THE. STJNDAT OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, JUNE 6, 1909.
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mnzDBT ARTHUR A. GREEKL.
THE waning of the season is manifest
ed In the closing of the New York
theaters, and the last weeks are an
nounced of Maude Adams in "What Ev
ery Woman Knows" at the Umpire; of
Eleanor Robson in "The Dawn of a To
morrow" at the Lyceum; of Grace George
In "A Woman's.. Way," at the Hackett;
and of Frances Starr in "The Easiest
Way." at the Stuyvesant. Maintime "The"
tour of the world, but, probably, they are
based on hollow rumor. An actor who has
reached the leadership of the American
stage is under no necessity of circumnav
igating the globe. Mr. Mantell's only ne
cessity is that of surrounding himself
with a strong and fine company. His
manager's experience with "King John"
and "The Marble Heart" ought, alone,
to be. sufficient to make that truth ob
vious and clearly understood.
'The health of the actor not less than
Third Degree," at the Hudson; "A Gen- J his renown is imperiled, when the whole
tleman From Mississippi." at the Bijou;
'The Man From Home," at the Astor,
and "The Fair Coed," at the Criterion,
continue indefinitely.' It need hardly be
recalled that the last named two attrac
tions went Into New York handicapped
with successful Chicago records, and yet
! they have survived.
The Pall Mall Gazette, commenting on
the success of Miss Hose Stahl, "a most
; interesting artiste with a fascinating per-
eonallty," again condemns "The Chorus
1 Lady" as a play. "Even Ada Rehan, dur
; lng the visits of 18S4 and 1SS6, never ap
; peared in so conventional a piece and
that Is saying a good deal, for it was in
poor farces indeed that that great actress
was first revealed in London, and not
until her third visit to the Gaiety in 1S88
did we see her splendid Katherlne, while
! her Rosalind was not seen until. her
fourth visit to the Lyceum In 1890."
In "The Servant in the House." by
Charles Rann Kennedy, Manson. one of
(' the chief characters and the one .from
which the drama takes its name, Is sup
posed to resemble the Savior, and this
! suggests research, and the fact is brought
out that the Savior has been represented
on the stage many times in the last 600
i years. Unlike in "The Servant in the
y house," however, in most cases the actual
f presence Ig indicated Instead of the sug
gestion as in the present Instance.
In the Royal library In Paris there is a
j beautiful Illuminated vellum copy of the
t "Mystery of the Passion of Jesus Christ."
It contains a note which seta forth that
the story was elaborately presented in
dramatic form July 3, 1437, In the Park
of Veximiel before many distinguished
lords and ladles, whose names are given.
During the season of 1895 Edmond Ros
tand's "La Samaritan." which Sarah
Jiernhardt as the Samaritan woman, was
produced at the Renaissance theater. In
that production the Savior appeared in
I the play and the name "Jesus" was given
, in the programme. Few modern plays,
however, have represented the Nazarene
In any form. In Paul Hcyse's "Mary of
Magdala," in which Mrs. Fiske appeared.
the voice of the Savior Is heard, but he is
not represented in the play.
In "Ben Hur" the presence Is suggested
by a dazzling white light. During the
present season Jerome K. Jerome's new
play. "The Passing of the Third Floor
Back," was offered In London. In this
play the London lodger, who was imper
sonated by Forbes Robertson, is accepted
ns being symbolical of the son of God.
In England and America there has been
a strong aversion in recent years to the
presentation of - the Savior on the stage.
and James O'Neill was arrested some
yoars ago in California for presenting the
Americanization of the Passion Play, and
the Englllsh stage censor has consistently
vetoed all plays In which the Messiah is
supposed to appear. And yet, notwith
standing this, the oldest English drama
now extant is called "Christ s Descent
Into Hades." .
