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NEW YORK. July Jl. (Special.)
These are the very latest pictures
of the little heir to the throne of Rus
sia. He has been more photographed
than any other heir apparent because
the people of Russia as well as of the
world at lare demand constantly
knowledge of this little Grand Duke.
The Interest In him Is due In (treat
part to his personality because even
baby can have a distinct personalty
and little Alexis has from his baby
hood appealed to the people of the
world by the frankness of his expres
slon and the pure boyishness of his
temperament. Wholly without self
consciousness (as the camera shows
him), he plays with his little sisters,
wears his military uniform like any
other little boy "playina; soldier" and
looks In his yachting cap more like the
son of a sailor than heir to one of the
world's great thrones.
It was In 1894 that Nicholas It mar
ried Princess Alexandra Altx. ,the
daughter of the Grand Duke of Hesse.
This waa one month after he had as
cended the throne after the death of
bis father. It was in 1904. ten years
later, that the Grand Duke Alexis was
bora. Meantime four daughters bad
come to the Imperial house of Russia
and the Empress had lost gradually the
lfrve of the people because she brought
no heir to the' throne. She was sick
with melancholia due In a great meas
ure to this loss of her people's love
when the little Grand Duke was given
tr her. She has had no children since.
The Grand Duke will celebrate on the
12th of August his 6th birthday. This
Is July 30 on the Russian calendar.
Probably he will celebrate his birthday I
on his father's yacht On the little cap
which he wears is the name of his fath
er's yacht "Standard" Little Alexis
probably enjoys life on the big yacht
better than on shore because the shad
ow of Impending calamity does not rest
so heavily on his father when he ia on
the" seas far from the reach of the con
spirators who are constantly seeking
his lire.
THIS IS THE SEASON WHEN STAGE FOLK
WALK THE "RIALTO" IN SEARCH OF JOBS
Over 9000 Actors and Actresses In New York Seeking Engagements-r-Plans of Some of the Managers, and New
Flays to Se Presented at Opening of Season.
THIS la the time of year which
among theatrical folks Is charac
terized as "dreadful." It Is the
betwixt and the between, and It would
seem as If the fate of everyone were
hanging on a thread. It la estimated
that there are over 9000 stage people In
New York now looking for work. One
of the best-known theatrical agents of
Broadway says that only one in ten has
a chance for engagement. Needless to
ask. whence do they come. Every state
In the Union contributes to the collec
tion now tramping up and down Broad
way In the district known as the "Rl
alto." The managers are only now returning,
consequently not until now were those
left In New Tork In charge, able to
make engagements. William Seymour.
ho makes the engagements for the
Frohman companies, is still in Europe
but will doubtless be on deck within
a few days aa Charles Frohman's re
turn with next season's attractions is
the signal for work. William A. Brady,
also landed last week, and Harrison
Grey Fiske. George Tyler and others,
are represented In town. The new
Shubert plays will not be cast yet for
several weeks, thus the engaging sea
son will run very late. It must not
be believed that the aspiring "mum
mers'" troubles will be at an end, be
cause scores of plays will be prepared
and withdrawn after the first couple
of weeks of the season.
One of the prominent managers said
that the season was held back as far
as he was concerned, because all of
the established actors and actresses, in
fact, all down the line, are asking about
three times as much this month aa
they will ask In September. On the
other hand, some of the important roan
, asers expect to have their companies
running full blast early In August.
This move is made in order to obviate a
recurrence of the conditions of last sea
son, when .they opened late in Septem
ber and by the middle of October at
least half the plays proved failures. If
their property Is to be valueless, they
want to know it In time to have an
other chance before the- new season Is
in full swing. Nor must the unwary be
lieve that these plays will be shelved.
Far from it. They will be rewritten,
and renamed and have another trial,
when they may make good.
No one who has not been upon the
field can conceive the play that is en
acted with real live chorus girls, and all
classes and sorts of players. As before
stated, every state In the Union con-trtbutes-to
the motley crowd and every
run of life as well. Among the prln-
glrla and chorus boys who recently
signed with "The Candy Shop," a list
of their calling before they signed In
cluded circus bill posters, telegraph op
erators, professional swimmers, office
boys , practicing attorneys, public
school teachers, choir singers, artist's
models, stenographers, milliners, laun
drymen, church ' organists, telephone
girls, country school teachers, and all
sorts of salesmen and saleswomen, a
few society girls, school girls, designers
to say nothing of the stage hands which
Include an electrical crew, four of
whom were originally medical stu
dents, others were electrical contrac
tors, mining engineers, telegraph oper
ators and mechanics. An Interesting
feature about the principals Is the fact
that the cast includes Annie Teamans.
who was originally a circus equestri
enne. Louis Harrison, originally a the
ater callboy. and Maud Fulton, a tele
graph operator. Consequently it would
not seem that former vocations need be
considered.
