, THE SUNDAY OEEGONIAN, PORTLAND. JTJNE 20, 1909.
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MARY GARDEN'S PERSONALITY POSSESSES
MORE THAN ORDINARY CHARM
Beautiful Operatic Singer Lives a Simple Life, Is Kind to the Chorus, Loves Pretty Clothes and Is Waiting for a
.Paragon of a Man.
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BY EMILIE FRANCES BAUER.
THERE is perhaps no personality on
the operatic stage of more pro
nounced Interest than that of Mary
Garden, who Is, to say the least, accorded
Jnore than her ahare of publicity. The
latest news we receive Is that her eyes
have been Injured through an accident
with hair dye which was used, carelessly.
It Is not unlikely that dome hair dye was
spilled, but the great singer Is no novice
in the use of cosmetics, and It Is safe to
estimate that only the most expert hair
dressers of Paris are permitted to serve
her; consequently It Is hardly likely that
the accident was serious. Miss Garden
has so many wigs and one becomes so
familiar with her in her different color
ings that one quite forgets what she la or
was In the first place, and any color of
hair seems familiar for the time being.
When I said good-by to her on the
steamer Adriatic at the close of her sea
son at the Manhattan, she was wearing
her hair In a lovely red-brown shade, not
quite so pronounced In color as Is her
wig In "Salome." This makes her eyes a.
questionable shimmer between a turquoise
blue and a wonderful opalesque green,
which reflects every emotion In the entire
gamut. The statement that in her home
Mary Garden is very simple will perhaps
be received with Incredulity by many, but
It is a fact that she Is the soul of truth
fulness, and what may be regarded by
Borne as affectation Is In reality manner
Ism, and perhaps less mannerism than an
outward manifestation of what Is passing
In her mind. She Is exceedingly sensitive
to Impressions, and she receives and
transmits In a manner that Is . really
startling. For this reason she is like a
French woman In the nervous energy
which surrounds her like an aureole for
she fairly radiates her personality wher
ever she appears. If she drives through
the Champs Elysses In her automobile,
dressed in the simplest manner possible,
on alf sides may be heard "Oh, c'est la
Garden!" One may well ask In what role
is she most attractive, and for those
who only know her in her superb capacity
of artist they may well reply "as artist."
But off the stage Mary Garden has
qualities and characteristics of unusual
nature. It would be unfair to tell of
the number of young girls whom she
consents to receive and to advise con
cerning the career which has made her
so noted and which she does not advise
one out of hundreds who visit her to
follow. She sits down at the piano her
self, or she calls Into service her charm
ing young sister Helen to play the ac
companiments whllo she becomes
keenly excited as though she were a
teucher leading her favorite pupil to her
fate. And when it Is over? Well, she
tells the truth, and what the aspirant
has to say concerning Mary Garden may
be regarded as indicative of how much
talent Miss Garden considers the aspir
ant to have.
loved by Women of Chorus.
They say that one may, estimate the
true characteristics of an artist by the
opinion of the chorus com-erning her. If
this be true. Alary Garden is a queen,
as It is safe to say that nearly every
woman in tne cnorus loves her. I was
at a rehearsal one afternoon and Just
before It was ended she came down Into
fhe auditorium to look over the situa
tion herself. While we were seated to
gether a young girl from the chorus
came down to her and asked whether she
would be present at the final general
rehearsal of "Louise." which had been
railed for the next day. This happened
to be the day upon which Icslie Carter
gave the performance of "Zasa" In
compliment to Miss Garden, and she
told her that the rehearsals would be
conducted , without her. The young girl
saia tNi, 1 am so disappointed, as my
mother was intending to come. She has
never seen you on the stage." Miss Gar
dn said: "What really? She wants to
see me? Weil, give me your address and
1 will send her fwo scats for the per
formance.". And she did. Miss Garden
then said to me: "You know it is a real
pleasure to do things for these young
American girls. You always feel their
superiority over the ordinary type of
chorus girl. They have respect for
themselves, and one must respect that."
Miss Garden has two homes which she
keeps from year to year. Her apart
ment in Paris probably reflects the
actress more truly than the one In New
l ork. In France she has her library.
lier pictures and some charming pieces
or statuary, each showing her literary
and artistic tastes In an altogether un
deniable manner. She lives In the Ave
nue Malakoff in a beautiful part of tha
city. In New York it is her boudoir
wnlch is ravishlngly beautiful. The
walls are finished in a pale Dutch blue
brocade and all the furnishings and
hangings are of the same material. What
this does to her eyes would be Impossible
to say. but it Is a fact that while one
Is privileged to visit with her in this
sanctum, it Is not possible to see any
filing else. Yet there la one other thing
In this room tnat one sees and not with
' out a start 7 I was looking at it when
Miss Garden came in from her drawing
room where she had been listening to a
young girl sing. "Rather a good piece
of work; don't you think so? Poor
young artist on the East Side, and I
bought it to help him along. I don't
usually hang pictures out of sentimental
reasons, but I think it very good."
