THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JULY 25, 1909.
SOCIETY WOMAN WHO SHINES AT NATION'S
CAPITAL IS PAINTER OF FINE PICTURES
DAILY JiATINEE lSe, 25c, SOe. (Sudan and Holidays Nlshf Prices)
LYRIC
THEATER
Phones Main 6 ud A 1020
8CSTMER PRICES
Evenings SAc and lfie
Matinees 15e
iv; zcNj.,.' . fffj7: - . . 7 - r-sa
1 i , .- I fp- ,'--V.-il , v'W'f 1 ill
' H'. (- II - !,-: .V-i - "II
J h ;X'V ... I v'-AS!tt'it'i II
- . -; ''ctdh: ft.'-, i n
' a Jill -I ' :Jii-n ' 1 I
m
IEW YORK. July 17. (Special. )-
On of the most charming visitor!
t Bar Harbor will be Mrs. Alice Bar
ney, of Washington. As. Mrs. Barney
has leased her cottage at Bar Harbor
to Jacob SchifT. the New York banker.
he has reserved a suite of rooms this
Fummer at the Malvern Hotel. Mrs.
Barney is now visiting the West and
will make a trip through the Yellow
stone before returning to the East.
Mrs. Barney was known to social
Washington and Bar Harbor a few
years ago merely as" a clever hostess.
Some years ao she left her beautiful
home at the capital and went to Paris
where she gave herself up to the de
velopment of her artistic talents. She
returned to America last Winter after
paining: for herself a distinct position
in the art world of Paris and London
and nepeated her triumphs in New York
ana wasmngton. sne exmoitea in
New York last May R4 of her paintings
chiefly portraits which attracted the
attention of the critics and drew from
the newspapers of the more serious
class the highest praise. Amonsr the
portraits which attracted the greatest
attention were those of her daughter.
Laura Clifford Barney. Mrs. Barney
has also done portraits of Jimmle
Whistler. G. B- Chesterton. " Bernard
Shaw, All Hull Khan and Mlrza Abdul
Fax I. Mrs. Barney's Interest extends
from art and social life to philanthropy.
She Is the founder of a settlement In
Washington and has added to it re
cently a house for a baby dispensary.
Mrs. Barney is shown here in a char
acteristic pose and also in the cos
tume she wore when she appeared In
her own comic opera given for charity
recently in Washington.
Gossip and Chat of Plays and Players
EDITED BY ARTHIR A. GREEXE.
THE picture of Anna Held, who Is Mrs.
F. Zfegfeld. Jr.. in private life, and
her daughter, which is presented today.
Is Interesting for the reason that very
fern- people are aware that there wai a
daughter In the family.
T. Daniel Frawley has organized a new
company and gone from the Lois Theater
at Seattle to Nome,
and other northern points for a Summer
season.
sailed for Europe last month, in most un
measured terms she scouted the idea that
there was any reason In the world that
she should ever have been regarded as a
great beauty.
"It is ridiculous! exclaimed Miss Rum
sell in all seriousness. "My family, who
surely ought to know my face and physi
cal features better than anyone else, have
always refused to regard me as the
Robert Hlldreth. formerly a member of
the Lyric Company, and later starring
with his own company, writes from Sa
Diego. Cal.. that he and his wife are rest
ing there for the Summer.
Cohan & Harris announce that the
theatrical benefit at the Polo Ground;
in New York, on Thursday. July 29,
aid of the New York Home for Destitute
Crippled Children will be a beauty show.
F. ZiegfeJd. Jr.. has promised the pres
ence of the entire "Follies of 1909 com
pany in costume. The baseball girls from
the "Follies", will play a match game
against a team of vaudeville headlinera
which will Include Gertrude Hoffmann,
Annette Kellermann and Mile. Da lie.
JLaurette Taylor, who played a season
of lurid melodrama at the old Empire a
few years ago, has made a big New York
Mt as the fiancee in "The Great John
Ganton.'
Venice has just heard "Salome and
arproved of it. The Costanzi Theater, In
Rome, is going to make another effort to
rehabilitate Italian opera. It announces
taat "Boris Goudlnoff." by Mussorgski
"Electra." Rubinstein's "The Demon."
The Red Shirt," by Leoncavallo; "The
Harvest Feast. by Dom Giocondo Fino,
the priest composer; Bellini's "Norma,
'Iris." by Mascagni. and "La Boheme,
by Puccini, will be produced next Winter
with the best available talent. In Milan
La Scala Is to devote more time than ever
to Wagner. It is complained there that
no successor to Arturo Toscanini can be
found.
