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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
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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