"We are thinking, eating and drinking
nothing but Herod,' " said Mrs. Julie Opp
Faversham. as she and Mr. Faversham
and the two little Faversharns leaned
against the rail of the Atlantic liner on
which they were Liverpool bound. The
"Herod" in question is the title of the
poetic drama by Stephen Phillips, which
Mr. Faversham plans to make one of the
big dramatic events of next season. The
happy family will spend the Summer at
their English home in Chlddingfold, Sur
rey.
A fine and merited tribute to Robert
Mantell was paid recently by the dean
of American dramatic critics, William
Winter, in his column in the New York
Tribune. Under the caption. "As the Cur
tain Falls." the veteran reviewer points
out the changes that are needed in Mr.
Mantell's company, if that actor Is to
accomplish for the American stage what
he Is capable of accomplishing, and also
closes his article with some timely and
pregnant statements concerning the com
ing season. Mr. Winter writes:
"Mr. Mantell remains the most impor
tant and conspicuous figure on the New
York stage at this time. His long season
in the city, which began on March 8 at
the New Amsterdam, will terminate next
Saturday nteht. May 29. at the Academy,
with a repetition of 'Macbeth.' Last night
he acted Hamlet. The parts to follow are
King Lear. Shylock. King Louis, Riche
lieu. Othello. Romeo and then the gloomy
and terrible Thane.
"Intimations have been afforded of Mr.
Mantell's purpose to make a professional
tremendous burden of such a repertory
as that of Mr. Mantell Is imposed upon
himself alone. The experience of Edwin
Booth,. Lawrence Barrett, John McCul-
lough and Henry Irving, in respect to ex
cess of labor, ought to teach something.
They showed themselves no mercy they
worked themselves to death. No actor
can. continuously, do justice to the great
characters in Shakespeare and to himself.
who Is constrained to change the bill
every night, and every nitht to vitalize
whole play, with scarcely any assist
ance from anybody else.
Mr. Mantell's success, considering his
surroundings. Is, literally, marvelous. But
he ought not any longer to be subjected
to such exactions.
"The complexion of the time is chang
ing. The shopkeepers have become
alarmed. There is a sudden managerial
clamor for purity and the legitimate. The
dramatic season that opens next Autumn
will be the stormiest, most trying, and
most eventful that the American stage
has known; and it will involve and will
decide the question whether there Is to be
a living theater any more, or whether the
stage is to become, exclusively, a corner
grocery. The presence of its champions
will be imperative for . the good cause.
Each should come thoroughly equipped.
and foremost of all should be the standard
of Robert Mantell."
Horror of horrors! All that costly fur
niture especially designed bv Elsie de
Wolfe for Frltzl Scheff's bridal bower
n the Fox homestead down in Virginia
was devoured by angry flames in a Grand
Rapids fire the other day. Fred Latham,
of the Dillingham forces, was so moved
by the grief of Mme. Scheff-Fox that he
took his pen in hand and dashed off a few
lines descriptive of the hungry flames.
and the evident glee with which they
made light of the treasured settees and
dressing tables. He closes with:
"But 'twas the burning scheffoniers
That left the lovely Scheff-in-tears!"
The alliance of the Lleblers and the
Shuberts may necessitate the rearrange
ment of the plans for the opening of
next season's American tour of Forbes
Robertson and Gertrude Elliott. For rea
sons of sentiment. Miss Elliott was anx
ious that she and her English husband
should play their New York engagement
at the Maxme Elliott theater, and ac
cordingly plans with that end tn view
were formulated. Now comes the an
nouncement that Liebler & Company
want to introduce Walker Whiteside in
"The Melting Pot" from the stage of the
Elliott playhouse, and as the run of the
Zangwlll play is likely to extend through
the entire season, it is highly probable
tnat their wishes will be acceded to.