It would take more than one small
Sunday edition to recount all the plans
afoot, according to Mr. Frohman, Mr.
Belasco and the rest of the managerial
community. Mr. Savage significantly
says: "What does It profit a manager
to spend all hla good money, time and
energy abroad looking for the real
thing to come home and find that imi
tations are being prepared?" There is
a good deal of such troubles in the
lives of the managerial brotherhood.
but Mr. Savage has won out a good
many times and the latest belief is that
he has another "winner." It did not
take little Miss Bussert long to get into,
a new harness. It seems hardly yes
terday since she was playing Natalie
in Portland with the "Merry Widow"
company, and she Is now winning new
laurels as Baroness Rlsa In "The Gay
Hussars," which Mr. Savage, is Just try
ing out In Atlantic City, and which
from reports should be another sensa
tional winner.
It is Insinuated that Mr. Savage is
lucky with the widows, as the new op
eretta by Emrich Kalman. Karl von
Bakonyl and Robert Bodanxky has an
other type of the same article as the
winning card In the Lehar operetta. But
It must not be Imagined that the Sav
age "widow" success began with the
frisky Sonla far from It. indeed. Mr.
Savage established the stage widow
some years ago as all will concede who
remember the dashing lady in "Prince
of Pllsen." the dainty 300-pound widow
In the "Yankee Consul," the tremend
ously popular "College Widow." which
established George Ade among the fore-
dpais, aliow girls, chorus girls, dancing I most comedy writers of this country.
and the Jolly little Newark widow of
'The Yankee Tourist.
"The Gay Hussars" will probably be
the first new musical show of the season
on Broadway, where It will come when
the rough edges are worn off. Henry Sav
age's next musical production will be
Edmund Eisler's "The Love Cure," the
Viennese operetta adapted by Oliver Her.
ford. This will open August 16 In Roch
ester and will be heard In Syracuse and
Schenectady before coming to the New
Amsterdam Theater August 30.
"The Florist's Shop," another of Mr.
Savage's attractions, will open at At
lantic City August 2, and will play there
until August 9, when It will open at the
Liberty.
Charles Frohman announced his plans,
not only for this country, but also for
London, Paris, Vienna and Berlin. He
will return to Europe in November, after
the American season is fairly launched.
The Frohman season will be In full swing
by the middle of September, as nearly all
of his companies are already In rehearsal.
"Arsene Lupin." a detective thief play Im
ported from Paris, will open simultane
ously at the Lyceum Theater and in Lon
don. August 26. This will be followed in
New York by "Penelope" with Marie
Tempest, which In turn will be followed
by Billle Burke In a new play. Miss
Burke arrived in America last week and
began rehearsing at once. After her
New York engagement that charming lit
tle actress will go to Paris to play In a
French company under Mr. Frohman's
management.
"The Flag Lieutenant" will open at the
Criterion Theater August 80. Hattie
Williams will start the season in "De
tective Sparkea" at the Garrick. August
23, to be followed by Francis Wlleon In
his own play. "The Bachelor's Baby,"
then William Collier In a play of his
own, which has not yet been named.
John Drew will open the Empire Theater
September 8 -with "Jack Straw." which
he will run for three weeks, after which
he will appear In a new play until Maud
Adams is ready to open her season. She
will give special performances of
"Twelfth Night," and she will continue
her last season's success, "What Every
Woman Knows." Miss Adams is new in
her cottage near Dublin, and she may
appear in London In September as well
as in Paris and in Berlin In open air rep
resentations of "Joan of Arc," like that
given at Harvard University. She will
return to America In November.
