach. bordered GIRLS ana em- with TrzSDAT aOc RUSSELL f 'nTn.Hv n kept Caruso off the stage during the last weeKs it was also a ga of trylng 1 ,C?S' condltlonB. operas and many other details which never reach the pub lic, and there is every reason to believe that next season things will be In a nor mal condition. Many things developed which . made it more expedient to wait until next season when, tn connection with the Metropoli tan will be the New Theater. In which such works will be given which cannot live in the Immensity of the Metropolitan It Is probable that "Tiefland" would have created a different Impression had condiitons been more propitious It was due to this experience that Lapara's Haoanara" and Converse's "Pipe of De sire" were held over until next season, and Caruso's illness made it necessary to postpone the production of Tschaik-owsky-s "Pique Dame." This and Hump erdinck's "Children of the King," as also Debussey's settings of Edgar Allan Poe s Fall of the House of Usher" and Devil In the Belfry," will be given next season because they were not completed this year and as yet there is only the composer's promise that . they will be finished. It is probable that the season will open with the Humperdinck opera under Alfred Hertz. ' Among the artists to return next year are many of the present favorites In cluding Emmy Destlnn, Mme. Gadskl. Miss Farrar, Mme. Fremstad, MM Bon- We VAUDEVILLE DE LUXE "Week Starting Monday Matinee APRIL 12, 1909 BRINDAMOUR World's Champion Jailbreaker and Handcuff King. GEO. WILSON : The Famous Minstrel, "Waltz Me Again. " , MR. and MRS. ROBYNS In "The Counsel for the De fense." IVA DONNETTE Presenting A Comedy Novelty. MME. DOHERTY'S POODLES Canine Exhibition of Merit. HARRY McDUFFEE Illustrated Song. GRANDASCOPE Latest French Motion Pictures. f 5 GRAND J I i )WL 'm M if fru n .Or Phone Main 117 A 4224 All Week, Opening, Sunday, April 1 1, '09 CARMEN A Dramatizatio,, of the World-Famed Snantt01"816 S"ni,C filing the story of the wild Sparush gypsy prl and her lover, Don Jose. Full strength of th company. Largelaugmented cast. Special music f rom the ope notable production in every way. Stage under direction of Donald" Bowles. Matinee Saturday. Evening Prices, 25c, 85c, 50c; Matinees, 16c, 25c NEXT WEEK TV. tu r BAKER, The Theater That Play, Big BARER EXTRAORDINARY ATTRACTION Week Starting SSSr April II, 1909, Today MERRTFTCT ..... . - - J YUM, YUM, IT'S GREAT THE GINGERBREAD HY..o3. 1 m MAN Baldwin Sloane 62 IN THE MATCHLESS COMPANY snow Girls and Bewitrhi ri. - . n.d . A IV!ultltude of Emphatic Song Hits AJSiSlSSfr ?,l0dynd Magnificence ' NEXT ATTKACTIOX BLACK PAL cl Amato. Saottl and a number of the thewm frS- From the Manhattan nerhor.0 ,.u "-""-" "a " is rumored, perhaps without any foundation. that DAILY MATINEE 15c. 5c BOe c' -5c Bc- UVANCED V VAUDFVn XT Week tm Monday Matin St, Lillian Mortimer And Her Players. In Her Own Playlet of Southern I.ife WHITE-TRASH JINNY FOUR SISTERS AMATIS European Piano Virtuosos and . Vocalists. KNIGHT BROS. & SAWTELLE In a Dainty Offering. COLLINS & BROWN The Germans with the Blackboard. PANTAGES THEATER BILL CHANGES MONDAY XlVe Arrmnac- Woe , : "u, i.iacs; and Rutter; W. WEEK BEGINNING TOMORROW And Her Name Was "Maud". BLAKE'S MULE-MAUD The Original "Maud of Comic Xewspa'per Fame. An Exceptionally Ludicrous Apt A Dollar a Minute to Any KATHEB1NE TRAYER AND J. ALDRICH LIBBEY In Their Musical Comedy Sketch, "The Debutante." CHRISTINE HILL AND COM PANY Presenting a Strong Dramatic Sketch Entitled "Fate." PETROFFNJ Russian Violinist. Evening Prices, 15c, 25c, Box Seats " d street THEATRE Grand Opera, in Fire Ads THE FIRST BORN THEATER Oregon Theater Co.. Inc.. t,M Talepbomea Malm aa aiu GENERAL MANAGER Ro.d Attraction, at Popular Price. MUSICAL FANTASIES. YUM, YUM, IT'S GREAT Fred'rick Ranken ofaaUt!,0theilirb? St ,t.ha Ma""tan instead Mir.IE FRANCES BATHER. j 1 (So.day, ,nd Holiday. Klht Price.) Phones Main 6 and A 1020 ee, April 12 Jolly Fanny Rice Presenting Her Own Original Creation. THE MINIATURE MIMIC STAGE CHINKO The Touthful Juggling G.nlua, MINNIE KAUFMANN Grac "i Skill a-Wheelln,. ORPHEUM ORCHESTRA ORPHEUM PICTURES .! . -o-, mo wentworth and Vesta: Hcarn C. Hoyt, and the Pantagcscope. One That Can. Ride Her. THE PANTAGESCOPE Latest Comic Pictures. ORPHEUS COMEDY TOUE The Best Quartet in Vaudeville. DONAT BEDINI And His Acrobatic Dogs. W. C. HOYT Illustrated Song. . THE PANTAGES ORCHESTRA Always a Feature 50c; daily matinees, any seat 15c