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POLLOWING the gTand opera season
of this week, the Bungalow will
'6ffer"A Gentleman From Missls-1ppl."-wtth-
James Lackeys In the cast.
Later -comes "Paid In Full." with Ruby
p.rldgesT " "Underlined for later In the
onth are "A Knight for a Day. rne
Ime. t&e Place and the Girl." and Dus-
In Farnum In his new piay, - v-ajneo
irby."
This afternoon Izetta Jewel and Don-
Id Bowles, ably supported, win com-
tnence a week'a engagement at the Ba
iter In "Salomy Jane," This will be Miss
Jewel's farewell to Portland, as she
leaves Saturday night, after the per
formance, for New Tork to begin re
hearsals as leading woman with Otis
Skinner In his' new play. The follow
ing attraction at the Baker will be
'Fifty Miles From Boston." The Shu
berts will open their local campaign on
September 12 with "Girls" at the Star,
for a full weeflc As yet no announce
ment of subsequent attractions ha
been made.
' The vaudeville theaters. Orpheum.
Grand and Pantages. continue present
bills this afternoon and tonight, chang
ing tomorrow afternoon. The Lyrlo
opens this afternoon In "A Runaway
Match."
GRAND OPERA OFEXS TONIGHT
"Alda" Will Be the Bill With Mme.
Bertossl la the Title Role.
This evening at the Bungalow Thea
ter, Twelfth and Morrison streets, the
International Grand Opera Company
will open the regular season of the
house by the Introduction of one week
of grand opera. This company Is an
organization which has been playing
for the last two seasons In Eastern
cities and has Just filled a phenomen
ally successful engagement of six
weeks in San Francisco. Since then the
company has played Los Angeles for
two weeks and the Southern California
cities. The opening bill will be Verdi's
"Aida." with most of the principals In
the cast. As this coVpany is composed
of 100 principals, chorus, and their own
orchestra, composed of 25 selected
operatic musicians. It Is able to pro
duce a different opera nightly.
J Mme. Bertossl. the well-known Ital
ian dramatic soprano, will sing the role
of Alda. Radames will be portrayed
by the young American tenor, Louis
Samoloff. who has achieved such suc
cess, in this part in Europe, as well as
In his late engagement In San Fran
rlsco; the Princess' Amnerls, ' by
Georgian Strauss, a contralto of great
, and powerful voice and fine stage ap
pearance. The King of Ethiopia will
be Impersonated by Arcangell. Gravin
will sing the basso part of the High
priest Ramphls.
Monday evening "Lucia di Lammer
moor," in which Madame Jennie Norelll,
who formerly was a resident of this
city, will sing the title role, will be
given. Mme. Norelll has received great
praise In this character, also of that
of Vloletta In "La Travlata," which she
will sing at the Saturday matinee. Sig
ner Bari will be the Egardo, the tenor
role, while the character of Sir Ash
ton wrH-be-portrayed by Zara:"
i Tuesday evening Giordano's "Fe-
flora." in four acts, will be presented.
1 This Is one of the most Intense dra
matic operas ever written and re
quires artists of the most dramatic In
stinct to portray the difficult roles.
Mme. Therry will Impersonate the part
of Fedora, of which she Is the orig
inator, having created the part In
Paris. Colomblhl, who Is designated by
the press as the "actor singer" of the
company, will be the Ivan Ivanoff.
At the 'Wednesday matinee the old but
irore favorably known opera. "II- Trova
fore," with Mme. Bertossl as Leonora,
jrlil be sung. Azucena. the old gypsy
woman, will be portrayed by Miss
Strauss. This ' Is one of the first char
acters this eminent, contralto ever sang,
and It Is said that the portrayal of this
character is one of her best. Manrico,
the soldier tenor, will be sung by Samo
loff. while Count of Luna, the rival,
will be Impersonated by Zara.
