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TIIESUNDA? OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND. .TUT.Y 4, 1909.
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Another of the W. J. Locke novels has
been dramatized. This time It is 'Sep
timus," and the dramatization has been
arranged by Philip Llttcll. Harrison
Grey Fiske has secured the American
rights to the play and In It he will pre
sent George Ariiss at the beginning of
next season. Prior to the Arliss produc
tion Guy Bates Post will be given a stellar
Fend-off by Mr. Fiske. in a new play by
Rupert Hughes, entitled "The Bridge."
The piece had a preliminary trvout in
May.
Richard Kennett. the John Sliand In
"What Every Woman Knows" last sea
son. Is holidaying in Los Angeles with
Scotch thrift, at the same time heading
the stock company at the Belasco Theater
and appearing In a number of his oid
parts. The plays to be produced during
Ins engagement are "The Hypocrites,"
"The I.lon and the Mouse." "Twenty
ys ln tlle Shade" and "Imprudence."
1 he scheme to revive "In Miszuora" in
London with Mr. Bennett In the Nat C.
Goodwin rnlo has fallen through for the
rresent. although there is a chance of
Ivonnett and Augustus Thomas, the play
wright, making the venture next Spring.
The stock company field is a special
prov idence for those ' members of the
profession who enjoy working all Sum
mer, or who work because circumstances
compel them to do so. The stock organ
izations are numerous in those parts of
the country where the nights are cool,
and to appear on the stage every even
ing Is not so great a hardship as-it mas'
"'em. There is the opportunity, too. of
Playing Important parts, such, as would
not fau to Ule ,ot of Uja p, m u
inter.
Many actors and actresses like stock
company work and make a specialty of
it. as. for instance. Jane Kennark has
done for years. Since she was the lead
ing woman at Alhaugh's when that house
liist opened for stock purposes. Miss
Kennark has occasionally starred, but
for the most part she has preferred to
Jead a stock company. She is one of the
most versatile actresses of the day and
lightly turns from grave to gay. from
tragedy to comedy, from melodrama to
farce, without an effort.
Just now Jane Kennark Is playing In
ousln Kate" In Kansas City. and. of
course, playing it well. Looking over the
list one notices Robert T. Haines, who
has been acting in 'The Rose of the
Rancho. In Springfield. Mass. Adelaide
Kelm has been appearing in 'A Message
From Mars" in Milwaukee.
.
James Neill. who had a company hero
Tor a short season, is now in St. Paul
and has been giving "The House of a
Contented Woman." Cathrine Countlss
Grand Rapids. Mich., and the press no
tices are enthusiastic. William A. Page's
two stock companies the one in Rich
mond. Va.. and the other in Rochester.
wT7 I been doing wel1- At the
Rochester house there Is a new play
written by Mr. Page and Arthur Byron'
called Easy Money," and if it should
next Winter. In some of the Western
cities well-known stars are playing Sum
mer engagements with the stock com
panies Mrs. Leslie Carter, Virginia
!'vnm' Ra'mond Hitchcock. James
O Neill and Amelia Bingham do not dis
dain this work. It is a little curious to
I'?t.eLIn !he. account! of the performances
of the stock companies at Salt Lake City
that one of the actresses taking elderlv
parts is Mrs. Annie Adams, the mother of
Maud Adams.
"The City" is the name of Clyde Pitch's
new comedy, the manuscript of which he
. ltI? the Shuberts just before he
started for Europe. He is as clever in
selecting names as in other departments
of his art. and it, is to be observed that
of late he has chosen short names, as
easily remembered. "The City" presents
a phase of New Tork life, in the portrayal
of which no one is cleverer than Mr.
r itch.
.rrIleTvPlayWr,fht.,R'in see hls drama.
i7 t ,0manJ." the Caae" now running
!,ti;0n.K0"- Th6 crltlcs were unfriendly
hf . .the IT Perfonance in London,
but the audiences have been large and
playgoers evidently like the plav. Mr
I-itch will later go to Berlin, where his
comedy. "The Truth." is on view-the
most successful abroad of all his plavs,
although It was not liked much in this
country. He will then proceed to Vienna
and Rome taking In all the principal
dramatic attractions by the way.