Other engagements at the Empire in
c'ude appearances of Sir Charles Wynd
ham and Mary Moore, of London, and
Ethel Barry more in Plnero's new play,
"Mid Channel." j
Kvrle Bllew will appear October 4 In
Sutro'a new play, "The Builder of J
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SATISFACTORY FRAMERS OF PICTURES
Bridges," ana Otis SKInner win aiso navo
new play caUed "iour jaumnie serv
ant." Marie Doro will have a new com
edv bv the authors of "Love Watches."
but she' will not open her season until
December. Her season, however, is not
vet closed, as she. is scheduled to play
The Morals of Marcus in ivew ior ior
a few weeKS in August.
rnmn Dnvle's new London success,
The Fires of Fate." will be proaucea
inrtnir the season at the Hudson ine
tr TTenrl Bernstein's "Israel" is
nrheduled for the Gaiety, with a cast in
eluding Constance Collier. Holbrook Bllnn
nnrt Edwin Arden. Margaret Anglin will
open her season at the Savoy Theater in
a new play by Pierre Wolfe. In addi
tion tn these attractions, perhaps one of
the most notable productions win De tnat
nt TVimnnil Rostand "The Chanticleer.
which will be produced in New York in
February with Henri Hertz, manager of
the Porte St. Martin Theater of Paris,
on Jean Coauelin. It will De remem
hri that this play was destined for
Coquelln the elder, in other words the
Cnnnelin. who died within a few
woAira. nf the nroduction of this work.
It was then planned to have the Cadet
Coonelin. but he died before tne proau&
tion. This is the third. Coquelln to whom
this oart has been assigned. Mr. Froh-
mnn lso announces a season OI Dernmu
Shaw plays and he expects Mr. Shaw to
visit New Tork for the event.
Among the musical works wm be ine
Dollar Princess," hlch made a great
sensation all over Europe last season and
the season before. Other musical plays
include "The Arcadians" and "Our Miss
Gibbs," now playing successfully in Lon
Ann. This Is hardly hail ot tne an
nounoements made by one who is regard
ed s the leading lmpressario ot . ..
world, as this does not Include the com
oanles which he is sending to ,urope nor
for those or tne roaa. jir. nuumau
have more theaters in London and more
F.nelish stars and actors under nis man
agement this season than any of the Eng
lish managers can coast.
William A. Brady also returned irom
Europe last week full of energy and plans
for those associated with him. wmie in
London. Mr. Brady captured Sir Herbert
Beerbolun Tree for an engagement which
will include but ten weeks, to be divided
between New York, Boston, Philadelphia,
Chicago and Washington. His repertory
Includes "The Merry Wives of Windsor,"
"The Merchant of Venice." "The Tem-
nest." "Twelfth Night," "Tne scnooi ior
Scandal," "Oliver Twist, 'The New-
combes," "Faust," "Trilby, "The Keo
Lamp" and "The Man who Was." Mr.
Brady has planned an interesting season
for his wife, the charming actress. Grace
George, who will go to Australia next
May to appear in a repertory of her suc
cesses. After her engagement Is ended
there, she will appear in India, South
Africa, and she will open in London late
In October, next year. Mr. Brady en
raged Aubrey C Smith as leading sup
port during Miss George's next American
tour and he wui prooaoiy go wnn ner
to Australia and to London. He is also
negotiating with J. C. Williamson, of
Australia, for a tour lor rioDert aianten.
Miss George, who is a great admirer of
Margaret Mayo, will probably open in
her latest play and Mr. Brady has en
tered into an . agreement with Frank
Curzon at Wyndhaxn's Theater, London,
for the production of Margaret Mayo's
American play, "Polly or the circus, to
be acted by an English company.
Frederick Thompson, under whom
TPolly of the Circus," was produced in
America is making up several companies
to produce this delightful play in Amer
ica. It is so Identified with Mlsa Mabel
Taliaferro that one can hardly realize
anyone else In the title role. Mr. Thomp
son has completed elaborate arrange
ments for the coming season, and an
nounces one of the principal productions
as "Springtime by Bootn aarkington
and Harry Leon Wilson, which will be
produced in the middle of October with
Miss Taliaferro in the leading role.
Eugene Walter, author of "The Easiest
T"
Way," Is writing a new play, to be called
"The Assassin," for one of Mr. Thomp
son's male stars, and J. Hartley Manners,
author of "The House Next Door," has
completed a play called "The Fool's Com
edy." "Via Wireless" will continue to be
Mr. Thompson's leading attraction on
the road.
EMILIE FRANCES BAUER.
Arid Summer in Willamette Valley
Irrigation Needed From Copious Winter-Fed Rivers to Make Uo for Lack of Rain in the Best Growing Period.