Wednesday evening "Rlgoletto" win
produced: Gllda. the leading soprano,
will be sung by Mme. Norelll. The Iuke
pf Mantua will be sung by Slgnor BarL
i Thursday night there will be produced
the double bill of 'Cavallerta Rusticana"
and "I PagllaccL"' These operas demand
(wo of the principal sopranos and tenors
of the company. "Rusticana" will have
tolomblnl and Bertossl. Zara, Zarad. Giu
liano and Frascona. In "Pagllacet" will
be heard Mile. Donner. Mme. Samoloff
and Arcangell. who will sing the part of
Tonlo. the clown. The singing of the
"Prologue before the curtain by Arcan
gell Is- spoken of aa one of the beat
renderings of this difficult piece of music
ever presented.
On Friday evening the French artist
of the company, Mme. Therry. will be
Xhe "Carmen" In the title role of that
opera. Therry' rendition of this ch&rao
:er Is purely a French one, as she wa
designated in Paris while playing -It at
lha Ooera Comlque as "the Carmen of
the French." Colomblnl - will render hla-H
great characterization of the jealous sol
dier lover Don Jose. Zara will be the
ireador as Eseamllle. whose rendition
cf the toreador song Is one of -the fea
ture of the opera. The plcturesquenes
if the opera "Carmen." Is one of the
feature of this company, aa the cos
tume and scenery are historically cor
rect In every detail.
Saturday afternoon will be the farewell
appearance of Mme. Norelll in one of
her famous characters of Vloletta. In "la
Travlata," the operatic translation N of
Dumas' "Camllle." This Is another opera
In which Norelll has achieved marvel
ous success.
George Dumond will be ung by Barl.
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whlle'the baritone Zara will impersonate
his father.
Saturday eevnlng a composite bill will
be produced - that will require the ser
vices of the entire principal, chorus,
etc The one-act opera of "Cavallerta
Rusticana" will be the opening bill, fol
lowed by Pagllaecl" and the new Maa
cagnl opera, Amlco Fritz."
STORY OF JKAN" VAXJEAX TOLD
Star Depicts Life of This Interesting
Character In Picture.
The Star today offers Mile. l'AlberUs"
dog and monkey-cirous, consisting of H
Intelligent little dogs and two very cute
and entertaining little monkeys. Mile.
d'Albertis . nas spared neither pain in
training nor money In securing
these
wonderful little pets, and this
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tainly the treat of the seaeon.-
The pictures are also of splendid char
acter, the feature film being entitled "The
Galley Slave," and I the firat of five of
these pictures which will be taken from
Victor Hugo's famous novel, "Les Mlser-
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ables." It is an Intensely Interesting
story ef Jean.Valjean's Imprisonment and
the incident Immediately following hi
release. He ' Is Imprisoned aa a punish
ment for having, stolen a loaf of bread to
feed his poor starving family. Upon his
entrance to the prison he at once begins
to worry about his wife and children, and
of course trie to escape to go to their
relief. This only' leads to his sentence be
ing prolonged. Poor Jeam losing all hope,
when he -does leave the prison, he steals
from a good bishop who has shown him
naught but kindnee. He is caught and
brought, with the stolen property, back
to the bishop. The bishop refuses to
claim the property and declare that he
had made a gift of the stolen goods to
the captive. The poor man, won by the
bishop's kindness, 1 Inspired to try and
be like him. and becomes famous and
an Influence for . good throughout his
circle.
This will be followed by four other pic
tures from "Les Miserable" and other
Interesting film.
'Paid-in Pull' Coming to Bungalow
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the n-agenhals & JCemper Company will
present Eugene Walter's "Paid In Full,'
a play of contemporaneous American, life,
by everybody considered the greatest and
the most entertaining drama produced in
this country In years, and beyond all
question the most popular. No - other
play has ever earned such a reputation
a "Paid In Full" has attained. Its
suocess Is truly sensational. It made
such a tremendous hit In New Tork .that
It ran there for two years, the only play
not musical comedy ever to remain all
Summer on Broadway. It is the refgn
lng success everywhere"that It has been
In. New York. tF1ve companies played It
all lat season. The same are appearing
In It. now. '
XEWETi-BOWXES ENGAGEMENT
Portland Favorites Appear In "Salo
mj Jane" All Week at Baker.