Mrs. Carter and John Luther Long
have fallen out and her play for next
season will be written by Edward Peple.
the author of "Prince Chap" and other
Vleces.
From his annual Summer trips Mr
Fitch freshens his mind and receives new
Impressions and ideas, and this heln. tn
xplaln his fertility. He writes many
JAPANESE TO COME IN SEPTEMBER
Pan, ot Buslnes, M.a and Ttaaadal Eapert, to Ton Amoric o MA of Ablated Chaab.r. of Com-
merce 0 Pacific Coast.
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AT the Invitation of the Associated
Chambers of Commerce of the Pa
cific Coast, a party of 30 repre
sentative business men and commercial
experts of Japan, accompanied by their
wives and headed by Baron Shibonsawa.
of Tokio, will arrive in Seattle Sep
tember 3 for a tour of the principal
cities of the United States. The party
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plays and is a rapid writer, but, as he
has often explained, he is really a slow
workman, since a play lies in his mind
a long while before he undertakes to give
it shape. He thinks over it day after
day, and it grows by slow processes;
but once it is completed in his brain, the
mere act of transcribing it is easy
enough.
Rose Coghlan, it is said, will he con
nected in some way with the New Thea
ter in New York. She was with John
Drew all last season.
Madame Nordica is In London, where
she appeared recently In a svmphony
orchestra concert under Nikisch. She
will make a midwinter tour through the
South, appearing in Baltimore among
other cities.
Caruso is in Milan, but it said to be
not in very good spirits, as his voice is
still out of order. He declares that with
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PHOTOGRAPHS OF- ROBERT EASTMAN AD HIS WIDOW
Y"ORK- July 8. (Special.) The above are photographs' of
Robert Eastman, suspected of killing Mrs. Edith Thompson Woodill at
Broad Creek. Md., and his widow. Mrs. Eastman was Vinnie Bradcome
an actress, living in New York. v-"i.
rest it will be completely restored. Never-
ineiess, ne may be obliged to undergo
another operation.
Sheridan Rayburn. dramatic critic of
the Chicago Tribunn In rnr-,,. ,ir, tv.
Maude Adams production of "The Maid
of Orleans," given recently In the sta
dium at Harvard, says:
TThe most important happening In re
cent affairs theatrical and one of the
most unusual events in the history of
the American stage, was the performance
of Schiller's "The Maid of Orleans" in
the stadium of Harvard University Tues
day evening. Many things conspired to
make the occasion a memorable one. Not
alone was the audience of more than
15.000 persons, seated in the bowl of the
great amphitheater, the largest that ever
has gathered to witness a theatrical pre
sentation, but the company of actors, sol
diers, students, women and children, to
taling in all over 1400, was of a numerical
strength seldom equaled before.
"To crown it all. America's most popu
lar actress, Miss Maude Adams, essayed
the role of the ill-fated Joan of Arc and
so dominated the succession of scenes
and pageants through which she passed
that the performance took on the nature
of a personal triumph.
"The weather conditions were perfect
and the Summer sky, the only covering
of the vast throng, was as typical of Or
leans as it was of Boston. The audience
was. drawn not from the classic walls
of Harvard alone nor from the intellect
ual circles of Boston exclusively, but
from cities and academic centers far and
near. The performance was under the
auspices of the Germanic department of
Harvard and consequently lovers of the
best that German literature affords gath
ered to pay tribute, Incidentally, perhaps,
at the shrine of Johann Christoph Fried
rich von Schiller.
"Shortly before the beginning of the
first act the orchestra of 100 musicians,
concealed behind the gTanite heights on
one side, began the overture to the Bee
thoven 'Eroica' symphony, and five timid
sheep, responding to the call, strolled out
from behind the scenes and began to nib
ble the grass on the Harvard football
field.
The Motor Girl" has settled down for
a Summer run at the Lyric, James T.