Of Mme. Modjeska. Forbes Robertson
says: "She was my first Juliet, and cer
tainly the greatest I have ever seen;
charming and beautiful woman, a great
artist, and the most unselfish actress I
Tuesday. June 22. is the date set for
the performance of "Joan of Arc," which
Maude Adams will give in the stadium
of Harvard University. The cast will be
composed of 1300 persons, including the
"supers," of course. The single per
formance Is to be given for the benefit'
of the Germainc Museum and under the
patronage of the German department of
the university. The "bowl" of the sta
dium, which contains 15 sections, accom
modates 10.000 persons. A special scenic
setting is being. prepared by Ernest Gros.
Meanwhile. Alphons Mucha". the Euro
pean artist who lectured at the Art In
stitute recently, has painted a full-length
study of Miss Adams as "Joan," and
the canvas has been hung In the foyer of
the Empire Theater, New York.
James Forbes, who is responsible for
"The Chorus Lady" and "The Traveling
Salesman." has Just closed contracts for
the production next season of his newest
play, "The Commuters." If he succeeds
in showing up the joys of living in the
suburbs and catching the evening train
home, he will put a topper over even the
unqualified hits he has "made in writing
of the stage and the commercial "drummer."
One imporant scene in "The Love
Cure," which will be Henry W. Savage's
first operatic production on his return
from abroad, will show the stage door
of a New York opera-house, where the
most famous singers In the world pass
In and out daily during the opera season.
The scene will show the street life, also,
and as the time is that of evening, when
the Great White Way is most dazzling.
a big opportunity will be given to Mr.
Savage to demonstrate his genius for
stage craft, as he did in the ensemble
scenes in "The College Widow," "Parsi
fal" and "The Merry Widow."
Richard Carle tells about a man who
worked as a clown in a circus, where
all the employes were paid off alphabetic
ally. His name was Zeno, which ac
counted for the fact that during the
whole season he never managed to get
up to the pay wagon.
At the opening of next season a dapper-
looking fellow appeared at the headquar
ters of the circus. The two proprietors
came up Joyfully and shook him by the
hand.
Hello. Zena." they said. "Glad to see
you back." . "
'Cut that Zeno, said he. "My name s
AJax."
.
As usual, George M.' Cohan has mapped
out a busy Summer for himself. E
tween now and the opening of the regu
lar season he expects to complete the II
brettos and scores of "The Chorus Man'
for Raymond Hitchcock; "The Harrigan
Girl." for Edna Wallace Hopper; "The
Christmas Doll." for his sister Joseph
ine, and a new play for himself.
-
'Senator West." a play of American
political life, which Is said to have the
approbation of Theodore Roosevelt and
numerous Cabinet officers .and United
States Senators, will be an early Klaw
Erlanger production. Henry Beach
Needham Is the author.
Mclntyre and Heath will abandon
vaudevile again next season and appear
at the head of another musical' produc
tion. "The Steeplechasers" is the title
of the piece, and It was written by H. A.
Du Soucr.et, the author of a number or
farces popular a decade ago. including
"The Man From Mexico," recently re
vived by William Collier, in New York.
.
George Bernard Shaw, who has been
silent for many moons, is resuming ac
tivities. A new play of his is to be given
by the Afternoon Theater Company at
His Majesty's, in London, next month.
It is announced also that when Charles
Frohman installs his repertoire company
at the Duke of York's In September the
opening play will be of Shawistic extrac
tion. The receipts of the recent Lamb's
Club gambol In New York amounted
to more than $32,000.
Recent word from dear "Lady Rose"
Eytlnge, who is living at the Actor's
home on Long Island, brings the pleas
ant news that the distinguished actress
Is in excellent health.
BAKER
THEATER
Third and Yamhill Streets.
Telephones Malm a A &3ttO
ROSE FESTIVAL ATTRACTION
4 -NIGHTS -4 BEGINNING TONIGHT
Special price Matinee Toeed&y
PIXLY & LUDERS" MUSICAL MASTERPIECE
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HARRY HERMSEN
And the same Btjg Company of Favorites
Including- that Bewitching: Chorus of
KANGAROO GIRLS
PRICES-
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SEATS SOW SELLING AT BAKER THEATER
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Empire Theatre Co. fine.) Leaae.