"Do you think the artist had your
face in mind. Miss Garden?' I asked.
She lool ed at' me in astonishment and
then burst Into a laugh, saying:
"Oh. now I understand why my mother
asked me to have it; hung in the attic."
Liives In World of Her Own.
Miss Garden lives in a world entirely
her own. In this world she allows all that
makes for a great art full sway, and If
she thereby lays herself open to criticism
she considers that this is part of the slav
ery due her art. It is not true that she
never suffers a qualm at some of the
slings and arrows that are of necessity
darted at her. but In the end she figures
that "the biggest thing in life" was worth
it and "it all goes with it. I suppose."
Mary Garden and what she wears or
does not wear Is always a welcome topic
I suppose that no one thing has ever fur
nished more "copy" or more conversation.
First it must be understood that Mary
Garden never looks vulgar, no matter
what she has or has not on in the way of
clothes. The perfection of her form saves
her from vulgarity, because, in the same
way as the nude in true art need not be
shocking, so her figure in "Thais" and
Indeed, . "Thais'" is the only costuming
that has led to criticism is so beautiful
that It need not shock any save those
who are looking awfully hard for a
"shock." Her gowns on and off the
stage, however, . are very distinct, and
while she is essentially feminine in her
love of pretty things in private life, on
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HENRY W. SAVAGE'S NEW YORK PRODUCTION
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THE
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Starting
Monday Matinee, June 21
MARGARET M0EFAT S GO.
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REDPATH NAPANEES , ON eyhaskell
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Direct frdm tht New Tork First American Tour of
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World's Premier Lady Gymnaata. . Introducing Miss Tilly's Original
Ladder Exhibition.
ARMSTRONG 8 CLARK, THE THREE BOHEMIANS
The Song Writers In Singing -and Musical Strolling
"FINDING A PARTNER." Minstrels.
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den is the only one who knows Just what
she will do in the matter, and I think he
is wondering whether she knows herself.
NURSES' WORK IS HEAVY
Report Shows Association Was Active
During May.
The regular monthly meeting of the
board of the Visiting Nurses' Association
was held Wednesday. The nurses' re
port for the month of May was as fol
lows:
Number of patients 31
Number e visits '-. . ..18&
Dismissed to hospital 3
Dlmtssed to sanltoria 2
Died 3
Dismissed - 33
Remaining under care 13
Office treatment 6
The programme arranged for the Chau
tauqua at Gladstone Park includes lec
tures and demonstrations by specialists
and by Miss Emma Grittenger, the new
head nurse who has come from New
York to take charge of the visiting
nurses' work in Portland.
Miss Grittenger "for five years was with
the Henry Street Settlement and for one
year was superintendent of the Ortho
pedic Hospital, New York. She will be
assisted by Miss Lena Marshall and Miss
Kmma Wintler.
The programme of subjects for the
Chautauqua follows: "Sick Room Pa
tient": "Local Applications"; "The Skin";
"Contagion and Disinfections"; "Band
ages and Dressings"; "Circulating Sys
tem": "The Lungs"; "The Digestion";
"Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat"; "The
Baby and Its Care."
the stage, gowns are no more to her than
any other piece of stage property. "They
belong to he role," she says, "not to
me. Her gowns in private life . have
been the marvels of New York, and her1
jewels as well. But here, too. she has
been much maligned, as no matter what
she wears, some scare-head Is sure to
find Its way into the papers ' telling of
the "startling gowns of Mary Garden."
In her characteristic way she will prob
ably say, "Poor devil, if he was working
on space. I wonder why he didn't make
It longer?" What Miss xGarden thinks of
the stage as a vocation for women and
what the lady thinks of matrimony and
numerous other time-worn topics have
been- told too often to prove interesting
reading at this time. However, it is sig
nificant that she does not oppose her
18-year old sister Helen in her present
desire to study for the stage. The young
girl is highly gifted and her big sister
said to me: "I I thought that Helen
would have to struggle as I have strug
gled, and suffer as I have suffered to
gain what ends I have gained, I would
put an end to her ideas immediately, if
it were possible, but I naturally think my
experiences could save her from much of
the disagreeable side and I could prob
ably keep her out of the hardships."
