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Seats are now sell- fT " - V---4. ' ;v -w5 4 ; t " - " A Ing for the entire engagement. Ifijt , - ''-Si' . 'V 1 lJi i ...... M .: . . , ',7 : : A A . . -l''' 'It . IS ANSWER TO "GIKIiS" I f W , . I Li ' A.7K74 7 A' --N A v " - - P r - j A a . ; r - I ''"' W 7,;v I OT In a number of seasons has any ttractlon created such a furore did "The Third Degree" at the Bungalow last week, where enthusiastic and appreciative audiences attested to Its merits. This strong work. Is from the pen of Charles Klein, who gave also to the stage "The Lion and the Mouse." The theme was death, treated in a vlr- lie and striking manner, and Miss Fer nanda Ellscu fairly took Portlanders by storm. Beginning with this evenings per formance," "The Traveling Salesman" will occupy the boards at this play house for four nights with a- Wednes day matinee. This Is a roaring comedy, the work of James Forbes, the play wright, who gave us "The Chorus Lady." in which Rose Stahl appeared here, .a year ago, and which created such" a universally favorable Impres sion. "The Traveling Salesman" and The Third Degree" are both sent- out by Henry B. Harris For Thanksgiving day, beginning with a matinee, the Bungalow fitters Wright Lorimer as David in ' -The Shepherd King." a .scenic spectacular production very much on the order of "Ben Hur." This will be seen at the Buns-alow for the remainder of week, with a Saturday matinee. After a week of quiet, the Portland Theater, the home of the Shubejt at tractions, will reopen with Charles Cherry In TThe Bachelor," the last play written by the late Clyde Fitch. At the Lyrlo the Athon -Stock Com pany presented a melodrama, "At the Risk of His Life," which played to good houses all week. The attraction at this theater, beginning with today's mati nee, will be "The Strange Adventures of Mlaa Brown," a comedy which is said to resemble that old standby and favo rite, "Charley's Aunt." Lor era of the mysterious and welra hm had a treat at the Baker the past week In lta bill of "In Dreamland," pre sented by the Emmet Devoy Company. This week the Baker management is offerlna- "Lena Rivers," one of the ever green, or live-forever, vnrlety of plays. In which Emma Hunting la reaturea The three vaudeville houses have given u most Interesting bills lately, and the past week's Offerings have been no exception In general. The bills for this week promise good entertainment. THE TRAVELING SALESMAN" Henry B. Harris Presents Comedy Sacoesa atBungaIow Tonight. The.auceess of James Forbes" latest comedy, "The Traveling Salesman." which Henry B. Harris will present at the Bungalow Theater, Twelfth and Morrison streets, tonight for four nights and a Wednesday matinee, was cyclonic In New York. Boston ana cni cago. In each of which cities It reg . Istered an exceptionally long run. "The Traveling Salesman." like Mr. Forbes earlier comedy, "The Chorus Lady," Is typically American. It depicts the life of a commercial traveler realistically and most humor ously. One of the strongest qualities of the comedy is that the fun starts with the first line; and the first act registers a success all its own. There Is not a moment when the action or riialnirue drags', and. as the old theat rical advertisement read, "There's a laugh in every line." Good, clean-cut comedy, and plenty of character types are combined In -The Traveling Salesman," and the play appeals to. all classes of theater goers. The traveling salesman Is a familiar type to everyone, and this Is the first play written that takes the drummer as a central figure, and pre sents him in a true light, aiming chiefly at a humorous exposition of his charac teristics, without burlesquing in the least, one of the most valuable aids to commerce the business world furnishes. The play opens with a scene in the railway station at Grand Crossing, a small city supposedly In the Middle West, on Christmas day. Beth Elliott, a pretty ticket seller and the telegraph operator, who owns property that Is ap parently worthless, is sitting in her of fice when Bob Blake, a drummer, drops into the station and promptly falls in love with her at nrst sight. Later he discovers that his employer Is attempt ing to defraud the girl of her land by buying it at an unpaid tax sale. At this juncture Blake steps In to frus trate the conspirator and succeeds in saving the land and winning the girl. Mr. Harris will present in this city the cast of - celebrated metropolitan players who so ahly presented the at traction In the East. Among the prom inent members of the least are Mark Smith. James O'Neill. Jr.. Clifford Stork. Lawrence Sheehan. Theodore Kehrwald, Daniel Jarre-tt. Guy B. Hoffmann. Em mett Shackleford, Robert Hamilton, PLAY diaries Cherry In "The Bachelor" at Portland Theater Tonight. Tonight the Portland Theater will reopen with Charles Cherry, the accom plished English actor, presented by Sam S. and Lee Shubert (Inc.), for six nights. with matinees on Wednesday and Thurs day (Thanksgiving Day). Mr. Cherry will be supported by his original company In Clyde Fitch's comedy entitled "The Bachelor." exactly as produced at the Maxlne Htlott Theater, New York. The argument of the play Is an offset to "Girls." in which Mr. Cherry also played the. leading role In the East, but In the present case it is the man who Is sworn to celibacy, whereas In "Girls" It was the girl who sang "No Wedding Bells for Me." George Goodale is a handsome and well-to-do young Wall-street man and his most valuable clerk