Powers, in 'Havana." remains the at
traction at the Casino and at the Janlin
de Paris, atop the New York Theater.
. -&esv. 0JZ&rjr jsamaz
M n t ""1 about September
T,;, Clark" f the Clark-Wilson
PowS?vmpary' who "presented the
k Chamber on the tour of Japan,
made by the party of Pacific Coast
business men last Fall, will again ren
resent the local Chamber and accom-
ra". v,sltora throughout their stay
In this country.
This trip is to bo made for the pur-
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'The Follies of 1909" is the bill. "The
Midnight Sons," by Messrs. Glen McDon
ough and Raymond Hubbell. is booked
to remain throughout the Summer at the
Broadway, while at the Herald Square
"The Beauty Spot" is not to be disturbed.
'The Climax" is to continue at Daly's
and at Weber's Theater "The Girl from
Rector's" is the offering.
"From this humble beginning the story
developed with constantly increasing
complexity and splendor during the four
hours and a half consumed by the per
formance." In the Eden Musee. in New York, the
tragedy of Elsie Sigel has furnished a
subject for a group of figures, including
one of a Chinese witness undergoing the
"third degree" at the hands of his in
quisitors. With New Tork fanning itself and the
mercury threatening to shoot out of the
top of the thermometer, many of the
large theaters in Broadway have closed
their doors, leaving the list f current
playbills very short indeed.
Holbrook Blinn, whose impersonation
of Jim Piatt in "Salvation Nell" with
Mrs. Fiske has won admiration wherever
that play has been seen, returned to San
Francisco with. Mrs. Fiske for the first
time since he won success upon the stage,
and was greeted warmly by his friends!
the public and the press.
Mr. Blinn's father is connected with
the San Francisco customs service. Hia
mother was Nellie Holbrook Blinn, and
was a co-star with William E. Sheridan.
She was the first woman to play Hamlet
in this country and won note as a versa
tile actress. Thus Mr. Blinn comes na
turally by his histrionic . talent.
Mr. Blinn was. one of the early stu
dents at Stanford University, from which
Institution he was among the first grad
uates. He was active in literary work
in the university and editor of the Se
quoia, the college paper. Strangely, Mr.
Blinn won his first success as an actor
in London in "The First Born," Francis
Powers' play of Oriental life, which
created a dramatic sensation several
years ago. Mr. Blinn repeated his suc
cess In "The Cat and the Cherub" and
later was prominent In plays in his own
country. Mr. Fiske engaged him - for
"Salvation Nell." in which he does the
best work of his career.
The independents, largely represented
by the Shuberts. claim to direct the des
tinies of the following attractions in op
position to the so-called "trust":
B. H. Sothern. Julia Marlowe. Forbes
Robertson and Gertrude Elliott. Maxine
Elliott. William Faversham. Eleanor Kob
son. viola Allen, Wilton Lackaye in "The
Battle." William Hode in "llie Man From
Home." Madame Nazimova, Lew Fields
Mary Mannerlng, Mme. Marietta Oily, Mme.
Kalich, Nance O'N'eil, Bertha Alland, Sam
Bernard. John Mason, Jefferson de Angelis
in "The Beauty Spot," Lulu Glaser. Louise
Gunntnir. Marguerite Clark In "The young
Guardsman." Oeorge Fawcett in "The Great
John Ganton," Charles Cherry in "The
Bachelor," "The Revellers" with Charles
Richman, "The Witching Hour." "The Blue
Mouse," two companies of "The Wolf"
three companies of "Girls." two companies
of "Going Some." "The Manicure Girl." a
new play bv Clyde Fitch, with Zelda Sears;
Tne Mouse Trap." a new play by Fitch
A Modern Marriage." a new play from the
German by Fitch; "The Hawk." a new play
from the German by Hartley Manners;
..Setciln- a .new l-'T from the German;
the Protege." a new Dlav from the dor.
pose of acquainting the business men
of Japan with American resources and
commercial methods, it is expected to
have the effect of stimulating the trade
relations between the two countries
Baron Shibonsawa. who is at the
head of the party, is president of the
S irst Bank of Japan and a. man who
o.Yi i".,a w'd on the commer
cial life of that nation.