MLss Garden is unmarried because, she
says. "When I marry, I want the pleas
ure of a home and a husband who need
not find fault with the stage for taking
so mnch of my time. I shall want to re
main at home with him if he is con
genial, and of course, I don't want him
at all if he is uncongenial. If he cares
enough for me he will wait; if he does
not. It is a good thing to know before
hand, don't you think' so?" You always)
think on such topics as she wants you
to think, -even about the Russian Prince
but that would be telling, and Miss Gar-
Bay City Entertains King.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 19. Unher
alded, a monarch arrived in this city
yesterday, when King William of Teu
roa. disembarked from the steamship
Mariposa.. The King, who prefers to
be known by the plain American title
of W. J. Williams, is the sole owner of
the Island of Teuroa, of the South Sea
group.
Although without army or navy, un
less his own arsenal and canoes may
be considered such, Williams is . more
absolute than any reigning European
ruler as he is the sole owner of the
island, which Is covered with a very
valuable cocoanut grove. Williams says
that within 10 years his principality
will be supporting over 50,000 bearing
cocoanut trees.
BASEBALL
Recreation Park,
Corner Vaosho and Twenty-fonrth Sis.
SAN FRANCISCO
vs.
PORTLAND
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Games begin week days 3:30 P. M.
Sunday. 2:30 P. M.
Admission Bleachers, 25c; Grand
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Bleactfers, 10c; Grandstand. 26c
- lndlea' D7 Friday.
Boys under 12 free to bleachers
Wednesday.
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MOVING PICTURES
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P. M. to 6:S0 P. 6:30 P. M. to 10:30 P. M.
The
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WEEK STARTING MONDAY
MATiNEE, JUNE 21, 1909
DumitrescuVermette
Troupe
World's Greatest Mid-Air
Gymnasts.
Leo -Cooper & Co.
Dramatic Sketch, Entitled
"The Price of Power"
Verginia Grant
In a Novel Character Singing
Specialty.
Kefly & Reno
The Men With the Chairs A
Combination of Sensational Ac
, robatics and Bunros.
LYRI
if THEATER
SlMMER PRICES
Evenlnm S5e and 15e
Matinees 15c
Fred Bauer
Illustrated Song.
The Daring Darts'
Marvelous Exhibition of Expert
" Shooting.
Grandascope
Latest French Motion Pictures.
Matinee Every Day at 2:30.
Admission, 15c.
Evening Performances at 7:30
..and 9:15. Admission, 15c and
, 25c ; Box Seats, 50c.
WEEK OF JUNE 20TH
THE IMPERIAL MUSICAL COMEDY COMPANY
Presents '
UNCLE
HEINIE'S
VACATION
"Fjr Performancea Each Evening, at 8 and 9:15 o'clock
Matinees Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
Merry Music Clever Comedians Lots of Girls
PANT AGES THEATER
BILL. CHANGES MONDAY
ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE; STARS OF ALL NATIONS
WEEK ENDING TODAY The Four Bards. America's Greatest GyrtU
nasts; Prof. Roberts' Troupe of 40 Trained Rats. Cats and Dors, the only
act of the kind in the world; Terry Twins, remarkable human dupli
cates: Adams and Mack, burlesque magicians; Marie Hrdlicka, lyric
soprano; Leo White and the Pantagescope.
. WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY MATINEE, JUNE 21
WISE AND MILTON'S
. Musical Comedy,
"IN THE LAND OF THE BUNGABOO"
&-People in the Cast 9
Special Added Oriental Novelty,
YINC LEE AND ATHON COMPANY
In Their Chinese Act, "The Idol's Eye."
This act is thrillingly realistic, showing an opium den, with a smoker,
in full view of the audience.
THE WHEELERS
In a Comedy Automobile Act
JACH HAWKINS
The Famous College Athlete
LEO WHITE
. Pictured Ballad.
COOPER AND BROWN
Comedians.
DE CHANT AL TWINS
The Girl Duplicates.
THE PANTAGESCOPE
Two Comedy Pictures.
THE PANTAGES ORCHESTRA, ALWAYS A FEATURE
THREE PERFORMANCES DAILY AT POPULAR PRICES
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Coolest and Best Ventilated Motion Picture Theater in Portland
GIGANTIC MID -SUMMER PROGRAM
OF SIX SUBJECTS
Poor Little Kiddies Good Birthday Presents
DRAMATIC 4 COMEDY
Making Lace The pjot That Failed
INDUSTRIAL COMEDY
A Maker of Diamonds Cry From the Well
Emotional and Dramatic. Intensely Dramatic.
The New Ballad With Fine Illustrations
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NEW TRAIL FEATURES, ETCL
A Car a Minute From Third
and Yamhill St.
In eoxmctlon with tha recent trial of
Chatham (Eng.) dockyard men for thefts
of old metal, the auditors report on the
navy says : "Some of the conspirators ob
tained lea-ve of absence from the dockyard
in order actively to carry out the thefts."
Chicago's Council Finance Committee ha
discovered that the way to economize is
to economize. It recently ordered the aban
donment and sale of city automobiles
except those used by the chiefs of the Are
and police departments and their assistants.