In spite of the taste of the Italian large
cities it is announced that the most popu
lar of Italian operas last Winter was "I
Barbiere de Sevlglia. which was sung
1n 6 opera-houses of the country.
Boheme" was given at 24, "Madame But
terfly" at 12 and "Tosca" at 15. The hold
of the old-timers is shown by 43 per
formances of "I-a Traviata," 36 of "II
Trovatore" and 31 of "Carmen."
A writer In the New York Sun. m-riting
from Paris:
Meaning to be Impartial and wishing not
to diocourai Farl by needless assertion
rf New Yrk uperiont, I went to see "The
llerrv widow at the apoiio. Iei m d
ndirt even at the cot of loyalty. i had
en thi Vienna comedy of waltzes played
In my home city, but not ung until I heard
li here Here is a locally better Summer
hfw than any we hare in New York. The
w iUow had a voice to entrance, the wooer
was mm flr a singer, and for the first time
the p. ay gm into my ears as well as my
ee. At the end of the second sot I had
been enter tamed much and dlscouraajed
me but 1 perked up with tbo third act.
at Maxim's, where the duplication of the
notorious pis-- i exact architecturally, but
the Jniunration consists of a short ballet
such as never Is eeen there. In th New
"York representation s;ay sou b re ties and
Tt: htw girls each in a gown costing
more than the costuming of this entire play
whiKrfi tt up
Nothing; in thw "Merry Widow" had been
eff key. Sftn-f!fhthi of the audience dis
persed when the final curtain fell. I asked
wh any tarried. To see the theater trans
formed into a restaurant and dance hall.
The panjuet with it eat tn place was
turned oer and the reverse siV?. now on
top. was a polished dancinar floor, while
around the edges were tattles and chairs for
the past midnight seekers and makers of
g-gyety. At 3 o'clock the piace was like
the Moulin Rouge. Maxim s the Pal Tabarin :
ana otner iaris resorts.
Otis Skinner writes me from Hyannis
port. Mass.. where his Summer home Is
located, that he expects to come to the
Coast again next year.
' Actor Davlea in the New York Sun
prints the following Interesting story
ehout Ullian Russell:
The day before Miss Lillian Russell
Fairbanks. Dawson uiy oi me lamiiy. as a young gin.
tor iooK0 i never was even one, two.
three In the running with my aister. Mrs.
Ross. Now, there"s really a beautiful
woman, if you like! In our girlhood my
mother used to aay Mrs. Ross had all
the beauty of the family and my sister.
9u?anne, Mrs. Westford, had all the
horse sense.
"The beet encomium that I could get
from mother In those days was that
'Nellie lias a lovely voice. You see, I
was never even of sufficient Importance
In the family circle to be known as Lil
lian, and to this day among all my old
friends I am still called 'Nellie. I've
always said that it was the cigarette
manufacturers that started my vogue as
a professional beauty. They used to put
a little carte de vlsite photograph in
every package of a leading brand in
those days, and before I was aware of
it. so popular did those cigarettes be
come that the fame of my beauty was,
literally, in almost everybody's mouth,
for few men and scarcely any women
smoked Imported cigarettes in those days,
and as I was the most photographed of
any actress in those packages. I became
known from Maine to California long
before I had finished my engagement at
the Xew Tork Casino.
"At the time I was so wrapped ui in
my musical career that I paid no at
tention to this celebrity which had been
thrust upon me. In fact, it is only
during the two ist seasons, when I have
been doing nearly all the one-night
Btands on the continent in 'Wildfire,' that
I had become in the eyes of cigarette
smokers all over the place quite a Na
tional Institution. It has brought me In
a big fortune during the past two years,
so I really have no right to complain
about it. but In Justice to what my
mirror tells me now I must say," laughed
Miss Russell, "that I'm a good deal
more of a beauty now than I was then.
'Honestly, though. I never had the
slightest ambition or desire to be known
as a beatitiful woman. When the news
papers used to praise my looks and
Ignore my voice and damned my acting
with faint praise It used to make' me
perfectly furious. I always knew that
there was the making of a comedienne
in me, and that's one reason why I de
cided to stop singing altogether. They
have to take me as an actress now or
stay away. I'll never forget the first
time I met one of the dramatic critics
i
I r
III:
1 1
i
.
. - -yr
jar r , .yr-iir
' i kl tA'
i ' ' J -
(Li- ;r Vi?-.