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a
RRIGATION In the Willamette Valley,
once regarded a Joke, is proving itself
stern necessity and a profitable
success. In Ave years the Idea of artificial
water supply for crops during the arid
Summer a period as arid- as In the
"desert" regions of the Middle West has
been gaining converts, until now it has
proved itself the only way of bringing out
the full fertility of the solL infusing new
methods of diversified small farm tillage,
turning wheat-exhausted soil to other
uses, banishing what Is derisively called
"mossbackism" and starting the fertile
valley on a new era of productivity and
progress.
This subject will be considered today in
Eugene, at the head of the WUlamette
Valley, at an irrigation convention. Farm
ers and business men of that district are
awaking to the need of Summer irriga
tion, if farm lands are to be put to the
diversified uses for which promotion as
sociations and progressive citizens gen
erally have been striving in the last de
cade. It Is all very well to urge the
farmer to quit wheat and raise clover,
vetch and other things that grow In Sum
mer, provided we show the farmer the
way.
Summer growing crops need more mois
ture than comes out of the sky. The old
pioneer who raised wheat, wheat and then
wheat, was not so much a fool after all.
He did the best he could; angels could do
no more: he produced a crop that grew
during the moLst Spring and matured in
the early Summer; it was admirably
adapted to the climate, although not to
the soil; It offered the best market So
let us be fair with the old settler and
account him wise In his generation. Un
like in the fertile districts of the Mis
sissippi Basin, where most of his tribe
came from, it scarcely ever rains in tne
Willamette Valley in dry weather.
Water In plenty flows to waste down
the many tributaries of the Willamette.
This water is that which fell last Win
ter in copious rains and mountain
snows. The rain was soaked up Dy tne
earth, though large part of it flowed
off in flood and freshet. Same way
with melted snow. These streams will
supply life fluid tor hundreds of thou
sands ot acres 01 fertile iana. 1 ne
Willamette Valley is not arid; it can
not be so. possessing such volumes of
water. Only Its Summer climate Is
arid. The rivers will make up for the
lack of Summer rain. In some places
they are already doing it. True, the
tests as vet are only experimental.
But very heavy crop Increases result.
Potato crops have been trebled, clover
crops doubled, onion crops doubled, hop
crops doubled. Probably no fertile re
gion In America Is so well favored with
rivers for irrigation.
In Eastern Oregon and Eastern
Washington and other dry regions of
the West, where there Is as little Sum
mer rain, as In the Willamette Valley,
rrigatlon Is supplying the denclency
of nature. Such Is the case m the
Yakima country. In Umatilla. Grand
Ronde, Deschutes and Klamath. The
same is true lh Idaho. Colorado, Wyo
ming and New Mexico, where there is
even more Summer rain than in the
Willamette Valley.
It is startling to call the Willamette
Summer arid. Many persons have not
thought of it that way, because they
supposed the surfeit Winter rain some-
ow lasts through summer, nut mis is
not so; in fact, the Winter wet is a
indrance In its abundance; most of It
elides away and is wasted; and while
admirably suited to vegetation growth.
the Summer drouth, with its averag-e
recipltation of barely more than two
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Precipitation In the Willamette Valley During; Jane, July and Aua-uat aa
Compared With Other Districts.
inches only 5 per cent of the total
annual rainfall is the despair of the
farmer, who finds his land, once heav
ily productive with climate-favored
wheat, now useless for that crop. There
is little cold weather in this Valley,
some Winters only a few degrees be
low freezing; there Is little snow, no
blizzards, no cloudbursts. But the sea
son that is best for growing crops is
very dry. IX comprises the months of
June, July and part of September. The
remedy is plain. It needs application,
as In Yakima, Umatilla, Klamath and
Deschutes.
THIEF RACEHORSE OWNER
Queer Case) of Dual Life Comes to
Light in French Court.
PARIS. July 31. (Special.) A smart
thief, who poed as a valet de ehambre
and obtained good situations by means of
false references, was dealt with by the
Tenth Chamber of the Tribunal yester
day. He entered the service of M. Bertln,
a barrister, and had been only a few days
in the house when the cook misled sev
eral bank notes of 100 francs each, and
Mme. Bertln lost a pair of solitaires val
ued at $1000 and a diamond which had
been removed from a ring.
The new valet de ehambre was the
thief. An inquiry into his antecedents
showed that he had committed thefts In
all the houses he had served. He devoted
the money he stole in this way to a sin
gular purpose. He purchased race horses.
At his trial it was shown that he had
bought at Tattersall's in November of last
year the mare Farceuse, by Flacon and
Faithful, for $220.
The valet and sportsman was sentenced
to two years' imprisonment, and forbid
den to reside In the country for five
years.
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