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man In ."SIL French P'ay: Gertrude Hnffl
fife "Hv'.reView: The Mlmlc World";
iwo Havana comnui m ti, - i , '
,"" y rerainana Goltirhili.. .-ri.. c
two "Havana" companies: "The
Around the World." a new rev-l.w- x
J roubadour," a Viennese operetta- "Cousin
yfehreV the v,ene P"ettu; a new opera b"
overwaiPOSev-,0f "M"e- Mischief; "The
- A?. altz- a Viennese operetta: "Mental"
'Madame
i ""operetta; "The Motor i:irl The
--rrH."L"Ui"C:. "Th?. Barefoot Dancer"!
production.
ToA-tira-ti,on" unrt" the management of
SneU Eelaac?:0 Davll Warfleld? Blanche
Bates. Frances Starr In "The Easiest Wav"-
roT'T'vL? "Zhe, Devn-rouy Bate.
Yankee Mandarin": "The Nr
i inn ; i.ustin Karnu
"ThiI"inT B'05'""1- with 'Chrystal Herne;
eJja'.ly ot Dreams." by Rostand; "Tot-
,ar"m Davis; -The Ordeal." by John
J.ouKhran; "The Renegade." bv Paul Arm
strong; a nw play by (i Henry: two com
pany, or - The So.uaw Man": "The Head of
IvC '" bv E. W. Townsend and Frank
OMalley; two cimpanie. in "Mrs. Wigga of
the Cabbage Patch."
A list of 'independent" theaters is as
follows :
Ifew Xork City Lyric, Ma-tln. Elliott'..
Daly s Casino. Lew Field's. Herald Square.
Majestic. Yorkvtlle. Metropolis, Comedy New
1 hirty-ninth-.Street Theater. Broadway
Theater. West Knd. Grand Opera-House.
Brooklyn and the Hippodrome.
Chicago Garrick Theater.
Albany Hermanns Bleecker Hnll.
Philadelphia Lyric and Adelpiit.
v ashlngton The Belasco.
Pittsburg The Iuquesne.
St. Louis The Garrick.
Cincinnati Lyric.
Boston Majestic and a new theater now
being built.
Kansas City Sam S. Shubrrt Theater.
I'etroit Whitney Opera-House.
Milwaukee Shubert Theater.
Buffalo Teck Theater.
Providence Providence Opcra-Hous
New Haven Hyperion Opera-House.
Rochester The Baker.
Syracuse Grand Opera-House.
1 tica Shubert Theater.
Tacoma Ptar Theater.
Seattle Hew Alhambra Theater
New houses will be o;.ened in Columbus,
Indianapolis. Omaha. Portland. Seattle. Los
( ',, ", rancisco. t. i'j-ji, Minneapo
lis. Ies Moines. Mt. Paul. Toledo. O. ; Indian
apolis. Ind.; Columbus, O. ; ai.d manv other
cities.
Following the announcement that Eu
gene W. Presbrey had dramatized and
George H. Brennan had arranged to pro
duce "The Coast of Chance" next Fall,
comes word that Mips Jane Oaker will
play Flora Gilsey, the San Francisco
heiress, in the new piece. Esther and
Lucia Chamberlain wrote the novel. It
was published a little over a year ago
and sprang into immediate 'popularity by
reason of its charming California setting
and its adroit combination of an Anglo
American romance with the tale of a
cosmopolitan criminal who purloins an
Oriental treasure.
Mr. Presbrey is no 'prentice at drama
tlzi"K a mystery story. His adaptation
of "Raffles" has toured the country with
great success and has been translated
into several languages. There are two
characters in "The Coast of Chance" one
of them a titled Englishman which axe
likely to hif the popular fancy as strong
ly as the suave and shifty Raffles.
Frederick Eamelton and Mrs. Esmelton
(Jewell Power) are at Seatucket, L. I.,
for the Summer. Mr. Esmelton will
again be seen in "A Woman's Way" next
season in support of Grace George.