I,- -1 ') :', j 'u f , -
' t 1 I ! - i - 1
j
i
t
i
1
L
i:
it.
Week of July 25th
HARRINGTON AND SALE PRESENT
The Imperial Musical Comedy
Company in
URTYGURTT
a n
A MERRY MIXTURE OF MIRTH AND MELODY
Don't Miss
"The Girl With the Caterpillar Crawl
Matinees Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday
Two Shows Every Night, at 8 and 9:15
who for years had Insisted upon regard
ing me as a beauty and nothing more.
"It was at a supper in the old Fifth
Avenue one night during the time that
I Miss Fay Templeton and myself were
both appearing at Weber and Fields. The
critic was sitting next to me, so as soon
as he had been introduced I opened lire
at once. Ive been longing to meet you
for yeans,' I said sweetly.
" 'Really! exclaimed the critic, think
lng he was getting off very easily.
" 'Yes.' I went on, 'for years and years
I've been longing to tell you what a brute
you've been to me.
" 'But, my dear Miss Russel, I'm sure
I've always praised your looks'
'"Yes!, My looks! Pah! What do I
care about my looks!" I crled 'Why don't
you say something nice about my
actingr
"Then the critic laughed and threw up
his hands. You re all alike, you stars,
he said. 'It's Impossible to satisfy you.
What you have Just told me reminds me
so much of what Miss Fay Templeton
said about you the other day. 'What did
Fay Templeton say about me the other
day? I asked, bridling up at once and
falling plop Into his trap.
" 'Why, I met her by accident on a
streetcar. It was the day after I had
given her a splendid sendoff for her bur
lesque of Annie Russell ,1ft "Catherine."
Did she thank 'me for that sendoff? Not
a bit of it. She Just shook hands, looked
me squarely In the eyes and said: "I say,
old man, do you want to do me a real
big favor? Well. Just stop declaring in
print that I am a great actress. They
all do that. I'm sick and tired hearing
it. Next time, if you want to win my
everlasting gratitude you'll just come
out fiat-footed and say that I am even
more beautiful than Ullian Russell." '
"After that." concluded Miss Russell,
"he talked about the weather. I never
said another word."
The Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill Wild
West shows have formed a combination
and are now playing at Chicago.
Raymond Hitchcock is playing his old
repertoire at San Soucl Park, Chicago.
... I
Thff problem of who will provide a
MARY
ADELE
CASE
CONTRALTO
MONDAY EVENING
JULY 26
BUNGALOW THEATER
9eats New on Sale Box Office
Prices SOe to 93.
WEBER PIANO USED,
MME. ANNA HELD AND HER EIGHT-V EAR - OLD DAUGHTER.
Baseball
RECREATION PARK.
Corner Vaughn d Twenty-fourth St.
LOS ANGELES
vs.
PORTLAND
July 10, IL. St. 13, 14, Z5
Gam be-fln wlc days 8:80 P. M. ; Bun
day. 2:30 P. M.
Admission Bleachers. 2Se; Grandstand.
0c; Boxes, 25c extra, children: Bleachers,
10c; Grandstand, isc.
LADLES' -DAT. FRIDAY.
Boys under 12 free to Bleachers Wedaes-
theater for the Shuberts In Portland is a
burning one. Oh, you capitalists! Don't
all speak at once.
. e
The Ben Greet players are doing al
fresco Shakespeare at a Chicago Sum
mer park.
SNAILS SHOCK MEDDLERS
Paris Merchant Has Fine Scheme to
Stop Pilfering in Shop..
PARIS, July 34. (Special.) Electrifying
shop wares to prevent larceny la an In
genious but dangerous Invention. A
man who sells live snails near the
Bourse found that gourmets in passing
frequently "pinched" a handful of them
and disappeared. He had a brilliant idea
and connected the wire baskets in which
the snails are offered for sale' with an
electric battery in hjs shop. When a
genuine customer came along he cut off
the current. The snalta themselves were
permanently electrified without apparent
harm.
But a party of schoolboys passed the
shop and "r-inched" some of them. They
had no sooner done so than they set up
howls which brought a crowd. Inquir
ing bystanders touched the snails also
and similarly yelled. The current was
not strong enough to kill the snails, but
transmitted a shock which made the per
sons dance. Having recovered they com
menced to wreck the establishment, when
the police came.
GERMANS WELCOME FLEET
American Warships Joyously Re
ceived at Kaiser's Chinese Port.