PORTLAND'S FASHIONABLE POPCLAR-FRICE PLAYHOUSE.
Home of th Incomparable Baker Stock; company.
THE It;BI,lC SIMPI.Y DEMANDS IT WE ARE HEIPLESS
week to standing- room at erery performance Hundred! turned a way
THE GREATEST PLAY OK THE AGE
BELASCO'S
The GIRL OF THE
GOLDEN WEST
Positively the last week of the season opens
Sunday tSday June 6th, 1909
Get your seats quickly whether you are a theater-Koer or not this Is
- oma.thing; far above the ordinary. You never maw anything; like It be
foreyou never will agcaln.
Prices 25c, 35c, 50c. Matinees 15c, 25c
i
No leanoM Meats held -this week unless notified at once. TVo children un
der 5 admitted except Saturday Matinee. o one seated while curtain
la up. Evening curtain at 8 sharp.
Matinees at Two. This Is the Last Call
PAIN'S FIREWORKS AT OAKS
Feature of the Week at Famous Out
door Amusement Resort.
The name Pain stands for the best
pyrotechnical display. The largest and
best fireworks to be seen at the Oaks
will be given June 9 and 11. The pro
gramme and execution will be In charge
of a representative of the Pain Fire
COMING TO THE BUNGALOW
ONE WEEK, BEGINNING SUNDAY, JUNE 20
MATINEES WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY.
Henry TV. Savage's New York Production of the Operatic Sensation of
the World
-THE-
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WIDOW
Mall Orders from both IN and OUT of town will be received bcglnnlna;
MONDAY, JUNE 14.
Address -letters and make checks and money orders payable to W.
Pangle, Bungalow Theater.
Self-addressed and stamped envelope must
insure safe return.
be Inclosed to help
REGULAR BOX OFFICE SAL.E OPENS AT BUNGALOW THEATER
FRIDAY, JUNE 18. MAIL ORDERS TAKE PREFERENCE.
BARER THEATER, 1 WEEK sgn
FIGHT
BURNS-JOHNSON
EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
PICTURES
excellence will be rigorously main
tained. Donatelli's Italian Band of 30 pieces
will be heard in a special programme,
which will include several numbers by
Miss Bessie Bulpln, the popular young
soprano. ronateni has written a new
march, which will be played for the
first time. He calls it "The Rose Fes-
j tlval March." There are many new
reatures on tne xraii, wnere carnival
spirit is in full sway. The rose gar
den, prohably the largest in Oregon, is
beautitui Dioom. a. car a mmuie
works Company, and their standard of I from Third and Morrison, and three and
a half minutes' ride from East Morrison
and Water, and you have enjoyed a
cool ride and arrived at "the Coney Isl
and of the West."
33,699 Work on Big Canal.
WASHINGTON, June 5. Employes act
ually at work in building the Panama
Canal now number 26.S36, as shown by the
report of the Chief Quartermaster for the
month of April. Of this number, 4435 are
"gold employes," and the rest are on the
"silver" or labor roll. The Panama Rail
road force numbers 6178. and the railroad
DAILY MATINEE 15c. 25c. 50c Sl
id Holidays Night Prices)
Phones Main 6 and A 1020
A V! .
ADVANCp VAUDEVILLE
V
Vtunm Monday Matinee, June 7
JOSEPH HART'S
FUTURITY WINNER
Edmund Day's Realistic One-Act Racing Drama, Showing an Actual Horeo Raca.
JAMES THORNTON
Favorite Author of "When You Were
Sweet Sixteen, li. etc.. In Songa
and. Sayings.
SULLIVAN -PASQDE LENA
In a Comedy Sketch.
"A C. O. D. Package."
EDDIE DOT
MACK & WILLIAMS
Agility-Sons and Melody.
.' ORPHECM PICTURES
VERA BERLINER
New York World Said:
"Mere's a Remarkable Young
Violinist."