Walker Whiteside, In Liebler & Co.'s
production of "The Melting Pot," Js to
be the opening attraction at the new
Comedy Theater, now nearing comple
tion on Forty-first street near Sixth ave
nue. New York. The house will open
early in the Autumn. It is under the
management of the Shuberts.
Paul Gilmore signed contracts last week
by which he will be under fhe manage
ment of A. J. Spencer the coming sea
son. -The Call of the North." Robert
Edeson's production, will be the opening
play, to be followed by a new play by
an experienced author. Mr. Gilmore's
leaving Jules Murry's management was
amicably arranged.
Mr. and Mrs. George Alison (Gertrude
Rivers) have been very well received In
St. Paul, Minn., where they are at the
Metropolitan Opera-House tor the Sum
mer. Their performances of Miss Godes
by and Dick Sterling in "The Climbers
last week met with much appreciation.
Mrs. Patrick Campbell will appear in
Mrs. Georgo Cornwallis West's new so
ciety play, "Borrowed Plumes," at the
Hicks Theater, London, for matiness on
July 7. 9 and 10. The cast will include
Henry Ainley and Stella Patrick Camp
bell. "
Eugene W. Presbrey has made the
dramatization of Rex Beach's novel. "The
Barrier." in which Guy Standing and
Theodore Roberts, under the management
of Klaw & Erlanger, are to open their
season in Rochester. N. Y., In Septem
ber. The following strictures on the prurient
drama are from the virile pen of William
A Inter, the grand old man of American
criticism:
i J.ho Person . who support pornographic
plays are not "strong men;" they are for
the most part, the idle and morbidly curi
ous youth ot both sexes, the vicious mature,
ttie neurotic, the dissatisfied females, the
vulgar profligates, and the half developed
creatures, who. being Imperfectly educated,
.utTer with a sort of mental dyspepsia. The
TU.emoof J111 such P'a's' fro' the time of
Lord Rocherter to that of David Belasco.
is the sexual relation, under more or less
Illicit conditions. Sometimes the plavs are
mere ribaldry; sometimes a combination of
spectacle and animal propensitv. as in cer
tain dramas habitually produced by Sarah
Bernhardt; sometimes they disclose analy
sis or disease, functional or organic, result
ing In more or less perverted and depraved
conduct, as frequently exhibited in the wrlt
t Norwegian pessimist and bore.
Henrlk Ibsen; sometimes they are picture,
or social turpitude, reproduced with exclu
sive attention to photographic portrayal of
contemporary vice; always their "appeal"
la the same.
..Th attitude of the "strong man" of an
earlier period toward such plays, was shown
by James Russell Lowell a strong man tf
ever our country has produced one who
iwllhtli. v. aUcn1 Performances of Sarah
Bernhardt because he "would not allow my
mind to be dragged in the gutter." and If
an example is desired of the opinion of "a
f..nB,man nI ,he Pwt day relative to
uch plays and also an example of the nat
ural and right action of such a man It can
be found Jn the conduct of one of the
T?. T.Bn .nT llvinK William Howard
Taft. President of the United States who
cJ.ife-,?".J'ecorded ln advices rrom the
Capital, left the Belasco Theater In Wash
ington after the first act of a new Slav
called "The Revelers." (a play writTen? to
the Sacred t of the theatrical profession by
an actor. Charles Richman) because it wis
Improper and offensive. 1 was
LAST 60XXET OF A CALL BOY.
By Samuel Ellsworth Kiser ln the Green
Book Album.
2over. kn,ew what love was till f seen
Bweet Alice v0rke, and heard her sing x
song;
Gee whiz. I wlsht that I was big and
ASd '"enty-two and she v as seventeen.
And that some night omi stage-hand that
was green
idrong ' around and th Props in
iP J16" a fhorus-glrl would trip along
And fall acrost a bucket of benine.
They'd be a flash, and .creams, and every
where Wild yell, for help, and with a whoop
I d go "
And pick out darling little Alice there
and 1Ue wltnout a "cratch.