TSINGTAU. July 24. Rear - Admiral
Giles B. Harber, in command of the
third division of the Pacific squadron,
consisting of the cruisers Charleston,
Chattanooga. Cleveland and Denver, has
ADVANCED" VAUDEVILLE
5nir Monday Matinee, July 26
Week
Sti
ELEANOR GORDON & CO
Including Joseph Sullivan, in the Comedy Playlet,
"TIPS ON TAP"
LA PETITE REVUE THE FIVE AVOLOS
An Old Idea Uniquely Vocalized and Xylophonlsfs Par Excellence.
Twentleth-Centuryized.
AbU-WORTHLEY-Minthorne Martini & Maximilian
Laughable and Applaudable Magt-
1 cians.
LENA PANTZER
Auicted by Sam Mint, THE KEMPS
&anetng "On the Floor, on a Wire
and In the Air." "Going to Dahomey."
ORPHEl'M PICTURES. ORPHEUM ORCHESTRA.
PERFORMANCE . EVERY EVENING 81IB
MATINEE DAILY 2ilS
Evening Prices 1 5c, 25c, 50c and 75c
DAILY MATINEE I5c, 25c, SOe (Sundays and Holidays Night Prices)
PANT AGES THEATER
BILL CHANGES MONDAY
ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE; STARS OF ALL NATIONS
WEEK, COMMENCING MONDAY MATINEE, JULY 26
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT OF
LEON MORRIS AND COMPANY'S FAMOUS
EDUCATED ANIMAL ACTS
Introducing Johu Hodge and the Wrestling Ponies ; Banner and Mad
ison ; La Belle Helene and her troupe of Leaping .Greyhounds ; Pro
fessor Leo's High-Diving Monkeys; Morris' six Performing Ponies.
THE CONTINENTAL FOUR,
High-class Harmony Singers.
P0NG0 AND LEO.
Comedy Acrobats.
JOHN P. REED,
Comedian and Monologist.
PANTAGESC0PE,
Latest Animated Events.
SIR. AND MRS. LITCHFIELD,
Presenting
"Down at Brook Farm."
WYATT SISTERS,
, Singers and Dancers.
LEO WHITE,
Silver-Voiced Tenor.
PANTAGES ORCHESTRA,
Always a Feature.
THREE PERFORMANCES DAILY AT POPULAR PRICES
arrived here for a three days' visit The
American fleet received a brilliant recep
tion from the European colony here. The
city was decorated and many of the
houses displayed American flags. Tonight
a Cinderella dance was given to the offi
cers of the fleet by the American Consul.
On Monday the officers of the fleet will
be entertained at a dance at the naval
casino, and the petty officers and en
listed men will be taken to football
matches by their German comrades.
GRAND
VAUDEVILLE
Week of July 26th, '09
Girard & Gardner
In the Screamingly Funny Farce
"DOOLEY AND THE
DIAMOND"
Special Added Feature,
MattKeefe ,
Singer and Yodler, late of
Dockstader s and Cohan and
Harris Minstrels.
Damman Troupe
Creators of Startling and Sensa'
tional Feats.
Maurice Frank & Co.
In an Original One-Act Comedv,
"THE ADVANCE AGENT"
Gruet & Gruet
Minstrelsy Minstreled by Min-strefs.
Tbm McGuire
America's Scotchman.
Fred Bauer
Illustrated Song.
Grandascope
The Latest Motion Pictures.
Matinee every day at 2:30; ad
mission, 15c. Evening perform
ances 7:30 and 9.13; prices, 15o
and 25c. Box seats, 50e.
STAR
THEATER
THE HOME OF THE ORIG
INAL PRODUCTIONS
SUPPLIED EXCLUSIVELY BY MORTON FILM EXCHANGE
PROGRAMME BEGINNING WITH TODAY'S MATINEE
BIG FEATURE
THE KING'S SWORD
Sensational, Romantic Drama
Poor Kid
A Tragedy
True to His Master
A Beautiful Animal Story
The Man in the Moon
A Farce
The Latest Song
With Pictures
SPECIAL MATINEES
Monday's Sacred Subjects. Tuesday's Request
Pictures. Thursday's Musical Tryouts.
, " 1 Saturday's Children's Day
THE CONEY ISLAND OF THE WEST
AN OPEN AIR AMUSEMENT PARK
DONATELLFS
FAMOUS ITALIAN BAND
Miss Bessie Bulpin, Soprano
New Trail Features
NEW BATH HOUSE
NOW OPEN
A CAR A
MINUTE AT
THIRD
AND YAMHILL
STREETS