GLADYS HENRY:
CLARK & BERGMAN
In Comedy. Song and Dance.
"The Chauffeur and the Maid."
FRANK LE DENT
The Juggler with the Drunken Hats.
ORPHEUM ORCHESTRA
PERFORMANCE EVERY EVENING 8ll5j
MATINEE DAILY StlS
Evening Prices 15c, 25c, 5Qc and 75c
DAILY MATINEE 15c, 25c BOc (Sudaya and Holidays Kleht Prices)
Metropolitan Critic Has Temerity
to Find Fault With Mr. Sothern
BECAUSE the editor of this depart- f
ment severely criticized the E. H.
Pothern performance of "Richelieu,"
which was inflicted on us earlier in
the season, many well-meaning, If not
discriminating, theater-goers consid
ered the strictures of Sothern's concep
tion and playing of the drama as noth
ing short of lese majeste. Subsequent
ly Mr. Sothern "grot it good" from other
critics. As an Instance, here is what
the New York Town Topics said of the
effoit on the occasion of its recent
metropolitan premiere:
"Mr. Sothern has at last achieved his
ambition to play Richlieu." To his ad
mirers, who are very whole-souled and
exclusive in their admiration, his per
formance will no doubt seem surpass
ingly admirable. indeed. I heard one
tady remark to another who enthusiasti
cally echoed the sentiment: 'Oh, I
dore" I am not sure whether 'him' or
It' I was never so wrought up.' For
tny own part. I was a bit wrought up
myself at times, but rather with exas
peration. For "Richelieu," understand
ing its 70 years, is still a vigorous old
Jrama. with the high-toned, fine-crusted
sentiment and manners of a gentle
man of the jld school. But,-if the sug
gestions of vigor and of old-time
breeding are lacking, as they appeared
to me to be on Monday night, then to
our modern taste is apparent what
seems to smack of staginess and tinsel,
' 'Richlieu,' as represented by Bulwer
I.ytton, Is a mingling of the Hon and
the fox; by turns dangerous and ten
der. terrible and cringing, magnificent
and mean: every Inch a man, even in
the premature senility of his 65 years.
But there is little suggestion of either
the lion or the fox In Mr. Sothern's
Impersonation, and next to nothing of
, vlrillt-. Indeed, as he indulges in fin
flcky gestures with his fine white
iiSLDde. and moves aruund la & trailing
black silk cassock.' by turns fuming.
petulant. distantly affectionate, . he
looked perilously like a middle-aged
maiden lady. Deficient, It would ap
pear, in scope of Imagination and men-
1 etrip, he has neither the authority
of rjresence nor the resources of tech
nique to compass either the strength
or the subtlety of the character. He
has not at his command even the vocal
range that a part with such variety of
moods demands. His voice, it is true.
has musical quality, except in its fre
quent recourse to guttural and nasal
tones, but it is deadly monotonous. The
long speeches are measured out with
uniform deliberation, too many words
accented and almost Invariably with
a rising lnnectlon, while the chief con
trast tu this see-saw of sound is ob
tained by making it merely louder. It
is only in the lighter passages, few
and far between, of comedy, that Mr.
Sothern makes his points effectively.
He is. In fact, a comedian, an accom
plished one: but lacks the mentally
arresting presence and the authority of
diction and gesture that romantic
drama demands. Yet, no doubt, he will
continue to be 'adored.' v
BASEBALL
Recreation Park.
Corner Vaughn and Twenty-fourth stm.
VERNON
vs.
PORTLAND
JUNE 3, S. 4. 5,
Game begin week, days 3:30 P. M. ;
Sunday, 2:30 P. M.
Admission Bleachers, 26c; Grand
stand, 50c; Boxes, 25e extra. Children
Bleachers, 10c; Grandstand, 25c
Bovs under
Wednesday.
I. adieu' Dajr Friday. -
12 free to bleachers
LYRIC
THEATER
PHONES MAIN 4S85, A 1028
"Week of June 6
THE IMPERIAL MUSICAL
COMEDY COMPANY IN
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atrimonia.