The announcement made by Manager
George L. Baker that two of his fore
most favorites of the gTeat Baker
Stock Company, Izetta Jewel and Don
ald Bowles, would make one more
week's appearance In this city before
going East to accept new positions
has caused thrills of delight in more
than a few hearts of Portland's theater
goers, and matinee girls specially. The
advance sale of seats has been .one con
tinual rush from the beginning. The
engagement will open this afternoon1 In
a superb production of."Salomy Jane,"
Eleanor Robsop.'s great success, and
will continue one week only, with a
special Labor Day matinee Monday
(tomorrow) and the regular Saturday
matinee. '
"Salomy Jane" Is a beautiful story oi
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the California hills, Just as "The Girl
of the Golden West" is. and gives both
Miss Jewel and Mr. Bowles opportunity
for extremely clever acting. It com
mands an especially heavy royalty and
was secured only by special arrange
ments wltlk the owners for this un
usual event.
Miss Jewel will play the role of
Salomy Jane created by Miss Robson,
while the part of the outlaw will .be
nlayed' by Mr. Bowles. The 'scenes
showing the California hills -will b
most beautiful with glorious light ef
fects; Although the seat sale has been
unusually heavy there are still good
seat for nearly every performance,
and no theatergoer should overlook this
coming week at the Baker.
GREAT BILL AT THE ORPHEUM
Guerrero, Murray and Mack and
Tom Waters on New Programme.
An entire new" bill will occupy fhe board
at the Orpheum for one week beginning
with the matinee tomorrow. , The head
liner for the week ,1a the famous Spanish
artist Rosario Guerrero, assisted by Sig.
L, Paglieri in a beautiful musical "pan
tomime, "The Rose and the Dagger." It
1 a masterpiece without words, with ex
quisite musical accompaniment and varied
emotions. Guerrero wears & number of
handsome and fetching gowns. Her per
sonal attractiveness and her dancing
make her one of the big hits In vaude
ville. Tom Waters, known throughout the en
tire' country as a comic opera star of
rank having appeared for a number of
seasons with "Coming Through the Rye,"
"Mayor of Laughland." etc, will be seen
in his original piano pastime, song, dance,
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story and mimicry. His brief appearance
in vaudeville is Just prior to his sailing
to Europe to fill a number of engage
ments In England's famous muaio halls.
Mr. Waters Is perhaps one of the best
known mirth-producers in America; his
performance is a scream from start to
finish. . . .
Margaret Fealy and company In pre
senting "Witches'- Hour and Candle
Light." a onet-act sketch by Pauline
Phelps and Marioi Short, have a unique
and novel act which has caused mu,ch
favorable comment.
"An Argument -In Harlem" Is the ve
hicle which serves to Introduce Charles
A. Murray and Ollie Mack to vaudeville
audiences. It Is filled with brlgnt dia
logue, has an abundance of mirth and
contains a number of the latest and best
nnrv,,l,P rm- Mt Mnrrav and Mack are
Murray and Mack are
always a great drawing card.
From their European triumphs Spauld
Ing and Riego have returned to America.
They are clever comedians, who have a
delightful new and novel act, during the
course of which they perform all sort
of daring feats on the horizontal bar. also
a series of exceedingly difficult acrobatic
work.
"The Girl Behind the Veil" is one of
the musical treats of the season, being
a high-class and refined singing act.
Charles D. Weber in an original Jug
gling . act, in which he accomplishes
seemingly Impossible feats and shows
himself to be a complete master of all
that is fascinating, and surprising In the
art of Juggling. , .
REAL SNAKES AT THE, GRAND
Dramatic Scenes Shown From Cleo-,
patra Life at This Theater.
Seven acts will comprise the new vaude
ville programme at the Grand for this
week, commencing tomorrow afternoon.
The principal act will be Bothwell Browne
and company in "Cleopatra" and the
"Live Snake Dance." Mr. Browne la con
sidered one of the very best of the female
Impersonators. The act is staged in Ori
ental splendor and will reproduce the
style of the days when the Queen of the
Nile reigned supreme. The other mem
bers of the company, are Ernest Young,
Paul Stanhope and Myrtle Guild.
An act which all music-lovers will want
to hear Is Rlnaldo. On the occasion of
his former visit to the Grand he was a
sensational success, and since then his
fame has spread widely. His repertoire
Includes Tobani's Hungarian fantasia,
"Killarney" and "Annie Laurie,"r med
ley and a "rag" by himself.