is the pretty stenographer, Jenny. They work much together and Jenny falls In love with her employer. She Is clever In the arts of fascination. She coos and gurgles until the young broker half forgets business and revels In the atmosphere of his tow-headed doll typewriter. Still it never enters her head that he is in love. He does, however, take her to the theater two or thre- times and rather, often to lunch. Jenny's family at one time were rather swell people, her father being rich and a judge out In San Francisco; but the father was dead and the earthquake ruined them. However, besides a mother she has a young brother only lately from college, and to htm she tells all her heart secrets and the little attentions she is securing from her employer. The boy is full of Californian heroics and considers it his duty to "call" the broker. Yes, this rich man Is compromising his darling sis ter and tells him so; he must marry her or something will be doing. Goodale thinks for a moment, and being good at heart agrees to ask the mother for Jen ny's hand. With' this the boy rushes home and tells the sister what he ' has done and how nicely he has fixed mat ters. Jenny can't exactly see It that way. She wants -to be loved; not taken under protest, and when Goodale proposes she refuses him. This, of course, causes a temporary estrangement, but Goodale quickly realizes that he Is really In love and cannot do without his pretty type writer. He sends for her and orders her to stenograph a letter which is in reality a declaration of ardent love. Jenny melts, takes back her Jilt, and they are forth with locked in each other's arms, right in the business office. In the cast are such clever players as Ruth Maycllffe. Lillian Paige. Alice Riker. F. Percival Stevens, Charles Laite and Ralph Morgan. "LENA RIVERS" AT THE BAKER Dramatization of Famous Novel v Opens Engagement Today. The presentation of "Lena Rivers. which. Is to be made at the. Baker alt week starting with today's matinee. seem as if every one had read Mrs. Mary J. Holmes' book, and it would also seem as if every one who has done so wants to see the play dramatized from it. . The success of the play has reached an extraordinary pitch, and. Judging from the things said of the work, there Is no reason why results should be otherwise. The play is clean, it Is wholesome. Its atmosphere Is redolent of the South and its humor Is of the healthy kind. "'Lena Rivers" proves to be an entertainment that everybody with any sense of humor and kindness ought to" see, for he will laugh and he will cry just a bit, not be cause of any sorrow, but because the touch of human nature In it is so potent and sympathetic that It Is irresistible. It is one of those oddly sympathetic con tributions of human tenderness and stage art that make one forget the unreality of the surroundings and cause one to be stow the tribute of unexpected, but un hindered, tears. In dramatizing "Lena Rivers." every effort was made to retain all of those things which made the book so enter taining. The play is remarkable in .one way, and that Is. that it has been said should prove highly diverting. It would I again and again by competent critics to be an Improvement on the book. As a rule, many dramatizations have failed to thoroughly catch the spirit of the novels from which they were taken. This is not the case, however, with "Lena Rivers." and. it is the most satisfying comedy of its class before the public. Mtss Emma Bunting has the role of Lena, and her work has been praised highly. "Lena Rivers" is an ideal matinee play, and special note should be made of the three afternoon performances, today, Wednesday (bargain day) and Saturday, as well as a special Thanksgiving day matinee, Thursday. HERE'S A CCRE FOR THE BLUES "The Strange Adventures of Miss Brown" at Lyric Today. Opening at the Lyric this afternoon, the -ever-popular Athon stock company will present the farce-comedy, "The Strange Adventures of Miss Brown." For hearty and wholesome humor," this play has seldom, been equaled. The situations, while extremely Intricate, are never ludicrous, and the humor. while spontaneous and widely distrib uted, never descends to the ridiculous. The story deals with the adventures of a young Army officer, one Captain Courtney, who meets Miss Brightwell, a young society queen, a pupil at a boarding school for young ladies, who happens to be home for a vacation. They fall. 'madly in love and are se cretly married. Her "guardian, not knowing:.of the marriage, wishes his ward to return to school, and as she Is a ward iir chancery, she Is under his dictate according to the English and she is forced to return to the semi- nary. The young husband, not wishing to be separated from his young bride, shaves off his mustache and disguising himself as a girl, enrolls in- the same school as a pupil. A detective from Scotland Yard, who has been called in by the guardian to arrest Captain Courtney, comes to the school, being of the opinion that the captain will try to communicate with his wife, and takes his place at the school to watch for the captain. He is on watch in the office of the school when the captain, disguised as the girl, comes down to take his wife and leave. The detective, not knowing it is a man, makes love to the girl, and the wife enters. Between husband and wife the officer is handcuffed with his own cuffs, and a German music professor who is in love with the wif, not know ing she is a married woman. Is badly battered up by the supposed girl when the