Sh,? kSnusKle '"my arms and never care
To have a part ln any other .how.
Henry B. Harris has engaged Ger
trude Coghlan as leading woman with
Robert Edeson in W. Somerset Maug
ham s comedy. "The Noble Spaniard '
which will have its premiere in Amer
ica early in September.
Otis Skinner in a recent Interview at
Spokane comes near saying the last word
lc-r nil" Th. p y :. T1" Prima Bal-
it" r f he pai"aise of Mohammed A
MMnMlf "Pe" V,, fhe Glassblowers"; "Th.
kn.?"i;UBi?.n J.Vn? "The Tan-
iu . new mum c;i I
m in "Cameo Ktrbv':
cvi . i vvnuesme in "The Melting Pot"
a all in The fn-gar Buyer"; Madge Carr
son ?na,r"aJ Tr'"Kt"n and w"
son In the Blood." a new plav bv E M
Koyle. with H r u-.,.. .. V;V,r .;
oy JarKlngton and Wilson
ni., - ,"Vtr.er- fy I-oui" N Parker; "For
T f,. r- 'or.we." by Cleveland Moffet; "A
Little Brother of the Rich." bv Joseph V
MofV.7-n-U- ''K",hSr by Cleveland
RUMOR HAS IT THAT AUGUST BELMONT
AND MISS ROBSON ARE ENGAGED
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NEW YORK. June 29. (Special.) Eleanor Robson is one of the, few
actresses on the American stage who have a distinct social nositlon Z
fLh,"01 K'fted ln SOClety and 13 fently a member of week-end partles at
bea, le ctOUDtTy Places' Recently the devotion of August BThnont to the
beautiful actress has been so marked that it is reported and generallv h
lleved that they are engaged to be married. Mr. Bdmont fs a widower wUh
a married son. His wife has been dead several years to l, . tnw
wealth though It 1. currently believed that he Ts not" so wealthy as hewas
before he got into partnership with T. F. Rvan in th x vLv t
;iBTtVither WaS a Walthy b-k aMf1u eIe?ou,etBe
inont & Co., the representatives ln this country of the Rothschildl Thev r
ernPiraetedttobetb,?f JeW,S,h gln ad the,r nam when th ? heaS of the tlmUy
emigrated to this country is said to have been Schoenberg This traninVi
Into French from German becomes "Belmont." ol-"oenerS. Inls translated
.tIrVBelJn0nt'B mo,ther a descendant of Oliver Hazard Perrv The
family has been conspicuous at Newport for two generations. August Belmont
has not been so much identified with the Newport set as his i twn hrsth..
Perry Belmont and the late O. H. P. Belmon? He hL been interested great
Sytatnes S ln faCt 13 th Chlef backer of that Brftr tie United
on the subject of the objectionable drama
which has occupied so much attention
recently. "The stage Isn't decadent,"
said he, "but the audiences are. When
people will flock to see Shakespeare as
they do to -The Girl From Rector's.' the
managers will produce Shakespeare."
'
The only actor a member of the Eng
lish Parliament is E. W. Mason.
Although Mr. Mason has achieved fame
and fortune as a novelist, he first be
came identified with the stage as a
member of Ben Greet's Players when
Bernard Shaw's "Arms and the Man"
was nrodlieeH ti t- A . . rrl .
- " - j... nun ineaier,
london. Mr. Mason played a small part.
The only American actor a member
of the Lower House of Congress is
Hon. Julius Cahn. of the Third Cali
fornia Congressional district.
The company which Henry Miller has
selected to present "The Servant in the
House' during the Pacific Coast tour of
Charles Rann Kennedy's play contains
several players well known here. The
company which Portland will see at the
ADMIRAL AND
xyji vluai lUiJN HONS FROM OFFICIAL SET
NSW YORK, July 3. (Special.)
Admiral Uriu has been visiting the
East for the last two weeks and, with
his wife, has been the recipient of a
great deal of attention. They dined at
the White House in Washington, were
entertained by the commandant of the
Naval Academy at Annapolis and the
commandant of the Military Academy
at West Point, and by Colonel Robert
Thompson in New Tork City. They
visited Vassar College, of which Mme.