"Mix-up
"Matinees Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
Two Performances Each Evening 8:1 5 and 9:15
CleverComedians "Merry "Music Pretty Girls
commissary force 786. Thus the total
number at work both on the canal and
railroad Is shown to be 33.699. The report
states that 750 laborers from Barbadoes
were Imported during the month, 500 of
them being assigned to the railroad for
work on the relocating line and 250 on the
three construction divisions of the canal
work.
WOBfGS
i ataCini'ii i lir-'-' irrTY'ii fru fii-Hair -t j rzi:.:- i .v .--j
JUNE
A Car a Minute From Third and Morrison.
Donatelli Italian Band, 30 Pieces.
Miss Bessie Bulpin, Soprano.
Special Programme Rose Festival Week.
PANT AGES THEATER
BILL. CHANGES MONDAY
ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE; STARS OF ALL NATIONS
WEEK ENDING TODAVj The Sa'ytons, Europe's Greatest Novelty Gym
nasts: the Four Lineolns; the Murrays and Their Famous Dancing
Dogs; Young and Brooks: W. R. Abrams and Agnes Johns; Shale and
Cole; Leo White and the Pantagescpp.
WEEK, BEGINNING MONDAY'S MATINEE, JUNE T.
BONNER, THE WONDER HORSE
The most wonderful trained horse In the world. Bonner calculates,
reasons and actually writes words and figures on a board with a piece
of chald held in his teeth. Bonner will be driven without reins along
the street. SEE HIM.
SPECIAL. ADDED ATTRACTION.
BORDEN, ZENO & HAYDEN BROTHERS
Presenting the Musical Novelty
" BITS OF" VAUDEVILLE."
One of the best singing quartets In Western vaudeville.
LE ROY
Character Change Artist.
RICHARDS BROTHERS
European Novelty Ring Act.
THE PANTAGESCOPE
Latest Comedy Pictures.
ROBERT H. BERTRAM & CO.
Presenting "The Story of the
Rose."
LEO WHITE
Pictured Ballad, "Yankee Rose"
PANT AGES ORCHESTRA
Always af Feature.
THREE PERFORMANCES DAILY; EVENING PRICES 15 CENTS,
25 CENTS; BOX SEATS 50 CENTS; MATINEE PRICES, 15 CENTS
Patents are Issued by 64 countries. To
take one out In each country would cost
about $15,OoO.
STAR THEATER
SUPPLIED BY THE MORTON FILM EXCHANGE
FESTIVAL WEEK ATTRACTIONS
June 6
STARTING SUNDAY
MATINEE
PROTECTOR OF ANIMALS
Lesson in Hufnanies
A GAMBLER'S HONOR
Sentimental.
ERADICATING AUNTY
Biograph Comedy
AN ILLUSTRATED SONG
A TRUER LOVER
Dramatic
THE ORIENTAL MYSTIC
A Comedy
HIS DUTY
Intensely Emotional
A NOVELTY MUSICAL ACT
As An Added Attraction
In the Prize Baby Contest the leaders are Nos. 20,
12, 17, 13 and 5, and the prize is a
handsome Baby Cart
All this week the Star Theater will run continu
ously from 12 noon to 11 P. M.
THE
VAUDEVILLE DE LUXE
WEEK STARTING
JUNE7,1909
MABEL McKINLEY
The American Soprano.
FRANCESCA REDDING
& CO.
In "Her Friend From Texas."
BRENNON & DOWNING
In "The Intruders."
COOK & MISS ROTHERT
L 'Amour de 1 'Apache.
WARD BROS.
The Dandy Dancing Dandies.
FRED BAUER
Illustrated Song.
GRANDASCOPE
Latest French Motion Pictures.
Matinee every day at 2:30;
admission -15 cents.
Evening performances at 7:30
and 9:15; admission 15 ahd 25
cents. Box Seats, 50 cents.
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