escape is made. The last act shows the return of the detective, who has followed the es caping couple and arrested and brought back the psuedo Miss Brown, and In the course of events the captain is left alone in a room where he removes the woman attire and dons his own. In the meantime, his uncle has died and he becomes the Earl of Puhlborough, and the guardian of the" girl gives hie con sent to the marriage and all ends well. The company is exceptionally well cast, and among the musical numbers that have been interpolated under the direction of Robert Athon are some of the most catchy York sons hits. successful New ORPHEUM OFFERS FINE BILL Splendid Vaudeville Show Promised for the Current Week. Beginning with the matinee tomor row afternoon, the Orpheum will offer a splendid bill which is up to the standard in every respect. Florence Bindley, the headliner, is a versatile comedienne, presenting a delightful monologue styled "An Afternoon at Home,". which Is a novel little act in which she tells the audience that she has invited several theatrical people to visit her, and they will display their varied accomplishments. When they fall to arrive she takes the different parts herself. She introduces several songs and novel dances, and her imita tions are a strong feature. Eva Taylor, with a splendid support ing company of players, presenting a picturesque comedy novelty called "Dreamona," by Lawrence Grattan. Last season Miss Taylor distinguished herself in vaudeville and made a big hit in the Frohman farce. "Chums." "Dreamona" has been a big comedy suc cess everywhere, and has been given an elaborate scenic production; the sup port is exceptionally strong, and in cludes several well-known players; prominent is Lawrence Grattan, whose portrayal of Justice Prentis In "The Witching Hour" is still fresh in the minds of the theater-going public. Stella H. .Morrisini will present her wonderful leaping Siberian wolfhounds and her Shetland ponies. Miss Morris ini is a statuesque English beauty and possesses a very pleasing stage person ality,' is an animal-trainer of consider able note in Europe, and much Is ex pected of this, her first appearance here. John Birch, wJio is known as the man with .the hats, does some very clever work In a novel sort of way; in fact, he has a complete story, a melodrama , out of a collection of various styles of hats. The Four Floods are described as acrobatic merrymakers, and have much that Is new to offer In the way of a gymnastic performance. They have a special stage setting, and their cos tumes and routlpe show a rare orlglnal- Rosa Roma, violin virtuoso, who pos sesses a beautiful and winning person ality, will be a feature of the bill, Meyers and Rosa, called the cowboy and the girl, are expert lariat-throwers, who accomplish a number of startling feats. ZIXTJ FESTIVAJL AT THE GRAND Jungle Maids to Be Big Attraction of Show This Week. No bill for many weeks past ha promised more attractions than the new programme which opens at the Grand with the matinee tomorrow. The fea ture will be Tom Linton and his "Jungle Maids" in a Zulu festival. This act has been a sensation wherever it has appeared on the Sullivan fc Con sidine circuit. The six singing and dancing jungle girls are good looking and the act Is of the kind which in variably pleases a vaudeville audience. With the girls Is Nell Winters, who, it is said, does a whirlwind dance with Tom Linton. The act Is coming under the direction of Mr. Linton, who has assembled an especially active crowd of girls. Considered America's greatest pecen tric on the cycle, W. C. Hoefler will be one of the star features. He Is said to be the originator of much of the com edy cycling tricks and his aot Is used to introduce many new feats. The Parisian Minstrels, otherwise the Rustlcana Trio, are an assured hit in advance. The men possess fine singing voices and are masters of musical Instruments. This is an act which comes with the best reputation and is the style which never falls to Hiirht the natrons of the Grand. A good musical act well presented what the Rustlcana Trio promise. Tnza and Lorella come from Europe and have a quantity of acrobatic ec centric, comedy. The team has been a distinct success in the I nited States, duplicating the favorable Impression obtained abroad. "Cubid's Coincidence" Is a playlet in which Alexander Von Mltzel and Isis Maynard will be seen. These people are recruits from the legitimate and have been seen here with leading stars. Josephine Gassman and her colored boys form a merry trio from the Sunny South and there will be a new illus trated ballad und new motion pictures. Today the last performance will be given of the show, which has been such a hit the past week. TRAINED SEAL AT PANTAGES Wonderful Animal Feature of Great , Bill Opening Tomorrow. Trained dogs, ponies, lions and tige'rs.- elephants and cockatoos are all familiar. to the patrons of vaudeville, but the spec-, tacle of an educated s'eallon. ridiug oh . the back of a pony and doing many other interesting feats will he something unique to the amusement-seker. who will :iiave the opportunity to see this wonderful ani mal at Pantages all next eek..coriimenc ing with Monday's . matinoe. 1 .Captain Stonewall, the celebrated .plainer, took Dick when but a ttny cub. an4' reared . him as carefully as though . ha-'we, re a child, teaching him. trick .by triok "until he became so expert in . his performances that Captain Stonewall placed. hm on the stage of the New York Hippodrome, where : ' t