Uriu Is a graduate, and she presented
to the college a beautiful silver bowl.
They called informally on the com
mander of the Department of the East
at Governors Island General Wood and
on the commandant of the Brooklyn
Navy-yard Captain Murdoch. Every
where the Admiral and his wife have
expressed themselves as charmed with
the hospitality shown them, especially
as It evidences the good will of the
people of the United. States toward
those of Japan. In the large group
made on Governors Island the persons
(from left to right) are: Mrs. J. L.
Chamberlain. Captain H. Dorey, Ad
miral Uriu, Judge Gary, of Chicago;
Mrs. Leonard Wood, Colonel J.
Chamberlain. Mme. Uriu, Colonel Rob
ert Thompson, General Leonard Wood.
Bungalow Theater week after next was
formed by combining the New York and
Chicago companies which carried "The
Servant in the House" to brilliant suc
cess all last season ln the big cities of
the East and Middle West
Charles Dalton, who will be seen here
as the Drain Man," is a famous Eng
lish star. He followed Kyrle Bellew as
leading man at the Adelphl Theater ln
London, which posiUon he filled for five
years.
George W. Wilson, who has the Im
portant role of the Bishop of Lanca
shire, was seen ln Portland during the
season of 1S95-6, as the star of "The
Old Homestead." Mr. Wilson has since
then become famous as the original
king In "If I Were King." Last sea
son he added to his popularity by his
inimitable performance as Colonel Star
bottle to Eleanor Robson's Salomv Jane
ln the dramatization of Bret Harte's
story of the same name.
The leading woman of the Associate
Players, Lizzie Hudson Collier, was
William H. Crane's leading woman In
the original production of "The Sena
Jor;.and tis Skinner's leading woman
in The Harvester." Miss Collier betran
MRS. URIU OF JAPAN HAVE
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her stage career as an ingenue in the
company of Joseph Jefferson, the elder.
The oldest theatrical family is the
Kembles. The first of these to take
up the profession was Roger Kemble
born In 1721.
The Booths were of Jewish descent;
the Irvings, Cornish; the Comptons,
Scotch: the Robertsons, Celtic; the
Boucicaults, originally French: the Jef
fersons, English; the Barrymores and
Drews, Irish.
The largest amount of money ever
raised at a benefit for a member of the
theatrical profession was at the Jubilee
Benefit for Ellen Terry, June 12. 1906.
at the Theater Royal. London. The net
proceeds of the affair amounted to
$43,920.
Philosophy of Owning
Two Chophouses
Son ot Sonnj Italr Operates Pair of
Iteatanrantn Jointly and mo Gets
Money of Plenxed and Cnpleased
Going aud Coming.
THIS Is a true story. Perhaps that
remark may seem superfluous, but It
is not. Everything that follows is true
but the names, the location, and some
other details.
Near the corner of a certain street and
avenue ln this town are two restaurants.
One is about three doors from the Street
on the Avenue, and the other Is about
four doors from the Avenue on the Street,
and the backs of these restaurants are
simultaneous, as they say ln mathematics.
Moreover, the same eon of Sunny Italy, or
some other Mediterranean clime, runs
both places. He was asked recently why
he ran two restaurants so close together,
and this Is the reply he made:
"Da mon dat coma here, he getta d
sorehead ev'ry now an' then. He coma
to my old place an' he say: 'Giva me
da ham an' da egg.' I glva him da ham.
an' da egg. He smell of dem an he no
Ilka. 'Dis da buma da place,' he say. 'I
go to da gooda da restauran', see.'
"An' he go out wid mucha da mad on.
He go roun' da corner an ho see da.
6lgn. an' he coma Into my other place.
'Giva me da ham an' da egg,' he say,
an' my broda he go out in da kitch' an'
getta da same ham an" da egg and giva.
it to him. And da mon he smila an' say:
TDeesa place gooda da place; I coma
some more.' An' so I getta da cash)
V.VHI1I1 an' goin , you see.
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