Selbinl and Grovini are whirlwind acro
bats. Jugglers and' equilibrists.
"The.Millionaire and the Iceman" Is the
title of the funny turn of McFarland and
Murray. These- men are natural come
dians, who keep up a constant fire of
funny Jokes and doings.
The .Steele sisters are handsome young
Australian girls who are said to do a
very clever act comprised of coster sing
ing and character changes. They are fa
vorites wherever they have appeared on
the circuit.
"The Witch's Power" Is a dramatic
playlet, with Will S. Marion and Vira
Rlal. The plot is one of mystery, hyp
notism,: complications and is always dra
matic. . .
There will be a monologue and songs
by Will Morrissey, . who. is. said to have
many new stories.
Fred Bauer will, sing a. new illustrated
song, and brand-new reels will be shown
on the Grandiscope. . .
This afternoon and night will be the last
of the present bill, with "Pale," Tom
Moore and Stasia, Mort Sharp and his
dancing girls, and others.
ROARING FARCE AT
Blondell and Company Will Appear
In "The Lost Boy."
In a riotously funny farce comedy, Ed
ward Biondell and company will make
their first bow to Portland audiences to
morrow afternoon at Pantages, In his
original farce, "The 'Lost Boy," The
playlet Is an adaption from Blondell's
famous play "Through the World," in
which he starred in the East during
the past season. The plot has to do
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with more or less humorous adventure!
of a country boyln the city, lost and
friendless until he drops Into the hands
of the "city lady."
The principal feminine roles are
skillfully played by Miss Clara Everett
and Miss Arllne Shade, both actresses
of unusual ability.
The original ragtime musical act la
offered by the Five Spillers, a quintet
of remarkably clever colored folk,
three men and two women, who Jingle
the latest from Ragtime Row on the
piano, saxophones, xylophones . and
trombones.
A clever dog act, which Includes a
great deal of comedy. Is to be found In
Buckley's carilne aggregation. Buckley
has trained his dogs so they are true
actors.
In these days of the ordinary It Is
hard to find a truly funny German corn
median, but If past performances are
any Indication, George Yeomans will
receive a hearty welcome when he
does his monologue skit, which is
called "Just a Jerman Jester;"
A dainty singing and dancing sketch
will . feature rlrene -Le and her - Cn -Kid,
who elng many of the latest popu-..
lar melodies, with clog dance accom
paniment. .
Dorothy Lamb and her assistants
have a delightful comedy playlet, "A
Night With the Red Men," which keeps
the house In a gale of laughter.
Leo White, will have a new illus
trated song, and the latest In animated
events will be shown by the Pantage
scope. LONG LAUGH AT THE LYRIC
pit Will Be the Bill for
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v Coming Week.
It is time, to laugh the rainy season
Is approaching, the crowds are back
from the resorts and settling .down to
business for another year and every
one wants to laugh .because everyone
is prosperous. . Therefore at the Lyrio
this week there will be a laugh two
hours and thirty minutes long, a pro
duction by the Athon Stock Company
of "A Runaway Match," the great
sorrow-slayer and dlstress-dispeller. It
is a famous farce and will be given,
commencing today matinee, with beau
tiful stage settings, with the women of
the company appearing in lavish gowns
and hats, with a strict attention to
dramatic detail and with a cast of peo
ple especially fitted for playing the
rapid-fire, quick-action business called
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One of Leading Rales.
"A Gentleman From Mississippi",
comes to the Bungalow Theater
September 12, 13. 14, 15 next, fol
lowing a New- York run of over
one year. The play Is a comedy
of Washington official life, and
Is the work of Harrison Rhodes .
and Thomas A. Wise. It Is put
forward by William A Brady and
Joseph R. Grismer. "A Gentleman
From Mississippi" tells of the.
speedy education, In the devious
wavs'of Washington's official and
social diplomacy of Senator "Bill" .
Langdon. an easy-going, guile-'
less and honest chap from Missis
sippi, sent to the Senate by "the
Interests" in the belief that he
will prove pliable through his'
Ignorance of procedure. The role
of the Senator will be played by
James Lackaye. A quintet of
pretty women will be seen in the.
feminine roles, among them Miss
Olive Harper, and the play will .
be presented with complete scenic .
equipments.
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